Nigel Warr

6.8k citations

292 papers · 5.3k · 2 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Nuclear physics research studies
- Astronomical and nuclear sciences
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
Radiation top 0.1%
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 250
- Nuclear physics research studies 245
- Astronomical and nuclear sciences 79
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 28
Radiation 155
- Nuclear Physics and Applications 143

Co-authors: Jan Jolie (92 shared papers)Steven W. Yates (9 shared papers)Christoph Fransen (25 shared papers)Andrey Blazhev (58 shared papers)Paul E. Garrett (11 shared papers)Jean Kern (11 shared papers)T. B. Brown (5 shared papers)Α. Dewald (9 shared papers)
Journals: Physical Review C (108 papers)Physical Review Letters (29 papers)The European Physical Journal A (17 papers)Nuclear Physics A (11 papers)Physics Letters B (10 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United Kingdom Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Nigel Warr

279 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Nigel Warr's Hit Papers

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Studies of pear-shaped nuclei using accelerated radioactive beams 2013 · 306 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.

2013 Nature
2011 Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

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1	AGATA—Advanced GAmma Tracking Array Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·S. Akkoyun, Alejandro Algora, Babak Alikhani, F. Ameil, Giacomo de Angelis, L. Arnold, A. Astier, Yoann Aubert Hit paper breakdown →	2011	356
2	Studies of pear-shaped nuclei using accelerated radioactive beams Nature ·L. P. Gaffney, Peter A. Butler, Marcus Scheck, A. B. Hayes, F. Wenander, M. Albers, B. Bastin, C. Bauer Hit paper breakdown →	2013	306
3	Search for the Pygmy Dipole Resonance in Ni68 at 600 MeV/nucleon Physical Review Letters ·Oliver Wieland, Angela Bracco, Franco Camera, G. Benzoni, Nives Blasi, S. Brambilla, F. C. L. Crespi, Silvia Leoni	2009	196
4	The Miniball spectrometer The European Physical Journal A ·Nigel Warr, J. Van de Walle, M. Albers, F. Ames, B. Bastin, C. Bauer, Vinzenz Bildstein, Andrey Blazhev	2013	150
5	Discovery of the Shape Coexisting 0 + State in Mg 32 by a Two Neutron Transfer Reaction Physical Review Letters ·Kathrin Wimmer, Thorsten Kröll, R. Krücken, Vinzenz Bildstein, Roman Gernhäuser, B. Bastin, N.A.M. van Bree, J. Diriken	2010	132
6	Rare ISotopes INvestigation at GSI (RISING) using gamma-ray spectroscopy at relativistic energies Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·H. J. Wollersheim, Duncan Appelbe, A. Banu, R. Bassini, Tobias Beck, F. Becker, Piotr Bednarczyk, K.-H. Behr	2004	113
7	Comprehensive studies of low-spin collective excitations in 94Mo Physical Review C ·Christoph Fransen, Norbert Pietralla, Z. Ammar, D. Bandyopadhyay, Nourredine Boukharouba, Peter von Brentano, Α. Dewald, J. Gableske	2003	101
8	0gs+→21+ Transition Strengths in Sn106 and Sn108 Physical Review Letters ·A. Ekström, J. Cederkäll, Claes Fahlander, Morten Hjorth-Jensen, F. Ames, Peter A. Butler, Thomas Davinson, J. Eberth	2008	93
9	Shape Coexistence in the Neutron-Deficient Even-Even Hg182−188 Isotopes Studied via Coulomb Excitation Physical Review Letters ·N.A.M. van Bree, Katarzyna Wrzosek-Lipska, A. Petts, Andrei N. Andreyev, B. Bastin, Michael Bender, Andrey Blazhev, B. Bruyneel	2014	88
10	Spectroscopic Quadrupole Moments in Sr96,98 : Evidence for Shape Coexistence in Neutron-Rich Strontium Isotopes at N=60 Physical Review Letters ·Emmanuel Clement, Magda Zielińska, Andreas Görgen, Wolfram KORTEN, sophie Péru, Jacques Libert, Héloïse Goutte, S. Hilaire	2016	87
11	Sub-Barrier Coulomb Excitation of Sn110 and Its Implications for the Sn100 Shell Closure Physical Review Letters ·Joakim Cederkall, A. Ekström, Claes Fahlander, Aaron M. Hurst, Morten Hjorth-Jensen, F. Ames, A. Banu, Peter A. Butler	2007	86
12	The generalized centroid difference method for picosecond sensitive determination of lifetimes of nuclear excited states using large fast-timing arrays Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·J.-M. Régis, H. Mach, Gary S. Simpson, Jan Jolie, Gheorghe Pascovici, N. Saed-Samii, Nigel Warr, Alison Bruce	2013	83
13	Angular momentum generation in nuclear fission Nature ·Jonathan N. Wilson, D. Thisse, M. Lebois, N. Jovančević, Dorthea Gjestvang, Rhiann Canavan, Mathias Rudigier, D. Étasse	2021	73
14	Multiple Shape Coexistence in Cd 110 , 112 Physical Review Letters ·Paul E. Garrett, Tomás Raúl Rodríguez Frutos, A. Diaz Varela, K. L. Green, J. C. BANGAY, Andrew L. Finlay, R. A. E. Austin, Gordon Ball	2019	71
15	Low-energy Coulomb excitation of neutron-rich zinc isotopes Physical Review C ·J. Van de Walle, Farouk Aksouh, T. Behrens, Vinzenz Bildstein, Andrey Blazhev, J. Cederkäll, Emmanuel Clement, Thomas Elias Cocolios	2009	70
16	Interplay between Single-Particle and Collective Effects in the Odd- A Cu Isotopes beyond N=40 Physical Review Letters ·Irina Stefanescu, Georgi Georgiev, Dimiter Balabanski, Nives Blasi, Andrey Blazhev, N.A.M. van Bree, Joakim Cederkall, Thomas Elias Cocolios	2008	68
17	Evidence for a Smooth Onset of Deformation in the Neutron-Rich Kr Isotopes Physical Review Letters ·M. Albers, Nigel Warr, Kosuke Nomura, Andrey Blazhev, Jan Jolie, D. Mücher, B. Bastin, C. Bauer	2012	66
18	Evolution of Octupole Deformation in Radium Nuclei from Coulomb Excitation of Radioactive Ra222 and Ra228 Beams Physical Review Letters ·Peter A. Butler, L. P. Gaffney, Pietro Spagnoletti, K. Abrahams, Michael Bowry, Joakim Cederkall, Giacomo de Angelis, Hartmut Witte	2020	65
19	Coulomb Excitation of Neutron-Rich Zn Isotopes: First Observation of the 21+ State in Zn80 Physical Review Letters ·J. Van de Walle, Farouk Aksouh, F. Ames, T. Behrens, Vinzenz Bildstein, Andrey Blazhev, J. Cederkäll, Emmanuel Clement	2007	64
20	Evidence for the Existence of Supersymmetry in Atomic Nuclei Physical Review Letters ·A. Metz, Jan Jolie, G. Graw, Ralf Hertenberger, J. Gröger, Christian Michael Günther, Nigel Warr, Y. Eisermann	1999	63

About Nigel Warr

Nigel Warr is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Aerospace Engineering and Spectroscopy, having authored 292 papers that have together received 5.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nuclear physics research studies (245 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (143 papers), Astronomical and nuclear sciences (79 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (76 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (44 papers), Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (38 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (28 papers) and Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (4.8k citations), Radiation (2.2k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.1k citations), Spectroscopy (516 citations) and Condensed Matter Physics (278 citations). Nigel Warr has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Jan Jolie, Steven W. Yates, Christoph Fransen, Andrey Blazhev, Paul E. Garrett, Jean Kern, T. B. Brown, Α. Dewald, Gary S. Simpson and R. F. Casten. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review C, Physical Review Letters, The European Physical Journal A, Nuclear Physics A and Physics Letters B.

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