Robert Bowles

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Robert Bowles is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Bowles has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Computational Mechanics, 5 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 2 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Robert Bowles's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (17 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (7 papers) and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (7 papers). Robert Bowles is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (17 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (7 papers) and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (7 papers). Robert Bowles collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Austria and United States. Robert Bowles's co-authors include Riccardo Russo, Elaine Fox, Kevin Dutton, F. T. Smith, James D. Walker, Christopher Davies, Richard Purvis, S. C. R. Dennis, Noemié Bouhana and F. T. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Experimental Psychology General and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert Bowles

25 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

  1. Do threatening stimuli draw or hold visual attention in subclinical anxiety?
    2001 1.1k citations Elaine Fox, Riccardo Russo et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology General profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Bowles United Kingdom 11 868 761 260 226 191 26 1.5k
Aarthi Padmanabhan United States 20 1.3k 1.5× 352 0.5× 329 1.3× 20 0.1× 162 0.8× 34 1.9k
Shan Yu United States 15 659 0.8× 295 0.4× 240 0.9× 10 0.0× 172 0.9× 20 1.2k
Christian Brodbeck United States 16 1.7k 2.0× 303 0.4× 35 0.1× 43 0.2× 149 0.8× 50 2.2k
Makio Kashino Japan 23 1.5k 1.7× 843 1.1× 55 0.2× 14 0.1× 381 2.0× 129 2.0k
Amy R. Horwitz United States 19 1.3k 1.5× 316 0.4× 181 0.7× 8 0.0× 306 1.6× 31 1.7k
John W. Philbeck United States 23 1.4k 1.6× 294 0.4× 58 0.2× 11 0.0× 473 2.5× 64 1.9k
Hilary Richardson United States 17 642 0.7× 156 0.2× 58 0.2× 37 0.2× 177 0.9× 60 1.2k
Michael N. Geuss United States 15 400 0.5× 114 0.1× 85 0.3× 49 0.2× 254 1.3× 34 689
Emily M. Owens United States 7 869 1.0× 255 0.3× 31 0.1× 101 0.4× 50 0.3× 11 1.5k
Harry Hollien United States 36 439 0.5× 1.9k 2.5× 293 1.1× 17 0.1× 232 1.2× 146 3.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Bowles

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Bowles

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All Works

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Bowles, Robert, et al.. (2024). Wake flow past a submerged plate near a free surface. European Journal of Applied Mathematics. 36(3). 524–537.
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Bowles, Robert, et al.. (2020). A Simulation Model of the Radicalisation Process Based on the IVEE Theoretical Framework. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 23(3). 2 indexed citations
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Bowles, Robert, et al.. (2019). Choking and hydraulic jumps in laminar flow. PAMM. 19(1). 1 indexed citations
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Bowles, Robert, et al.. (2018). Developed liquid film passing a trailing edge under the action of gravity and capillarity. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 850. 924–953. 8 indexed citations
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Bowles, Robert, et al.. (2017). On transcritical states in viscous flow passing the edge of a horizontal plate. PAMM. 17(1). 663–664. 2 indexed citations
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Bowles, Robert, et al.. (2012). Structural Aspects of Building Conservation. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 14 indexed citations
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Bowles, Robert, et al.. (2008). Multi-branching three-dimensional flow with substantial changes in vessel shapes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 614. 329–354. 8 indexed citations
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Bowles, Robert. (2006). Lighthill and the triple-deck, separation and transition. Journal of Engineering Mathematics. 56(4). 445–460. 4 indexed citations
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Fox, Elaine, Riccardo Russo, Robert Bowles, & Kevin Dutton. (2001). Do threatening stimuli draw or hold visual attention in subclinical anxiety?. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 130(4). 681–700. 97 indexed citations
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Smith, F. T., Robert Bowles, & James D. Walker. (2000). Wind-Up of a Spanwise Vortex in Deepening Transition and Stall. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics. 14(3). 135–165. 10 indexed citations
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Bowles, Robert. (2000). Transition to turbulent flow in aerodynamics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 358(1765). 245–260. 8 indexed citations
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Walker, James D., et al.. (1998). Short-scale break-up in unsteady interactive layers: local development of normal pressure gradients and vortex wind-up. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 374. 335–378. 28 indexed citations
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Bowles, Robert. (1995). Upstream influence and the form of standing hydraulic jumps in liquid-layer flows on favourable slopes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 284. 63–96. 10 indexed citations
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Walton, Andrew, Robert Bowles, & F. T. Smith. (1994). VORTEX WAVE INTERACTION IN SEPARATING FLOWS. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations
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Bowles, Robert & F. T. Smith. (1993). On boundary-layer transition in transonic flow. Journal of Engineering Mathematics. 27(3). 309–342. 11 indexed citations
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Smith, F. T. & Robert Bowles. (1992). Transition theory and experimental comparisons on (I) amplification into streets and (II) a strongly nonlinear break-up criterion. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 439(1905). 163–175. 23 indexed citations
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Bowles, Robert & F. T. Smith. (1992). The standing hydraulic jump: theory, computations and comparisons with experiments. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 242. 145–168. 70 indexed citations
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Bowles, Robert, et al.. (1991). Surface-cooling effects on compressible boundary-layer instability, and on upstream influence. European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids. 10(2). 117–145. 12 indexed citations
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Bowles, Robert, et al.. (1990). Surface-cooling effects on compressible boundary-layer instability. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 5 indexed citations

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