R. J. Watts‐Tobin

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

R. J. Watts‐Tobin is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, R. J. Watts‐Tobin has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 16 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in R. J. Watts‐Tobin's work include Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (16 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (10 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (8 papers). R. J. Watts‐Tobin is often cited by papers focused on Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (16 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (10 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (8 papers). R. J. Watts‐Tobin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ghana and Germany. R. J. Watts‐Tobin's co-authors include Francis Crick, Leslie Barnett, Lorenz Kramer, N. F. Mott, W. Pesch, Sydney Brenner, S. N. Fisher, R. G. Shulman, David Meredith and E. R. Dobbs and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

R. J. Watts‐Tobin

27 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

General Nature of the Genetic Code for Proteins

1961 843 citations Francis Crick, Leslie Barnett et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. J. Watts‐Tobin United Kingdom	14	754	576	508	246	211	30	1.9k
Udayan Mohanty United States	25	841 1.1×	334 0.6×	260 0.5×	93 0.4×	72 0.3×	95	2.5k
H M McConnell United States	22	1.2k 1.6×	688 1.2×	178 0.4×	22 0.1×	82 0.4×	36	2.4k
J. Mazur United States	24	403 0.5×	325 0.6×	272 0.5×	46 0.2×	53 0.3×	50	1.8k
Oleg Krichevsky Israel	21	1.5k 2.0×	486 0.8×	89 0.2×	102 0.4×	154 0.7×	38	2.8k
Douglas Poland United States	27	2.0k 2.7×	627 1.1×	405 0.8×	87 0.4×	146 0.7×	120	3.1k
James H. White United States	19	1.2k 1.6×	215 0.4×	32 0.1×	165 0.7×	231 1.1×	51	1.9k
Guobin Luo United States	16	1.6k 2.1×	685 1.2×	57 0.1×	134 0.5×	99 0.5×	27	2.8k
M. D. Frank-Kamenet︠s︡kiĭ Russia	40	3.5k 4.7×	480 0.8×	80 0.2×	263 1.1×	652 3.1×	82	4.3k
Garegin A. Papoian United States	33	2.6k 3.5×	705 1.2×	388 0.8×	147 0.6×	214 1.0×	105	4.1k
Robert M. Weis United States	22	1.8k 2.3×	443 0.8×	65 0.1×	633 2.6×	187 0.9×	43	2.3k

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Singh, Varsha, et al.. (2019). General Nature of the Genetic Code for Proteins. Resonance. 24(10). 1171–1178.

Enrico, M. P. & R. J. Watts‐Tobin. (1996). Specular and diffuse scattering of quasiparticles by a macroscopic object moving through superfluid3He-B. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 102(1-2). 103–116. 4 indexed citations

Watts‐Tobin, R. J.. (1995). Quantum corrections to quasiparticle trajectories in Fermi superfluids. Physics Letters A. 209(3-4). 195–197.

Enrico, M. P., S. N. Fisher, & R. J. Watts‐Tobin. (1995). Diffuse scattering model of the thermal damping of a wire moving through superfluid3He-B at very low temperatures. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 98(1-2). 81–89. 22 indexed citations

Enrico, M. P., S. N. Fisher, & R. J. Watts‐Tobin. (1994). Modelling the damping force exerted on a macroscopic object moving through superfluid3He-B in the ballistic regime. Physica B Condensed Matter. 194-196. 787–788. 1 indexed citations

Watts‐Tobin, R. J. & S. N. Fisher. (1990). The force on a wire moving through superfluid 3HeB. Physica B Condensed Matter. 165-166. 683–684. 1 indexed citations

Watts‐Tobin, R. J.. (1985). Critical Lengths for Formation of Kink Structures in Finite Trans‐Polyacetylene Chains. physica status solidi (b). 131(2). 683–698. 2 indexed citations

Watts‐Tobin, R. J., et al.. (1981). Nonequilibrium theory of dirty, current-carrying superconductors: phase-slip oscillators in narrow filaments near T c. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 42(5-6). 459–501. 164 indexed citations

Watts‐Tobin, R. J., et al.. (1979). Microscopic theory of the current-voltage relationship across a normal-superconducting interface. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 35(5-6). 569–591. 20 indexed citations

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Watts‐Tobin, R. J., et al.. (1978). ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE OF A NORMAL-SUPERCONDUCTING BOUNDARY. Le Journal de Physique Colloques. 39(C6). C6–677. 1 indexed citations

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Watts‐Tobin, R. J., et al.. (1977). Transverse thermal conductivity of a dirty superconductor in the mixed state. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 26(5-6). 967–977. 2 indexed citations

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Kramer, Lorenz, W. Pesch, & R. J. Watts‐Tobin. (1974). Local structure and thermodynamic behavior of dirty superconductors in the mixed state at arbitrary temperature. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 14(1-2). 29–51. 49 indexed citations

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Pesch, W., R. J. Watts‐Tobin, & Lorenz Kramer. (1974). Transport coefficients in the mixed state of dirty superconductors. The European Physical Journal A. 269(3). 253–258. 8 indexed citations

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Watts‐Tobin, R. J., Lorenz Kramer, & W. Pesch. (1974). Density of states, entropy, and specific heat for dirty type II superconductors at arbitrary temperature. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 17(1-2). 71–86. 41 indexed citations

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Meredith, David, R. J. Watts‐Tobin, & E. R. Dobbs. (1969). Electromagnetic Generation of Ultrasonic Waves in Metals. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 45(6). 1393–1401. 30 indexed citations

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Lyster, R. L. J. & R. J. Watts‐Tobin. (1968). Haem-haem interaction in the reduction and ionization reactions of methaemoglobin. Journal of Molecular Biology. 31(3). 617–619. 4 indexed citations

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Barnett, Leslie, Sydney Brenner, Francis Crick, R. G. Shulman, & R. J. Watts‐Tobin. (1967). Phase-shift and other mutants in the first part of the r II B cistron of bacteriophage T4. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 252(780). 487–560. 84 indexed citations

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Mott, N. F., Roger Parsons, & R. J. Watts‐Tobin. (1962). The capacity of a mercury electrode in electrolytic solution. Philosophical magazine. 7(75). 483–493. 22 indexed citations

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Crick, Francis, et al.. (1961). General Nature of the Genetic Code for Proteins. Nature. 192(4809). 1227–1232. 843 indexed citations breakdown →

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Watts‐Tobin, R. J.. (1961). The interface between a metal and an electrolytic solution. Philosophical magazine. 6(61). 133–153. 137 indexed citations

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