L. E. Drain

2.7k citations

39 papers · 2.2k · 1 hit paper · h-index 22

Impact in

Mechanics of Materials top 1%
- Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation
Spectroscopy top 1%
- Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials
- Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications

Papers in

Spectroscopy 22
- Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications 15
- Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials 7
Condensed Matter Physics 11
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism 8
- Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena 6

Co-authors: C. B. Scruby (3 shared papers)J. A. Morrison (4 shared papers)James Alexander Morrison (2 shared papers)J. M. Los (1 shared paper)A H Cooke (1 shared paper)J. S. Dugdale (1 shared paper)G. W. West (1 shared paper)Edward R. Pike (2 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Physics D Applied Physics (2 papers)International Materials Reviews (2 papers)Canadian Journal of Chemistry (1 paper)Optical and Quantum Electronics (1 paper)Review of Scientific Instruments (1 paper)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Australia

In The Last Decade

L. E. Drain

36 papers receiving 1.9k citations

L. E. Drain's Hit Papers

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Laser Ultrasonics Techniques and Applications 1990 · 707 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.

1990 Medical Entomology and Zoology

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1	Laser Ultrasonics Techniques and Applications Medical Entomology and Zoology ·C. B. Scruby, L. E. Drain Hit paper breakdown →	1990	707
2	The Laser Doppler Technique Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) ·L. E. Drain	1980	408
3	The Broadening of Magnetic Resonance Lines due to Field Inhomogeneities in Powdered Samples Proceedings of the Physical Society ·L. E. Drain	1962	171
4	Thermodynamic properties of argon adsorbed on rutile Transactions of the Faraday Society ·L. E. Drain, James Alexander Morrison	1952	66
5	Interpretation of the thermodynamic properties of adsorbed argon at low surface coverages Transactions of the Faraday Society ·L. E. Drain, James Alexander Morrison	1952	63
6	Permanent electric quadrupole moments of molecules and heats of adsorption Transactions of the Faraday Society ·L. E. Drain	1953	59
7	Thermodynamic properties of nitrogen and oxygen adsorbed on rutile Transactions of the Faraday Society ·L. E. Drain, J. A. Morrison	1953	55
8	Nuclear magnetic resonance in metals International Materials Reviews ·L. E. Drain	1967	48
9	The heat capacity, integral heat of adsorption and entropy of argon adsorbed on titanium dioxide Transactions of the Faraday Society ·J. A. Morrison, J. M. Los, L. E. Drain	1951	47
10	Nuclear magnetic resonance in silver-cadmium Philosophical magazine ·L. E. Drain	1959	46
11	Coherent and noncoherent methods in Doppler optical beat velocity measurement Journal of Physics D Applied Physics ·L. E. Drain	1972	40
12	A study of the spatial structure of turbulent flow by intensity-fluctuation spectroscopy Journal of physics. A, Proceedings of the Physical Society. General ·L. E. Drain, Peter A. Egelstaff, D.A. Jackson, Eric Jakeman, Barbara Moss, J. O’Shaughnessy, Edward R. Pike, Peter Schofield +4 others	1970	37
13	PHASE TRANSITIONS IN MULTIMOLECULAR LAYERS OF ADSORBED NITROGEN Canadian Journal of Chemistry ·J. A. Morrison, L. E. Drain, J. S. Dugdale	1952	35
14	Proton Magnetic Resonance and Molecular Motion in Solids Proceedings of the Physical Society Section A ·A H Cooke, L. E. Drain	1952	31
15	Nuclear magnetic resonance in platinum Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids ·L. E. Drain	1963	31
16	Mie calculations of the scattered light from a spherical particle traversing a fringe pattern produced by two intersecting laser beams Journal of Physics D Applied Physics ·C. R. Negus, L. E. Drain	1982	30
17	Nuclear magnetic resonance in ammonium fluoride Discussions of the Faraday Society ·L. E. Drain	1955	27
18	The temperature dependence of the nuclear magnetic resonance of vanadium Proceedings of the Physical Society ·L. E. Drain	1964	27
19	Nuclear magnetic resonance in chromium-vanadium alloys Journal de physique ·L. E. Drain	1962	26
20	Nuclear magnetic resonance in -manganese Proceedings of the Physical Society ·L. E. Drain	1966	26

About L. E. Drain

L. E. Drain is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Condensed Matter Physics, Mechanics of Materials, Computational Mechanics and Ocean Engineering, having authored 39 papers that have together received 2.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (15 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (8 papers), Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials (7 papers), Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena (6 papers), Flow Measurement and Analysis (5 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (4 papers), Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows (4 papers) and Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Mechanics of Materials (709 citations), Spectroscopy (447 citations), Acoustics and Ultrasonics (23 citations), Condensed Matter Physics (224 citations) and Computational Mechanics (273 citations). L. E. Drain has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include C. B. Scruby, J. A. Morrison, James Alexander Morrison, J. M. Los, A H Cooke, J. S. Dugdale, G. W. West, Edward R. Pike, Peter Schofield and D.A. Jackson. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, International Materials Reviews, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, Optical and Quantum Electronics and Review of Scientific Instruments.

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