W.B. Loewenstein

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

W.B. Loewenstein is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, W.B. Loewenstein has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Materials Chemistry, 7 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 4 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in W.B. Loewenstein's work include Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (7 papers), Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies (5 papers) and Nuclear Physics and Applications (4 papers). W.B. Loewenstein is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (7 papers), Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies (5 papers) and Nuclear Physics and Applications (4 papers). W.B. Loewenstein collaborates with scholars based in United States. W.B. Loewenstein's co-authors include Robert J. Budnitz, H. W. Lewis, William D. Rowe, William von Hippel, L.J. Koch, Bal Raj Sehgal, D. Okrent, S. Kaufmann and B.R. Sehgal and has published in prestigious journals such as American Mineralogist, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science and Nuclear Science and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

W.B. Loewenstein

11 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

The distribution of aluminum in the tetrahedra of silicates and aluminates

1954 1.5k citations W.B. Loewenstein American Mineralogist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W.B. Loewenstein United States	5	822	690	323	302	248	13	1.6k
M. MAEGI	3	745 0.9×	507 0.7×	349 1.1×	253 0.8×	285 1.1×	6	1.5k
R.H. Meinhold New Zealand	27	1.1k 1.3×	539 0.8×	552 1.7×	164 0.5×	522 2.1×	63	2.1k
J. A. Gard United Kingdom	21	521 0.6×	325 0.5×	165 0.5×	140 0.5×	196 0.8×	58	1.1k
A.‐R. GRIMMER Germany	17	1.2k 1.5×	609 0.9×	616 1.9×	443 1.5×	424 1.7×	46	2.5k
Glauco Gottardi Italy	15	363 0.4×	393 0.6×	93 0.3×	168 0.6×	420 1.7×	28	1.6k
Μ. J. Buerger United States	23	672 0.8×	213 0.3×	246 0.8×	104 0.3×	123 0.5×	46	1.4k
Konstantin S. Smirnov France	27	644 0.8×	506 0.7×	172 0.5×	83 0.3×	315 1.3×	80	1.7k
Eric E. Lachowski United Kingdom	26	859 1.0×	281 0.4×	192 0.6×	184 0.6×	199 0.8×	82	2.0k
Stefanο Merlino Italy	26	1.2k 1.5×	562 0.8×	276 0.9×	327 1.1×	548 2.2×	109	2.9k
V. Balek Czechia	25	1.1k 1.3×	230 0.3×	138 0.4×	90 0.3×	316 1.3×	174	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by W.B. Loewenstein

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W.B. Loewenstein

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All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Loewenstein, W.B.. (1986). Nuclear Engineering Data Bases, Standards and Numerical Analysis. Nuclear Technology. 73(1). 130–131. 1 indexed citations

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Lewis, H. W., et al.. (1979). Risk Assessment Review Group Report to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 26(5). 4686–4690. 69 indexed citations

3.

Sehgal, Bal Raj, et al.. (1977). Thorium-Based Fuels in Fast Breeder Reactors. Nuclear Technology. 35(3). 635–650. 4 indexed citations

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Sehgal, B.R., et al.. (1975). Thorium utilization in fast breeder reactors. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 1 indexed citations

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Loewenstein, W.B., et al.. (1973). EBR-II physics experience. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).

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Koch, L.J., et al.. (1962). Addendum to Hazard Summary Report Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II). University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 8 indexed citations

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Loewenstein, W.B., et al.. (1962). EBR-II DRY CRITICAL EXPERIMENTS. Experimental Results. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).

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Loewenstein, W.B., et al.. (1958). Equilibrium Spectrum and Diffusion Length in Natural Uranium. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 3(6). 772–773. 3 indexed citations

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Loewenstein, W.B., et al.. (1958). Ten-Group Calculated Equilibrium Neutron Spectrum and Diffusion Length in Natural Uranium. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 3(2). 151–160. 5 indexed citations

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Koch, L.J., et al.. (1957). Hazard Summary Report Experimental Breeder Reactor II (EBR-II). University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 12 indexed citations

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Loewenstein, W.B.. (1956). Boron in tetrahedra of borates and borosilicates. American Mineralogist. 41. 349–351. 4 indexed citations

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Kaufmann, S., et al.. (1956). Fission and Activation Ratios in the EBR. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 1(3). 193–203. 1 indexed citations

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Loewenstein, W.B.. (1954). The distribution of aluminum in the tetrahedra of silicates and aluminates. American Mineralogist. 39. 92–96. 1490 indexed citations breakdown →

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