Peter W. Barber

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Peter W. Barber is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter W. Barber has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Peter W. Barber's work include Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis (12 papers), Vehicle emissions and performance (8 papers) and Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects (7 papers). Peter W. Barber is often cited by papers focused on Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis (12 papers), Vehicle emissions and performance (8 papers) and Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects (7 papers). Peter W. Barber collaborates with scholars based in United States, Egypt and Hong Kong. Peter W. Barber's co-authors include Richard K. Chang, Steven C. Hill, J. F. Owen, H. Massoudi, K.U. Von Raben, Robert E. Benner, Elsayed Esam M. Khaled, Peter R. Conwell, C.K. Rushforth and K. Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Peter W. Barber

69 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Absorption and scattering of light by small particles

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter W. Barber United States	34	2.2k	2.0k	1.5k	1.2k	835	71	5.8k
Robert G. W. Brown United Kingdom	13	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	742 0.9×	34	5.9k
Marvin R. Querry United States	20	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	726 0.6×	784 0.9×	34	6.2k
Milton Kerker United States	46	3.1k 1.4×	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	3.3k 2.9×	794 1.0×	207	8.5k
Thomas Wriedt Germany	34	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	518 0.4×	730 0.9×	191	4.1k
V. Twersky United States	20	1.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	469 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	50	6.8k
E. James Davis United States	44	1.6k 0.7×	555 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	325 0.3×	728 0.9×	166	5.5k
Peter Hess Germany	39	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	239 0.2×	492 0.6×	248	5.6k
E. T. Arakawa United States	43	1.5k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	754 0.7×	73 0.1×	252	6.4k
Gorden Videen United States	47	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	555 0.4×	566 0.5×	2.6k 3.1×	359	7.4k
Piotr J. Flatau United States	28	2.0k 0.9×	944 0.5×	547 0.4×	1.9k 1.6×	2.6k 3.1×	66	6.2k

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Watson, John G., Peter W. Barber, Ming Chang, et al.. (2007). Southern Nevada air quality study. Rosa P: A digital library for transportation research (United States Department of Transportation). 3 indexed citations

Kuhns, Hampden D., Cláudio Mazzoleni, Hans Moosmüller, et al.. (2004). Remote sensing of PM, NO, CO and HC emission factors for on-road gasoline and diesel engine vehicles in Las Vegas, NV. The Science of The Total Environment. 322(1-3). 123–137. 92 indexed citations

Khaled, Elsayed Esam M., Steven C. Hill, & Peter W. Barber. (1994). Light scattering by a coated sphere illuminated with a Gaussian beam. Applied Optics. 33(15). 3308–3308. 33 indexed citations

Khaled, Elsayed Esam M., Steven C. Hill, & Peter W. Barber. (1994). Internal electric energy in a spherical particle illuminated with a plane wave or off-axis Gaussian beam. Applied Optics. 33(3). 524–524. 32 indexed citations

Barber, Peter W., et al.. (1992). Energy-density distribution inside large nonabsorbing spheres by using Mie theory and geometrical optics. Applied Optics. 31(18). 3518–3518. 49 indexed citations

Hill, Steven C., et al.. (1992). Time dependence of internal intensity of a dielectric sphere on and near resonance. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 9(8). 1364–1364. 28 indexed citations

Hill, Steven C., et al.. (1992). Morphology-dependent resonances in inhomogeneous spheres: comparison of the layered T-matrix method and the time-independent perturbation method. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 9(10). 1844–1844. 26 indexed citations

Lindell, Ismo V., Ari Sihvola, K. Muinonen, & Peter W. Barber. (1991). Scattering by a small object close to an interface I Exact-image theory formulation. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 8(3). 472–472. 67 indexed citations

Lai, H. M., P. T. Leung, K. Young, Peter W. Barber, & Steven C. Hill. (1990). Time-independent perturbation for leaking electromagnetic modes in open systems with application to resonances in microdroplets. Physical Review A. 41(9). 5187–5198. 206 indexed citations

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Chang, Richard K. & Peter W. Barber. (1988). Optical Effects Associated with Small Particles. 184 indexed citations

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Acker, William P., Peter W. Barber, B. Schlicht, & Richard K. Chang. (1987). Quadrupole mode in the extinction and elastic-scattering spectra of gold microstructures. Optics Letters. 12(7). 465–465. 7 indexed citations

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Barber, Peter W., et al.. (1985). Information content of the scattering matrix for spheroidal particles. Applied Optics. 24(15). 2391–2391. 19 indexed citations

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Hill, Steven C., A. Clyde Hill, & Peter W. Barber. (1984). Light scattering by size/shape distributions of soil particles and spheroids. Applied Optics. 23(7). 1025–1025. 86 indexed citations

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Barber, Peter W., Richard K. Chang, & H. Massoudi. (1983). Surface-Enhanced Electric Intensities on Large Silver Spheroids. Physical Review Letters. 50(13). 997–1000. 75 indexed citations

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Barber, Peter W., et al.. (1981). Scattering calculations using a microcomputer. Applied Optics. 20(7). 1121–1121. 12 indexed citations

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Iskander, Magdy F., Peter W. Barber, C.H. Durney, & H. Massoudi. (1980). Irradiation of Prolate Spheroidal Models of Humans in the Near Field of a Short Electric Dipole. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 28(7). 801–807. 40 indexed citations

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Barber, Peter W., et al.. (1979). Light scattering by polydisperse suspensions of inhomogeneous nonspherical particles. Applied Optics. 18(15). 2672–2672. 20 indexed citations

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Barber, Peter W., et al.. (1979). Rayleigh-Gans-Debye applicability to scattering by nonspherical particles: corrigenda. Applied Optics. 18(7). 962–962. 4 indexed citations

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Massoudi, H., C.H. Durney, Peter W. Barber, & Magdy F. Iskander. (1979). Electromagnetic Absorption in Multilayered Cylindrical Models of Man. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 27(10). 825–830. 52 indexed citations

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Barber, Peter W.. (1978). Scattering and Absorption Efficiencies for Nonspherical Dielectric Objects-Biological Models. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. BME-25(2). 155–159. 11 indexed citations

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