R. E. Bell

17.7k citations

463 papers · 15.4k · 1 hit paper · h-index 65

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 1%
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 1%
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 394
- Magnetic confinement fusion research 374
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 94
Astronomy and Astrophysics 191
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics 188
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 39

Co-authors: Benoit LeBlanc (107 shared papers)Steven Sabbagh (87 shared papers)Stanley M. Kaye (94 shared papers)Jonathan E. Menard (74 shared papers)F. M. Levinton (43 shared papers)B. LeBlanc (63 shared papers)Eric Fredrickson (39 shared papers)Robert Leslie James Graham (7 shared papers)
Journals: Nuclear Fusion (114 papers)Physics of Plasmas (74 papers)Physical Review Letters (44 papers)Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (39 papers)Review of Scientific Instruments (35 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

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R. E. Bell

455 papers receiving 14.8k citations

R. E. Bell's Hit Papers

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Improved Confinement with Reversed Magnetic Shear in TFTR 1995 · 615 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.

1995 Physical Review Letters

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1	Improved Confinement with Reversed Magnetic Shear in TFTR Physical Review Letters ·F. M. Levinton, Michael C. ZARNSTORFF, Steven H. Batha, Michael Bell, R. E. Bell, Robert V. Budny, C. E. Bush, Z. Chang Hit paper breakdown →	1995	615
2	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
3	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
4	Turbulent Fluctuations in TFTR Configurations with Reversed Magnetic Shear Physical Review Letters ·Ernesto Mazzucato, Steven H. Batha, Michael A Beer, Michael Bell, R. E. Bell, Robert V. Budny, C. E. Bush, T. S. Hahm	1996	173
5	DESIGN AND USE OF A COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT OF SHORT RESOLVING TIME Canadian Journal of Physics ·R. E. Bell, Robert Leslie James Graham, H. E. Petch	1952	172
6	Edge-Localized-Mode Suppression through Density-Profile Modification with Lithium-Wall Coatings in the National Spherical Torus Experiment Physical Review Letters ·Rajesh Maingi, Thomas Osborne, Benoit LeBlanc, R. E. Bell, J. Martin Leo Manickam, Philip Snyder, Jonathan E. Menard, D.K. Mansfield	2009	159
7	Enhancement of Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor performance by lithium conditioning Physics of Plasmas ·D. K. Mansfield, Kenneth Hill, J.D. Strachan, Michael Bell, S. D. Scott, Robert V. Budny, E. S. Marmar, Joseph A. Snipes	1996	156
8	Off-Axis Sawteeth and Double-Tearing Reconnection in Reversed Magnetic Shear Plasmas in TFTR Physical Review Letters ·Z. Chang, Woo Chang Park, Eric Fredrickson, Steven H. Batha, Michael Bell, R. E. Bell, Robert V. Budny, C. E. Bush	1996	151
9	The effect of lithium surface coatings on plasma performance in the National Spherical Torus Experiment Physics of Plasmas ·Henry W. Kugel, M.G. Bell, J.-W. Ahn, Jean Paul Allain, R. E. Bell, Jose Boedo, C. E. Bush, David Gates	2008	148
10	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
11	Time Distribution of Positron Annihilation in Liquids and Solids Physical Review ·R. E. Bell, Robert Leslie James Graham	1953	134
12	Fusion power production from TFTR plasmas fueled with deuterium and tritium Physical Review Letters ·J.D. Strachan, Helmar G. Adler, P. Alling, C. Ancher, Harold M. Anderson, James Lee Anderson, Dale L. Ashcroft, Cris W. Barnes	1994	131
13	Electromagnetic Transport from Microtearing Mode Turbulence Physical Review Letters ·Walter Guttenfelder, Jeff Candy, Stanley M. Kaye, William McCay Nevins, E. Wang, R. E. Bell, Gregory W. Hammett, Benoit LeBlanc	2011	128
14	Active Stabilization of the Resistive-Wall Mode in High-Beta, Low-Rotation Plasmas Physical Review Letters ·Steven Sabbagh, R. E. Bell, Jonathan E. Menard, David Gates, Aaron C. Sontag, Jim Bialek, B. LeBlanc, F. M. Levinton	2006	125
15	A component test facility based on the spherical tokamak Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·Y.K.M. Peng, P.J. Fogarty, T. Burgess, Dennis J. Strickler, Benjamin E. Nelson, Jung‐Hui Tsai, C. A. Neumeyer, R. E. Bell	2005	124
16	Roles of Electric Field Shear and Shafranov Shift in Sustaining High Confinement in Enhanced Reversed Shear Plasmas on the TFTR Tokamak Physical Review Letters ·E. J. Synakowski, Steven H. Batha, Michael A Beer, M.G. Bell, R. E. Bell, Robert V. Budny, C. E. Bush, Philip C. Efthimion	1997	120
17	Nondimensional transport scaling in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor: Is tokamak transport Bohm or gyro-Bohm? Physics of Fluids B Plasma Physics ·Francis W. Perkins, Cris W. Barnes, D. Johnson, S. D. Scott, Michael C. ZARNSTORFF, M.G. Bell, R. E. Bell, C. E. Bush	1993	120
18	Plasma response to lithium-coated plasma-facing components in the National Spherical Torus Experiment Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·M.G. Bell, Henry W. Kugel, R. Kaita, Leonid E. Zakharov, Henrique Schneider, B. LeBlanc, D. K. Mansfield, R. E. Bell	2009	115
19	Advances in global MHD mode stabilization research on NSTX Nuclear Fusion ·Steven Sabbagh, John Berkery, R. E. Bell, Jim Bialek, S. Gerhardt, Jonathan E. Menard, R. Betti, David Gates	2010	115
20	Alpha-Particle-Driven Toroidal Alfvén Eigenmodes in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor Physical Review Letters ·R. Nazikian, Guoyong Fu, Steven H. Batha, Michael Bell, R. E. Bell, Robert V. Budny, C. E. Bush, Z. Chang	1997	115

About R. E. Bell

R. E. Bell is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Materials Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 463 papers that have together received 15.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (374 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (188 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (156 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (94 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (92 papers), Superconducting Materials and Applications (81 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (46 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (39 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (13.5k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (6.4k citations), Aerospace Engineering (3.1k citations), Materials Chemistry (5.6k citations) and Radiation (931 citations). R. E. Bell has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Benoit LeBlanc, Steven Sabbagh, Stanley M. Kaye, Jonathan E. Menard, F. M. Levinton, B. LeBlanc, Eric Fredrickson, Robert Leslie James Graham, Rajesh Maingi and Howard Y. Yuh. Their work appears in journals such as Nuclear Fusion, Physics of Plasmas, Physical Review Letters, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion and Review of Scientific Instruments.

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