B.A. Wills

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

B.A. Wills is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, B.A. Wills has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 20 papers in Water Science and Technology and 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in B.A. Wills's work include Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques (20 papers), Mineral Processing and Grinding (17 papers) and Mining Techniques and Economics (6 papers). B.A. Wills is often cited by papers focused on Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques (20 papers), Mineral Processing and Grinding (17 papers) and Mining Techniques and Economics (6 papers). B.A. Wills collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. B.A. Wills's co-authors include Foquan Gu, T.J. Veasey, Semih Bilgen, Amy J. Clarke, R.D. Pascoe, Rod W. Wilson, Dominic P. Boothroyd, Manuel Ruíz-Pérez and Carly L. Daniels and has published in prestigious journals such as Aquaculture, Minerals Engineering and International Journal of Mineral Processing.

In The Last Decade

B.A. Wills

34 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Mineral Processing Technology: An Introduction to the Practical Aspects of Ore Treatment and Mineral Recovery

1988 637 citations B.A. Wills profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
B.A. Wills United Kingdom	17	1.0k	969	618	163	110	35	1.6k
Sunil Kumar Tripathy India	25	913 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	717 1.2×	209 1.3×	49 0.4×	82	1.7k
S. H. Lin Taiwan	22	537 0.5×	513 0.5×	425 0.7×	433 2.7×	30 0.3×	82	1.8k
Przemyslaw B. Kowalczuk Poland	20	999 1.0×	707 0.7×	596 1.0×	103 0.6×	58 0.5×	75	1.5k
Boris Albijanic Australia	26	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	900 1.5×	129 0.8×	80 0.7×	73	1.9k
Haruo Hikita Japan	20	436 0.4×	1.4k 1.4×	1.3k 2.1×	259 1.6×	30 0.3×	102	2.2k
C.O. Gómez Canada	22	1.3k 1.3×	901 0.9×	1.1k 1.8×	156 1.0×	32 0.3×	61	1.6k
Kiyomi Akita Japan	8	667 0.7×	522 0.5×	1.2k 2.0×	314 1.9×	21 0.2×	10	1.5k
P.C. Kapur India	27	981 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	437 0.7×	619 3.8×	14 0.1×	95	2.1k
V. Linek Czechia	30	945 0.9×	973 1.0×	2.1k 3.3×	497 3.0×	25 0.2×	114	2.8k
D. Schweich France	18	160 0.2×	338 0.3×	441 0.7×	134 0.8×	61 0.6×	35	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B.A. Wills

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All Works

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Wills, B.A.. (2003). . Minerals Engineering. 16(11). 1043–1043. 1 indexed citations

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Pascoe, R.D. & B.A. Wills. (1994). Selective aggregation of ultrafine hematite and quartz under high shear conditions with conventional flotation collectors. Minerals Engineering. 7(5-6). 647–656. 9 indexed citations

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Wills, B.A.. (1994). International symposium on environmental aspects of minerals engineering. Minerals Engineering. 7(8). 965–965. 1 indexed citations

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Wills, B.A., et al.. (1994). Extraction and recovery of silver from low-grade liquors using microalgae. Minerals Engineering. 7(8). 1003–1015. 22 indexed citations

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Wills, B.A., et al.. (1993). Some observations on the fracture and liberation of mineral assemblies. Minerals Engineering. 6(7). 697–706. 26 indexed citations

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Wills, B.A.. (1992). Mineral bioprocessing. Minerals Engineering. 5(1). 114–115. 97 indexed citations

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Bilgen, Semih & B.A. Wills. (1991). Shear flocculation — A review. Minerals Engineering. 4(3-4). 483–487. 20 indexed citations

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Wills, B.A., et al.. (1991). The development of minerals engineering in the 20th century. Minerals Engineering. 4(7-11). 643–652. 9 indexed citations

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Wills, B.A., et al.. (1991). The shaking table concentrator — The influence of operating conditions and table parameters on mineral separation — The development of a mathematical model for normal operating conditions. Minerals Engineering. 4(3-4). 369–381. 34 indexed citations

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Wills, B.A.. (1990). Annual Canadian mineral processors conference Ottawa, Canada. Minerals Engineering. 3(3-4). 392–392. 1 indexed citations

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Wills, B.A.. (1989). Challenges in mineral processing. Minerals Engineering. 2(3). 431–434. 100 indexed citations

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Wills, B.A.. (1989). Silver— Exploration, mining and treatment. Minerals Engineering. 2(1). 138–139. 6 indexed citations

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Wills, B.A.. (1988). Mineral Processing Technology: An Introduction to the Practical Aspects of Ore Treatment and Mineral Recovery. 637 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wills, B.A.. (1988). Coal preparation technology. Minerals Engineering. 1(4). 374–375. 90 indexed citations

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Wills, B.A.. (1988). XVI international mineral processing congress. Minerals Engineering. 1(3). 277–278. 297 indexed citations

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Wills, B.A.. (1988). Technical note: A rapid method for measurement of fineness of grind. Minerals Engineering. 1(1). 81–84. 1 indexed citations

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Wills, B.A., et al.. (1987). Thermally assisted liberation of cassiterite. Mining Metallurgy & Exploration. 4(2). 94–96. 17 indexed citations

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Wills, B.A., et al.. (1986). Mineral processing at a crossroads : problems and prospects. 5 indexed citations

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Wills, B.A.. (1986). Complex circuit mass balancing — A simple, practical, sensitivity analysis method. International Journal of Mineral Processing. 16(3-4). 245–262. 11 indexed citations

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Wills, B.A.. (1980). Factors affecting hydrocyclone performance. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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