W. M. Goubau

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

W. M. Goubau is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. M. Goubau has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Geophysics, 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 7 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in W. M. Goubau's work include Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (10 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (7 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (4 papers). W. M. Goubau is often cited by papers focused on Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (10 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (7 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (4 papers). W. M. Goubau collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. W. M. Goubau's co-authors include John Clarke, Thomas D. Gamble, M. B. Ketchen, R. H. Koch, R. O. Pohl, D. J. Van Harlingen, John M. Martinis, C.M. Pegrum, G. Schmidt and T. McNelly and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

W. M. Goubau

23 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Magnetotellurics with a remote magnetic reference 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. Magnetotellurics with a remote magnetic reference
    1979 621 citations Thomas D. Gamble, W. M. Goubau et al. Geophysics 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. M. Goubau United States 12 989 413 405 332 191 24 1.7k
Ronny Stolz Germany 22 560 0.6× 248 0.6× 824 2.0× 425 1.3× 438 2.3× 146 1.7k
L. E. Alsop United States 19 580 0.6× 268 0.6× 93 0.2× 29 0.1× 77 0.4× 35 876
L. Fritzsch Germany 17 159 0.2× 58 0.1× 437 1.1× 305 0.9× 291 1.5× 54 819
D. V. Shantsev Norway 25 204 0.2× 93 0.2× 708 1.7× 1.4k 4.2× 237 1.2× 66 1.8k
P. L. Donoho United States 14 221 0.2× 33 0.1× 115 0.3× 54 0.2× 59 0.3× 43 681
Rudolf Widmer‐Schnidrig Germany 28 821 0.8× 189 0.5× 782 1.9× 15 0.0× 825 4.3× 71 2.3k
Kenneth S. Mendelson United States 15 218 0.2× 117 0.3× 238 0.6× 92 0.3× 107 0.6× 42 1.0k
S. V. Polyakov Russia 22 443 0.4× 37 0.1× 575 1.4× 23 0.1× 174 0.9× 139 1.5k
N. R. Hill United States 15 853 0.9× 439 1.1× 355 0.9× 17 0.1× 142 0.7× 31 1.4k
V. Zakosarenko Germany 16 100 0.1× 30 0.1× 517 1.3× 477 1.4× 268 1.4× 72 885

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. M. Goubau

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. M. Goubau. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. M. Goubau 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. M. Goubau. W. M. Goubau 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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Goubau, W. M., et al.. (2006). Magnetotelluric studies at the Cerro Prieto geothermal field. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).
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Goubau, W. M., et al.. (1984). Noise correlation lengths in remote reference magnetotellurics. Geophysics. 49(4). 433–438. 27 indexed citations
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Clarke, John, et al.. (1983). REMOTE‐REFERENCE MAGNETOTELLURICS: EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES*. Geophysical Prospecting. 31(1). 149–170. 56 indexed citations
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Koch, R. H., John Clarke, W. M. Goubau, et al.. (1983). Flicker (1/f) noise in tunnel junction dc SQUIDS. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 51(1-2). 207–224. 148 indexed citations
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Koch, R. H., John Clarke, John M. Martinis, et al.. (1983). Investigation of 1/f noise in tunnel junction DC SQUIDS. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 19(3). 449–452. 9 indexed citations
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Gamble, Thomas D., et al.. (1982). Magnetotelluric regional strike. Geophysics. 47(6). 932–937. 12 indexed citations
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Goubau, W. M.. (1980). GEOPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS OF SQUIDS. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 603–614. 1 indexed citations
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Gamble, Thomas D., W. M. Goubau, N.E. Goldstein, & John Clarke. (1980). Referenced magnetotellurics at cerro prieto. Geothermics. 9(1-2). 49–63. 6 indexed citations
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Gamble, Thomas D., W. M. Goubau, & John Clarke. (1979). Magnetotellurics with a remote magnetic reference. Geophysics. 44(1). 53–68. 621 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gamble, Thomas D., W. M. Goubau, & John Clarke. (1979). Error analysis for remote reference magnetotellurics. Geophysics. 44(5). 959–968. 149 indexed citations
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Goubau, W. M., Thomas D. Gamble, & John Clarke. (1978). Magnetotelluric data analysis; removal of bias. Geophysics. 43(6). 1157–1166. 93 indexed citations
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Clarke, John, Thomas D. Gamble, & W. M. Goubau. (1978). SQUIDs and magnetotellurics with a remote reference. AIP conference proceedings. 44. 87–94. 4 indexed citations
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Ketchen, M. B., et al.. (1978). Superconducting thin-film gradiometer. Journal of Applied Physics. 49(7). 4111–4116. 70 indexed citations
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Goubau, W. M., Thomas D. Gamble, & John Clarke. (1978). Magnetotellurics using lock‐in signal detection. Geophysical Research Letters. 5(6). 543–546. 7 indexed citations
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Gamble, Thomas D., W. M. Goubau, M. B. Ketchen, & John Clarke. (1978). Regulator for controlling liquid helium bath near 4.2 K. Review of Scientific Instruments. 49(1). 119–120. 3 indexed citations
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Clarke, John, W. M. Goubau, & M. B. Ketchen. (1976). Tunnel junction dc SQUID: Fabrication, operation, and performance. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 25(1-2). 99–144. 185 indexed citations
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Clarke, John, W. M. Goubau, & M. B. Ketchen. (1975). Thin-film dc SQUID with low noise and drift. Applied Physics Letters. 27(3). 155–156. 10 indexed citations
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Clarke, John, W. M. Goubau, & M. B. Ketchen. (1975). A reliable DC squid made with tunnel junctions. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 11(2). 724–727. 8 indexed citations
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McNelly, T., S. J. Rogers, D. J. Channin, et al.. (1970). Heat Pulses in NaF: Onset of Second Sound. Physical Review Letters. 24(3). 100–102. 168 indexed citations
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Pohl, R. O., et al.. (1969). Electrocaloric Effect in Doped Alkali Halides. Physical Review. 178(3). 1431–1436. 20 indexed citations

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