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P. G. Saffman

Active 1956–1996

30
Papers
18,007
Citations
28
h-index
28
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Citations

Citations per year for P. G. Saffman1967: 3 citations1968: 1 citations1969: 1 citations1970: 2 citations1971: 5 citations1972: 9 citations1973: 7 citations1974: 10 citations1975: 4 citations1976: 12 citations1977: 8 citations1978: 11 citations1979: 13 citations1980: 15 citations1981: 22 citations1982: 23 citations1983: 16 citations1984: 24 citations1985: 21 citations1986: 53 citations1987: 24 citations1988: 24 citations1989: 16 citations1990: 17 citations1991: 17 citations1992: 18 citations1993: 25 citations1994: 26 citations1995: 35 citations1996: 28 citations1997: 22 citations1998: 21 citations1999: 29 citations2000: 29 citations2001: 45 citations2002: 30 citations2003: 35 citations2004: 47 citations2005: 51 citations2006: 42 citations2007: 49 citations2008: 54 citations2009: 63 citations2010: 46 citations2011: 42 citations2012: 53 citations2013: 46 citations2014: 43 citations2015: 45 citations2016: 46 citations2017: 51 citations2018: 40 citations2019: 109 citations2020: 87 citations2021: 82 citations2022: 72 citations2023: 53 citations2024: 65 citations2025: 40 citations2026: 13 citations

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 798 citing papers, 36% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 162 citing papers, 7.3% of this breakdownGermany: 157 citing papers, 7.1% of this breakdownChina: 156 citing papers, 7% of this breakdownFrance: 150 citing papers, 6.8% of this breakdownJapan: 70 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownSpain: 60 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownCanada: 51 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownItaly: 51 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownRussia: 42 citing papers, 1.9% of this breakdownAustralia: 40 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownNetherlands: 39 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Engineering40.2%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.1%
  • Physics and Astronomy10.5%
  • Computer Science8.1%
  • Medicine5.2%
  • Environmental Science3.7%
  • Other11.2%

Topics

  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior6.1%
  • Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering5.3%
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows4.8%
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies4.3%
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics4%
  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows3.2%
  • Other72.3%

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  1. On the Boundary Condition at the Surface of a Porous Medium

    Authors: P. G. Saffman - Studies in Applied Mathematics 1971 cited by 1,207

  2. Brownian motion in biological membranes.

    Authors: P. G. Saffman, M. Delbrück - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1975 cited by 1,787

  3. The lift on a small sphere in a slow shear flow

    Authors: P. G. Saffman - Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1965 cited by 3,346

  4. The penetration of a fluid into a porous medium or Hele-Shaw cell containing a more viscous liquid

    Authors: P. G. Saffman, Geoffrey Ingram Taylor - Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences 1958 cited by 3,133

  5. Vortex Dynamics

    Authors: P. G. Saffman - Cambridge University Press eBooks 1993 cited by 342

  6. On the collision of drops in turbulent clouds

    Authors: P. G. Saffman, J. Scott Turner - Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1956 cited by 1,444

  7. Brownian motion in thin sheets of viscous fluid

    Authors: P. G. Saffman - Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1976 cited by 386

  8. Nonlinear interactions of random waves in a dispersive medium

    Authors: D. J. Benney, P. G. Saffman - Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences 1966 cited by 236

  9. On the stability of laminar flow of a dusty gas

    Authors: P. G. Saffman - Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1962 cited by 834

  10. The effect of surface tension on the shape of fingers in a Hele Shaw cell

    Authors: J. McLean, P. G. Saffman - Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1981 cited by 444

  11. The large-scale structure of homogeneous turbulence

    Authors: P. G. Saffman - Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1967 cited by 344

  12. The structure of intense vorticity in isotropic turbulence

    Authors: Javier Jiménez, A. A. Wray, P. G. Saffman, R. S. Rogallo - Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1993 cited by 978

  13. A theory of dispersion in a porous medium

    Authors: P. G. Saffman - Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1959 cited by 531

  14. Viscous fingering in Hele-Shaw cells

    Authors: P. G. Saffman - Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1986 cited by 351

  15. On the rise of small air bubbles in water

    Authors: P. G. Saffman - Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1956 cited by 248

  16. A NOTE ON THE MOTION OF BUBBLES IN A HELE-SHAW CELL AND POROUS MEDIUM

    Authors: Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, P. G. Saffman - The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics 1959 cited by 227

  17. Stability of bubbles in a Hele–Shaw cell

    Authors: S. Tanveer, P. G. Saffman - The Physics of Fluids 1987 cited by 39

  18. Dispersion due to molecular diffusion and macroscopic mixing in flow through a network of capillaries

    Authors: P. G. Saffman - Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1960 cited by 289

  19. The Velocity of Viscous Vortex Rings

    Authors: P. G. Saffman - Aircraft Wake Turbulence and Its Detection 1970 cited by 278

  20. The motion of a vortex filament with axial flow

    Authors: Derek William Moore, P. G. Saffman - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences 1972 cited by 246

  21. Vortex Interactions

    Authors: P. G. Saffman, Gregory R. Baker - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 1979 cited by 241

  22. A model for inhomogeneous turbulent flow

    Authors: P. G. Saffman - Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences 1970 cited by 241

  23. The instability of a straight vortex filament in a strain field

    Authors: Derek William Moore, P. G. Saffman - Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences 1975 cited by 240

  24. The Penetration of a Finger into a Viscous Fluid in a Channel and Tube

    Authors: Douglas A. Reinelt, P. G. Saffman - SIAM Journal on Scientific and Statistical Computing 1985 cited by 218