L. O’C. Drury

28.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
103 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

L. O’C. Drury is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, L. O’C. Drury has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 78 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 7 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in L. O’C. Drury's work include Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (60 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (52 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (30 papers). L. O’C. Drury is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (60 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (52 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (30 papers). L. O’C. Drury collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, Germany and France. L. O’C. Drury's co-authors include Mikhail Malkov, Donald C. Ellison, E. A. Dorfi, J. P. Meyer, S. A. E. G. Falle, M. E. Dieckmann, F. Aharonian, Alan Heavens, T. P. Downes and A. W. Strong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

L. O’C. Drury

97 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

An introduction to the theory of diffusive shock acceleration of energetic particles in tenuous plasmas

1983 1.0k citations L. O’C. Drury profile →
Nonlinear theory of diffusive acceleration of particles by shock waves

2001 473 citations Mikhail Malkov, L. O’C. Drury profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
L. O’C. Drury Ireland	26	3.1k	2.9k	157	122	67	103	3.8k
Dongsu Ryu South Korea	40	3.5k 1.1×	2.3k 0.8×	418 2.7×	114 0.9×	84 1.3×	134	4.0k
Anthony Mezzacappa United States	35	3.0k 1.0×	3.2k 1.1×	92 0.6×	188 1.5×	183 2.7×	104	4.3k
Y. Sarazin France	32	2.2k 0.7×	3.0k 1.0×	236 1.5×	159 1.3×	95 1.4×	151	3.2k
Charles R. Evans United States	22	2.2k 0.7×	956 0.3×	382 2.4×	182 1.5×	135 2.0×	54	2.5k
Ewald Müller Germany	41	4.9k 1.6×	2.5k 0.9×	534 3.4×	149 1.2×	426 6.4×	117	5.5k
K. Hallatschek Germany	19	1.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	67 0.4×	90 0.7×	40 0.6×	63	1.6k
A. Mignone Italy	30	3.2k 1.0×	1.5k 0.5×	598 3.8×	78 0.6×	125 1.9×	112	3.8k
M. Á. Aloy Spain	33	2.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	189 1.2×	42 0.3×	133 2.0×	87	2.6k
G. Bodo Italy	29	3.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	567 3.6×	96 0.8×	77 1.1×	133	3.6k
L. Del Zanna Italy	32	2.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	383 2.4×	163 1.3×	188 2.8×	88	3.2k

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Drury, L. O’C. & A. W. Strong. (2017). Power requirements for cosmic ray propagation models involving diffusive reacceleration; estimates and implications for the damping of interstellar turbulence. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 43 indexed citations

Downes, T. P. & L. O’C. Drury. (2014). Cosmic ray pressure driven magnetic field amplification: dimensional, radiative and field orientation effects. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 444(1). 365–375. 12 indexed citations

Drury, L. O’C.. (2013). The Problem of Small Angular Scale Structure in the Cosmic Ray Anisotropy Data. International Cosmic Ray Conference. 33. 835. 4 indexed citations

Malkov, Mikhail, P. H. Diamond, L. O’C. Drury, & R. Z. Sagdeev. (2010). Probing nearby cosmic-ray accelerators and interstellar medium turbulence with MILAGRO hot spots. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 32 indexed citations

Murphy, G. C., M. E. Dieckmann, Antoine Bret, & L. O’C. Drury. (2010). Magnetic field amplification and electron acceleration to near-energy equipartition with ions by a mildly relativistic quasi-parallel plasma protoshock. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 524. A84–A84. 5 indexed citations

Drury, L. O’C., F. Aharonian, D. Malyshev, & S. Gabici. (2009). On the plasma temperature in supernova remnants with cosmic-ray modified shocks. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations

Drury, L. O’C.. (2005). Cosmic Ray Acceleration in Supernova Remnants. AIP conference proceedings. 801. 337–344.

Drury, L. O’C., K. G. McClements, S. C. Chapman, et al.. (2001). Computational Studies of Cosmic Ray Electron Injection. ICRC. 6. 2096. 1 indexed citations

Manfredi, Giovanni, et al.. (2000). Evidence for strange kinetics in Hasegawa-Mima turbulent transport. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 42(4). L13–L22. 22 indexed citations

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Wijesundera, Chakra, et al.. (2000). Elucidation of the effect of fat globule size and shape on Cheddar cheese flavour development using a fat-substituted cheese model.. Australian Journal of Dairy Technology. 55(1). 9–15. 11 indexed citations

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Wijesundera, Chakra, et al.. (1998). Flavour development and distribution of fat globule size and shape in cheddar-type cheeses made from skim milk homogenised with AMF or its fractions. Australian Journal of Dairy Technology. 53(2). 107–107. 4 indexed citations

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Mond, M. & L. O’C. Drury. (1998). Acoustic emission and corrugational instability of shocks modified by strong particle acceleration. CERN Bulletin. 332(1). 385–390. 3 indexed citations

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Keane, A., A. K. Thompson, D. O’Sullivan, L. O’C. Drury, & K.‐P. Wenzel. (1997). A Charge Spectrum of Ultra Heavy Cosmic Ray Nuclei, Including Actinides Detected on the LDEF. ICRC. 3. 361. 2 indexed citations

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Tuffs, R. J., L. O’C. Drury, J. Fischera, et al.. (1997). Spectrophotometry of Dust and Gas in Cassiopeia and the Cygnus Loop. ESASP. 419. 177. 2 indexed citations

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Drury, L. O’C.. (1996). COSMIC RAY ASTROPHYSICS. Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society. 29. 267–270. 1 indexed citations

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Drury, L. O’C., H. J. Voêlk, & E. G. Berezhko. (1995). Existence and interpretation of smooth cosmic-ray dominated shock structures in supernova remnants.. A&A. 299. 222. 1 indexed citations

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Webb, G. M., L. O’C. Drury, & H. J. Völk. (1986). Cosmic-ray shock acceleration in oblique MHD shocks. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 160(2). 335–346. 2 indexed citations

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Webb, G. M., L. O’C. Drury, & Peter L. Biermann. (1984). Diffusive shock acceleration of energetic electrons subject to synchrotron losses. 137(2). 185–201. 11 indexed citations

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Forman, M. A. & L. O’C. Drury. (1983). Time-Dependent Shock Acceleration: Approximations and Exact Solutions. ICRC. 2. 267. 14 indexed citations

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Morfill, G. E. & L. O’C. Drury. (1981). a Constraint on Prompt Supernova Cosmic-Ray Production from Gamma-Ray Observations. International Cosmic Ray Conference. 1. 172.

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