S.L. Town

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

S.L. Town is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, S.L. Town 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 Condensed Matter Physics, 4 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 3 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in S.L. Town's work include Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (9 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (4 papers) and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (2 papers). S.L. Town is often cited by papers focused on Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (9 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (4 papers) and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (2 papers). S.L. Town collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and India. S.L. Town's co-authors include K.R.A. Ziebeck, P. J. Webster, K. Taylor, G.J. Russell, T. Puzzer, S. Bosi, G.A. Alvarez, B. A. Hunter, W. Andrä and K. Fischer and has published in prestigious journals such as Physica C Superconductivity, Philosophical Magazine B and Cryogenics.

In The Last Decade

S.L. Town

10 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Magnetic order and phase transformation in Ni₂MnGa

1984 1.0k citations P. J. Webster, K.R.A. Ziebeck et al. Philosophical Magazine B profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
S.L. Town Australia	7	989	834	198	121	105	10	1.1k
G. H. Wu China	13	1.0k 1.0×	957 1.1×	225 1.1×	46 0.4×	83 0.8×	24	1.1k
R. Kainuma Japan	12	849 0.9×	667 0.8×	237 1.2×	17 0.1×	66 0.6×	14	910
V. V. Sokolovskiy Russia	23	1.5k 1.6×	1.6k 1.9×	394 2.0×	173 1.4×	50 0.5×	177	1.8k
J. Buschbeck Germany	13	756 0.8×	639 0.8×	185 0.9×	17 0.1×	33 0.3×	21	834
Zhuhong Liu China	19	1.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	326 1.6×	146 1.2×	36 0.3×	79	1.3k
Н. И. Коуров Russia	18	679 0.7×	412 0.5×	471 2.4×	97 0.8×	59 0.6×	104	892
Robert Niemann Germany	17	775 0.8×	643 0.8×	198 1.0×	16 0.1×	36 0.3×	30	835
Andreas Taubel Germany	14	843 0.9×	934 1.1×	186 0.9×	200 1.7×	16 0.2×	22	1.1k
N.V. Rama Rao India	18	575 0.6×	786 0.9×	197 1.0×	62 0.5×	33 0.3×	44	894
Fumihiko Gejima Japan	6	895 0.9×	646 0.8×	267 1.3×	7 0.1×	87 0.8×	7	947

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

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Taylor, K., G.J. Russell, S. Bosi, et al.. (1991). A sequence of critical temperatures in YBCO between 20 and 70 K. Bulletin of Materials Science. 14(3). 731–735. 3 indexed citations

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Town, S.L., B. A. Hunter, S. Bosi, Rebecca L. Davis, & K. Taylor. (1990). Characterisation of large single crystals of YBa2Cu3O7−δ using neutron scattering. Physica C Superconductivity. 165(3-4). 298–304. 6 indexed citations

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Hergt, R., et al.. (1990). Pinning in Twinned Single Crystals of Superconducting REBa2Cu3O7−x Investigated by Torque Magnetometry. physica status solidi (a). 119(1). 241–250. 19 indexed citations

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Town, S.L., et al.. (1990). Densification of YBa2Cu3O7−δ by uniaxial pressure sintering. Cryogenics. 30(5). 427–429. 4 indexed citations

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Alvarez, G.A., et al.. (1990). Josephson behaviour for high critical current density YBCO+Ag thick films on YSZ substrates. Physica C Superconductivity. 167(1-2). 133–138. 18 indexed citations

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Hunter, B. A., S.L. Town, Rebecca L. Davis, G.J. Russell, & K. Taylor. (1989). Neutron scattering study of the structure of Y2BaCuO5 at 294 K and 77 K. Physica C Superconductivity. 161(5-6). 594–597. 10 indexed citations

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Bosi, S., B. A. Hunter, S.L. Town, et al.. (1989). Growth and properties of large single crystals of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7−δ. Physica C Superconductivity. 162-164. 895–896. 3 indexed citations

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Town, S.L., et al.. (1989). High critical density thick films of YBCO on YSZ. Physica C Superconductivity. 161(3). 347–350. 14 indexed citations

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Bosi, S., T. Puzzer, G.J. Russell, S.L. Town, & K. Taylor. (1989). Large single crystals of YBa2Cu3O7-? superconductors from chloride fluxes. Journal of Materials Science Letters. 8(5). 497–500. 25 indexed citations

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Webster, P. J., et al.. (1984). Magnetic order and phase transformation in Ni₂MnGa. Philosophical Magazine B. 49(3). 295–310. 1010 indexed citations breakdown →

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