W. Howl

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 680 citations indexed

About

W. Howl is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Howl has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 680 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 4 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. Howl's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (6 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (4 papers) and Superconducting Materials and Applications (3 papers). W. Howl is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (6 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (4 papers) and Superconducting Materials and Applications (3 papers). W. Howl collaborates with scholars based in United States, Nepal and Japan. W. Howl's co-authors include L. L. Lao, T. S. Taylor, E. J. Strait, J. R. Ferron, R. J. Groebner, H. St. John, D. N. Hill, A. D. Turnbull, F.J. Helton and M. A. Mahdavi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion and Physics of Fluids B Plasma Physics.

In The Last Decade

W. Howl

6 papers receiving 642 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.

Equilibrium analysis of current profiles in tokamaks

1990 529 citations L. L. Lao, J. R. Ferron et al. Nuclear Fusion profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Howl United States	6	667	322	243	226	147	6	680
D. V. Bartlett United Kingdom	12	576 0.9×	290 0.9×	240 1.0×	152 0.7×	93 0.6×	35	605
H.-P. Zehrfeld Germany	13	552 0.8×	315 1.0×	198 0.8×	143 0.6×	90 0.6×	39	582
ASDEX Team Germany	7	541 0.8×	247 0.8×	249 1.0×	137 0.6×	85 0.6×	11	561
N Isei Japan	13	601 0.9×	265 0.8×	279 1.1×	224 1.0×	115 0.8×	34	620
K. Ushigusa Japan	17	686 1.0×	230 0.7×	303 1.2×	323 1.4×	264 1.8×	73	745
D. Boucher United States	10	714 1.1×	312 1.0×	356 1.5×	208 0.9×	167 1.1×	21	744
O. Gehre Germany	13	606 0.9×	263 0.8×	292 1.2×	106 0.5×	141 1.0×	40	626
S. Semenzato Switzerland	6	616 0.9×	303 0.9×	221 0.9×	230 1.0×	154 1.0×	9	644
A. G. Peeters Germany	13	745 1.1×	447 1.4×	330 1.4×	158 0.7×	110 0.7×	37	766
W. Zwingmann France	13	546 0.8×	419 1.3×	177 0.7×	166 0.7×	96 0.7×	21	680

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All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Howl, W., A. D. Turnbull, T. S. Taylor, et al.. (1992). Sensitivity of the kink instability to the pressure profile. Physics of Fluids B Plasma Physics. 4(7). 1724–1734. 45 indexed citations

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Lao, L. L., J. R. Ferron, R. J. Groebner, et al.. (1990). Equilibrium analysis of current profiles in tokamaks. Nuclear Fusion. 30(6). 1035–1049. 529 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Osborne, T.H., N.H. Brooks, K.H. Burrell, et al.. (1990). Observation of the H-mode in ohmically heated divertor discharges on DIII-D. Nuclear Fusion. 30(10). 2023–2028. 33 indexed citations

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Ferron, J.R., M. S. Chu, F.J. Helton, et al.. (1990). High-beta discharges in the DIII-D tokamak. Physics of Fluids B Plasma Physics. 2(6). 1280–1286. 24 indexed citations

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Lao, L. L., E. J. Strait, T. S. Taylor, et al.. (1989). MHD stability in high β_TDIII-D divertor discharges. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 31(4). 509–526. 14 indexed citations

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Hill, D. N., T. Petrie, M. A. Mahdavi, L. L. Lao, & W. Howl. (1988). D III-D divertor target heat flux measurements during ohmic and neutral beam heating. Nuclear Fusion. 28(5). 902–907. 35 indexed citations

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