R.A. Pitts

12.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
258 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

R.A. Pitts is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R.A. Pitts has authored 258 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 229 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 202 papers in Materials Chemistry and 82 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in R.A. Pitts's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (224 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (202 papers) and Superconducting Materials and Applications (82 papers). R.A. Pitts is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (224 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (202 papers) and Superconducting Materials and Applications (82 papers). R.A. Pitts collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United Kingdom. R.A. Pitts's co-authors include A. Loarte, P.C. Stangeby, M. Merola, S. Lisgo, W. Fundamenski, V. Komarov, A. Kukushkin, F. Escourbiac, A.S. Kukushkin and Takeshi Hirai and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Academy of Management Journal and International Journal of Production Research.

In The Last Decade

R.A. Pitts

246 papers receiving 6.0k citations

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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.

A full tungsten divertor for ITER: Physics issues and design status

2013 618 citations R.A. Pitts, S. Lisgo et al. profile →
Scaling of the tokamak near the scrape-off layer H-mode power width and implications for ITER

2013 431 citations R.A. Pitts et al. Nuclear Fusion profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Modeling input to the ITER glow discharge boronization system design 2025 ·Nuclear Materials and Energy ·T. Wauters, Gerjan Hagelaar, R.A. Pitts	2
2	Modelling the brittle failure of graphite induced by the controlled impact of runaway electrons in DIII-D 2025 ·Nuclear Fusion ·(unknown), P. Tolias, (unknown), (unknown), Artem Kulachenko, E.M. Hollmann, Matthew Beidler, Yueqiang Liu, D.L. Rudakov, I. Bykov, R.A. Pitts	1
3	Measurement of post-disruption runaway electron kinetic energy and pitch angle during final loss instability in DIII-D 2025 ·Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·E.M. Hollmann, C. Marini, D.L. Rudakov, (unknown), Matthew Beidler, J. L. Herfindal, D. Shiraki, (unknown), (unknown), A. Lvovskiy, (unknown), Jun Ren, S. Ratynskaia, (unknown), (unknown), P. Tolias, Artem Kulachenko, R.A. Pitts	0
4	Development of ITER first wall heat load feedback control 2024 ·Nuclear Materials and Energy ·Federico Pesamosca, T. Ravensbergen, R.A. Pitts, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), P.C. de Vries, L. Zabeo, (unknown), I.S. Carvalho, N.M.T. Vu	1
5	Multi-staged ERO2.0 simulation of material erosion and deposition in recessed mirror assemblies in JET and ITER 2024 ·Nuclear Fusion ·S. Rode, S. Brezinsek, M. Groth, A. Kirschner, D. Matveev, Lucas Moser, R.A. Pitts, J. Romazanov, A. Terra, T. Wauters, S. Wiesen	1
6	Validation of the ERO2.0 code using W7-X and JET experiments and predictions for ITER operation 2024 ·Nuclear Fusion ·J. Romazanov, S. Brezinsek, C. Baumann, S. Rode, A. Kirschner, Nengchao Wang, F. Effenberg, D. Borodin, (unknown), (unknown), M. Groth, H. Kumpulainen, K. Schmid, R.A. Pitts, A. Terra, A. Knieps, Yu Gao, M. Krychowiak, (unknown), Ch. Linsmeier	3
7	First SOLEDGE3X-EIRENE simulations of the ITER Neon seeded burning plasma boundary up to the first wall 2024 ·Nuclear Materials and Energy ·(unknown), (unknown), P. Tamain, X. Bonnin, R.A. Pitts, Y. Marandet, G. Ciraolo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), F. Schwander, É. Serre, (unknown), N. Varadarajan	4
8	SOLPS-ITER modeling of deuterium throughput impact on the ITER SOL plasma 2023 ·Nuclear Materials and Energy ·E. Kaveeva, (unknown), I. Senichenkov, V. Rozhansky, I. Veselova, X. Bonnin, R.A. Pitts	7
9	Feasibility of raised inner strike point equilibria scenario in ITER for detritiation from beryllium co-deposits 2023 ·Nuclear Fusion ·Jae-Sun Park, X. Bonnin, R.A. Pitts, Y. Gribov, T. Wauters, A. A. Kavin, (unknown), R.R. Khayrutdinov	2
10	Investigation of ELM-related Larmor ion flux into toroidal gaps of divertor target plates 2023 ·Nuclear Fusion ·K. Krieger, M. Balden, (unknown), Iva Bogdanović Radović, D. Brida, M. Faitsch, J.P. Gunn, S. Markelj, Mitja Kelemen, A. Manhard, P. de Marné, R.A. Pitts, V. Rohde	2
11	Measurements and modeling of type-I and type-II ELMs heat flux to the DIII-D divertor 2023 ·Nuclear Fusion ·(unknown), J.A. Boedo, C.J. Lasnier, R.A. Pitts, (unknown), I. Bykov, (unknown), F. Glass, C. Marini, T. H. Osborne, (unknown), D.L. Rudakov, J.G. Watkins, L. Zeng	6
12	A reduced model for the ITER divertor based on SOLPS solutions for ITER Q = 10 baseline conditions: B. A reduced model based on reversed-direction two point modeling ^* 2022 ·Nuclear Fusion ·P.C. Stangeby, J. Lore, R.A. Pitts, J.M. Canik, (unknown)	1
13	High gas throughput SOLPS-ITER simulations extending the ITER database to strong detachment 2022 ·Nuclear Fusion ·J. Lore, (unknown), Jae-Sun Park, R.A. Pitts, P.C. Stangeby	15
14	A sensitivity analysis of numerical predictions for beryllium erosion and migration in ITER 2021 ·Nuclear Materials and Energy ·J. Romazanov, S. Brezinsek, R.A. Pitts, A. Kirschner, A. Eksaeva, D. Borodin, E. Veshchev, V.S. Neverov, A. B. Kukushkin, A.G. Alekseev, Ch. Linsmeier	9
15	Beryllium erosion and redeposition in ITER H, He and D–T discharges 2021 ·Nuclear Fusion ·J. Romazanov, A. Kirschner, S. Brezinsek, R.A. Pitts, D. Borodin, S. Rode, (unknown), K. Schmid, E. Veshchev, V.S. Neverov, A. B. Kukushkin, A.G. Alekseev, Ch. Linsmeier	24
16	Constructing a new predictive scaling formula for ITER's divertor heat-load width informed by a simulation-anchored machine learning 2021 ·Physics of Plasmas ·C. S. Chang, S. Ku, R. Hager, R.M. Churchill, J. W. Hughes, F. Köchl, A. Loarte, V. Parail, R.A. Pitts	23
17	Improved ERO modelling of beryllium erosion at ITER upper first wall panel using JET-ILW and PISCES-B experience 2019 ·Nuclear Materials and Energy ·D. Borodin, J. Romazanov, R.A. Pitts, S. Lisgo, S. Brezinsek, I. Borodkina, A. Eksaeva, E. Safi, K. Nordlund, A. Kirschner, Ch. Linsmeier	15
18	An improved model for the accurate calculation of parallel heat fluxes at the JET bulk tungsten outer divertor 2018 ·Nuclear Fusion ·(unknown), P. Bunting, J.W. Coenen, G.F. Matthews, R.A. Pitts, (unknown), I. Balboa, I. Coffey, Y. Corre, R. Dejarnac, J. Gaspar, E. Gauthier, S. Jachmich, K. Krieger, (unknown), V. Riccardo, M. Stamp, (unknown)	8
19	Power deposition on misaligned castellated tungsten blocks in the Magnum-PSI and Pilot-PSI linear devices 2017 ·Nuclear Fusion ·T.W. Morgan, Marcel Berg, G. De Temmerman, S. Bardin, (unknown), R.A. Pitts	14
20	SOL width and intermittent fluctuations in KSTAR 2016 ·Nuclear Materials and Energy ·O. E. ̃Garcia, R. Kube, Audun Theodorsen, J.G. Bak, Suk‐Ho Hong, (unknown), (unknown), R.A. Pitts	19

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