Neil Thompson

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 999 citations indexed

About

Neil Thompson is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil Thompson has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 999 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 16 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Neil Thompson's work include Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers (28 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (16 papers) and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (14 papers). Neil Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers (28 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (16 papers) and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (14 papers). Neil Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Neil Thompson's co-authors include Brian McNeil, David Dunning, J.A. Clarke, G. R. M. Robb, Elaine A. Seddon, M.W. Poole, John C. H. Spence, W. Würth, S. M. Vinko and Christopher J. Milne and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Nature Photonics.

In The Last Decade

Neil Thompson

33 papers receiving 946 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.

X-ray free-electron lasers

2010 540 citations Brian McNeil, Neil Thompson Nature Photonics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neil Thompson United Kingdom	11	541	515	449	293	175	40	999
G. De Ninno Italy	21	629 1.2×	435 0.8×	684 1.5×	277 0.9×	151 0.9×	111	1.2k
C. Behrens Germany	15	750 1.4×	601 1.2×	371 0.8×	326 1.1×	233 1.3×	39	1.0k
Gianluca Geloni Germany	18	707 1.3×	694 1.3×	338 0.8×	256 0.9×	237 1.4×	92	1.1k
J. Roßbach Germany	18	937 1.7×	464 0.9×	601 1.3×	340 1.2×	124 0.7×	92	1.3k
J. Welch United States	10	878 1.6×	653 1.3×	360 0.8×	321 1.1×	211 1.2×	38	1.1k
Ph. Hering United States	11	371 0.7×	271 0.5×	477 1.1×	186 0.6×	92 0.5×	17	901
D. Garzella France	17	770 1.4×	394 0.8×	1.1k 2.3×	517 1.8×	83 0.5×	91	1.6k
Masahito Hosaka Japan	14	378 0.7×	193 0.4×	420 0.9×	191 0.7×	42 0.2×	84	710
Shigemi Sasaki Japan	15	500 0.9×	350 0.7×	455 1.0×	148 0.5×	51 0.3×	69	1.1k
K. Ishi Japan	19	905 1.7×	303 0.6×	580 1.3×	220 0.8×	43 0.2×	43	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Neil Thompson

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Saveliev, Yuri, et al.. (2022). Experimental study of transverse effects in planar dielectric wakefield accelerating structures with elliptical beams. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams. 25(8). 4 indexed citations

Mak, A. A., Peter Salén, David Dunning, et al.. (2018). Attosecond single-cycle undulator light: a review. Reports on Progress in Physics. 82(2). 25901–25901. 15 indexed citations

Thompson, Neil. (2018). Possible Method for the Control of SASE Fluctuations. JACOW. 1 indexed citations

Seddon, Elaine A., J.A. Clarke, David Dunning, et al.. (2017). Short-wavelength free-electron laser sources and science: a review. Reports on Progress in Physics. 80(11). 115901–115901. 159 indexed citations

McIntosh, Peter, D. Angal-Kalinin, James Clarke, et al.. (2017). The VELA and CLARA Test Facilities at Daresbury Laboratory. JACOW. 734–739. 2 indexed citations

Thompson, Neil, et al.. (2013). HIGH-BRIGHTNESS SASE STUDIES FOR THE CLARA FEL.

Thompson, Neil, et al.. (2012). Competition in Australia's live sheep export markets. 2(2). 88. 1 indexed citations

Thompson, Neil, David Dunning, J.A. Clarke, et al.. (2012). First lasing of the ALICE infra-red Free-Electron Laser. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 680. 117–123. 19 indexed citations

Williams, Peter, D. Angal-Kalinin, David Dunning, James Jones, & Neil Thompson. (2011). Recirculating linac free-electron laser driver. Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams. 14(5). 6 indexed citations

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McNeil, Brian & Neil Thompson. (2011). Cavity resonator free electron lasers as a source of stable attosecond pulses. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 96(5). 54004–54004. 2 indexed citations

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Dunning, David, et al.. (2011). Start-to-end modelling of a mode-locked optical klystron free electron laser amplifier. Physics of Plasmas. 18(7). 6 indexed citations

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Thompson, Neil, et al.. (2010). Recent Trends in Australia's Food Trade. 17(2). 347–359. 1 indexed citations

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McNeil, Brian & Neil Thompson. (2010). X-ray free-electron lasers. Nature Photonics. 4(12). 814–821. 540 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thompson, Neil & Brian McNeil. (2008). Mode Locking in a Free-Electron Laser Amplifier. Physical Review Letters. 100(20). 203901–203901. 69 indexed citations

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McNeil, Brian, et al.. (2007). A design for the generation of temporally-coherent radiation pulses in the VUV and beyond by a self-seeding high-gain free electron laser amplifier. New Journal of Physics. 9(7). 239–239. 12 indexed citations

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McNeil, Brian, J. A. Clarke, David Dunning, et al.. (2007). An XUV-FEL amplifier seeded using high harmonic generation. New Journal of Physics. 9(4). 82–82. 22 indexed citations

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Thompson, Neil, et al.. (2006). A 3D model of the 4GLS VUV-FEL conceptual design including improved modelling of the optical cavity. University of Twente Research Information. 304–307. 2 indexed citations

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McNeil, Brian, G. R. M. Robb, M.W. Poole, & Neil Thompson. (2006). Harmonic Lasing in a Free-Electron-Laser Amplifier. Physical Review Letters. 96(8). 84801–84801. 50 indexed citations

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Poole, M.W., S. L. Bennett, N. Bliss, et al.. (2004). 4GLS: a new type of fourth generation light source facility. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 189–191. 10 indexed citations

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Thompson, Neil, Martin Prince, Alison M. Macdonald, & Pak C. Sham. (2001). Reliability of a telephone‐administered cognitive test battery (TACT) between telephone and face‐to‐face administration. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. 10(1). 22–28. 8 indexed citations

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