J.D. Whitehead

2.4k total citations
77 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

J.D. Whitehead is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, J.D. Whitehead has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 29 papers in Geophysics and 24 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in J.D. Whitehead's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (56 papers), Earthquake Detection and Analysis (26 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (23 papers). J.D. Whitehead is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (56 papers), Earthquake Detection and Analysis (26 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (23 papers). J.D. Whitehead collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and United Kingdom. J.D. Whitehead's co-authors include L.H. Heisler, Robert Cohen, E. Nielsen, Kim Davies, R. H. Wand, Robert M. Harper, T. B. Jones, William H. Hooke, K. L. Jones and E. M. Sadler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Reviews of Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

J.D. Whitehead

74 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J.D. Whitehead Australia 19 1.9k 760 751 342 273 77 2.0k
J.E. Titheridge New Zealand 30 2.4k 1.3× 1.1k 1.4× 1.1k 1.5× 621 1.8× 284 1.0× 96 2.5k
K. Rawer Germany 20 1.3k 0.7× 646 0.8× 680 0.9× 335 1.0× 222 0.8× 125 1.4k
J. A. Koehler Canada 16 1.6k 0.9× 696 0.9× 692 0.9× 398 1.2× 180 0.7× 78 1.8k
R. D. Hunsucker United States 21 2.6k 1.4× 1.0k 1.3× 1.3k 1.8× 692 2.0× 316 1.2× 70 2.7k
C. Hanuise France 22 2.3k 1.2× 931 1.2× 903 1.2× 585 1.7× 244 0.9× 50 2.3k
Tadahiko Ogawa Japan 22 1.7k 0.9× 747 1.0× 885 1.2× 270 0.8× 225 0.8× 87 1.7k
B. H. Briggs Australia 17 1.2k 0.6× 629 0.8× 296 0.4× 209 0.6× 403 1.5× 39 1.4k
Wesley E. Swartz United States 32 2.7k 1.4× 725 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 326 1.0× 228 0.8× 95 2.9k
Sunanda Basu United States 26 2.3k 1.3× 1.2k 1.5× 810 1.1× 553 1.6× 400 1.5× 57 2.4k
H. Kohl Germany 19 1.4k 0.7× 362 0.5× 556 0.7× 289 0.8× 167 0.6× 40 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by J.D. Whitehead

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J.D. Whitehead

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Whitehead, J.D.. (1989). Recent work on mid-latitude and equatorial sporadic-E. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 51(5). 401–424. 433 indexed citations
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Whitehead, J.D.. (1988). Comment on “A statistical study of auroral radar spectra obtained with Sabre” by K. Schlegel, E. C. Thomas, and D. Ridge. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 93(A6). 5985–5986. 4 indexed citations
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Whitehead, J.D., et al.. (1985). Es structure using an HF radar. 1 indexed citations
4.
Williamson, H. G. M., et al.. (1984). Handbook of Ancient Hebrew Letters. A Study Edition. Vetus Testamentum. 34(3). 381–381. 4 indexed citations
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Whitehead, J.D., et al.. (1981). The use of sunrise and sunset terminators to calibrate ionospheric movement measurements. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 43(12). 1267–1269. 4 indexed citations
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Whitehead, J.D., et al.. (1973). Measurement of the Dispersion of Waves in the Ionosphere. Nature Physical Science. 244(138). 123–124. 14 indexed citations
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Whitehead, J.D., et al.. (1973). Measurement of the velocity of waves in the ionosphere: A comparison of the ray theory approach and diffraction theory. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 35(12). 2147–2162. 26 indexed citations
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Whitehead, J.D. & T. B. Jones. (1972). The distance attenuation of radio waves reflected from the ionosphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 34(1). 165–169. 2 indexed citations
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Whitehead, J.D.. (1971). Difficulty associated with wind-shear theory of sporadicE. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 76(13). 3127–3135. 16 indexed citations
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Whitehead, J.D.. (1971). The equatorial electrojet and the gradient instability. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 76(13). 3116–3126. 29 indexed citations
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Ferguson, E. E., F. C. Fehsenfeld, & J.D. Whitehead. (1970). Correction to letter by E. E. Ferguson, F. C. Fehsenfeld, and J. D. Whitehead, ‘Ionospheric Si+and SiO+’. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 75(34). 7333–7333. 2 indexed citations
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Whitehead, J.D.. (1970). Effect of windshear on the nighttimeEregion and an estimate of the rate of production of molecular ions. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 75(19). 3919–3920. 4 indexed citations
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Whitehead, J.D.. (1970). The gradient instability in bounded ionospheric layers. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 32(7). 1283–1304. 13 indexed citations
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Whitehead, J.D.. (1970). SomeF-region parameters measurable in the Boulder Heating Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 75(31). 6417–6418. 5 indexed citations
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Whitehead, J.D.. (1966). Mixtures of lons in the Wind‐Shear Theory of Sporadic E. Radio Science. 1(2). 198–203. 23 indexed citations
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Whitehead, J.D.. (1963). The density of the atmosphere in the E-region of the ionosphere. Planetary and Space Science. 11(5). 513–521. 3 indexed citations
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Whitehead, J.D.. (1963). Theory of equatorial sporadic-E. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 25(3). 167–173. 12 indexed citations
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Heisler, L.H. & J.D. Whitehead. (1960). F-region traveling disturbances and sporadic-Eionization. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 65(9). 2767–2773. 15 indexed citations
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Whitehead, J.D.. (1959). The absorption of short radio waves in the D-, E- and f-regions of the ionosphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 16(3-4). 283–290. 14 indexed citations
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Whitehead, J.D.. (1956). The focusing of short radio waves reflected from the ionosphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 9(5-6). 269–275. 27 indexed citations

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