Roger Bacon

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Roger Bacon is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger Bacon has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 5 papers in Materials Chemistry and 1 paper in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Roger Bacon's work include Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (9 papers), Graphene research and applications (3 papers) and Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies (3 papers). Roger Bacon is often cited by papers focused on Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (9 papers), Graphene research and applications (3 papers) and Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies (3 papers). Roger Bacon collaborates with scholars based in Poland. Roger Bacon's co-authors include Mingkai Tang, Charles S. Smith and Wendell S. Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Carbon and Acta Metallurgica.

In The Last Decade

Roger Bacon

10 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Growth, Structure, and Properties of Graphite Whiskers 1960 2026 1982 2004 1960 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. Growth, Structure, and Properties of Graphite Whiskers
    1960 459 citations Roger Bacon Journal of Applied Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roger Bacon Poland 9 606 415 284 206 181 10 1.1k
J. Grenet France 22 725 1.2× 148 0.4× 143 0.5× 714 3.5× 106 0.6× 84 1.4k
V.A. Kargin Russia 19 298 0.5× 216 0.5× 184 0.6× 781 3.8× 47 0.3× 228 1.4k
D.P. Schweinsberg Australia 22 1.4k 2.3× 192 0.5× 110 0.4× 118 0.6× 116 0.6× 50 1.7k
Robert A. Bubeck United States 17 267 0.4× 210 0.5× 126 0.4× 595 2.9× 80 0.4× 50 983
Norimasa Okui Japan 23 354 0.6× 216 0.5× 365 1.3× 845 4.1× 68 0.4× 84 1.5k
D.F. Quinn Canada 14 401 0.7× 375 0.9× 411 1.4× 173 0.8× 319 1.8× 20 1.1k
Andries Voet France 18 312 0.5× 127 0.3× 263 0.9× 606 2.9× 34 0.2× 46 988
Mickaël Havel United States 12 742 1.2× 129 0.3× 327 1.2× 187 0.9× 184 1.0× 16 1.2k
L.M. Gassa Argentina 24 681 1.1× 269 0.6× 154 0.5× 134 0.7× 89 0.5× 52 1.3k
А. N. Ozerin Russia 19 421 0.7× 177 0.4× 196 0.7× 464 2.3× 58 0.3× 121 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Roger Bacon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roger Bacon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roger Bacon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Roger Bacon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Roger Bacon 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 Roger Bacon. Roger Bacon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Bacon, Roger. (1980). Carbon fibres from mesophase pitch. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 294(1411). 437–442. 9 indexed citations
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Bacon, Roger, et al.. (1971). Electron microscope study of the microstructure of carbon and graphite fibers from a rayon precursor. Carbon. 9(3). 321–325. 23 indexed citations
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Williams, Wendell S., et al.. (1970). Bending Behavior and Tensile Strength of Carbon Fibers. Journal of Applied Physics. 41(12). 4893–4901. 42 indexed citations
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Bacon, Roger, et al.. (1969). Physical properties of high modulus graphite fibers made from a rayon precursor.. 285–292. 9 indexed citations
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Bacon, Roger, et al.. (1968). 58. High strength and high modulus carbon fibers. Carbon. 6(2). 211–211. 9 indexed citations
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Bacon, Roger, et al.. (1968). 147. Microstructure of “ordinary” and high modulus carbon fibers. Carbon. 6(2). 230–231. 2 indexed citations
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Bacon, Roger, et al.. (1964). Carbonization of cellulose fibers—II. Physical property study. Carbon. 2(3). 221–225. 153 indexed citations
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Tang, Mingkai & Roger Bacon. (1964). Carbonization of cellulose fibers—I. Low temperature pyrolysis. Carbon. 2(3). 211–220. 382 indexed citations
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Bacon, Roger. (1960). Growth, Structure, and Properties of Graphite Whiskers. Journal of Applied Physics. 31(2). 283–290. 459 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bacon, Roger & Charles S. Smith. (1956). Single crystal elastic constants of silver and silver alloys. Acta Metallurgica. 4(4). 337–341. 56 indexed citations

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