William E. Cummins

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

William E. Cummins is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Cummins has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Ocean Engineering, 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 3 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in William E. Cummins's work include Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability (4 papers), Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis (4 papers) and Nuclear and radioactivity studies (3 papers). William E. Cummins is often cited by papers focused on Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability (4 papers), Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis (4 papers) and Nuclear and radioactivity studies (3 papers). William E. Cummins collaborates with scholars based in United States. William E. Cummins's co-authors include Terry L. Schulz and Richard F. Wright and has published in prestigious journals such as Progress in Nuclear Energy, Journal of Ship Research and OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).

In The Last Decade

William E. Cummins

12 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

THE IMPULSE RESPONSE FUNCTION AND SHIP MOTIONS 1962 2026 1983 2004 1962 400 800 1.2k
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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. THE IMPULSE RESPONSE FUNCTION AND SHIP MOTIONS
    1962 1.2k citations William E. Cummins 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. Cummins United States 6 1.2k 774 296 261 182 14 1.3k
Paul D. Sclavounos United States 20 1.1k 0.9× 824 1.1× 192 0.6× 500 1.9× 132 0.7× 56 1.5k
J. Falnes Norway 12 1.9k 1.6× 1.1k 1.5× 837 2.8× 507 1.9× 210 1.2× 18 2.1k
Jørgen Hals Todalshaug Norway 19 1.7k 1.4× 895 1.2× 591 2.0× 597 2.3× 239 1.3× 32 1.9k
Giuseppe Giorgi Italy 23 1.2k 1.0× 661 0.9× 374 1.3× 385 1.5× 139 0.8× 92 1.4k
Masashi Kashiwagi Japan 24 1.3k 1.1× 1.2k 1.6× 399 1.3× 167 0.6× 206 1.1× 137 1.9k
Markel Peñalba Spain 21 1.0k 0.9× 464 0.6× 330 1.1× 432 1.7× 130 0.7× 59 1.3k
Ryan G. Coe United States 21 786 0.7× 332 0.4× 209 0.7× 233 0.9× 112 0.6× 87 985
Giorgio Bacelli United States 23 1.2k 1.0× 500 0.6× 291 1.0× 333 1.3× 227 1.2× 87 1.3k
Sa Young Hong South Korea 18 914 0.8× 798 1.0× 285 1.0× 88 0.3× 175 1.0× 114 1.1k
Johannes Falnes Norway 15 2.8k 2.4× 1.4k 1.9× 1.1k 3.6× 806 3.1× 371 2.0× 22 3.1k

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Cummins, William E., et al.. (2017). Design evolution of PWRs: Shippingport to generation III+. Progress in Nuclear Energy. 102. 9–37. 12 indexed citations
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Cummins, William E.. (2010). Hydrodynamic Forces and Moments Acting on a Slender Body of Revolution Moving Under a Regular Train of Waves. 4 indexed citations
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Cummins, William E.. (2010). The Determination of Directional Wave Spectra in the TMB Maneuvering-Seakeeping Basin.
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Cummins, William E., et al.. (2010). Seakeeping Trials on Three Dutch Destroyers.
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Cummins, William E., Richard F. Wright, & Terry L. Schulz. (2001). AP1000 status overview. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations
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Cummins, William E.. (2001). The Advanced Passive AP1000 Nuclear Plant - Competitive and Environmentally Friendly. NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries). 1 indexed citations
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Cummins, William E., et al.. (1982). Potential Impact of Twenty Year Hindcast Wind and Wave Climatology on Ship Design. Marine Technology and SNAME News. 19(2). 111–139. 8 indexed citations
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Cummins, William E., et al.. (1980). EXTREME VALUE AND RARE OCCURRENCE WAVE STATISTICS FOR NORTHERN HEMISPHERIC SHIPPING LANES. 4 indexed citations
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Cummins, William E., et al.. (1970). THE INFLUENCE OF HULL FORM ON {SEAKEEPING. 5 indexed citations
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Cummins, William E.. (1962). THE IMPULSE RESPONSE FUNCTION AND SHIP MOTIONS. 9. 101–109. 1244 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cummins, William E.. (1962). The Impulse Response Function and Ship Motion. 57 indexed citations
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Cummins, William E.. (1957). The Force and Moment on a Body in a Time-Varying Potential Flow. Journal of Ship Research. 1(2). 7–54. 4 indexed citations
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Cummins, William E., et al.. (1953). The Forces and Moments Acting on a Body Moving in an Arbitrary Potential Stream. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 6 indexed citations

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