Mark Nelkin

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Mark Nelkin is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Nelkin has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Computational Mechanics, 26 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 19 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Mark Nelkin's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (30 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (17 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (12 papers). Mark Nelkin is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (30 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (17 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (12 papers). Mark Nelkin collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Mark Nelkin's co-authors include S W Lovesey, W. Marshall, P. L. Sulem, U. Frisch, Ajoy Ghatak, T. J. Krieger, S. Ranganathan, Sidney Yip, Shiyi Chen and Thomas L. Bell and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Mark Nelkin

68 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Theory of Thermal Neutron Scattering

1972 1.0k citations Mark Nelkin et al. American Journal of Physics profile →
A simple dynamical model of intermittent fully developed turbulence

1978 742 citations U. Frisch, P. L. Sulem et al. Journal of Fluid Mechanics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark Nelkin United States	27	1.2k	1.2k	771	617	583	69	4.0k
W. I. Goldburg United States	35	787 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	954 1.2×	255 0.4×	1.9k 3.3×	122	4.6k
R. Z. Sagdeev Russia	53	1.9k 1.6×	458 0.4×	382 0.5×	182 0.3×	301 0.5×	383	9.4k
S. Großmann Germany	29	776 0.6×	452 0.4×	283 0.4×	200 0.3×	479 0.8×	109	3.0k
Michael R. Moldover United States	47	1.8k 1.5×	328 0.3×	574 0.7×	85 0.1×	1.1k 2.0×	178	6.5k
Berni J. Alder United States	34	2.4k 2.0×	1.4k 1.2×	623 0.8×	54 0.1×	1.5k 2.6×	75	6.5k
Russell J. Donnelly United States	36	3.2k 2.6×	2.0k 1.6×	621 0.8×	439 0.7×	140 0.2×	114	6.3k
O. K. Rice United States	17	1.9k 1.6×	591 0.5×	272 0.4×	90 0.1×	885 1.5×	70	4.6k
J. S. Gallagher United States	57	658 0.5×	361 0.3×	65 0.1×	191 0.3×	391 0.7×	402	12.7k
A.E. Litherland Canada	38	1.8k 1.5×	482 0.4×	169 0.2×	803 1.3×	153 0.3×	221	5.2k
Sydney Chapman United States	29	646 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	90 0.1×	356 0.6×	439 0.8×	93	6.4k

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All Works

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Nelkin, Mark. (2000). Resource Letter TF-1: Turbulence in fluids. American Journal of Physics. 68(4). 310–318. 18 indexed citations

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Nelkin, Mark. (1998). Enstrophy and dissipation must have the same scaling exponent in high Reynolds number turbulence. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Nelkin, Mark & M. Tabor. (1990). Time correlations and random sweeping in isotropic turbulence. Physics of Fluids A Fluid Dynamics. 2(1). 81–83. 61 indexed citations

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Hansen, Alex & Mark Nelkin. (1986). Absence of small-scale structure in homogeneous superfluid turbulence. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 34(7). 4894–4896. 4 indexed citations

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Kerr, Robert M., Tohru Nakano, & Mark Nelkin. (1985). Decay of a coherent scalar disturbance in a turbulent flow. STIN. 85. 30244. 1 indexed citations

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Nakano, Tohru & Mark Nelkin. (1985). Crossover model for the scaling exponents of intermittent fully developed turbulence. Physical review. A, General physics. 31(3). 1980–1982. 11 indexed citations

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Stanton, Christopher J. & Mark Nelkin. (1984). Random-walk model for equilibrium resistance fluctuations. Journal of Statistical Physics. 37(1-2). 1–16. 14 indexed citations

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Frisch, U., P. L. Sulem, & Mark Nelkin. (1978). A simple dynamical model of intermittent fully developed turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 87(4). 719–736. 742 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bell, Thomas L. & Mark Nelkin. (1978). Time-dependent scaling relations and a cascade model of turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 88(2). 369–391. 32 indexed citations

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Nelkin, Mark. (1975). Scaling theory of hydrodynamic turbulence. Physical review. A, General physics. 11(5). 1737–1743. 28 indexed citations

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Hohenberg, Paul M., et al.. (1971). A Program to Coordinate Environmental Research. 59(2). 183–187. 2 indexed citations

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Nelkin, Mark. (1969). Effective-Field Approximations in Classical Liquids. Physical Review. 183(1). 349–350. 17 indexed citations

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Nelkin, Mark & S. Ranganathan. (1967). Collisionless Sound in Classical Fluids. Physical Review. 164(1). 222–227. 99 indexed citations

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Desai, Rashmi C. & Mark Nelkin. (1966). Collective Motion in Liquid Argon. Physical Review Letters. 16(19). 839–841. 14 indexed citations

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Yip, Sidney & Mark Nelkin. (1964). Application of a Kinetic Model to Time-Dependent Density Correlations in Fluids. Physical Review. 135(5A). A1241–A1247. 95 indexed citations

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Nelkin, Mark & Ajoy Ghatak. (1964). Simple Binary Collision Model for Van Hove'sGs(r, t). Physical Review. 135(1A). A4–A9. 285 indexed citations

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Nelkin, Mark. (1962). Phonon-Phonon Interactions in Bose Systems. Physical Review. 127(4). 979–986. 5 indexed citations

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Nelkin, Mark. (1960). Scattering of Slow Neutrons by Water. Physical Review. 119(2). 741–746. 78 indexed citations

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Hurwitz, H. & Mark Nelkin. (1958). The Thermal Neutron Spectrum in a Diffusing Medium. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 3(1). 1–10. 15 indexed citations

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Krieger, T. J. & Mark Nelkin. (1957). Slow-Neutron Scattering by Molecules. Physical Review. 106(2). 290–295. 136 indexed citations

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