P. A. Davidson

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

P. A. Davidson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, P. A. Davidson has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 7 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in P. A. Davidson's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (16 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (16 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (5 papers). P. A. Davidson is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (16 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (16 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (5 papers). P. A. Davidson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, India and Germany. P. A. Davidson's co-authors include Stuart B. Dalziel, Naoya Okamoto, Yukio Kaneda, Ludivine Oruba, N. Swaminathan, Emmanuel Dormy, A.J. Aspden and Binod Sreenivasan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Geophysical Journal International and Physics of Fluids.

In The Last Decade

P. A. Davidson

21 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

An Introduction to Magnetohydrodynamics 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 250 500 750 1000
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
    2001 1.0k citations P. A. Davidson Cambridge University Press eBooks 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 12 928 438 371 322 291 21 1.6k
Oleg Zikanov United States 27 1.2k 1.3× 356 0.8× 424 1.1× 558 1.7× 157 0.5× 90 2.0k
John E. Hart United States 25 981 1.1× 262 0.6× 456 1.2× 218 0.7× 351 1.2× 83 1.9k
Caroline Nore France 23 416 0.4× 339 0.8× 176 0.5× 178 0.6× 360 1.2× 66 1.5k
B. J. Bayly United States 12 468 0.5× 241 0.6× 185 0.5× 73 0.2× 193 0.7× 19 989
Andrew D. Gilbert United Kingdom 17 435 0.5× 580 1.3× 187 0.5× 34 0.1× 502 1.7× 77 1.2k
Frank Stefani Germany 31 532 0.6× 1.5k 3.3× 413 1.1× 779 2.4× 1.3k 4.3× 161 3.0k
Bernard Knaepen Belgium 20 661 0.7× 429 1.0× 201 0.5× 192 0.6× 127 0.4× 60 1.2k
Juan M. López United States 35 3.2k 3.4× 264 0.6× 771 2.1× 343 1.1× 601 2.1× 187 4.0k
S. N. Brown United Kingdom 22 983 1.1× 89 0.2× 236 0.6× 103 0.3× 45 0.2× 64 1.3k
Yasuhide Fukumoto Japan 19 556 0.6× 132 0.3× 82 0.2× 43 0.1× 63 0.2× 85 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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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.. (2023). The connection between the equatorial temperature bias and north–south helicity segregation in numerical simulations of the geodynamo. Geophysical Journal International. 233(3). 2254–2268. 1 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., et al.. (2020). Columnar heat transport via advection induced by inertial waves. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 87. 108703–108703. 1 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., et al.. (2018). Are planetary dynamos driven by helical waves?. Journal of Plasma Physics. 84(3). 7 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., et al.. (2018). Internally driven inertial waves in geodynamo simulations. Geophysical Journal International. 213(2). 1281–1295. 11 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., et al.. (2017). The dispersion of magnetic-Coriolis waves in planetary cores. Geophysical Journal International. 210(1). 18–26. 8 indexed citations
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Oruba, Ludivine, P. A. Davidson, & Emmanuel Dormy. (2017). Eye formation in rotating convection. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 812. 890–904. 11 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., et al.. (2016). Are there two regimes in strongly rotating turbulence?. Physics of Fluids. 28(4). 4 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A.. (2016). Introduction to Magnetohydrodynamics. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 100 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., et al.. (2015). Dynamics of stratified turbulence decaying from a high buoyancy Reynolds number. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 786. 210–233. 45 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., et al.. (2015). A phenomenological theory of rotating turbulence. Physics of Fluids. 27(2). 11 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., et al.. (2013). The evolution of a stratified turbulent cloud. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 739. 229–253. 15 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A.. (2013). Turbulence in Rotating, Stratified and Electrically Conducting Fluids. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 167 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A.. (2011). Long-range interactions in turbulence and the energy decay problem. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 369(1937). 796–810. 7 indexed citations
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Okamoto, Naoya, P. A. Davidson, & Yukio Kaneda. (2010). On the decay of low-magnetic-Reynolds-number turbulence in an imposed magnetic field. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 651. 295–318. 14 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A.. (2010). On the decay of Saffman turbulence subject to rotation, stratification or an imposed magnetic field. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 663. 268–292. 30 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A.. (2009). The role of angular momentum conservation in homogeneous turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 632. 329–358. 31 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., et al.. (2008). Structure formation in homogeneous freely decaying rotating turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 598. 81–105. 72 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A., Binod Sreenivasan, & A.J. Aspden. (2007). Evolution of localized blobs of swirling or buoyant fluid with and without an ambient magnetic field. Physical Review E. 75(2). 26304–26304. 4 indexed citations
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Davidson, P. A.. (2001). An Introduction to Magnetohydrodynamics. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 1030 indexed citations breakdown →
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Davidson, P. A.. (1997). The role of angular momentum in the magnetic damping of turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 336. 123–150. 69 indexed citations

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