Ronald L. Phillips

12.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
132 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Ronald L. Phillips is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Plant Science and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald L. Phillips has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 46 papers in Plant Science and 30 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ronald L. Phillips's work include Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (42 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (25 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (18 papers). Ronald L. Phillips is often cited by papers focused on Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (42 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (25 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (18 papers). Ronald L. Phillips collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Ronald L. Phillips's co-authors include Larry C. Andrews, Cynthia Young, Howard W. Rines, Oscar Riera‐Lizarazu, Richard Kowles, Italo Toselli, Valter Ferrero, David A. Snowdon, Warren Choi and Indra K. Vasil and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Ronald L. Phillips

131 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

Laser Beam Propagation through Random Media 2001 2026 2009 2017 2005 2001 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

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. Laser Beam Propagation through Random Media
    2005 3.2k citations Larry C. Andrews, Ronald L. Phillips SPIE eBooks profile →
  2. Laser Beam Scintillation with Applications
    2001 1.1k citations Larry C. Andrews, Ronald L. Phillips et al. SPIE eBooks profile →

Peers

Ronald L. Phillips
D. Rees United Kingdom
Hiroyuki Nakano Japan
Kenji Taniguchi Japan
Hiroshi Nakashima Japan
Takao Kobayashi Japan
S. Tanaka Japan
Robert J. Noll United States
Bin Liu China
Takao Yamaguchi Japan
Tamar Schlick United States
D. Rees United Kingdom
Ronald L. Phillips
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ronald L. Phillips

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ronald L. Phillips

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ronald L. Phillips. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ronald L. Phillips 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 Ronald L. Phillips. Ronald L. Phillips 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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Rines, Howard W., Ronald L. Phillips, Ralf G. Kynast, et al.. (2009). Addition of individual chromosomes of maize inbreds B73 and Mo17 to oat cultivars Starter and Sun II: maize chromosome retention, transmission, and plant phenotype. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 119(7). 1255–1264. 25 indexed citations
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Okagaki, Ron J., Adrian O. Stec, Ralf G. Kynast, et al.. (2008). Maize Centromere Mapping: A Comparison of Physical and Genetic Strategies. Journal of Heredity. 99(2). 85–93. 7 indexed citations
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Phillips, Ronald L.. (2008). Can Genome Sequencing of Model Plants be Helpful for Crop Improvement. 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Makarevitch, Irina, Ronald L. Phillips, & Nathan M. Springer. (2008). Profiling expression changes caused by a segmental aneuploid in maize. BMC Genomics. 9(1). 7–7. 41 indexed citations
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Salvi, Silvio, G. Sponza, Michele Morgante, et al.. (2007). Conserved noncoding genomic sequences associated with a flowering-time quantitative trait locus in maize. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(27). 11376–11381. 437 indexed citations
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Toselli, Italo, Larry C. Andrews, Ronald L. Phillips, & Valter Ferrero. (2007). Scintillation index of optical plane wave propagating through non-Kolmogorov moderate-strong turbulence. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6747. 67470B–67470B. 47 indexed citations
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Toselli, Italo, Larry C. Andrews, Ronald L. Phillips, & Valter Ferrero. (2007). Angle of arrival fluctuations for free space laser beam propagation through non kolmogorov turbulence. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6551. 65510E–65510E. 165 indexed citations
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Baumgarten, Andrew, J. Suresh, Georgiana May, & Ronald L. Phillips. (2007). Mapping QTLs contributing to Ustilago maydis resistance in specific plant tissues of maize. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 114(7). 1229–1238. 27 indexed citations
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Okagaki, Ron J. & Ronald L. Phillips. (2004). Maize DNA-sequencing strategies and genome organization.. Genome Biology. 5(5). 223–223. 5 indexed citations
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Phillips, Ronald L., et al.. (2004). Intellectual property rights and the public good. 18(14). 5 indexed citations
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Andrews, Larry C. & Ronald L. Phillips. (2004). Free-space optical communication link and atmospheric effects: single aperture and arrays. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5338. 265–265. 17 indexed citations
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Andrews, Larry C. & Ronald L. Phillips. (2003). Mathematical Techniques for Engineers and Scientists. SPIE eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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Wight, Charlene P., Nicholas A. Tinker, Shahryar F. Kianian, et al.. (2003). A molecular marker map in 'Kanota' × 'Ogle' hexaploid oat (Avenaspp.) enhanced by additional markers and a robust framework. Genome. 46(1). 28–47. 87 indexed citations
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Ananiev, E. V., M. Isabel Vales, Ronald L. Phillips, & Howard W. Rines. (2002). Isolation of A/D and C genome specific dispersed and clustered repetitive DNA sequences fromAvena sativa. Genome. 45(2). 431–441. 18 indexed citations
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Korotkova, Olga, Larry C. Andrews, & Ronald L. Phillips. (2002). Speckle propagation through atmospheric turbulence: effects of a random phase screen at the source. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4821. 98–98. 22 indexed citations
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Kianian, Shahryar F., et al.. (1997). Aneuploid marker assignment in hexaploid oat with the C genome as a reference for determining remnant homoeology. Genome. 40(3). 386–396. 24 indexed citations
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Fraser, Gary E., et al.. (1991). Diet and Lung Cancer in California Seventh-day Adventists. American Journal of Epidemiology. 133(7). 683–693. 113 indexed citations
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Phillips, Ronald L., et al.. (1983). Effects of atmospheric turbulence on an optical communication system using a receiver with memory. Applied Optics. 22(23). 3833–3833. 1 indexed citations
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Phillips, Ronald L., et al.. (1983). Synchronous phase detection for optical fiber interferometric sensors. Applied Optics. 22(15). 2329–2329. 5 indexed citations
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Phillips, Ronald L.. (1980). Proposed fiber-optic acoustical probe. Optics Letters. 5(7). 318–318. 20 indexed citations

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