W. R. Scott

7.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
76 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

W. R. Scott is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science and Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. R. Scott has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 22 papers in Plant Science and 11 papers in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics. Recurrent topics in W. R. Scott's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (16 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (12 papers) and Finite Group Theory Research (11 papers). W. R. Scott is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (16 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (12 papers) and Finite Group Theory Research (11 papers). W. R. Scott collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and United Kingdom. W. R. Scott's co-authors include Peter M. Blau, J. Crangle, Kennan T. Smith, John L. Kelley, Isaac Namioka, Wendy Robertson, B. J. Pettis, Ebbe Thue Poulsen, William F. Donoghue and G. Baley Price and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

W. R. Scott

71 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Group Theory

1964 1.9k citations W. R. Scott profile →
Formal Organizations

1962 761 citations Peter M. Blau, W. R. Scott Stanford University Press eBooks profile →
Linear Topological Spaces

1963 656 citations W. R. Scott et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. R. Scott New Zealand	18	784	749	601	589	492	76	4.7k
René Thom France	23	322 0.4×	910 1.2×	106 0.2×	777 1.3×	265 0.5×	71	4.4k
Luc Vinet Canada	30	1.5k 2.0×	1.0k 1.4×	226 0.4×	389 0.7×	617 1.3×	223	4.4k
Albert W. Marshall United States	34	348 0.4×	555 0.7×	135 0.2×	449 0.8×	257 0.5×	82	11.1k
Freeman J. Dyson United States	51	5.6k 7.1×	545 0.7×	543 0.9×	2.0k 3.4×	426 0.9×	214	15.0k
Richard E. Crandall United States	27	330 0.4×	233 0.3×	172 0.3×	207 0.4×	492 1.0×	90	2.3k
Richard Taylor United States	33	103 0.1×	2.5k 3.3×	434 0.7×	2.3k 3.9×	1.1k 2.2×	185	5.4k
George A. Baker United States	40	2.7k 3.5×	191 0.3×	34 0.1×	750 1.3×	108 0.2×	228	7.4k
Paul Erdős Hungary	42	508 0.6×	2.0k 2.6×	2.5k 4.1×	969 1.6×	1.0k 2.0×	386	6.9k
Paul R. Halmos United States	36	241 0.3×	985 1.3×	151 0.3×	2.5k 4.2×	1.5k 3.0×	140	6.9k
J. Laurie Snell United States	23	205 0.3×	504 0.7×	115 0.2×	901 1.5×	35 0.1×	77	8.5k

Countries citing papers authored by W. R. Scott

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. R. Scott

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. R. Scott

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All Works

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Moot, Derrick J., et al.. (2000). Base temperature and thermal time requirements for germination and emergence of temperate pasture species. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 43(1). 15–25. 136 indexed citations

Scott, W. R., et al.. (1992). Controlled pollination in hexaploid triticale ( Triticosecale × Wittmack). New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. 19(1). 15–18. 1 indexed citations

Scott, W. R., et al.. (1991). Effects of grazing on grain yield of winter barley and triticale: The position of the apical dome relative to the soil surface. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 34(2). 177–184. 7 indexed citations

Scott, W. R., et al.. (1988). The effects of grazing on components of grain yield in winter barley. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. 16(4). 313–319. 5 indexed citations

Scott, W. R.. (1978). Development and yield of ‘Kopara’ and ‘Karamu’ wheat under different rates of nitrogen. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 21(3). 463–466. 5 indexed citations

Scott, W. R., Charles T. Dougherty, & R. H. M. Langer. (1977). Development and yield components of high‐yielding wheat crops. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 20(2). 205–212. 12 indexed citations

Scott, W. R. & R. H. M. Langer. (1977). A comparison of the pattern of grain set in ‘Aotea’ and ‘Karamu’ wheat. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 20(3). 357–361. 4 indexed citations

Dougherty, Charles T., et al.. (1975). Levels of water‐soluble carbohydrate in the pre‐anthesis ear of wheat, and grain set per spikelet. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 18(4). 351–356. 12 indexed citations

Scott, W. R., Charles T. Dougherty, & R. H. M. Langer. (1975). An analysis of a wheat yield depression caused by high sowing rate with reference to the pattern of grain set within the ear. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 18(3). 209–214. 10 indexed citations

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Dougherty, Charles T., W. R. Scott, & R. H. M. Langer. (1975). Effects of sowing rate, irrigation, and nitrogen on the components of yield of spring‐sown semi dwarf and standard New Zealand wheats. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 18(3). 197–207. 20 indexed citations

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Dougherty, Charles T., et al.. (1974). Effects of irrigation and fertiliser on the yields of ‘Arawa’, ‘Aotea’, and ‘Karamu’ wheats. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 17(2). 241–249. 14 indexed citations

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Scott, W. R.. (1974). Establishment of undersown white clover as affected by wheat sowing rate, time of white clover introduction, and irrigation. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. 2(2). 151–154. 2 indexed citations

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Scott, W. R., Charles T. Dougherty, R. H. M. Langer, & Gert W. Meijer. (1973). Wheat yield as affected by sowing rate, irrigation, and time of white clover introduction. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. 1(4). 369–376. 19 indexed citations

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Amberg, Bernhard & W. R. Scott. (1970). Products of Abelian subgroups. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 26(4). 541–547. 8 indexed citations

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Scott, W. R.. (1968). Maximal fields disjoint from finite sets. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 19(6). 1366–1368. 1 indexed citations

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Blau, Peter M. & W. R. Scott. (1962). Formal Organizations. Stanford University Press eBooks. 761 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schenkman, Eugene & W. R. Scott. (1960). A generalization of the Cartan-Brauer-Hua theorem. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 11(3). 396–398. 6 indexed citations

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Scott, W. R.. (1957). On the multiplicative group of a division ring. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 8(2). 303–305. 23 indexed citations

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Scott, W. R., et al.. (1957). Normal subgroups of monomial groups. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 8(5). 931–936. 1 indexed citations

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Scott, W. R.. (1954). On the order of the automorphism group of a finite group. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 5(1). 23–24. 11 indexed citations

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