William E. Carter

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

William E. Carter is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Geology and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Carter has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Environmental Engineering, 16 papers in Geology and 12 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in William E. Carter's work include Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (21 papers), 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (16 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (11 papers). William E. Carter is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (21 papers), 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (16 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (11 papers). William E. Carter collaborates with scholars based in United States. William E. Carter's co-authors include Michael Redclift, Alain de Janvry, David S. G. Goodman, Ramesh Shrestha, K. Clint Slatton, D. S. Robertson, Jason Drake, Jaime J. Awe, Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

William E. Carter

56 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Agrarian Question and Reformism in Latin America. 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 2010 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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. The Agrarian Question and Reformism in Latin America.
    1983 490 citations William E. Carter et al. Hispanic American Historical Review profile →
  2. Airborne LiDAR, archaeology, and the ancient Maya landscape at Caracol, Belize
    2010 344 citations Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase et al. Journal of Archaeological Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William E. Carter United States 16 351 307 306 235 185 58 1.6k
Xinyuan Wang China 19 168 0.5× 274 0.9× 382 1.2× 5 0.0× 69 0.4× 108 1.8k
Damian Evans France 20 242 0.7× 283 0.9× 639 2.1× 6 0.0× 110 0.6× 46 1.4k
Arlen F. Chase United States 30 351 1.0× 529 1.7× 1.1k 3.5× 22 0.1× 69 0.4× 154 3.2k
Nicholas Tate United Kingdom 19 544 1.5× 131 0.4× 10 0.0× 21 0.1× 155 0.8× 44 2.1k
Dawn J. Wright United States 29 216 0.6× 223 0.7× 21 0.1× 13 0.1× 92 0.5× 89 3.5k
Christopher T. Fisher United States 13 107 0.3× 168 0.5× 298 1.0× 14 0.1× 30 0.2× 31 777
Timothy A. Kohler United States 35 109 0.3× 48 0.2× 247 0.8× 22 0.1× 680 3.7× 86 3.8k
Jaime J. Awe United States 22 181 0.5× 294 1.0× 549 1.8× 14 0.1× 52 0.3× 102 2.1k
Donald A. Davidson United Kingdom 25 122 0.3× 34 0.1× 100 0.3× 21 0.1× 41 0.2× 99 2.3k
John F. McCauley United States 27 406 1.2× 30 0.1× 81 0.3× 3 0.0× 213 1.2× 82 3.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William E. Carter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William E. Carter

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Klyce, Daniel W., et al.. (2018). Early recovery following traumatic brain injury and alcohol withdrawal management.. Rehabilitation Psychology. 63(4). 588–594. 1 indexed citations
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Fernández-Diaz, Juan Carlos, William E. Carter, Ramesh Shrestha, et al.. (2014). Archaeological prospection of north Eastern Honduras with airborne mapping LiDAR. 902–905. 12 indexed citations
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Fernández-Diaz, Juan Carlos, Craig Glennie, William E. Carter, et al.. (2014). Optimizing ground return detection through forest canopies with small footprint airborne mapping LiDAR. 108. 1963–1966. 3 indexed citations
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Carter, William E., Ramesh Shrestha, Christopher T. Fisher, & Stephen J. Leisz. (2012). Geodetic imaging: A new tool for Mesoamerican archaeology. Eos. 93(42). 413–415. 11 indexed citations
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Fernández-Diaz, Juan Carlos, William E. Carter, Ramesh Shrestha, et al.. (2012). Early results from a high-resolution hybrid terrestrial and bathymetry mapping LiDAR. 7695. 4994–4997. 1 indexed citations
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Chase, Arlen F., Diane Z. Chase, John F. Weishampel, et al.. (2010). Airborne LiDAR, archaeology, and the ancient Maya landscape at Caracol, Belize. Journal of Archaeological Science. 38(2). 387–398. 344 indexed citations breakdown →
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Slatton, K. Clint, et al.. (2010). Predicting Small Target Detection Performance of Low-SNR Airborne Lidar. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 3(4). 672–688. 30 indexed citations
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Carter, William E., et al.. (2010). Adjustment of systematic errors in ALS data through surface matching. Advances in Space Research. 47(10). 1851–1864. 24 indexed citations
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Harris, Melanie S., et al.. (2008). Derivation of ground surface and vegetation in a coastal Florida wetland with airborne laser technology. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 3 indexed citations
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Carter, William E.. (1994). Shapiro receives Bowie medal. Eos. 75(5). 50–51. 4 indexed citations
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Robertson, D. S., Jim Ray, & William E. Carter. (1994). Tidal variations in UT1 observed with very long baseline interferometry. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 99(B1). 621–636. 17 indexed citations
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Carter, William E., et al.. (1982). Goldstone validation survey--phases II and III. 1 indexed citations
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Carter, William E., et al.. (1982). Irpa Chico : individuo y comunidad en la cultura aymara. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 22 indexed citations
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Carter, William E., et al.. (1979). An Improved Polar Motion and Earth Rotation Monitoring Service Using Radio Interferometry. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 82. 191–197. 4 indexed citations
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Carter, William E. & William E. Strange. (1979). The National Geodetic Survey project “POLARIS”. Tectonophysics. 52(1-4). 39–46. 13 indexed citations
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Carter, William E. & T. Vincenty. (1978). Survey of the McDonald Observatory radial line scheme by relative lateration techniques. 5 indexed citations
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Carter, William E.. (1971). Imaginero Filmed by JORGE PRELORÁN. American Anthropologist. 73(6). 1473–1475. 1 indexed citations
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Carter, William E., et al.. (1970). New Lands and Old Traditions: Kekchi Cultivators in the Guatemalan Lowlands.. Hispanic American Historical Review. 50(3). 606–606. 3 indexed citations
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Carter, William E.. (1968). Secular Reinforcement in Aymara Death Ritual1. American Anthropologist. 70(2). 238–263. 12 indexed citations
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Carter, William E.. (1965). Aymara communities and the Bolivian agrarian reform. University Microfilms International eBooks. 37 indexed citations

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