W. McConville

14.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

W. McConville is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. McConville has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 6 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 6 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in W. McConville's work include Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (6 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (6 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (5 papers). W. McConville is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (6 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (6 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (5 papers). W. McConville collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Poland. W. McConville's co-authors include P. Schiffer, Ruifang Wang, Cristiano Nisoli, Vincent H. Crespi, Jing Li, R. S. Freitas, Chris Leighton, M. S. Lund, Nitin Samarth and Benjamin Cooley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

W. McConville

13 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Artificial ‘spin ice’ in a geometrically frustrated lattice of nanoscale ferromagnetic islands

2006 627 citations Ruifang Wang, Cristiano Nisoli et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. McConville United States	10	752	390	240	115	111	13	1.0k
Malcolm P. Kennett Canada	20	609 0.8×	542 1.4×	287 1.2×	81 0.7×	429 3.9×	54	1.1k
G. Waysand France	13	222 0.3×	198 0.5×	164 0.7×	206 1.8×	89 0.8×	85	653
A. Benoı̂t France	12	538 0.7×	422 1.1×	466 1.9×	70 0.6×	169 1.5×	32	1.0k
А. В. Кузнецов Russia	16	526 0.7×	322 0.8×	310 1.3×	27 0.2×	218 2.0×	93	902
M. W. Rabin United States	13	512 0.7×	197 0.5×	155 0.6×	117 1.0×	59 0.5×	38	701
Jaewan Chang South Korea	6	664 0.9×	385 1.0×	167 0.7×	31 0.3×	121 1.1×	7	835
Fahad Mahmood United States	15	392 0.5×	667 1.7×	239 1.0×	31 0.3×	329 3.0×	37	1.0k
K. Gloos Germany	16	760 1.0×	397 1.0×	486 2.0×	36 0.3×	134 1.2×	75	1.1k
C. M. Muirhead United Kingdom	16	664 0.9×	407 1.0×	392 1.6×	24 0.2×	114 1.0×	72	945
М. А. Силаев Russia	23	1.3k 1.7×	896 2.3×	647 2.7×	25 0.2×	122 1.1×	78	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. McConville

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Müller, Cornelia, F. Krauß, Thomas Dauser, et al.. (2015). Redshifted Fe Kα line from the unusual γ-ray source PMN J1603–4904. Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium). 12 indexed citations

McConville, W., L. Ostorero, R. Moderski, et al.. (2011). FERMILARGE AREA TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS OF THE ACTIVE GALAXY 4C +55.17: STEADY, HARD GAMMA-RAY EMISSION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS. The Astrophysical Journal. 738(2). 148–148. 17 indexed citations

Kataoka, J., Ł. Stawarz, Y. Takahashi, et al.. (2011). BROAD-LINE RADIO GALAXIES OBSERVED WITHFERMI-LAT: THE ORIGIN OF THE GeV γ-RAY EMISSION. The Astrophysical Journal. 740(1). 29–29. 46 indexed citations

McConville, W. & C. C. Cheung. (2010). Fermi Large Area Telescope Gamma-Ray Detection of the Radio Galaxy M87. AAS. 215. 3 indexed citations

Kataoka, J., C. C. Cheung, G. Tosti, et al.. (2010). γ-RAY SPECTRAL EVOLUTION OF NGC 1275 OBSERVED WITHFERMILARGE AREA TELESCOPE. The Astrophysical Journal. 715(1). 554–560. 36 indexed citations

Yasuda, H., H. Takahashi, & W. McConville. (2009). Fermi LAT Detection of a New Gamma-ray Transient in the Galactic Plane: J1057-6027. ATel. 2081. 1. 1 indexed citations

Ke, Xianglin, Jing Li, Cristiano Nisoli, et al.. (2008). Energy Minimization and ac Demagnetization in a Nanomagnet Array. Physical Review Letters. 101(3). 37205–37205. 89 indexed citations

Nisoli, Cristiano, R. S. Freitas, W. McConville, et al.. (2007). Artificial spin ice in a geometrically frustrated lattice of nanoscale ferromagnetic islands: addendum. Nature. 446(7131). 102. 1 indexed citations

Nisoli, Cristiano, Ruifang Wang, Jie Li, et al.. (2007). Ground State Lost but Degeneracy Found: The Effective Thermodynamics of Artificial Spin Ice. Physical Review Letters. 98(21). 217203–217203. 85 indexed citations

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Wang, Ruifang, W. McConville, Cristiano Nisoli, et al.. (2007). Demagnetization protocols for frustrated interacting nanomagnet arrays. Journal of Applied Physics. 101(9). 53 indexed citations

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Wang, Ruifang, Cristiano Nisoli, R. S. Freitas, et al.. (2007). Artificial ‘spin ice’ in a geometrically frustrated lattice of nanoscale ferromagnetic islands. Nature. 446(7131). 102–102. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Ruifang, Cristiano Nisoli, R. S. Freitas, et al.. (2006). Artificial ‘spin ice’ in a geometrically frustrated lattice of nanoscale ferromagnetic islands. Nature. 439(7074). 303–306. 627 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stone, M. B., Matthew Lohr, W. McConville, et al.. (2006). Flux through a hole from a shaken granular medium. Physical Review E. 74(1). 11306–11306. 19 indexed citations

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