David B. Westjohn

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 723 citations indexed

About

David B. Westjohn is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David B. Westjohn has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 723 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Ocean Engineering, 2 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 2 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in David B. Westjohn's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (2 papers), Water Quality and Resources Studies (1 paper) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (1 paper). David B. Westjohn is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (2 papers), Water Quality and Resources Studies (1 paper) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (1 paper). David B. Westjohn collaborates with scholars based in United States. David B. Westjohn's co-authors include Dennis R. Helsel, Richard B. Wanty, Alan H. Welch and H. W. Olsen and has published in prestigious journals such as USGS professional paper, Ground Water and Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World.

In The Last Decade

David B. Westjohn

4 papers receiving 635 citations

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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.

Arsenic in Ground Water of the United States: Occurrence and Geochemistry

2000 701 citations Alan H. Welch, David B. Westjohn et al. Ground Water profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David B. Westjohn United States	3	567	286	252	164	133	4	723
Vi Mai Lan Vietnam	11	642 1.1×	294 1.0×	355 1.4×	188 1.1×	130 1.0×	12	806
Bishwajit Nayak India	7	579 1.0×	256 0.9×	374 1.5×	74 0.5×	122 0.9×	11	762
Kongkea Phan Cambodia	14	550 1.0×	439 1.5×	398 1.6×	123 0.8×	139 1.0×	35	876
Hong Con Tran Vietnam	3	777 1.4×	392 1.4×	441 1.8×	116 0.7×	150 1.1×	5	912
Mattias von Brömssen Sweden	14	875 1.5×	558 2.0×	463 1.8×	311 1.9×	195 1.5×	22	1.1k
Md. Masud Karim Bangladesh	8	379 0.7×	180 0.6×	192 0.8×	121 0.7×	169 1.3×	15	590
Aldre Jorge Morais Barros Brazil	9	577 1.0×	283 1.0×	292 1.2×	211 1.3×	301 2.3×	22	851
Z. Aziz United States	10	919 1.6×	509 1.8×	459 1.8×	245 1.5×	98 0.7×	13	1.0k
Saiful Kabir India	6	622 1.1×	338 1.2×	383 1.5×	71 0.4×	86 0.6×	8	724
K. A. Radloff United States	9	601 1.1×	319 1.1×	334 1.3×	142 0.9×	80 0.6×	9	704

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David B. Westjohn

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4 of 4 papers shown

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Welch, Alan H., David B. Westjohn, Dennis R. Helsel, & Richard B. Wanty. (2000). Arsenic in Ground Water of the United States: Occurrence and Geochemistry. Ground Water. 38(4). 589–604. 701 indexed citations breakdown →

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Westjohn, David B., et al.. (1998). Hydrogeologic framework of the Michigan Basin regional aquifer system. USGS professional paper. 15 indexed citations

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Westjohn, David B., et al.. (1990). Matrix-controlled hydraulic properties of Mississippian and Pennsylvanian sandstones from the Michigan Basin. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 5 indexed citations

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Westjohn, David B., et al.. (1989). Direct-current vertical electrical-resistivity soundings in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 2 indexed citations

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