R. Abou-Chacra

725 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 483 citations indexed

About

R. Abou-Chacra is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Abou-Chacra has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 483 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 3 papers in Materials Chemistry and 1 paper in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in R. Abou-Chacra's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (2 papers), Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (2 papers) and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (1 paper). R. Abou-Chacra is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (2 papers), Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (2 papers) and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (1 paper). R. Abou-Chacra collaborates with scholars based in Lebanon. R. Abou-Chacra's co-authors include D. J. Thouless and Philip W. Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, Journal de physique and Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics.

In The Last Decade

R. Abou-Chacra

3 papers receiving 464 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.

A selfconsistent theory of localization

1973 384 citations R. Abou-Chacra, D. J. Thouless et al. Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Abou-Chacra Lebanon	2	375	222	158	57	44	5	483
A. Sedrakyan Armenia	14	298 0.8×	187 0.8×	152 1.0×	53 0.9×	63 1.4×	64	520
G. Yuval United Kingdom	6	796 2.1×	738 3.3×	140 0.9×	94 1.6×	70 1.6×	7	1.0k
Alberto Rodríguez Spain	14	660 1.8×	268 1.2×	316 2.0×	32 0.6×	54 1.2×	37	776
Román Salvador United States	12	177 0.5×	500 2.3×	97 0.6×	123 2.2×	66 1.5×	17	579
David A. Lavis United Kingdom	14	248 0.7×	270 1.2×	170 1.1×	36 0.6×	152 3.5×	50	525
Heiner Kohler Germany	11	183 0.5×	119 0.5×	115 0.7×	37 0.6×	71 1.6×	40	361
E. Hofstetter United Kingdom	11	286 0.8×	217 1.0×	186 1.2×	11 0.2×	47 1.1×	15	364
N. Pottier France	14	366 1.0×	95 0.4×	199 1.3×	39 0.7×	53 1.2×	38	501
H. Ezawa Japan	11	223 0.6×	49 0.2×	114 0.7×	45 0.8×	16 0.4×	22	376
Laurence Mittag United States	10	239 0.6×	263 1.2×	117 0.7×	68 1.2×	61 1.4×	12	408

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Abou-Chacra, R., et al.. (1978). Numerical study of localization in binary alloys. Lettere al nuovo cimento della societa italiana di fisica/Lettere al nuovo cimento. 22(7). 274–276.

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Abou-Chacra, R., et al.. (1978). Localisation des électrons dans les alliages binaires. Journal de physique. 39(6). 624–626.

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Abou-Chacra, R., et al.. (1978). Methode de mesure des coefficients de relaxation dans les collisions atomiques. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics. 28(6). 634–638. 1 indexed citations

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Abou-Chacra, R. & D. J. Thouless. (1974). Self-consistent theory of localization. II. Localization near the band edges. Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics. 7(1). 65–75. 98 indexed citations

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Abou-Chacra, R., D. J. Thouless, & Philip W. Anderson. (1973). A selfconsistent theory of localization. Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics. 6(10). 1734–1752. 384 indexed citations breakdown →

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