Ryan McBride

3.8k citations

118 papers · 3.0k · 1 hit paper · h-index 29

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
Geophysics top 5%
- High-pressure geophysics and materials

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 92
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 89
- Magnetic confinement fusion research 32
Control and Systems Engineering 40
- Pulsed Power Technology Applications 39

Co-authors: David A. Hammer (30 shared papers)T. A. Shelkovenko (17 shared papers)Sergey Pikuz (16 shared papers)John B. Greenly (20 shared papers)Daniel B. Sinars (17 shared papers)Matthew Martin (13 shared papers)Bruce Kusse (21 shared papers)Nicholas Jordan (29 shared papers)
Journals: Physics of Plasmas (35 papers)IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (19 papers)Review of Scientific Instruments (11 papers)Physical Review Letters (10 papers)Physical Review Accelerators and Beams (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Russia

In The Last Decade

Ryan McBride

107 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Ryan McBride's Hit Papers

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Experimental Demonstration of Fusion-Relevant Conditions in Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion 2014 · 344 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.

2014 Physical Review Letters

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1	Experimental Demonstration of Fusion-Relevant Conditions in Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion Physical Review Letters ·Matthew Gomez, Stephen A. Slutz, Adam B. Sefkow, Daniel B. Sinars, Kelly Hahn, Ole Per Hansen, Eric C. Harding, Patrick F. Knapp Hit paper breakdown →	2014	344
2	Review of pulsed power-driven high energy density physics research on Z at Sandia Physics of Plasmas ·Daniel B. Sinars, M. A. Sweeney, C. S. Alexander, David Ampleford, Tommy Ao, J. P. Apruzese, C. Aragon, Darrell J. Armstrong	2020	179
3	Measurements of Magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Growth during the Implosion of Initially Solid Al Tubes Driven by the 20-MA, 100-ns Z Facility Physical Review Letters ·Daniel B. Sinars, Stephen A. Slutz, Mark Herrmann, Ryan McBride, M. E. Cuneo, Kyle J. Peterson, Roger A. Vesey, Charles Nakhleh	2010	140
4	Magnetically Driven Implosions for Inertial Confinement Fusion at Sandia National Laboratories IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ·M. E. Cuneo, Mark Herrmann, Daniel B. Sinars, Stephen A. Slutz, W. A. Stygar, Roger A. Vesey, Adam B. Sefkow, Greg A. Rochau	2012	127
5	Conceptual designs of two petawatt-class pulsed-power accelerators for high-energy-density-physics experiments Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams ·W. A. Stygar, Thomas Awe, J. E. Bailey, Nichelle Bennett, E. W. Breden, E. Michael Campbell, Robert Emerson Clark, Robert Alan Cooper	2015	122
6	Observations of Modified Three-Dimensional Instability Structure for Imploding z -Pinch Liners that are Premagnetized with an Axial Field Physical Review Letters ·Thomas Awe, Ryan McBride, C. A. Jennings, Derek C. Lamppa, Matthew Martin, Dean C. Rovang, Stephen A. Slutz, M. E. Cuneo	2013	111
7	Penetrating Radiography of Imploding and Stagnating Beryllium Liners on the Z Accelerator Physical Review Letters ·Ryan McBride, Stephen A. Slutz, Christopher Jennings, Daniel B. Sinars, M. E. Cuneo, Mark Herrmann, R. W. Lemke, Matthew Martin	2012	103
8	Understanding Fuel Magnetization and Mix Using Secondary Nuclear Reactions in Magneto-Inertial Fusion Physical Review Letters ·Paul Schmit, P. F. Knapp, Ole Per Hansen, Matthew Gomez, Kelly Hahn, Daniel B. Sinars, Kara Peterson, S. A. Slutz	2014	102
9	Beryllium liner implosion experiments on the Z accelerator in preparation for magnetized liner inertial fusion Physics of Plasmas ·Ryan McBride, Matthew Martin, R. W. Lemke, John B. Greenly, Christopher Jennings, Dean C. Rovang, Daniel B. Sinars, M. E. Cuneo	2013	100
10	Measurements of magneto-Rayleigh–Taylor instability growth during the implosion of initially solid metal liners Physics of Plasmas ·Daniel B. Sinars, Stephen A. Slutz, Mark Herrmann, Ryan McBride, M. E. Cuneo, C. A. Jennings, Jeremy Chittenden, Alexander Velikovich	2011	98
11	Experimental Demonstration of the Stabilizing Effect of Dielectric Coatings on Magnetically Accelerated Imploding Metallic Liners Physical Review Letters ·Thomas Awe, Kyle J. Peterson, Edmund P. Yu, Ryan McBride, Daniel B. Sinars, Matthew Gomez, C. A. Jennings, Matthew Martin	2016	93
12	Modified helix-like instability structure on imploding z-pinch liners that are pre-imposed with a uniform axial magnetic field Physics of Plasmas ·Thomas Awe, C. A. Jennings, Ryan McBride, M. E. Cuneo, Derek C. Lamppa, Matthew Martin, Dean C. Rovang, Daniel B. Sinars	2014	79
13	Demonstration of thermonuclear conditions in magnetized liner inertial fusion experimentsa) Physics of Plasmas ·Matthew Gomez, S. A. Slutz, Adam B. Sefkow, Kelly Hahn, Ole Per Hansen, Patrick F. Knapp, Paul Schmit, Chris Ruiz	2015	74
14	A Primer on Pulsed Power and Linear Transformer Drivers for High Energy Density Physics Applications IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ·Ryan McBride, W. A. Stygar, M. E. Cuneo, Daniel B. Sinars, M.G. Mazarakis, Josh J. Leckbee, Mark E. Savage, Brian Hutsel	2018	73
15	Pulsed-coil magnet systems for applying uniform 10–30 T fields to centimeter-scale targets on Sandia's Z facility Review of Scientific Instruments ·Dean C. Rovang, Derek C. Lamppa, M. E. Cuneo, A. C. Owen, JOHN L. MCKENNEY, Drew W. Johnson, S. Radovich, R.J. Kaye	2014	58
16	Experimental study of current loss and plasma formation in the Z machine post-hole convolute Physical Review Accelerators and Beams ·Matthew Gomez, Ron M. Gilgenbach, M.E. Cuneo, C. A. Jennings, Ryan McBride, Eduardo M. Waisman, Brian Hutsel, W. A. Stygar	2017	57
17	Multiwire$X$-Pinches at 1-MA Current on the COBRA Pulsed-Power Generator IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ·T. A. Shelkovenko, Sergey Pikuz, J. D. Douglass, Ryan McBride, John B. Greenly, David A. Hammer	2006	54
18	Solid liner implosions on Z for producing multi-megabar, shockless compressions Physics of Plasmas ·Matthew Martin, R. W. Lemke, Ryan McBride, Jean‐Paul Davis, Daniel H. Dolan, Marcus D. Knudson, Kyle Cochrane, Daniel B. Sinars	2012	53
19	Molecular Evolution of the Escherichia coli Chromosome. VI. Two Regions of High Effective Recombination Genetics ·Roger Milkman, Erich B. Jaeger, Ryan McBride	2003	52
20	Origins and effects of mix on magnetized liner inertial fusion target performance Physics of Plasmas ·Patrick F. Knapp, Matthew Gomez, Stephanie B. Hansen, Michael E. Glinsky, Christopher Jennings, Stephen A. Slutz, Eric C. Harding, Kelly Hahn	2019	43

About Ryan McBride

Ryan McBride is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Control and Systems Engineering, Geophysics, Radiation and Mechanics of Materials, having authored 118 papers that have together received 3.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (89 papers), Pulsed Power Technology Applications (39 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (32 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (21 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (19 papers), Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research (13 papers), Ion-surface interactions and analysis (12 papers) and Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (2.3k citations), Geophysics (615 citations), Radiation (327 citations), Control and Systems Engineering (656 citations) and Mechanics of Materials (646 citations). Ryan McBride has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. Frequent co-authors include David A. Hammer, T. A. Shelkovenko, Sergey Pikuz, John B. Greenly, Daniel B. Sinars, Matthew Martin, Bruce Kusse, Nicholas Jordan, Roger Milkman and Patrick F. Knapp. Their work appears in journals such as Physics of Plasmas, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Review of Scientific Instruments, Physical Review Letters and Physical Review Accelerators and Beams.

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