J. W. Westwater

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

J. W. Westwater is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, J. W. Westwater has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 16 papers in Computational Mechanics and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in J. W. Westwater's work include Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (29 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (14 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Mixing (10 papers). J. W. Westwater is often cited by papers focused on Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (29 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (14 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Mixing (10 papers). J. W. Westwater collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Australia. J. W. Westwater's co-authors include H. G. Drickamer, Aluf Orell, Y. Y. Hsu, David V. Boger, L. Massimilla, Ichiro Tanasawa, L. F. Audrieth and Yoshiaki Isobe and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

In The Last Decade

J. W. Westwater

61 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Mathematics of Diffusion. 1957 2026 1980 2003 1957 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. The Mathematics of Diffusion.
    1957 3.2k citations J. W. Westwater, H. G. Drickamer Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. W. Westwater United States 27 1.7k 941 918 853 711 63 5.0k
C. R. Wilke Germany 36 1.6k 1.0× 741 0.8× 3.4k 3.7× 1.0k 1.2× 1.4k 2.0× 128 9.2k
William N. Gill United States 36 1.1k 0.7× 942 1.0× 1.8k 2.0× 1.1k 1.3× 1.2k 1.7× 181 4.1k
A. C. Zettlemoyer United States 38 625 0.4× 466 0.5× 1.3k 1.4× 1.8k 2.1× 866 1.2× 149 6.5k
Kenneth A. Kobe Germany 24 889 0.5× 387 0.4× 1.7k 1.9× 879 1.0× 386 0.5× 100 4.6k
W. R. Schowalter United States 31 800 0.5× 1.9k 2.0× 2.0k 2.2× 1.7k 2.0× 552 0.8× 79 6.6k
Shozaburo Saito Japan 35 769 0.5× 644 0.7× 2.5k 2.7× 629 0.7× 234 0.3× 171 5.0k
N. B. Vargaftik Russia 11 555 0.3× 558 0.6× 1.3k 1.4× 582 0.7× 310 0.4× 30 3.1k
Irvin M. Krieger United States 28 828 0.5× 1.0k 1.1× 1.2k 1.3× 1.8k 2.1× 423 0.6× 52 5.9k
A. E. Hamielec Canada 60 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 2.0k 2.2× 1.6k 1.9× 852 1.2× 265 10.9k
Charles W. Tobias United States 37 859 0.5× 598 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 1.7k 2.0× 3.1k 4.4× 107 6.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. W. Westwater

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Westwater, J. W.. (1981). Gold surfaces for condensation heat transfer. Gold bulletin. 14(3). 95–101. 9 indexed citations
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Westwater, J. W., et al.. (1981). Prediction of boiling heat transfer duty in a compact plate-fin heat exchanger using the improved local assumption. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 24(12). 1907–1912. 13 indexed citations
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Westwater, J. W., et al.. (1980). Effect of Velocity on Heat Transfer to Boiling Freon-113. Journal of Heat Transfer. 102(1). 26–31. 47 indexed citations
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Westwater, J. W., et al.. (1975). Boiling of liquids in a compact plate-fin heat exchanger. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 18(1). 37–42. 10 indexed citations
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Tanasawa, Ichiro & J. W. Westwater. (1974). WHAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE MECHANISM OF DROPWISE CONDENSATION. Proceeding of International Heat Transfer Conference 5. 186–191. 4 indexed citations
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Westwater, J. W., et al.. (1974). EFFECT OF GEOMETRY AND WALL THICKNESS ON HEAT TRANSFER FROM LONGITUDINAL FINS TO BOILING LIQUIDS. Proceeding of International Heat Transfer Conference 5. 15–19. 5 indexed citations
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Westwater, J. W., et al.. (1972). The effect of heats of solution on marangoni convection. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 15(11). 2109–2117. 7 indexed citations
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Westwater, J. W., et al.. (1970). FILM BOILING OF IMMISCIBLE LIQUID MIXTURES ON A HORIZONTAL PLATE. Proceeding of International Heat Transfer Conference 4. 1–11. 5 indexed citations
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Westwater, J. W., et al.. (1967). Film boiling of a mixture on a horizontal plate. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 10(2). 253–256. 15 indexed citations
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Westwater, J. W., et al.. (1966). Bubble growth by dissolution: Influence of contact angle. AIChE Journal. 12(3). 571–576. 35 indexed citations
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Westwater, J. W., et al.. (1965). Nucleation sites for dropwise condensation. Chemical Engineering Science. 20(12). 1021–1036. 100 indexed citations
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Westwater, J. W., et al.. (1962). Film Boiling on a Horizontal Plate. ARS journal. 32(4). 553–558. 55 indexed citations
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Hsu, Y. Y. & J. W. Westwater. (1960). APPROXIMATE THEORY FOR FILM BOILING ON VERTICAL SURFACES. Chemical engineering progress. 44 indexed citations
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Westwater, J. W., et al.. (1959). ACTIVE SITES FOR NUCLEATE BOILING. Chemical engineering progress. 63 indexed citations
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Hsu, Y. Y. & J. W. Westwater. (1958). Film boiling from vertical tubes. AIChE Journal. 4(1). 58–62. 30 indexed citations
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Westwater, J. W. & H. G. Drickamer. (1957). The Mathematics of Diffusion.. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 79(5). 1267–1267. 3225 indexed citations breakdown →
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Westwater, J. W., et al.. (1955). Photographic Study of Boiling. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 47(8). 1605–1610. 75 indexed citations
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Westwater, J. W., et al.. (1955). Sound of Boiling. Science. 122(3164). 332–333. 14 indexed citations
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Westwater, J. W.. (1955). Liquid Phase Equilibria in System Water tert-Butyl Alcohol tert-Butyl Hypochlorite - Effect of Temperature. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 47(3). 451–454. 1 indexed citations
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Westwater, J. W. & L. F. Audrieth. (1954). Liquid Phase Equilibria : "System tert-Butyl Alcohol-tert-Butyl Hydrochlorite-Water". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 46(6). 1281–1284. 2 indexed citations

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