W. B. Somerville

809 total citations
33 papers, 477 citations indexed

About

W. B. Somerville is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, W. B. Somerville has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 477 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 9 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in W. B. Somerville's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (8 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (8 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (8 papers). W. B. Somerville is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (8 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (8 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (8 papers). W. B. Somerville collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Mexico. W. B. Somerville's co-authors include K. Dressler, G. B. Field, T. N. L. Patterson, A. Dalgarno, Tom Kerr, S. J. Fossey, R. E. Hibbins, J. R. Miles, P. J. Sarre and Gilbert MacKay and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

W. B. Somerville

29 papers receiving 437 citations

Peers

W. B. Somerville
Comparison fields: 5 of 87
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 212
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 207
  • Spectroscopy 117
  • Atmospheric Science 85
  • Clinical Psychology 28
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Countries citing papers authored by W. B. Somerville

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. B. Somerville

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 6
2
To die in one's prime: the story of Paul Wood.
7
3 31
4 15
5 9
6 1
7
The doublet-ratio method for interstellar abundances
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8 2
9 13
10
A tribute to Walter Somerville.
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11 2
12
The Description of Foucault's Pendulum
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13 1
14 8
15 2
16
Hydrogen molecules and astronomy- a review
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17 23
18 6
19 36
20 4

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