W. Barclay Kamb

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

W. Barclay Kamb is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Barclay Kamb has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Atmospheric Science, 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 4 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in W. Barclay Kamb's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (10 papers), Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (6 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (5 papers). W. Barclay Kamb is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (10 papers), Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (6 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (5 papers). W. Barclay Kamb collaborates with scholars based in United States. W. Barclay Kamb's co-authors include Sławek Tulaczyk, Hermann Engelhardt, Robert P. Sharp, M. F. Meier, Christian Allen, Clarence R. Allen, Mark F. Meier, S. Samson, Ronald L. Shreve and G. Donald Garlick and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

W. Barclay Kamb

20 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Ice petrofabric observations from Blue Glacier, Washingto... 1959 2026 1981 2003 1959 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Ice petrofabric observations from Blue Glacier, Washington, in relation to theory and experiment
    1959 432 citations W. Barclay Kamb Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Barclay Kamb United States 13 1.1k 487 458 446 191 20 1.8k
Shinji Mae Japan 22 1.2k 1.1× 79 0.2× 303 0.7× 300 0.7× 200 1.0× 88 1.8k
H. C. Heard United States 23 254 0.2× 1.6k 3.3× 263 0.6× 56 0.1× 1.1k 5.7× 50 2.7k
G. E. Norton United Kingdom 19 626 0.6× 1.2k 2.4× 273 0.6× 37 0.1× 46 0.2× 25 1.7k
Warren W. Denner United States 15 288 0.3× 253 0.5× 50 0.1× 24 0.1× 89 0.5× 36 966
H. Shōji Japan 22 845 0.8× 45 0.1× 137 0.3× 155 0.3× 88 0.5× 55 1.5k
Hugh Tuffen United Kingdom 34 1.3k 1.2× 2.7k 5.6× 182 0.4× 26 0.1× 268 1.4× 109 3.4k
J. L. Bouchez France 36 558 0.5× 3.8k 7.7× 101 0.2× 26 0.1× 216 1.1× 73 4.0k
J. G. Paren United Kingdom 18 958 0.9× 72 0.1× 241 0.5× 189 0.4× 14 0.1× 41 1.1k
R. A. Kemp United Kingdom 21 487 0.4× 836 1.7× 80 0.2× 28 0.1× 27 0.1× 37 1.7k
Geoff Brown United Kingdom 25 275 0.2× 1.7k 3.6× 32 0.1× 14 0.0× 94 0.5× 76 2.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Barclay Kamb

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tulaczyk, Sławek, W. Barclay Kamb, & Hermann Engelhardt. (2000). Basal mechanics of Ice Stream B, west Antarctica: 1. Till mechanics. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 105(B1). 463–481. 372 indexed citations
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Tulaczyk, Sławek, W. Barclay Kamb, & Hermann Engelhardt. (2000). Basal mechanics of Ice Stream B, west Antarctica: 2. Undrained plastic bed model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 105(B1). 483–494. 243 indexed citations
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Garlick, G. Donald & W. Barclay Kamb. (1991). The Strange Optical Properties of Ulexite. Journal of Geological Education. 39(5). 398–402. 1 indexed citations
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Meier, Mark F., W. Barclay Kamb, Clarence R. Allen, & Robert P. Sharp. (1974). Flow of Blue Glacier, Olympic Mountains, Washington, U.S.A.. Journal of Glaciology. 13(68). 187–212. 4 indexed citations
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Meier, Mark F., W. Barclay Kamb, Clarence R. Allen, & Robert P. Sharp. (1974). Flow of Blue Glacier, Olympic Mountains, Washington, U.S.A.. Journal of Glaciology. 13(68). 187–212. 59 indexed citations
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Samson, S., et al.. (1966). Crystal Structure of the Zeolite Paulingite. Science. 154(3752). 1004–1007. 45 indexed citations
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Shreve, Ronald L. & W. Barclay Kamb. (1964). Instruments and Methods: Portable Thermal Core Drill for Temperate Glaciers. Journal of Glaciology. 5(37). 113–117. 2 indexed citations
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Shreve, Ronald L. & W. Barclay Kamb. (1964). Instruments and Methods: Portable Thermal Core Drill for Temperate Glaciers. Journal of Glaciology. 5(37). 113–117. 11 indexed citations
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Kamb, W. Barclay. (1962). Refraction corrections for universal stage measurements. I. Uniaxial Crystals. American Mineralogist. 47. 227–245. 27 indexed citations
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Kamb, W. Barclay. (1961). The Glide Direction in Ice. Journal of Glaciology. 3(30). 1097–1106. 48 indexed citations
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Kamb, W. Barclay. (1961). The thermodynamic theory of nonhydrostatically stressed solids. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 66(1). 259–271. 148 indexed citations
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Kamb, W. Barclay. (1961). The Glide Direction in Ice. Journal of Glaciology. 3(30). 1097–1106. 6 indexed citations
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Kamb, W. Barclay. (1961). Author's reply to discussions of the paper “The thermodynamic theory of nonhydrostatically stressed solids”. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 66(11). 3985–3988. 10 indexed citations
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Kamb, W. Barclay, et al.. (1960). Paulingite, a new zeolite, in association with erionite and filiform pyrite. American Mineralogist. 45. 79–91. 26 indexed citations
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Kamb, W. Barclay, et al.. (1960). Crystal Structures of the High-Pressure Forms of Ice: Ice III. Nature. 187(4732). 140–141. 41 indexed citations
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Kamb, W. Barclay. (1960). Accuracy of atomic positions in the zunyite structure. Acta Crystallographica. 13(1). 24–27. 1 indexed citations
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Allen, Christian, W. Barclay Kamb, M. F. Meier, & Robert P. Sharp. (1960). Structure of the Lower Blue Glacier, Washington. The Journal of Geology. 68(6). 601–625. 107 indexed citations
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Kamb, W. Barclay. (1959). Ice petrofabric observations from Blue Glacier, Washington, in relation to theory and experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 64(11). 1891–1909. 432 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kamb, W. Barclay. (1959). Theory of Preferred Crystal Orientation Developed by Crystallization under Stress. The Journal of Geology. 67(2). 153–170. 227 indexed citations
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Kamb, W. Barclay. (1958). Isogyres in interference figures. American Mineralogist. 43. 1029–1067. 12 indexed citations

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