August W. Rihaczek

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

August W. Rihaczek is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, August W. Rihaczek has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in August W. Rihaczek's work include Radar Systems and Signal Processing (16 papers), Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques (14 papers) and Antenna Design and Optimization (7 papers). August W. Rihaczek is often cited by papers focused on Radar Systems and Signal Processing (16 papers), Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques (14 papers) and Antenna Design and Optimization (7 papers). August W. Rihaczek collaborates with scholars based in United States. August W. Rihaczek's co-authors include Roger M. Golden, R. Mitchell and E. Bedrosian and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems.

In The Last Decade

August W. Rihaczek

33 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Principles of high-resolution radar 1969 2026 1988 2007 1969 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Principles of high-resolution radar
    1969 710 citations August W. Rihaczek profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
August W. Rihaczek United States 15 798 394 279 207 200 33 1.6k
Robert N. McDonough United States 9 938 1.2× 366 0.9× 290 1.0× 188 0.9× 282 1.4× 17 2.1k
D. Weiner United States 17 877 1.1× 372 0.9× 516 1.8× 166 0.8× 149 0.7× 81 1.6k
G. Turin United States 18 525 0.7× 2.3k 5.8× 302 1.1× 139 0.7× 200 1.0× 27 3.4k
Albert H. Nuttall United States 23 342 0.4× 1.1k 2.8× 893 3.2× 322 1.6× 260 1.3× 79 2.9k
Eli Brookner United States 18 922 1.2× 557 1.4× 327 1.2× 64 0.3× 109 0.5× 93 1.6k
S. Darlington United States 11 295 0.4× 419 1.1× 126 0.5× 66 0.3× 194 1.0× 19 966
Dan E. Dudgeon United States 13 646 0.8× 473 1.2× 1.3k 4.7× 216 1.0× 440 2.2× 37 2.8k
A. Peterson United States 19 263 0.3× 266 0.7× 760 2.7× 180 0.9× 189 0.9× 83 1.7k
Letizia Lo Presti Italy 22 1.1k 1.4× 717 1.8× 251 0.9× 104 0.5× 75 0.4× 167 1.7k
P.M. Schultheiss United States 19 395 0.5× 522 1.3× 1.1k 3.9× 218 1.1× 107 0.5× 66 1.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rihaczek, August W., et al.. (1999). <title>Choosing imaging intervals for small ships</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3810. 139–148. 15 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W., et al.. (1998). <title>Measurement of persistent scatterers in manmade targets</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3462. 24–34. 1 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W.. (1996). Radar resolution of ideal point scatterers. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 32(2). 842–845. 14 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W.. (1981). The Maximum Entropy of Radar Resolution. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. AES-17(1). 144–144. 3 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W.. (1973). A Systematic Approach to Blind-Speed Elimination. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. AES-9(6). 940–947. 8 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W.. (1972). Finite-time-averaged power spectra and signal energy distribution in time and frequency (Corresp.). IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 18(1). 208–208. 1 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W.. (1971). Radar Performance on Targets with Range Acceleration. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. AES-7(4). 711–716. 4 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W.. (1971). Radar Waveform Selection-A Simplified Approach. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. AES-7(6). 1078–1086. 24 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W. & Roger M. Golden. (1971). Resolution Performance of Pulse Trains with Large Time-Bandwidth Products. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. AES-7(4). 677–685. 2 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W. & Roger M. Golden. (1971). Range Sidelobe Suppression for Barker Codes. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. AES-7(6). 1087–1092. 97 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W. & R. Mitchell. (1968). Design of Zigzag FM Signals. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. AES-4(5). 680–692. 6 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W.. (1968). Signal energy distribution in time and frequency. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 14(3). 369–374. 274 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W. & R. Mitchell. (1967). Radar Waveforms for Suppression of Extended Clutter. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. AES-3(3). 510–517. 7 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W.. (1967). Delay-Doppler Ambiguity Function for Wideband Signals. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. AES-3(4). 705–711. 53 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W. & E. Bedrosian. (1966). Hilbert transforms and the complex representation of real signals. Proceedings of the IEEE. 54(3). 434–435. 30 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W., et al.. (1966). Radar Performance Prediction from Test Range Measurements. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. AES-2(4). 462–463. 2 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W.. (1965). Range accuracy of chirp signals. Proceedings of the IEEE. 53(4). 412–413. 3 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W.. (1965). Radar signal design for target resolution. Proceedings of the IEEE. 53(2). 116–128. 29 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W.. (1965). Optimum Filters for Signal Detection in Clutter. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. AES-1(3). 297–299. 14 indexed citations
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Rihaczek, August W.. (1964). Radar resolution properties of pulse trains. Proceedings of the IEEE. 52(2). 153–164. 30 indexed citations

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