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.
Flow in porous media I: A theoretical derivation of Darcy's law
19861.4k citationsStephen WhitakerTransport in Porous Mediaprofile →
Forced convection heat transfer correlations for flow in pipes, past flat plates, single cylinders, single spheres, and for flow in packed beds and tube bundles
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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Whitaker
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Stephen Whitaker. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Stephen Whitaker. The network helps show where Stephen Whitaker may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Whitaker
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Whitaker, Stephen. (2009). Desarrollo y aplicación de las ecuaciones de Stefan-Maxwell. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniería Química. 8(3). 213–243.1 indexed citations
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Whitaker, Stephen. (2009). Chemical engineering education: Making connections at interfaces. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniería Química. 8(1). 1–33.2 indexed citations
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Whitaker, Stephen. (2009). Newton's Laws, Euler's Laws and the Speed of Light.. Chemical Engineering Education. 43(2). 96–103.1 indexed citations
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Whitaker, Stephen. (2009). DERIVATION AND APPLICATION OF THE STEFAN-MAXWELL EQUATIONS. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniería Química. 8(3). 213–244.32 indexed citations
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Arce, Pedro E., et al.. (2007). The Catalytic Pellet: A Rich Prototype for Engineering Up-Scaling.. Chemical Engineering Education. 41(3). 185–194.1 indexed citations
Wood, Brian D., et al.. (2001). Bioremediation in Porous Media: Upscaling From the Pore to the Continuum Scales Via Volume Averaging. AGUFM. 2001.1 indexed citations
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Wood, Brian D. & Stephen Whitaker. (1999). Cellular growth in biofilms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 64(6). 656–670.40 indexed citations
Plumb, O. A. & Stephen Whitaker. (1988). Dispersion in heterogeneous porous media : the method of large - scale averaging. Latin American Applied Research - An international journal. 18(2). 71–79.1 indexed citations
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Whitaker, Stephen. (1988). Levels of Simplification. The Use of Assumptions, Restrictions, and Constraints in Engineering Analysis.. Chemical Engineering Education. 22(2).25 indexed citations
Whitaker, Stephen. (1985). A Simple Geometrical Derivation of the Spatial Averaging Theorem.. Chemical Engineering Education. 19(1).39 indexed citations
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