James Benford

2.5k total citations
103 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

James Benford is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Aerospace Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James Benford has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 60 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 40 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in James Benford's work include Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research (58 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (44 papers) and Pulsed Power Technology Applications (27 papers). James Benford is often cited by papers focused on Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research (58 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (44 papers) and Pulsed Power Technology Applications (27 papers). James Benford collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Australia. James Benford's co-authors include H. Sze, B. Harteneck, Gregory Benford, David L. Price, W. Woo, John A. Swegle, Edl Schamiloglu, R. R. Smith, Jerrold S. Levine and D. N. Fittinghoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

James Benford

95 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers

James Benford
Comparison fields: 5 of 78
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1.3k
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 870
  • Aerospace Engineering 746
  • Control and Systems Engineering 743
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 199
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Yu. P. Bliokh Israel
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Peter Graneau United States
T. Shiozawa Japan
B.M. Marder United States
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Fields of papers citing papers by James Benford

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Benford

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James Benford. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James Benford 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 James Benford. James Benford 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
# Work Indexed citations
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2 11
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Sailships vs. Fusion Rockets: A Contrarian View
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Beam-Driven Sails and Divergence of Neutral Particle Beams
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5 15
6
Costs and Difficulties of Interstellar 'Messaging' and the Need for International Debate on Potential Risks
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7
Cost Optimized Interstellar Beacons: SETI
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8 1
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Max-Microwave Acceleration Experiment with Cosmos-1
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10
Power-Beaming Concepts for Future Deep Space Exploration
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Elastic, Electrostatic and Spin Deployment of Ultralight Sails
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12 31
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Relativistic magnetrons and klystrons at long pulse durations
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14
High power microwave generation at high repetition rates
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An introduction to high power microwaves
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16 1
17 15
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High power microwave simulator development
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19 26
20 3

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