Ricardo Fonseca

11.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
167 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Ricardo Fonseca is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ricardo Fonseca has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 62 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 60 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Ricardo Fonseca's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (121 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (60 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (46 papers). Ricardo Fonseca is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (121 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (60 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (46 papers). Ricardo Fonseca collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United States and United Kingdom. Ricardo Fonseca's co-authors include W. B. Mori, L. O. Silva, J. Vieira, F. S. Tsung, C. Joshi, Frederico Fiúza, J. Tonge, M. Tzoufras, W. B. Mori and J. L. Martins and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ricardo Fonseca

160 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Generating multi-GeV electron bunches using single stage laser wakefield acceleration in a 3D nonlinear regime

2007 657 citations M. Tzoufras, F. S. Tsung et al. profile →
Collisionless shocks in laser-produced plasma generate monoenergetic high-energy proton beams

2011 299 citations Frederico Fiúza, Ricardo Fonseca et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ricardo Fonseca Portugal	40	5.4k	3.1k	2.6k	1.1k	1.0k	167	6.0k
M. G. Haines United Kingdom	39	4.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	868 0.9×	188	4.8k
A. B. Langdon United States	34	5.3k 1.0×	3.7k 1.2×	3.4k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	504 0.5×	84	6.4k
F. S. Tsung United States	28	4.9k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	2.8k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	203 0.2×	90	5.1k
D. H. Froula United States	38	4.1k 0.8×	3.0k 1.0×	2.8k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	319 0.3×	247	5.1k
T. Zh. Esirkepov Japan	44	6.8k 1.3×	4.9k 1.6×	3.9k 1.5×	2.0k 1.8×	519 0.5×	182	7.4k
M. Tabak United States	31	6.1k 1.1×	3.6k 1.2×	3.7k 1.4×	2.0k 1.8×	334 0.3×	105	6.5k
Z. Najmudin United Kingdom	45	7.3k 1.4×	4.8k 1.5×	4.6k 1.8×	1.7k 1.5×	322 0.3×	172	7.9k
J. P. Chittenden United Kingdom	37	4.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	551 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	243	4.9k
C. Joshi United States	42	5.3k 1.0×	4.0k 1.3×	3.1k 1.2×	816 0.7×	236 0.2×	224	6.5k
P. A. Norreys United Kingdom	45	6.5k 1.2×	4.2k 1.4×	4.0k 1.5×	2.1k 1.8×	345 0.3×	169	7.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ricardo Fonseca

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20 of 20 papers shown

Miller, Kyle G., et al.. (2025). Acceleration of the particle-in-cell code Osiris with graphics processing units. Journal of Plasma Physics. 91(1). 1 indexed citations

Cruz, F., et al.. (2024). Particle-in-cell simulations of pulsar magnetospheres: Transition between electrosphere and force-free regimes. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 690. A229–A229. 5 indexed citations

Alves, M. V., et al.. (2023). Retenção prolongada de dente decíduo: relato de caso. Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences. 5(2). 110–120. 1 indexed citations

Trines, R. M. G. M., E. P. Alves, R. Bingham, et al.. (2021). Boosting the performance of Brillouin amplification at sub-quarter-critical densities via reduction of parasitic Raman scattering. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 63(12). 124003–124003. 1 indexed citations

Alves, E. P., R. M. G. M. Trines, R. Bingham, et al.. (2021). A robust plasma-based laser amplifier via stimulated Brillouin scattering. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 63(11). 114004–114004. 4 indexed citations

Fonseca, Ricardo, et al.. (2020). Plasma Wakes Driven by Photon Bursts via Compton Scattering. Physical Review Letters. 125(26). 265001–265001. 5 indexed citations

Schoeffler, K. M., et al.. (2020). Anisotropic heating and magnetic field generation due to Raman scattering in laser-plasma interactions. Physical Review Research. 2(2). 15 indexed citations

Schoeffler, K. M., Thomas Grismayer, Dmitri Uzdensky, Ricardo Fonseca, & L. O. Silva. (2019). Bright Gamma-Ray Flares Powered by Magnetic Reconnection in QED-strength Magnetic Fields. The Astrophysical Journal. 870(1). 49–49. 26 indexed citations

Tsung, F. S., et al.. (2019). Petascale particle-in-cell simulations of kinetic effects in inertial fusion energy plasmas. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 61(4). 44007–44007. 8 indexed citations

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Helm, Anton, et al.. (2019). On the use of the envelope model for down-ramp injection in laser-plasma accelerators. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 62(2). 24001–24001. 7 indexed citations

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Shukla, Nitin, J. Vieira, P. Muggli, et al.. (2018). Conditions for the onset of the current filamentation instability in the laboratory. Journal of Plasma Physics. 84(3). 22 indexed citations

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Vranić, Marija, Ricardo Fonseca, & L. O. Silva. (2017). Extremely intense laser-based electron acceleration in a plasma channel. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 60(3). 34002–34002. 28 indexed citations

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Helm, Anton, J. Vieira, Luís Augusto Silva, & Ricardo Fonseca. (2016). Implementation of a 3D version of ponderomotive guiding center solver in particle-in-cell code OSIRIS. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Vranić, Marija, Thomas Grismayer, J. L. Martins, Ricardo Fonseca, & L. O. Silva. (2015). Particle merging algorithm for PIC codes. Computer Physics Communications. 191. 65–73. 46 indexed citations

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Decyk, Viktor K., J. Vieira, F. S. Tsung, et al.. (2013). Modeling of Laser wakefield accelerator in Lorentz boosted frame using EM-PIC code with spectral solver. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Grismayer, Thomas, et al.. (2012). On the path to pair production: self-consistent PIC modeling of high energy photons in laser-plasma interaction. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 54. 1 indexed citations

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Alves, E. P., et al.. (2010). Magnetic field generation via the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 52. 1 indexed citations

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Mori, W. B., Wei Lu, M. Tzoufras, et al.. (2006). Generating Multi-GeV Electron Bunches Using Laser Wakefield Acceleration in the Blowout Regime. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 48(9). 490–497. 3 indexed citations

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Fonseca, Ricardo, Michael Marti, S. F. Martins, et al.. (2005). OSIRIS 2.0: an integrated framework for parallel PIC simulations. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 47. 1 indexed citations

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Fonseca, Ricardo, et al.. (2001). Subretinal Fibrosis and Linear Streaks in Multifocal Choroiditis. Archives of Ophthalmology. 119(1). 142–142. 2 indexed citations

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