W.F. Sommer
- Materials Chemistry
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanics of Materials
- Computational Mechanics
- Aerospace Engineering
- Co-authors
- S.A. MaloyMichael R. JamesM.L. HamiltonF.A. GarnerL.L. SneadMikhail A. SokolovP.D. FergusonYong Dai
- Topics
- Fusion materials and technologies (10 papers)Nuclear Physics and Applications (7 papers)Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (7 papers)
- Journals
- Journal of Nuclear MaterialsKITopenUniversity of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas)
- Partner nations
- United StatesSwitzerlandGermany
In The Last Decade
W.F. Sommer
15 papers receiving 329 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 27
- Materials Chemistry 299
- Mechanical Engineering 87
- Mechanics of Materials 64
- Computational Mechanics 60
- Aerospace Engineering 51
Countries citing papers authored by W.F. Sommer
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Fields of papers citing papers by W.F. Sommer
This network shows the impact of papers produced by W.F. Sommer. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by W.F. Sommer. The network helps show where W.F. Sommer may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of W.F. Sommer
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W.F. Sommer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W.F. Sommer 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.F. Sommer. W.F. Sommer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
| # | Work | Indexed citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | 26 | |
| 3 | 49 | |
| 4 | 108 | |
| 5 | 17 | |
| 6 | 24 | |
| 7 | 28 | |
| 8 | 44 | |
| 9 | Spallation source materials test program | 1 |
| 10 | 10 | |
| 11 | Radiation damage issues in accelerator-driven spallation neutron systems | 1 |
| 12 | Materials for spallation neutron sources | 11 |
| 13 | Experience at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility with the use of alloy Inconel 718 as an enclosure for a beam degrader and as a proton beam entry window | 2 |
| 14 | 4 | |
| 15 | 2 |
About W.F. Sommer
W.F. Sommer is a scholar working on Radiation, Metals and Alloys and Aerospace Engineering, having authored 15 papers that have together received 335 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fusion materials and technologies (10 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (7 papers) and Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Metals and Alloys (40 citations), Materials Chemistry (299 citations) and Radiation (50 citations). W.F. Sommer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Frequent co-authors include S.A. Maloy, Michael R. James, M.L. Hamilton, F.A. Garner, L.L. Snead, Mikhail A. Sokolov, P.D. Ferguson, Yong Dai, G.S. Bauer and B.M. Oliver. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Nuclear Materials, KITopen and University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas).
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