R. J. Torrence

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

R. J. Torrence is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. J. Torrence has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 19 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 18 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in R. J. Torrence's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (20 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (18 papers) and Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (9 papers). R. J. Torrence is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (20 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (18 papers) and Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (9 papers). R. J. Torrence collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Mexico. R. J. Torrence's co-authors include Ezra T. Newman, Amit Prakash, L. Bombelli, Allen I. Janis, Włodzimierz M. Tulczyjew, T. Unti and William Kinnersley and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Letters A, Journal of Mathematical Physics and Classical and Quantum Gravity.

In The Last Decade

R. J. Torrence

36 papers receiving 949 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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. J. Torrence Canada 9 859 725 243 130 46 38 1.0k
Akira Tomimatsu Japan 19 1.3k 1.5× 1.1k 1.5× 304 1.3× 168 1.3× 48 1.0× 66 1.4k
P. C. Aichelburg Austria 15 787 0.9× 777 1.1× 295 1.2× 133 1.0× 43 0.9× 52 930
H. Dehnen Germany 14 780 0.9× 606 0.8× 147 0.6× 140 1.1× 16 0.3× 110 874
R. O. Hansen United States 6 680 0.8× 532 0.7× 207 0.9× 58 0.4× 36 0.8× 13 776
Reinaldo J. Gleiser Argentina 19 1.0k 1.2× 891 1.2× 260 1.1× 86 0.7× 42 0.9× 74 1.1k
P. D. D’Eath United Kingdom 19 908 1.1× 940 1.3× 496 2.0× 199 1.5× 45 1.0× 43 1.1k
J. B. Griffiths United Kingdom 18 1.4k 1.6× 1.3k 1.7× 349 1.4× 107 0.8× 74 1.6× 82 1.5k
Basilis C. Xanthopoulos Greece 17 841 1.0× 753 1.0× 301 1.2× 59 0.5× 50 1.1× 55 965
Tekin Dereli Türkiye 18 852 1.0× 790 1.1× 353 1.5× 108 0.8× 43 0.9× 120 1.1k
Toshiei Kimura Japan 13 423 0.5× 390 0.5× 196 0.8× 125 1.0× 24 0.5× 67 649

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. J. Torrence

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Torrence, R. J., et al.. (1995). Wave splitting and lattice dynamics. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 28(16). 4609–4621.
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Torrence, R. J., et al.. (1993). Variable-coefficient wave equations with exact spreading solutions. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 26(20). 5491–5504. 1 indexed citations
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Bombelli, L., et al.. (1992). Solvable systems of wave equations and non-Abelian Toda lattices. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 25(5). 1309–1327. 2 indexed citations
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Bombelli, L., et al.. (1991). Time as spacetime four-volume and the Ashtekar variables. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 44(8). 2589–2592. 24 indexed citations
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Torrence, R. J.. (1990). Self-adjoint acoustic equations with progressing wave solutions. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 23(18). 4107–4115. 5 indexed citations
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Bombelli, L. & R. J. Torrence. (1990). Perfect fluids and Ashtekar variables, with applications to Kantowski-Sachs models. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 7(10). 1747–1765. 20 indexed citations
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Torrence, R. J.. (1988). Simple Toda lattice motions and their linear wave equations. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 21(15). 3205–3214. 3 indexed citations
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Torrence, R. J., et al.. (1988). Note on Kantowski-Sachs spacetimes. General Relativity and Gravitation. 20(6). 603–606. 5 indexed citations
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Torrence, R. J., et al.. (1985). Transparency of de Sitter and anti-de Sitter spacetimes to multipole fields. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 2(4). 545–553. 7 indexed citations
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Torrence, R. J.. (1982). Calculating Debye potentials from data on ? or ?. General Relativity and Gravitation. 14(11). 1061–1084. 2 indexed citations
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Torrence, R. J.. (1981). Formal iteration scheme for scalar fields in some spherically symmetric spaces. General Relativity and Gravitation. 13(6). 609–622. 1 indexed citations
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Torrence, R. J., et al.. (1979). A particular N-soliton solution and scalar wave equations. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 20(12). 2423–2426. 3 indexed citations
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Torrence, R. J., et al.. (1978). An approximation scheme for scalar waves in a Schwarzschild geometry. General Relativity and Gravitation. 9(12). 1119–1128. 2 indexed citations
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Torrence, R. J., et al.. (1977). A Bremmer series for radial wave equations. Canadian Journal of Physics. 55(24). 2150–2157. 1 indexed citations
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Torrence, R. J. & Włodzimierz M. Tulczyjew. (1973). Gauge invariant canonical mechanics for charged particles. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 14(12). 1725–1732. 7 indexed citations
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Torrence, R. J., et al.. (1972). Asymptotic Behavior of Vacuum Space-Times. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 13(1). 69–73. 13 indexed citations
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Torrence, R. J., et al.. (1970). Self-Interaction of Gravitational Radiation. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 11(7). 2096–2114. 3 indexed citations
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Kinnersley, William, et al.. (1970). Non-linear radiative interactions in general relativity. Physics Letters A. 31(10). 576–577. 1 indexed citations
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Torrence, R. J., et al.. (1969). Nonlinear Electrodynamics and General Relativity. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 10(9). 1718–1723. 45 indexed citations
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Unti, T. & R. J. Torrence. (1966). Theorem on Gravitational Fields with Geodesic Rays. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 7(3). 535–538. 4 indexed citations

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