Philip Ball
Impact in
- Geology top 1%
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- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
Papers in
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- Quantum Mechanics and Applications 10
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies 10
- Co-authors
- John Edward Hallsworth (3 shared papers)Laura Garwin (1 shared paper)Laurent Gernigon (4 shared papers)Carmen Gaina (4 shared papers)Gwenn Péron‐Pinvidic (3 shared papers)Carlos A. Vargas (2 shared papers)Luca Caracciolo (1 shared paper)Elis C. A. Eleuthério (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Nature (179 papers)Nature Materials (145 papers)MRS Bulletin (7 papers)The Lancet (7 papers)National Science Review (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesBelgium
In The Last Decade
Philip Ball
410 papers receiving 6.8k citations
Philip Ball's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 217
- Geology 336
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1.8k
- Filtration and Separation 112
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 472
- Spectroscopy 654
Countries citing papers authored by Philip Ball
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Fields of papers citing papers by Philip Ball
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Philip Ball, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 476 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water as an Active Constituent in Cell Biology Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 1854 |
| 2 | Water is an active matrix of life for cell and molecular biology Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 363 |
| 3 | 2008 | 325 | |
| 4 | 1992 | 273 | |
| 5 | 2015 | 231 | |
| 6 | 2009 | 220 | |
| 7 | 2003 | 207 | |
| 8 | 2001 | 195 | |
| 9 | 2000 | 180 | |
| 10 | 2015 | 171 | |
| 11 | 2002 | 151 | |
| 12 | 2008 | 99 | |
| 13 | 1994 | 91 | |
| 14 | 2004 | 81 | |
| 15 | 2012 | 79 | |
| 16 | 2011 | 65 | |
| 17 | 2021 | 62 | |
| 18 | 2022 | 59 | |
| 19 | 2007 | 57 | |
| 20 | 2013 | 55 |
About Philip Ball
Philip Ball is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Geophysics and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 476 papers that have together received 7.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (11 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (10 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (10 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (10 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (10 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (10 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (10 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geology (336 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.8k citations), Filtration and Separation (112 citations), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (472 citations) and Spectroscopy (654 citations). Philip Ball has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include John Edward Hallsworth, Laura Garwin, Laurent Gernigon, Carmen Gaina, Gwenn Péron‐Pinvidic, Carlos A. Vargas, Luca Caracciolo, Elis C. A. Eleuthério, Jonathan A. Cray and Thaddeus Chukwuemeka Ezeji. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Nature Materials, MRS Bulletin, The Lancet and National Science Review.
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