Ronald W. Ward

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 879 citations indexed

About

Ronald W. Ward is a scholar working on Geophysics, Ocean Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald W. Ward has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 879 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Geophysics, 5 papers in Ocean Engineering and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Ronald W. Ward's work include Seismic Waves and Analysis (12 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (11 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (8 papers). Ronald W. Ward is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Waves and Analysis (12 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (11 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (8 papers). Ronald W. Ward collaborates with scholars based in United States. Ronald W. Ward's co-authors include R. M. Alford, Sven Treitel, Kenneth R. Kelly, M. Nafi Toksöz, James Dunn, H.C. Hardee, R. G. Hills, Harshul Gupta, Keiiti Aki and Joel S. Watkins and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters and Anesthesiology.

In The Last Decade

Ronald W. Ward

14 papers receiving 772 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.

Synthetic seismograms; a finite-difference approach

1976 676 citations Kenneth R. Kelly, Ronald W. Ward et al. Geophysics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ronald W. Ward United States	7	756	258	108	98	90	18	879
A. Behle Germany	12	787 1.0×	263 1.0×	77 0.7×	115 1.2×	90 1.0×	21	862
E. Tessmer Germany	15	1.0k 1.4×	366 1.4×	94 0.9×	164 1.7×	79 0.9×	34	1.1k
F. Hron Canada	14	636 0.8×	302 1.2×	35 0.3×	105 1.1×	111 1.2×	40	746
Stig Hestholm Norway	14	671 0.9×	264 1.0×	63 0.6×	111 1.1×	63 0.7×	27	731
Kenneth R. Kelly United States	5	1.0k 1.3×	441 1.7×	216 2.0×	160 1.6×	163 1.8×	7	1.2k
Joakim O. Blanch United States	9	894 1.2×	398 1.5×	78 0.7×	179 1.8×	98 1.1×	28	979
Norbert Gold Germany	5	437 0.6×	226 0.9×	56 0.5×	94 1.0×	121 1.3×	7	539
M. A. Dablain United States	3	480 0.6×	214 0.8×	163 1.5×	73 0.7×	54 0.6×	4	597
R. M. Alford United States	3	1.3k 1.7×	617 2.4×	217 2.0×	242 2.5×	185 2.1×	6	1.6k
H. Gjøystdal Norway	15	645 0.9×	255 1.0×	25 0.2×	118 1.2×	50 0.6×	39	781

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18 of 18 papers shown

Ward, Ronald W.. (2009). Response of Transition Zones to Nearby Sources. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 35(1-3). 311–325.

Ward, Ronald W., et al.. (2002). AVO Calibration of GOM Deepwater: Results from 50 Fields. Offshore Technology Conference. 1 indexed citations

Ward, Ronald W.. (1996). Future geophysical technology trends: NPC members’ view. The Leading Edge. 15(6). 729–735.

Ward, Ronald W., et al.. (1994). Imaging sediments under salt: Where are we?. The Leading Edge. 13(8). 834–836. 1 indexed citations

Posner, Karen L., et al.. (1987). RESPIRATORY MISHAPS. Anesthesiology. 67(3). A469–A469. 5 indexed citations

McMechan, George A., et al.. (1985). TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM MODELING OF WIDE-ANGLE SEISMIC DATA FROM THE WICHITA UPLIFT, OKLAHOMA.. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 75(6). 1699–1711. 5 indexed citations

Gupta, Harshul, et al.. (1982). Seismic wave velocity investigation at the Geysers-Clear Lake geothermal field, California. Geophysics. 47(5). 819–824. 14 indexed citations

Gaiser, James, et al.. (1982). Three component vertical seismic profiles: Polarization measurements of P‐wave particle motion for velocity analysis. 162–165. 3 indexed citations

Ward, Ronald W., et al.. (1981). Three‐dimensional seismic velocity structure of the Earth's mantle using body wave travel times from intra‐plate and deep‐focus earthquakes. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 86(B5). 3913–3934. 11 indexed citations

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Hardee, H.C., James Dunn, R. G. Hills, & Ronald W. Ward. (1981). Probing the melt zone of Kilauea Iki Lava Lake, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii. Geophysical Research Letters. 8(12). 1211–1214. 24 indexed citations

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Ward, Ronald W., et al.. (1980). Mapping seismic attenuation within geothermal systems using teleseisms with application to the Geysers‐Clear Lake Region. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 85(B10). 5227–5236. 33 indexed citations

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Ward, Ronald W., et al.. (1980). Three‐dimensional Q⁻¹ model of the Coso Hot Springs Known Geothermal Resource Area. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 85(B5). 2459–2470. 45 indexed citations

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Ward, Ronald W., et al.. (1978). Suppression of long-delay multiple reflections by predictive deconvolution. Geophysics. 43(7). 1352–1367. 6 indexed citations

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Ward, Ronald W., et al.. (1977). Monofrequency borehole traveltime survey. Geophysics. 42(6). 1137–1145. 5 indexed citations

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Kelly, Kenneth R., Ronald W. Ward, Sven Treitel, & R. M. Alford. (1976). Synthetic seismograms; a finite-difference approach. Geophysics. 41(1). 2–27. 676 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ward, Ronald W., et al.. (1975). Mapping seismic attenuation anomalies in the Coso Geothermal Area (Abstract). 2 indexed citations

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Ward, Ronald W. & Keiiti Aki. (1975). Synthesis of teleseismic P waves from sources near sinking lithospheric slabs. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 65(6). 1667–1680. 5 indexed citations

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Ward, Ronald W. & M. Nafi Toksöz. (1971). Causes of regional variation of magnitudes. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 61(3). 649–670. 43 indexed citations

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