W. J. Nellis

9.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
161 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

W. J. Nellis is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, W. J. Nellis has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Geophysics, 47 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 43 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in W. J. Nellis's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (112 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (22 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (18 papers). W. J. Nellis is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (112 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (22 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (18 papers). W. J. Nellis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Sweden. W. J. Nellis's co-authors include A. C. Mitchell, Samuel T. Weir, Niall Holmes, John A. Moriarty, G. R. Gathers, David J. Erskine, M. Ross, M. van Thiel, D. C. Hamilton and N. C. Holmes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

W. J. Nellis

151 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

Shock Waves in Condensed Matter

1986 697 citations W. J. Nellis profile →
Metallization of Fluid Molecular Hydrogen at 140 GPa (1.4 Mbar)

1996 551 citations A. C. Mitchell, W. J. Nellis et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Shock compression of aluminum, copper, and tantalum

1981 479 citations A. C. Mitchell, W. J. Nellis Journal of Applied Physics profile →
The equation of state of platinum to 660 GPa (6.6 Mbar)

1989 464 citations W. J. Nellis et al. Journal of Applied Physics profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. J. Nellis

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ultracondensed Matter by Dynamic Compression 2017 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·W. J. Nellis	13
2	Dynamic compression of dense oxide (Gd3Ga5O12) from 0.4 to 2.6 TPa: Universal Hugoniot of fluid metals 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·Norimasa Ozaki, W. J. Nellis, Tsutomu Mashimo, Muhammad Ramzan, Rajeev Ahuja, Thanayut Kaewmaraya, T. Kimura, Marcus D. Knudson, Kohei Miyanishi, Y. Sakawa, Takayoshi Sano, R. Kodama	12
3	Optical emission, shock-induced opacity, temperatures, and melting of Gd3Ga5O12 single crystals shock-compressed from 41 to 290 GPa 2015 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·Xianming Zhou, W. J. Nellis, Jiabo Li, Jun Li, (unknown), Xun Liu, Xiuxia Cao, Qiancheng Liu, Tao Xue, Qiang Wu, Tsutomu Mashimo	18
4	The electrical conductivity of Al2O3 under shock-compression 2015 ·Scientific Reports ·Hanyu Liu, John S. Tse, W. J. Nellis	9
5	Chemical processes in the deep interior of Uranus 2011 ·Nature Communications ·Ricky Chau, Sébastien Hamel, W. J. Nellis	65
6	TOWN HALL MEETING: FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN DYNAMIC HIGH PRESSURE RESEARCH 2007 ·AIP conference proceedings ·W. J. Nellis, Dana D. Dlott, Mark Elert, Michael D. Furnish, Ricky Chau, Neil Holmes, Jeffrey Nguyen	0
7	Metallization of Fluid Nitrogen and the Mott Transition in Highly Compressed Low-ZFluids 2003 ·Physical Review Letters ·R. Chau, A. C. Mitchell, Roger Minich, W. J. Nellis	67
8	Shock compression of a free-electron gas 2003 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·W. J. Nellis	12
9	Shock Compression of Deuterium near 100 GPa Pressures 2002 ·Physical Review Letters ·W. J. Nellis	48
10	Metastable metallic hydrogen glass 2001 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·W. J. Nellis	0
11	Making Metallic Hydrogen 2000 ·Scientific American ·W. J. Nellis	13
12	Metalizar el hidrógeno 2000 ·Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) ·W. J. Nellis	0
13	SHOCKED QUARTZ : A 29SI MAGIC-ANGLE-SPINNING NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE STUDY 1998 ·American Mineralogist ·Peter S. Fiske, W. J. Nellis, Zhi Xu, Jonathan F. Stebbins	7
14	Molecular and Planetary Fluids at High Shock Pressures 1997 ·W. J. Nellis	1
15	Effects of shock-induced defect density on flux pinning in melt-textured YBa2Cu3O7−δ 1994 ·Journal of Electronic Materials ·M. J. Kramer, (unknown), W. J. Nellis, U. Balachandràn	1
16	Molecular Dissociation and Shock-Induced Cooling in Fluid Nitrogen at High Densities and Temperatures 1986 ·Physical Review Letters ·H. B. Radousky, W. J. Nellis, M. Ross, D. C. Hamilton, A. C. Mitchell	105
17	Superconducting critical temperatures of niobium recovered from megabar dynamic pressures 1985 ·Physica B+C ·W. J. Nellis, (unknown), H. B. Radousky, A. C. Mitchell, L.T. Summers, (unknown), M. B. Maple, M. W. McElfresh	4
18	Rail accelerator development for ultra-high pressure research 1984 ·IEEE Transactions on Magnetics ·R.S. Hawke, W. J. Nellis, João Henrique da Silva Rêgo, (unknown), (unknown)	9
19	Equation of state experiments and theory relevant to planetary modelling 1981 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·M. Ross, H. C. Graboske, W. J. Nellis	15
20	Shock compression of aluminum, copper, and tantalum breakdown → 1981 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·A. C. Mitchell, W. J. Nellis	479

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