Richard Wilson

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Richard Wilson is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Wilson has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 61 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 33 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Richard Wilson's work include Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (82 papers), Optical Systems and Laser Technology (33 papers) and Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (30 papers). Richard Wilson is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (82 papers), Optical Systems and Laser Technology (33 papers) and Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (30 papers). Richard Wilson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Richard Wilson's co-authors include T. Butterley, Charles Meegan, C. Kouveliotou, G. N. Pendleton, B. J. Teegarden, D. L. Band, J. L. Matteson, D. M. Palmer, B. Schaefer and Linda Ford and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Neurology and Proceedings of the IEEE.

In The Last Decade

Richard Wilson

102 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. BATSE observations of gamma-ray burst spectra. I - Spectral diversity
    1993 1.2k citations Richard Wilson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Wilson United Kingdom 24 1.6k 1.1k 744 480 400 114 2.9k
Peter Wizinowich United States 21 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 605 0.8× 51 0.1× 360 0.9× 163 2.2k
É. Gendron France 25 1.4k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 747 1.0× 45 0.1× 565 1.4× 163 2.6k
Danail Obreschkow Australia 33 2.3k 1.4× 161 0.1× 162 0.2× 461 1.0× 229 0.6× 131 3.2k
D. A. Shaddock Australia 28 1.1k 0.7× 1.7k 1.5× 739 1.0× 264 0.6× 99 0.2× 119 2.8k
Gerhard Heinzel Germany 26 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 585 0.8× 102 0.2× 99 0.2× 170 2.6k
M. Kasper Germany 29 2.0k 1.2× 1.0k 0.9× 458 0.6× 20 0.0× 485 1.2× 177 3.4k
Terry S. Mast United States 19 155 0.1× 601 0.5× 334 0.4× 372 0.8× 332 0.8× 69 1.2k
Norman S. Kopeika Israel 32 316 0.2× 1.1k 1.0× 1.9k 2.6× 39 0.1× 372 0.9× 272 3.4k
Yue Shen United States 37 5.3k 3.2× 191 0.2× 164 0.2× 1.1k 2.4× 89 0.2× 177 5.8k
Yasuo Tanaka Japan 31 3.8k 2.3× 225 0.2× 259 0.3× 1.4k 2.9× 524 1.3× 160 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Wilson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Wilson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard Wilson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard Wilson 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 Richard Wilson. Richard Wilson 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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Osborn, James, et al.. (2024). TURBO: an automatic 24-hour turbulence monitoring station in Barcelona. 300–300. 1 indexed citations
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Osborn, James, et al.. (2023). Demonstrating 24-hour continuous vertical monitoring of atmospheric optical turbulence. Optics Express. 31(4). 6730–6730. 15 indexed citations
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Wilson, Richard, et al.. (2023). SHIMM: a versatile seeing monitor for astronomy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(4). 5475–5486. 6 indexed citations
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Townson, Matthew J., et al.. (2023). Optical sparse telescope arrays and scintillation noise. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 526(1). 1235–1245.
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Wang, Luqian, Douglas R. Gies, Kathryn V. Lester, et al.. (2019). The Pre-He White Dwarf in the Post-mass Transfer Binary EL CVn. The Astronomical Journal. 159(1). 4–4. 15 indexed citations
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Dérie, F., Richard Wilson, James Osborn, et al.. (2016). Stereo-SCIDAR: Instrument and First Commissioning Results. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 166. 41–46. 2 indexed citations
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Osborn, James, T. Butterley, Matthew J. Townson, et al.. (2016). Turbulence velocity profiling for high sensitivity and vertical-resolution atmospheric characterization with Stereo-SCIDAR. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 464(4). 3998–4007. 18 indexed citations
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Osborn, James, et al.. (2015). Observations of the dynamic turbulence above La Palma using Stereo-SCIDAR. 1(1). 5 indexed citations
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Sarazin, M., et al.. (2013). Surface Layer turbulence profiling with the SL-SLODAR and LUSCI at ESO Paranal Observatory. 44. 124–209. 2 indexed citations
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Wilson, Richard, Edwin R. Hancock, Adrian G. Borş, & William A. P. Smith. (2013). Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns. Lecture notes in computer science. 25 indexed citations
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Föhring, Dóra, V. S. Dhillon, Nikku Madhusudhan, et al.. (2013). ULTRACAM z′-band detection of the secondary eclipse of WASP-12b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 435(3). 2268–2273. 21 indexed citations
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Chun, Mark, et al.. (2009). Mauna Kea ground-layer characterization campaign. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 394(3). 1121–1130. 36 indexed citations
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Love, Gordon D., et al.. (2005). Horizontal turbulence measurements using SLODAR. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5891. 589104–589104. 6 indexed citations
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Morris, Tim, T. Butterley, Paul Clark, et al.. (2004). A ground-layer AO system demonstrator for the William Herschel Telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5490. 891–891. 3 indexed citations
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Wilson, Richard & Christopher D. Saunter. (2003). SLODAR: Profiling Atmospheric Turbulence at the WHT. Respiratory Research. 7(1). 19–123.
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Wilson, Richard, et al.. (2003). Estimation of anisoplanatism in adaptive optics by generalized SCIDAR profiling. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 339(2). 491–494. 7 indexed citations
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Wilson, Richard, et al.. (1993). Efficient gain quenching in T-gate lasers. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 2 indexed citations
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Wilson, Richard, et al.. (1976). Application of high‐rate E×B or magnetron sputtering in the metallization of semiconductor devices. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. 13(1). 157–164. 23 indexed citations
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Wannier, P. G., G. T. Wrixon, & Richard Wilson. (1972). A Survey of Positive Velocity Neutral Hydrogen above the Galactic Plane between 1 2520 and 1 = 3220. A&A. 18. 224. 1 indexed citations
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Lovell, A. C. B., et al.. (1962). West Ford Project, Interference to Astronomy from Belts of Orbiting Dipoles (Needles). Quarterly journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 3. 100. 1 indexed citations

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