John Laufer

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

John Laufer is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John Laufer has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Computational Mechanics, 16 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 6 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in John Laufer's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (22 papers), Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (13 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (6 papers). John Laufer is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (22 papers), Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (13 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (6 papers). John Laufer collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. John Laufer's co-authors include R. Kaplan, David L. Grier, Burton A. Leland, James G. Nourse, W. Douglas Hounshell, Robert Schlinker, M. A. Badri Narayanan, Abhinav Gupta, F. K. Browand and G. E. Leroi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

John Laufer

32 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Structure of Turbulence in Fully Developed Pipe Flow 1953 2026 1977 2001 1953 250 500 750
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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. The Structure of Turbulence in Fully Developed Pipe Flow
    1953 768 citations John Laufer University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Laufer United States 20 1.8k 1.0k 586 357 308 32 2.6k
Frank Schmidt United States 32 1.3k 0.7× 292 0.3× 293 0.5× 131 0.4× 936 3.0× 114 3.8k
R. Peyret France 19 2.2k 1.2× 264 0.3× 202 0.3× 140 0.4× 218 0.7× 40 2.9k
William J. Rider United States 26 3.6k 2.0× 548 0.5× 209 0.4× 235 0.7× 220 0.7× 73 4.2k
K. A. Cliffe United Kingdom 23 1.4k 0.8× 170 0.2× 229 0.4× 85 0.2× 291 0.9× 94 2.2k
F. Grasso Italy 29 2.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 404 0.7× 135 0.4× 145 0.5× 143 2.8k
Barry Koren Netherlands 19 1.4k 0.8× 742 0.7× 541 0.9× 152 0.4× 93 0.3× 113 2.2k
D.W. Peaceman United States 17 1.5k 0.8× 122 0.1× 719 1.2× 1.5k 4.1× 1.4k 4.7× 25 4.6k
W. E. Stewart United States 17 578 0.3× 159 0.2× 140 0.2× 89 0.2× 444 1.4× 63 2.0k
Tapan K. Sengupta India 29 2.5k 1.4× 593 0.6× 507 0.9× 67 0.2× 89 0.3× 200 3.1k
Juan M. López United States 35 3.2k 1.7× 405 0.4× 370 0.6× 241 0.7× 343 1.1× 187 4.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Laufer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Laufer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nourse, James G., et al.. (1992). Description of several chemical structure file formats used by computer programs developed at Molecular Design Limited. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences. 32(3). 244–255. 445 indexed citations
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Deubner, F. L. & John Laufer. (1983). Short period oscillations. Solar Physics. 82(1-2). 151–155. 6 indexed citations
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Laufer, John, et al.. (1983). Unsteady aspects of a low mach number jet. The Physics of Fluids. 26(7). 1740–1750. 20 indexed citations
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Laufer, John, et al.. (1983). Noise generation by a low-Mach-number jet. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 134. 1–31. 152 indexed citations
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Laufer, John, et al.. (1980). On turbulent jet flows - A new perspective. 27 indexed citations
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Laufer, John, Robert Schlinker, & R. Kaplan. (1976). Experiments on Supersonic Jet Noise. AIAA Journal. 14(4). 489–497. 118 indexed citations
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Kaplan, R., et al.. (1976). AXIAL SOURCE STRENGTH DISTRIBUTION IN SUBSONIC JETS. 1 indexed citations
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Browand, F. K. & John Laufer. (1975). The Roles of Large Scale Structures in the Initial Development of Circular Jets. 333–342. 50 indexed citations
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Petersen, Robert A., R. Kaplan, & John Laufer. (1974). Ordered structures and jet noise. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 5 indexed citations
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Gupta, Abhinav, John Laufer, & R. Kaplan. (1971). Spatial structure in the viscous sublayer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 50(3). 493–512. 103 indexed citations
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Laufer, John & G. E. Leroi. (1971). Calculation of the Zero Wave Vector Lattice Frequencies of Alpha- and Beta-Oxygen. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 55(3). 993–1003. 28 indexed citations
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Laufer, John & Raoul Kopelman. (1970). Vibrational Exciton Density of States in Solid Benzene. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 53(9). 3674–3681. 15 indexed citations
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Laufer, John. (1969). Opening Address: Thoughts on Compressible Turbulent Boundary Layers. NASA Special Publication. 216. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Laufer, John. (1969). Turbulent shear flows of variable density.. AIAA Journal. 7(4). 706–713. 21 indexed citations
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Laufer, John. (1968). Turbulent shear flows of variable density. 4 indexed citations
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Laufer, John. (1964). Some Statistical Properties of the Pressure Field Radiated by a Turbulent Boundary Layer. The Physics of Fluids. 7(8). 1191–1197. 146 indexed citations
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Laufer, John. (1961). Aerodynamic Noise in Supersonic Wind Tunnels. Journal of the aerospace sciences. 28(9). 685–692. 222 indexed citations
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Laufer, John. (1954). Factors Affecting Transition Reynolds Numbers on Models in Supersonic Wind Tunnels. Journal of the aeronautical sciences. [REQUEST TITLE]. 21(7). 497–498. 39 indexed citations
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Laufer, John. (1953). The Structure of Turbulence in Fully Developed Pipe Flow. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 768 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liepmann, H. W., et al.. (1951). On the Spectrum of Isotropic Turbulence. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 28 indexed citations

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