T.G. Leighton

11.7k citations

326 papers · 7.7k · 1 hit paper · h-index 43

Impact in

Oceanography top 0.5%
- Underwater Acoustics Research
Biomedical Engineering top 0.5%
- Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
- Fluid Dynamics and Mixing
- Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging

Papers in

Oceanography 132
- Underwater Acoustics Research 122
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes 21
Materials Chemistry 106
- Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena 103

Co-authors: Paul R. White (107 shared papers)Peter R. Birkin (34 shared papers)Alan J. Walton (7 shared papers)A.D. Phelps (14 shared papers)Douglas G. Offin (14 shared papers)Michael A. Ainslie (3 shared papers)Ingemar J. Cox (2 shared papers)T. Shamoon (2 shared papers)
Journals: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (61 papers)Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences (11 papers)Ultrasonics (11 papers)Applied Acoustics (6 papers)Ultrasonics Sonochemistry (6 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Russia

In The Last Decade

T.G. Leighton

307 papers receiving 7.2k citations

T.G. Leighton's Hit Papers

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The Acoustic Bubble 2012 · 884 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
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.

2012 CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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Detlef Lohse Netherlands

Paul R. White United Kingdom

Christopher E. Brennen United States

Richard J. Smith United Kingdom

Federica Marone Switzerland

Veerle Cnudde Belgium

Robert T. Beyer United States

Hiroshi Kawamura Japan

Michel Versluis Netherlands

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1	The Acoustic Bubble CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·T.G. Leighton Hit paper breakdown →	2012	884
2	What is ultrasound? Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology ·T.G. Leighton	2006	294
3	Secure spread spectrum watermarking for images, audio and video UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Ingemar J. Cox, Joe Kilian, T.G. Leighton, T. Shamoon	2002	281
4	Bubble population phenomena in acoustic cavitation Ultrasonics Sonochemistry ·T.G. Leighton	1995	223
5	Primary Bjerknes forces European Journal of Physics ·T.G. Leighton, Alan J. Walton, M J W Pickworth	1990	152
6	Purification of Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase with heparin-agarose. In vitro transcription of phi 29 DNA. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Barry L. Davison, T.G. Leighton, Jesse C. Rabinowitz	1979	129
7	Review of scattering and extinction cross-sections, damping factors, and resonance frequencies of a spherical gas bubble The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America ·Michael A. Ainslie, T.G. Leighton	2011	117
8	Ultrasonic propagation in cancellous bone: a new stratified model Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology ·E.R. Hughes, T.G. Leighton, Graham W. Petley, Paul R. White	1999	116
9	An experimental study of the sound emitted from gas bubbles in a liquid European Journal of Physics ·T.G. Leighton, Alan J. Walton	1987	105
10	Anthropogenic sources of underwater sound can modify how sediment-dwelling invertebrates mediate ecosystem properties Scientific Reports ·Martin Solan, Chris Hauton, Jasmin A. Godbold, Christina L. Wood, T.G. Leighton, Paul R. White	2016	94
11	A Study of Bubble Activity Generated in Ex Vivo Tissue by High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology ·James R. McLaughlan, Ian Rivens, T.G. Leighton, Gail ter Haar	2010	94
12	Shock-induced collapse of a cylindrical air cavity in water: a Free-Lagrange simulation Shock Waves ·G.J. Ball, B.P. Howell, T.G. Leighton, Mark Schofield	2000	93
13	FROM SEAS TO SURGERIES, FROM BABBLING BROOKS TO BABY SCANS: THE ACOUSTICS OF GAS BUBBLES IN LIQUIDS International Journal of Modern Physics B ·T.G. Leighton	2004	86
14	Propagation through nonlinear time-dependent bubble clouds and the estimation of bubble populations from measured acoustic characteristics Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·T.G. Leighton, S.D. Meers, Paul R. White	2004	85
15	Quantification of undersea gas leaks from carbon capture and storage facilities, from pipelines and from methane seeps, by their acoustic emissions Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·T.G. Leighton, Paul R. White	2011	82
16	Acoustic emission and sonoluminescence due to cavitation at the beam focus of an electrohydraulic shock wave lithotripter Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology ·Andrew Coleman, Min Joo Choi, John E. Saunders, T.G. Leighton	1992	81
17	The collapse of single bubbles and approximation of the far-field acoustic emissions for cavitation induced by shock wave lithotripsy Journal of Fluid Mechanics ·A. R. Jamaluddin, G.J. Ball, Cary Turangan, T.G. Leighton	2011	70
18	Free-Lagrange simulations of the expansion and jetting collapse of air bubbles in water Journal of Fluid Mechanics ·Cary Turangan, A. R. Jamaluddin, G.J. Ball, T.G. Leighton	2008	69
19	Are some people suffering as a result of increasing mass exposure of the public to ultrasound in air? Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·T.G. Leighton	2016	63
20	Comparison of the abilities of eight acoustic techniques to detect and size a single bubble Ultrasonics ·T.G. Leighton, A.D. Phelps, D.G. Ramble, D.A. Sharpe	1996	61

About T.G. Leighton

T.G. Leighton is a scholar working on Oceanography, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Ecology, having authored 326 papers that have together received 7.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Underwater Acoustics Research (122 papers), Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena (103 papers), Marine animal studies overview (39 papers), Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (33 papers), Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (30 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (28 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (21 papers) and Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (1.7k citations), Biomedical Engineering (2.8k citations), Materials Chemistry (2.8k citations), Ocean Engineering (837 citations) and Environmental Chemistry (517 citations). T.G. Leighton has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Russia. Frequent co-authors include Paul R. White, Peter R. Birkin, Alan J. Walton, A.D. Phelps, Douglas G. Offin, Michael A. Ainslie, Ingemar J. Cox, T. Shamoon, Joe Kilian and G.J. Ball. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, Ultrasonics, Applied Acoustics and Ultrasonics Sonochemistry.

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