Most cited papers in Fusion materials and technologies
What are the most cited papers in Fusion materials and technologies?
The most cited paper in Fusion materials and technologies is "A Monte Carlo computer program for the transport of energetic ions in amorphous targets" (Jochen P. Biersack, L.G. Haggmark, 1980), with 4,686 citations. Next come "Hall–Petch relation and boundary strengthening" (3,809) and "Theory of Sputtering. I. Sputtering Yield of Amorphous and Polycrystalline Targets" (3,573).
Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 474 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Monte Carlo computer program for the transport of energetic ions in amorphous targets Jochen P. Biersack, L.G. Haggmark · Nuclear Instruments and Methods | Aug 1980 | 4,686 |
| 2 | Hall–Petch relation and boundary strengthening Niels Hansen · Scripta Materialia | 4 Aug 2004 | 3,809 |
| 3 | Theory of Sputtering. I. Sputtering Yield of Amorphous and Polycrystalline Targets Peter Sigmund · Physical Review | 10 Aug 1969 | 3,573 |
| 4 | Materials challenges in nuclear energy Steven John Zinkle, Gary S. Was · Acta Materialia | 18 Jan 2013 | 2,657 |
| 5 | Hydrogen-enhanced localized plasticity—a mechanism for hydrogen-related fracture H.K. Birnbaum, Petros Sofronis · Materials Science and Engineering A | Mar 1994 | 2,279 |
| 6 | In situ site-specific specimen preparation for atom probe tomography Keith Thompson, Dan Lawrence, DJ Larson et al. · Ultramicroscopy | 18 Jul 2006 | 1,735 |
| 7 | Interaction of positron beams with surfaces, thin films, and interfaces Peter J. Schultz, K. G. Lynn · Reviews of Modern Physics | Jul 1988 | 1,689 |
| 8 | On the use of SRIM for computing radiation damage exposure R.E. Stoller, M.B. Toloczko, Gary S. Was et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms | 6 Jun 2013 | 1,598 |
| 9 | Dislocation Velocities, Dislocation Densities, and Plastic Flow in Lithium Fluoride Crystals William G. Johnston, John J. Gilman · Journal of Applied Physics | Feb 1959 | 1,523 |
| 10 | Handbook of SiC properties for fuel performance modeling Lance L. Snead, Takashi Nozawa, Yutai Katoh et al. · Journal of Nuclear Materials | 11 May 2007 | 1,493 |
| 11 | Plasma-material interactions in current tokamaks and their implications for next step fusion reactors G. Federici, Charles H. Skinner, J.N. Brooks et al. · Nuclear Fusion | Dec 2001 | 1,377 |
| 12 | Effects of E×B velocity shear and magnetic shear on turbulence and transport in magnetic confinement devices Keith H. Burrell · Physics of Plasmas | May 1997 | 1,328 |
| 13 | Structural materials for fission & fusion energy Steven John Zinkle, Jeremy T. Busby · Materials Today | Nov 2009 | 1,316 |
| 14 | Electron Heat Transport in a Tokamak with Destroyed Magnetic Surfaces Alexander B. Rechester, M. N. Rosenbluth · Physical Review Letters | 2 Jan 1978 | 1,231 |
| 15 | Recent Developments in Irradiation-Resistant Steels G. Robert Odette, M.J. Alinger, Brian D. Wirth · Annual Review of Materials Research | 8 May 2008 | 1,204 |
| 16 | Chapter 3: MHD stability, operational limits and disruptions T. C. Hender et al. · Nuclear Fusion | Jun 2007 | 1,176 |
| 17 | Neoclassical transport of impurities in tokamak plasmas Steven P. Hirshman, Dieter J. Sigmar · Nuclear Fusion | Sep 1981 | 1,131 |
| 18 | Chapter 4: Power and particle control Alberto Loarte et al. · Nuclear Fusion | Jun 2007 | 1,085 |
| 19 | Accident tolerant fuels for LWRs: A perspective Steven John Zinkle, Kurt A. Terrani, Jess C Gehin et al. · Journal of Nuclear Materials | 13 Dec 2013 | 1,084 |
| 20 | Efficient Annealing of Radiation Damage Near Grain Boundaries via Interstitial Emission Xian-Ming Bai, Arthur F. Voter, Richard G. Hoagland et al. · Science | 25 Mar 2010 | 1,056 |
| 21 | Comparisons and physics basis of tokamak transport models and turbulence simulations A. M. Dimits, Glenn Bateman, M Beer et al. · Physics of Plasmas | Mar 2000 | 1,024 |
| 22 | Accident tolerant fuel cladding development: Promise, status, and challenges Kurt A. Terrani · Journal of Nuclear Materials | 12 Jan 2018 | 969 |
| 23 | Structural materials for Gen-IV nuclear reactors: Challenges and opportunities Korukonda Linga Murty, Indrajit Charit · Journal of Nuclear Materials | 14 Sep 2008 | 938 |
| 24 | Defect production in collision cascades in elemental semiconductors and fcc metals K. Nordlund, M. Ghaly, Robert S. Averback et al. · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | Apr 1998 | 928 |
| 25 | Sputtering studies with the Monte Carlo Program TRIM.SP J.P. Biersack, W. Eckstein · Applied Physics A | Jun 1984 | 921 |
| 26 | Ferritic/martensitic steels for next-generation reactors R.L. Klueh, Andrew T. Nelson · Journal of Nuclear Materials | 11 May 2007 | 900 |
| 27 | Helium accumulation in metals during irradiation – where do we stand? Helmut Trinkaus, Bachu N. Singh · Journal of Nuclear Materials | 15 Nov 2003 | 876 |
| 28 | Application of hydrides in hydrogen storage and compression: Achievements, outlook and perspectives José M. Bellosta von Colbe et al. · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 13 Feb 2019 | 854 |
| 29 | Chapter 2: Plasma confinement and transport E. J. Doyle et al. · Nuclear Fusion | Jun 2007 | 835 |
| 30 | Chapter 1: Overview and summary M. Shimada et al. · Nuclear Fusion | Jun 2007 | 826 |
| 31 | Recent progress in research on tungsten materials for nuclear fusion applications in Europe M. Rieth et al. · Journal of Nuclear Materials | 28 Aug 2012 | 812 |
| 32 | Recent analysis of key plasma wall interactions issues for ITER Joachim Roth et al. · Journal of Nuclear Materials | 27 Jan 2009 | 809 |
| 33 | Tungsten as material for plasma-facing components in fusion devices Volker Philipps · Journal of Nuclear Materials | 12 Feb 2011 | 809 |
| 34 | The tokamak Monte Carlo fast ion module NUBEAM in the National Transport Code Collaboration library A.Y. Pankin, Douglas C. McCune, Robert André et al. · Computer Physics Communications | 17 Apr 2004 | 806 |
| 35 | A full tungsten divertor for ITER: Physics issues and design status R.A. Pitts, Sophie M. Carpentier, Frederic Escourbiac et al. · Journal of Nuclear Materials | 10 Jan 2013 | 803 |
| 36 | Designing Radiation Resistance in Materials for Fusion Energy Steven John Zinkle, Lance L. Snead · Annual Review of Materials Research | 4 Apr 2014 | 797 |
| 37 | A new look at density limits in tokamaks M. Greenwald, J. Terry, Stephen M. Wolfe et al. · Nuclear Fusion | Dec 1988 | 790 |
| 38 | Thermal analysis of trapped hydrogen in pure iron Woong Yong Choo, Jai Young Lee · Metallurgical Transactions A | 1982 | 775 |
| 39 | ENERGY DEPENDENCE OF ION-INDUCED SPUTTERING YIELDS FROM MONATOMIC SOLIDS AT NORMAL INCIDENCE Yasunori Yamamura, H. Tawara · Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables | Mar 1996 | 766 |
| 40 | Structural materials challenges for advanced reactor systems Pascal J. Yvon, Frank Carré · Journal of Nuclear Materials | 9 Dec 2008 | 728 |
| 41 | Interstitials and Vacancies in α Iron ROBERT ALAN JOHNSON · Physical Review | Jun 1964 | 723 |
| 42 | Improved Confinement with Reversed Magnetic Shear in TFTR F. M. Levinton, Michael C. ZARNSTORFF, Steven H. Batha et al. · Physical Review Letters | 11 Dec 1995 | 706 |
| 43 | Formation process of tungsten nanostructure by the exposure to helium plasma under fusion relevant plasma conditions Shin Kajita, Wataru Sakaguchi, N. Ohno et al. · Nuclear Fusion | 13 Aug 2009 | 699 |
| 44 | Hydrogen storage properties of LiBH4 Andreas Züttel, Samuel Rentsch, Peter A. Fischer et al. · Journal of Alloys and Compounds | 25 Mar 2003 | 689 |
| 45 | The EIRENE and B2-EIRENE Codes Detlev Reiter, Martine Baelmans, P. Börner · Fusion Science & Technology | Feb 2005 | 689 |
| 46 | Dislocation movement through random arrays of obstacles A.J.E. Foreman, M. J. Makin · Philosophical magazine | Oct 1966 | 686 |
| 47 | Materials for the plasma-facing components of fusion reactors H. Bolt, Vladimir Barabash, W. Krauss et al. · Journal of Nuclear Materials | 21 Jun 2004 | 678 |
| 48 | Physics basis for the first ITER tungsten divertor R.A. Pitts, X. Bonnin, Frederic Escourbiac et al. · Nuclear Materials and Energy | 18 Jul 2019 | 668 |
| 49 | Tridyn — A TRIM simulation code including dynamic composition changes W. Möller, W. Eckstein · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms | Mar 1984 | 656 |
| 50 | Electron Temperature Gradient Turbulence W. Dorland, F. Jenko, Mike Kotschenreuther et al. · Physical Review Letters | 25 Dec 2000 | 653 |
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