I. Watts

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

I. Watts is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mechanics of Materials and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, I. Watts has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 14 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 8 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in I. Watts's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (15 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (14 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (8 papers). I. Watts is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (15 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (14 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (8 papers). I. Watts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Portugal and United States. I. Watts's co-authors include K. Krushelnick, M. Tatarakis, Ε. L. Clark, A. E. Dangor, F. N. Beg, A. Machacek, M. Santala, P. A. Norreys, M. Zepf and J. R. Davies and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

I. Watts

19 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Measurements of Energetic Proton Transport through Magnetized Plasma from Intense Laser Interactions with Solids

2000 559 citations Ε. L. Clark, K. Krushelnick et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
I. Watts United Kingdom	13	1.9k	1.3k	1.2k	705	167	19	2.1k
A. Machacek United Kingdom	8	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	875 0.8×	575 0.8×	176 1.1×	13	1.6k
K. Yasuike Japan	5	2.3k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	958 1.4×	191 1.1×	11	2.4k
C. Bellei United States	19	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	711 1.0×	150 0.9×	48	2.1k
M. Roth Germany	13	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	777 1.1×	170 1.0×	21	2.0k
M. Zepf United Kingdom	17	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	575 0.8×	182 1.1×	27	1.9k
M. Santala United Kingdom	16	2.4k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	890 1.3×	212 1.3×	40	2.5k
J. Johnson United States	5	2.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	967 1.4×	211 1.3×	7	2.4k
C. Labaune France	23	1.4k 0.7×	974 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	344 0.5×	110 0.7×	74	1.6k
S. Fritzler France	17	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	995 0.9×	439 0.6×	235 1.4×	32	1.7k
B. Qiao China	24	1.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	514 0.7×	139 0.8×	131	2.0k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Parry, R. Mitchell, et al.. (2019). BeePhon: A Web-Application for Beehive Audio Exploration. 1–8. 3 indexed citations

Santos, Eddie Antonio, et al.. (2016). Visualizing Project Evolution through Abstract Syntax Tree Analysis. 11–20. 9 indexed citations

Rudd, Cobie & I. Watts. (2005). The Industry of General Practice: Its Infrastructure. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 7 indexed citations

Watts, I., M. Zepf, Ε. L. Clark, et al.. (2002). Measurements of relativistic self-phase-modulation in plasma. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(3). 36409–36409. 47 indexed citations

Watts, I., M. Zepf, Ε. L. Clark, et al.. (2002). Dynamics of the Critical Surface in High-Intensity Laser-Solid Interactions: Modulation of the XUV Harmonic Spectra. Physical Review Letters. 88(15). 155001–155001. 52 indexed citations

Krushelnick, K., I. Watts, M. Tatarakis, et al.. (2002). Using self-generated harmonics as a diagnostic of high intensity laser-produced plasmas. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 44(12B). B233–B245. 10 indexed citations

Tatarakis, M., I. Watts, F. N. Beg, et al.. (2002). Measuring huge magnetic fields. Nature. 415(6869). 280–280. 163 indexed citations

Tatarakis, M., Venu Gopal Achanta, I. Watts, et al.. (2002). Measurements of ultrastrong magnetic fields during relativistic laser–plasma interactions. Physics of Plasmas. 9(5). 2244–2250. 103 indexed citations

Zepf, M., Ε. L. Clark, K. Krushelnick, et al.. (2001). Fast particle generation and energy transport in laser-solid interactions. Physics of Plasmas. 8(5). 2323–2330. 76 indexed citations

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Santala, M., M. Zepf, F. N. Beg, et al.. (2001). Production of radioactive nuclides by energetic protons generated from intense laser-plasma interactions. Applied Physics Letters. 78(1). 19–21. 118 indexed citations

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Krushelnick, K., Ε. L. Clark, R. Allott, et al.. (2000). Ultrahigh-intensity laser-produced plasmas as a compact heavy ion injection source. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 28(4). 1110–1155. 97 indexed citations

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Santala, M., M. Zepf, I. Watts, et al.. (2000). Effect of the Plasma Density Scale Length on the Direction of Fast Electrons in Relativistic Laser-Solid Interactions. Physical Review Letters. 84(7). 1459–1462. 164 indexed citations

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Krushelnick, K., Ε. L. Clark, M. Zepf, et al.. (2000). Energetic proton production from relativistic laser interaction with high density plasmas. Physics of Plasmas. 7(5). 2055–2061. 98 indexed citations

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Clark, Ε. L., K. Krushelnick, M. Zepf, et al.. (2000). Energetic Heavy-Ion and Proton Generation from Ultraintense Laser-Plasma Interactions with Solids. Physical Review Letters. 85(8). 1654–1657. 410 indexed citations

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Clark, Ε. L., K. Krushelnick, J. R. Davies, et al.. (2000). Measurements of Energetic Proton Transport through Magnetized Plasma from Intense Laser Interactions with Solids. Physical Review Letters. 84(4). 670–673. 559 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ledingham, K. W. D., Paul Graham, Xiao Fang, et al.. (1998). Laser induced nuclear reactions. AIP conference proceedings. 229–234. 2 indexed citations

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Zepf, M., G. D. Tsakiris, G. Pretzler, et al.. (1998). Role of the plasma scale length in the harmonic generation from solid targets. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 58(5). R5253–R5256. 116 indexed citations

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Chambers, D. M., P. A. Norreys, A. E. Dangor, et al.. (1998). Feasibility study of high harmonic generation from short wavelength lasers interacting with solid targets. Optics Communications. 148(4-6). 289–294. 18 indexed citations

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Hazledine, Tim & I. Watts. (1977). SHORT‐TERM PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS AND ECONOMIC MEASURES OF CAPACITY FOR UK MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES^*. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 39(4). 273–289. 2 indexed citations

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