G. Watt

10.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

G. Watt is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Watt has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 9 papers in Radiation and 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in G. Watt's work include Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (32 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (29 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (27 papers). G. Watt is often cited by papers focused on Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (32 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (29 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (27 papers). G. Watt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Switzerland. G. Watt's co-authors include A. D. Martin, R. S. Thorne, W. J. Stirling, H. Kowalski, Leszek Motyka, J. Ferrando, S. L. Lloyd, Marek Schönherr, Ben Page and Karl Nordström and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Physics Letters B and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

G. Watt

44 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Parton distributions for the LHC 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2015 500 1000 1.5k
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. Parton distributions for the LHC
    2009 1.7k citations A. D. Martin, W. J. Stirling et al. The European Physical Journal C profile →
  2. LHAPDF6: parton density access in the LHC precision era
    2015 904 citations A. G. Buckley, J. Ferrando et al. The European Physical Journal C profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
G. Watt United Kingdom 19 4.1k 289 112 80 73 45 4.3k
Martin Bauer Germany 23 3.2k 0.8× 606 2.1× 139 1.2× 166 2.1× 81 1.1× 63 3.4k
John M. Campbell United States 28 2.6k 0.6× 216 0.7× 296 2.6× 62 0.8× 92 1.3× 79 2.9k
P. Buratti Italy 15 929 0.2× 573 2.0× 107 1.0× 97 1.2× 33 0.5× 84 1.0k
O. Meneghini United States 21 1.3k 0.3× 500 1.7× 185 1.7× 85 1.1× 35 0.5× 71 1.4k
Y. Kurihara Japan 19 734 0.2× 108 0.4× 164 1.5× 229 2.9× 22 0.3× 85 939
F. C. Schüller Netherlands 21 1.3k 0.3× 681 2.4× 139 1.2× 149 1.9× 28 0.4× 65 1.4k
P. Carvalho Portugal 15 530 0.1× 99 0.3× 77 0.7× 84 1.1× 51 0.7× 83 709
N.W. Eidietis United States 26 1.6k 0.4× 548 1.9× 168 1.5× 102 1.3× 62 0.8× 105 1.8k
S.W. Yoon South Korea 15 778 0.2× 389 1.3× 84 0.8× 48 0.6× 59 0.8× 62 893

Countries citing papers authored by G. Watt

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Fields of papers citing papers by G. Watt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. Watt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of G. Watt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of G. Watt based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with G. Watt. G. Watt is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Carrazza, Stefano, José I. Latorre, Juan Rojo, & G. Watt. (2015). A compression algorithm for the combination of PDF sets. The European Physical Journal C. 75(10). 474–474. 30 indexed citations
2.
Buckley, A. G., J. Ferrando, S. L. Lloyd, et al.. (2015). LHAPDF6: parton density access in the LHC precision era. The European Physical Journal C. 75(3). 904 indexed citations breakdown →
3.
Watt, G. & R. S. Thorne. (2012). Study of Monte Carlo approach to experimental uncertainty propagation with MSTW 2008 PDFs. 44 indexed citations
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Watt, G.. (2012). MSTW PDFs and impact of PDFs on cross sections at Tevatron and LHC. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements. 222-224. 61–80. 5 indexed citations
5.
Schumann, Olaf, et al.. (2011). Development of a surface scanning soil analysis instrument. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 70(7). 1107–1109. 7 indexed citations
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Martin, A. D., W. J. Stirling, R. S. Thorne, & G. Watt. (2010). Heavy-quark mass dependence in global PDF analyses and 3- and 4-flavour parton distributions. The European Physical Journal C. 70(1-2). 51–72. 79 indexed citations
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Martin, A. D., W.J. Stirling, R. S. Thorne, & G. Watt. (2009). Uncertainties on α S in global PDF analyses and implications for predicted hadronic cross sections. The European Physical Journal C. 64(4). 653–680. 170 indexed citations
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Martin, A. D., W. J. Stirling, R. S. Thorne, & G. Watt. (2009). Parton distributions for the LHC. The European Physical Journal C. 63(2). 189–285. 1717 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thorne, R. S., A. D. Martin, W. J. Stirling, & G. Watt. (2009). Status of MRST/MSTW PDF sets.
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Kowalski, H., Leszek Motyka, & G. Watt. (2006). Exclusive diffractive processes at HERA within the dipole picture. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 74(7). 344 indexed citations
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Martin, A. D., M. G. Ryskin, & G. Watt. (2006). Diffractive parton distributions from H1 data. Physics Letters B. 644(2-3). 131–135. 18 indexed citations
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Martin, A. D., M. G. Ryskin, & G. Watt. (2005). Diffractive parton distributions from perturbative QCD. The European Physical Journal C. 44(1). 69–85. 14 indexed citations
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Martin, A. D., M. G. Ryskin, & G. Watt. (2004). A QCD analysis of diffractive deep-inelastic scattering data. 10 indexed citations
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Brown, I.G., et al.. (2004). Metal vapour vacuum arc ion implantation facility in Turkey. Surface and Coatings Technology. 196(1-3). 327–332. 18 indexed citations
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Watt, G.. (2003). Unintegrated partons to describe the P_T distribution of W and Z bosons at the Tevatron. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Keightley, J D & G. Watt. (2002). Digital coincidence counting (DCC) and its use in the corrections for out-of-channel gamma events in 4πβ–γ coincidence counting. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 56(1-2). 205–210. 18 indexed citations
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Butcher, Kenneth, G. Watt, D. Alexiev, et al.. (2000). Digital coincidence counting – initial results. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 450(1). 30–34. 7 indexed citations
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Evans, Peter, et al.. (1994). Metal vapor vacuum arc ion source research at Ansto. Review of Scientific Instruments. 65(10). 3082–3087. 18 indexed citations
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Smith, Andrew, David Fink, M.A.C. Hotchkis, et al.. (1994). Equipment and methodology for high precision, high throughput 14C AMS analyses at ANTARES. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 92(1-4). 122–128. 12 indexed citations
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