R. E. Bell

17.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
350 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

R. E. Bell is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, R. E. Bell has authored 350 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 286 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 151 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 99 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in R. E. Bell's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (266 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (148 papers) and Fusion materials and technologies (96 papers). R. E. Bell is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (266 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (148 papers) and Fusion materials and technologies (96 papers). R. E. Bell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Korea. R. E. Bell's co-authors include B.P. LeBlanc, S.A. Sabbagh, S. Kaye, F. M. Levinton, J. Ménard, B. LeBlanc, R. L. Graham, E. D. Fredrickson, R. Maingi and H. Yuh and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

R. E. Bell

340 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories sort by overperformance

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.

Improved Confinement with Reversed Magnetic Shear in TFTR

1995 558 citations R. E. Bell, E. D. Fredrickson et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author						Papers	Cites
R. E. Bell	8.4k	4.5k	2.8k	1.8k	1.7k	350	9.7k
P.C. Stangeby	8.9k 1.1×	2.3k 0.5×	7.4k 2.7×	2.0k 1.1×	1.6k 0.9×	345	11.3k
R.J. Goldston	4.6k 0.5×	1.8k 0.4×	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	134	5.2k
G. Krämer	9.1k 1.1×	3.0k 0.7×	1.0k 0.4×	743 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	394	10.1k
S. I. Krasheninnikov	5.8k 0.7×	2.9k 0.6×	3.7k 1.3×	761 0.4×	604 0.3×	319	7.6k
D. Reiter	6.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.3×	4.9k 1.8×	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	260	7.2k
W.P. West	3.5k 0.4×	1.3k 0.3×	2.3k 0.8×	983 0.6×	664 0.4×	158	4.6k
K. W. Hill	3.1k 0.4×	1.0k 0.2×	1.2k 0.4×	520 0.3×	553 0.3×	226	4.6k
P. Helander	3.7k 0.4×	2.5k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	788 0.4×	755 0.4×	229	4.5k
B.P. LeBlanc	4.0k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	936 0.5×	940 0.5×	185	4.5k
N. J. Fisch	7.7k 0.9×	2.3k 0.5×	858 0.3×	534 0.3×	1.5k 0.9×	486	11.8k

Countries citing papers authored by R. E. Bell

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of R. E. Bell's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by R. E. Bell with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites R. E. Bell more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by R. E. Bell

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by R. E. Bell. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by R. E. Bell. The network helps show where R. E. Bell may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. E. Bell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. E. Bell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. E. Bell based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with R. E. Bell. R. E. Bell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Banerjee, Santanu, Dennis Boyle, N.M. Ferraro, et al.. (2024). Investigating the role of edge neutrals in exciting tearing mode activity and achieving flat temperature profiles in LTX-β. Nuclear Fusion. 64(4). 46026–46026. 2 indexed citations

Rafiq, T., Eugenio Schuster, J. Weiland, et al.. (2024). Predictive modeling of NSTX discharges with the updated multi-mode anomalous transport module. Nuclear Fusion. 64(7). 76024–76024. 9 indexed citations

Boyle, Dennis, J. K. Anderson, Santanu Banerjee, et al.. (2023). Extending the low-recycling, flat temperature profile regime in the lithium tokamak experiment-β (LTX-β) with ohmic and neutral beam heating. Nuclear Fusion. 63(5). 56020–56020. 9 indexed citations

Zakharov, L., et al.. (2021). Toroidal plasma acceleration due to NBI fast ion losses in LTX- β. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 63(8). 85020–85020. 3 indexed citations

Fredrickson, E. D., Н. Н. Гореленков, R. E. Bell, et al.. (2021). Chirping ion cyclotron emission (ICE) on NSTX-U. Nuclear Fusion. 61(8). 86007–86007. 16 indexed citations

Bell, R. E.. (2021). Inversion technique to obtain local ion temperature profiles for an axisymmetric plasma with toroidal and radial velocities. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 63(4). 45023–45023. 4 indexed citations

Scotti, F., D.P. Stotler, R. E. Bell, et al.. (2021). Outer midplane neutral density measurements and H-mode fueling studies in NSTX-U. Nuclear Fusion. 61(3). 36002–36002. 12 indexed citations

Battaglia, D. J., W. Guttenfelder, R. E. Bell, et al.. (2020). Enhanced pedestal H-mode at low edge ion collisionality on NSTX. Physics of Plasmas. 27(7). 12 indexed citations

Ren, Y., Weixing Wang, W. Guttenfelder, et al.. (2019). Exploring the regime of validity of global gyrokinetic simulations with spherical tokamak plasmas. Nuclear Fusion. 60(2). 26005–26005. 11 indexed citations

10.

Fredrickson, E. D., Н. Н. Гореленков, R. E. Bell, et al.. (2019). Emission in the ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICE) on NSTX and NSTX-U. Physics of Plasmas. 26(3). 26 indexed citations

11.

Ren, Y., D. R. Smith, R. E. Bell, et al.. (2019). Experimental observation of electron-scale turbulence evolution across the L–H transition in the National Spherical Torus Experiment. Nuclear Fusion. 59(9). 96045–96045. 1 indexed citations

12.

Guttenfelder, W., S. Kaye, D. M. Kriete, et al.. (2019). Initial transport and turbulence analysis and gyrokinetic simulation validation in NSTX-U L-mode plasmas. Nuclear Fusion. 59(5). 56027–56027. 7 indexed citations

13.

Myers, C. E., S. P. Gerhardt, J. Ménard, et al.. (2016). Initial error field correction studies in the National Spherical Torus Experiment Upgrade. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016.

14.

Phillips, C. K., R. E. Bell, L. A. Berry, et al.. (2009). Spectral effects on fast wave core heating and current drive. Nuclear Fusion. 49(7). 75015–75015. 31 indexed citations

15.

Maingi, R., T.H. Osborne, B. LeBlanc, et al.. (2009). ELM Suppression through density profile modification with lithium wall coatings in the National Spherical Torus Experiment. Physical Review Letters. 103. 1 indexed citations

16.

Bell, R. E. & P.R. Taylor. (2002). Screening for peripheral vascular disease: why don't we do it?. International Journal of Clinical Practice. 56(6). 412–413. 3 indexed citations

17.

Bell, R. E.. (2001). Transport Properties of Auxiliary Heated NSTX Plasmas. APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts. 43. 1 indexed citations

18.

Kugel, H., W. Blanchard, Margaret Bell, et al.. (2001). NSTX Glow Discharge Boronization and Plasma Fueling Boronization. APS. 43. 1 indexed citations

19.

Pitcher, C. S., B. LaBombard, B. Lipschultz, et al.. (2000). Edge Measurements on Alcator C-Mod using the Helium Line Ratio Technique. APS. 42. 1 indexed citations

20.

Bell, R. E., L. Dudek, B. Grek, et al.. (1996). TFTR Poloidal Rotation Diagnostic. APS. 1 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact