William J. Quirk

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

William J. Quirk is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Quirk has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in William J. Quirk's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (8 papers), Climate variability and models (8 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (5 papers). William J. Quirk is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (8 papers), Climate variability and models (8 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (5 papers). William J. Quirk collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. William J. Quirk's co-authors include J. G. Charney, J. Kornfield, Peter H. Stone, K. H. Prendergast, R. H. Miller, Richard C. J. Somerville, Leonard M. Druyan, B. M. Tinsley, Milton Halem and James E. Hansen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

William J. Quirk

32 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

A Comparative Study of the Effects of Albedo Change on Dr... 1975 2026 1992 2009 1977 1975 100 200 300 400 500
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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. A Comparative Study of the Effects of Albedo Change on Drought in Semi–Arid Regions
    1977 587 citations J. G. Charney, William J. Quirk et al. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →
  2. Drought in the Sahara: A Biogeophysical Feedback Mechanism
    1975 353 citations J. G. Charney, Peter H. Stone et al. 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 J. Quirk United States 11 837 590 219 175 129 37 1.3k
William D. Sellers United States 14 874 1.0× 953 1.6× 122 0.6× 93 0.5× 76 0.6× 30 1.4k
Glenn W. Brier United States 15 1.1k 1.3× 1.0k 1.7× 170 0.8× 90 0.5× 120 0.9× 37 1.7k
J. Murray Mitchell United States 16 889 1.1× 906 1.5× 149 0.7× 78 0.4× 154 1.2× 43 1.5k
Grant Foster United States 14 538 0.6× 483 0.8× 387 1.8× 109 0.6× 73 0.6× 30 1.4k
K. Ia. Kondratev Russia 10 653 0.8× 548 0.9× 59 0.3× 108 0.6× 245 1.9× 30 1.2k
David B. Wuertz United States 15 1.2k 1.5× 1.4k 2.4× 144 0.7× 68 0.4× 214 1.7× 26 1.9k
Jacinta Holloway Australia 11 771 0.9× 807 1.4× 95 0.4× 136 0.8× 133 1.0× 18 1.2k
C. A. Wilson United Kingdom 10 944 1.1× 839 1.4× 231 1.1× 56 0.3× 53 0.4× 13 1.4k
Guido Visconti Italy 26 1.5k 1.8× 1.6k 2.7× 184 0.8× 63 0.4× 257 2.0× 136 2.2k
Peter J. Phillipps United States 8 1.0k 1.2× 673 1.1× 187 0.9× 132 0.8× 80 0.6× 8 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William J. Quirk

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William J. Quirk

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Quirk, William J. & Ralph Nader. (2008). Courts and Congress: America's Unwritten Constitution. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Klein, David M., Bastiaan J. Braams, Thomas H. Parker, et al.. (2005). The State of State MATH Standards, 2005.. 22 indexed citations
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Quirk, William J.. (1994). Judicial dictatorship. Society. 31(2). 34–38. 3 indexed citations
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Quirk, William J., et al.. (1992). Abandoned: The Betrayal of the American Middle Class since World War II. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Quirk, William J., et al.. (1991). Modal action logic for the specification and validation of safety. Clarendon Press eBooks. 303–321. 1 indexed citations
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Quirk, William J.. (1985). Verification and Validation of Real-Time Software. 20 indexed citations
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Halem, Milton, Michael Ghil, Robert Atlas, Joel Susskind, & William J. Quirk. (1978). The GISS sounding temperature impact test. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 10 indexed citations
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Quirk, William J.. (1978). Real-time System Specifications and their Automatic Analysis. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 11(2). 73–77.
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Quirk, William J. & Robert Atlas. (1977). The effect of increased horizontal resolution on synoptic forecasts with the GISS model of the global atmosphere. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 60(2). 71–83. 1 indexed citations
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Somerville, Richard C. J., William J. Quirk, James E. Hansen, Andrew A. Lacis, & Peter H. Stone. (1976). A search for short-term meteorological effects of solar variability in an atmospheric circulation model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 81(9). 1572–1576. 3 indexed citations
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Charney, J. G., Peter H. Stone, & William J. Quirk. (1976). Response : Drought in the Sahara: Insufficient Biogeophysical Feedback?. Science. 191(4222). 100–102. 3 indexed citations
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Stone, Peter H., et al.. (1975). Seasonal changes in the atmospheric heat balance simulated by the GISS general circulation model. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations
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Somerville, Richard C. J., Peter H. Stone, Milton Halem, et al.. (1974). The GISS Model of the Global Atmosphere. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 31(1). 84–117. 75 indexed citations
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Quirk, William J.. (1973). Computer Simulation of Dynamic Systems.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 5. 9. 1 indexed citations
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Quirk, William J. & R. M. Crutcher. (1973). Evidence for a Shock Associated with the Local Spiral Arm. The Astrophysical Journal. 181. 359–359. 2 indexed citations
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Quirk, William J. & B. M. Tinsley. (1973). Star Formation and Evolution in Spiral Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 179. 69–69. 19 indexed citations
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Quirk, William J.. (1972). On the Gas Content of Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 176. L9–L9. 68 indexed citations
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Quirk, William J., et al.. (1971). Short Constitutional History of Entities Commonly Known as Authorities. Cornell law review/˜The œCornell law quarterly. 56(4). 521–597. 1 indexed citations
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Quirk, William J. & Christopher F. McKee. (1971). The Stability of Supermassive Disks against Fragmentation. The Astrophysical Journal. 169. 119–119. 2 indexed citations
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Quirk, William J., et al.. (1968). Draft Program of Housing Reform the Tenant Condominium. Cornell law review/˜The œCornell law quarterly. 53(3). 361–405. 1 indexed citations

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