J. W. Wright

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

J. W. Wright is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. W. Wright has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 42 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 34 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in J. W. Wright's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (67 papers), GNSS positioning and interference (40 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (28 papers). J. W. Wright is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (67 papers), GNSS positioning and interference (40 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (28 papers). J. W. Wright collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. J. W. Wright's co-authors include Graham Clarke, M. L. V. Pitteway, N. A. Zabotin, Adolf K. Paul, L. S. Fedor, C. H. Murphy, J. J. Makela, E. MacKenzie, Patricia H. Doherty and R. Sheehan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Proceedings of the IEEE.

In The Last Decade

J. W. Wright

83 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Scheduling of Vehicles from a Central Depot to a Number o... 1964 2026 1984 2005 1964 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. Scheduling of Vehicles from a Central Depot to a Number of Delivery Points
    1964 2.6k citations J. W. Wright et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. W. Wright United States 22 2.4k 1.2k 1.2k 928 719 92 4.0k
Giovanni Righini Italy 19 1.9k 0.8× 135 0.1× 958 0.8× 556 0.6× 203 0.3× 66 2.5k
D. R. Weimer United States 38 767 0.3× 5.4k 4.3× 83 0.1× 41 0.0× 438 0.6× 149 7.0k
Georgios C. Anagnostopoulos United States 20 83 0.0× 541 0.4× 6 0.0× 26 0.0× 91 0.1× 118 1.3k
Masako Bando Japan 25 16 0.0× 604 0.5× 766 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 17 0.0× 100 6.6k
Alberto Guillén Spain 20 21 0.0× 266 0.2× 61 0.1× 27 0.0× 97 0.1× 66 1.6k
Denis Sidorov Russia 24 49 0.0× 39 0.0× 158 0.1× 69 0.1× 51 0.1× 151 1.9k
Qun Lin China 33 128 0.1× 14 0.0× 49 0.0× 28 0.0× 136 0.2× 184 3.4k
Gunter Dueck Germany 8 824 0.3× 4 0.0× 263 0.2× 205 0.2× 50 0.1× 22 1.8k
M. Erdmann Germany 19 33 0.0× 216 0.2× 9 0.0× 75 0.1× 119 0.2× 96 2.3k
Prasanna Balaprakash United States 22 152 0.1× 16 0.0× 59 0.1× 33 0.0× 115 0.2× 115 1.7k

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

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All Works

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Kent, Dennis V., et al.. (2017). Deposition of pyromagnetically-enhanced Marlboro Clay offset from spherule peak at onset of CIE and Paleocene-Eocene boundary at the midshelf Millville core site (NJ Coastal Plain). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Rietveld, M. T., J. W. Wright, N. A. Zabotin, & M. L. V. Pitteway. (2008). The Tromsø dynasonde. Polar Science. 2(1). 55–71. 34 indexed citations
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Wright, J. W., et al.. (2001). Prospects for an ionospheric index of neutral thermospheric composition, with space‐weather applications. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(A10). 21063–21075. 3 indexed citations
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Wright, J. W. & M. L. V. Pitteway. (1999). A new data acquisition concept for digital ionosondes: Phase‐based echo recognition and real‐time parameter estimation. Radio Science. 34(4). 871–882. 16 indexed citations
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Wright, J. W., et al.. (1998). Plasma drift estimates from the Dynasonde: comparison with EISCAT measurements. Annales Geophysicae. 16(10). 1138–1143. 16 indexed citations
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Wright, J. W., et al.. (1990). A comparison of plasma densities by EISCAT and the Dynasonde from auroral altitudes: evidence of intense structure. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 52(4). 289–303. 12 indexed citations
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Pitteway, M. L. V., et al.. (1985). Modelling the ionospheric disturbance caused by an explosion on the ground. Annales Geophysicae. 3(6). 695–703. 10 indexed citations
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Wright, J. W. & R. D. Hunsucker. (1983). Estimation of turbulent energy dissipation, winds, and ionospheric structure from Dynasonde measurements. Radio Science. 18(6). 988–994. 1 indexed citations
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Wright, J. W. & M. L. V. Pitteway. (1982). Data processing for the Dynasonde: The Dopplionogram. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 87(A3). 1589–1598. 20 indexed citations
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Wright, J. W. & M. L. V. Pitteway. (1982). Application of Dopplionograms and Gonionograms to atmospheric gravity wave disturbances in the ionosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 87(A3). 1719–1721. 14 indexed citations
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Wright, J. W., M. Glass, & A. Spizzichino. (1976). The interpretation of ionospheric radio drift measurements—VIII. Direct comparisons of meteor radar winds and Kinesonde measurements: mean and random motions. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 38(7). 713–729. 15 indexed citations
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Fedor, L. S., et al.. (1971). Development of a system for remote sensing of ionospheric motions and microstructure - The Kinesonde in France, 1970. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 6 indexed citations
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Wright, J. W., et al.. (1967). Computation and Application of Synoptic Ionospheric Profiles. Radio Science. 2(10). 1255–1261. 6 indexed citations
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Wright, J. W., et al.. (1967). SporadicEand the wind structure of theEregion. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 72(5). 1443–1460. 33 indexed citations
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Edwards, H. D., N. W. Rosenberg, & J. W. Wright. (1963). Ionospheric winds - motions into night and sporadic e correlations.. 171. 14 indexed citations
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Paul, Adolf K. & J. W. Wright. (1963). Some Results of a New Method for Obtaining Ionospheric N(h) Profiles and Their Bearing on the Structure of the Lower F Region. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 68(19). 5413–5420. 16 indexed citations
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Paul, Adolf K. & J. W. Wright. (1963). Some results of a new method for obtaining ionosphericN(h)profiles and their bearing on the structure of the lowerFregion. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 68(19). 5413–5413. 31 indexed citations
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Wright, J. W.. (1963). The lifetime and movement of artificially produced electron clouds observed with spaced ionosondes. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 68(10). 3011–3020. 5 indexed citations
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Wright, J. W.. (1960). A model of theFregion abovehmaxF2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 65(1). 185–191. 90 indexed citations

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