James L. Wright

7.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
126 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

James L. Wright is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James L. Wright has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 26 papers in Soil Science and 19 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in James L. Wright's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (47 papers), Irrigation Practices and Water Management (25 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (17 papers). James L. Wright is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (47 papers), Irrigation Practices and Water Management (25 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (17 papers). James L. Wright collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Venezuela. James L. Wright's co-authors include Richard G. Allen, Marvin E. Jensen, L. S. Pereira, Dirk Raes, Martin Smith, Robert D. Burman, Ricardo Trezza, Masahiro Tasumi, Christopher M. U. Neale and Kenneth A. Connors and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Controlled Release and Journal of Membrane Science.

In The Last Decade

James L. Wright

117 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Operational Estimates of Reference Evapotranspiration 1982 2026 1996 2011 1989 2007 2005 1982 2005 200 400 600
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. Operational Estimates of Reference Evapotranspiration
    1989 600 citations Richard G. Allen, Marvin E. Jensen et al. profile →
  2. Satellite-Based Energy Balance for Mapping Evapotranspiration with Internalized Calibration (METRIC)—Applications
    2007 593 citations Richard G. Allen, James L. Wright et al. profile →
  3. A recommendation on standardized surface resistance for hourly calculation of reference ETo by the FAO56 Penman-Monteith method
    2005 546 citations Richard G. Allen, James L. Wright et al. profile →
  4. New Evapotranspiration Crop Coefficients
    1982 511 citations James L. Wright profile →
  5. FAO-56 Dual Crop Coefficient Method for Estimating Evaporation from Soil and Application Extensions
    2005 495 citations Richard G. Allen, James L. Wright et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James L. Wright United States 32 3.6k 1.7k 1.5k 1.4k 1.0k 126 5.9k
Li Guo China 40 1.4k 0.4× 997 0.6× 820 0.6× 755 0.5× 1.5k 1.5× 309 5.9k
Kevin Tu United States 26 3.9k 1.1× 501 0.3× 1.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 785 0.8× 43 5.9k
Tao Wang China 46 1.9k 0.5× 1.5k 0.9× 1.5k 1.0× 698 0.5× 670 0.6× 418 7.5k
Sabine Grunwald United States 38 1.2k 0.3× 1.8k 1.0× 284 0.2× 1.3k 0.9× 3.4k 3.3× 133 6.1k
Xiaoyi Ma China 34 719 0.2× 1.2k 0.7× 611 0.4× 962 0.7× 500 0.5× 229 5.0k
Yao Zhang China 60 7.2k 2.0× 661 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 1.9k 1.8× 320 12.0k
Yoshio Inoue Japan 36 2.2k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 2.3k 1.6× 273 0.2× 2.2k 2.1× 111 6.9k
Douglas R. Smith United States 43 708 0.2× 1.8k 1.1× 466 0.3× 1.9k 1.3× 930 0.9× 205 6.8k
Quan Wang China 36 1.9k 0.5× 441 0.3× 1.5k 1.0× 523 0.4× 979 0.9× 250 6.1k
Weihong Li China 39 2.3k 0.6× 354 0.2× 355 0.2× 1.5k 1.1× 629 0.6× 252 6.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wright, James L. & Paul Bourke. (2024). Cortical development in the structural model and free energy minimization. Cerebral Cortex. 34(10). 1 indexed citations
2.
Stern, Michelle, Alan L. Flint, Ryan Boynton, et al.. (2022). Selecting the optimal fine-scale historical climate data for assessing current and future hydrological conditions. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 5 indexed citations
3.
Ellis, Scott R. & James L. Wright. (2006). Modeling of Aqueous Transport in Rigid Porous Matrices near the Percolation Threshold. Pharmaceutical Research. 23(10). 2441–2453. 4 indexed citations
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Jayanthi, Harikishan, Christopher M. U. Neale, & James L. Wright. (2001). Seasonal evapotranspiration estimation using canopy reflectance: a case study involving pink beans.. IAHS-AISH publication. 302–305. 12 indexed citations
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Wright, James L., et al.. (2001). System-Level MIDI Performance Testing. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 2001. 11 indexed citations
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Walter, Ivan A., Richard G. Allen, R. L. Elliott, et al.. (2001). ASCE's Standardized Reference Evapotranspiration Equation. 1–11. 228 indexed citations
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Scammell, Jonathan G., James L. Wright, & Cathy M. Tuck‐Müller. (2001). The origin of four squirrel monkey cell lines established by karyotype analysis. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 93(3-4). 263–264. 8 indexed citations
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Bellofatto, R., et al.. (2001). QSketcher: An Environment for Composing Music for Film. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 2001. 2 indexed citations
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Pazel, Donald P., et al.. (2000). A Distributed Interactive Music Application using Harmonic Constraint. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 2000. 7 indexed citations
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Fuhrer, Robert M., et al.. (2000). A Framework for Representing and Manipulating Tonal Music. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 2000. 3 indexed citations
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Pazel, Donald P., et al.. (1999). Higher-level Composition Control in Music Sketcher: Modifiers and Smart Harmony. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 1999. 9 indexed citations
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Wright, James L., et al.. (1997). CyberBand: A "Hands-On" Music Composition Program. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 8 indexed citations
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Wright, James L.. (1997). MINNESOTA'S MODEL DEPLOYMENT - ORION. 1 indexed citations
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Wright, James L.. (1996). ITS projects in Saint Paul: DIVERT and Advanced Parking Information System. ITE journal. 66(9). 2 indexed citations
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Wright, James L.. (1996). TRAVLINK: AN INTELLIGENT COMMUTE IN MINNEAPOLIS. ITE journal. 66(6). 1 indexed citations
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Wright, James L., et al.. (1996). Towards a framework for handling musical expression. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 1996. 71–74. 2 indexed citations
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Wright, James L., et al.. (1994). GENESIS - PROJECT DESIGN AND PILOT TEST. 1 indexed citations
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Wright, James L., et al.. (1994). MINNESOTA GUIDESTAR PROJECT TRAVLINK. 2 indexed citations
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Wight, J. Ross, C.L. Hanson, & James L. Wright. (1993). Comparing Bowen ratio-energy balance systems for measuring ET. Northwest Irrigation & Soils Research Laboratory Publications (United States Department of Agriculture). 953–960. 10 indexed citations
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Wright, James L.. (1990). Comparison of ET measured with neutron moisture meters and weighing lysimeters. Irrigation and Drainage. 202–209. 12 indexed citations

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