K. R. Brownstein

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

K. R. Brownstein is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, K. R. Brownstein has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 13 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in K. R. Brownstein's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (8 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics (7 papers) and Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (6 papers). K. R. Brownstein is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (8 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics (7 papers) and Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (6 papers). K. R. Brownstein collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. K. R. Brownstein's co-authors include C. E. Tarr, Richard A. Morrow, P. Csavinszky, C. K. Carniglia, William A. McKinley, Reinhard Hentschke, Peter Kleban, Jerome H. Check, C. W. Smith and Gh. Adam and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

K. R. Brownstein

50 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Importance of classical diffusion in NMR studies of water... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 250 500 750 1000
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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. Importance of classical diffusion in NMR studies of water in biological cells
    1979 1.1k citations K. R. Brownstein, C. E. Tarr Physical review. A, General physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K. R. Brownstein United States 12 1.1k 569 442 427 320 52 1.9k
C. E. Tarr United States 10 1.1k 1.1× 665 1.2× 706 1.6× 131 0.3× 306 1.0× 31 1.8k
Kenneth S. Mendelson United States 15 283 0.3× 154 0.3× 120 0.3× 238 0.6× 277 0.9× 42 1.0k
Keh‐Jim Dunn United States 20 665 0.6× 382 0.7× 215 0.5× 84 0.2× 351 1.1× 40 998
R. James Brown United States 26 1.1k 1.0× 661 1.2× 521 1.2× 87 0.2× 675 2.1× 109 3.1k
Denise E. Freed United States 21 452 0.4× 170 0.3× 159 0.4× 433 1.0× 717 2.2× 55 1.5k
Martin D. Hürlimann United States 28 3.5k 3.3× 2.4k 4.2× 1.8k 4.0× 344 0.8× 927 2.9× 99 4.4k
Lalitha Venkataramanan United States 18 1.7k 1.6× 1.1k 1.9× 801 1.8× 39 0.1× 718 2.2× 46 2.4k
S. A. Self United States 23 453 0.4× 143 0.3× 74 0.2× 743 1.7× 345 1.1× 78 2.3k
J. Korringa United States 17 180 0.2× 65 0.1× 149 0.3× 330 0.8× 426 1.3× 41 1.4k
Gianpiero Colonna Italy 41 148 0.1× 1.3k 2.2× 287 0.6× 2.0k 4.7× 1.6k 5.0× 223 5.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Csavinszky, P. & K. R. Brownstein. (2009). Nonlinear screening of positive and negative point charges in GaAs. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 22(S16). 457–462.
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Brownstein, K. R., et al.. (2002). Comment on “Core reconstruction in pseudopotential calculations”. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 65(19). 2 indexed citations
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Brownstein, K. R.. (1995). Product trial function for confined quantum systems. Canadian Journal of Physics. 73(1-2). 48–52. 2 indexed citations
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Brownstein, K. R.. (1994). Nonexistence of spatially bounded force-free magnetic fields: a scaling point of view. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 22(3). 275–277. 1 indexed citations
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Brownstein, K. R.. (1993). Variational principle for confined quantum systems. Physical Review Letters. 71(9). 1427–1430. 32 indexed citations
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Brownstein, K. R.. (1993). Force exerted on a magnetic dipole. American Journal of Physics. 61(10). 940–941. 7 indexed citations
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Brownstein, K. R.. (1987). Unique shape of uniformly polarizable dielectrics. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 28(4). 978–980. 3 indexed citations
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Kleban, Peter, et al.. (1986). Finite-size effects at 2D Ising critical points via conformal mapping. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 19(3). 437–451. 18 indexed citations
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Brownstein, K. R.. (1984). Variational principle for electromagnetic problems in a linear, static, inhomogeneous anisotropic medium. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 25(6). 1784–1786. 1 indexed citations
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Brownstein, K. R.. (1982). Approximate treatment of the Thomas-Fermi equation for the potential due to a negative ion in a semiconductor. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 26(4). 2253–2256. 1 indexed citations
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Brownstein, K. R.. (1981). Large-rform for the potential due to an impurity ion in a medium with spatially variable dielectric constant. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 23(4). 1527–1533. 1 indexed citations
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Csavinszky, P. & K. R. Brownstein. (1981). Nonlinear screening of positive point charges in diamond, silicon, and germanium. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 24(8). 4566–4570. 18 indexed citations
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Brownstein, K. R. & C. E. Tarr. (1979). Importance of classical diffusion in NMR studies of water in biological cells. Physical review. A, General physics. 19(6). 2446–2453. 1137 indexed citations breakdown →
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Check, Jerome H., et al.. (1979). Leydig cell responsiveness with germinal cell resistance to gonadotropin therapy in Kallman's syndrome. The American Journal of Medicine. 67(3). 495–497. 5 indexed citations
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Brownstein, K. R. & C. E. Tarr. (1977). Spin-lattice relaxation in a system governed by diffusion. Journal of Magnetic Resonance (1969). 26(1). 17–24. 236 indexed citations
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Brownstein, K. R. & C. E. Tarr. (1977). Nucleation and growth model for reordering of nematic-cholesteric liquid crystal mixture. Chemical Physics Letters. 49(1). 80–84. 1 indexed citations
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Brownstein, K. R. & C. E. Tarr. (1976). Relaxation Time Versus Water Content: Linear or Nonlinear?. Science. 194(4261). 213–214. 2 indexed citations
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Brownstein, K. R.. (1975). Calculation of a bound state wavefunction using free state wavefunctions only. American Journal of Physics. 43(2). 173–176. 15 indexed citations
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Brownstein, K. R. & William A. McKinley. (1968). Study of the Singularities in the Kohn Variational Method for Scattering Parameters. Physical Review. 170(5). 1255–1266. 25 indexed citations

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