Nathan Speirs

503 total citations
19 papers, 393 citations indexed

About

Nathan Speirs is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathan Speirs has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 393 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Computational Mechanics, 6 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Nathan Speirs's work include Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (13 papers), Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (11 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (6 papers). Nathan Speirs is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (13 papers), Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (11 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (6 papers). Nathan Speirs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Saudi Arabia and Canada. Nathan Speirs's co-authors include Tadd Truscott, Mohammad Mansoor, Jesse Belden, S. T. Thoroddsen, Jeremy Marston, Zhao Pan, M. Jones, Randy Hurd, Yoshiyuki Tagawa and P. Taborek and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Nathan Speirs

18 papers receiving 387 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nathan Speirs United States 11 353 89 81 51 34 19 393
Xujian Lyu China 14 369 1.0× 47 0.5× 124 1.5× 127 2.5× 45 1.3× 37 531
Michael B. Martell United States 4 281 0.8× 145 1.6× 41 0.5× 80 1.6× 10 0.3× 7 370
Néstor Balcázar Spain 15 510 1.4× 47 0.5× 65 0.8× 24 0.5× 38 1.1× 31 564
Matthew W. Williams United States 6 676 1.9× 142 1.6× 93 1.1× 24 0.5× 43 1.3× 11 738
Sander Wildeman Netherlands 7 193 0.5× 153 1.7× 25 0.3× 65 1.3× 34 1.0× 10 377
Dmitry V. Lyubimov Russia 11 241 0.7× 72 0.8× 59 0.7× 12 0.2× 36 1.1× 18 358
J. M. Sicilian United States 6 637 1.8× 124 1.4× 89 1.1× 40 0.8× 41 1.2× 14 698
Suhas S. Jain United States 11 272 0.8× 13 0.1× 78 1.0× 33 0.6× 31 0.9× 29 306
Y. Biscos France 7 277 0.8× 38 0.4× 86 1.1× 16 0.3× 11 0.3× 12 335

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nathan Speirs

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Jones, Matthew B., et al.. (2025). Transient Fluted Films behind Falling Water Columns. Physical Review Letters. 134(22). 224001–224001.
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Belden, Jesse, et al.. (2024). Water Impact: When a Sphere Becomes Flat. Physical Review Letters. 133(3). 34002–34002. 4 indexed citations
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Aguirre‐Pablo, Andres A., et al.. (2024). Laser-induced cavitation in liquid He4 near the liquid-vapor critical point. Physical Review Fluids. 9(9). 3 indexed citations
4.
Belden, Jesse, et al.. (2024). Formation of undulatory cavities during hydroelastic water entry. Physical Review Fluids. 9(11). 1 indexed citations
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Belden, Jesse, et al.. (2023). Water entry of cups and disks. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 963. 21 indexed citations
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Speirs, Nathan, et al.. (2023). The capture of airborne particulates by rain. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 958. 9 indexed citations
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Belden, Jesse, et al.. (2023). Slamming forces during water entry of a simple harmonic oscillator. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 974. 13 indexed citations
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Speirs, Nathan, et al.. (2021). Cavitation upon low-speed solid–liquid impact. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7250–7250. 14 indexed citations
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Speirs, Nathan, et al.. (2020). How drain flies manage to almost never get washed away. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 17829–17829. 6 indexed citations
10.
Speirs, Nathan, et al.. (2020). Jet breakup in superfluid and normal liquid He4. Physical Review Fluids. 5(4). 17 indexed citations
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Kiyama, Akihito, Mohammad Mansoor, Nathan Speirs, Yoshiyuki Tagawa, & Tadd Truscott. (2019). Gelatine cavity dynamics of high-speed sphere impact. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 880. 707–722. 25 indexed citations
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Speirs, Nathan, Mohammad Mansoor, Jesse Belden, & Tadd Truscott. (2019). Water entry of spheres with various contact angles. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 862. 66 indexed citations
13.
Speirs, Nathan, et al.. (2019). The alignment of vortical structures in turbulent flow through a contraction. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 884. 8 indexed citations
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Speirs, Nathan, et al.. (2019). The water entry of a sphere in a jet. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 863. 956–968. 37 indexed citations
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Speirs, Nathan, et al.. (2018). Entry of a sphere into a water-surfactant mixture and the effect of a bubble layer. Physical Review Fluids. 3(10). 17 indexed citations
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Speirs, Nathan, Mohammad Mansoor, Jesse Belden, et al.. (2018). Fluted films. Physical Review Fluids. 3(10). 4 indexed citations
17.
Speirs, Nathan, Zhao Pan, Jesse Belden, & Tadd Truscott. (2018). The water entry of multi-droplet streams and jets. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 844. 1084–1111. 35 indexed citations
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Marston, Jeremy, Tadd Truscott, Nathan Speirs, Mohammad Mansoor, & S. T. Thoroddsen. (2016). Crown sealing and buckling instability during water entry of spheres. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 794. 506–529. 100 indexed citations
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Hurd, Randy, et al.. (2015). Matryoshka cavity. Physics of Fluids. 27(9). 13 indexed citations

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