William M. Sinton

1.8k total citations
93 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

William M. Sinton is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William M. Sinton has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 23 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 11 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in William M. Sinton's work include Astro and Planetary Science (57 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (36 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (13 papers). William M. Sinton is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (57 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (36 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (13 papers). William M. Sinton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Chile. William M. Sinton's co-authors include John Strong, J. C. Pearl, J. D. Goguen, C. Kaminski, David Crisp, William C. Tittemore, B. Ragent, K. W. Hodapp, D. A. Allen and A. T. Tokunaga and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

William M. Sinton

89 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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. Sinton United States 23 998 271 194 113 106 93 1.2k
G. P. Kuiper United States 21 1.9k 1.9× 283 1.0× 339 1.7× 103 0.9× 147 1.4× 82 2.2k
E. S. Barker United States 24 1.7k 1.7× 355 1.3× 323 1.7× 213 1.9× 129 1.2× 141 1.8k
M. Combes France 20 1.2k 1.2× 383 1.4× 158 0.8× 91 0.8× 171 1.6× 74 1.4k
D. N. Sweetnam United States 18 2.1k 2.2× 492 1.8× 288 1.5× 64 0.6× 96 0.9× 29 2.3k
В. І. Мороз Russia 23 1.6k 1.6× 445 1.6× 345 1.8× 333 2.9× 128 1.2× 139 1.8k
Arthur L. Lane United States 24 1.6k 1.6× 628 2.3× 127 0.7× 113 1.0× 270 2.5× 47 2.0k
Barbara M. Middlehurst United States 9 952 1.0× 122 0.5× 173 0.9× 41 0.4× 60 0.6× 21 1.1k
J. C. Zarnecki United Kingdom 20 1.3k 1.3× 179 0.7× 299 1.5× 34 0.3× 96 0.9× 131 1.5k
G. W. Lockwood United States 28 2.1k 2.1× 409 1.5× 120 0.6× 279 2.5× 93 0.9× 128 2.5k
S. Fonti Italy 15 710 0.7× 133 0.5× 104 0.5× 91 0.8× 87 0.8× 117 903

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Fields of papers citing papers by William M. Sinton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William M. Sinton

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All Works

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Crisp, David, R. M. C. Lopes, S. K. Stephens, et al.. (1990). Near-Infrared Images of the Venus Night Side Before and After the January, 18, 1990, Inferior Conjunction. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 22. 1053. 3 indexed citations
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Howell, R. Rodney & William M. Sinton. (1989). Io and Europa: the Observational Evidence for Variability. NASA Special Publication. 494. 47–62. 8 indexed citations
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Crisp, David, William M. Sinton, K. W. Hodapp, et al.. (1989). The Nature and Level of Formation of the Near-Infrared Features on the Venus Night Side. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 21. 926. 1 indexed citations
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Crisp, David, et al.. (1988). Direct Measurements of Lower Themospheric Circulation on Venus Using Doppler-Limited Infrared Spectroscopy. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 20. 833. 3 indexed citations
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Sinton, William M.. (1988). Observation Possibilities for the 1991 Series of Occultations of Io by Europa. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 20. 820. 1 indexed citations
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Goguen, J. D., D. L. Matson, William M. Sinton, et al.. (1987). Locations, Temperatures and Areas of Io's Hot Spots From Multi-Color Infrared Photometry of Occultations. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 18. 334. 1 indexed citations
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Sinton, William M.. (1987). A Model for Calculating the Thermal Inertias of Particulates and Its Application to Solar System Objects. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 19. 845. 1 indexed citations
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Goguen, J. D., William M. Sinton, D. L. Matson, et al.. (1987). Continued Infrared Monitoring of Io. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 19(3). 856. 2 indexed citations
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Goguen, J. D. & William M. Sinton. (1984). The Determination of the Latitude and Longitude of an Io Hot Spot from Polarization Measurements. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 16. 656. 1 indexed citations
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Hammel, H. B., J. D. Goguen, William M. Sinton, & D. P. Cruikshank. (1983). Observational Test for Sulfur Allotropes on Io. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 15. 850. 2 indexed citations
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Sinton, William M.. (1980). Ground-Based Observations of Io's Hot Spots and its Internal Heat Flux.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 12. 702. 1 indexed citations
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Sinton, William M.. (1979). Io: Confirmatin of 5-μm Outbursts and a Possible Explanation.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 11. 598. 1 indexed citations
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Sinton, William M., et al.. (1978). Thermal IR Scans of Jupiter. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 10. 563. 1 indexed citations
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Sinton, William M., John Good, W. Macy, & Glenn S. Orton. (1978). Thermal IR Scans of Saturn. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 10. 574. 1 indexed citations
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Sinton, William M.. (1977). The Predicted Seasonal Variation of the Thermal Flux From Uranus. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 9. 472. 1 indexed citations
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Sinton, William M.. (1977). A Possible Source of Sudden Thermal Changes on Uranus. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 9. 472. 3 indexed citations
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Sinton, William M. & John Good. (1977). Saturn: Predicted Seasonal Variation of Thermal Flux. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 9. 511. 3 indexed citations
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Sinton, William M.. (1972). A near-infrared view of the Uranus system.. Sky and Telescope. 44. 2 indexed citations
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Jefferies, J. T. & William M. Sinton. (1968). Progress at Mauna Kea Observatory. Sky and Telescope. 36. 140. 2 indexed citations
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Boyce, Peter & William M. Sinton. (1966). Monochromatic profiles of planetary nebulae obtained with an area scanner. The Astronomical Journal. 71. 847–848.

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