R. D. Spence

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

R. D. Spence is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, R. D. Spence has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 14 papers in Materials Chemistry and 12 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in R. D. Spence's work include Magnetism in coordination complexes (17 papers), Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (11 papers) and Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (9 papers). R. D. Spence is often cited by papers focused on Magnetism in coordination complexes (17 papers), Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (11 papers) and Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (9 papers). R. D. Spence collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. R. D. Spence's co-authors include R. V. Davies, James E. Kennedy, K. V. S. Rama Rao, V. Nagarajan, W. J. M. de Jonge, E. F. Carr, D.P. Stinton, W. J. Lackey, C. H. Holm and H. S. Gutowsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

R. D. Spence

51 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Extraction of Uranium from Sea Water

1964 332 citations R. V. Davies, James E. Kennedy et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. D. Spence United States	18	427	383	320	212	189	57	1.1k
J. Danon Brazil	20	366 0.9×	309 0.8×	508 1.6×	70 0.3×	163 0.9×	99	1.3k
T. M. Sabine Australia	23	1.3k 3.0×	294 0.8×	266 0.8×	124 0.6×	161 0.9×	64	1.9k
L. J. Nugent United States	16	553 1.3×	461 1.2×	112 0.3×	109 0.5×	97 0.5×	28	1.1k
Earl K. Hyde United States	25	1.0k 2.4×	180 0.5×	77 0.2×	83 0.4×	150 0.8×	56	3.0k
S. S. Hafner Germany	22	859 2.0×	128 0.3×	539 1.7×	117 0.6×	229 1.2×	84	1.6k
B. G. Silbernagel United States	29	839 2.0×	319 0.8×	675 2.1×	338 1.6×	512 2.7×	71	2.1k
D. H. Maylotte United States	14	569 1.3×	239 0.6×	185 0.6×	313 1.5×	86 0.5×	18	1.8k
Carl W. F. T. Pistorius South Africa	25	1.4k 3.2×	542 1.4×	453 1.4×	136 0.6×	166 0.9×	129	2.2k
C. I. Ratcliffe Canada	24	477 1.1×	598 1.6×	288 0.9×	326 1.5×	25 0.1×	47	1.6k
H. D. Grundy Canada	20	446 1.0×	274 0.7×	394 1.2×	98 0.5×	66 0.3×	32	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. D. Spence

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All Works

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Spence, R. D. & Michael J. Harrison. (1985). Speed dependence of the efficiency of heat engines. American Journal of Physics. 53(9). 890–892. 12 indexed citations

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Spence, R. D., et al.. (1985). A demonstration heat engine. The Physics Teacher. 23(6). 355–356. 1 indexed citations

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Spence, R. D., W. J. M. de Jonge, & K. V. S. Rama Rao. (1971). Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Antiferromagnetic KMnCl3·2H2O. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 54(8). 3438–3444. 3 indexed citations

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Spence, R. D., et al.. (1969). Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in AntiferromagneticRb2MnCl4·2H2O andCs2MnCl4·2H2O. Physical Review. 181(2). 488–498. 22 indexed citations

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Spence, R. D., W. J. M. de Jonge, & K. V. S. Rama Rao. (1969). Nuclear Resonance Determination of the Magnetic Space Group of CsMnCl3·2H2O. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 51(11). 4694–4700. 57 indexed citations

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Spence, R. D., et al.. (1968). EXTRACTION OF URANIUM AND OTHER INORGANIC MATERIALS FROM SEA WATER.. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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Spence, R. D. & P.A. Van Dalen. (1968). Comments on the problem of obtaining magnetic structures from nuclear magnetic resonance data. Acta Crystallographica Section A. 24(5). 494–497. 6 indexed citations

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Parker, Paul M. & R. D. Spence. (1967). Analysis of Nuclear-Quadrupole-Resonance Spectra in Antiferromagnetic Single Crystals. Physical Review. 160(2). 383–386. 2 indexed citations

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Spence, R. D.. (1967). Twenty-one Years at Harwell. Nature. 214(5086). 343–344. 1 indexed citations

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Spence, R. D. & V. Nagarajan. (1966). Proton and Chlorine Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Antiferromagnetic MnCl2·4H2O. Physical Review. 149(1). 191–198. 39 indexed citations

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Davies, R. V., et al.. (1964). Extraction of Uranium from Sea Water. Nature. 203(4950). 1110–1115. 332 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spence, R. D., et al.. (1964). A Proton Resonance Study of the Magnetic Structure of Antiferromagnetic CoCl2·6H2O, CoBr2·6H20, NiCl2·6H2O, and NiBr2·6H2O. Journal of Applied Physics. 35(3). 854–855. 27 indexed citations

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Spence, R. D. & J. A. Cowen. (1960). Concentration Dependence of the Polarization and Relaxation Time of Al27 Nuclei in Ruby. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 32(2). 624–625. 9 indexed citations

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Spence, R. D., et al.. (1960). The possible antiferromagnetic symmetry groups of azurite. Physica. 26(12). 1174–1184. 9 indexed citations

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Spence, R. D., et al.. (1958). Evidence for Antiferromagnetism inCu3(CO3)2(OH)2. Physical Review. 112(5). 1544–1545. 28 indexed citations

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Nye, J. F., et al.. (1957). Photoelastic study of dislocation arrangements in crystals. Philosophical magazine. 2(18). 772–776. 13 indexed citations

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Spence, R. D., et al.. (1956). Paramagnetic Resonance in Cu(NH3)4SO4·H2O. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 24(2). 471–471. 18 indexed citations

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Bhabha, H. J., et al.. (1955). International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy. Nature. 175(4458). 615–616. 4 indexed citations

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Spence, R. D.. (1953). Transmutation of the Elements. Nature. 172(4379). 606–607. 10 indexed citations

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Spence, R. D., et al.. (1951). Vector wave functions. Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics. 4(1). 95–104. 5 indexed citations

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