R. Speiser

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

R. Speiser is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Speiser has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 13 papers in Materials Chemistry and 10 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in R. Speiser's work include Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (5 papers), Ion-surface interactions and analysis (5 papers) and Thermodynamic and Structural Properties of Metals and Alloys (4 papers). R. Speiser is often cited by papers focused on Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (5 papers), Ion-surface interactions and analysis (5 papers) and Thermodynamic and Structural Properties of Metals and Alloys (4 papers). R. Speiser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. R. Speiser's co-authors include D. R. Poirier, Herrick L. Johnston, K. S. Yeum, James W. Edwards, Mars G. Fontana, J. P. Hirth, E. Sherwood Jones, S. Ganesan, Carl E. Bauer and J. Wolters and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

R. Speiser

40 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

The physical properties of liquid metals 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 250 500 750
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.

  1. The physical properties of liquid metals
    1989 959 citations R. Speiser Materials Science and Engineering A profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. Speiser United States 16 1.0k 944 328 305 289 40 2.0k
A. Taylor United States 20 882 0.9× 715 0.8× 227 0.7× 73 0.2× 172 0.6× 60 1.8k
F. Lärché France 19 667 0.7× 1.8k 2.0× 356 1.1× 349 1.1× 247 0.9× 41 3.1k
Yuzuru Sato Japan 18 688 0.7× 658 0.7× 250 0.8× 97 0.3× 233 0.8× 84 1.5k
Shinichi Yoda Japan 33 885 0.9× 2.2k 2.3× 642 2.0× 408 1.3× 312 1.1× 222 3.2k
Alexandre Cooper United States 26 849 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 287 0.9× 98 0.3× 250 0.9× 91 2.7k
Takao Tsukada Japan 25 697 0.7× 955 1.0× 430 1.3× 183 0.6× 227 0.8× 142 2.2k
Caroline Wagner Germany 6 969 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 154 0.5× 323 1.1× 381 1.3× 7 1.9k
Richard A. Matula United States 14 189 0.2× 443 0.5× 437 1.3× 166 0.5× 219 0.8× 41 1.6k
N. Jakse France 27 1.3k 1.3× 2.2k 2.3× 97 0.3× 527 1.7× 166 0.6× 131 2.8k
Masahito Watanabe Japan 20 459 0.5× 869 0.9× 382 1.2× 107 0.4× 173 0.6× 94 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. Speiser

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Speiser

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Speiser, R.. (1989). The physical properties of liquid metals. Materials Science and Engineering A. 114. 215–216. 959 indexed citations breakdown →
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Speiser, R., D. R. Poirier, & K. S. Yeum. (1987). Surface tension of binary liquid alloys. Scripta Metallurgica. 21(5). 687–692. 87 indexed citations
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Ganesan, S., R. Speiser, & D. R. Poirier. (1987). Viscosities of aluminum-rich Al−Cu liquid alloys. Metallurgical Transactions B. 18(2). 421–424. 37 indexed citations
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Meyrick, G., et al.. (1978). A new technique for measuring surface energies of solids. Scripta Metallurgica. 12(1). 91–94. 4 indexed citations
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Hirth, J. P., et al.. (1976). A new technique for measuring the effects of oxygen activity on surface energies: Application to nickel. Metallurgical Transactions A. 7(1). 71–74. 13 indexed citations
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Bauer, Carl E., R. Speiser, & J. P. Hirth. (1976). Surface energy of copper as a function of oxygen activity. Metallurgical Transactions A. 7(1). 75–79. 33 indexed citations
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Speiser, R., et al.. (1974). Shell model description for the reaction of knocking-out protons by electrons from light nuclei. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 49. 563–79. 13 indexed citations
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Speiser, R., et al.. (1974). Discontinuous Au films on NaCl substrates. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. 11(3). 575–578. 7 indexed citations
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Speiser, R., et al.. (1967). Cesium electron bombardment ion microthrustors. 2 indexed citations
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Speiser, R., et al.. (1966). Life testing of electron-bombardment cesium ion engines. 15 indexed citations
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Speiser, R., et al.. (1961). Anodic Polarization Behavior of Iron-Nickel Alloys in Sulfuric Acid Solutions. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 108(4). 337–337. 63 indexed citations
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Speiser, R., et al.. (1959). Determination of Activities in Multicomponent Metallic Solutions. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 106(7). 629–629. 4 indexed citations
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Speiser, R., et al.. (1959). CESIUM ION MOTOR RESEARCH. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2 indexed citations
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Speiser, R., Paul Blackburn, & Herrick L. Johnston. (1959). Vapor Pressure of Niobium. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 106(1). 52–52. 10 indexed citations
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Jones, E. Sherwood, et al.. (1958). The Oxidation of Molybdenum. CORROSION. 14(1). 20–26. 57 indexed citations
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Speiser, R., et al.. (1958). The Effect of NO, HNO2, and HNO3 On Corrosion of Stainless Steel by H2SO4. CORROSION. 14(1). 27–30. 2 indexed citations
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Speiser, R., et al.. (1958). The sorption of some diatomic gases on stainless steel and iron surfaces and its relation to passivity. Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 62(6-7). 733–739. 1 indexed citations
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Speiser, R., et al.. (1956). Effect of Prolonged Heating at High Temperature on the Hardenability of Boron-Treated Steels. JOM. 8(8). 1091–1091. 1 indexed citations
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Speiser, R., et al.. (1952). Influence of Carbon on The Lattice Parameter of Molybdenum. JOM. 4(3). 275–277. 2 indexed citations
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Edwards, James W., R. Speiser, & Herrick L. Johnston. (1951). Structure of Barium Titanate at Elevated Temperatures. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 73(6). 2934–2935. 47 indexed citations

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