B K Spears

Publications
87
Citations
4 349
h-index
37
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Total publications
87
Total citations
4349
Citations per publication
49.99
Average publications per year
4.14
Average coauthors
34.72
Publications years
2004-2024 (21 years)
h-index
37
i10-index
65
m-index
1.76
o-index
143
g-index
65
w-index
10
Metrics description
h-index
A scientist has an h-index if h of his N publications are cited at least h times each, while the remaining (N - h) publications are cited no more than h times each.
i10-index
The number of the author's publications that received at least 10 links each.
m-index
The researcher's m-index is numerically equal to the ratio of his h-index to the number of years that have passed since the first publication.
o-index
The geometric mean of the h-index and the number of citations of the most cited article of the scientist.
g-index
For a given set of articles, sorted in descending order of the number of citations that these articles received, the g-index is the largest number such that the g most cited articles received (in total) at least g2 citations.
w-index
If w articles of a researcher have at least 10w citations each and other publications are less than 10(w+1) citations, then the researcher's w-index is equal to w.

Fields of science

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Condensed Matter Physics, 45, 51.72%
Condensed Matter Physics
45 publications, 51.72%
General Physics and Astronomy, 19, 21.84%
General Physics and Astronomy
19 publications, 21.84%
Instrumentation, 11, 12.64%
Instrumentation
11 publications, 12.64%
General Medicine, 4, 4.6%
General Medicine
4 publications, 4.6%
Nuclear Energy and Engineering, 4, 4.6%
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
4 publications, 4.6%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 3, 3.45%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
3 publications, 3.45%
Multidisciplinary, 2, 2.3%
Multidisciplinary
2 publications, 2.3%
Software, 2, 2.3%
Software
2 publications, 2.3%
General Chemistry, 1, 1.15%
General Chemistry
1 publication, 1.15%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 1, 1.15%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
1 publication, 1.15%
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 1, 1.15%
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
1 publication, 1.15%
Hardware and Architecture, 1, 1.15%
Hardware and Architecture
1 publication, 1.15%
Mathematical Physics, 1, 1.15%
Mathematical Physics
1 publication, 1.15%
Computer Networks and Communications, 1, 1.15%
Computer Networks and Communications
1 publication, 1.15%
Artificial Intelligence, 1, 1.15%
Artificial Intelligence
1 publication, 1.15%
Human-Computer Interaction, 1, 1.15%
Human-Computer Interaction
1 publication, 1.15%
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Journals

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Physics of Plasmas
40 publications, 45.98%
Review of Scientific Instruments
10 publications, 11.49%
Physical Review Letters
9 publications, 10.34%
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
8 publications, 9.2%
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
4 publications, 4.6%
EPJ Web of Conferences
4 publications, 4.6%
Nuclear Fusion
2 publications, 2.3%
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
1 publication, 1.15%
Nature Communications
1 publication, 1.15%
Future Generation Computer Systems
1 publication, 1.15%
American Journal of Physics
1 publication, 1.15%
Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
1 publication, 1.15%
Nature
1 publication, 1.15%
Journal of Instrumentation
1 publication, 1.15%
Machine Learning: Science and Technology
1 publication, 1.15%
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Citing journals

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Physics of Plasmas
1836 citations, 42.22%
Physical Review Letters
331 citations, 7.61%
Review of Scientific Instruments
297 citations, 6.83%
Physical Review E
234 citations, 5.38%
High Energy Density Physics
146 citations, 3.36%
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
137 citations, 3.15%
Nuclear Fusion
117 citations, 2.69%
Journal not defined, 113, 2.6%
Journal not defined
113 citations, 2.6%
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
70 citations, 1.61%
Matter and Radiation at Extremes
51 citations, 1.17%
Fusion Science and Technology
48 citations, 1.1%
Nature Physics
40 citations, 0.92%
EPJ Web of Conferences
34 citations, 0.78%
Physics of Fluids
34 citations, 0.78%
Reviews of Modern Physics
26 citations, 0.6%
Nature Communications
24 citations, 0.55%
AIP Advances
23 citations, 0.53%
Optics Express
23 citations, 0.53%
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
21 citations, 0.48%
Laser and Particle Beams
21 citations, 0.48%
Physical Review C
21 citations, 0.48%
High Power Laser Science and Engineering
20 citations, 0.46%
Nature
20 citations, 0.46%
Scientific Reports
19 citations, 0.44%
Acta Physica Sinica
19 citations, 0.44%
Physical Review Research
19 citations, 0.44%
Journal of Instrumentation
17 citations, 0.39%
Plasma
16 citations, 0.37%
Frontiers in Physics
15 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Applied Physics
15 citations, 0.34%
Fusion Engineering and Design
15 citations, 0.34%
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
15 citations, 0.34%
Plasma Science and Technology
14 citations, 0.32%
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
14 citations, 0.32%
Europhysics Letters
14 citations, 0.32%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
13 citations, 0.3%
New Journal of Physics
12 citations, 0.28%
Physical Review B
12 citations, 0.28%
Physics Reports
11 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Plasma Physics
11 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
11 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Fusion Energy
11 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
10 citations, 0.23%
Physical Review Fluids
9 citations, 0.21%
Applied Optics
9 citations, 0.21%
Contributions to Plasma Physics
9 citations, 0.21%
Machine Learning: Science and Technology
9 citations, 0.21%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
8 citations, 0.18%
Optik
8 citations, 0.18%
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
8 citations, 0.18%
Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science
8 citations, 0.18%
Physica Scripta
8 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME
8 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Computational Physics
8 citations, 0.18%
Springer Series in Materials Science
7 citations, 0.16%
Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
6 citations, 0.14%
Chinese Physics B
6 citations, 0.14%
Computer Physics Communications
6 citations, 0.14%
Journal Physics D: Applied Physics
5 citations, 0.11%
Sensors
5 citations, 0.11%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
4 citations, 0.09%
Applied Physics Letters
4 citations, 0.09%
Statistical Analysis and Data Mining
4 citations, 0.09%
Computing and Visualization in Science
4 citations, 0.09%
Communications in Theoretical Physics
4 citations, 0.09%
Photonics
4 citations, 0.09%
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
4 citations, 0.09%
Optica
4 citations, 0.09%
Atoms
4 citations, 0.09%
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
3 citations, 0.07%
Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy
3 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
3 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology
3 citations, 0.07%
Diamond and Related Materials
3 citations, 0.07%
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
3 citations, 0.07%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
3 citations, 0.07%
AIP Conference Proceedings
3 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Nuclear Materials
3 citations, 0.07%
Chinese Physics Letters
3 citations, 0.07%
IEEE Access
3 citations, 0.07%
Physics
3 citations, 0.07%
Springer Series in Plasma Science and Technology
3 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Chemical Physics
2 citations, 0.05%
Micromachines
2 citations, 0.05%
Studies in Computational Intelligence
2 citations, 0.05%
Quantum Electronics
2 citations, 0.05%
Canadian Journal of Physics
2 citations, 0.05%
Cryogenics
2 citations, 0.05%
Plasma and Fusion Research
2 citations, 0.05%
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
2 citations, 0.05%
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
2 citations, 0.05%
Physical Review A
2 citations, 0.05%
European Physical Journal A
2 citations, 0.05%
Progress in Nuclear Energy
2 citations, 0.05%
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
2 citations, 0.05%
Chinese Physics C
2 citations, 0.05%
Processes
2 citations, 0.05%
Annals of Nuclear Energy
2 citations, 0.05%
Optics Communications
2 citations, 0.05%
Acta Astronautica
2 citations, 0.05%
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Publishers

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AIP Publishing
50 publications, 57.47%
IOP Publishing
17 publications, 19.54%
American Physical Society (APS)
9 publications, 10.34%
EDP Sciences
4 publications, 4.6%
Springer Nature
2 publications, 2.3%
Elsevier
2 publications, 2.3%
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
1 publication, 1.15%
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Organizations from articles

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
72 publications, 33.96%
Los Alamos National Laboratory
36 publications, 16.98%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
27 publications, 12.74%
University of Rochester
24 publications, 11.32%
Sandia National Laboratories
16 publications, 7.55%
Organization not defined, 14, 6.6%
Organization not defined
14 publications, 6.6%
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
4 publications, 1.89%
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
3 publications, 1.42%
Texas A&M University
2 publications, 0.94%
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
1 publication, 0.47%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.47%
International Atomic Energy Agency
1 publication, 0.47%
Georgia Institute of technology
1 publication, 0.47%
Colorado State University
1 publication, 0.47%
University of California, Berkeley
1 publication, 0.47%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.47%
University of Notre Dame
1 publication, 0.47%
Ohio University
1 publication, 0.47%
Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
1 publication, 0.47%
Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology
1 publication, 0.47%
RWTH Aachen University
1 publication, 0.47%
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
1 publication, 0.47%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 publication, 0.47%
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Countries from articles

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USA, 77, 71.3%
USA
77 publications, 71.3%
Country not defined, 11, 10.19%
Country not defined
11 publications, 10.19%
United Kingdom, 7, 6.48%
United Kingdom
7 publications, 6.48%
Germany, 5, 4.63%
Germany
5 publications, 4.63%
France, 4, 3.7%
France
4 publications, 3.7%
Spain, 2, 1.85%
Spain
2 publications, 1.85%
Austria, 1, 0.93%
Austria
1 publication, 0.93%
Israel, 1, 0.93%
Israel
1 publication, 0.93%
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Citing organizations

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
739 citations, 20.43%
Organization not defined, 433, 11.97%
Organization not defined
433 citations, 11.97%
Los Alamos National Laboratory
370 citations, 10.23%
University of Rochester
304 citations, 8.4%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
178 citations, 4.92%
Sandia National Laboratories
115 citations, 3.18%
Peking University
59 citations, 1.63%
Imperial College London
54 citations, 1.49%
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
45 citations, 1.24%
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
44 citations, 1.22%
University of California, Berkeley
30 citations, 0.83%
University of Science and Technology of China
30 citations, 0.83%
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
28 citations, 0.77%
University of Oxford
27 citations, 0.75%
University of Bordeaux
26 citations, 0.72%
Osaka University
26 citations, 0.72%
University of Western Australia
25 citations, 0.69%
University of Michigan
25 citations, 0.69%
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
20 citations, 0.55%
University of Warwick
18 citations, 0.5%
University of Rostock
18 citations, 0.5%
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
17 citations, 0.47%
University of California, Los Angeles
17 citations, 0.47%
Princeton University
16 citations, 0.44%
Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
16 citations, 0.44%
Stanford University
15 citations, 0.41%
University of California, San Diego
15 citations, 0.41%
Shenzhen University
14 citations, 0.39%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
13 citations, 0.36%
Technische Universität Dresden
13 citations, 0.36%
National University of Defense Technology
13 citations, 0.36%
Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
13 citations, 0.36%
Tsinghua University
12 citations, 0.33%
University of Notre Dame
12 citations, 0.33%
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
11 citations, 0.3%
Sichuan University
11 citations, 0.3%
Xi'an Jiaotong University
11 citations, 0.3%
Sapienza University of Rome
11 citations, 0.3%
Sorbonne University
10 citations, 0.28%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
10 citations, 0.28%
Queen's University Belfast
10 citations, 0.28%
Harbin Institute of Technology
9 citations, 0.25%
Tongji University
9 citations, 0.25%
Guangdong University of Technology
9 citations, 0.25%
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
9 citations, 0.25%
California Institute of Technology
9 citations, 0.25%
Goethe University Frankfurt
9 citations, 0.25%
European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser
9 citations, 0.25%
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
9 citations, 0.25%
University of Alberta
9 citations, 0.25%
Southwest University of Science and Technology
8 citations, 0.22%
University of Arizona
8 citations, 0.22%
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
8 citations, 0.22%
Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center
7 citations, 0.19%
University of Strathclyde
7 citations, 0.19%
Colorado State University
7 citations, 0.19%
University of Texas at Austin
7 citations, 0.19%
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
7 citations, 0.19%
Texas A&M University
7 citations, 0.19%
Brigham Young University
7 citations, 0.19%
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI
6 citations, 0.17%
Dukhov Research Institute of Automatics
6 citations, 0.17%
Beijing Institute of Technology
6 citations, 0.17%
Stony Brook University
6 citations, 0.17%
Michigan State University
6 citations, 0.17%
Carnegie Mellon University
6 citations, 0.17%
University of Sydney
6 citations, 0.17%
Georgia Institute of technology
6 citations, 0.17%
Technical University of Darmstadt
6 citations, 0.17%
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
6 citations, 0.17%
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
5 citations, 0.14%
Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences
5 citations, 0.14%
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
5 citations, 0.14%
Weizmann Institute of Science
5 citations, 0.14%
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
5 citations, 0.14%
University of Cambridge
5 citations, 0.14%
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
5 citations, 0.14%
Virginia Tech
5 citations, 0.14%
A.V. Gaponov-Grekhov Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
4 citations, 0.11%
Zhejiang University
4 citations, 0.11%
Fudan University
4 citations, 0.11%
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
4 citations, 0.11%
China University of Mining and Technology
4 citations, 0.11%
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
4 citations, 0.11%
International Atomic Energy Agency
4 citations, 0.11%
Argonne National Laboratory
4 citations, 0.11%
National Institute of Optics
4 citations, 0.11%
University of Queensland
4 citations, 0.11%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4 citations, 0.11%
Hunan University of Technology
4 citations, 0.11%
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
4 citations, 0.11%
Ohio University
4 citations, 0.11%
Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
4 citations, 0.11%
Kiel University
4 citations, 0.11%
University of Salamanca
4 citations, 0.11%
University of Utah
4 citations, 0.11%
Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
3 citations, 0.08%
Beihang University
3 citations, 0.08%
Jilin University
3 citations, 0.08%
Aix-Marseille University
3 citations, 0.08%
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USA, 1166, 46.25%
USA
1166 citations, 46.25%
China, 336, 13.33%
China
336 citations, 13.33%
Country not defined, 260, 10.31%
Country not defined
260 citations, 10.31%
United Kingdom, 182, 7.22%
United Kingdom
182 citations, 7.22%
Germany, 113, 4.48%
Germany
113 citations, 4.48%
France, 107, 4.24%
France
107 citations, 4.24%
Australia, 46, 1.82%
Australia
46 citations, 1.82%
Russia, 45, 1.79%
Russia
45 citations, 1.79%
Japan, 38, 1.51%
Japan
38 citations, 1.51%
Israel, 28, 1.11%
Israel
28 citations, 1.11%
Spain, 25, 0.99%
Spain
25 citations, 0.99%
Italy, 25, 0.99%
Italy
25 citations, 0.99%
Czech Republic, 24, 0.95%
Czech Republic
24 citations, 0.95%
Canada, 16, 0.63%
Canada
16 citations, 0.63%
Austria, 11, 0.44%
Austria
11 citations, 0.44%
India, 10, 0.4%
India
10 citations, 0.4%
Republic of Korea, 10, 0.4%
Republic of Korea
10 citations, 0.4%
Sweden, 10, 0.4%
Sweden
10 citations, 0.4%
Mexico, 7, 0.28%
Mexico
7 citations, 0.28%
Netherlands, 7, 0.28%
Netherlands
7 citations, 0.28%
Iran, 6, 0.24%
Iran
6 citations, 0.24%
Portugal, 5, 0.2%
Portugal
5 citations, 0.2%
Poland, 5, 0.2%
Poland
5 citations, 0.2%
Greece, 4, 0.16%
Greece
4 citations, 0.16%
UAE, 4, 0.16%
UAE
4 citations, 0.16%
Switzerland, 4, 0.16%
Switzerland
4 citations, 0.16%
Romania, 3, 0.12%
Romania
3 citations, 0.12%
Argentina, 2, 0.08%
Argentina
2 citations, 0.08%
Belgium, 2, 0.08%
Belgium
2 citations, 0.08%
Hungary, 2, 0.08%
Hungary
2 citations, 0.08%
Norway, 2, 0.08%
Norway
2 citations, 0.08%
Saudi Arabia, 2, 0.08%
Saudi Arabia
2 citations, 0.08%
Chile, 2, 0.08%
Chile
2 citations, 0.08%
South Africa, 2, 0.08%
South Africa
2 citations, 0.08%
Kazakhstan, 1, 0.04%
Kazakhstan
1 citation, 0.04%
Ukraine, 1, 0.04%
Ukraine
1 citation, 0.04%
Iraq, 1, 0.04%
Iraq
1 citation, 0.04%
Ireland, 1, 0.04%
Ireland
1 citation, 0.04%
Lebanon, 1, 0.04%
Lebanon
1 citation, 0.04%
Malaysia, 1, 0.04%
Malaysia
1 citation, 0.04%
Pakistan, 1, 0.04%
Pakistan
1 citation, 0.04%
Slovenia, 1, 0.04%
Slovenia
1 citation, 0.04%
Turkey, 1, 0.04%
Turkey
1 citation, 0.04%
Finland, 1, 0.04%
Finland
1 citation, 0.04%
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