Philip Watts

4.4k total citations
49 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Philip Watts is a scholar working on Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip Watts has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Geophysics, 17 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 14 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Philip Watts's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (33 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (14 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (10 papers). Philip Watts is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (33 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (14 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (10 papers). Philip Watts collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Philip Watts's co-authors include Stéphan T. Grilli, David R. Tappin, G. J. Fryer, James T. Kirby, Gary M. McMurtry, Mansour Ioualalen, Joseph S. Walder, J. Asavanant, S. T. Grilli and Christopher F. Waythomas and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters and Geology.

In The Last Decade

Philip Watts

49 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philip Watts United States 27 2.2k 1.5k 956 953 681 49 3.2k
C. B. Harbitz Norway 39 2.4k 1.1× 2.1k 1.4× 1.3k 1.4× 1.4k 1.5× 558 0.8× 76 4.1k
David R. Tappin United Kingdom 28 2.4k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 632 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 409 0.6× 74 3.3k
Petter Bryn Norway 24 1.1k 0.5× 1.8k 1.2× 688 0.7× 1.4k 1.5× 225 0.3× 33 2.8k
Carl Fredrik Forsberg Norway 28 866 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 562 0.6× 1.8k 1.9× 206 0.3× 57 3.1k
Armin Freundt Germany 32 1.6k 0.7× 436 0.3× 470 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 141 0.2× 82 2.6k
Eric L. Geist United States 32 2.6k 1.2× 535 0.4× 308 0.3× 693 0.7× 314 0.5× 103 3.0k
G. J. Fryer United States 20 1.6k 0.7× 427 0.3× 224 0.2× 486 0.5× 152 0.2× 42 2.0k
Greg A. Valentine United States 40 3.7k 1.7× 867 0.6× 535 0.6× 1.8k 1.9× 85 0.1× 133 4.7k
Philip M. Barnes New Zealand 39 3.2k 1.5× 1.1k 0.7× 188 0.2× 1.5k 1.6× 233 0.3× 109 4.4k
Onno Oncken Germany 51 7.3k 3.4× 675 0.4× 270 0.3× 925 1.0× 120 0.2× 183 8.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Philip Watts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philip Watts

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Philip Watts. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Philip Watts 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 Philip Watts. Philip Watts 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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Tappin, David R., et al.. (2008). The 1908 Messina tsunami. Some comments on the source: earthquake, submarine landslide or a combination of both?. AGUFM. 2008. 6 indexed citations
2.
Ioualalen, Mansour, et al.. (2007). Modeling the 26 December 2004 Indian ocean tsunami : Case study of impact in Thailand - art. no. C07024. 112. 71 indexed citations
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Grilli, Stéphan T., Mansour Ioualalen, J. Asavanant, et al.. (2007). Source Constraints and Model Simulation of the December 26, 2004, Indian Ocean Tsunami. Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering. 133(6). 414–428. 186 indexed citations
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Ioualalen, Mansour, Bernard Pelletier, Philip Watts, & Marc Régnier. (2006). Numerical modeling of the 26 November 1999 Vanuatu tsunami. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 111(C6). 28 indexed citations
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Watts, Philip, Mansour Ioualalen, Stéphan T. Grilli, Fengyan Shi, & James T. Kirby. (2005). Numerical Simulation of the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami using a Higher-order Boussinesq Model. 14 indexed citations
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Kirby, James T., Fengyan Shi, Philip Watts, & Stéphan T. Grilli. (2004). Propagation of Short, Dispersive Tsunami Waves in Ocean Basins. AGUFM. 2004. 5 indexed citations
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Watts, Philip, Joseph S. Walder, & Christopher F. Waythomas. (2003). A Novel Tsunami Inundation Mapping Technique. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations
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Watts, Philip. (2003). Probabilistic predictions of landslide tsunamis off Southern California. Marine Geology. 203(3-4). 281–301. 48 indexed citations
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Watts, Philip & Christopher F. Waythomas. (2003). Theoretical analysis of tsunami generation by pyroclastic flows. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 108(B12). 41 indexed citations
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Fryer, G. J., Philip Watts, & Lincoln F. Pratson. (2003). Source of the great tsunami of 1 April 1946: a landslide in the upper Aleutian forearc. Marine Geology. 203(3-4). 201–218. 115 indexed citations
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Watts, Philip & Stéphan T. Grilli. (2003). Underwater Landslide Shape, Motion, Deformation, and Tsunami Generation. 44 indexed citations
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Grilli, Stéphan T., et al.. (2003). Laboratory Experiments For Tsunamis Generated By Underwater Landslides: Comparison With Numerical Modeling. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 1717. 50 indexed citations
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Fryer, G. J. & Philip Watts. (2002). The 1946 Aleutian Tsunami in the Far Field: Inadequacy of an Earthquake Source, Confirmation of a Landslide, and Implications for Warning. AGUFM. 2002. 1 indexed citations
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Watts, Philip, et al.. (2002). Benchmark Cases for Tsunamis Generated by Underwater Landslides. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 1505–1514. 6 indexed citations
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Walder, Joseph S., et al.. (2001). Water Waves Generated by Subaerial Mass Flows. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 25 indexed citations
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Watts, Philip, et al.. (2001). A COMPUTATIONAL MODEL FOR ESTIMATING THE MECHANICS OF HORIZONTAL FLAPPING FLIGHT IN BATS. Journal of Experimental Biology. 204(16). 2873–2898. 30 indexed citations
17.
Trabant, Peter K., et al.. (2001). East Breaks Slump, Northwest Gulf of Mexico. Offshore Technology Conference. 1 indexed citations
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Watts, Philip. (2000). Tsunami Features of Solid Block Underwater Landslides. Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering. 126(3). 144–152. 135 indexed citations
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Raichlen, Frederic, et al.. (1997). The Generation of Waves by a Landslide: Skagway, Alaska—A Case Study. Coastal Engineering 1996. 1(25). 1293–1306. 5 indexed citations
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Watts, Philip. (1994). Rewriting History: Céline and Kurt Vonnegut. South Atlantic Quarterly. 93(2). 265–278. 2 indexed citations

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