J. Bialek

4.9k citations

66 papers · 4.2k · 2 hit papers · h-index 28

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 5%
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 58
- Magnetic confinement fusion research 58
Astronomy and Astrophysics 33
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics 33

Co-authors: Gerald A. Navratil (24 shared papers)Michael E. Mauel (9 shared papers)Allen H. Boozer (3 shared papers)Jonathan E. Menard (5 shared papers)Steven Sabbagh (12 shared papers)Andrea M Garofalo (10 shared papers)Edward Strait (11 shared papers)John T. Scoville (9 shared papers)
Journals: Nuclear Fusion (25 papers)Physics of Plasmas (13 papers)Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (3 papers)Physical Review Letters (3 papers)Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Japan

In The Last Decade

J. Bialek

62 papers receiving 4.1k citations

J. Bialek's Hit Papers

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Chapter 3: MHD stability, operational limits and disruptions 2007 · 990 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.

2007 Nuclear Fusion
1998 Nuclear Fusion

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1	Chapter 3: MHD stability, operational limits and disruptions Nuclear Fusion ·T. C. Hender, John C. Wesley, J. Bialek, A. Bondeson, Allen H. Boozer, Richard Buttery, Andrea M Garofalo, Timothy Paul Goodman Hit paper breakdown →	2007	990
2	Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics for Finite Element Analysis Nuclear Fusion ·J. Bialek Hit paper breakdown →	1998	747
3	Observation of Plasma Toroidal-Momentum Dissipation by Neoclassical Toroidal Viscosity Physical Review Letters ·Wendi Zhu, Steven Sabbagh, R. E. Bell, J. Bialek, Michael Bell, Benoit LeBlanc, Stanley M. Kaye, F. M. Levinton	2006	182
4	Equilibrium properties of spherical torus plasmas in NSTX Nuclear Fusion ·Steven Sabbagh, Stanley M. Kaye, Jonathan E. Menard, Federico Paoletti, Michael Bell, R. E. Bell, J. Bialek, Michael Bitter	2001	175
5	Modeling of active control of external magnetohydrodynamic instabilities Physics of Plasmas ·J. Bialek, Allen H. Boozer, Michael E. Mauel, Gerald A. Navratil	2001	171
6	Direct Observation of the Resistive Wall Mode in a Tokamak and Its Interaction with Plasma Rotation Physical Review Letters ·Andrea M Garofalo, A. D. Turnbull, Max E. Austin, J. Bialek, M. S. Chu, K. Comer, Eric Fredrickson, Richard J. Groebner	1999	148
7	Resistive wall stabilized operation in rotating high beta NSTX plasmas Nuclear Fusion ·Steven Sabbagh, Aaron C. Sontag, J. Bialek, David Gates, Alan H. Glasser, Jonathan E. Menard, Wendi Zhu, M.G. Bell	2006	139
8	Study of in-vessel nonaxisymmetric ELM suppression coil concepts for ITER Nuclear Fusion ·Michael J. Schaffer, Jonathan E. Menard, Manuel P. Aldan, J. Bialek, T.E. Evans, Richard A. Moyer	2008	134
9	Sustained rotational stabilization of DIII-D plasmas above the no-wall beta limit Physics of Plasmas ·Andrea M Garofalo, Torkil Hesselberg Jensen, Luke Johnson, R.J. La Haye, Gerald A. Navratil, M. Okabayashi, John T. Scoville, Edward Strait	2002	129
10	Active feedback stabilization of the resistive wall mode on the DIII-D device Physics of Plasmas ·M. Okabayashi, J. Bialek, M. S. Chance, M. S. Chu, Eric Fredrickson, Andrea M Garofalo, Mikhail Gryaznevich, Ronald E. Hatcher	2001	118
11	Cross-machine comparison of resonant field amplification and resistive wall mode stabilization by plasma rotation Physics of Plasmas ·Holger Reimerdes, T. C. Hender, Steven Sabbagh, J. Bialek, M. S. Chu, Andrea M Garofalo, M. Gryaznevich, D. F. Howell	2006	94
12	Control of the resistive wall mode with internal coils in the DIII–D tokamak Nuclear Fusion ·M. Okabayashi, J. Bialek, A. Bondeson, M. S. Chance, M. S. Chu, Andrea M Garofalo, R.E. Hatcher, Y. In	2005	79
13	Measurement of resistive wall mode stability in rotating high-β DIII-D plasmas Nuclear Fusion ·Holger Reimerdes, J. Bialek, M. S. Chance, M. S. Chu, Andrea M Garofalo, P. Gohil, Y. In, G.L. Jackson	2005	66
14	Stabilization of the external kink and control of the resistive wall mode in tokamaks Physics of Plasmas ·Andrea M Garofalo, A. D. Turnbull, Edward Strait, Max E. Austin, J. Bialek, M. S. Chu, E. Fredrickson, R. J. La Haye	1999	62
15	Progress towards high performance plasmas in the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) Nuclear Fusion ·Stanley M. Kaye, M.G. Bell, R. E. Bell, S. Bernabei, J. Bialek, Theodore Biewer, W. Blanchard, Jose Boedo	2005	60
16	Suppression of resistive wall instabilities with distributed, independently controlled, active feedback coils Physics of Plasmas ·C. Cates, M. Shilov, Michael E. Mauel, Gerald A. Navratil, David A. Maurer, Surjit Mukherjee, D.L. Nadle, J. Bialek	2000	60
17	Overview of physics results from the conclusive operation of the National Spherical Torus Experiment Nuclear Fusion ·Steven Sabbagh, J.-W. Ahn, Jean Paul Allain, R. André, Abed Balbaky, R. Bastasz, Devon Battaglia, Michael Bell	2013	60
18	Beta-limiting instabilities and global mode stabilization in the National Spherical Torus Experiment Physics of Plasmas ·Steven Sabbagh, R. E. Bell, M.G. Bell, J. Bialek, Alan H. Glasser, B. LeBlanc, Jonathan E. Menard, Federico Paoletti	2002	58
19	The resistive wall mode and feedback control physics design in NSTX Nuclear Fusion ·Steven Sabbagh, J. Bialek, R. E. Bell, Alan H. Glasser, B. LeBlanc, Jonathan E. Menard, Federico Paoletti, M.G. Bell	2004	57
20	Control of the resistive wall mode in advanced tokamak plasmas on DIII-D Nuclear Fusion ·Andrea M Garofalo, Edward Strait, J. Bialek, Eric Fredrickson, Mikhail Gryaznevich, Torkil Hesselberg Jensen, Luke Johnson, R.J. La Haye	2000	51

About J. Bialek

J. Bialek is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Materials Chemistry, having authored 66 papers that have together received 4.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (58 papers), Superconducting Materials and Applications (34 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (33 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (16 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (15 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (4 papers), Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (3 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (3.3k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.9k citations), Aerospace Engineering (919 citations), Biomedical Engineering (1.6k citations) and Materials Chemistry (1.0k citations). J. Bialek has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Gerald A. Navratil, Michael E. Mauel, Allen H. Boozer, Jonathan E. Menard, Steven Sabbagh, Andrea M Garofalo, Edward Strait, John T. Scoville, A. D. Turnbull and M. S. Chu. Their work appears in journals such as Nuclear Fusion, Physics of Plasmas, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Physical Review Letters and Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena.

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