W. Richards

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

W. Richards is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Richards has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. Richards's work include Antenna Design and Analysis (30 papers), Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (20 papers) and Microwave Engineering and Waveguides (15 papers). W. Richards is often cited by papers focused on Antenna Design and Analysis (30 papers), Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (20 papers) and Microwave Engineering and Waveguides (15 papers). W. Richards collaborates with scholars based in United States. W. Richards's co-authors include Y. Lo, D. Solomon, Stuart A. Long, Yuen Lo, Dan Harrison, Shayla E. Davidson, Donald R. Wilton, Surendra Singh, Richard Raspet and David R. Jackson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques and IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.

In The Last Decade

W. Richards

33 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Theory and experiment on microstrip antennas 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 1981 200 400 600
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. Theory and experiment on microstrip antennas
    1979 656 citations Y. Lo, W. Richards et al. IRE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation profile →
  2. An improved theory for microstrip antennas and applications
    1981 463 citations W. Richards, Yuen Lo et al. IRE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 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. Richards United States 15 1.8k 1.6k 188 108 69 38 2.0k
D.A. McNamara Canada 21 1.4k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 234 1.2× 112 1.0× 256 3.7× 134 1.7k
Ieee Antennas 8 665 0.4× 672 0.4× 182 1.0× 113 1.0× 49 0.7× 18 983
J.A.G. Malherbe South Africa 14 595 0.3× 879 0.5× 160 0.9× 102 0.9× 19 0.3× 67 998
R. Garbacz United States 10 887 0.5× 673 0.4× 259 1.4× 73 0.7× 57 0.8× 17 1.1k
S.R. Rengarajan United States 24 1.4k 0.8× 1.5k 0.9× 237 1.3× 79 0.7× 88 1.3× 168 1.9k
A. Sebak Canada 24 1.7k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 272 1.4× 159 1.5× 229 3.3× 194 2.0k
Noh‐Hoon Myung South Korea 18 538 0.3× 583 0.4× 199 1.1× 125 1.2× 51 0.7× 98 890
F. Schwering United States 16 537 0.3× 866 0.5× 312 1.7× 75 0.7× 36 0.5× 61 1.1k
Kunio Sawaya Japan 18 808 0.4× 912 0.6× 172 0.9× 134 1.2× 136 2.0× 184 1.3k
L.P. Ligthart Netherlands 16 616 0.3× 536 0.3× 118 0.6× 199 1.8× 37 0.5× 103 912

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Richards, W. & Stuart A. Long. (2005). Pattern adaptation using loaded, dual-mode microstrip antennas. 23. 93–96. 1 indexed citations
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Jackson, David R., et al.. (2005). An exact mutual coupling theory for microstrip patches. 25. 790–793. 1 indexed citations
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Richards, W. & Y. Lo. (2005). A simple theory for reactivley loaded microstrip antennas. 22. 259–262. 1 indexed citations
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Richards, W. & Yu‐Lung Lo. (2005). Anisotropy, birefringence, and dispersion in thin obstacle artificial dielectrics. 16. 343–346.
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Richards, W., et al.. (1989). Impedance control of microstrip antennas using reactive loading. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 37(2). 247–251. 6 indexed citations
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Richards, W., et al.. (1987). An Efficient Technique for Computing the Potential Green's Functions for a Thin, Periodically Excited Parallel-Plate Waveguide Bounded by Electric and Magnetic Walls. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 35(3). 276–281. 10 indexed citations
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Richards, W.. (1986). Dynamic control of the input impedance of microstrip elements using reactive loads. Final Report. 1 indexed citations
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Lo, Y., et al.. (1986). A Study of Microstrip Antennas for Multiple Band and High Frequency Operations.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 2 indexed citations
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Richards, W. & Stuart A. Long. (1986). Matching microstrip antennas using reactive loads. 431–434. 2 indexed citations
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Long, Stuart A., et al.. (1986). An experimental investigation of electrically thick rectangular microstrip antennas. IRE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 34(6). 767–772. 275 indexed citations
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Richards, W., et al.. (1986). Impedance formulation of the fast field program for acoustic wave propagation in the atmosphere. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 79(3). 628–634. 34 indexed citations
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Raspet, Richard, et al.. (1985). A fast-field program for sound propagation in a layered atmosphere above an impedance ground. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 77(2). 345–352. 40 indexed citations
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Davidson, Shayla E., Stuart A. Long, & W. Richards. (1985). Dual-band microstrip antennas with monolithic reactive loading. Electronics Letters. 21(20). 936–937. 74 indexed citations
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Richards, W. & Y. Lo. (1983). THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A MICROSTRIP RADIATOR WITH MULTIPLE LUMPED LINEAR LOADS. Electromagnetics. 3(3-4). 371–385. 35 indexed citations
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Richards, W. & Y. Lo. (1982). A FORTRAN Program for Rectangular Microstrip Antennas..
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Richards, W., et al.. (1981). Study of Microstrip Antenna Elements, Arrays Feeds, Losses, and Applications. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 2 indexed citations
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Richards, W., et al.. (1981). A simple experimental method for separating loss parameters of a microstrip antenna. IRE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 29(1). 150–151. 10 indexed citations
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Richards, W., Y. Lo, & Dan Harrison. (1979). Improved theory for microstrip antennas. Electronics Letters. 15(2). 42–44. 22 indexed citations
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Richards, W.. (1977). Anisotropy, birefringence, and dispersion in artificial dielectrics. 5 indexed citations
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Richards, W. & Yuen Lo. (1975). Antenna pattern synthesis based on optimization in a probabilistic sense. IRE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 23(2). 165–172. 17 indexed citations

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