Philip Ball

68 total papers · 624 total citations
24 papers, 502 citations indexed

About

Philip Ball is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip Ball has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 502 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 3 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Philip Ball’s work include Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (4 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (2 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (2 papers). Philip Ball is often cited by papers focused on Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (4 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (2 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (2 papers). Philip Ball collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Philip Ball's co-authors include Robert Evans, M. V. Smalley, J. A. Morrison, Akira Inaba, Robert K. Thomas and Benjamin Thompson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philip Ball

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Philip Ball. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Philip Ball based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Philip Ball. Philip Ball is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Philip Ball

20 papers receiving 477 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Philip Ball

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Philip Ball

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