William J. Wiseman

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

William J. Wiseman is a scholar working on Oceanography, Earth-Surface Processes and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Wiseman has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Oceanography, 25 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 20 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in William J. Wiseman's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (26 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (20 papers) and Geological formations and processes (17 papers). William J. Wiseman is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (26 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (20 papers) and Geological formations and processes (17 papers). William J. Wiseman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. William J. Wiseman's co-authors include R. Eugene Turner, Nancy N. Rabalais, Dubravko Justić, Quay Dortch, Brian D. Bornhold, D. B. Prior, George H. Keller, Scott P. Dinnel, Barun K. Sen Gupta and L. D. Wright and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

William J. Wiseman

63 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia, A.K.A. “The Dead Zone” 1996 2026 2006 2016 2002 1996 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. Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia, A.K.A. “The Dead Zone”
    2002 964 citations Nancy N. Rabalais, R. Eugene Turner et al. profile →
  2. Nutrient Changes in the Mississippi River and System Responses on the Adjacent Continental Shelf
    1996 621 citations Nancy N. Rabalais, R. Eugene Turner et al. Estuaries profile →

Peers

William J. Wiseman
Brent A. McKee United States
Björn Kjerfve United States
Richard W. Battarbee United Kingdom
Robert H. Meade United States
Brian F. Cumming Canada
Larry P. Atkinson United States
Dubravko Justić United States
K.R. Dyer United Kingdom
Serge Heussner France
Shuh‐Ji Kao China
Brent A. McKee United States
William J. Wiseman
Citations per year, relative to William J. Wiseman William J. Wiseman (= 1×) peers Brent A. McKee

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Fields of papers citing papers by William J. Wiseman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William J. Wiseman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William J. Wiseman 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. Wiseman. William J. Wiseman 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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Snedden, Gregg A., Jaye E. Cable, & William J. Wiseman. (2007). Subtidal sea level variability in a shallow Mississippi River Deltaic estuary, Louisiana. Estuaries and Coasts. 30(5). 802–812. 36 indexed citations
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Kostianoy, Andrey G. & William J. Wiseman. (2004). 35th International Liège, Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics Liège, Belgium, May 5–10, 2003. Journal of Marine Systems. 47(1-4). 1–2. 2 indexed citations
3.
Lugo‐Fernández, Alexis, Harry H. Roberts, & William J. Wiseman. (2004). Currents, water levels, and mass transport over a modern Caribbean coral reef: Tague Reef, St. Croix, USVI. Continental Shelf Research. 24(17). 1989–2009. 23 indexed citations
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Hitchcock, Gary L., Robert F. Chen, G. B. Gardner, & William J. Wiseman. (2004). A Lagrangian view of fluorescent chromophoric dissolved organic matter distributions in the Mississippi River plume. Marine Chemistry. 89(1-4). 225–239. 11 indexed citations
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Rabalais, Nancy N., R. Eugene Turner, & William J. Wiseman. (2001). Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Environmental Quality. 30(2). 320–329. 352 indexed citations
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Rabalais, Nancy N., R. Eugene Turner, Dubravko Justić, Quay Dortch, & William J. Wiseman. (1999). Characterization of Hypoxia. 25 indexed citations
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Wanninkhof, Rik, Gary L. Hitchcock, William J. Wiseman, et al.. (1997). Gas exchange, dispersion, and biological productivity on the West Florida Shelf: Results from a Lagrangian Tracer Study. Geophysical Research Letters. 24(14). 1767–1770. 59 indexed citations
8.
Rabalais, Nancy N., R. Eugene Turner, Dubravko Justić, et al.. (1996). Nutrient Changes in the Mississippi River and System Responses on the Adjacent Continental Shelf. Estuaries. 19(2). 386–386. 621 indexed citations breakdown →
9.
Noble, Marlene, William W. Schroeder, William J. Wiseman, Holly F. Ryan, & Guy Gelfenbaum. (1996). Subtidal circulation patterns in a shallow, highly stratified estuary: Mobile Bay, Alabama. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 101(C11). 25689–25703. 57 indexed citations
10.
Bierman, Victor J., et al.. (1994). A Preliminary Mass Balance Model of Primary Productivity and Dissolved Oxygen in the Mississippi River Plume/Inner Gulf Shelf Region. Estuaries. 17(4). 886–886. 95 indexed citations
11.
Wiseman, William J.. (1992). Oceanography of Asian Marginal Seas. Journal of Marine Systems. 3(6). 539–540. 55 indexed citations
12.
Lowe, Donald R., et al.. (1991). Flow properties of turbidity currents in Bute Inlet, British Columbia. Sedimentology. 38(6). 975–996. 77 indexed citations
13.
Dinnel, Scott P., William W. Schroeder, & William J. Wiseman. (1990). Estuarine-Shelf Exchange Using Landsat Images of Discharge Plumes. Journal of Coastal Research. 6(4). 789–799. 32 indexed citations
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Wiseman, William J., et al.. (1990). Barotropic, Subtidal Exchange between Calcasieu Lake and the Gulf of Mexico. Estuaries. 13(3). 258–258. 13 indexed citations
15.
Dinnel, Scott P., et al.. (1987). Coastal Sediment Plume Morphology and its Relationship to Environmental Forcing: Main Pass, Mobile Bay, Alabama. Coastal Sediments. 1989–2005. 10 indexed citations
16.
Dinnel, Scott P. & William J. Wiseman. (1986). Fresh water on the Louisiana and Texas shelf. Continental Shelf Research. 6(6). 765–784. 120 indexed citations
17.
Wiseman, William J., et al.. (1986). A Collection of Reprints. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 2 indexed citations
18.
Prior, D. B., Zuosheng Yang, Brian D. Bornhold, et al.. (1986). The subaqueous delta of the modern Huanghe (Yellow River). Geo-Marine Letters. 6(2). 67–75. 50 indexed citations
19.
Wiseman, William J., S.P. Murray, & Harry H. Roberts. (1977). High-frequency techniques and over-the-horizon radar in coastal research. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 78. 31332. 2 indexed citations
20.
Wiseman, William J., et al.. (1977). An expendable telemetry buoy for coastal oceanography. 18. 17–21.

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