K. A. Nelson

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 843 citations indexed

About

K. A. Nelson is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Civil and Structural Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, K. A. Nelson has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 843 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Materials Chemistry, 1 paper in Civil and Structural Engineering and 1 paper in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in K. A. Nelson's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (2 papers), Thermal properties of materials (1 paper) and Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (1 paper). K. A. Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (2 papers), Thermal properties of materials (1 paper) and Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (1 paper). K. A. Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Belgium. K. A. Nelson's co-authors include John A. Rogers, A. A. Maznev, M. S. Dresselhaus, Keivan Esfarjani, Jeremy A. Johnson, Austin J. Minnich, Gang Chen, Aaron J. Schmidt, T. P. Labuza and J. M. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

K. A. Nelson

7 papers receiving 825 citations

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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.

Thermal Conductivity Spectroscopy Technique to Measure Phonon Mean Free Paths

2011 414 citations Austin J. Minnich, Jeremy A. Johnson et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. A. Nelson United States	6	474	247	215	166	137	7	843
S. K. Gupta India	20	835 1.8×	161 0.7×	111 0.5×	19 0.1×	61 0.4×	108	1.3k
M. Marinelli Italy	20	343 0.7×	33 0.1×	125 0.6×	436 2.6×	167 1.2×	47	1000
Hans Jörg Limbach Germany	16	393 0.8×	16 0.1×	180 0.8×	45 0.3×	334 2.4×	24	1.2k
You‐Nian Wang China	17	197 0.4×	17 0.1×	400 1.9×	160 1.0×	76 0.6×	55	997
Moonjoo Lee South Korea	16	318 0.7×	116 0.5×	407 1.9×	16 0.1×	210 1.5×	52	944
G. González de la Cruz Mexico	15	277 0.6×	59 0.2×	204 0.9×	144 0.9×	162 1.2×	73	603
Agnès Duri France	15	457 1.0×	13 0.1×	102 0.5×	43 0.3×	166 1.2×	29	813
M. Ataka Japan	16	446 0.9×	15 0.1×	121 0.6×	102 0.6×	187 1.4×	49	873
S. Mitra India	16	284 0.6×	13 0.1×	248 1.2×	45 0.3×	86 0.6×	73	786
Malcolm J. Grimson United Kingdom	19	499 1.1×	14 0.1×	241 1.1×	29 0.2×	250 1.8×	88	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. A. Nelson

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Seybold, C. A., et al.. (2024). A practical, reproducible laboratory method for assessing soil aggregate stability. Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment. 7(4). 1 indexed citations

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Minnich, Austin J., Jeremy A. Johnson, Aaron J. Schmidt, et al.. (2011). Thermal Conductivity Spectroscopy Technique to Measure Phonon Mean Free Paths. Physical Review Letters. 107(9). 95901–95901. 414 indexed citations breakdown →

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Glorieux, Christ, et al.. (2006). Shear properties of glycerol by interface wave laser ultrasonics. Journal of Applied Physics. 99(1). 23 indexed citations

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Maznev, A. A., K. A. Nelson, & John A. Rogers. (1998). Optical heterodyne detection of laser-induced gratings. Optics Letters. 23(16). 1319–1319. 245 indexed citations

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Nelson, K. A. & T. P. Labuza. (1994). Water activity and food polymer science: Implications of state on Arrhenius and WLF models in predicting shelf life. Journal of Food Engineering. 22(1-4). 271–289. 86 indexed citations

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Nelson, K. A. & T. P. Labuza. (1992). Relationship between water and lipid oxidation rates: water activity and glass transition theory.. 15 indexed citations

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Brown, J. M., L. J. Slutsky, K. A. Nelson, & Cheng Lü. (1988). Velocity of Sound and Equations of State for Methanol and Ethanol in a Diamond-Anvil Cell. Science. 241(4861). 65–67. 59 indexed citations

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