J. William Rich

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

J. William Rich is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Applied Mathematics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, J. William Rich has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 33 papers in Applied Mathematics and 22 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in J. William Rich's work include Laser Design and Applications (35 papers), Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (33 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (21 papers). J. William Rich is often cited by papers focused on Laser Design and Applications (35 papers), Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (33 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (21 papers). J. William Rich collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. J. William Rich's co-authors include Igor Adamovich, Charles E. Treanor, R.G. Rehm, Sergey Macheret, Munetake Nishihara, Walter Lempert, R. C. Bergman, Yurii Utkin, Robert L. DeLeon and Keisuke Takashima and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

J. William Rich

78 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Vibrational Relaxation of Anharmonic Oscillators with Exc... 1968 2026 1987 2006 1968 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Vibrational Relaxation of Anharmonic Oscillators with Exchange-Dominated Collisions
    1968 607 citations Charles E. Treanor, J. William Rich et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics 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. William Rich United States 33 1.6k 1.2k 1.0k 880 825 80 3.2k
C. Gorse Italy 35 2.1k 1.3× 852 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 1.8k 2.0× 604 0.7× 120 3.6k
S. Longo Italy 33 2.0k 1.3× 509 0.4× 598 0.6× 1.5k 1.7× 657 0.8× 199 3.6k
Fabrizio Esposito Italy 25 558 0.3× 974 0.8× 324 0.3× 920 1.0× 317 0.4× 61 1.9k
B. F. Gordiet︠s︡ Portugal 22 1.9k 1.2× 344 0.3× 1.6k 1.6× 594 0.7× 270 0.3× 67 2.8k
M. Cacciatore Italy 28 960 0.6× 442 0.4× 491 0.5× 1.2k 1.4× 222 0.3× 93 2.2k
Annarita Laricchiuta Italy 29 1.2k 0.7× 402 0.3× 681 0.7× 1.3k 1.5× 358 0.4× 93 2.3k
Charles E. Treanor United States 14 534 0.3× 1.3k 1.1× 218 0.2× 807 0.9× 487 0.6× 31 2.1k
Vasco Guerra Portugal 40 3.7k 2.3× 508 0.4× 3.3k 3.3× 988 1.1× 253 0.3× 149 4.7k
Marco Panesi United States 30 518 0.3× 2.2k 1.9× 187 0.2× 895 1.0× 859 1.0× 176 2.9k
W. Lempert United States 26 1.0k 0.6× 198 0.2× 817 0.8× 264 0.3× 588 0.7× 87 2.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Adamovich, Igor & J. William Rich. (2024). Semiclassical analytic theory of electronic energy transfer in 3D atomic collisions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(19). 5 indexed citations
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Rich, J. William, et al.. (2023). Phytochemical screening of the Herbal Formulation of Morinda citrifolia and Costus afer Leaf Extracts. 6(4). 63–66. 2 indexed citations
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Frederickson, Kraig, et al.. (2013). An optically pumped carbon monoxide laser operating at elevated temperatures. Laser Physics. 23(9). 95004–95004. 6 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Munetake, Keisuke Takashima, J. William Rich, & Igor Adamovich. (2011). Mach 5 bow shock control by a nanosecond pulse surface dielectric barrier discharge. Physics of Fluids. 23(6). 134 indexed citations
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Hicks, Adam, et al.. (2008). Effect of Iodine Dissociation in an Auxiliary Discharge on Gain In a Puler-Sustainer Discharge Excited Oxygen-Iodine Laser. 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. 3 indexed citations
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Hicks, Adam, Kurt Fredrickson, Yurii Utkin, et al.. (2006). Gain measurements in a non-self-sustained electric discharge pumped oxygen-iodine laser cavity. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6346. 63461V–63461V. 3 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Munetake, J. William Rich, Walter Lempert, Igor Adamovich, & Sivaram Gogineni. (2006). MHD Flow Control and Power Generation in Low-Temperature Supersonic Flows. 1 indexed citations
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Adamovich, Igor, Ainan Bao, Guofeng Lou, et al.. (2005). Fuel Oxidation and Ignition in Premixed Hydrocarbon-Air Flows by Nonequilibrium Plasmas. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Nishihara, Munetake, Naibo Jiang, J. William Rich, et al.. (2005). Low-temperature supersonic boundary layer control using repetitively pulsed magnetohydrodynamic forcing. Physics of Fluids. 17(10). 78 indexed citations
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Utkin, Yurii, Igor Adamovich, & J. William Rich. (2005). Time-resolved measurements of ionization and vibration-to-electronic energy transfer in optically pumped plasmas. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 38(5). 688–696. 10 indexed citations
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Palm, Peter, et al.. (2003). Nonequilibrium Radio Frequency Discharge Plasma Effect on Conical Shock Wave: M = 2.5 Flow. AIAA Journal. 41(3). 465–469. 36 indexed citations
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Plönjes, Elke, Peter Palm, Igor Adamovich, & J. William Rich. (2000). Ionization measurements in optically pumped discharges. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 33(16). 2049–2056. 20 indexed citations
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Plönjes, Elke, Peter Palm, Andrey Chernukho, Igor Adamovich, & J. William Rich. (2000). Time-resolved Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of optically pumped carbon monoxide. Chemical Physics. 256(3). 315–331. 56 indexed citations
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Adamovich, Igor & J. William Rich. (1998). Three-dimensional nonperturbative analytic model of vibrational energy transfer in atom–molecule collisions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 109(18). 7711–7724. 67 indexed citations
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Adamovich, Igor & J. William Rich. (1997). The effect of superelastic electron - molecule collisions on the vibrational energy distribution function. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 30(12). 1741–1745. 38 indexed citations
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Adamovich, Igor, Sergey Macheret, J. William Rich, & Charles E. Treanor. (1995). Vibrational relaxation and dissociation behind shock waves. Part 1 - Kinetic rate models.. AIAA Journal. 33(6). 1064–1069. 124 indexed citations
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Adamovich, Igor, Sergey Macheret, & J. William Rich. (1994). Spatial nonhomogeneity effects in nonequilibrium vibrational kinetics. Chemical Physics. 182(2-3). 167–183. 14 indexed citations
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Macheret, Sergey & J. William Rich. (1993). Nonequilibrium dissociation rates behind strong shock waves: classical model. Chemical Physics. 174(1). 25–43. 75 indexed citations
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Bergman, R. C., et al.. (1983). 1 3C and 18O isotope enrichment by vibrational energy exchange pumping of CO. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 78(3). 1281–1292. 35 indexed citations
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Bergman, R. C. & J. William Rich. (1977). Overtone bands lasing at 2.7–3.1 μm in electrically excited CO. Applied Physics Letters. 31(9). 597–599. 25 indexed citations

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