Wildon Fickett

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Wildon Fickett is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wildon Fickett has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 12 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 7 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Wildon Fickett's work include Combustion and Detonation Processes (17 papers), Energetic Materials and Combustion (12 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (5 papers). Wildon Fickett is often cited by papers focused on Combustion and Detonation Processes (17 papers), Energetic Materials and Combustion (12 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (5 papers). Wildon Fickett collaborates with scholars based in United States. Wildon Fickett's co-authors include William C. Davis, William W. Wood, Robert D. Cowan, H. J. Lucas, Zevi W. Salsburg, Frank H. Dickey, John G. Kirkwood, Garry L. Schott, R. L. Rabie and G. R. Fowles and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and AIAA Journal.

In The Last Decade

Wildon Fickett

28 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Detonation: Theory and Experiment 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 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. Detonation: Theory and Experiment
    1979 323 citations William C. Davis, Wildon Fickett Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wildon Fickett United States 15 650 436 250 204 180 29 1.2k
Jerome J. Erpenbeck United States 24 532 0.8× 276 0.6× 479 1.9× 906 4.4× 272 1.5× 45 2.2k
Eugene Levin United States 18 325 0.5× 136 0.3× 296 1.2× 229 1.1× 472 2.6× 52 1.3k
George Emanuel United States 22 398 0.6× 90 0.2× 663 2.7× 39 0.2× 480 2.7× 121 1.4k
John E. Dove Canada 22 143 0.2× 77 0.2× 163 0.7× 180 0.9× 173 1.0× 45 1.2k
E. L. Resler United States 16 377 0.6× 97 0.2× 334 1.3× 44 0.2× 278 1.5× 37 1.1k
N.G. Sjöstrand Sweden 16 556 0.9× 31 0.1× 126 0.5× 194 1.0× 66 0.4× 76 1.0k
J. William Rich United States 33 825 1.3× 350 0.8× 730 2.9× 390 1.9× 1.2k 6.4× 80 3.2k
M. Péalat France 20 150 0.2× 176 0.4× 416 1.7× 171 0.8× 59 0.3× 54 1.3k
Robert S. Tranter United States 29 350 0.5× 88 0.2× 755 3.0× 406 2.0× 70 0.4× 86 2.0k
J. P. Taran France 26 146 0.2× 153 0.4× 623 2.5× 68 0.3× 113 0.6× 50 2.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wildon Fickett

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fickett, Wildon. (2023). Introduction to Detonation Theory.
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Bdzil, John B. & Wildon Fickett. (1992). DSD Technology: A detonation reactive Huygens code. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 93. 25987. 5 indexed citations
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Fickett, Wildon. (1989). Approach to the steady solution for a plane Chapman–Jouguet detonation. Physics of Fluids A Fluid Dynamics. 1(2). 371–379. 9 indexed citations
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Fickett, Wildon. (1988). A mathematical problem from detonation theory. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics. 46(3). 459–471. 4 indexed citations
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Fickett, Wildon. (1987). Decay of small planar perturbations on a strong steady detonation: A differential–difference equation for the shock. The Physics of Fluids. 30(5). 1299–1309. 8 indexed citations
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Buckmaster, J., Herschel Rabitz, Forman A. Williams, Wildon Fickett, & J. F. Clarke. (1985). Mathematics of combustion. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 5(2). 179–85. 2 indexed citations
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Fickett, Wildon. (1985). Introduction to Detonation Theory. 62 indexed citations
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Fickett, Wildon. (1985). Stability of the square-wave detonation in a model system. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 16(3). 358–370. 20 indexed citations
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Fickett, Wildon. (1984). Shock initiation of detonation in a dilute explosive. The Physics of Fluids. 27(1). 94–105. 13 indexed citations
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Davis, William C. & Wildon Fickett. (1979). Detonation: Theory and Experiment. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 323 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fickett, Wildon, et al.. (1975). Numerical Calculation of the Cylinder Test. 3 indexed citations
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Fickett, Wildon. (1974). Motion of an explosive-induced plane shock wave. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics. 32(1). 71–84. 3 indexed citations
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Fickett, Wildon, et al.. (1972). Calculated Pulsating One-Dimensional Detonations with Induction-Zone Kinetics. AIAA Journal. 10(4). 514–516. 24 indexed citations
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Fickett, Wildon. (1963). Calculation of the Detonation Properties of Condensed Explosives. The Physics of Fluids. 6(7). 997–1006. 11 indexed citations
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Fickett, Wildon & William W. Wood. (1958). A Detonation-Product Equation of State Obtained from Hydrodynamic Data. The Physics of Fluids. 1(6). 528–534. 15 indexed citations
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Fickett, Wildon, William W. Wood, & Zevi W. Salsburg. (1957). Investigations of the Detonation Properties of Condensed Explosives with Equations of State Based on Intermolecular Potentials. I. RDX with Fixed Product Composition. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 27(6). 1324–1329. 8 indexed citations
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Cowan, Robert D. & Wildon Fickett. (1956). Calculation of the Detonation Properties of Solid Explosives with the Kistiakowsky-Wilson Equation of State. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 24(5). 932–939. 93 indexed citations
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Fickett, Wildon & Robert D. Cowan. (1955). Values of Thermodynamic Functions to 12 000°K for Several Substances. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 23(7). 1349–1350. 15 indexed citations
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Fickett, Wildon. (1952). Zero-point Vibrational Contributions to the Optical Rotatory Power of Isotopically Dissymmetric Molcules. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 74(16). 4204–4205. 9 indexed citations
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Dickey, Frank H., Wildon Fickett, & H. J. Lucas. (1952). Stereoisomeric 2,3-Butanediamines, 3-Amino-2-butanols and 2,3-Dimethylethyleneimines; Stereochemistry of the Opening and Closing of the Imine Ring1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 74(4). 944–951. 86 indexed citations

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