William M. Murphy

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

William M. Murphy is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Civil and Structural Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William M. Murphy has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 19 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 19 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in William M. Murphy's work include Landslides and related hazards (38 papers), Radioactive element chemistry and processing (12 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (11 papers). William M. Murphy is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (38 papers), Radioactive element chemistry and processing (12 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (11 papers). William M. Murphy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. William M. Murphy's co-authors include Harold C. Helgeson, Per Aagaard, David N. Petley, Éric H. Oelkers, Sergio A. Sepúlveda, Per Arne Bjørkum, James D. Prikryl, M. H. Bulmer, Randall W. Jibson and J.M. Mankelow and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

William M. Murphy

100 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Thermodynamic and kinetic constraints on reaction rates a... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 100 200 300 400 500
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. Thermodynamic and kinetic constraints on reaction rates among minerals and aqueous solutions. II. Rate constants, effective surface area, and the hydrolysis of feldspar
    1984 503 citations Harold C. Helgeson, William M. Murphy et al. 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 M. Murphy United Kingdom 30 831 739 735 597 590 104 3.3k
B. Velde France 40 217 0.3× 388 0.5× 2.1k 2.9× 623 1.0× 1.2k 2.0× 123 5.5k
Jun Hu China 39 1.1k 1.3× 607 0.8× 514 0.7× 591 1.0× 277 0.5× 220 4.8k
Thomas Dewers United States 36 164 0.2× 1.2k 1.7× 1.2k 1.7× 1.4k 2.4× 239 0.4× 106 3.8k
Reiner Dohrmann Germany 38 100 0.1× 644 0.9× 588 0.8× 478 0.8× 1.7k 2.8× 175 4.5k
A. E. Milodowski United Kingdom 28 70 0.1× 821 1.1× 798 1.1× 524 0.9× 422 0.7× 150 2.8k
Michael Plötze Switzerland 34 77 0.1× 355 0.5× 784 1.1× 328 0.5× 533 0.9× 92 3.8k
Brandon Dugan United States 33 300 0.4× 732 1.0× 913 1.2× 1.5k 2.4× 769 1.3× 106 5.1k
Rebecca J. Lunn United Kingdom 25 164 0.2× 996 1.3× 1.4k 1.8× 528 0.9× 623 1.1× 94 3.0k
Rafael Fort González Spain 39 261 0.3× 246 0.3× 493 0.7× 738 1.2× 1.3k 2.1× 258 4.9k
Tao Liu China 38 125 0.2× 230 0.3× 483 0.7× 288 0.5× 398 0.7× 191 6.7k

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All Works

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Trigg, Mark A., et al.. (2025). Analysis of the fundamental differences between dam-forming landslides and all landslides. Geomorphology. 475. 109665–109665.
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Sepúlveda, Sergio A., et al.. (2025). A revised comprehensive inventory of landslides induced by the 2007 Aysén earthquake, Patagonia. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 84(3). 1 indexed citations
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Murphy, William M., et al.. (2024). The effects of internal erosion on granular soils used in transport embankments. SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS. 64(1). 101424–101424. 6 indexed citations
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Trigg, Mark A., William M. Murphy, Raúl Fuentes, et al.. (2024). A global-scale applicable framework of landslide dam formation susceptibility. Landslides. 21(10). 2399–2416. 2 indexed citations
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Murphy, William M., et al.. (2023). Submarine landslide susceptibility assessment along the southern convergent margin of the Colombian Caribbean. The Leading Edge. 42(5). 344–359. 2 indexed citations
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Murphy, William M., et al.. (2023). Alteration of soil structure following seepage-induced internal erosion in model infrastructure embankments. Transportation Geotechnics. 42. 101111–101111. 7 indexed citations
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Murphy, William M., et al.. (2021). Identification of submarine landslides in the Colombian Caribbean Margin (Southern Sinú Fold Belt) using seismic investigations. The Leading Edge. 40(12). 914–922. 4 indexed citations
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Ougier‐Simonin, Audrey, et al.. (2018). Thermal Effects on Discontinuity Behavior: A Laboratory Scale Study. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 1 indexed citations
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Merritt, Andrew, Jonathan Chambers, William M. Murphy, et al.. (2018). Landslide activation behaviour illuminated by electrical resistance monitoring. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 43(6). 1321–1334. 15 indexed citations
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Murphy, William M., et al.. (2017). A Novel Approach to the Laboratory Testing of Replica Discontinuities: 3D Printing Representative Morphologies. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 2 indexed citations
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Bulmer, M. H., et al.. (2003). Insights into the Emplacement of Rock Avalanches on Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1225. 4 indexed citations
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Bulmer, M. H., et al.. (2002). Modeling Mass Movements on Mars. AGUSM. 2002. 1 indexed citations
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Murphy, William M.. (1999). Natural Analogs and Performance Assessment for Geologic Disposal of Nuclear Waste. MRS Proceedings. 608(1). 7 indexed citations
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Murphy, William M. & D. S. Bass. (1998). Greenhouse Gases and Gas-Water-Rock Interactions at the Surface of Early Mars. DPS. 2 indexed citations
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Murphy, William M., et al.. (1992). Geochemical Model for ¹ 4 C Transport in Unsaturated Rock. High Level Radioactive Waste Management. 1959–1965. 3 indexed citations
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Huggett, R, et al.. (1988). Some physical and mechanical properties of a visible light-activated material. Dental Materials. 4(4). 197–200. 36 indexed citations
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Murphy, William M., et al.. (1981). Scientific basis for nuclear waste management. Environmental Pollution Series B Chemical and Physical. 2(2). 163–164. 107 indexed citations

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