I. Sick

17.4k citations

271 papers · 14.4k · 2 hit papers · h-index 69

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 2%
- Nuclear physics research studies
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Neutrino Physics Research
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 5%
- Atomic and Molecular Physics

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 265
- Nuclear physics research studies 207
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 95
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 28
- Particle Detector Development and Performance 12
- Neutrino Physics Research 2
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 20
- Atomic and Molecular Physics 18

Co-authors: J. S. McCarthy (12 shared papers)T. W. Donnelly (13 shared papers)Randy R. Whitney (8 shared papers)Donal B. Day (14 shared papers)B. Frois (35 shared papers)Phan Xuan Hô (39 shared papers)Omar Benhar A (10 shared papers)J. S. McCarthy (11 shared papers)
Journals: Physics Letters B (58 papers)Physical Review Letters (52 papers)Nuclear Physics A (50 papers)Physical Review C (39 papers)Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment (11 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland United States Germany

In The Last Decade

I. Sick

264 papers receiving 13.9k citations

I. Sick's Hit Papers

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Nuclear Fermi Momenta from Quasielastic Electron Scattering 1971 · 413 citations

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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.

1971 Physical Review Letters
1970 Nuclear Physics A

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1	Elastic electron scattering from 12C and 16O Nuclear Physics A ·I. Sick, J. S. McCarthy Hit paper breakdown →	1970	446
2	Nuclear Fermi Momenta from Quasielastic Electron Scattering Physical Review Letters ·Ernest J. Moniz, I. Sick, Randy R. Whitney, John R. Ficenec, R. Kephart, W. Peter Trower Hit paper breakdown →	1971	413
3	Deep-inelastic electron scattering from carbon Nuclear Physics A ·M. Bernheim, J. Duclos, J. M. Finn, Z.-E. Meziani, J. Morgenstern, Jean Mougey, D. Royer, B. Saghaï	1983	359
4	Measurements of the proton and deuteron spin structure functions g1 and g2 Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·K. Abe, T. Akagi, P. L. Anthony, R. Antonov, Raymond G. Arnold, Todd D. Averett, Henry R. Band, Johannes M. Bauer	1998	318
5	Spectral function of finite nuclei and scattering of GeV electrons Nuclear Physics A ·Omar Benhar A, Adelchi Fabrocini, Stefano Fantoni, I. Sick	1994	263
6	Quasi-free (e, e'p) scattering on 12C, 28Si, 40Ca and 58Ni Nuclear Physics A ·Jean Mougey, M. Bernheim, A. Bussière, A. Gillebert, Phan Xuan Hô, M. Priou, D. Royer, I. Sick	1976	257
7	Precision Measurement of the Proton Spin Structure Function g1p Physical Review Letters ·K. Abe, T. Akagi, P. L. Anthony, R. Antonov, Raymond G. Arnold, Todd D. Averett, Henry R. Band, Johannes M. Bauer	1995	257
8	Electromagnetic structure of the helium isotopes Physical Review C ·J. S. McCarthy, I. Sick, Randy R. Whitney	1977	252
9	The deuteron A(Q2) structure function and the neutron electric form factor Nuclear Physics A ·S. Platchkov, A. Amroun, S. Auffret, J.M. Cavedon, Pierre Dreux, J. Duclos, B. Frois, Dominique Goutte	1990	227
10	Measurements of the Q2-dependence of the proton and neutron spin structure functions g1 and g1 Physics Letters B ·P. L. Anthony, Raymond G. Arnold, Todd D. Averett, Henry R. Band, M. C. Berisso, H. Borel, P. Bosted, S. Bültmann	2000	204
11	On the rms-radius of the proton Physics Letters B ·I. Sick	2003	203
12	Elastic magnetic electron scattering from nuclei Reviews of Modern Physics ·T. W. Donnelly, I. Sick	1984	202
13	Elastic Electron Scattering from He3 and He4 at High Momentum Transfer Physical Review Letters ·Raymond G. Arnold, Benson T. Chertok, Stephen E Rock, Wolfgang P. Schütz, Z. M. Szalata, Donal B. Day, J. S. McCarthy, Bernhard A. Mecking	1978	194
14	Model-independent nuclear charge densities from elastic electron scattering Nuclear Physics A ·I. Sick	1974	192
15	Precision Measurement of the Deuteron Spin Structure Function g1d Physical Review Letters ·K. Abe, T. Akagi, P. L. Anthony, R. Antonov, Raymond G. Arnold, Todd D. Averett, Henry R. Band, Johannes M. Bauer	1995	182
16	Scaling in Inclusive Electron-Nucleus Scattering Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science ·Donal B. Day, J. S. McCarthy, T. W. Donnelly, I. Sick	1990	179
17	Independent particle motion and correlations in fermion systems Reviews of Modern Physics ·Vijay R. Pandharipande, I. Sick, P. K. A. de Witt Huberts	1997	178
18	Inclusive quasielastic electron-nucleus scattering Reviews of Modern Physics ·Omar Benhar A, Donal B. Day, I. Sick	2008	176
19	Electromagnetic Structure of the He3 Nucleus Physical Review Letters ·J. S. McCarthy, I. Sick, Randy R. Whitney, MASON R. YEARIAN	1970	173
20	High-Momentum-Transfer Electron Scattering from Pb208 Physical Review Letters ·B. Frois, J.B. Bellicard, J.M. Cavedon, M. Huet, Ph. Leconte, P. Ludeau, Akira Nakada, Phan Xuan Hô	1977	169

About I. Sick

I. Sick is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Radiation, Aerospace Engineering and Spectroscopy, having authored 271 papers that have together received 14.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nuclear physics research studies (207 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (95 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (28 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (18 papers), Particle Detector Development and Performance (12 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (7 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (3 papers) and Neutrino Physics Research (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (13.7k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (846 citations), Radiation (49 citations), Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (46 citations) and Aerospace Engineering (78 citations). I. Sick has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include J. S. McCarthy, T. W. Donnelly, Randy R. Whitney, Donal B. Day, B. Frois, Phan Xuan Hô, Omar Benhar A, J. S. McCarthy, J.M. Cavedon and Ph. Leconte. Their work appears in journals such as Physics Letters B, Physical Review Letters, Nuclear Physics A, Physical Review C and Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment.

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