D. Ward

21.4k citations

272 papers · 14.5k · 2 hit papers · h-index 58

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 1%
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- Nuclear physics research studies
- Neutrino Physics Research
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Astronomical and nuclear sciences
Radiation top 0.5%

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 251
- Nuclear physics research studies 145
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 109
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 99
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research 80
Radiation 56
- Nuclear Physics and Applications 50

Co-authors: H.R. Andrews (58 shared papers)O. Häusser (23 shared papers)James S. Geiger (10 shared papers)Robert Leslie James Graham (10 shared papers)R. M. Diamond (22 shared papers)D. Christopher Radford (34 shared papers)V. P. Janzen (37 shared papers)M. Cromaz (41 shared papers)
Journals: Physical Review C (57 papers)Physical Review Letters (53 papers)Physics Letters B (33 papers)Nuclear Physics A (31 papers)Journal of High Energy Physics (22 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United States Switzerland

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D. Ward

270 papers receiving 14.0k citations

D. Ward's Hit Papers

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Observation of the rare Bs0 →µ+µ− decay from the combined analysis of CMS and LHCb data 2015 · 298 citations

What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2015 Nature
2012 Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields

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1	Review of Particle Physics Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·Juerg Beringer, Jean-Francois Arguin, R. M. Barnett, K. Copic, O. I. Dahl, Donald E. Groom, Cheng-Ju Stephen Lin, J. Lys Hit paper breakdown →	2012	4537
2	Observation of Muon Neutrino Disappearance with the MINOS Detectors in the NuMI Neutrino Beam Physical Review Letters ·D. G. Michael, P. Adamson, T. Alexopoulos, W.W.M. Allison, G.J. Alner, Kathy Anderson, Constantinos Andreopoulos, M. P. Andrews	2006	335
3	Observation of the rare Bs0 →µ+µ− decay from the combined analysis of CMS and LHCb data Nature ·S. Luyckx, S. Ochesanu, R. Rougny, M. Van De Klundert, H. Van Haevermaet, Pierre Van Mechelen, N. Van Remortel, A. Van Spilbeeck Hit paper breakdown →	2015	298
4	Scaling of pseudorapidity distributions at c.m. energies up to 0.9 TeV The European Physical Journal C ·G.J. Alner, Richard E. Ansorge, B. �sman, C.N. Booth, Lothar Burow, P. Carlson, R.S. DeWolf, Axel Drees	1986	243
5	Charged particle multiplicity distributions at 200 and 900 GeV c.m. energy The European Physical Journal C ·Richard E. Ansorge, B. �sman, Lothar Burow, P. Carlson, R.S. DeWolf, B. Eckart, G. Ekspong, Ioannis Evangelou	1989	208
6	Search for A ′ → μ + μ − Decays Physical Review Letters ·Roel Aaij, Carlos Abellán Beteta, T. Ackernley, Bernardo Adeva, Marco Adinolfi, H. Afsharnia, C. A. Aidala, S. Aiola	2020	182
7	Model-Independent Study of Structure in B+→D+D−K+ Decays Physical Review Letters ·Roel Aaij, Carlos Abellán Beteta, T. Ackernley, Bernardo Adeva, Marco Adinolfi, H. Afsharnia, Christine Aidala, S. Aiola	2020	152
8	Scaling violations in multiplicity distributions at 200 and 900 GeV Physics Letters B ·G.J. Alner, Richard E. Ansorge, B. Åsman, K. Böckmann, C.N. Booth, Lothar Burow, P. Carlson, R.S. DeWolf	1986	146
9	The wobbling mode in 167Lu Physics Letters B ·Hanan Amro, W.C. Ma, Gudrun B. Hagemann, R. M. Diamond, J. Domscheit, Paul Fallon, Andreas Görgen, B. Herskind	2003	125
10	Strong Constraints on the Rare Decays B s 0 → μ + μ − and B 0 → μ + μ − Physical Review Letters ·Roel Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta, A. Adametz, B. Adeva, Marco Adinolfi, C. Adrover, A. Affolder, Z. Ajaltouni	2012	120
11	Observation of double charm production involving open charm in pp collisions at $ \sqrt {s} = {7}\;{\text{TeV}} $ Journal of High Energy Physics ·Roel Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta, Bernardo Adeva, Marco Adinolfi, C. Adrover, Anthony Affolder, Z. Ajaltouni, Johannes Albrecht	2012	117
12	Yrast Traps and Very High-Spin Yrast States in Dy152 Physical Review Letters ·T. L. Khoo, R. K. Smither, Bernard Haas, O. Häusser, H.R. Andrews, D J Van Horn, D. Ward	1978	117
13	Updated measurements of exclusiveJ/ψ and ψ(2S) production cross-sections inppcollisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics ·Roel Aaij, Bernardo Adeva, Marco Adinolfi, Anthony Affolder, Z. Ajaltouni, Johannes Albrecht, Federico Alessio, Michael Thomas Alexander	2014	116
14	Measurement of the fragmentation fraction ratio f s /f d and its dependence on B meson kinematics Journal of High Energy Physics ·Roel Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta, A. Adametz, Bernardo Adeva, Marco Adinolfi, C. Adrover, Anthony Affolder, Z. Ajaltouni	2013	115
15	Stopping power measurement for 19F, 24Mg, 27Al, 32S and 35Cl at energies ∼0.2 to ∼3.5 MeV/nucleon in Ti, Fe, Ni, Cu, Ag and Au Nuclear Instruments and Methods ·J.S. Forster, D. Ward, H.R. Andrews, Gordon Ball, G. Costa, Walter G. Davies, Ian V. Mitchell	1976	113
16	ΔI=4 bifurcation in a superdeformed band: Evidence for a C4 symmetry Physical Review Letters ·Stéphane Flibotte, H.R. Andrews, Gordon Ball, C. W. Beausang, F.A. Beck, G. Bélier, T. Byrski, Dominique Curien	1993	113
17	Search for the decay $$ {B}_s^0\to {\overline{D}}^0{f}_0(980) $$ Journal of High Energy Physics ·Roel Aaij, Bernardo Adeva, Marco Adinolfi, Anthony Affolder, Z. Ajaltouni, Simon AKar, Johannes Albrecht, Federico Alessio	2015	111
18	Differential branching fraction and angular analysis of the decay $ B_s^0 $ → ϕμ + μ − Journal of High Energy Physics ·Roel Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta, Bernardo Adeva, M. Adinolfi, C. Adrover, Anthony Affolder, Z. Ajaltouni, Johannes Albrecht	2013	109
19	Lifetimes in the Ground-State Band of Hg184 Physical Review Letters ·Niels Rud, D. Ward, H.R. Andrews, Robert Leslie James Graham, James S. Geiger	1973	109
20	Searching for E(5) behavior in nuclei Physical Review C ·R. M. Clark, M. Cromaz, M. A. Deleplanque, Martina Descovich, R. M. Diamond, Paul Fallon, I. Y. Lee, A. O. Macchiavelli	2004	103

About D. Ward

D. Ward is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Spectroscopy, having authored 272 papers that have together received 14.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nuclear physics research studies (145 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (109 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (99 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (80 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (56 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (50 papers), Rare-earth and actinide compounds (30 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (29 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (13.5k citations), Radiation (1.5k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.8k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.2k citations) and Condensed Matter Physics (678 citations). D. Ward has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include H.R. Andrews, O. Häusser, James S. Geiger, Robert Leslie James Graham, R. M. Diamond, D. Christopher Radford, V. P. Janzen, M. Cromaz, Niels Rud and Bernard Haas. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review C, Physical Review Letters, Physics Letters B, Nuclear Physics A and Journal of High Energy Physics.

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