J Topping

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

J Topping is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Geometry and Topology. According to data from OpenAlex, J Topping has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1 paper in Political Science and International Relations, 1 paper in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 1 paper in Geometry and Topology. Recurrent topics in J Topping's work include Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (1 paper), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (1 paper) and Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques (1 paper). J Topping is often cited by papers focused on Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (1 paper), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (1 paper) and Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques (1 paper). J Topping collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. J Topping's co-authors include L. Weil and Andreas Michels and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Today, Talanta and American Journal of Physics.

In The Last Decade

J Topping

23 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Investigations on the Theory of the Brownian Movement 1956 2026 1979 2002 1956 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Investigations on the Theory of the Brownian Movement
    1956 1.5k citations J Topping Physics Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J Topping United States 8 491 307 240 198 196 25 1.8k
K. G. Denbigh United Kingdom 22 627 1.3× 427 1.4× 340 1.4× 171 0.9× 242 1.2× 42 2.4k
Pierre Van Rysselberghe United States 17 329 0.7× 545 1.8× 236 1.0× 139 0.7× 255 1.3× 42 2.2k
P. Debye United States 22 585 1.2× 1.0k 3.3× 177 0.7× 128 0.6× 432 2.2× 49 2.8k
G. Porod Austria 12 273 0.6× 1.1k 3.5× 281 1.2× 317 1.6× 231 1.2× 24 2.6k
Paul W. Schmidt United States 22 490 1.0× 1.3k 4.1× 295 1.2× 187 0.9× 324 1.7× 103 3.1k
Paul Glansdorff Belgium 7 282 0.6× 253 0.8× 140 0.6× 286 1.4× 334 1.7× 14 2.2k
Robert C. Weast 10 217 0.4× 319 1.0× 118 0.5× 87 0.4× 179 0.9× 17 1.4k
M. Marek Czechia 25 259 0.5× 446 1.5× 178 0.7× 106 0.5× 248 1.3× 73 1.6k
Peter Gray United Kingdom 29 554 1.1× 734 2.4× 149 0.6× 289 1.5× 631 3.2× 196 3.8k
J. M. Haile United States 21 940 1.9× 810 2.6× 191 0.8× 171 0.9× 540 2.8× 44 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by J Topping

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Fields of papers citing papers by J Topping

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J Topping

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of J Topping. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of J Topping based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with J Topping. J Topping is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Topping, J. (1978). Analytical methods for the determination of tungsten. Talanta. 25(2). 61–72. 14 indexed citations
2.
Topping, J. (1965). Four Hundred Years of English Education. Physics Bulletin. 16(8). 324–324. 3 indexed citations
3.
Topping, J. (1965). Statistics and Experimental Design in Engineering and the Physical Sciences. Physics Bulletin. 16(9). 371–371. 22 indexed citations
4.
Topping, J. (1964). On Thinking Statistically. Physics Bulletin. 15(11). 282–282. 2 indexed citations
5.
Topping, J. (1962). Analytic Geometry and Calculus. Physics Bulletin. 13(2). 53–53. 1 indexed citations
6.
Topping, J. (1961). Entropy and the Unity of Knowledge. Physics Bulletin. 12(9). 248–248. 1 indexed citations
7.
Michels, Andreas, et al.. (1961). The teaching of physics in schools. Physics Today. 14(1). 30–38. 1 indexed citations
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Topping, J. (1960). An Elementary Treatise on Fourier's Series. Physics Bulletin. 11(3). 79–79. 3 indexed citations
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Topping, J. (1960). On Mathematics and Mathematicians. Physics Bulletin. 11(3). 79–80. 2 indexed citations
10.
Topping, J. (1960). Mathematics in Physics and Engineering. Physics Bulletin. 11(1). 19–19. 4 indexed citations
11.
Topping, J. (1959). Teaching Mathematics In Secondary Schools. Physics Bulletin. 10(6). 156–156. 13 indexed citations
12.
Topping, J. (1958). A Compendium of Mathematics and Physics. Physics Bulletin. 9(10). 273–273. 5 indexed citations
13.
Topping, J. (1958). The TECHNICAL COLLEGE LIBRARY AS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTRUMENT. Aslib Proceedings. 10(1). 1–6. 1 indexed citations
14.
Topping, J. (1958). Three Dimensional Dynamics. Physics Bulletin. 9(9). 216–216. 1 indexed citations
15.
Topping, J. (1957). Elements of Partial Differential Equations. Physics Bulletin. 8(7). 236–236. 103 indexed citations
16.
Topping, J, et al.. (1957). Errors of Observation and Their Treatment. American Journal of Physics. 25(7). 498–499. 60 indexed citations
17.
Topping, J. (1957). Is Peace Possible ?. Physics Bulletin. 8(7). 240–240. 5 indexed citations
18.
Topping, J. (1956). Investigations on the Theory of the Brownian Movement. Physics Bulletin. 7(10). 281–281. 1491 indexed citations breakdown →
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Topping, J, et al.. (1953). Biological Hazards of Atomic Energy. Physics Bulletin. 4(39). 29–30. 7 indexed citations
20.
Topping, J. (1952). Modern Cosmology and the Christian Idea of God. Physics Bulletin. 3(32). 56–56. 13 indexed citations

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