William B. Smith

1.5k total citations
44 papers, 900 citations indexed

About

William B. Smith is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, William B. Smith has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 900 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 10 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 7 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in William B. Smith's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (9 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (7 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (7 papers). William B. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (9 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (7 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (7 papers). William B. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States. William B. Smith's co-authors include I. I. Shapiro, Michael E. Ash, R. P. Ingalls, G. H. Pettengill, G. W. Clark, Melvin L. Stone, R. A. Brockelman, W. H. G. Lewin, W. H. G. Lewin and R. F. Jurgens and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

William B. Smith

40 papers receiving 764 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William B. Smith United States 17 741 183 116 113 93 44 900
R. D. Reasenberg United States 17 1.1k 1.4× 246 1.3× 236 2.0× 146 1.3× 161 1.7× 84 1.2k
D. T. Wilkinson United States 15 1.5k 2.1× 665 3.6× 180 1.6× 136 1.2× 156 1.7× 29 1.7k
Michael E. Ash United States 13 632 0.9× 105 0.6× 123 1.1× 98 0.9× 81 0.9× 26 748
V. A. Brumberg Russia 12 658 0.9× 79 0.4× 289 2.5× 117 1.0× 119 1.3× 67 832
James C. Weatherall United States 15 530 0.7× 236 1.3× 66 0.6× 59 0.5× 132 1.4× 46 768
John Pilkington United Kingdom 7 969 1.3× 325 1.8× 184 1.6× 21 0.2× 132 1.4× 19 1.1k
R. A. Collins United Kingdom 4 855 1.2× 304 1.7× 160 1.4× 20 0.2× 103 1.1× 6 943
S. A. Klioner Germany 13 1.3k 1.7× 104 0.6× 285 2.5× 86 0.8× 139 1.5× 57 1.4k
B. G. Clark United States 16 824 1.1× 313 1.7× 81 0.7× 22 0.2× 126 1.4× 48 1.0k
R. P. Ingalls United States 14 606 0.8× 102 0.6× 105 0.9× 98 0.9× 75 0.8× 35 719

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All Works

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Germain, René H., et al.. (2022). ASSESSING THE ADOPTION OF CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER BY ARCHITECTS AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. Journal of Green Building. 17(1). 127–147. 1 indexed citations
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Shapiro, I. I., William B. Smith, Michael E. Ash, & Samuel Herrick. (1971). General Relativity and the Orbit of Icarus. The Astronomical Journal. 76. 588–588. 48 indexed citations
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Shapiro, I. I., Michael E. Ash, R. P. Ingalls, et al.. (1971). Fourth Test of General Relativity: New Radar Result. Physical Review Letters. 26(18). 1132–1135. 125 indexed citations
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Ash, Michael E., I. I. Shapiro, & William B. Smith. (1971). The System of Planetary Masses. Science. 174(4009). 551–556. 46 indexed citations
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Shapiro, I. I., et al.. (1971). Gravitational Constant: Experimental Bound on Its Time Variation. Physical Review Letters. 26(1). 27–30. 60 indexed citations
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Smith, William B.. (1971). The perturbation MO method. Quantum mechanics on the back of an envelope. Journal of Chemical Education. 48(11). 749–749. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, William B., I. I. Shapiro, Michael E. Ash, G. H. Pettengill, & R. P. Ingalls. (1970). Selected Results From Analysis of Radar and Optical Observations of Icarus and the Inner Planets. 85. 4 indexed citations
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Lewin, W. H. G., G. W. Clark, & William B. Smith. (1968). High Energy X-rays from Cen XR-2. Nature. 219(5160). 1235–1236. 11 indexed citations
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Shapiro, I. I., Michael E. Ash, & William B. Smith. (1968). Icarus: Further Confirmation of the Relativistic Perihelion Precession. Physical Review Letters. 20(26). 1517–1518. 21 indexed citations
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Shapiro, I. I., G. H. Pettengill, Michael E. Ash, et al.. (1968). Fourth test of General Relativity: Preliminary Results.. Physical Review Letters. 21(4). 266–266. 61 indexed citations
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Lewin, W. H. G., G. W. Clark, & William B. Smith. (1968). Observation of an X-Ray Flare from SCO X-1. The Astrophysical Journal. 152. L55–L55. 31 indexed citations
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Lewin, W. H. G., G. W. Clark, & William B. Smith. (1968). Sky survey of high-energy cosmic X-rays and spectral information on sources in the Crab nebula, Cygnus, and Scorpius. Canadian Journal of Physics. 46(10). S409–S413. 10 indexed citations
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Clark, G. W., W. H. G. Lewin, & William B. Smith. (1968). Sky Survey of High-Energy Cosmic X-Rays and Spectra of the Sources in the Crab Nebula and Cygnus. The Astrophysical Journal. 151. 21–21. 18 indexed citations
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Shapiro, I. I., G. H. Pettengill, Michael E. Ash, et al.. (1968). Fourth Test of General Relativity: Preliminary Results. Physical Review Letters. 20(22). 1265–1269. 100 indexed citations
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Clark, G. W., W. H. G. Lewin, & William B. Smith. (1968). Decrease in the high energy X-ray flux from Cen XR-2. Search for X-rays from the large and small Magellanic clouds. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations
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Lewin, W. H. G., G. W. Clark, & William B. Smith. (1968). Search for X-rays from the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. Nature. 220(5164). 249–250. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, William B., I. I. Shapiro, & Michael E. Ash. (1966). Preliminary results from processing radar and optical planetary observations. The Astronomical Journal. 71. 871. 1 indexed citations
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Rao, U. R., et al.. (1963). Transistorized Automatic Data Recording for Cosmic-Ray Detectors. Review of Scientific Instruments. 34(5). 504–509.
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Evans, J. V., et al.. (1962). A radar investigation of Venus. The Astronomical Journal. 67. 181–181. 45 indexed citations

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