Paul A. Wilks

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Paul A. Wilks is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Bioengineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul A. Wilks has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 3 papers in Spectroscopy and 3 papers in Bioengineering. Recurrent topics in Paul A. Wilks's work include Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (3 papers), Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses (3 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (3 papers). Paul A. Wilks is often cited by papers focused on Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (3 papers), Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses (3 papers) and Quantum optics and atomic interactions (3 papers). Paul A. Wilks collaborates with scholars based in . Paul A. Wilks's co-authors include Tomas Hirschfeld, Robert McDonald, R.A. Brown and James S. Wong and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy.

In The Last Decade

Paul A. Wilks

12 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Internal Reflection Spectroscopy

1967 1.2k citations Paul A. Wilks, Tomas Hirschfeld Applied Spectroscopy Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul A. Wilks	7	266	250	249	248	246	12	1.4k
Hirofumi Okabayashi Japan	24	391 1.5×	464 1.9×	276 1.1×	487 2.0×	212 0.9×	163	2.0k
B. R. Jennings United Kingdom	20	463 1.7×	333 1.3×	212 0.9×	226 0.9×	377 1.5×	156	1.7k
Bruno Fanconi United States	24	314 1.2×	259 1.0×	129 0.5×	354 1.4×	189 0.8×	46	1.5k
A. Lee Smith United States	17	164 0.6×	313 1.3×	320 1.3×	807 3.3×	184 0.7×	36	2.0k
J. C. Vickerman United Kingdom	23	287 1.1×	105 0.4×	165 0.7×	522 2.1×	209 0.8×	56	1.5k
J. Rička Switzerland	20	207 0.8×	205 0.8×	220 0.9×	432 1.7×	556 2.3×	42	2.3k
Robert Finsy Belgium	22	169 0.6×	188 0.8×	249 1.0×	547 2.2×	351 1.4×	61	1.7k
John M. Chalmers United Kingdom	17	274 1.0×	438 1.8×	220 0.9×	322 1.3×	503 2.0×	31	2.4k
Geoffrey Dent United Kingdom	18	172 0.6×	293 1.2×	235 0.9×	860 3.5×	333 1.4×	31	1.8k
M. J. Pelletier United States	16	114 0.4×	132 0.5×	184 0.7×	228 0.9×	309 1.3×	34	1.2k

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All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Wilks, Paul A.. (2002). In-line infrared sensors covering the midinfrared from 2 to 14 μm (5000 to 700 cm^-1). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4577. 76–76. 2 indexed citations

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Wilks, Paul A.. (1992). The Evolution of Commercial IR Spectrometers and the People Who Made It Happen. Analytical Chemistry. 64(17). 833A–838A. 5 indexed citations

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McDonald, Robert & Paul A. Wilks. (1988). JCAMP-DX: A Standard Form for Exchange of Infrared Spectra in Computer Readable Form. Applied Spectroscopy. 42(1). 151–162. 94 indexed citations

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Wong, James S., et al.. (1984). Infrared Spectroscopy of Aqueous Antibiotic Solutions. Applied Spectroscopy. 38(1). 32–35. 30 indexed citations

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Wilks, Paul A., et al.. (1970). Internal Reflectance Spectroscopy. III. Micro Sampling. Applied Spectroscopy. 24(5). 539–543. 13 indexed citations

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Wilks, Paul A.. (1969). Internal Reflectance Spectroscopy II: Quantitative Analysis Aspects. Applied Spectroscopy. 23(1). 63–66. 16 indexed citations

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Wilks, Paul A.. (1968). Internal Reflection Spectroscopy I: Effect of Angle of Incidence Change. Applied Spectroscopy. 22(6). 782–784. 8 indexed citations

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Wilks, Paul A. & Tomas Hirschfeld. (1967). Internal Reflection Spectroscopy. Applied Spectroscopy Reviews. 1(1). 99–130. 1175 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wilks, Paul A.. (1966). Reflection Measurements: Reflectance Spectroscopy . By Wesley Wm. Wendlandt and Harry G. Hecht. Interscience (Wiley), New York, 1966. 306 pp., illus. $12.. Science. 154(3745). 143–143. 1 indexed citations

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Wilks, Paul A.. (1966). Reflection Measurements: Reflectance Spectroscopy . By Wesley Wm. Wendlandt and Harry G. Hecht. Interscience (Wiley), New York, 1966. 306 pp., illus. $12.. Science. 154(3745). 143–143. 1 indexed citations

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Wilks, Paul A.. (1966). Reflection Measurements. Science. 154(3745). 143–143. 1 indexed citations

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Wilks, Paul A. & R.A. Brown. (1964). Construction and Performance of an Infrared Chromatographic Fraction Analyzer.. Analytical Chemistry. 36(10). 1896–1899. 28 indexed citations

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