LESTER LEES

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

LESTER LEES is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Applied Mathematics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, LESTER LEES has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Computational Mechanics, 30 papers in Applied Mathematics and 25 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in LESTER LEES's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (38 papers), Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (30 papers) and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (27 papers). LESTER LEES is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (38 papers), Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (30 papers) and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (27 papers). LESTER LEES collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and Canada. LESTER LEES's co-authors include BARRY L. REEVES, TOSHI KUBOTA, L. CROCCO, Eli Reshotko, John E. Lewis, M. S. Plesset, D. R. S. Ko, Clarence B Cohen, A. Roshko and Donald J. Collins and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, AIAA Journal and Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets.

In The Last Decade

LESTER LEES

60 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Laminar Heat Transfer Over Blunt-Nosed Bodies at Hyperson... 1956 2026 1979 2002 1956 200 400 600
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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. Laminar Heat Transfer Over Blunt-Nosed Bodies at Hypersonic Flight Speeds
    1956 644 citations LESTER LEES Jet propulsion profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
LESTER LEES United States 23 1.8k 1.2k 1.0k 329 267 61 2.7k
H. W. Liepmann United States 16 1.5k 0.8× 555 0.4× 943 0.9× 131 0.4× 122 0.5× 29 2.3k
H. G. Hornung United States 34 2.9k 1.6× 1.9k 1.6× 1.8k 1.8× 289 0.9× 124 0.5× 156 3.8k
J.A. Fay United States 8 766 0.4× 792 0.6× 664 0.6× 142 0.4× 69 0.3× 24 1.5k
H. A. Hassan United States 25 1.6k 0.9× 883 0.7× 882 0.9× 103 0.3× 68 0.3× 109 2.1k
Marcel Vinokur United States 21 2.2k 1.2× 677 0.5× 661 0.6× 61 0.2× 119 0.4× 51 2.5k
P. A. Thompson United States 13 847 0.5× 556 0.4× 324 0.3× 92 0.3× 83 0.3× 36 1.5k
Peter A. Gnoffo United States 34 3.0k 1.6× 3.3k 2.7× 2.2k 2.1× 189 0.6× 346 1.3× 150 4.1k
Maurice Holt United States 14 806 0.4× 236 0.2× 300 0.3× 144 0.4× 183 0.7× 57 1.5k
Eli Reshotko United States 33 2.9k 1.6× 622 0.5× 1.5k 1.5× 317 1.0× 51 0.2× 130 3.3k
Frank E. Marble United States 28 2.5k 1.4× 288 0.2× 1.6k 1.5× 418 1.3× 49 0.2× 59 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by LESTER LEES

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of LESTER LEES

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of LESTER LEES. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of LESTER LEES based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with LESTER LEES. LESTER LEES is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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English, T A, et al.. (1979). Space augmentation of military high-level waste disposal. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 55(12). 2778–85. 1 indexed citations
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McRae, Gregory J., et al.. (1978). Oxidant and precursor trends in the metropolitan Los Angeles region. Atmospheric Environment (1967). 12(6-7). 1413–1420. 10 indexed citations
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McRae, Gregory J., et al.. (1976). Emissions and air quality trends in the South Coast Air Basin. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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LEES, LESTER, Robert C. Fisher, Burton H. Klein, et al.. (1972). Smog: a report to the people. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Ko, D. R. S., TOSHI KUBOTA, & LESTER LEES. (1970). Finite disturbance effect on the stability of a laminar incompressible wake behind a flat plate. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 40(2). 315–341. 58 indexed citations
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LEES, LESTER, et al.. (1970). Finite-Amplitude Instability of the Compressible Laminar Wake. Strongly Amplified Disturbances. The Physics of Fluids. 13(12). 2932–2938. 19 indexed citations
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Collins, Don, LESTER LEES, & A. Roshko. (1969). An experimental study of the near wake of a two-dimensional hypersonic blunt body with mass addition. 1 indexed citations
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LEES, LESTER, et al.. (1969). Theory of laminar viscous-inviscid interactions in supersonic flow. AIAA Journal. 7(12). 2211–2221. 48 indexed citations
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LEES, LESTER, et al.. (1969). Surface mass injection at supersonic and hypersonic speeds as a problem in turbulent mixing. I.. AIAA Journal. 7(4). 671–680. 9 indexed citations
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LEES, LESTER, et al.. (1967). Laminar boundary-layer separation and near-wake flow for a smooth blunt body at supersonic and hypersonic speeds.. AIAA Journal. 5(6). 1089–1096. 22 indexed citations
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LEES, LESTER, et al.. (1965). Reply by Authors to A. Goldburg. AIAA Journal. 3(5). 991–992. 6 indexed citations
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LEES, LESTER. (1964). Hypersonic wakes and trails. AIAA Journal. 2(3). 417–428. 102 indexed citations
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LEES, LESTER, et al.. (1960). Kinetic Theory Description of Plane, Compressible Couette Flow. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 391. 45 indexed citations
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LEES, LESTER, et al.. (1960). Rayleigh's Problem at Low Reynolds Number According to the Kinetic Theory of Gases. 201. 4 indexed citations
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LEES, LESTER. (1959). RE-ENTRY HEAT TRANSFER. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations
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LEES, LESTER. (1958). Note on the Stabilizing Effect of Centrifugal Forces on the Laminar Boundary Layer over Convex Surfaces. Journal of the aerospace sciences. 25(6). 407–408. 5 indexed citations
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LEES, LESTER. (1957). Recent Developments in Hypersonic Flow1. Jet propulsion. 27(11). 1162–1178. 21 indexed citations
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LEES, LESTER. (1956). Influence of the Leading-Edge Shock Wave on the Laminar Boundary Layer at Hypersonic Speeds. Journal of the aeronautical sciences. [REQUEST TITLE]. 23(6). 594–600. 15 indexed citations
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LEES, LESTER. (1956). Laminar Heat Transfer Over Blunt-Nosed Bodies at Hypersonic Flight Speeds. Jet propulsion. 26(4). 259–269. 644 indexed citations breakdown →
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CROCCO, L. & LESTER LEES. (1952). A Mixing Theory for the Interaction Between Dissipative Flows and Nearly Isentropic Streams. Journal of the aeronautical sciences. [REQUEST TITLE]. 19(10). 649–676. 204 indexed citations

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