D. McCune

5.7k citations

73 papers · 2.6k · 2 hit papers · h-index 23

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.5%
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 64
- Magnetic confinement fusion research 64
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 12
Materials Chemistry 29
- Fusion materials and technologies 28

Co-authors: A.H. Kritz (8 shared papers)G. Bateman (8 shared papers)A.Y. Pankin (7 shared papers)Robert André (1 shared paper)R.J. Goldston (6 shared papers)R.J. Hawryluk (3 shared papers)G. Schmidt (2 shared papers)H.H. Towner (3 shared papers)
Journals: Nuclear Fusion (18 papers)Physics of Plasmas (14 papers)Fusion Science & Technology (6 papers)Physical Review Letters (4 papers)Fusion Engineering and Design (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

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D. McCune

70 papers receiving 2.5k citations

D. McCune's Hit Papers

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The tokamak Monte Carlo fast ion module NUBEAM in the National Transport Code Collaboration library 2004 · 610 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2004 Computer Physics Communications
1981 Journal of Computational Physics

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1	The tokamak Monte Carlo fast ion module NUBEAM in the National Transport Code Collaboration library Computer Physics Communications ·A.Y. Pankin, D. McCune, Robert André, G. Bateman, A.H. Kritz Hit paper breakdown →	2004	610
2	New techniques for calculating heat and particle source rates due to neutral beam injection in axisymmetric tokamaks Journal of Computational Physics ·R.J. Goldston, D. McCune, H.H. Towner, S. Davis, R.J. Hawryluk, G. Schmidt Hit paper breakdown →	1981	443
3	Bootstrap current in TFTR Physical Review Letters ·M. C. Zarnstorff, Michael G.H. Bell, M. Bitter, R.J. Goldston, B. Grek, R.J. Hawryluk, K. W. Hill, D. Johnson, D. McCune, H. Park, A.T. Ramsey, G. Taylor, R. Wieland	1988	132
4	Ion cyclotron emission measurements during JET deuterium-tritium experiments Nuclear Fusion ·Geoff Cottrell, V. Bhatnagar, O. Da Costa, R. O. Dendy, J. Jacquinot, K. G. McClements, D. McCune, M. F. F. Nave, P. Smeulders, D.F.H. Start	1993	131
5	Simulations of alpha parameters in a TFTR DT supershot with high fusion power Nuclear Fusion ·R. Budny, Michael G.H. Bell, A. Janos, D.L. Jassby, L. C. Johnson, D. K. Mansfield, D. McCune, M.H. Redi, J. Schivell, G. Taylor, T. Terpstra, M. C. Zarnstorff, S. J. Zweben	1995	88
6	Predictions of H-mode performance in ITER Nuclear Fusion ·R. Budny, R. André, G. Bateman, Federico David Halpern, C. Kessel, A.H. Kritz, D. McCune	2008	76
7	Thermal ions dilution and ITG suppression in ASDEX Upgrade ion ITBs Nuclear Fusion ·G. Tardini, J. Hobirk, V. Igochine, C. F. Maggi, Pla N, D. McCune, A. G. Peeters, A. C. C. Sips, A. Stäbler, J. Stöber, the ASDEX Upgrade Team	2007	72
8	Parallel electric resistivity in the TFTR tokamak Physics of Fluids B Plasma Physics ·M. C. Zarnstorff, K. McGuire, M.G. Bell, B. Grek, D. Johnson, D. McCune, H. Park, A. T. Ramsey, G. Taylor	1990	64
9	Notched velocity profiles and the radial electric field in high ion temperature plasmas in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor Physics of Plasmas ·D. R. Ernst, Michael G.H. Bell, R. E. Bell, C. E. Bush, Z. Chang, E. D. Fredrickson, L. Grisham, K. W. Hill, D. L. Jassby, D. K. Mansfield, D. McCune, H. K. Park, A.T. Ramsey, S. D. Scott, J. Strachan, E.J. Synakowski, G. Taylor, Mark E. Thompson, R. Wieland	1998	56
10	Observation of temperature-dependent transport in the TFTR tokamak Physical Review Letters ·P. C. Efthimion, D.K. Mansfield, B. Stratton, E.J. Synakowski, A. Bhattacharjee, H. Biglari, P. H. Diamond, R. Goldston, C. C. Hegna, D. McCune, G. Rewoldt, S. D. Scott, W. M. Tang, G. Taylor, R. E. Waltz, R. Wieland, M.C. Zarnstorff	1991	54
11	Helium, iron, and electron particle transport and energy transport studies on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor Physics of Fluids B Plasma Physics ·E. J. Synakowski, P. C. Efthimion, G. Rewoldt, B. C. Stratton, W. M. Tang, B. Grek, K. W. Hill, R. Hülse, D. Johnson, M Kissick, D. K. Mansfield, D. McCune, D. R. Mikkelsen, H. K. Park, A.T. Ramsey, M.H. Redi, S. D. Scott, G. Taylor, J. Timberlake, M. C. Zarnstorff	1993	40
12	Modelling TF ripple loss of alpha particles in TFTR DT experiments Nuclear Fusion ·M.H. Redi, R. Budny, D. Darrow, H. H. Duong, R. K. Fisher, A. Janos, J. M. McChesney, D. McCune, S. S. Medley, М. П. Петров, J. Schivell, S. D. Scott, R. B. White, M. C. Zarnstorff, S. J. Zweben	1995	39
13	Computational Grids in action: the National Fusion Collaboratory Future Generation Computer Systems ·Kate Keahey, T. Fredian, Q. Peng, D. P. Schissel, Megan M. Thompson, Ian Foster, M. Greenwald, D. McCune	2002	38
14	The diffusion of fast ions in Ohmic TFTR discharges Physics of Fluids B Plasma Physics ·W. W. Heidbrink, Cris W. Barnes, G. W. Hammett, Y. Kusama, S.D. Scott, M. C. Zarnstorff, L. C. Johnson, D. McCune, S. S. Medley, H. K. Park, A. L. Roquemore, J.D. Strachan, G. Taylor	1991	36
15	Local transport in Joint European Tokamak edge-localized, high-confinement mode plasmas with H, D, DT, and T isotopes Physics of Plasmas ·R. Budny, D. R. Ernst, T. S. Hahm, D. McCune, J. Christiansen, J.G. Cordey, C. G. Gowers, K. Guenther, N. C. Hawkes, O.N. Jarvis, P M Stubberfield, K.-D. Zastrow, L. D. Horton, G. Saibene, F. Sartori, K. Thomsen, M. G. von Hellermann	2000	33
16	Thermal energy confinement scaling in PDX limiter discharges Nuclear Fusion ·S. Kaye, R.J. Goldston, Michael G.H. Bell, K. Bol, M. Bitter, R.J. Fonck, B. Grek, R.J. Hawryluk, D. Johnson, R. Kaita, H. Kugel, D. K. Mansfield, D. McCune, K. McGuire, D. Mueller, M. Okabayashi, D.K. Owens, G. Schmidt, Paul Thomas	1984	33
17	Predictive simulations of ITER including neutral beam driven toroidal rotation Physics of Plasmas ·Federico David Halpern, A.H. Kritz, G. Bateman, A.Y. Pankin, R. Budny, D. McCune	2008	32
18	Numerical Transport Codes Fusion Technology ·J. Ongena, M. Evrard, D. McCune	1998	32
19	Energetic particle orbits in the National Spherical Tokamak Experiment Physics of Plasmas ·D. R. Mikkelsen, R. B. White, R. Akers, S. Kaye, D. McCune, J. Ménard	1997	27
20	Benchmarking ICRF full-wave solvers for ITER Nuclear Fusion ·R. Budny, L. A. Berry, R. Bilato, P. T. Bonoli, Marco Brambilla, R. Dümont, A. Fukuyama, R. W. Harvey, E. F. Jaeger, K. Indireshkumar, E. Lerche, D. McCune, C. K. Phillips, V. Vdovin, J. C. Wright	2012	25

About D. McCune

D. McCune is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, having authored 73 papers that have together received 2.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (64 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (28 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (26 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (21 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (14 papers), Superconducting Materials and Applications (13 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (12 papers) and Advanced Data Storage Technologies (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (2.4k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.1k citations), Aerospace Engineering (739 citations), Materials Chemistry (971 citations) and Radiation (147 citations). D. McCune has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include A.H. Kritz, G. Bateman, A.Y. Pankin, Robert André, R.J. Goldston, R.J. Hawryluk, G. Schmidt, H.H. Towner, S. Davis and R. Budny. Their work appears in journals such as Nuclear Fusion, Physics of Plasmas, Fusion Science & Technology, Physical Review Letters and Fusion Engineering and Design.

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