W. D. James

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

W. D. James is a scholar working on Radiation, Aerospace Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. D. James has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Radiation, 16 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 9 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in W. D. James's work include Nuclear Physics and Applications (36 papers), Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (11 papers) and Radioactivity and Radon Measurements (8 papers). W. D. James is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Physics and Applications (36 papers), Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (11 papers) and Radioactivity and Radon Measurements (8 papers). W. D. James collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. W. D. James's co-authors include Jennifer L. West, Min Ho Lee, Naomi J. Halas, André M. Gobin, Rebekah A. Drezek, L. R. Hirsch, J. Donald Payne, Sébastien Paris, Gerald N. Malcolm and P. Κ. Kuroda and has published in prestigious journals such as Nano Letters, Fuel and Journal of Dairy Science.

In The Last Decade

W. D. James

68 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Near-Infrared Resonant Nanoshells for Combined Optical Im... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 250 500 750 1000
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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. Near-Infrared Resonant Nanoshells for Combined Optical Imaging and Photothermal Cancer Therapy
    2007 1.1k citations André M. Gobin, Min Ho Lee et al. Nano Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. D. James United States 16 897 660 441 320 199 69 1.9k
Denis T. Keane United States 25 351 0.4× 365 0.6× 520 1.2× 79 0.2× 74 0.4× 59 2.7k
Α. Jahn Germany 23 1.1k 1.2× 131 0.2× 414 0.9× 388 1.2× 332 1.7× 98 2.9k
Axel Rosenhahn Germany 39 726 0.8× 194 0.3× 652 1.5× 359 1.1× 405 2.0× 150 4.4k
F. J. Stadermann United States 33 625 0.7× 178 0.3× 1.0k 2.3× 101 0.3× 59 0.3× 141 4.2k
Hisao Kobayashi Japan 23 161 0.2× 591 0.9× 599 1.4× 77 0.2× 446 2.2× 201 2.2k
Atsuo Iida Japan 22 280 0.3× 413 0.6× 628 1.4× 89 0.3× 712 3.6× 133 2.0k
Vitaliy Pipich Germany 31 670 0.7× 112 0.2× 766 1.7× 548 1.7× 165 0.8× 124 3.0k
J. Plaza Spain 18 1.4k 1.6× 444 0.7× 1.1k 2.4× 362 1.1× 33 0.2× 90 2.6k
Kenneth C. Littrell United States 38 513 0.6× 209 0.3× 1.7k 3.9× 488 1.5× 257 1.3× 132 4.4k
Jun Yan China 25 438 0.5× 132 0.2× 631 1.4× 392 1.2× 238 1.2× 172 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. D. James

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. D. James

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. D. James. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. D. James 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. D. James. W. D. James 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
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James, W. D., et al.. (2015). Communities of identity, communities of practice: Understanding Santa Fe black-on-white pottery in the Española Basin of new Mexico. Journal of Archaeological Science. 63. 1–12. 28 indexed citations
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James, W. D., et al.. (2013). Interaction between puebloan villages from the west-central to the Rio Grande Regions of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 109. 100–101. 2 indexed citations
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Michalak, Gregory J., Glenn P. Goodrich, Jon A. Schwartz, W. D. James, & D. Patrick O’Neal. (2010). Murine photoplethysmography for in vivo estimation of vascular gold nanoshell concentration. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 15(4). 47007–47007. 10 indexed citations
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James, W. D., et al.. (2008). Arsenic speciation: HPLC followed by ICP-MS or INAA. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 278(2). 267–270. 15 indexed citations
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Zeisler, Rolf, W. D. James, Elizabeth A. Mackey, R Spatz, & Robert R. Greenberg. (2008). NAA characterization of the new Bovine Liver SRM. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 278(3). 783–787. 8 indexed citations
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Gobin, André M., Min Ho Lee, Naomi J. Halas, et al.. (2007). Near-Infrared Resonant Nanoshells for Combined Optical Imaging and Photothermal Cancer Therapy. Nano Letters. 7(7). 1929–1934. 1079 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dunkley, Claudia, W. K. Kim, W. D. James, et al.. (2007). Passage rates in poultry digestion using stable isotope markers and INAA. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 276(1). 35–39. 6 indexed citations
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Showler, Allan T., W. D. James, J. Scott Armstrong, & John K. Westbrook. (2006). An experiment using neutron activation analysis and a rare earth element to mark cotton plants and two insects that feed on them. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 64(8). 875–880. 4 indexed citations
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Green, Kayla N., et al.. (2006). The acetyl CoA synthase paradigm for hybrid bio-organometallics: Quantitative measures for resin-bound Ni–Rh complexes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 692(6). 1392–1397. 4 indexed citations
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James, W. D. & Rolf Zeisler. (2001). Uptake of oxygen in a coal standard reference material® determined by fast (14-MeV) neutron activation analysis. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 248(1). 233–237. 5 indexed citations
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Ellis, W. C., et al.. (2000). The flow of forage particles and solutes through segments of the digestive tracts of cattle. British Journal Of Nutrition. 83(3). 295–306. 33 indexed citations
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James, W. D.. (2000). 14 MeV Fast Neutron Activation Analysis in the Year 2000. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 243(1). 119–123. 4 indexed citations
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James, W. D., Paul N Boothe, & B.J. Presley. (1998). Compton suppression gamma-spectroscopy in the analysis of radium and lead isotopes in ocean sediments. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 236(1-2). 261–266. 10 indexed citations
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McWhinney, Hylton, et al.. (1993). Diffusion of lithium-6 isotopes in lithium aluminate ceramics using neutron depth profiling. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 203(1). 43–49. 5 indexed citations
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James, W. D., et al.. (1993). Studies in neutron depth profiling. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 167(1). 111–119. 4 indexed citations
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James, W. D. & V. O. Ogugbuaja. (1986). Element bioaccumulation from coal fly ash. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 53. 1 indexed citations
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James, W. D., et al.. (1979). Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Drag of Single- and Multielement Airfoils. Journal of Aircraft. 16(7). 462–469. 1 indexed citations
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James, W. D., et al.. (1976). Nine MeV bremsstrahlung fission of 238U. Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry. 38(6). 1109–1110. 11 indexed citations
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James, W. D., L. L. Chyi, & W. D. Ehmann. (1975). Oxygen and nitrogen in coal by INAA: implications for conversion. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 2 indexed citations

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