William J. Winters

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

William J. Winters is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Winters has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 24 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in William J. Winters's work include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (47 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (24 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (18 papers). William J. Winters is often cited by papers focused on Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (47 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (24 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (18 papers). William J. Winters collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. William J. Winters's co-authors include William F. Waite, James S. Booth, Michael B. Clennell, Martin Hovland, Pierre Henry, Douglas Mason, Ingo A. Pecher, Timothy J. Kneafsey, Jaewon Jang and J. Carlos Santamarina and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Geology.

In The Last Decade

William J. Winters

59 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Physical properties of hydrate‐bearing sediments 1999 2026 2008 2017 2009 1999 250 500 750
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. Physical properties of hydrate‐bearing sediments
    2009 855 citations William F. Waite, J. Carlos Santamarina et al. Reviews of Geophysics profile →
  2. Formation of natural gas hydrates in marine sediments: 1. Conceptual model of gas hydrate growth conditioned by host sediment properties
    1999 556 citations Michael B. Clennell, Martin Hovland et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

Peers

William J. Winters
William F. Waite United States
Jun Yoneda Japan
Yoshihiro Konno Japan
Kiyofumi Suzuki Japan
Jinqiang Liang China
Hongfeng Lu China
Jingan Lu China
Jiangong Wei China
Zenggui Kuang China
Ray Boswell United States
William F. Waite United States
William J. Winters
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Fields of papers citing papers by William J. Winters

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Collett, Timothy S., Richard Lewis, William J. Winters, et al.. (2010). Downhole well log and core montages from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 28(2). 561–577. 61 indexed citations
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Bryant, Steven L., et al.. (2009). Sedimentological control on arctic gas-hydrate-bearing deposits. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Waite, William F., J. Carlos Santamarina, Douglas D. Cortes, et al.. (2009). Physical properties of hydrate‐bearing sediments. Reviews of Geophysics. 47(4). 855 indexed citations breakdown →
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Winters, William J., et al.. (2006). Methane gas hydrate effect on sediment acoustic and strength properties. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 56(1-3). 127–135. 249 indexed citations
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Twichell, David C., et al.. (2006). GIS of selected geophysical and core data in the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope collected by the U.S. Geological Survey. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 2 indexed citations
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Winters, William J., et al.. (2005). Physical properties of sediment containing methane gas hydrate. Preprints - American Chemical Society. Division of Petroleum Chemistry. 50(1). 36–38. 2 indexed citations
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Winters, William J., et al.. (2005). Effect of grain size and pore pressure on acoustic and strength behavior of sediments containing methane gas hydrate. 2. 506–515. 8 indexed citations
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Servio, Phillip, et al.. (2005). Fundamental challenges to methane recovery from gas hydrates. Topics in Catalysis. 32(3-4). 101–104. 4 indexed citations
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Paull, C. K., et al.. (2005). Geochemical constraints on the distribution of gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico. Geo-Marine Letters. 25(5). 273–280. 62 indexed citations
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Waite, William F., et al.. (2004). Thermal Property Measurements in Tetrahydrofuran (THF) Hydrate Between -25 and +4\deg C, and Their Application to Methane Hydrate. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 2 indexed citations
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Waite, William F., William J. Winters, & Douglas Mason. (2003). Hydrate Formation and Compressional Wave Development in Partially Saturated Ottawa Sand. EAEJA. 4505. 1 indexed citations
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Paull, C. K., et al.. (2003). Constraints on the Distribution of Gas Hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico. EAEJA. 12019. 1 indexed citations
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Winters, William J., et al.. (2002). Physical Properties of Sediment Related to Gas Hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 2 indexed citations
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Winters, William J., William F. Waite, Douglas Mason, William P. Dillon, & Ingo A. Pecher. (2002). Sediment properties associated with gas hydrate formation. 21 indexed citations
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Clennell, Michael B., Martin Hovland, James S. Booth, Pierre Henry, & William J. Winters. (1999). Formation of natural gas hydrates in marine sediments: 1. Conceptual model of gas hydrate growth conditioned by host sediment properties. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 104(B10). 22985–23003. 556 indexed citations breakdown →
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Booth, James S., William J. Winters, & William P. Dillon. (1994). Circumstantial Evidence of Gas Hydrate and Slope Failure Associations on the United States Atlantic Continental Margin. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 715(1). 487–489. 27 indexed citations
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Winters, William J., et al.. (1992). SEAPCONE; a seafloor piezometric cone penetrometer system. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 1 indexed citations
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Booth, James S. & William J. Winters. (1989). Geotechnical description of Yellow Sea sediments with some preliminary geological interpretations. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 1 indexed citations
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Hampton, Monty A. & William J. Winters. (1983). Geotechnical framework study of the northern Bering Sea, Alaska. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 3 indexed citations

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