W Hayes

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

W Hayes is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Applied Mathematics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W Hayes has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Computational Mechanics, 13 papers in Applied Mathematics and 5 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in W Hayes's work include Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (13 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (13 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (12 papers). W Hayes is often cited by papers focused on Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (13 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (13 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (12 papers). W Hayes collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. W Hayes's co-authors include Ronald F. Probstein, Ya. B. Zel’dovich, Yu. P. Raǐzer, S. P. Gill, Robert E. Wilson, H. L. Runyan, Rolf Landshoff, W. J. Mccroskey, S. M. Bogdonoff and Allan D. Pierce and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

W Hayes

40 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Physics of Shock Waves and High-Temperature Hydrodynamic ... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 250 500 750
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. Physics of Shock Waves and High-Temperature Hydrodynamic Phenomena
    2002 795 citations W Hayes, Ronald F. Probstein et al. profile →

Peers

W Hayes
T. G. Cowling United Kingdom
Jay P. Boris United States
I. I. Glass Canada
P. R. Garabedian United States
L. I. Sedov Russia
L. Howarth United Kingdom
Maurice Holt United States
D. I. Meiron United States
Takashi Yabe Japan
K. Takayama Japan
T. G. Cowling United Kingdom
W Hayes
Citations per year, relative to W Hayes W Hayes (= 1×) peers T. G. Cowling

Countries citing papers authored by W Hayes

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of W Hayes's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by W Hayes with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites W Hayes more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by W Hayes

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of W Hayes

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W Hayes. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W Hayes 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 Hayes. W Hayes 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
1.
Hayes, W & Ronald F. Probstein. (2004). Hypersonic Inviscid Flow. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 17 indexed citations
2.
Hayes, W, et al.. (1989). Status of sonic boom methodology and understanding. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 9 indexed citations
3.
Hayes, W. (1973). Group velocity and nonlinear dispersive wave propagation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 332(1589). 199–221. 83 indexed citations
4.
Hayes, W & H. L. Runyan. (1972). Sonic-Boom Propagation through a Stratified Atmosphere. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 51(2C). 695–701. 28 indexed citations
5.
Caughey, D, et al.. (1971). Theoretical problems related to sonic boom. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 255. 27. 3 indexed citations
6.
Hayes, W. (1970). Kinematic wave theory. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 320(1541). 209–226. 66 indexed citations
7.
Hayes, W. (1970). Conservation of action and modal wave action. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 320(1541). 187–208. 72 indexed citations
8.
Hayes, W & H. L. Runyan. (1970). Propagation of sonic boom through a stratified atmosphere. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 3 indexed citations
9.
Hayes, W. (1968). The propagation upward of the shock wave from a strong explosion in the atmosphere. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 32(2). 317–331. 16 indexed citations
10.
Hayes, W. (1968). Similarity rules for nonlinear acoustic propagation through a caustic. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 16 indexed citations
11.
Hayes, W. (1968). Energy Invariant for Geometric Acoustics in a Moving Medium. The Physics of Fluids. 11(8). 1654–1656. 17 indexed citations
12.
Waddington, C. H., Charlotte Auerbach, David Lewis, et al.. (1967). GRH volume 9 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. Genetics Research. 9(2). f1–f5. 1 indexed citations
13.
Hayes, W. (1967). Brief review of the basic theory. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 147. 3. 9 indexed citations
14.
Hayes, W, et al.. (1966). Analysis of hypersonic gas flow past blunt bodies. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. 30(2). 421–427. 5 indexed citations
15.
Hayes, W. (1964). Rotational stagnation point flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 19(3). 366–374. 9 indexed citations
16.
Wilson, Robert E., W Hayes, & Ronald F. Probstein. (1964). Hypersonic Flow Theory. Mathematics of Computation. 18(86). 336–336. 131 indexed citations
17.
Hayes, W, et al.. (1962). Теория гиперзвуковых течений. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
18.
Hayes, W. (1960). Gasdynamic Discontinuities. Princeton University Press eBooks. 39 indexed citations
19.
Hayes, W. (1957). The vorticity jump across a gasdynamic discontinuity. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2(6). 595–600. 113 indexed citations
20.
Hayes, W. (1954). Pseudotransonic Similitude and First-Order Wave Structure. Journal of the aeronautical sciences. [REQUEST TITLE]. 21(11). 721–730. 29 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by T. G. Cowling Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jay P. Boris Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by I. I. Glass Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by P. R. Garabedian Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by L. I. Sedov Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by L. Howarth Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Maurice Holt Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by D. I. Meiron Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Takashi Yabe Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by K. Takayama
Rankless by CCL
2026