R. C. Willson

4.1k total citations
63 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

R. C. Willson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R. C. Willson has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 34 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 18 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in R. C. Willson's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (42 papers), Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (34 papers) and Calibration and Measurement Techniques (18 papers). R. C. Willson is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (42 papers), Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (34 papers) and Calibration and Measurement Techniques (18 papers). R. C. Willson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Italy. R. C. Willson's co-authors include H. S. Hudson, А. В. Мордвинов, G. A. Chapman, S. Gulkis, M. A. Janssen, Nicola Scafetta, M. F. Woodard, R. W. Brusa, C. Fröhlich and C. H. Duncan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

R. C. Willson

60 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. C. Willson United States	20	1.4k	770	732	531	230	63	2.1k
W. Schmütz Switzerland	35	2.6k 1.8×	571 0.7×	1.6k 2.2×	1.0k 2.0×	143 0.6×	205	3.8k
Greg Kopp United States	25	1.6k 1.1×	729 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	895 1.7×	169 0.7×	103	2.9k
Douglas V. Hoyt United States	23	1.7k 1.2×	549 0.7×	1.1k 1.5×	967 1.8×	589 2.6×	64	2.8k
J. W. Harder United States	34	1.8k 1.2×	590 0.8×	2.3k 3.2×	1.3k 2.4×	133 0.6×	85	3.5k
Martin Snow United States	23	1.5k 1.1×	371 0.5×	892 1.2×	323 0.6×	109 0.5×	80	2.0k
G. Thuillier France	23	1.3k 0.9×	235 0.3×	1.1k 1.5×	463 0.9×	392 1.7×	62	2.1k
J. R. Hickey United States	19	508 0.4×	378 0.5×	692 0.9×	632 1.2×	90 0.4×	66	1.4k
R. A. Viereck United States	24	2.3k 1.6×	271 0.4×	828 1.1×	161 0.3×	188 0.8×	70	2.5k
G. J. Rottman United States	42	4.9k 3.5×	994 1.3×	3.3k 4.5×	1.0k 1.9×	282 1.2×	152	6.0k
A. I. Shapiro Germany	24	1.3k 0.9×	310 0.4×	790 1.1×	501 0.9×	79 0.3×	98	1.9k

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Scafetta, Nicola, et al.. (2020). Modeling Quiet Solar Luminosity Variability from TSI Satellite Measurements and Proxy Models from 1980 to 2018. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2020. 1 indexed citations

Scafetta, Nicola, R. C. Willson, Jae N. Lee, & Dong L. Wu. (2019). Modeling Quiet Solar Luminosity Variability from TSI Satellite Measurements and Proxy Models during 1980–2018. Remote Sensing. 11(21). 2569–2569. 20 indexed citations

Willson, R. C.. (2014). ACRIM3 and the Total Solar Irradiance database. Astrophysics and Space Science. 352(2). 341–352. 33 indexed citations

Lean, J., J. T. Mariska, K. T. Strong, et al.. (1995). Correlated brightness variations in solar radiative output from the photosphere to the corona. Geophysical Research Letters. 22(5). 655–658. 7 indexed citations

Willson, R. C.. (1994). Solar Monitoring has a Past and Present: Does it have a Future?. International Astronomical Union Colloquium. 143. 4–10. 2 indexed citations

Donnelly, R. F., H. S. Hudson, J. M. Pap, & R. C. Willson. (1992). Estimating Solar Chromospheric UV Fluxes from Sunspot and Solar Radio Data. Journal of Biosocial Science. 8(3). 275–92. 2 indexed citations

Willson, R. C. & H. S. Hudson. (1991). The Sun's luminosity over a complete solar cycle. Nature. 351(6321). 42–44. 267 indexed citations

Hudson, H. S., et al.. (1990). Solar Luminosity Variability up to 10 mHz. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 22. 897.

Brosius, J. W., Gordon D. Holman, S. M. White, et al.. (1989). Interpretation of Multiwavelength Observations of Solar Active Regions Obtained During CoMStOC. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 21. 838.

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Willson, R. C., H. S. Hudson, C. Fröhlich, & R. W. Brusa. (1986). Long-Term Downward Trend in Total Solar Irradiance. Science. 234(4780). 1114–1117. 78 indexed citations

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Labonte, B. J., G. A. Chapman, H. S. Hudson, & R. C. Willson. (1984). Solar Irradiance Variations on Active Region Time Scales. 2310. 21 indexed citations

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Willson, R. C.. (1982). Solar irradiance variations and solar activity. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 87(A6). 4319–4326. 70 indexed citations

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Hudson, H. S., et al.. (1982). Variability of Solar Total Irradiance. 152. 3 indexed citations

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Hudson, H. S., et al.. (1982). The effects of sunspots on solar irradiance. Solar Physics. 76(2). 92 indexed citations

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Willson, R. C.. (1981). Solar total irradiance observations by Active Cavity Radiometers. Solar Physics. 74(1). 217–229. 26 indexed citations

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Hudson, H. S. & R. C. Willson. (1981). Sunspots and solar variability. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 434–445. 8 indexed citations

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Willson, R. C. & C.P. Butler. (1978). Total solar irradiance at Table Mtn, California 1926–1977. Solar Energy. 21(4). 351–352. 6 indexed citations

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Willson, R. C.. (1978). Status of knowledge of the extraterrestrial solar 'constant' and spectral distribution. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 75–82. 1 indexed citations

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Willson, R. C.. (1977). Current pyrheliometry for total solar irradiance observations. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 430–442. 1 indexed citations

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Willson, R. C.. (1973). New radiometric techniques and solar constant measurements. Solar Energy. 14(2). 203–211. 17 indexed citations

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