M. B. Widess

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 797 citations indexed

About

M. B. Widess is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. B. Widess has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 797 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Ocean Engineering, 1 paper in Mechanics of Materials and 1 paper in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in M. B. Widess's work include Drilling and Well Engineering (2 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (1 paper) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (1 paper). M. B. Widess is often cited by papers focused on Drilling and Well Engineering (2 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (1 paper) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (1 paper). M. B. Widess collaborates with scholars based in . M. B. Widess's co-authors include and has published in prestigious journals such as Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

M. B. Widess

4 papers receiving 701 citations

Hit Papers

How thin is a thin bed? 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 200 400 600
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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. How thin is a thin bed?
    1973 736 citations M. B. Widess Geophysics profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. B. Widess 3 685 342 157 150 90 4 797
Greg Partyka United States 4 668 1.0× 298 0.9× 285 1.8× 244 1.6× 102 1.1× 4 738
Susan E. Nissen United States 9 385 0.6× 232 0.7× 124 0.8× 99 0.7× 85 0.9× 21 469
James Gridley United States 4 612 0.9× 259 0.8× 239 1.5× 208 1.4× 82 0.9× 8 677
Bob A. Hardage United States 18 873 1.3× 492 1.4× 253 1.6× 163 1.1× 55 0.6× 86 1.1k
Jonny Hesthammer Norway 19 909 1.3× 248 0.7× 163 1.0× 374 2.5× 178 2.0× 43 1.1k
P. Veeken Russia 12 479 0.7× 346 1.0× 182 1.2× 119 0.8× 69 0.8× 49 598
Børge Arntsen Norway 17 1.0k 1.5× 528 1.5× 290 1.8× 215 1.4× 127 1.4× 111 1.3k
A. Aydın United States 13 588 0.9× 142 0.4× 224 1.4× 362 2.4× 83 0.9× 22 813
M. Rider United Kingdom 4 387 0.6× 239 0.7× 300 1.9× 430 2.9× 221 2.5× 6 873
Balz Grollimund United States 9 747 1.1× 425 1.2× 491 3.1× 483 3.2× 37 0.4× 11 1.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Widess, M. B.. (1983). Addendum to: Quantifying resolving power of seismic systems. Geophysics. 48(12). 1687–1690. 2 indexed citations
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Widess, M. B.. (1982). Quantifying resolving power of seismic systems. Geophysics. 47(8). 1160–1173. 42 indexed citations
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Widess, M. B.. (1973). How thin is a thin bed?. Geophysics. 38(6). 1176–1180. 736 indexed citations breakdown →
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Widess, M. B., et al.. (1959). Seismic reflections from layering within the pre-Cambrian basement complex, Oklahoma. Geophysics. 24(3). 417–425. 17 indexed citations

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