William Back

85 total papers · 3.2k total citations
38 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

William Back is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Environmental Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Back has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology, 13 papers in Environmental Engineering and 11 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in William Back’s work include Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (20 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (11 papers) and Water Quality and Resources Studies (7 papers). William Back is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (20 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (11 papers) and Water Quality and Resources Studies (7 papers). William Back collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. William Back's co-authors include Bruce B. Hanshaw, Mary Jo Baedecker, L. Niel Plummer, Meyer Rubin, Craig T. Rightmire, Ivan Barnes, Janet S. Herman, J. Nicholas Van Driel, Perry H. Rahn and A. E. Weidie and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Water Resources Research.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Back

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William Back. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William Back based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with William Back. William Back is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

William Back

38 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by William Back

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by William Back

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