R.J. Barker

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

R.J. Barker is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Aerospace Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R.J. Barker has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 11 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in R.J. Barker's work include Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research (11 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (6 papers) and Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (6 papers). R.J. Barker is often cited by papers focused on Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research (11 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (6 papers) and Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (6 papers). R.J. Barker collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. R.J. Barker's co-authors include Edl Schamiloglu, Karl H. Schoenbach, Kurt Becker, U. Kogelschatz, Neville C. Luhmann, John H. Booske, Gregory S. Nusinovich, Charles A. Swenson, A. Neuber and Liu Shenggang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Biochemistry and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

R.J. Barker

40 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

High-Power Microwave Sources and Technologies 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. High-Power Microwave Sources and Technologies
    2001 494 citations R.J. Barker, Edl Schamiloglu profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R.J. Barker United States 14 1.1k 1.0k 531 445 388 43 1.8k
М. И. Ломаев Russia 24 1.9k 1.7× 314 0.3× 363 0.7× 92 0.2× 1.8k 4.6× 205 2.3k
W.A. Bongers Netherlands 18 686 0.6× 480 0.5× 22 0.0× 373 0.8× 646 1.7× 89 1.5k
И. А. Коссый Russia 16 1.8k 1.6× 404 0.4× 21 0.0× 444 1.0× 1.7k 4.4× 116 2.4k
Rodney Burton United States 25 1.3k 1.1× 341 0.3× 31 0.1× 839 1.9× 229 0.6× 169 2.6k
Timothy J. Sommerer United States 21 1.4k 1.3× 495 0.5× 17 0.0× 134 0.3× 745 1.9× 46 1.8k
E M van Veldhuizen Netherlands 33 2.4k 2.2× 211 0.2× 62 0.1× 168 0.4× 2.4k 6.1× 71 3.1k
Kwang Hwa Chung South Korea 16 293 0.3× 108 0.1× 142 0.3× 79 0.2× 27 0.1× 63 849
V. P. Silakov Russia 11 1.5k 1.4× 281 0.3× 12 0.0× 311 0.7× 1.5k 3.8× 37 2.0k
V. S. Skakun Russia 16 812 0.7× 123 0.1× 37 0.1× 57 0.1× 694 1.8× 127 1.0k
M. Nakano Japan 19 339 0.3× 583 0.6× 1.5k 2.7× 87 0.2× 6 0.0× 84 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by R.J. Barker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R.J. Barker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R.J. Barker 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.J. Barker. R.J. Barker 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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Lamond, Jessica, Abhas K. Jha, Robin Bloch, et al.. (2011). Five Feet High and Rising: Cities and Flooding in the 21st Century. World Bank eBooks. 80 indexed citations
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Barker, R.J. & Karl H. Schoenbach. (2005). Plasmas and pulsed power for biomedical applications. 80–80. 1 indexed citations
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Barker, R.J., Neville C. Luhmann, John H. Booske, & Gregory S. Nusinovich. (2005). Modern Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Power Electronics. 313 indexed citations
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Barker, R.J., C.J. Buchenauer, Christos G. Christodoulou, et al.. (2004). Research issues in developing compact pulsed power for high peak power applications on mobile platforms. Proceedings of the IEEE. 92(7). 1144–1165. 58 indexed citations
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Korovin, S. D., В. В. Ростов, S. D. Polevin, et al.. (2004). Pulsed power-driven high-power microwave sources. Proceedings of the IEEE. 92(7). 1082–1095. 105 indexed citations
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Schoenbach, Karl H., R.J. Barker, & Shenggang Liu. (2003). Nonthermal medical/biological treatments using electromagnetic fields and ionized gases. 1. 497–501. 4 indexed citations
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Shenggang, Liu, R.J. Barker, & Yan Yang. (2002). Theory of wave propagation along waveguide filled with moving magnetized plasma waveguide. 131–131. 2 indexed citations
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Shenggang, Liu, R.J. Barker, Hong Gao, & Yan Yang. (2001). Electromagnetic wave pumped ion-channel free electron laser. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 475(1-3). 153–157. 9 indexed citations
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Shenggang, Liu, et al.. (2000). Basic theoretical formulation of plasma microwave electronics. II. Kinetic theory of electron beam-wave interactions. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 28(6). 2152–2165. 19 indexed citations
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Schoenbach, K.H., et al.. (2000). Special issue on nonthermal medical/biological treatments using electromagnetic fields and ionized gases. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 28(1). 2–5. 13 indexed citations
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Barker, R.J. & F.J. Agee. (1995). <title>National University Consortium on Microwave Research (NUCOMR)</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2557. 300–309. 3 indexed citations
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Barker, R.J.. (1993). A tribute to Oscar Buneman pioneer of plasma simulation. 160–160. 1 indexed citations
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Barker, R.J., et al.. (1988). Remembering Richard Feynman. Physics Today. 41(5). 134–138.
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Drobot, A. T., et al.. (1979). Numerical modeling and simulation of electron and ion flow in pulsed power diodes. 2. 647–656. 1 indexed citations
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Gleason, William B. & R.J. Barker. (1971). Evidence for a Hydride Shift in the Alkaline Rearrangements of D-Ribose. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 49(9). 1433–1440. 23 indexed citations
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Barker, R.J., et al.. (1969). Radiation-induced addition of hydrogen chloride to ethylene in the gas phase. Transactions of the Faraday Society. 65. 202–202. 1 indexed citations
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Burns, W. G., et al.. (1965). Some radiolytic homogeneous reaction mechanisms under continuous and intermittent irradiation. Transactions of the Faraday Society. 61. 2686–2686. 1 indexed citations
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Hamill, William H., et al.. (1964). Metastable Ions in Mass Spectrometry1. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 68(2). 261–264. 12 indexed citations
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Barker, R.J. & Allan Maccoll. (1963). 528. Gas-phase photolysis of ethyl bromide. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 2839–2839. 10 indexed citations
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Barker, R.J., William H. Hamill, & Russell R. Williams. (1959). Ion–Molecule Reactions of 1,3-Butadiene, of Acetylene and of Acetylene–Methane Mixtures. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 63(6). 825–828. 17 indexed citations

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