W. A. Dench

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

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W. A. Dench is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. A. Dench has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 5 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. A. Dench's work include Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (5 papers), Thermodynamic and Structural Properties of Metals and Alloys (2 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (2 papers). W. A. Dench is often cited by papers focused on Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (5 papers), Thermodynamic and Structural Properties of Metals and Alloys (2 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (2 papers). W. A. Dench collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. W. A. Dench's co-authors include M. P. Seah, O. Kubaschewski, L. B. Hazell, M. T. Anthony, C. H. Lea, B. Gale, C. T. H. Stoddart and William Slough and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, Surface and Interface Analysis and The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics.

In The Last Decade

W. A. Dench

13 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Quantitative electron spectroscopy of surfaces: A standard data base for electron inelastic mean free paths in solids

1979 4.5k citations M. P. Seah, W. A. Dench Surface and Interface Analysis profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. A. Dench United Kingdom	11	2.2k	2.0k	2.0k	1.5k	591	14	5.0k
R. Caudano Belgium	40	1.3k 0.6×	2.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	350 0.6×	202	5.2k
K.A.R. Mitchell Canada	37	1.2k 0.6×	2.7k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	2.4k 1.6×	209 0.4×	172	5.5k
J. J. Lander United States	29	1.0k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	239 0.4×	54	3.9k
M. W. Roberts United Kingdom	40	918 0.4×	3.7k 1.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	166 0.3×	155	5.3k
M. De Crescenzi Italy	38	1.2k 0.5×	2.8k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	2.4k 1.6×	223 0.4×	280	5.4k
J. M. Sanz Spain	37	918 0.4×	2.7k 1.3×	2.1k 1.0×	462 0.3×	571 1.0×	164	4.2k
Hirohiko Adachi Japan	41	757 0.4×	4.1k 2.0×	2.1k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	154 0.3×	237	6.5k
P. Oelhafen Switzerland	39	564 0.3×	3.5k 1.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	588 1.0×	211	5.4k
H. Poppa United States	33	739 0.3×	1.9k 0.9×	786 0.4×	2.2k 1.5×	268 0.5×	138	4.0k
J. Cazaux France	29	1.8k 0.8×	932 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	537 0.4×	379 0.6×	118	2.9k

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Lea, C. H. & W. A. Dench. (1990). Quantitative Solderability Measurement of Electronic Components. Soldering and Surface Mount Technology. 2(1). 14–22. 14 indexed citations

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Seah, M. P. & W. A. Dench. (1989). Smoothing and the signal-to-noise ratio of peaks in electron spectroscopy. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 48(1). 43–54. 23 indexed citations

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Dench, W. A., L. B. Hazell, & M. P. Seah. (1988). VAMAS Surface chemical analysis standard data transfer format with skeleton decoding programs. Surface and Interface Analysis. 13(2-3). 63–122. 43 indexed citations

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Dench, W. A., L. B. Hazell, & M. P. Seah. (1988). VAMAS surface chemical analysis standard data transfer format. Surface and Interface Analysis. 12(2). 161–163.

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Seah, M. P., et al.. (1988). Towards a single recommended optimal convolutional smoothing algorithm for electron and other spectroscopies. Journal of Physics E Scientific Instruments. 21(4). 351–363. 21 indexed citations

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Seah, M. P., M. T. Anthony, & W. A. Dench. (1983). Characterisation of computer differentiation of spectra in AES and its relation to differentiation by the modulation technique. Journal of Physics E Scientific Instruments. 16(9). 848–857. 37 indexed citations

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Seah, M. P. & W. A. Dench. (1979). Quantitative electron spectroscopy of surfaces: A standard data base for electron inelastic mean free paths in solids. Surface and Interface Analysis. 1(1). 2–11. 4520 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stoddart, C. T. H., et al.. (1979). Relationship between lead content of Cu–40Zn, machinability, and svvarf surface composition determined by Auger electron spectroscopy. Metals Technology. 6(1). 176–184. 18 indexed citations

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Dench, W. A., et al.. (1971). A null-point solid electrolyte electrochemical cell for measuring low oxygen partial pressures at high temperatures. The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics. 3(1). 43–49. 8 indexed citations

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Dench, W. A.. (1963). Adiabatic high-temperature calorimeter for the measurement of heats of alloying. Transactions of the Faraday Society. 59. 1279–1279. 121 indexed citations

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Kubaschewski, O., et al.. (1960). The Thermodynamics of the System Chromium‐Nickel. Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 64(6). 801–805. 6 indexed citations

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Kubaschewski, O., et al.. (1956). The reaction of titanium tetrachloride with hydrogen in contact with various refractories. Transactions of the Faraday Society. 52. 214–214. 27 indexed citations

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Kubaschewski, O. & W. A. Dench. (1955). The heats of formation in the systems titanium-aluminium and titanium-iron. Acta Metallurgica. 3(4). 339–346. 159 indexed citations

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Kubaschewski, O. & W. A. Dench. (1953). THE FREE-ENERGY DIAGRAM OF THE SYSTEM TITANIUM-OXYGEN. 15 indexed citations

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