Robert A. Smith

2.8k total citations
93 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Smith is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Smith has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 30 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Smith's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (22 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (21 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (14 papers). Robert A. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (22 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (21 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (14 papers). Robert A. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Robert A. Smith's co-authors include C. K. Goertz, Vinay Ambegaokar, K. Papadopoulos, M. L. Goldstein, Christoph K. Goertz, D. F. Strobel, W. Grossmann, J. B. Hasted, William M. Grossman and Igor V. Lerner and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Smith

87 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert A. Smith United States 26 979 558 381 280 237 93 1.9k
Andrew Lenard United States 20 304 0.3× 1.2k 2.2× 37 0.1× 397 1.4× 373 1.6× 45 2.5k
Louis Michel France 21 228 0.2× 1.0k 1.9× 43 0.1× 348 1.2× 1.0k 4.4× 66 2.5k
R. E. Marshak United States 31 1.7k 1.7× 871 1.6× 224 0.6× 87 0.3× 3.2k 13.4× 139 5.0k
D. S. Hall United States 26 752 0.8× 4.3k 7.6× 283 0.7× 683 2.4× 310 1.3× 47 5.1k
Michel Le Bellac France 23 479 0.5× 857 1.5× 27 0.1× 305 1.1× 1.5k 6.1× 68 2.4k
K. T. R. Davies United States 30 623 0.6× 1.5k 2.7× 136 0.4× 176 0.6× 2.0k 8.4× 105 3.2k
Ernest M. Henley United States 31 487 0.5× 1.8k 3.3× 31 0.1× 330 1.2× 3.8k 16.1× 177 5.3k
B. W. Downs United States 17 120 0.1× 1.6k 2.8× 51 0.1× 338 1.2× 1.4k 5.8× 31 3.0k
Siu A. Chin United States 30 855 0.9× 1.9k 3.4× 89 0.2× 308 1.1× 1.5k 6.3× 99 3.7k
Alfred S. Goldhaber United States 32 1.1k 1.1× 1.6k 2.9× 30 0.1× 280 1.0× 3.1k 13.2× 104 4.6k

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All Works

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Mandal, Soumen, et al.. (2019). Observation of a superconducting glass state in granular superconducting diamond. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 4578–4578. 3 indexed citations
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Parkins, Adrian W., P.D. Prince, Robert A. Smith, & Jonathan W. Steed. (2001). Chromous hydrazine sulfate. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 57(6). 670–671. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A. & Vinay Ambegaokar. (1996). Effect of Level Statistics on Superconductivity in Ultrasmall Metallic Grains. Physical Review Letters. 77(24). 4962–4965. 74 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A., F. Bagenal, A. F. Cheng, & D. F. Strobel. (1988). On the energy crisis in the Io plasma torus. Geophysical Research Letters. 15(6). 545–548. 37 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A. & M. Venkata Subbarao. (1981). The Average Number of Divisors in an Arithmetic Progression. Canadian Mathematical Bulletin. 24(1). 37–41. 8 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A.. (1981). The 𝐿²-norm of Maass wave functions. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 82(2). 179–182. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A.. (1980). Estimates for exponential sums. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 79(3). 365–368. 11 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A.. (1980). Excitation of transitions between atomic or molecular energy levels by monochromatic laser radiation. IV. Transient excitation of Doppler-broadened transitions — effect of detuning. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 371(1746). 319–329. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A.. (1979). Excitation of transitions between atomic or molecular energy levels by monochromatic laser radiation III. Effect of Doppler broadening when phase-destroying collisions predominate. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 368(1733). 163–175. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A.. (1979). On n-dimensional kloosterman sums. Journal of Number Theory. 11(3). 324–343. 44 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A., M. L. Goldstein, & K. Papadopoulos. (1979). Nonlinear stability of solar type III radio bursts. I - Theory. The Astrophysical Journal. 234. 348–348. 70 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A.. (1978). Excitation of transitions between atomic or molecular energy levels by monochromatic laser radiation - I. Excitation under conditions of strictly homogeneous line broadening. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 362(1708). 1–12. 14 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A.. (1976). Stop Zones in the Jovian Plasmasphere. 17. 167. 3 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A.. (1975). Models of Jovian decametric radiation. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 76. 1146–1189. 22 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A.. (1971). Review Lecture - Lasers and light scattering. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 323(1554). 305–320. 3 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A.. (1970). An error term of Ramanujan. Journal of Number Theory. 2(1). 91–96. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert A.. (1956). Physics at the Radar Research Establishment, Malvern. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 235(1200). 1–10. 2 indexed citations
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Hasted, J. B. & Robert A. Smith. (1956). The detachment of electrons from negative ions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 235(1202). 349–353. 43 indexed citations
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Hasted, J. B. & Robert A. Smith. (1956). Partial charge transfer of doubly charged ions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 235(1202). 354–358. 17 indexed citations

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