Irving H. Malitson

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

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Irving H. Malitson is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Irving H. Malitson has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 5 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Irving H. Malitson's work include Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies (5 papers), Glass properties and applications (4 papers) and Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (4 papers). Irving H. Malitson is often cited by papers focused on Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies (5 papers), Glass properties and applications (4 papers) and Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (4 papers). Irving H. Malitson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Irving H. Malitson's co-authors include W.S. Rodney, Robert E. Stephens, Thomas A. King, Marilyn J. Dodge, G. W. Cleek, Tobias Hahn, Roy M. Waxler, C. E. Weir, S. Spinner and Orestes N. Stavroudis and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Optical Society of America, Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section A Physics and Chemistry and Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards.

In The Last Decade

Irving H. Malitson

13 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Interspecimen Comparison of the Refractive Index of Fused Silica*,†

1965 3.1k citations Irving H. Malitson Journal of the Optical Society of America profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Irving H. Malitson United States	10	2.3k	1.7k	1.3k	734	557	13	4.2k
Stanley S. Ballard United States	12	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	595 1.1×	43	4.4k
O.S. Heavens United Kingdom	18	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.9×	575 1.0×	99	5.1k
E. A. Taft United States	26	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	623 0.5×	1.7k 2.3×	240 0.4×	49	3.4k
G. Hass United States	30	1.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	741 0.6×	1.2k 1.7×	523 0.9×	77	4.0k
K. Vedam United States	37	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	787 0.6×	1.9k 2.5×	674 1.2×	164	3.7k
W. G. Spitzer United States	38	4.5k 1.9×	3.9k 2.3×	882 0.7×	2.7k 3.7×	580 1.0×	117	7.1k
H. J. Levinstein United States	37	3.0k 1.3×	2.7k 1.6×	711 0.6×	2.1k 2.9×	805 1.4×	126	5.2k
H. C. Gatos United States	46	4.9k 2.1×	3.8k 2.2×	756 0.6×	3.2k 4.3×	478 0.9×	270	7.6k
H. J. Leamy United States	35	2.5k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	638 0.5×	2.4k 3.3×	709 1.3×	87	5.6k
D. W. Lynch United States	38	1.5k 0.6×	2.2k 1.3×	615 0.5×	1.8k 2.4×	1.1k 1.9×	166	5.0k

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Malitson, Irving H., et al.. (1975). REFRACTIVE INDEX VARIANCE IN AUTO HEADLAMP GLASS. 1 indexed citations

Waxler, Roy M., G. W. Cleek, Irving H. Malitson, Marilyn J. Dodge, & Tobias Hahn. (1971). Optical and mechanical properties of some neodymium-doped laser glasses. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section A Physics and Chemistry. 75A(3). 163–163. 15 indexed citations

Dodge, Marilyn J., et al.. (1969). A Special Method for Precise Refractive Index Measurement of Uniaxial Optical Media. Applied Optics. 8(8). 1703–1703. 11 indexed citations

Malitson, Irving H.. (1965). Interspecimen Comparison of the Refractive Index of Fused Silica*,†. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 55(10). 1205–1205. 3109 indexed citations breakdown →

Malitson, Irving H.. (1964). Refractive Properties of Barium Fluoride*. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 54(5). 628–628. 71 indexed citations

Malitson, Irving H.. (1963). A Redetermination of Some Optical Properties of Calcium Fluoride. Applied Optics. 2(11). 1103–1103. 253 indexed citations

Malitson, Irving H., et al.. (1963). Infrared Dispersion of Some Oxide Glasses. Applied Optics. 2(7). 741–741. 3 indexed citations

Malitson, Irving H.. (1962). Refraction and Dispersion of Synthetic Sapphire. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 52(12). 1377–1377. 342 indexed citations

Rodney, W.S., Irving H. Malitson, & Thomas A. King. (1958). Refractive Index of Arsenic Trisulfide. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 48(9). 633–633. 154 indexed citations

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Malitson, Irving H., et al.. (1958). Refractive Index of Synthetic Sapphire. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 48(1). 72–72. 97 indexed citations

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Weir, C. E., S. Spinner, Irving H. Malitson, & W.S. Rodney. (1957). Optical and volumetric relaxation effects in glass following removal of high hydrostatic pressures. Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards. 58(4). 189–189. 6 indexed citations

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Rodney, W.S. & Irving H. Malitson. (1956). Refraction and Dispersion of Thallium Bromide Iodide. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 46(11). 956–956. 25 indexed citations

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Stephens, Robert E. & Irving H. Malitson. (1952). Index of refraction of magnesium oxide. Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards. 49(4). 249–249. 143 indexed citations

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