R. Maingi

15.2k citations
327 papers · 6.9k · 1 hit paper · h-index 43

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R. E. Bell (65 shared papers)H. Kugel (60 shared papers)V. Soukhanovskii (72 shared papers)B.P. LeBlanc (42 shared papers)A.W. Leonard (24 shared papers)S.A. Sabbagh (52 shared papers)S. Kaye (40 shared papers)R. Kaita (52 shared papers)
Journals
Nuclear Fusion (80 papers)Journal of Nuclear Materials (58 papers)Physics of Plasmas (31 papers)Nuclear Materials and Energy (21 papers)Fusion Engineering and Design (15 papers)
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United StatesChinaGermany

In The Last Decade

R. Maingi

310 papers receiving 6.7k citations

R. Maingi's Hit Papers

Scaling of the tokamak near the scrape-off layer H-mode power width and implications for ITER 2013 · 442 citations
4420+4+8Years since publication100200300400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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  • it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
  • it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.
  1. 2013 Nuclear Fusion

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R. Maingi
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  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6.2k
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 2.0k
  • Materials Chemistry 4.1k
  • Aerospace Engineering 1.4k
  • Biomedical Engineering 1.8k
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A. Herrmann Germany
J. W. Hughes United States
J.A. Boedo United States
N. Asakura Japan
A. Hubbard United States
C. Fuchs Germany
D.G. Whyte United States
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Scaling of the tokamak near the scrape-off layer H-mode power width and implications for ITER
Nuclear Fusion ·T. Eich, A.W. Leonard, R.A. Pitts, W. Fundamenski, R.J. Goldston, Travis Gray, A. Herrmann, A. Kirk, A. Kallenbach, O. Kardaun, A.S. Kukushkin, B. LaBombard, R. Maingi, M. A. Makowski, A. Scarabosio, B. Sieglin, J. L. Terry, A. Thornton, (unknown), (unknown)
Hit paper breakdown →		2013442
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High-speed imaging of edge turbulence in NSTX
Nuclear Fusion ·S. J. Zweben, R. J. Maqueda, D.P. Stotler, A. M. Keesee, J.A. Boedo, C. E. Bush, S. Kaye, B.P. LeBlanc, J. L. Lowrance, V. Mastrocola, R. Maingi, N. Nishino, G. Renda, D. W. Swain, J. B. Wilgen, the NSTX Research Team
2003228
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A long-pulse high-confinement plasma regime in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
Nature Physics ·J. Li, Huan Guo, Baonian Wan, Xiaojing Gong, Y. Liang, Guosheng Xu, K.F. Gan, Jiansheng Hu, Huiqian Wang, Liang Wang, Long Zeng, Yuanzhe Zhao, P. Denner, G.L. Jackson, A. Loarte, R. Maingi, J. Ménard, M. Rack, X. L. Zou
2013197
4
Edge-Localized-Mode Suppression through Density-Profile Modification with Lithium-Wall Coatings in the National Spherical Torus Experiment
Physical Review Letters ·R. Maingi, T.H. Osborne, B.P. LeBlanc, R. E. Bell, J. Manickam, P.B. Snyder, J. Ménard, D.K. Mansfield, H. Kugel, R. Kaita, S. P. Gerhardt, S.A. Sabbagh, F. A. Kelly
2009134
5
Enhanced Energy Confinement and Performance in a Low-Recycling Tokamak
Physical Review Letters ·R. Majeski, R. Doerner, Timothy Gray, R. Kaita, R. Maingi, D.K. Mansfield, J. Spaleta, V. Soukhanovskii, J. Timberlake, L. Zakharov
2006119
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Enhanced H-mode pedestals with lithium injection in DIII-D
Nuclear Fusion ·T.H. Osborne, G.L. Jackson, Z. Yan, R. Maingi, D.K. Mansfield, B. A. Grierson, C. Chrobak, A.G. McLean, S. L. Allen, D. J. Battaglia, A. Briesemeister, M.E. Fenstermacher, G. R. McKee, P.B. Snyder, (unknown)
2015117
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Plasma response to lithium-coated plasma-facing components in the National Spherical Torus Experiment
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·M.G. Bell, H. Kugel, R. Kaita, L. Zakharov, H. Schneider, B. LeBlanc, D. K. Mansfield, R. E. Bell, R. Maingi, S. Ding, S. Kaye, S. Paul, S. P. Gerhardt, J.M. Canik, J. Hosea, G. Taylor
2009106
8
The effect of plasma shape on H-mode pedestal characteristics on DIII-D
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·T.H. Osborne, J. R. Ferron, R. J. Groebner, L. L. Lao, A.W. Leonard, M. A. Mahdavi, R. Maingi, R. Miller, A. D. Turnbull, M. R. Wade, J.G. Watkins
2000106
9
Analysis of a multi-machine database on divertor heat fluxes
Physics of Plasmas ·M. A. Makowski, D. Elder, Travis Gray, B. LaBombard, C.J. Lasnier, A.W. Leonard, R. Maingi, T.H. Osborne, P.C. Stangeby, J. L. Terry, J.G. Watkins
2012102
10
Recent liquid lithium limiter experiments in CDX-U
Nuclear Fusion ·R. Majeski, S.C. Jardin, R. Kaita, Timothy Gray, P. Marfuta, J. Spaleta, J. Timberlake, L. Zakharov, G. Antar, R.P. Doerner, S. Luckhardt, R. Seraydarian, V. Soukhanovskii, R. Maingi, M. Finkenthal, D. Stutman, D. J. Rodgers, Sarah Angelini
200590
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Edge turbulence measurements in NSTX by gas puff imaging
Review of Scientific Instruments ·R. J. Maqueda, G. A. Wurden, S. J. Zweben, L. Roquemore, H. Kugel, D. Johnson, S. Kaye, S.A. Sabbagh, R. Maingi
200188
12
New Steady-State Quiescent High-Confinement Plasma in an Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
Physical Review Letters ·Jiansheng Hu, Zhen Sun, Huan Guo, J. G. Li, Baonian Wan, Huiqian Wang, S. Ding, Guosheng Xu, Y. Liang, D.K. Mansfield, R. Maingi, X. L. Zou, L. Wang, Jun Ren, Guizhong Zuo, Ling Zhang, Yanmin Duan, Tonghui Shi, Liqun Hu, East Team
201585
13
The Filterscope
Review of Scientific Instruments ·R. J. Colchin, D. L. Hillis, R. Maingi, C. C. Klepper, N.H. Brooks
200375
14
Internal kink mode dynamics in high-β NSTX plasmas
Nuclear Fusion ·J. Ménard, R. E. Bell, E. D. Fredrickson, D. Gates, S. Kaye, B. LeBlanc, R. Maingi, S. S. Medley, W. Park, S.A. Sabbagh, A.C. Sontag, D. Stutman, K. Tritz, W. Zhu
200571
15
Helium transport and exhaust studies in enhanced confinement regimes in DIII-D
Physics of Plasmas ·M. R. Wade, D. L. Hillis, J. Hogan, R. Maingi, M. M. Menon, M. A. Mahdavi, W.P. West, K.H. Burrell, P. Gohil, R. J. Groebner, R.‐M. Hong, D.H. Kellman, J. C. Phillips, R. Seraydarian, (unknown), (unknown)
199570
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Radiative divertor experiments in DIII-D with D2injection
Nuclear Fusion ·T.W. Petrie, D. N. Hill, S. L. Allen, N.H. Brooks, D. Buchenauer, J. W. Cuthbertson, T.E. Evans, Ph. Ghendrih, C.J. Lasnier, A.W. Leonard, R. Maingi, G. D. Porter, D.G. Whyte, R. J. Groebner, R.A. Jong, M. A. Mahdavi, Scott J. Thompson, W.P. West, R. D. Wood
199770
17
Continuous Improvement of H-Mode Discharge Performance with Progressively Increasing Lithium Coatings in the National Spherical Torus Experiment
Physical Review Letters ·R. Maingi, S. Kaye, C.H. Skinner, Dennis Boyle, J.M. Canik, M.G. Bell, R. E. Bell, Travis Gray, Maciej Jaworski, R. Kaita, H. Kugel, B.P. LeBlanc, D. K. Mansfield, T.H. Osborne, S.A. Sabbagh, V. Soukhanovskii
201169
18
Physics of pedestal density profile formation and its impact on H-mode density limit in burning plasmas
Physics of Plasmas ·M. A. Mahdavi, R. Maingi, R. J. Groebner, A.W. Leonard, T.H. Osborne, G. D. Porter
200367
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ELM destabilization by externally applied non-axisymmetric magnetic perturbations in NSTX
Nuclear Fusion ·J.M. Canik, R. Maingi, T.E. Evans, R. E. Bell, S. Gerhardt, H. Kugel, B.P. LeBlanc, J. Manickam, J. Ménard, T.H. Osborne, Jong-Kyu Park, S. Paul, P.B. Snyder, S.A. Sabbagh, E.A. Unterberg
201065
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Taming the plasma–material interface with the ‘snowflake’ divertor in NSTX
Nuclear Fusion ·V. Soukhanovskii, J.-W. Ahn, R. E. Bell, D. Gates, S. Gerhardt, R. Kaita, Egemen Kolemen, B. LeBlanc, R. Maingi, M. Makowski, R. Maqueda, A.G. McLean, J. Ménard, D. Mueller, S. Paul, R. Raman, A. L. Roquemore, D. D. Ryutov, S.A. Sabbagh, H. A. Scott
201062

About R. Maingi

R. Maingi is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics, having authored 327 papers that have together received 6.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (301 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (198 papers), Superconducting Materials and Applications (97 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (74 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (69 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (68 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (40 papers) and Nuclear Materials and Properties (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (6.2k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.0k citations), Materials Chemistry (4.1k citations), Aerospace Engineering (1.4k citations) and Biomedical Engineering (1.8k citations). R. Maingi has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Frequent co-authors include R. E. Bell, H. Kugel, V. Soukhanovskii, B.P. LeBlanc, A.W. Leonard, S.A. Sabbagh, S. Kaye, R. Kaita, J. Ménard and M. A. Mahdavi. Their work appears in journals such as Nuclear Fusion, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Physics of Plasmas, Nuclear Materials and Energy and Fusion Engineering and Design.

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