N. Williamson

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

N. Williamson is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, N. Williamson has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Computational Mechanics, 15 papers in Environmental Engineering and 14 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in N. Williamson's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (38 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (15 papers) and Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (14 papers). N. Williamson is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (38 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (15 papers) and Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (14 papers). N. Williamson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, New Zealand and Japan. N. Williamson's co-authors include Bazartseren Boldgiv, Christopher M. Free, Marcus Eriksen, Olaf P. Jensen, Sherri A. Mason, S.W. Armfield, M.P. Kirkpatrick, Masud Behnia, Wenxian Lin and Stuart Norris and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Water Resources Research and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

N. Williamson

52 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

  1. High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake
    2014 1.1k citations Christopher M. Free, Olaf P. Jensen et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
N. Williamson Australia 17 1.1k 897 315 228 221 58 1.8k
Stephen Wall United States 16 620 0.6× 496 0.6× 184 0.6× 110 0.5× 53 0.2× 33 1.8k
Erik Toorman Belgium 19 701 0.7× 533 0.6× 173 0.5× 211 0.9× 70 0.3× 81 2.1k
Dongsheng Liu China 24 305 0.3× 189 0.2× 29 0.1× 68 0.3× 404 1.8× 90 1.4k
Shitao Peng China 23 345 0.3× 49 0.1× 117 0.4× 59 0.3× 46 0.2× 96 1.5k
Mohammad Ali Bangladesh 20 129 0.1× 81 0.1× 282 0.9× 34 0.1× 418 1.9× 116 1.1k
Yongfeng Deng China 31 67 0.1× 388 0.4× 64 0.2× 67 0.3× 187 0.8× 145 2.7k
Tao Song China 20 323 0.3× 105 0.1× 640 2.0× 7 0.0× 290 1.3× 69 1.3k
Christof Lanzerstorfer Austria 20 228 0.2× 115 0.1× 68 0.2× 43 0.2× 329 1.5× 72 1.1k
Ana Oliete Dominguez United Kingdom 11 621 0.6× 450 0.5× 23 0.1× 74 0.3× 14 0.1× 12 1.1k
Sabine Lattemann Saudi Arabia 11 128 0.1× 149 0.2× 27 0.1× 52 0.2× 167 0.8× 14 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by N. Williamson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of N. Williamson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of N. Williamson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of N. Williamson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with N. Williamson. N. Williamson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Armfield, S.W., et al.. (2025). Non-Oberbeck–Boussinesq effects on the convective stability in a transient natural convection boundary layer for water. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 241. 126670–126670.
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Williamson, N., et al.. (2025). Mass-conserving ghost cell immersed boundary method with multigrid for coupled Navier-Stokes solvers. Journal of Computational Physics. 540. 114276–114276.
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Williamson, N., et al.. (2024). A coupled block implicit solver for the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations on collocated grids. Computers & Fluids. 284. 106426–106426. 1 indexed citations
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Armfield, S.W., et al.. (2024). Non-Oberbeck–Boussinesq effects on the linear stability of a vertical natural convection boundary layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 988. 1 indexed citations
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Williamson, N., et al.. (2023). Predicting radial profiles for jets with arbitrary buoyancy. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 956. 2 indexed citations
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Williamson, N., et al.. (2023). The turbulence development of a vertical natural convection boundary layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 964. 7 indexed citations
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Williamson, N., et al.. (2023). Stratification and temporal evolution of mixing regimes in diurnally heated river flows. Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 23(5). 1233–1259. 1 indexed citations
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Williamson, N., et al.. (2022). Characterising entrainment in fountains and negatively buoyant jets. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 939. 17 indexed citations
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Williamson, N., et al.. (2022). Parameterization of mixing in stratified open channel flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 935. 8 indexed citations
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Williamson, N., et al.. (2021). Entrainment and structure of negatively buoyant jets. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 911. 18 indexed citations
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Talluru, Krishna M., et al.. (2020). Turbulence structure of neutral and negatively buoyant jets. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 909. 19 indexed citations
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Williamson, N., et al.. (2019). Stability of a temporally evolving natural convection boundary layer on an isothermal wall. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 877. 1163–1185. 13 indexed citations
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Williamson, N., et al.. (2018). Survival of cyanobacteria in rivers following their release in water from large headwater reservoirs. Harmful Algae. 75. 1–15. 11 indexed citations
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Williamson, N., S.W. Armfield, M.P. Kirkpatrick, & Wenxian Lin. (2015). BIFURCATION OF NATURAL CONVECTION FLOW IN AN INCLINED DIFFERENTIALLY HEATED CLOSED SQUARE CAVITY. Computational Thermal Sciences An International Journal. 7(5-6). 417–425. 5 indexed citations
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Free, Christopher M., Olaf P. Jensen, Sherri A. Mason, et al.. (2014). High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 85(1). 156–163. 1114 indexed citations breakdown →
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Free, Christopher M., et al.. (2014). High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake (Marine Poll Bull 14) FINAL. 2 indexed citations
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Williamson, N., Stuart Norris, S.W. Armfield, & M.P. Kirkpatrick. (2012). Lateral circulation in a stratified open channel on a 120° bend. Water Resources Research. 48(12). 6 indexed citations
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Kirkpatrick, M.P., S.W. Armfield, & N. Williamson. (2012). Shear driven purging of negatively buoyant fluid from trapezoidal depressions and cavities. Physics of Fluids. 24(2). 13 indexed citations
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Williamson, N. & Pradeep Bansal. (2003). Feasibility of air cycle systems for low-temperature refrigeration applications with heat recovery. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part E Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering. 217(3). 267–273. 13 indexed citations

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