W. L. Taylor

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

W. L. Taylor is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, W. L. Taylor has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 21 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 13 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in W. L. Taylor's work include Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena (19 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (16 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (12 papers). W. L. Taylor is often cited by papers focused on Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena (19 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (16 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (12 papers). W. L. Taylor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. W. L. Taylor's co-authors include G. T. McConville, R. A. Aziz, V. P. S. Nain, Donald R. MacGorman, W. David Rust, Stanley Weissman, Donald W. Burgess, Vladislav Mazur, Brenda C. Johnson and J. J. Hurly and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

W. L. Taylor

61 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

An accurate intermolecular potential for helium 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 200 400 600
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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. An accurate intermolecular potential for helium
    1979 661 citations W. L. Taylor et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

Peers

W. L. Taylor
H. P. Gush Canada
Rolf Landshoff United States
Baxter H. Armstrong United States
Thomas D. Wilkerson United States
N. P. Carleton United States
H. E. Hinteregger United States
H.F.P. Knaap Netherlands
G. E. Peckham United Kingdom
Donald E. Jennings United States
R. J. Barber United Kingdom
H. P. Gush Canada
W. L. Taylor
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Fields of papers citing papers by W. L. Taylor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. L. Taylor

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. L. Taylor. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. L. Taylor 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. L. Taylor. W. L. Taylor 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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Taylor, W. L.. (1996). Thermal diffusion factors of polyatomic gas mixtures: He-, Ne-, Ar-N2, 20Ne-CH4, and isotopic sulfur hexafluoride. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 105(18). 8333–8339. 11 indexed citations
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Taylor, W. L., et al.. (1995). Binary diffusion coefficients of helium/hydrogen isotope mixtures. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 103(16). 6959–6965. 14 indexed citations
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Taylor, W. L., et al.. (1994). On the quantum cross sections in dilute gases. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 100(5). 3813–3820. 28 indexed citations
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Unger, Glenn, et al.. (1993). <title>NASA's first in-space optical gyroscope: a technology experiment on the X-ray Timing Explorer spacecraft</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1953. 52–58. 2 indexed citations
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Aziz, Ronald A., M. Slaman, W. L. Taylor, & J. J. Hurly. (1991). An improved intermolecular potential for sulfur hexafluoride. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 94(2). 1034–1038. 31 indexed citations
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Hurly, J. J., et al.. (1991). Thermal diffusion factors for equimolar He–Ar from 80 to 640 K and equimolar He–Xe from 140 to 270 K. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 94(12). 8282–8288. 10 indexed citations
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Taylor, W. L., et al.. (1990). Diffusion coefficient and interatomic potential of He–Ar at high temperatures. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 92(11). 6786–6793. 4 indexed citations
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Taylor, W. L., et al.. (1988). Narrow-band velocity selector for neutral particles. Review of Scientific Instruments. 59(8). 1303–1306. 1 indexed citations
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Obayashi, T., N. Kawashima, K. Kuriki, et al.. (1984). Space Experiments with Particle Accelerators. Science. 225(4658). 195–196. 60 indexed citations
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Taylor, W. L. & Joseph P. Cangemi. (1983). Participative Management and the Scanlon Plan--A Perspective on Its Philosophy and Psychology.. 20(1). 42–46. 1 indexed citations
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Taylor, W. L., et al.. (1983). Total scattering cross sections for the helium–argon system at low relative velocities. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 79(6). 2831–2838. 2 indexed citations
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Ingold, J. H. & W. L. Taylor. (1982). Correlation of High Pressure Sodium Lamp Performance with Arc Tube Transmission Properties. Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society. 11(4). 223–230. 2 indexed citations
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Taylor, W. L.. (1980). Thermal diffusion factors for the binary noble gas mixtures. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 72(9). 4973–4981. 25 indexed citations
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Taylor, W. L., et al.. (1979). Diffusion coefficients of krypton–noble gas systems. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 71(9). 3601–3607. 21 indexed citations
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Taylor, W. L.. (1973). An Electromagnetic Technique for Tornado Detection. Weatherwise. 26(2). 70–71. 2 indexed citations
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Taylor, W. L.. (1973). Electromagnetic radiation from severe storms in Oklahoma during April 29-30, 1970. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 78(36). 8761–8777. 21 indexed citations
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Taylor, W. L. & Stanley Weissman. (1971). Thermal Diffusion Factors for the 4He–3He System. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 55(8). 4000–4004. 12 indexed citations
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Taylor, W. L. & Stanley Weissman. (1967). Composition Dependence of the Thermal Diffusion Factor of the Xe–Ne System. The Physics of Fluids. 10(3). 668–669. 7 indexed citations
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Taylor, W. L.. (1963). Radiation field characteristics of lightning discharges in the band 1 kc/s to 100 kc/s. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section D Radio Propagation. 67D(5). 539–539. 45 indexed citations
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Taylor, W. L., et al.. (1960). VLF phase characteristics deduced from atmospheric wave forms. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 65(3). 907–912. 22 indexed citations

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