R. B. McQuistan

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

R. B. McQuistan is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Statistics and Probability and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. B. McQuistan has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 18 papers in Statistics and Probability and 15 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in R. B. McQuistan's work include Theoretical and Computational Physics (21 papers), Random Matrices and Applications (18 papers) and Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (6 papers). R. B. McQuistan is often cited by papers focused on Theoretical and Computational Physics (21 papers), Random Matrices and Applications (18 papers) and Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (6 papers). R. B. McQuistan collaborates with scholars based in United States. R. B. McQuistan's co-authors include J.L. Hock, David Lichtman, Paul W. Kruse, Y. Shapira, J.T. Agnew, John W. Schultz, B. F. Bayman, Weiwei Dong, Jianan Li and Kenneth W. Adolph and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Applied Physics and Surface Science.

In The Last Decade

R. B. McQuistan

48 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. An exact recursion for the composite nearest-neighbor degeneracy for a 2×N lattice space
    1984 557 citations R. B. McQuistan, J.L. Hock Journal of Mathematical Physics profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. B. McQuistan United States 13 281 230 224 191 166 50 1.2k
J.L. Hock United States 11 123 0.4× 111 0.5× 151 0.7× 161 0.8× 82 0.5× 34 828
R. Esposito Italy 20 133 0.5× 69 0.3× 167 0.7× 82 0.4× 135 0.8× 77 1.3k
Paul Coddington Australia 22 113 0.4× 454 2.0× 589 2.6× 102 0.5× 322 1.9× 118 2.0k
Ralph A. Willoughby United States 18 338 1.2× 101 0.4× 552 2.5× 588 3.1× 67 0.4× 39 1.9k
Yudell L. Luke United States 16 206 0.7× 42 0.2× 401 1.8× 282 1.5× 57 0.3× 91 2.4k
Н. И. Ахиезер United States 7 95 0.3× 75 0.3× 461 2.1× 622 3.3× 48 0.3× 12 2.4k
S. O. Rice United States 16 602 2.1× 75 0.3× 453 2.0× 41 0.2× 45 0.3× 34 2.3k
J. Ernest Wilkins United States 13 265 0.9× 57 0.2× 335 1.5× 74 0.4× 201 1.2× 53 1.8k
V. V. Uchaikin Russia 23 111 0.4× 180 0.8× 202 0.9× 68 0.4× 177 1.1× 122 2.8k
H. B. Dwight United States 6 270 1.0× 84 0.4× 301 1.3× 57 0.3× 143 0.9× 8 1.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McQuistan, R. B. & J.L. Hock. (1992). Composite nearest-neighbor degeneracies for several kinds of simple particles distributed on two-dimensional, square-cell lattices. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 33(8). 2877–2883.
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McQuistan, R. B. & J.L. Hock. (1991). Transfer matrices for first-, second- and third-neighbor interactions on two-dimensional, hexagonal-cell lattices. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 175(2). 305–326. 1 indexed citations
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McQuistan, R. B., et al.. (1989). Nearest neighbor lattice statistics on semi-infinite two-dimensional rectangular lattices of various widths. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 30(6). 1380–1384. 3 indexed citations
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Hock, J.L. & R. B. McQuistan. (1985). The adsorption of simple particles on a 2×N lattice space. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 26(9). 2392–2395. 8 indexed citations
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Hock, J.L. & R. B. McQuistan. (1984). A note on the occupational degeneracy for dimers on a saturated two-dimensional lattice space. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 8(1). 101–104. 9 indexed citations
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Hock, J.L. & R. B. McQuistan. (1983). The occupation statistics for indistinguishable dumbbells on a 2×2×N lattice space. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 24(7). 1859–1865. 36 indexed citations
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Hock, J.L. & R. B. McQuistan. (1983). The Occupational Degeneracy for λ-Bell Particles on a Saturated λ × W Lattice Space. ˜The œFibonacci quarterly. 21(3). 196–202. 12 indexed citations
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McQuistan, R. B.. (1977). Exact nearest neighbor statistics for λ-bell particles on a one-dimensional lattice. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 18(6). 1200–1205.
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Shapira, Y., R. B. McQuistan, & David Lichtman. (1977). Relationship between photodesorption and surface conductivity in ZnO. Physical review. B, Solid state. 15(4). 2163–2169. 68 indexed citations
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McQuistan, R. B.. (1974). Exact next nearest neighbor degeneracy. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 15(11). 1845–1848. 4 indexed citations
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McQuistan, R. B.. (1972). Exact Nearest Neighbor Statistics for One-Dimensional Lattice Spaces. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 13(9). 1317–1319. 9 indexed citations
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McQuistan, R. B., et al.. (1972). Occupation Statistics for Parallel Dumbbells on a 2 × N Lattice Space. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 13(2). 242–248. 7 indexed citations
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Dong, Weiwei & R. B. McQuistan. (1972). Diatomic Adsorption on One-Dimensional Lattice Spaces. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 57(11). 5013–5014. 1 indexed citations
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McQuistan, R. B., et al.. (1970). Adsorption statistics for immobile, diatomic molecules. Surface Science. 20(2). 401–410. 9 indexed citations
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McQuistan, R. B.. (1969). Vacancy Annihilation for One-Dimensional Dumbbell Kinetics. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 10(12). 2205–2207. 10 indexed citations
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McQuistan, R. B. & B. F. Bayman. (1969). Scalar and Vector Fields. American Journal of Physics. 37(7). 757–757. 8 indexed citations
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Adolph, Kenneth W. & R. B. McQuistan. (1968). Physical adsorption isotherms at extremely low pressures. Surface Science. 12(1). 27–36. 2 indexed citations
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Lichtman, David, et al.. (1966). Electron probe surface mass spectrometry study of CO on molybdenum. Surface Science. 5(1). 120–136. 24 indexed citations
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McQuistan, R. B.. (1958). On an Approximation to Sinusoidal Modulation. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 48(1). 63–63. 16 indexed citations
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Agnew, J.T. & R. B. McQuistan. (1953). Experiments Concerning Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Standards in the Range 08 to 200 Microns. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 43(11). 999–999. 19 indexed citations

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