William Back

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.2k 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 44 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology, 14 papers in Environmental Engineering and 12 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in William Back's work include Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (21 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (11 papers) and Water Quality and Resources Studies (8 papers). William Back is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (21 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (11 papers) and Water Quality and Resources Studies (8 papers). William Back collaborates with scholars based in United States, France 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.

In The Last Decade

William Back

43 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Comparison of chemical hydrogeology of the carbonate peninsulas of Florida and Yucatan

1970 199 citations William Back, Bruce B. Hanshaw Journal of Hydrology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Back United States	20	1.2k	955	468	399	358	44	2.2k
Owen P. Bricker United States	25	965 0.8×	440 0.5×	164 0.4×	442 1.1×	312 0.9×	63	2.3k
A. Starinsky Israel	30	987 0.8×	437 0.5×	347 0.7×	189 0.5×	893 2.5×	47	2.2k
Haim Gvirtzman Israel	27	701 0.6×	997 1.0×	373 0.8×	280 0.7×	394 1.1×	69	2.0k
C.H. van der Weijden Netherlands	33	1.5k 1.2×	359 0.4×	282 0.6×	494 1.2×	801 2.2×	65	3.8k
W.G. Darling United Kingdom	32	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	306 0.7×	696 1.7×	667 1.9×	89	3.1k
Jeffrey V. Turner Australia	22	1.0k 0.9×	577 0.6×	165 0.4×	519 1.3×	486 1.4×	43	2.1k
Michele L. Tuttle United States	21	673 0.6×	384 0.4×	201 0.4×	198 0.5×	362 1.0×	45	2.0k
Malcolm Cox Australia	26	715 0.6×	520 0.5×	222 0.5×	435 1.1×	226 0.6×	101	2.0k
G. J. Chakrapani India	32	1.1k 0.9×	773 0.8×	268 0.6×	1.0k 2.6×	663 1.9×	62	2.8k
Frank T. Manheim United States	28	1.4k 1.2×	242 0.3×	313 0.7×	147 0.4×	686 1.9×	93	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by William Back

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Back

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All Works

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Back, William. (1995). Concept of hydrologic Time. Environmental Geology. 25(4). 277–277. 1 indexed citations

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Back, William, Edward R. Landa, & Lisa M. Meeks. (1995). Bottled Water, Spas, and Early Years of Water Chemistry”. Ground Water. 33(4). 605–614. 18 indexed citations

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Johnson, A. I., et al.. (1992). Hydrogeological processes in karst terranes : proceedings of the International Symposium and Field Seminar held at Antalya, Turkey, 7-17 October 1990. 1 indexed citations

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Back, William. (1991). Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences. Eos. 72(45). 491–491. 100 indexed citations

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Back, William & Mary Jo Baedecker. (1989). Chemical hydrogeology in natural and contaminated environments. Journal of Hydrology. 106(1-2). 1–28. 13 indexed citations

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Back, William. (1989). EARLY CONCEPTS OF THE ROLE OF MICROORGANISMS IN HYDROGEOLOGY ^a. Ground Water. 27(5). 618–622. 3 indexed citations

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Hanshaw, Bruce B. & William Back. (1985). Deciphering hydrological systems by means of geochemical processes. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 30(2). 257–271. 10 indexed citations

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Back, William, et al.. (1985). Process and rate of dedolomitization: Mass transfer and 14C dating in a regional carbonate aquifer: Extended interpretation and reply. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 96(8). 1098–1098. 2 indexed citations

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Back, William, et al.. (1981). Chemical constraints of groundwater management in the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. Journal of Hydrology. 51(1-4). 119–130. 25 indexed citations

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Rye, Robert O., William Back, Bruce B. Hanshaw, Craig T. Rightmire, & F.J. Pearson. (1981). The origin and isotopic composition of dissolved sulfide in groundwater from carbonate aquifers in Florida and Texas. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 45(10). 1941–1950. 62 indexed citations

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Hanshaw, Bruce B. & William Back. (1979). Major geochemical processes in the evolution of carbonate—Aquifer systems. Journal of Hydrology. 43(1-4). 287–312. 124 indexed citations

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Baedecker, Mary Jo & William Back. (1979). Hydrogeological Processes and Chemical Reactions at a Landfill. Ground Water. 17(5). 429–437. 151 indexed citations

13.

Back, William, et al.. (1974). Water and Carbonate Rocks. Geology. 2(4). 179–179. 4 indexed citations

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Rightmire, Craig T., F.J. Pearson, William Back, Robert O. Rye, & Bruce B. Hanshaw. (1974). Distribution of sulphur isotopes of sulphates in groundwaters from the principal artesian aquifer of Florida and the Edwards aquifer of Texas, United States of America. 5 indexed citations

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Back, William. (1974). Water quality in a stressed environment. Agriculture and Environment. 1(1). 89–91. 12 indexed citations

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Back, William & Bruce B. Hanshaw. (1971). GEOCHEMICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS1. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 7(5). 1008–1016. 18 indexed citations

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Back, William, Bruce B. Hanshaw, & Meyer Rubin. (1970). Carbon-14 Ages Related to Occurrence of Salt Water. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 96(11). 2325–2336. 10 indexed citations

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Barnes, Ivan & William Back. (1964). Geochemistry of Iron-Rich Ground Water of Southern Maryland. The Journal of Geology. 72(4). 435–447. 26 indexed citations

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Back, William. (1963). PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A STUDY OF CALCIUM CARBONATE SATURATION OF GROUND WATER IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. International Association of Scientific Hydrology Bulletin. 8(3). 43–51. 14 indexed citations

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Back, William. (1960). Hydrochemical Facies and Ground-Water Flow Patterns in Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain: ABSTRACT. AAPG Bulletin. 44. 9 indexed citations

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