Lars Onsager

45.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
34 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Lars Onsager is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Lars Onsager has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 6 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 6 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Recurrent topics in Lars Onsager's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (9 papers), Thermodynamic properties of mixtures (6 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (5 papers). Lars Onsager is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (9 papers), Thermodynamic properties of mixtures (6 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (5 papers). Lars Onsager collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Lars Onsager's co-authors include Stefan Machlup, O. Penrose, Joseph B. Hubbard, Raymond M. Fuoss, L. K. Runnels, James F. Skinner, Marc Dupuis, Laurence Mittag, M. J. Stephen and M. Mandel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Lars Onsager

34 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Fluctuations and Irreversible Processes 1952 2026 1976 2001 1953 1956 1952 1977 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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. Fluctuations and Irreversible Processes
    1953 1.2k citations Lars Onsager, Stefan Machlup Physical Review profile →
  2. Bose-Einstein Condensation and Liquid Helium
    1956 1.1k citations Lars Onsager et al. Physical Review profile →
  3. Interpretation of the de Haas-van Alphen effect
    1952 504 citations Lars Onsager profile →
  4. Dielectric dispersion and dielectric friction in electrolyte solutions. I.
    1977 434 citations Joseph B. Hubbard, Lars Onsager The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lars Onsager United States 24 2.7k 1.4k 766 663 572 34 4.9k
Aneesur Rahman United States 27 3.2k 1.2× 460 0.3× 616 0.8× 2.3k 3.5× 605 1.1× 40 5.9k
O. K. Rice United States 17 1.9k 0.7× 543 0.4× 272 0.4× 885 1.3× 342 0.6× 70 4.6k
E.R. Smith Australia 25 1.4k 0.5× 371 0.3× 668 0.9× 1.5k 2.2× 583 1.0× 105 3.4k
R.O. Watts Australia 35 4.2k 1.5× 438 0.3× 218 0.3× 1.2k 1.8× 609 1.1× 111 5.8k
Sture Nordholm Sweden 32 2.4k 0.9× 808 0.6× 146 0.2× 913 1.4× 874 1.5× 204 4.3k
J.G. Powles United Kingdom 44 2.1k 0.8× 530 0.4× 253 0.3× 2.5k 3.8× 427 0.7× 205 6.4k
Raymond D. Mountain United States 42 2.0k 0.7× 669 0.5× 972 1.3× 2.5k 3.8× 405 0.7× 151 5.9k
Irwin Oppenheim United States 35 2.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 708 0.9× 1.4k 2.1× 386 0.7× 205 4.7k
G. S. Rushbrooke United Kingdom 27 1.3k 0.5× 699 0.5× 1.9k 2.5× 1.3k 2.0× 167 0.3× 46 4.3k
John C. Wheeler United States 27 775 0.3× 496 0.4× 818 1.1× 1.2k 1.9× 207 0.4× 71 3.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Onsager, Lars, et al.. (1978). Electrical effects during condensation and phase transitions of ice. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 68(8). 3823–3828. 34 indexed citations
2.
Hubbard, Joseph B. & Lars Onsager. (1977). Dielectric dispersion and dielectric friction in electrolyte solutions. I.. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 67(11). 4850–4857. 434 indexed citations breakdown →
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Onsager, Lars, et al.. (1977). The integral representation of the relaxation effects in mixed strong electrolytes in the limiting law region. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 81(12). 1211–1212. 4 indexed citations
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McCauley, Joseph L. & Lars Onsager. (1975). Electrons and vortex lines in He II. I. Brownian motion theory of capture and escape. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 8(2). 203–213. 13 indexed citations
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Onsager, Lars, et al.. (1974). Hopping of ions in ice. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 60(2). 405–419. 54 indexed citations
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Onsager, Lars. (1969). The Motion of Ions: Principles and Concepts. Science. 166(3911). 1359–1364. 102 indexed citations
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Onsager, Lars & L. K. Runnels. (1969). Diffusion and Relaxation Phenomena in Ice. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 50(3). 1089–1103. 101 indexed citations
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Onsager, Lars & Stephen W. Provencher. (1968). Relaxation effects in associating electrolytes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 90(12). 3134–3140. 8 indexed citations
9.
Onsager, Lars, Laurence Mittag, & M. J. Stephen. (1966). Integrals in the Theory of Electron Correlations. Annalen der Physik. 473(1-2). 71–77. 79 indexed citations
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Onsager, Lars. (1964). A Correction to the Poisson-Boltzmann Equation for Unsymmetrical Electrolytes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 86(17). 3421–3423. 15 indexed citations
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Fuoss, Raymond M. & Lars Onsager. (1964). The Conductance of Symmetrical Electrolytes.1a IV. Hydrodynamic and Osmotic Terms in the Relaxation Field. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 68(1). 1–8. 27 indexed citations
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Fuoss, Raymond M. & Lars Onsager. (1963). THE CONDUCTANCE OF SYMMETRICAL ELECTROLYTES. III. ELECTROPHORESIS. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 67(3). 628–632. 17 indexed citations
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Fuoss, Raymond M. & Lars Onsager. (1963). THE CONDUCTANCE OF SYMMETRICAL ELECTROLYTES. II. THE RELAXATION FIELD. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 67(3). 621–628. 23 indexed citations
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Fuoss, Raymond M. & Lars Onsager. (1962). THE CONDUCTANCE OF SYMMETRICAL ELECTROLYTES. I. POTENTIAL OF TOTAL FORCE. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 66(9). 1722–1726. 33 indexed citations
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Dupuis, Marc, et al.. (1960). Surface Specific Heat of an Isotropic Solid at Low Temperatures. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 33(5). 1452–1461. 83 indexed citations
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Whitman, Donald R., et al.. (1960). Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectrum of Propane. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 32(1). 67–71. 34 indexed citations
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Fuoss, Raymond M. & Lars Onsager. (1957). Conductance of Unassociated Electrolytes.. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 61(5). 668–682. 169 indexed citations
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Onsager, Lars, et al.. (1957). The Relaxation Effects in Mixed Strong Electrolytes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 61(2). 215–229. 82 indexed citations
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Onsager, Lars, et al.. (1957). Wien Effect in Simple Strong Electrolytes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 61(2). 198–215. 45 indexed citations
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Machlup, Stefan & Lars Onsager. (1953). Fluctuations and Irreversible Process. II. Systems with Kinetic Energy. Physical Review. 91(6). 1512–1515. 320 indexed citations

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