Paul S. Wesson

4.9k total citations
186 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Paul S. Wesson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul S. Wesson has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 160 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 92 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 25 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Paul S. Wesson's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (131 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (83 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (73 papers). Paul S. Wesson is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (131 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (83 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (73 papers). Paul S. Wesson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Paul S. Wesson's co-authors include Hongya Liu, J. Ponce de León, James Overduin, Bahram Mashhoon, D. Kalligas, C. W. F. Everitt, Sanjeev S. Seahra, R. N. Henriksen, H. L. Shipman and Andrew Billyard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Paul S. Wesson

176 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul S. Wesson Canada 31 2.8k 2.3k 564 196 186 186 3.0k
Carl H. Brans United States 14 4.0k 1.4× 3.2k 1.4× 578 1.0× 471 2.4× 287 1.5× 27 4.3k
M. Gasperini Italy 39 4.8k 1.7× 4.4k 1.9× 1.0k 1.8× 257 1.3× 465 2.5× 170 5.3k
Glenn D. Starkman United States 39 4.8k 1.7× 3.9k 1.7× 577 1.0× 219 1.1× 339 1.8× 160 5.5k
W. B. Bonnor United Kingdom 33 3.1k 1.1× 2.1k 0.9× 625 1.1× 299 1.5× 430 2.3× 151 3.4k
G. F. Smoot United States 30 3.6k 1.3× 2.2k 0.9× 386 0.7× 254 1.3× 119 0.6× 114 3.9k
Michael S. Turner United States 7 2.3k 0.8× 2.4k 1.0× 313 0.6× 96 0.5× 249 1.3× 13 2.9k
L. P. Grishchuk Russia 25 2.1k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 358 0.6× 257 1.3× 366 2.0× 92 2.3k
M. C. Bento Portugal 21 2.9k 1.0× 2.5k 1.1× 331 0.6× 142 0.7× 86 0.5× 51 3.1k
Richard Easther United States 37 3.4k 1.2× 2.7k 1.2× 525 0.9× 331 1.7× 273 1.5× 79 3.6k
Leandros Perivolaropoulos Greece 39 5.0k 1.8× 3.4k 1.5× 431 0.8× 330 1.7× 234 1.3× 133 5.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul S. Wesson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul S. Wesson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mashhoon, Bahram & Paul S. Wesson. (2011). Mach's principle and higher‐dimensional dynamics. Annalen der Physik. 524(1). 63–70. 2 indexed citations
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Wesson, Paul S. & Bahram Mashhoon. (2010). An Embedding for General Relativity and its Implications for New Physics. MOspace Institutional Repository (University of Missouri). 8 indexed citations
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Overduin, James, Paul S. Wesson, & Bahram Mashhoon. (2007). Decaying dark energy in higher-dimensional gravity. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 15 indexed citations
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Wesson, Paul S.. (2005). Astrophysical consequences of extended cosmology. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 441(1). 41–45. 5 indexed citations
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Wesson, Paul S.. (2000). On the re-emergence of Eddington's philosophy of science. Observatory. 120. 59–62. 1 indexed citations
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Wesson, Paul S., et al.. (2000). The Energy of Asymptotically de Sitter Spacetimes in Kaluza—Klein Theory. General Relativity and Gravitation. 32(7). 1381–1388. 2 indexed citations
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Mashhoon, Bahram, Hongya Liu, & Paul S. Wesson. (1996). Space-Time-Matter. 333. 54 indexed citations
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Mann, Robert B. & Paul S. Wesson. (1991). Gravitation : a Banff Summer Institute , Banff Center, Banff, Canada, August 12-25, 1990. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Wesson, Paul S.. (1990). Cosmology, Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and a Resolution of the Fermi-Hart Paradox. Quarterly journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 31(2). 161–170. 7 indexed citations
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Wesson, Paul S.. (1989). The Real Reason the Night Sky is Dark: Correcting a Myth in Astronomy Teaching. Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 99. 10–13. 4 indexed citations
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Wesson, Paul S.. (1981). Scale Invariant Gravity - a Simple Formulation. A&A. 102. 45.
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Wesson, Paul S.. (1978). Anticorrelation and Galactic Haloes. 19. 127. 1 indexed citations
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Wesson, Paul S.. (1977). Microwave emission from dust and hidden matter in the Coma cluster.. A&A. 61(2). 177–180. 1 indexed citations
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Wesson, Paul S., et al.. (1976). Limits on cosmic dust densities by observations of the microwave background.. A&A. 53(3). 383–388. 1 indexed citations
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Wesson, Paul S.. (1976). Covariance function analysis and the clustering of galaxies. Astrophysics and Space Science. 40(2). 325–349. 2 indexed citations
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Wesson, Paul S.. (1975). The interrelationship between cosmic dust and the microwave background. Astrophysics and Space Science. 36(2). 363–382. 1 indexed citations
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Wesson, Paul S.. (1973). Implications for geophysics of modern cosmologies in which G is variable. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 14. 9. 3 indexed citations
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Wesson, Paul S.. (1970). The Position against Continental Drift. Quarterly journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 11. 312. 4 indexed citations

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