Stephen Prager

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Stephen Prager is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Prager has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 16 papers in Materials Chemistry and 13 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Recurrent topics in Stephen Prager's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (15 papers), Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (12 papers) and Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (12 papers). Stephen Prager is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (15 papers), Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (12 papers) and Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (12 papers). Stephen Prager collaborates with scholars based in United States and Israel. Stephen Prager's co-authors include Matthew Tirrell, Yeshayahu Talmon, F. A. Long, H. L. Frisch, Harold L. Weissberg, Claude Cohen, G. B. Tanny, M. Marchetti, E. L. Cussler and J. Aubert and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Prager

63 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Variational Treatment of ... 1969 2026 1988 2007 1969 250 500 750
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. Variational Treatment of Hydrodynamic Interaction in Polymers
    1969 890 citations Stephen Prager et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Stephen Prager 1.1k 810 670 661 647 64 3.7k
H. Hervet 1.0k 0.9× 931 1.1× 689 1.0× 620 0.9× 915 1.4× 71 4.2k
A. Bellemans 1.4k 1.3× 1.3k 1.6× 550 0.8× 558 0.8× 204 0.3× 111 4.0k
P. Debye 1.0k 1.0× 585 0.7× 375 0.6× 459 0.7× 485 0.7× 49 2.8k
Prince E. Rouse 1.5k 1.4× 695 0.9× 1.9k 2.9× 364 0.6× 1.4k 2.2× 10 3.6k
Taikyue Ree 860 0.8× 806 1.0× 615 0.9× 355 0.5× 336 0.5× 101 2.4k
J. M. Prausnitz 1.3k 1.2× 2.4k 2.9× 1.5k 2.2× 1.4k 2.2× 231 0.4× 120 5.6k
Frank L. McCrackin 829 0.8× 528 0.7× 234 0.3× 300 0.5× 505 0.8× 47 2.2k
Ryong‐Joon Roe 2.7k 2.5× 1.0k 1.2× 733 1.1× 826 1.2× 2.5k 3.9× 92 6.0k
D.J. Evans 1.7k 1.6× 1.2k 1.4× 340 0.5× 465 0.7× 141 0.2× 59 4.6k
W. R. Schowalter 1.7k 1.6× 2.0k 2.5× 1.9k 2.9× 627 0.9× 659 1.0× 79 6.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Prager

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Prager

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

All Works

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Prager, Stephen, et al.. (1992). Simultaneous reptation and constraint release in polymer melts. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts. 82(5). 383–396. 2 indexed citations
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Rossen, W. R., Roger Brown, H. T. Davis, Stephen Prager, & L. E. Scriven. (1982). Thermodynamic Modeling of Pseudoternary Phase Behavior. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal. 22(6). 945–961. 27 indexed citations
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Talmon, Yeshayahu & Stephen Prager. (1982). The statistical thermodynamics of microemulsions. II. The interfacial region. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 76(3). 1535–1538. 42 indexed citations
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Prager, Stephen & Matthew Tirrell. (1981). The healing process at polymer–polymer interfaces. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 75(10). 5194–5198. 301 indexed citations
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Cohen, Claude, G. B. Tanny, & Stephen Prager. (1979). Diffusion‐controlled formation of porous structures in ternary polymer systems. Journal of Polymer Science Polymer Physics Edition. 17(3). 477–489. 188 indexed citations
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Bloomfield, Victor A. & Stephen Prager. (1979). Diffusion-controlled reactions on spherical surfaces. Application to bacteriophage tail fiber attachment. Biophysical Journal. 27(3). 447–453. 14 indexed citations
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Prager, Stephen & William Prager. (1979). A note on optimal design of columns. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 21(4). 249–251. 21 indexed citations
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Talmon, Yeshayahu & Stephen Prager. (1978). Statistical thermodynamics of phase equilibria in microemulsions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 69(7). 2984–2991. 239 indexed citations
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Prager, Stephen & H. L. Frisch. (1975). Interaction between penetration sites in diffusion through thin membranes. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 62(1). 89–91. 21 indexed citations
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Prager, Stephen, et al.. (1970). Variational Approach to the Dielectric Constant of a Polarizable Medium. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 52(10). 4925–4930. 7 indexed citations
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Prager, Stephen. (1969). Improved Variational Bounds on Some Bulk Properties of a Two-Phase Random Medium. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 50(10). 4305–4312. 62 indexed citations
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Prager, Stephen. (1964). Spiral Flow in a Stationary Porous Pipe. The Physics of Fluids. 7(6). 907–908. 8 indexed citations
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Prager, Stephen, et al.. (1964). Brownian Motion in Many-Particle Systems. I. Forced Interdiffusion of Two Species. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 86(17). 3417–3421. 2 indexed citations
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Prager, Stephen, et al.. (1963). Statistical Mechanics of Cross-Linked Polymers: Formation of the Infinite Network. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 39(4). 1103–1107. 6 indexed citations
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Prager, Stephen. (1963). Diffusion and viscous flow in concentrated suspensions. Physica. 29(2). 129–139. 71 indexed citations
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Schrader, D. M. & Stephen Prager. (1962). Use of Electrostatic Variation Principles in Molecular Energy Calculations. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 37(7). 1456–1460. 30 indexed citations
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Prager, Stephen. (1961). Viscous Flow through Porous Media. The Physics of Fluids. 4(12). 1477–1482. 107 indexed citations
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Prager, Stephen. (1960). Diffusion in Inhomogeneous Media. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 33(1). 122–127. 80 indexed citations
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Reynolds, Warren L. & Stephen Prager. (1957). Rate Constants of Second-Order Reactions from Kinetic Current Measurements. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 26(5). 1006–1009. 2 indexed citations
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Prager, Stephen. (1953). Diffusion in Binary Systems. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 21(8). 1344–1347. 39 indexed citations

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