John W. Miles

16.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
247 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

John W. Miles is a scholar working on Oceanography, Computational Mechanics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, John W. Miles has authored 247 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Oceanography, 70 papers in Computational Mechanics and 49 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in John W. Miles's work include Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (63 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (37 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (34 papers). John W. Miles is often cited by papers focused on Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (63 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (37 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (34 papers). John W. Miles collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Russia. John W. Miles's co-authors include D. M. Henderson, Herbert E. Huppert, Louis N. Howard, W. Kendall Melville, Karl R. Helfrich, T. L. Hayward, J. R. Houck, Peter J. Bryant, Gene R. Barrett and S. D. Conte and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, The Astrophysical Journal and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

John W. Miles

237 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

On the stability of heterogeneous shear flows

1961 1.1k citations John W. Miles Journal of Fluid Mechanics profile →
On the generation of surface waves by shear flows

1957 1.0k citations John W. Miles Journal of Fluid Mechanics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John W. Miles United States	45	4.2k	2.7k	2.4k	2.1k	1.6k	247	9.8k
G. B. Whitham United States	29	2.1k 0.5×	3.7k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	4.3k 2.7×	45	16.6k
T. Brooke Benjamin United Kingdom	36	3.2k 0.8×	4.5k 1.6×	2.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	3.8k 2.4×	63	12.6k
S. Leibovich United States	27	3.3k 0.8×	3.5k 1.3×	1.0k 0.4×	2.5k 1.2×	445 0.3×	80	8.2k
J. S. Turner Australia	56	2.9k 0.7×	2.9k 1.1×	1.3k 0.5×	3.4k 1.6×	275 0.2×	120	11.0k
M. S. Longuet‐Higgins United States	61	10.7k 2.5×	2.4k 0.9×	9.1k 3.8×	5.0k 2.3×	812 0.5×	197	17.1k
O. M. Phillips United States	40	6.2k 1.5×	1.5k 0.6×	3.7k 1.6×	2.9k 1.4×	249 0.2×	81	9.0k
F. P. Bretherton United States	31	3.3k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	692 0.3×	3.2k 1.5×	288 0.2×	58	9.0k
K. Stewartson United Kingdom	46	1.1k 0.3×	5.1k 1.9×	428 0.2×	669 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	173	8.6k
T. Maxworthy United States	42	1.3k 0.3×	3.3k 1.2×	820 0.3×	1.1k 0.5×	336 0.2×	123	6.0k
P. G. Saffman United States	54	1.5k 0.4×	10.5k 3.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	843 0.5×	151	18.8k

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Johnson, James M., John W. Miles, John A. Rogers, et al.. (2024). A collaborative tool and approach for the hazard analysis and risk assessment process at TMT International Observatory. 50–50. 1 indexed citations

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Miles, John W., et al.. (2024). Beyond spreadsheets: enhancing collaboration and traceability by streamlining systems engineering processes with Atlassian Jira. 13–13. 1 indexed citations

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Lederman, Evan, et al.. (2021). Histologic case series of human acellular dermal matrix in superior capsule reconstruction. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 30(9). 2146–2155. 8 indexed citations

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Miles, John W., et al.. (2000). The use of the supraclavicular fossa portal in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery. 16(4). 399–402. 8 indexed citations

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Bryant, Peter J. & John W. Miles. (1990). On a periodically forced, weakly damped pendulum. Part 3: Vertical forcing. The Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society Series B Applied Mathematics. 32(1). 42–60. 29 indexed citations

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Miles, John W.. (1983). Wave evolution over a gradual slope with turbulent friction. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 133. 207–216. 9 indexed citations

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Miles, John W.. (1978). On the second Painlevé transcendent. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 361(1706). 277–291. 41 indexed citations

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Miles, John W.. (1977). Asymptotic eigensolutions of Laplace’s tidal equation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 353(1674). 377–400. 6 indexed citations

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Priestley, M. J. N. & John W. Miles. (1974). Prototype investigation of a complex box girder bridge. 7(7). 1 indexed citations

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Miles, John W.. (1973). Tidal wave diffraction by channels and bays. 5(1). 155–171. 7 indexed citations

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Miles, John W.. (1972). A note on tidal delay by inland seas and harbors. 3(1). 27–34. 5 indexed citations

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Miles, John W.. (1971). Potential and Rayleigh-scattering theory for a spherical cap. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics. 29(1). 109–123. 2 indexed citations

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Miles, John W.. (1971). Boundary-layer separation on a sphere in a rotating flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 45(3). 513–526. 23 indexed citations

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Miles, John W.. (1967). Surface-wave damping in closed basins. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 297(1451). 459–475. 259 indexed citations

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Miles, John W.. (1965). Diffusion into a slender growing root. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 284(1396). 137–145. 3 indexed citations

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Miles, John W.. (1962). Stability of forced oscillations of a spherical pendulum. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics. 20(1). 21–32. 64 indexed citations

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Miles, John W.. (1960). SCATTERING OF ELASTIC WAVES BY SMALL INHOMOGENEITIES. Geophysics. 25(3). 642–648. 30 indexed citations

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Miles, John W.. (1954). Dispersive Reflection at the Interface between Ideal and Viscous Media. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 26(6). 1015–1018. 6 indexed citations

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Miles, John W.. (1952). On the diffraction of an acoustic pulse by a wedge. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 212(1111). 543–547. 10 indexed citations

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Miles, John W.. (1952). On the diffraction of an electromagnetic pulse by a wedge. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 212(1111). 547–551. 4 indexed citations

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