Walter Orr Roberts

1.2k total citations
57 papers, 737 citations indexed

About

Walter Orr Roberts is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Orr Roberts has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 737 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Walter Orr Roberts's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (25 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (8 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (7 papers). Walter Orr Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (25 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (8 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (7 papers). Walter Orr Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United States, Greece and India. Walter Orr Roberts's co-authors include Roger H. Olson, Leif Svalgaard, P. H. Scherrer, John M. Wilcox, Jean-Claude Pecker, Norman Macdonald, Roy L. Jenne, Donald E. Billings, Christos Zerefos and R. G. Athay and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Walter Orr Roberts

45 papers receiving 548 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter Orr Roberts United States	11	566	222	182	150	85	57	737
Roger H. Olson United States	8	400 0.7×	189 0.9×	129 0.7×	129 0.9×	66 0.8×	14	491
R. Chadwick Canada	12	451 0.8×	93 0.4×	125 0.7×	116 0.8×	101 1.2×	20	683
G. E. Kocharov Russia	12	363 0.6×	266 1.2×	156 0.9×	163 1.1×	62 0.7×	72	649
Charles P. Sonett United States	13	501 0.9×	185 0.8×	214 1.2×	33 0.2×	38 0.4×	23	684
M. Galli Italy	12	193 0.3×	129 0.6×	40 0.2×	67 0.4×	40 0.5×	47	313
Fred Ward United States	11	388 0.7×	78 0.4×	143 0.8×	45 0.3×	170 2.0×	26	463
Helen E. Coffey United States	13	510 0.9×	87 0.4×	115 0.6×	55 0.4×	106 1.2×	74	607
S. Duhau Argentina	13	315 0.6×	58 0.3×	165 0.9×	62 0.4×	103 1.2×	45	427
Václav Bucha Slovakia	14	193 0.3×	321 1.4×	328 1.8×	91 0.6×	78 0.9×	50	560
J. L. Steinberg France	18	915 1.6×	31 0.1×	171 0.9×	18 0.1×	47 0.6×	59	1.0k

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Olson, Roger H., et al.. (1978). Analysis of a possible Sun–weather correlation. Nature. 272(5650). 231–232. 5 indexed citations

Zerefos, Christos, et al.. (1977). A global study on meteorological periodicities. Journal of Interdisiplinary Cycle Research. 8(3-4). 230–233. 2 indexed citations

Roberts, Walter Orr. (1976). The Genesis Strategy Climate and Global Survival. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 1(3). 268–269. 9 indexed citations

Roberts, Walter Orr. (1975). Relationships Between Solar Activity and Climate Change. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 366(11). 13–701. 9 indexed citations

Olson, Roger H., Walter Orr Roberts, & Christos Zerefos. (1975). Short term relationships between solar flares, geomagnetic storms, and tropospheric vorticity patterns. Nature. 257(5522). 113–115. 26 indexed citations

Roberts, Walter Orr & Roger H. Olson. (1975). Great Plains weather. Nature. 254(5499). 380–380. 6 indexed citations

Roberts, Walter Orr & Roger H. Olson. (1973). Geomagnetic Storms and Wintertime 300-mb Trough Development in the North Pacific-North America Area. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 30(1). 135–140. 125 indexed citations

Roberts, Walter Orr. (1972). We're doing something about the weather!. National geographic/The complete National geographic/The National geographic magazine. 141(4). 518–555. 2 indexed citations

Roberts, Walter Orr, Barry Commoner, Hudson Hoagland, et al.. (1968). On the Use of Herbicides in Vietnam. Science. 161(3838). 253–254. 1 indexed citations

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Commoner, Barry, Hudson Hoagland, Gerald Holton, et al.. (1968). Supplementary Statements by Some Members of the Board of Directors. Science. 161(3838). 254–255.

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Commoner, Barry, Robert B. Brode, Ansley J. Coale, et al.. (1964). Response : Science and the Race Problem. Science. 143(3609). 915–915. 3 indexed citations

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Roberts, Walter Orr. (1956). Cross-Field Seminar on Possible Responses of Terrestrial Atmospheric Circulation to Changes in Solar Activity. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 37(9). 477–479. 5 indexed citations

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Roberts, Walter Orr. (1955). Big Business and Research. Science. 121(3144). 473–473. 1 indexed citations

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Roberts, Walter Orr. (1955). Big Business and Research. Science. 121(3144). 473–473. 2 indexed citations

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Pecker, Jean-Claude & Walter Orr Roberts. (1955). Solar corpuscles responsible for geomagnetic disturbances. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 60(1). 33–44. 34 indexed citations

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Billings, Donald E., et al.. (1954). Study of profiles of coronal emission lines.. The Astronomical Journal. 59. 316–316.

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Athay, R. G., J. W. Evans, & Walter Orr Roberts. (1953). The active region on the west solar limb during the eclipse of 1952 25 February. Observatory. 73. 244–245. 1 indexed citations

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Athay, R. G., Donald E. Billings, J. W. Evans, & Walter Orr Roberts. (1953). Preliminary intensities of Balmer lines from the flash spectrum of the 1952 solar eclipse.. The Astronomical Journal. 58. 33–33. 2 indexed citations

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Roberts, Walter Orr, et al.. (1953). Eruptive Prominence Associated with Limb Flare of may 8, 1951.. The Astrophysical Journal. 117. 292–292. 5 indexed citations

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Roberts, Walter Orr. (1952). Sunspot Prominences and the Yellow Coronal Line.. The Astrophysical Journal. 115. 488–488. 1 indexed citations

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