R. E. Whan

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

R. E. Whan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, R. E. Whan has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in R. E. Whan's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (7 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (3 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (3 papers). R. E. Whan is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (7 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (3 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (3 papers). R. E. Whan collaborates with scholars based in United States. R. E. Whan's co-authors include G. A. Crosby, R.M. Alire, G. W. Arnold, F. L. Vook, Joseph F. Masi, Jan K. Maurin and J. A. Borders and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

R. E. Whan

15 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Intramolecular Energy Transfer in Rare Earth Chelates. Ro... 1961 2026 1982 2004 1961 200 400 600
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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. Intramolecular Energy Transfer in Rare Earth Chelates. Role of the Triplet State
    1961 669 citations G. A. Crosby, R. E. Whan et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

Peers

R. E. Whan
Masanobu Wada Japan
Clifton Woods United States
H. Rotter Germany
John C. Caris United States
W. M. Walsh United States
G.L. Nyberg Australia
A. F. Schreiner United States
A. F. Orchard United Kingdom
T. H. Upton United States
Nobuyuki Matsuzawa Japan
Masanobu Wada Japan
R. E. Whan
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Countries citing papers authored by R. E. Whan

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. E. Whan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. E. Whan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. E. Whan 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. Whan. R. E. Whan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Arnold, G. W., R. E. Whan, Jan K. Maurin, & J. A. Borders. (1971). Preferential etching of ion bombarded GaAs. Radiation Effects. 9(3-4). 257–260. 3 indexed citations
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Arnold, G. W. & R. E. Whan. (1971). Preferential etching of ion-bombarded GaAs. Radiation Effects. 7(1-2). 109–114. 7 indexed citations
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Whan, R. E. & G. W. Arnold. (1970). LATTICE EXPANSION AND STRAIN IN ION-BOMBARDED GaAs AND SI. Applied Physics Letters. 17(9). 378–380. 65 indexed citations
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Whan, R. E. & F. L. Vook. (1967). Infrared Studies of Defect Production inn-Type Si: Irradiation-Temperature Dependence. Physical Review. 153(3). 814–822. 45 indexed citations
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Whan, R. E.. (1966). Oxygen-Defect Complexes in Neutron-Irradiated Silicon. Journal of Applied Physics. 37(9). 3378–3382. 80 indexed citations
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Whan, R. E.. (1966). Oxygen-Defect Complexes in Neutron-Irradiated Germanium. Journal of Applied Physics. 37(6). 2435–2439. 23 indexed citations
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Whan, R. E.. (1966). OPTICAL PROPERTIES AND THERMAL BEHAVIOR OF NEW ABSORPTION BANDS IN OXYGEN-DOPED SILICON IRRADIATED AT LOW TEMPERATURES. Applied Physics Letters. 8(6). 131–132. 16 indexed citations
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Whan, R. E.. (1965). EVIDENCE FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE MOTION OF VACANCIES IN GERMANIUM. Applied Physics Letters. 6(11). 221–223. 40 indexed citations
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Whan, R. E.. (1965). Investigations of Oxygen-Defect Interactions between 25 and 700°K in Irradiated Germanium. Physical Review. 140(2A). A690–A698. 123 indexed citations
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Whan, R. E. & G. A. Crosby. (1962). Luminescence studies of rare earth complexes: Benzoylacetonate and dibenzoylmethide chelates. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. 8(1-6). 315–327. 289 indexed citations
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Crosby, G. A., et al.. (1962). SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF RARE EARTH CHELATES. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 66(12). 2493–2499. 169 indexed citations
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Crosby, G. A. & R. E. Whan. (1962). Selective Excitation of Trivalent Thulium via Intramolecular Energy Transfer. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 36(4). 863–865. 25 indexed citations
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Crosby, G. A., R. E. Whan, & R.M. Alire. (1961). Intramolecular Energy Transfer in Rare Earth Chelates. Role of the Triplet State. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 34(3). 743–748. 669 indexed citations breakdown →
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Crosby, G. A. & R. E. Whan. (1960). Extreme Variations of the Emission Spectra of Dysprosium Chelates. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 32(2). 614–615. 20 indexed citations
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Masi, Joseph F., et al.. (1957). The Ternary System Sodium Oxide–Water–Methanol. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 61(1). 122–123. 2 indexed citations

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