William H. Best

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 915 citations indexed

About

William H. Best is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Speech and Hearing and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, William H. Best has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 915 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1 paper in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1 paper in Speech and Hearing and 1 paper in Development. Recurrent topics in William H. Best's work include School Health and Nursing Education (1 paper), History and Developments in Astronomy (1 paper) and Pediatric health and respiratory diseases (1 paper). William H. Best is often cited by papers focused on School Health and Nursing Education (1 paper), History and Developments in Astronomy (1 paper) and Pediatric health and respiratory diseases (1 paper). William H. Best collaborates with scholars based in Sweden and United States. William H. Best's co-authors include H. A. Panofsky and Glenn W. Brier and has published in prestigious journals such as Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography and Tellus.

In The Last Decade

William H. Best

6 papers receiving 786 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Some applications of statistics to meteorology

1958 896 citations H. A. Panofsky, Glenn W. Brier et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers

William H. Best

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AS

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L. D. Travis United States

Charles F. Chappell United States

D. A. Mooley India

Paul J. Kocin United States

Gerald L. Potter United States

R. Sneyers Belgium

Stephen J. Colucci United States

Harold F. Pierce United States

Franklin R. Robertson United States

R. N. B. Smith United Kingdom

L. D. Travis United States

William H. Best

676 ×1.0

GPC

604 ×1.1

AS

78 ×0.6

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78 ×0.8

WST

43 ×0.4

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Citations per year, relative to William H. Best William H. Best (= 1×) peers L. D. Travis

Countries citing papers authored by William H. Best

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by William H. Best

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by William H. Best. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by William H. Best. The network helps show where William H. Best may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of William H. Best

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William H. Best. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William H. Best 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 H. Best. William H. Best is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Best, William H., et al.. (1991). Service to day nurseries in the 1980's: A survey.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Best, William H.. (1973). Radars over the Hump: Recollections of the First Weather Radar Network. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 54(3). 205–208. 3 indexed citations

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Best, William H.. (1972). the Air Weather Service: its activities, problems, and challenges. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 53(5). 429–432. 1 indexed citations

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Panofsky, H. A., Glenn W. Brier, & William H. Best. (1958). Some applications of statistics to meteorology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 896 indexed citations breakdown →

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Best, William H.. (1956). On »Forecastiting with the Barotropic Model». Tellus. 8(1). 115–116. 1 indexed citations

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Best, William H.. (1956). On «Forecasting with the Barotropic Model». Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 8(1). 115–116. 4 indexed citations

7.

Best, William H.. (1956). Differences in Numerical Prognoses Resulting from Differences in Analyses. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 8(3). 351–356. 9 indexed citations

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