W. D. Keith

634 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 521 citations indexed

About

W. D. Keith is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. D. Keith has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 521 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. D. Keith's work include Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena (8 papers), Icing and De-icing Technologies (5 papers) and Tree Root and Stability Studies (3 papers). W. D. Keith is often cited by papers focused on Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena (8 papers), Icing and De-icing Technologies (5 papers) and Tree Root and Stability Studies (3 papers). W. D. Keith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. W. D. Keith's co-authors include C. P. R. Saunders and R. Mitzeva and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Atmospheric Research.

In The Last Decade

W. D. Keith

9 papers receiving 429 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The effect of liquid water on thunderstorm charging

1991 338 citations C. P. R. Saunders, W. D. Keith et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

Peers

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R. Mitzeva Bulgaria

Yunjun Zhou China

Kenichi Kusunoki Japan

Patrick King Canada

A. S. Ramachandra Murty India

Ronald M. Reap United States

Debin Su China

Richard B. Pyle United States

S. Pédeboy France

Kristin M. Kuhlman United States

R. Mitzeva Bulgaria

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516 ×1.1

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240 ×1.4

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38 ×0.8

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Citations per year, relative to W. D. Keith W. D. Keith (= 1×) peers R. Mitzeva

Countries citing papers authored by W. D. Keith

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. D. Keith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Saunders, C. P. R., W. D. Keith, & R. Mitzeva. (1991). The effect of liquid water on thunderstorm charging. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 96(D6). 11007–11017. 338 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keith, W. D. & C. P. R. Saunders. (1990). Charging of aircraft - High-velocity collisions. Journal of Aircraft. 27(3). 218–222. 5 indexed citations

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Keith, W. D. & C. P. R. Saunders. (1990). Further laboratory studies of the charging of graupel during ice crystal interactions. Atmospheric Research. 25(5). 445–464. 72 indexed citations

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Keith, W. D. & C. P. R. Saunders. (1989). The collection efficiency of a cylindrical target for ice crystals. Atmospheric Research. 23(1). 83–95. 26 indexed citations

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Keith, W. D. & C. P. R. Saunders. (1989). The effect of centrifugal acceleration on the charging of a riming hailstone. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 41(1). 55–61. 9 indexed citations

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Keith, W. D. & C. P. R. Saunders. (1989). Charge transfer during multiple large ice crystal interactions with a riming target. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 94(D11). 13103–13106. 47 indexed citations

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Keith, W. D. & C. P. R. Saunders. (1988). Light emission from colliding ice particles. Nature. 336(6197). 362–364. 12 indexed citations

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Keith, W. D. & C. P. R. Saunders. (1988). The collection efficiency of a rime-covered target for water droplets. Atmospheric Research. 22(2). 105–123. 4 indexed citations

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Keith, W. D., et al.. (1986). A hot-wire instrument to measure liquid water content for use in the laboratory. Journal of Physics E Scientific Instruments. 19(6). 436–438. 8 indexed citations

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