W D McComb

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

W D McComb is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, W D McComb has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Computational Mechanics, 22 papers in Environmental Engineering and 17 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Recurrent topics in W D McComb's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (55 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (22 papers) and Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (17 papers). W D McComb is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (55 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (22 papers) and Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (17 papers). W D McComb collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Netherlands. W D McComb's co-authors include V. Shanmugasundaram, Arjun Berera, Samuel R. Yoffe, S. F. Edwards, K.T. Chan, Moritz Linkmann, Clive Greated, K. H. Kiyani, Samuel Frederick Edwards and Anthony Quinn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

W D McComb

70 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Physics of Fluid Turbulence 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. The Physics of Fluid Turbulence
    1990 510 citations W D McComb 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 McComb United Kingdom 22 1.1k 358 320 295 285 70 1.6k
Robert M. Kerr United States 27 2.5k 2.3× 813 2.3× 565 1.8× 462 1.6× 209 0.7× 67 3.0k
S. Musacchio Italy 25 1.6k 1.5× 245 0.7× 292 0.9× 285 1.0× 235 0.8× 68 2.1k
K. R. Sreenivasan United States 19 872 0.8× 242 0.7× 230 0.7× 193 0.7× 63 0.2× 58 1.6k
Toshiyuki Gotoh Japan 27 1.9k 1.7× 626 1.7× 532 1.7× 543 1.8× 153 0.5× 77 2.3k
R. S. Rogallo United States 12 2.0k 1.8× 797 2.2× 414 1.3× 321 1.1× 161 0.6× 25 2.2k
P. A. Davidson United Kingdom 26 1.8k 1.6× 475 1.3× 408 1.3× 310 1.1× 156 0.5× 83 3.1k
Alain Vincent Canada 15 1.0k 0.9× 364 1.0× 285 0.9× 223 0.8× 43 0.2× 53 1.6k
Louis N. Howard United States 17 1.1k 1.0× 199 0.6× 684 2.1× 438 1.5× 62 0.2× 38 2.4k
Ruby Krishnamurti United States 16 1.0k 0.9× 179 0.5× 382 1.2× 400 1.4× 41 0.1× 33 1.7k
Francisco Marqués Spain 28 1.5k 1.4× 173 0.5× 119 0.4× 223 0.8× 71 0.2× 91 1.9k

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All Works

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McComb, W D. (2016). Infrared properties of the energy spectrum in freely decaying isotropic turbulence. Physical review. E. 93(1). 13103–13103. 4 indexed citations
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Linkmann, Moritz, et al.. (2015). Nonuniversality and Finite Dissipation in Decaying Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence. Physical Review Letters. 114(23). 235001–235001. 24 indexed citations
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McComb, W D, Arjun Berera, Samuel R. Yoffe, & Moritz Linkmann. (2015). Energy transfer and dissipation in forced isotropic turbulence. Physical Review E. 91(4). 43013–43013. 30 indexed citations
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Linkmann, Moritz, W D McComb, Arjun Berera, & Samuel R. Yoffe. (2014). Energy transfer and dissipation in forced isotropic turbulence. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2 indexed citations
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Kuczaj, Arkadiusz K., Bernard J. Geurts, & W D McComb. (2006). Nonlocal modulation of the energy cascade in broadband-forced turbulence. Physical Review E. 74(1). 16306–16306. 17 indexed citations
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McComb, W D & K. H. Kiyani. (2005). Eulerian spectral closures for isotropic turbulence using a time-ordered fluctuation-dissipation relation. Physical Review E. 72(1). 16309–16309. 9 indexed citations
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Kiyani, K. H. & W D McComb. (2004). Time-ordered fluctuation-dissipation relation for incompressible isotropic turbulence. Physical Review E. 70(6). 66303–66303. 22 indexed citations
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Nakano, Tohru, W D McComb, & Bernard J. Geurts. (2003). Spectral intermode coupling in a model of isotropic turbulence. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 67(2). 26317–26317. 1 indexed citations
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Oberlack, Martin, W D McComb, & Anthony Quinn. (2001). Solution of functional equations and reduction of dimension in the local energy transfer theory of incompressible, three-dimensional turbulence. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 63(2). 26308–26308. 5 indexed citations
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McComb, W D, et al.. (2000). Effective viscosity due to local turbulence interactions near the cutoff wavenumber in a constrained numerical simulation. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 33(13). L133–L139. 9 indexed citations
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McComb, W D. (1995). Theory of turbulence. Reports on Progress in Physics. 58(10). 1117–1205. 44 indexed citations
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McComb, W D. (1990). The Physics of Fluid Turbulence. 510 indexed citations breakdown →
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Greated, Clive, et al.. (1984). Laser-Doppler anemometer measurements of turbulent structure in non-Newtonian fluids. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 17(3). 533–549. 10 indexed citations
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McComb, W D. (1982). Reformulation of the statistical equations for turbulent shear flow. Physical review. A, General physics. 26(2). 1078–1094. 21 indexed citations
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McComb, W D, et al.. (1977). Effect of polymer additives on the small-scale structure of grid-generated turbulence. The Physics of Fluids. 20(6). 873–879. 42 indexed citations
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McComb, W D. (1973). The Turbulent Dynamics of an Elastic Fibre Suspension: a Mechanism for Drag Reduction. Nature Physical Science. 241(110). 117–118. 7 indexed citations
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Edwards, Samuel Frederick & W D McComb. (1972). Local transport equations for turbulent shear flow. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 330(1583). 495–516. 8 indexed citations
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Edwards, Samuel Frederick & W D McComb. (1971). A local energy transport equation for isotropic turbulence. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 325(1562). 313–321. 10 indexed citations

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