P. A. Davidson

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

P. A. Davidson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, P. A. Davidson has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 41 papers in Computational Mechanics and 27 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in P. A. Davidson's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (40 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (38 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (27 papers). P. A. Davidson is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (40 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (38 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (27 papers). P. A. Davidson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Norway. P. A. Davidson's co-authors include E. V. Belova, P.-Å. Krogstad, Yukio Kaneda, J. C. R. Hunt, N. Swaminathan, R. Lindsay, T. B. Nickels, Teresa Leung, Oleg Zikanov and André Thess and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

P. A. Davidson

80 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

An Introduction to Magnetohydrodynamics 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 250 500 750
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. An Introduction to Magnetohydrodynamics
    2002 760 citations P. A. Davidson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
P. A. Davidson United Kingdom 26 1.8k 733 658 550 530 83 3.1k
Juan M. López United States 35 3.2k 1.8× 343 0.5× 264 0.4× 771 1.4× 601 1.1× 187 4.0k
André Thess Germany 30 1.6k 0.9× 886 1.2× 277 0.4× 708 1.3× 179 0.3× 159 2.9k
Patrice Le Gal France 31 1.4k 0.8× 211 0.3× 541 0.8× 228 0.4× 590 1.1× 102 2.5k
P. Tabeling France 34 1.6k 0.9× 213 0.3× 323 0.5× 843 1.5× 181 0.3× 73 3.4k
Oleg Zikanov United States 27 1.2k 0.7× 558 0.8× 356 0.5× 424 0.8× 157 0.3× 90 2.0k
Rich R. Kerswell United Kingdom 34 2.9k 1.6× 242 0.3× 361 0.5× 332 0.6× 409 0.8× 109 3.7k
Siegfried Großmann Germany 35 4.3k 2.4× 525 0.7× 392 0.6× 1.0k 1.9× 391 0.7× 103 5.3k
H. K. Moffatt United Kingdom 23 1.7k 0.9× 274 0.4× 341 0.5× 566 1.0× 329 0.6× 58 2.9k
Nagi N. Mansour United States 33 1.3k 0.7× 239 0.3× 507 0.8× 417 0.8× 171 0.3× 141 3.3k
F. Daviaud France 31 1.8k 1.0× 138 0.2× 914 1.4× 395 0.7× 908 1.7× 92 3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. A. Davidson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Davidson, P. A., et al.. (2025). On the role of helicity inversions in reversals and excursions of the geodynamo. Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics. 119(1). 26–51.
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Swaminathan, N., et al.. (2024). Effects of sidewall thermal condition on the formation of poloidal circulation in rotating three-dimensional convection. Physics of Fluids. 36(3). 1 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., et al.. (2020). On the generation and segregation of helicity in geodynamo simulations. Geophysical Journal International. 221(2). 741–757. 8 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., et al.. (2019). The evolution of laminar thermals. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 878. 907–931. 5 indexed citations
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Oruba, Ludivine, P. A. Davidson, & Emmanuel Dormy. (2018). Formation of eyes in large-scale cyclonic vortices. Physical Review Fluids. 3(1). 10 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., et al.. (2016). Inertial–Alfvén waves as columnar helices in planetary cores. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 805. 17 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., et al.. (2015). Planetary dynamos driven by helical waves – II. Geophysical Journal International. 202(3). 1646–1662. 18 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., et al.. (2012). Ten Chapters in Turbulence. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 126 indexed citations
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Fox, Stuart & P. A. Davidson. (2010). Freely decaying two-dimensional turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 659. 351–364. 14 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., et al.. (2008). On the generation and flux of enstrophy in isotropic turbulence. Journal of Turbulence. 9. N42–N42. 11 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., P.-Å. Krogstad, & T. B. Nickels. (2006). A refined interpretation of the logarithmic structure function law in wall layer turbulence. Physics of Fluids. 18(6). 21 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A. & B. R. Pearson. (2005). Identifying Turbulent Energy Distributions in Real, Rather than Fourier, Space. Physical Review Letters. 95(21). 214501–214501. 38 indexed citations
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Zikanov, Oleg, Anatoliy Vorobev, André Thess, & P. A. Davidson. (2004). Anisotropy of MHD Turbulence at Low Magnetic Reynolds Number. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 58. 35. 6 indexed citations
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Lowe, A. J. & P. A. Davidson. (2004). The evolution of freely-decaying, isotropic, two-dimensional turbulence. European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids. 24(3). 314–327. 17 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., Xiaomin He, & A. Lowe. (2000). Flow transitions in vacuum arc remelting. Materials Science and Technology. 16(6). 699–711. 35 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A.. (2000). An energy criterion for the linear stability of conservative flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 402. 329–348. 7 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A. & S. C. Flood. (1994). Natural convection in an aluminum ingot: A mathematical model. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B. 25(2). 293–302. 15 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A.. (1992). The Role of Pressure Forces in MHD Propulsion of Submersibles. Naval Engineers Journal. 104(5). 39–42. 2 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A.. (1991). The electrodynamics of railgun plasma armatures. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 27(1). 304–307. 2 indexed citations

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