I.G. Brown

10.3k citations

310 papers · 8.3k · 2 hit papers · h-index 44

Impact in

Mechanics of Materials top 0.05%
- Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.5%
- Vacuum and Plasma Arcs

Papers in

Mechanics of Materials 208
- Metal and Thin Film Mechanics 203
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 164
- Vacuum and Plasma Arcs 148

Co-authors: André Anders (63 shared papers)R.A. MacGill (44 shared papers)S. Anders (39 shared papers)James E. Galvin (23 shared papers)Е. М. Oks (38 shared papers)O.R. Monteiro (40 shared papers)X. Godechot (9 shared papers)M.R. Dickinson (22 shared papers)
Journals: Review of Scientific Instruments (52 papers)Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms (28 papers)IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (25 papers)Journal of Applied Physics (25 papers)Surface and Coatings Technology (22 papers)
Partner nations: United States Russia Hong Kong

In The Last Decade

I.G. Brown

298 papers receiving 7.9k citations

I.G. Brown's Hit Papers

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Nanoindentation and Nanoscratching of Hard Carbon Coatings for Magnetic Disks 1995 · 393 citations

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

it has ≥500 total citations;
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.

1995 MRS Proceedings
1989 CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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1	The Physics and technology of ion sources CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·I.G. Brown Hit paper breakdown →	1989	541
2	Nanoindentation and Nanoscratching of Hard Carbon Coatings for Magnetic Disks MRS Proceedings ·Ting Y. Tsui, George M. Pharr, W. C. Oliver, Charanjit S. Bhatia, R. L. White, S. Anders, André Anders, I.G. Brown Hit paper breakdown →	1995	393
3	Vacuum arc ion sources Review of Scientific Instruments ·I.G. Brown	1994	375
4	Hardness, elastic modulus, and structure of very hard carbon films produced by cathodic-arc deposition with substrate pulse biasing Applied Physics Letters ·George M. Pharr, D. L. Callahan, S. D. McAdams, Ting Y. Tsui, S. Anders, André Anders, Joel W. Ager, I.G. Brown, Charanjit S. Bhatia, S. Ravi P. Silva, John Robertson	1996	219
5	Ion velocities in vacuum arc plasmas Journal of Applied Physics ·G. Yu. Yushkov, André Anders, Е. М. Oks, I.G. Brown	2000	206
6	High current ion source Applied Physics Letters ·I.G. Brown, James E. Galvin, R.A. MacGill	1985	197
7	Vacuum arc ion charge-state distributions IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ·I.G. Brown, X. Godechot	1991	187
8	Metal vapor vacuum arc ion source Review of Scientific Instruments ·I.G. Brown, James E. Galvin, B. Gavin, R.A. MacGill	1986	154
9	CATHODIC ARC DEPOSITION OF FILMS Annual Review of Materials Science ·I.G. Brown	1998	149
10	Ion charge state distributions in high current vacuum arc plasmas in a magnetic field IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ·Е. М. Oks, André Anders, I.G. Brown, M.R. Dickinson, R.A. MacGill	1996	147
11	Transport of vacuum arc plasmas through magnetic macroparticle filters Plasma Sources Science and Technology ·André Anders, S. Anders, I.G. Brown	1995	140
12	Plasma characteristics of repetitively-pulsed electrical discharges in saline solutions used for surgical procedures IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ·Jean Woloszko, K. R. Stalder, I.G. Brown	2002	131
13	Metal plasma immersion ion implantation and deposition using vacuum arc plasma sources Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena ·André Anders, S. Anders, I.G. Brown, Michael R. Dickinson, R.A. MacGill	1994	128
14	Effect of vacuum arc deposition parameters on the properties of amorphous carbon thin films Surface and Coatings Technology ·S. Anders, André Anders, I.G. Brown, Bo Wei, K. Komvopoulos, Joel W. Ager, K. M. Yu	1994	120
15	Improved time-of-flight ion charge state diagnostic Review of Scientific Instruments ·I.G. Brown, James E. Galvin, R.A. MacGill, R. T. Wright	1987	115
16	Measurement of the elastic modulus of nanostructured gold and platinum thin films Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·M. C. Salvadori, I.G. Brown, Alfredo R. Vaz, L. L. Melo, M. Cattani	2003	115
17	Novel metal ion surface modification technique Applied Physics Letters ·I.G. Brown, X. Godechot, K. M. Yu	1991	113
18	Repetitive plasma discharges in saline solutions Applied Physics Letters ·K. R. Stalder, Jean Woloszko, I.G. Brown, Charles D. Smith	2001	111
19	`Triggerless' triggering of vacuum arcs Journal of Physics D Applied Physics ·André Anders, I.G. Brown, R.A. MacGill, Michael R. Dickinson	1998	103
20	Plasma-Immersion Ion Implantation MRS Bulletin ·J. V. Mantese, I.G. Brown, N.W. Cheung, George Collins	1996	99

About I.G. Brown

I.G. Brown is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 310 papers that have together received 8.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (203 papers), Vacuum and Plasma Arcs (148 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (93 papers), Advanced Sensor Technologies Research (44 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (42 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (40 papers), Ion-surface interactions and analysis (37 papers) and Advanced materials and composites (33 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Mechanics of Materials (5.3k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (3.7k citations), Materials Chemistry (3.6k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (3.2k citations) and Mechanical Engineering (1.4k citations). I.G. Brown has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Russia and Hong Kong. Frequent co-authors include André Anders, R.A. MacGill, S. Anders, James E. Galvin, Е. М. Oks, O.R. Monteiro, X. Godechot, M.R. Dickinson, G. Yu. Yushkov and Joel W. Ager. Their work appears in journals such as Review of Scientific Instruments, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Journal of Applied Physics and Surface and Coatings Technology.

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