K. R. Lea

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

K. R. Lea is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Radiation and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, K. R. Lea has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 4 papers in Radiation and 2 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in K. R. Lea's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (6 papers), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (4 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (4 papers). K. R. Lea is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (6 papers), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (4 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (4 papers). K. R. Lea collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Singapore. K. R. Lea's co-authors include M. J. M. Leask, W. P. Wolf, M. Leventhal, E. B. Smith, R. T. Robiscoe, Willis E. Lamb, R.A. Kamper, S. L. Kaufman, J. S. M. Harvey and R.J. Begum and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

K. R. Lea

15 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

The raising of angular momentum degeneracy of f-Electron terms by cubic crystal fields

1962 1.6k citations K. R. Lea, M. J. M. Leask et al. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. R. Lea United States	11	1.2k	882	667	584	253	15	1.9k
Takeo Nagamiya Japan	23	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	987 1.5×	707 1.2×	123 0.5×	52	2.1k
W.J. Huiskamp Netherlands	24	860 0.7×	668 0.8×	510 0.8×	607 1.0×	107 0.4×	113	1.6k
G. T. Trammell United States	26	1.7k 1.5×	687 0.8×	1.0k 1.5×	570 1.0×	95 0.4×	48	2.7k
B. D. Dunlap United States	31	2.4k 2.1×	1.6k 1.8×	639 1.0×	820 1.4×	350 1.4×	145	3.0k
G A Gehring United Kingdom	22	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	968 1.5×	797 1.4×	89 0.4×	73	2.3k
M. R. Wells United Kingdom	25	1.3k 1.1×	1.4k 1.6×	1.1k 1.7×	919 1.6×	199 0.8×	181	2.6k
W. G. Stirling France	21	1.0k 0.9×	748 0.8×	750 1.1×	545 0.9×	83 0.3×	58	1.9k
A. Schenck Switzerland	29	2.6k 2.2×	1.6k 1.8×	669 1.0×	597 1.0×	243 1.0×	291	3.6k
H. Micklitz Germany	27	1.4k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	880 1.3×	460 0.8×	207 0.8×	149	2.1k
R. J. Felder United States	22	1.6k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	885 1.3×	1.0k 1.8×	187 0.7×	61	2.7k

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Begum, R.J., M. Hart, K. R. Lea, & D. P. Siddons. (1986). Direct measurements of the complex X-ray atomic scattering factors for elements by X-ray interferometry at the Daresbury Synchrotron Radiation Source. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 42(6). 456–464. 20 indexed citations

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Lea, K. R. & Ian Munro. (1979). The Synchrotron Radiation Source at Daresbury Laboratory. 4 indexed citations

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Holt, R S, M. J. Cooper, & K. R. Lea. (1978). Compton scattering with synchrotron radiation. Journal of Physics E Scientific Instruments. 11(1). 68–70. 6 indexed citations

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Kaufman, S. L., Willis E. Lamb, K. R. Lea, & M. Leventhal. (1971). Measurement of the2S122−2P322Interval in Atomic Hydrogen. Physical review. A, General physics. 4(6). 2128–2144. 20 indexed citations

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Kaufman, S. L., Willis E. Lamb, K. R. Lea, & M. Leventhal. (1969). Measurement of the2S122−2P322Interval in Atomic Hydrogen.. Physical Review Letters. 22(15). 806–806. 6 indexed citations

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Kaufman, S. L., Willis E. Lamb, K. R. Lea, & M. Leventhal. (1969). Measurement of the2S122−2P322Interval in Atomic Hydrogen. Physical Review Letters. 22(11). 507–509. 19 indexed citations

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Leventhal, M., R. T. Robiscoe, & K. R. Lea. (1967). Velocity Distribution of Metastable H Atoms Produced by Dissociative Excitation ofH2. Physical Review. 158(1). 49–56. 88 indexed citations

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Lea, K. R., M. Leventhal, & Willis E. Lamb. (1966). Fine Structure ofn=4Levels of(He4)+. Physical Review Letters. 16(5). 163–165. 16 indexed citations

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Leventhal, M., K. R. Lea, & Willis E. Lamb. (1965). Measurement of the Quantum-Electrodynamic Level Shift in then=3State of(He4)+. Physical Review Letters. 15(26). 1013–1015. 10 indexed citations

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Smith, E. B. & K. R. Lea. (1963). Thermodynamic properties of mixtures of hard sphere molecules by Monte Carlo methods. Transactions of the Faraday Society. 59. 1535–1535. 59 indexed citations

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Lea, K. R., M. J. M. Leask, & W. P. Wolf. (1962). The raising of angular momentum degeneracy of f-Electron terms by cubic crystal fields. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 23(10). 1381–1405. 1611 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, E. B. & K. R. Lea. (1960). A Monte Carlo Equation of State for Mixtures of Hard-Sphere Molecules. Nature. 186(4726). 714–714. 15 indexed citations

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Harvey, J. S. M., R.A. Kamper, & K. R. Lea. (1960). Paramagnetic Resonance Absorption in Bromine and Chlorine. Proceedings of the Physical Society. 76(6). 979–984. 19 indexed citations

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Kamper, R.A., et al.. (1957). Hyperfine Structure and Nuclear Electric Quadrupole Moment of¹⁷O. Proceedings of the Physical Society Section B. 70(9). 897–899. 24 indexed citations

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Lacher, J. R., et al.. (1952). Vapor Phase Heats of Hydrobromination of the Isomeric Butenes¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 74(21). 5291–5292. 3 indexed citations

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