Stephen W. Wheatcraft

6.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
42 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Stephen W. Wheatcraft is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen W. Wheatcraft has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Environmental Engineering, 20 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 7 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stephen W. Wheatcraft's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (27 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (19 papers) and Fractional Differential Equations Solutions (7 papers). Stephen W. Wheatcraft is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (27 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (19 papers) and Fractional Differential Equations Solutions (7 papers). Stephen W. Wheatcraft collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Czechia. Stephen W. Wheatcraft's co-authors include Mark M. Meerschaert, S. W. Tyler, David A. Benson, R. Schumer, Boris Baeumer, Robert W. Buddemeier, Michael J. Nicholl, Robert J. Glass, F. Winterberg and Hongbin Zhan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Water Resources Research and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Stephen W. Wheatcraft

41 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Application of a fractional advection‐dispersion equation 1992 2026 2003 2014 2000 1992 2000 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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. Application of a fractional advection‐dispersion equation
    2000 999 citations David A. Benson, Stephen W. Wheatcraft et al. Water Resources Research profile →
  2. Fractal Scaling of Soil Particle‐Size Distributions: Analysis and Limitations
    1992 648 citations S. W. Tyler, Stephen W. Wheatcraft Soil Science Society of America Journal profile →
  3. The fractional‐order governing equation of Lévy Motion
    2000 620 citations David A. Benson, Stephen W. Wheatcraft et al. Water Resources Research profile →

Peers

Stephen W. Wheatcraft
Boris Baeumer New Zealand
R. Schumer United States
Marco Dentz Spain
William C. Yager United States
Clint Dawson United States
Lynn W. Gelhar United States
E. Eric Adams United States
E. C. Childs Italy
A. Cortis United States
George F. Pinder United States
Boris Baeumer New Zealand
Stephen W. Wheatcraft
Citations per year, relative to Stephen W. Wheatcraft Stephen W. Wheatcraft (= 1×) peers Boris Baeumer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen W. Wheatcraft

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen W. Wheatcraft

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Andraski, B. J., et al.. (2011). Interacting Vegetative and Thermal Contributions to Water Movement in Desert Soil. Vadose Zone Journal. 10(3). 1117–1117. 3 indexed citations
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Wheatcraft, Stephen W., et al.. (2006). Heavy‐tailed log hydraulic conductivity distributions imply heavy‐tailed log velocity distributions. Water Resources Research. 42(4). 27 indexed citations
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Meerschaert, Mark M., et al.. (2005). Fractal travel time estimates for dispersive contaminants. Ground Water. 43(3). 401–407. 20 indexed citations
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Meerschaert, Mark M., et al.. (2005). Fractional vector calculus for fractional advection–dispersion. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 367. 181–190. 138 indexed citations
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Andraski, B. J., et al.. (2002). Modeling Tritium Transport Through a Deep Unsaturated Zone, Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nye County, Nevada. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 4 indexed citations
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Schumer, R., David A. Benson, Mark M. Meerschaert, & Stephen W. Wheatcraft. (2001). Eulerian derivation of the fractional advection–dispersion equation. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 48(1-2). 69–88. 292 indexed citations
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Benson, David A., R. Schumer, Mark M. Meerschaert, & Stephen W. Wheatcraft. (2001). Fractional Dispersion, Lévy Motion, and the MADE Tracer Tests. Transport in Porous Media. 42(1-2). 211–240. 360 indexed citations
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Baeumer, Boris, David A. Benson, Mark M. Meerschaert, & Stephen W. Wheatcraft. (2001). Subordinated advection‐dispersion equation for contaminant transport. Water Resources Research. 37(6). 1543–1550. 189 indexed citations
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Benson, David A., Stephen W. Wheatcraft, & Mark M. Meerschaert. (2000). The fractional‐order governing equation of Lévy Motion. Water Resources Research. 36(6). 1413–1423. 620 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wheatcraft, Stephen W.. (2000). Travel Time Equations for Dispersive Contaminants. Ground Water. 38(4). 505–509. 1 indexed citations
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Zhan, Hongbin & Stephen W. Wheatcraft. (1999). Uncertainty of One-Dimensional Ground-Water Flow in Strongly Heterogeneous Formations. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 4(2). 152–159. 4 indexed citations
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Nicholl, Michael J., Robert J. Glass, & Stephen W. Wheatcraft. (1994). Gravity‐driven infiltration instability in initially dry nonhorizontal fractures. Water Resources Research. 30(9). 2533–2546. 102 indexed citations
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Tyler, S. W. & Stephen W. Wheatcraft. (1992). Fractal Scaling of Soil Particle‐Size Distributions: Analysis and Limitations. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 56(2). 362–369. 648 indexed citations breakdown →
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Taylor, K. C., Stephen W. Wheatcraft, John W. Hess, Joel S. Hayworth, & Fred J. Molz. (1990). Evaluation of Methods for Determining the Vertical Distribution of Hydraulic Conductivity. Ground Water. 28(1). 88–98. 30 indexed citations
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Tyler, S. W. & Stephen W. Wheatcraft. (1990). Fractal processes in soil water retention. Water Resources Research. 26(5). 1047–1054. 318 indexed citations
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Wheatcraft, Stephen W. & S. W. Tyler. (1988). An explanation of scale‐dependent dispersivity in heterogeneous aquifers using concepts of fractal geometry. Water Resources Research. 24(4). 566–578. 392 indexed citations
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Buddemeier, Robert W., et al.. (1986). A layered aquifer model of atoll island hydrology: Validation of a computer simulation. Journal of Hydrology. 84(3-4). 303–322. 13 indexed citations
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Wheatcraft, Stephen W. & Robert W. Buddemeier. (1981). DISCUSSION1. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 17(5). 898–898. 8 indexed citations
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Wheatcraft, Stephen W. & Frank L. Peterson. (1979). WRRCTR No.125 Numerical Modeling of Liquid Waste Injection into a Two-Phase Fluid System. ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa). 1 indexed citations
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Peterson, Frank L., et al.. (1977). WRRCTR No.107 A Laboratory Study of Waste Injection Into a Ghyben-Herzberg Groundwater System Under Dynamic Conditions. ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa). 1 indexed citations

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