S. L. Altmann

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

S. L. Altmann is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, S. L. Altmann has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Materials Chemistry, 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 11 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in S. L. Altmann's work include Quasicrystal Structures and Properties (9 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (9 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (6 papers). S. L. Altmann is often cited by papers focused on Quasicrystal Structures and Properties (9 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (9 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (6 papers). S. L. Altmann collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Slovakia. S. L. Altmann's co-authors include Peter Herzig, A. P. Cracknell, C. J. Bradley, C. A. Coulson, A. Lapiccirella, N. Tomassini, William Hume-Rothery, Norah V. Cohan, Joshua B. Kelley and Yossef Itzhak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

S. L. Altmann

69 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Rotations, quaternions, and double groups 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Rotations, quaternions, and double groups
    1986 512 citations S. L. Altmann profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S. L. Altmann United Kingdom 22 888 609 282 242 211 71 2.2k
Everett Thiele United States 21 1.1k 1.3× 666 1.1× 372 1.3× 128 0.5× 43 0.2× 46 2.4k
Natsuki Hashitsume Japan 12 2.1k 2.4× 619 1.0× 163 0.6× 531 2.2× 118 0.6× 26 3.8k
Rashmi C. Desai Canada 31 775 0.9× 1.6k 2.7× 207 0.7× 887 3.7× 122 0.6× 98 3.3k
Ryoichi Kawai United States 31 1.2k 1.4× 817 1.3× 114 0.4× 213 0.9× 55 0.3× 82 3.6k
Paul Kolodner United States 37 1.1k 1.3× 464 0.8× 148 0.5× 438 1.8× 80 0.4× 97 4.3k
W.T. Welford United Kingdom 28 2.2k 2.5× 448 0.7× 264 0.9× 69 0.3× 428 2.0× 123 4.4k
Alain Léger France 27 1.3k 1.4× 239 0.4× 549 1.9× 98 0.4× 51 0.2× 188 3.5k
R. Maynard France 26 1.1k 1.2× 653 1.1× 126 0.4× 549 2.3× 100 0.5× 72 3.1k
William J. Mullin United States 22 1.6k 1.8× 217 0.4× 204 0.7× 395 1.6× 60 0.3× 96 2.2k
Gary P. Morriss Australia 32 1.5k 1.6× 1.8k 3.0× 125 0.4× 772 3.2× 46 0.2× 127 5.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. L. Altmann

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Altmann, S. L., et al.. (2013). Contractual Incompleteness, Unemployment, and Labour Market Segmentation. The Review of Economic Studies. 81(1). 30–56. 13 indexed citations
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Kelley, Joshua B., Karen L. Anderson, S. L. Altmann, & Yossef Itzhak. (2010). Long-term memory of visually cued fear conditioning: roles of the neuronal nitric oxide synthase gene and cyclic AMP response element-binding protein. Neuroscience. 174. 91–103. 23 indexed citations
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Altmann, S. L., et al.. (2006). Mathematics and Social Utopias in France. 3 indexed citations
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Herzig, Peter, et al.. (2001). On the generation of point groups in spaces of various dimensions. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 57(10). 1931–1939. 4 indexed citations
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Altmann, S. L., et al.. (1984). Core structure and electronic bands of the 90° partial dislocation in silicon. Philosophical Magazine B. 49(1). 41–61. 22 indexed citations
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Altmann, S. L., et al.. (1983). The stacking-fault energy in diamond. Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties. 47(6). 827–834. 12 indexed citations
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Lapiccirella, A., et al.. (1983). CORE STRUCTURE OF 90° PARTIAL DISLOCATIONS IN DIAMOND. Le Journal de Physique Colloques. 44(C4). C4–37. 1 indexed citations
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Altmann, S. L.. (1982). A note on the Peierls reconstruction of dislocation cores. Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics. 15(5). 907–911. 3 indexed citations
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Altmann, S. L. & E. J. Bowen. (1974). Charles Alfred Coulson, 1910-1974. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 74–134. 6 indexed citations
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Altmann, S. L., et al.. (1971). The band structure and Fermi surface of calcium. Journal of Physics F Metal Physics. 1(6). 791–805. 31 indexed citations
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Altmann, S. L.. (1967). The summary of nonrigid molecules: the Schrödinger supergroup. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 298(1453). 184–203. 80 indexed citations
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Altmann, S. L. & C. J. Bradley. (1963). A note on the calculation of the matrix elements of the rotation group. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 255(1054). 193–198. 17 indexed citations
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Altmann, S. L.. (1963). The crystallographic point groups as semi-direct products. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 255(1054). 216–240. 26 indexed citations
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Altmann, S. L. & C. J. Bradley. (1963). On the symmetries of spherical harmonics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 255(1054). 199–215. 59 indexed citations
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Altmann, S. L.. (1958). The cellular method for a close-packed hexagonal lattice I. Theory. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 244(1237). 141–152. 22 indexed citations
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Altmann, S. L.. (1958). The cellular method for a close-packed hexagonal lattice II. The computations: a program for a digital computer and an application to zirconium metal. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 244(1237). 153–165. 19 indexed citations
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Altmann, S. L., C. A. Coulson, & William Hume-Rothery. (1957). On the relation between bond hybrids and the metallic structures. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 240(1221). 145–159. 38 indexed citations
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Altmann, S. L.. (1955). The Self-Consistent Field for Zr4+. Proceedings of the Physical Society Section A. 68(11). 987–993. 4 indexed citations
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Altmann, S. L.. (1952). π-σ Electronic states in molecules II. The singlet spectrum of ethylene and derivatives. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 210(1102). 343–354. 12 indexed citations
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Altmann, S. L.. (1952). π-σ Electronic states in molecules. I. The Hückel approximation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 210(1102). 327–343. 33 indexed citations

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