John David Simpson

12.7k citations

454 papers · 10.7k · 1 hit paper · h-index 47

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Nuclear physics research studies
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
Radiation top 1%
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 361
- Nuclear physics research studies 349
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 7
- Particle Detector Development and Performance 5
Radiation 29
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies 26
- Nuclear Physics and Applications 2

Co-authors: John F. Sharpey-Schafer (47 shared papers)M. A. Bentley (41 shared papers)P.D. Forsyth (29 shared papers)P.J. Twin (14 shared papers)C. W. Beausang (25 shared papers)David Howe (19 shared papers)Mark A. Riley (37 shared papers)B. M. Nyakó (15 shared papers)
Journals: Physical Review C (131 papers)Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment (38 papers)Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics (37 papers)Physical Review Letters (33 papers)Physics Letters B (31 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Sweden

In The Last Decade

John David Simpson

443 papers receiving 10.3k citations

John David Simpson's Hit Papers

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AGATA—Advanced GAmma Tracking Array 2011 · 367 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2011 Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

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1	Observation of a Discrete-Line Superdeformed Band up to 60 ℏ in Dy 152 Physical Review Letters ·P.J. Twin, B. M. Nyakó, A H Nelson, John David Simpson, M. A. Bentley, H. W. Cranmer-Gordon, P.D. Forsyth, David Howe	1986	475
2	AGATA—Advanced GAmma Tracking Array Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·S. Akkoyun, Alejandro Algora, Babak Alikhani, F. Ameil, G. de Angelis, L. Arnold, A. Ataç Nyberg, C. Aufranc Hit paper breakdown →	2011	367
3	The Clover: a new generation of composite Ge detectors Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·Gilbert Duchêne, F.A. Beck, P.J. Twin, Gilles de France, D. Curien, Li Han, C. W. Beausang, M. A. Bentley	1999	312
4	Measurements on prototype Ge and BGO detectors for the Eurogam array Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·C. W. Beausang, S. A. Forbes, Paul Fallon, Paul J. Nolan, P.J. Twin, J.N. Mo, J.C. Lisle, M. A. Bentley	1992	234
5	The Euroball Spectrometer Zeitschrift für Physik A Hadrons and Nuclei ·John David Simpson	1997	232
6	The GREAT spectrometer Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms ·Robert D. Page, Andrei N. Andreyev, Duncan Appelbe, Peter A. Butler, S. J. Freeman, Paul T. Greenlees, R.-D. Herzberg, D. G. Jenkins	2003	227
7	In-beam γ-ray spectroscopy above Sn100 using the new technique of recoil decay tagging Physical Review C ·E. S. Paul, P. J. Woods, Thomas Davinson, Robert D. Page, Paul J Sellin, C. W. Beausang, R. M. Clark, R.A. Cunningham	1995	217
8	The GREAT triggerless total data readout method IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science ·Ian H. Lazarus, E.E. Appelbe, Peter A. Butler, Patrick J. Coleman-Smith, J.R. Cresswell, S. J. Freeman, R.-D. Herzberg, I. M. Hibbert	2001	209
9	Gamma radiation from theN=Znucleus 4080 Zr40 Physical Review Letters ·C. J. Lister, A. A. Chishti, William Gelletly, L. Goettig, Robert Moscrop, B. J. Varley, A.N. James, T Morrison	1987	151
10	Multiple superdeformed bands in 194Hg and their dynamical moments of inertia Nuclear Physics A ·Mark A. Riley, D. M. Cullen, Andrew Alderson, Paul Fallon, P.D. Forsyth, S. M. Mullins, Joseph W. Roberts, John F. Sharpey-Schafer	1990	148
11	From Ge(Li) detectors to gamma-ray tracking arrays–50 years of gamma spectroscopy with germanium detectors Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics ·J. Eberth, John David Simpson	2007	124
12	Microsecond mass separation of heavy compound nucleus residues using the Daresbury recoil separator Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·A.N. James, T P Morrison, K L Ying, K.A. Connell, H.G. Price, John David Simpson	1988	116
13	Large arrays of escape suppressed spectrometers for nuclear structure experiments Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics ·C. W. Beausang, John David Simpson	1996	114
14	Rare ISotopes INvestigation at GSI (RISING) using gamma-ray spectroscopy at relativistic energies Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·H. J. Wollersheim, Duncan Appelbe, A. Banu, R. Bassini, T. Beck, F. Becker, P. Bednarczyk, K.-H. Behr	2004	114
15	Conceptual design and infrastructure for the installation of the first AGATA sub-array at LNL Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·Andrés Gadea, Enrico Farnea, J. J. Valiente‐Dobón, Benedicte Million, D. Mengoni, D. Bazzacco, F. Recchia, Alfred Dewald	2011	106
16	Coupling a CLOVER detector array with the PRISMA magnetic spectrometer The European Physical Journal A ·Andrés Gadea, Daniel Ricardo Napoli, G. de Angelis, Roberto Menegazzo, Alberto M. Stefanini, Lorenzo Corradi, Michael Axiotis, E. Fioretto	2003	99
17	Identification of T=0 and T=1 Bands in the N=Z=37 Nucleus 74 Rb Physical Review Letters ·D. Rudolph, Carl J. Gross, Javid A. Sheikh, D.D. Warner, Ian Bearden, R.A. Cunningham, D. Foltescu, William Gelletly	1996	98
18	Storage ring at HIE-ISOLDE The European Physical Journal Special Topics ·Manfred Grieser, Yu. A. Litvinov, R. Raabe, Klaus Blaum, Y. Blumenfeld, Peter A. Butler, F. Wenander, P. J. Woods	2012	98
19	Evidence for wobbling excitation in 161Lu The European Physical Journal A ·P. Bringel, G.B. Hagemann, H. Hübel, A. Al-Khatib, P. Bednarczyk, Alex Burger, D. Curien, G. Gangopadhyay	2005	96
20	Intrinsic quadrupole moment of the superdeformed band in Dy152 Physical Review Letters ·M. A. Bentley, Gordon Ball, H. W. Cranmer-Gordon, P.D. Forsyth, David Howe, A.R. Mokhtar, John F. Sharpey-Schafer, P.J. Twin	1987	92

About John David Simpson

John David Simpson is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation, Rheumatology, Economics and Econometrics and Hematology, having authored 454 papers that have together received 10.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nuclear physics research studies (349 papers), Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (26 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (7 papers), Particle Detector Development and Performance (5 papers), Folate and B Vitamins Research (4 papers), Merger and Competition Analysis (4 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (2 papers) and Nuclear Physics and Applications (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (9.0k citations), Radiation (510 citations), Economics and Econometrics (118 citations), Rheumatology (56 citations) and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (19 citations). John David Simpson has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include John F. Sharpey-Schafer, M. A. Bentley, P.D. Forsyth, P.J. Twin, C. W. Beausang, David Howe, Mark A. Riley, B. M. Nyakó, Paul J. Nolan and A.N. James. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review C, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics, Physical Review Letters and Physics Letters B.

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