Raymond Smith

7.7k citations

167 papers · 5.8k · 2 hit papers · h-index 42

Impact in

Geophysics top 0.5%
- High-pressure geophysics and materials
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics

Papers in

Geophysics 102
- High-pressure geophysics and materials 102
Nuclear and High Energy Physics 67
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 66

Co-authors: Jon H. Eggert (78 shared papers)Gilbert Collins (29 shared papers)Thomas Duffy (23 shared papers)Dayne Fratanduono (35 shared papers)F. Coppari (31 shared papers)Damien G. Hicks (13 shared papers)Peter M. Celliers (22 shared papers)Damian C. Swift (17 shared papers)
Journals: Physical Review Letters (23 papers)Journal of Applied Physics (20 papers)Physical review. B. (11 papers)Review of Scientific Instruments (8 papers)Physics of Plasmas (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom France

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Raymond Smith

158 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Raymond Smith's Hit Papers

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Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment 2024 · 247 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.

2024 Physical Review Letters
2022 Physical Review Letters

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1	Lawson Criterion for Ignition Exceeded in an Inertial Fusion Experiment Physical Review Letters ·H. Abu-Shawareb, Robert L. Acree, P. A. Adams, John J. Adams, B. Addis, Rieke Aden, Patrick Adrian, Bedros Afeyan Hit paper breakdown →	2022	369
2	Ultrahigh Strength in Nanocrystalline Materials Under Shock Loading Science ·Eduardo M. Bringa, Alfredo Caro, Yinmin (MORRIS) Wang, Maximo Victoria, James M. McNaney, Bruce A. Remington, Raymond Smith, Ben Torralva	2005	298
3	Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment Physical Review Letters ·H. Abu-Shawareb, Robert L. Acree, P. A. Adams, John J. Adams, B. Addis, Rieke Aden, Patrick Adrian, Bedros Afeyan Hit paper breakdown →	2024	247
4	Ramp compression of diamond to five terapascals Nature ·Raymond Smith, Jon H. Eggert, Raymond Jeanloz, Thomas Duffy, D. G. Braun, Jeremy R. Patterson, Robert E. Rudd, Juergen Biener	2014	207
5	Phase Transformations and Metallization of Magnesium Oxide at High Pressure and Temperature Science ·Stewart McWilliams, Dylan K. Spaulding, Jon H. Eggert, Peter M. Celliers, Damien G. Hicks, Raymond Smith, Gilbert Collins, Raymond Jeanloz	2012	165
6	Experimental evidence for a phase transition in magnesium oxide at exoplanet pressures Nature Geoscience ·F. Coppari, Raymond Smith, Jon H. Eggert, J. Wang, James Ryan Rygg, Amy E. Lazicki, J. Hawreliak, Gilbert Collins	2013	152
7	Solid Iron Compressed Up to 560 GPa Physical Review Letters ·F. Coppari, Damien G. Hicks, Barukh Yaakobi, Dayne Fratanduono, Sébastien Hamel, Jon H. Eggert, James Ryan Rygg, Raymond Smith	2013	151
8	Diamond at 800 GPa Physical Review Letters ·D. K. Bradley, Jon H. Eggert, Raymond Smith, Shon Prisbrey, Damien G. Hicks, D. G. Braun, Juergen Biener, A. V. Hamza	2009	151
9	Laser amplification at 18.2 nm in recombining plasma from a laser-irradiated carbon fiber Physical Review Letters ·Claude J. Chenais-Popovics, R. Corbett, C. J. Hooker, Michael H. Key, G. P. Kiehn, Ciaran L. S. Lewis, G. J. Pert, Ciaran M. Regan	1987	128
10	Shock timing experiments on the National Ignition Facility: Initial results and comparison with simulation Physics of Plasmas ·Harry Robey, T. R. Boehly, Peter M. Celliers, Jon H. Eggert, Damien G. Hicks, Raymond Smith, Rip Collins, Mark W. Bowers	2012	121
11	Metastability of diamond ramp-compressed to 2 terapascals Nature ·Amy E. Lazicki, D. McGonegle, James Ryan Rygg, D. G. Braun, Damian C. Swift, Martin Gorman, Raymond Smith, P. G. Heighway	2021	116
12	High strain-rate plastic flow in Al and Fe Journal of Applied Physics ·Raymond Smith, Jon H. Eggert, Robert E. Rudd, Damian C. Swift, C. A. Bolme, Gilbert Collins	2011	115
13	Equation of state of iron under core conditions of large rocky exoplanets Nature Astronomy ·Raymond Smith, Dayne Fratanduono, David G. Braun, Thomas Duffy, J. K. Wicks, Peter M. Celliers, Suzanne Jihad Ali, Amalia Fernandez-Pañella	2018	101
14	Phase transition lowering in dynamically compressed silicon Nature Physics ·E. E. McBride, Andrew G. Krygier, Anita Ehnes, Eric Ch. Galtier, Marion Harmand, Zuzana Konôpková, Hae Ja Lee, Hanns-Peter Liermann	2018	98
15	Shock vaporization of silica and the thermodynamics of planetary impact events Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Richard G. Kraus, Sarah T. Stewart, Damian C. Swift, C. A. Bolme, Raymond Smith, Sébastien Hamel, Benjamin Hammel, Dylan K. Spaulding	2012	96
16	Powder diffraction from solids in the terapascal regime Review of Scientific Instruments ·James Ryan Rygg, Jon H. Eggert, Amy E. Lazicki, F. Coppari, J. Hawreliak, Damien G. Hicks, Raymond Smith, Charles Sorce	2012	96
17	Time-dependence of the alpha to epsilon phase transformation in iron Journal of Applied Physics ·Raymond Smith, Jon H. Eggert, Damian C. Swift, J. Wang, Thomas Duffy, David G. Braun, Robert E. Rudd, David B. Reisman	2013	91
18	Measurement of Body-Centered Cubic Gold and Melting under Shock Compression Physical Review Letters ·Richard J. Briggs, F. Coppari, Martin Gorman, Raymond Smith, Sally June Tracy, A. L. Coleman, Amalia Fernandez-Pañella, Marius Millot	2019	89
19	Ultra-High Pressure Dynamic Compression of Geological Materials Frontiers in Earth Science ·Thomas Duffy, Raymond Smith	2019	88
20	Temporal resolution of a transient pumping X-ray laser Journal de Physique IV (Proceedings) ·Jaroslav Kuba, A. Klisnick, D. Ros, Raymond Smith, G. Jamelot, Claude J. Chenais-Popovics, Roisin Keenan, Simon Topping	2001	87

About Raymond Smith

Raymond Smith is a scholar working on Geophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Radiation, having authored 167 papers that have together received 5.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (102 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (66 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (36 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (34 papers), Laser Design and Applications (26 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (19 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (16 papers) and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (3.0k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.8k citations), Radiation (628 citations), Mechanics of Materials (1.5k citations) and Materials Chemistry (2.4k citations). Raymond Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include Jon H. Eggert, Gilbert Collins, Thomas Duffy, Dayne Fratanduono, F. Coppari, Damien G. Hicks, Peter M. Celliers, Damian C. Swift, James Ryan Rygg and Gilbert Collins. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Physical review. B., Review of Scientific Instruments and Physics of Plasmas.

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