Jacob Roberts

4.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
50 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Jacob Roberts is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacob Roberts has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 16 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 4 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Jacob Roberts's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (20 papers), Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (12 papers) and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (11 papers). Jacob Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (20 papers), Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (12 papers) and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (11 papers). Jacob Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Türkiye. Jacob Roberts's co-authors include Carl Wieman, N. R. Claussen, Eric Cornell, Simon L. Cornish, S. C. Bennett, C. S. Wood, Carol E. Tanner, B. P. Masterson, Elizabeth A. Donley and J. P. Burke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Jacob Roberts

47 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Measurement of Parity Non... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 2000 2001 1998 2001 250 500 750
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. Measurement of Parity Nonconservation and an Anapole Moment in Cesium
    1997 799 citations C. S. Wood, S. C. Bennett et al. Science profile →
  2. Stable85RbBose-Einstein Condensates with Widely Tunable Interactions
    2000 685 citations Simon L. Cornish, N. R. Claussen et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  3. Dynamics of collapsing and exploding Bose–Einstein condensates
    2001 593 citations Elizabeth A. Donley, N. R. Claussen et al. Nature profile →
  4. Resonant Magnetic Field Control of Elastic Scattering in ColdR85b
    1998 402 citations Jacob Roberts, N. R. Claussen et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  5. Controlled Collapse of a Bose-Einstein Condensate
    2001 328 citations Jacob Roberts, N. R. Claussen et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jacob Roberts 3.0k 537 426 219 211 50 3.4k
J. Martorell 1.7k 0.6× 1.1k 2.0× 256 0.6× 152 0.7× 185 0.9× 95 2.5k
Kirk W. Madison 3.8k 1.3× 266 0.5× 506 1.2× 455 2.1× 375 1.8× 70 4.1k
Pierre Cladé 2.1k 0.7× 389 0.7× 183 0.4× 127 0.6× 273 1.3× 44 2.5k
E. A. Hinds 2.7k 0.9× 238 0.4× 203 0.5× 130 0.6× 730 3.5× 73 2.9k
E. A. Hinds 3.8k 1.3× 388 0.7× 328 0.8× 61 0.3× 601 2.8× 74 4.2k
Thorsten Schumm 3.4k 1.1× 231 0.4× 367 0.9× 342 1.6× 793 3.8× 73 3.6k
Jamal T. Manassah 2.1k 0.7× 268 0.5× 249 0.6× 74 0.3× 640 3.0× 161 2.4k
M. G. Boshier 2.1k 0.7× 130 0.2× 248 0.6× 86 0.4× 343 1.6× 49 2.3k
J. T. M. Walraven 4.3k 1.4× 120 0.2× 336 0.8× 519 2.4× 380 1.8× 97 4.5k
B. E. Sauer 3.0k 1.0× 300 0.6× 333 0.8× 44 0.2× 461 2.2× 60 3.3k

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All Works

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Chen, Wei‐Ting, et al.. (2017). Observation of a strong-coupling effect on electron-ion collisions in ultracold plasmas. Physical review. E. 96(1). 13203–13203. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei‐Ting, et al.. (2014). Plasma Oscillation Damping in an Ultracold Neutral Plasma. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Roberts, Jacob, et al.. (2009). Influence of optical molasses in loading a shallow optical trap. Physical Review A. 79(1). 3 indexed citations
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Bingham, N. S., et al.. (2008). Light-assisted collisional loss in aRb85∕87ultracold optical trap. Physical Review A. 78(3). 9 indexed citations
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Roberts, Jacob, Chad Fertig, M. J. Lim, & S. L. Rolston. (2004). Electron Temperature of Ultracold Plasmas. Physical Review Letters. 92(25). 253003–253003. 54 indexed citations
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Roberts, Jacob. (2003). Bose-Einstein Condensates with Tunable Atom-atom Interactions. 34. 4 indexed citations
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Roberts, Jacob, et al.. (2001). Bose-Einstein condensates with tunable atom-atom interactions: the first experiments with 85Rb BECs. 6 indexed citations
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Donley, Elizabeth A., N. R. Claussen, Simon L. Cornish, et al.. (2001). Dynamics of collapsing and exploding Bose–Einstein condensates. Nature. 412(6844). 295–299. 593 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roberts, Jacob, et al.. (2001). Controlled Collapse of a Bose-Einstein Condensate. Physical Review Letters. 86(19). 4211–4214. 328 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roberts, Jacob, J. P. Burke, N. R. Claussen, et al.. (2001). Improved characterization of elastic scattering near a Feshbach resonance in85Rb. Physical Review A. 64(2). 40 indexed citations
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Woodhead, J., et al.. (2000). A scalar variational method for resonant modes of oxide-apertured vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. Journal of Applied Physics. 87(1). 10–21. 5 indexed citations
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Balkan, N., et al.. (1999). HELLISH-VCSEL: A Hot Electron Laser. TURKISH JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. 23(4). 681–688. 2 indexed citations
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Wood, C. S., S. C. Bennett, B. P. Masterson, et al.. (1997). Measurement of Parity Nonconservation and an Anapole Moment in Cesium. Science. 275(5307). 1759–1763. 799 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cho, D., C. S. Wood, S. C. Bennett, Jacob Roberts, & Carl Wieman. (1997). Precision measurement of the ratio of scalar to tensor transition polarizabilities for the cesium 6S-7S transition. Physical Review A. 55(2). 1007–1011. 27 indexed citations
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Balkan, N., et al.. (1997). Ultra bright surface emission from a distributed Bragg reflector hot electron light emitter. Applied Physics Letters. 70(3). 366–368. 10 indexed citations
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Wood, C. S., et al.. (1996). Birefringence, mirrors, and parity violation. Optics and Photonics News. 7(10). 54–55. 2 indexed citations
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Gillin, W. P., K. P. Homewood, B.J. Sealy, & Jacob Roberts. (1991). Photoluminescence of deep levels in ion-implanted AlxGa1−xAs. Applied Physics Letters. 58(13). 1404–1406. 2 indexed citations
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Balkan, N., et al.. (1986). Investigation of intrinsic and extrinsic photoluminescence in MQW. Superlattices and Microstructures. 2(4). 357–361. 9 indexed citations
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Roberts, Jacob, et al.. (1978). Refraction status and motility defects of persons 4-74 years.. PubMed. 1–124. 12 indexed citations

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