W. B. McKinnon

9.0k citations

251 papers · 4.0k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 36

Co-authors: P. Schenk K. N. Singer H. J. Melosh Steve Mueller S. A. Stern J. M. Moore A. J. Dombard M. T. Bland
Topics: Astro and Planetary Science (206 papers)Planetary Science and Exploration (148 papers)Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (40 papers)
Cited by: Astronomy and Astrophysics Atmospheric Science Geophysics
Journals: Nature Science Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Partner nations: United States France Germany

In The Last Decade

W. B. McKinnon

235 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Liquid water on Enceladus from observations of ammonia and 40Ar in the plume

2009 402 citations J. I. Lunine, W. B. McKinnon et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by W. B. McKinnon

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of W. B. McKinnon's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by W. B. McKinnon with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites W. B. McKinnon more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by W. B. McKinnon

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by W. B. McKinnon. 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 W. B. McKinnon. The network helps show where W. B. McKinnon may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. B. McKinnon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. B. McKinnon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. B. McKinnon 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 W. B. McKinnon. W. B. McKinnon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Europa Clipper Gravity and Radio Science Investigation 2023 ·Space Science Reviews ·E. Mazarico,Dustin Buccino,(unknown),A. J. Dombard,Antonio Genova,Hauke Hußmann,W. S. Kiefer,J. I. Lunine,W. B. McKinnon,F. Nimmo,Ryan S. Park,J. H. Roberts,(unknown),Gregor Steinbrügge,Paolo Tortora,Paul Withers	29
2	Snow Crash: Compaction Craters on (486958) Arrokoth and Other Small KBOs, With Implications 2022 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·W. B. McKinnon,(unknown),P. Schenk,K. N. Singer,S. J. Robbins,O. L. White,R. A. Beyer,Simon B. Porter,J. T. Keane,D. T. Britt,J. R. Spencer,W. M. Grundy,J. M. Moore,S. A. Stern,H. A. Weaver,C. B. Olkin	4
3	Investigating Possible Spindown of Arrokoth by Collisions with Small Classical Kuiper Belt Objects 2020 ·(unknown),W. B. McKinnon,K. N. Singer,J. T. Keane,S. J. Robbins,P. Schenk,J. M. Moore,S. A. Stern,H. A. Weaver,J. R. Spencer,C. B. Olkin,(unknown)	1
4	Landslides on Charon 2019 ·Icarus ·C. B. Beddingfield,R. A. Beyer,K. N. Singer,W. B. McKinnon,Kirby Runyon,W. M. Grundy,S. A. Stern,V. J. Bray,(unknown),J. M. Moore,Kimberly Ennico,C. B. Olkin,P. Schenk,J. R. Spencer,H. A. Weaver,L. A. Young	11
5	Basins, fractures and volcanoes: Global cartography and topography of Pluto from New Horizons 2018 ·Icarus ·P. Schenk,R. A. Beyer,W. B. McKinnon,J. M. Moore,J. R. Spencer,O. L. White,K. N. Singer,F. Nimmo,(unknown),Tod R. Lauer,S. J. Robbins,O. M. Umurhan,W. M. Grundy,S. A. Stern,H. A. Weaver,L. A. Young,K. Ennico Smith,C. B. Olkin	61
6	High-Resolution Topography of Pluto and Charon: Getting Down to Details 2018 ·Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·P. Schenk,R. A. Beyer,Jeff Moore,W. B. McKinnon,J. R. Spencer,S. A. Stern,C. B. Olkin,Kimberly Ennico,H. A. Weaver	2
7	Impact Origin of Sputnik Planitia Basin, Pluto 2017 ·LPI ·W. B. McKinnon,P. Schenk,(unknown),J. M. Moore,J. R. Spencer,F. Nimmo,L. A. Young,C. B. Olkin,Kimberly Ennico,H. A. Weaver,S. A. Stern,(unknown)	3
8	Overview of Key Results from the Exploration of the Pluto System by New Horizons 2015 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·S. A. Stern,H. A. Weaver,L. A. Young,C. B. Olkin,K. Ennico Smith,J. M. Moore,J. R. Spencer,W. B. McKinnon,W. M. Grundy,D. P. Cruikshank,F. Bagenal,G. R. Gladstone,M. E. Summers	1
9	Global Color Variations on Saturn's Icy Satellites, and New Evidence for Rhea's Ring 2009 ·P. Schenk,W. B. McKinnon	1
10	Could Ceres be a Refugee from the Kuiper Belt 2008 ·W. B. McKinnon	8
11	Cold Fire: The Geology and Geophysics of Enceladus 2007 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·W. B. McKinnon	0
12	Sulfate Content of Europa's Ocean and Shell: Geological and Astrobiological Implications 2002 ·W. B. McKinnon	2
13	Elastoviscoplastic Relaxation of Craters on Ganymede and Callisto: Implications for Thermal Evolution 1999 ·DPS ·A. J. Dombard,W. B. McKinnon	1
14	Convective Instabilities in Europa's Floating Ice Shell 1997 ·W. B. McKinnon	3
15	Could Imbrium Ejecta be the Source of the High-Th Material in the Van de Graaff Region of the Moon? 1996 ·Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·L. A. Haskin,W. B. McKinnon,L. A. M. Benner	6
16	Core Evolution in the Icy Galilean Satellites, and the Prospects for Dynamo-generated Magnetic Fields 1996 ·W. B. McKinnon	7
17	Hydrothermal Processing of Cometary Volatiles 1991 ·LPICo ·Everett L. Shock,W. B. McKinnon	2
18	The Geometry of Furrows on Ganymede 1986 ·Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·P. Schenk,W. B. McKinnon	1
19	Dark Ray Craters on Ganymede: Evidence for Impact of D-type Asteroids? 1984 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·P. Schenk,W. B. McKinnon	1
20	Three-Layer Generic Ganymedes 1984 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·St. Mueller,W. B. McKinnon	1

About W. B. McKinnon

W. B. McKinnon is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Atmospheric Science, having authored 251 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astro and Planetary Science (206 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (148 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (40 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.5k citations), Atmospheric Science (1.4k citations) and Geophysics (665 citations). W. B. McKinnon has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Frequent co-authors include P. Schenk, K. N. Singer, H. J. Melosh, Steve Mueller, S. A. Stern, J. M. Moore, A. J. Dombard, M. T. Bland, J. I. Lunine and M. E. Zolensky. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact