W. Philippoff

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

W. Philippoff is a scholar working on Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Polymers and Plastics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Philippoff has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, 11 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 8 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. Philippoff's work include Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (38 papers), Polymer crystallization and properties (10 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (5 papers). W. Philippoff is often cited by papers focused on Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (38 papers), Polymer crystallization and properties (10 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (5 papers). W. Philippoff collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. W. Philippoff's co-authors include Frederick H. Gaskins, John G. Brodnyan, G. Ver Strate, C. D. Han, M. E. Charles, Mauricio J. Dulfano, Edmund Thelen, Kenneth B. Adler, J. L. S. Wales and A. Harnoy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Applied Physics and The Journal of Physical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

W. Philippoff

65 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Mathematical structure of the theories of viscoelasticity 1954 2026 1978 2002 1954 100 200 300
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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. Mathematical structure of the theories of viscoelasticity
    1954 310 citations W. Philippoff Journal of the Franklin Institute 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. Philippoff United States 24 1.2k 790 374 324 311 65 2.0k
Hershel Markovitz United States 22 1.1k 0.9× 766 1.0× 466 1.2× 231 0.7× 410 1.3× 47 1.9k
A. S. Lodge United States 21 1.3k 1.1× 771 1.0× 496 1.3× 248 0.8× 252 0.8× 58 1.7k
A. I. Leonov United States 23 1.3k 1.1× 967 1.2× 572 1.5× 372 1.1× 370 1.2× 100 2.4k
W. P. Cox United States 10 685 0.6× 849 1.1× 252 0.7× 142 0.4× 258 0.8× 11 1.9k
Hanswalter Giesekus Germany 21 1.8k 1.5× 536 0.7× 611 1.6× 205 0.6× 352 1.1× 54 2.2k
Friedrich Rudolf Schwarzl Netherlands 19 465 0.4× 868 1.1× 346 0.9× 311 1.0× 476 1.5× 39 1.6k
J-M Piau France 18 988 0.8× 488 0.6× 234 0.6× 130 0.4× 260 0.8× 35 1.5k
C. J. S. Petrie United Kingdom 18 1.1k 1.0× 673 0.9× 271 0.7× 239 0.7× 166 0.5× 34 1.6k
E. A. Kearsley United States 12 632 0.5× 398 0.5× 459 1.2× 191 0.6× 101 0.3× 22 987
H. M. Laun Germany 31 2.3k 1.9× 1.9k 2.4× 647 1.7× 315 1.0× 608 2.0× 57 3.5k

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. Philippoff. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. Philippoff 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. Philippoff. W. Philippoff 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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Philippoff, W.. (1976). The Analysis of the Entrance Flow into a Slit. Part I. Transactions of the Society of Rheology. 20(3). 423–439. 3 indexed citations
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Harnoy, A. & W. Philippoff. (1976). Investigation of Elastico-Viscous Hydrodynamic Lubrication of Sleeve Bearing. A S L E Transactions. 19(4). 301–308. 15 indexed citations
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Philippoff, W.. (1973). Recoverable shear in rheology. Rheologica Acta. 12(3). 425–429. 6 indexed citations
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Adler, Kenneth B., et al.. (1972). Physical Properties of Sputum. American Review of Respiratory Disease. 106(1). 86–96. 32 indexed citations
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Dulfano, Mauricio J., Kenneth B. Adler, & W. Philippoff. (1971). Sputum viscoelasticity in chronic bronchitis.. PubMed. 104(1). 88–98. 29 indexed citations
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Philippoff, W., et al.. (1970). A method for determining the viscoelastic properties of biological fluids. Biorheology. 7(1). 55–67. 6 indexed citations
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Philippoff, W.. (1970). Symmetry conditions in laminar flow of polymer solutions. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Letters. 8(2). 107–108. 4 indexed citations
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Han, C. D., M. E. Charles, & W. Philippoff. (1969). Measurement of the Axial Pressure Distribution of Molten Polymers in Flow Through a Circular Tube. Transactions of the Society of Rheology. 13(4). 455–466. 41 indexed citations
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Philippoff, W. & Erik G. M. Tornqvist. (1968). Rheo‐optical behavior of isotactic and linear atactic poly‐alpha‐olefins in solution. Journal of Polymer Science Part C Polymer Symposia. 23(2). 881–889. 4 indexed citations
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Philippoff, W., et al.. (1967). Hydrodynamic Behavior of Viscoelastic Liquids in a Simulated Journal Bearing. A S L E Transactions. 10(3). 302–315. 28 indexed citations
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Philippoff, W.. (1965). Correlation of the Elastic Properties in Steady-State Flow and Vibrational Experiments. Journal of Applied Physics. 36(10). 3033–3038. 14 indexed citations
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Philippoff, W.. (1962). The rheology of polymer solutions in oil. Journal of Polymer Science. 57(165). 141–159. 6 indexed citations
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Philippoff, W.. (1959). Stress-Optical Analysis of Fluids. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 51(7). 883–884. 7 indexed citations
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Gaskins, Frederick H. & W. Philippoff. (1959). The Behavior of Jets of Viscoelastic Fluids. Transactions of the Society of Rheology. 3(1). 181–203. 21 indexed citations
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Philippoff, W.. (1959). The Temperature Dependence of Flow Birefringence Parameters. Transactions of the Society of Rheology. 3(1). 153–160. 4 indexed citations
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Philippoff, W. & Frederick H. Gaskins. (1959). The Experimental Check of Theories of the Viscosities of Solutions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 63(6). 985–989. 5 indexed citations
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Philippoff, W.. (1957). Rheology. Theory and applications.. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 263(3). 260–261. 159 indexed citations
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Philippoff, W.. (1956). Flow Birefringence and Stress. Journal of Applied Physics. 27(9). 984–989. 64 indexed citations
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Philippoff, W.. (1954). Mathematical structure of the theories of viscoelasticity. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 258(6). 528–528. 310 indexed citations breakdown →
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Philippoff, W.. (1951). Colloidal and polyelectrolytes. The micelle and swollen micelle on soap micelles. Discussions of the Faraday Society. 11. 96–96. 31 indexed citations

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