William R. Ward

8.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
79 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

William R. Ward is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William R. Ward has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 5 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in William R. Ward's work include Astro and Planetary Science (65 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (44 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (34 papers). William R. Ward is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (65 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (44 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (34 papers). William R. Ward collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Australia. William R. Ward's co-authors include Peter Goldreich, Hidekazu Tanaka, R. M. Canup, Taku Takeuchi, O. B. Toon, Joseph A. Burns, Douglas P. Hamilton, James B. Pollack, Bruce C. Murray and Joseph M. Hahn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

William R. Ward

77 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Formation of Planetesimals 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 2002 1997 200 400 600

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William R. Ward United States 33 5.2k 605 279 231 231 79 5.3k
S. J. Bauer United States 35 4.6k 0.9× 641 1.1× 166 0.6× 124 0.5× 405 1.8× 110 4.9k
R. T. Reynolds United States 28 3.8k 0.7× 761 1.3× 95 0.3× 191 0.8× 224 1.0× 84 4.1k
M. Podolak Israel 30 4.0k 0.8× 417 0.7× 252 0.9× 60 0.3× 129 0.6× 106 4.2k
B. A. Smith United States 30 2.9k 0.6× 441 0.7× 126 0.5× 81 0.4× 367 1.6× 128 3.1k
S. J. Weidenschilling United States 35 5.5k 1.1× 476 0.8× 493 1.8× 84 0.4× 156 0.7× 137 5.7k
L. W. Esposito United States 41 5.3k 1.0× 1.5k 2.5× 185 0.7× 124 0.5× 416 1.8× 230 5.8k
P. Cassen United States 33 3.9k 0.8× 579 1.0× 458 1.6× 79 0.3× 170 0.7× 98 4.3k
P. D. Nicholson United States 46 6.2k 1.2× 1.7k 2.9× 94 0.3× 118 0.5× 260 1.1× 292 6.5k
W. M. Grundy United States 37 4.1k 0.8× 1.1k 1.8× 105 0.4× 56 0.2× 290 1.3× 260 4.4k
Jérémy Leconte France 31 2.8k 0.5× 847 1.4× 169 0.6× 130 0.6× 102 0.4× 77 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William R. Ward

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William R. Ward

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lee, Man Hoi, S. J. Peale, Eric Pfahl, & William R. Ward. (2006). Evolution of the Obliquities of the Giant Planets during Migration. 38. 1 indexed citations
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Ward, William R.. (2003). Constraints on the Galilean protosatellite disk from Jupiter's obliquity. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations
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Canup, R. M. & William R. Ward. (2003). Accretion of the Galilean Satellites. AGUFM. 2003. 1 indexed citations
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Ward, William R.. (2003). Type II Migration and Giant Planet Survival. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1736.
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Ward, William R. & Douglas P. Hamilton. (2002). Obliquity of Saturn: Analytical Model. DPS. 34. 1 indexed citations
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Ward, William R. & Joseph M. Hahn. (2000). Disk-Planet Interactions and the Formation of Planetary Systems. 1135. 8 indexed citations
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Ward, William R.. (1998). On Planet Formation & Migration. ASPC. 148. 338.
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Hahn, J. & William R. Ward. (1997). Density Waves, Secular Resonances, and Extra-Solar Planets. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 28. 1101. 4 indexed citations
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Ward, William R.. (1996). Survival of Planetary Systems. 28. 1 indexed citations
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Ward, William R., et al.. (1996). Resonance Trapping due to Nebula Disk Torques. LPI. 27. 479. 1 indexed citations
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Ward, William R., J. Hahn, & T. W. Rettig. (1994). Resonant Trapping in a Self-Gravitating Planetesimal Disk. 26. 1 indexed citations
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Ward, William R.. (1991). Horsehoe Orbit Drag. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 22. 1463. 1 indexed citations
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Ward, William R.. (1988). Density Waves and Planetesimal Dispersion Velocities. LPICo. 681. 96. 1 indexed citations
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Ward, William R.. (1986). Density Waves in Satellite Precursor Discs. ESASP. 242. 1. 2 indexed citations
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Ward, William R.. (1983). Density Waves in the Solar Nebula. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 15. 810. 5 indexed citations
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Ward, William R.. (1982). Tidal Barriers in the Solar Nebula. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 831–832. 3 indexed citations
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Ward, William R.. (1980). Scanning Secular Resonances: a Cosmogonical Broom?. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1199–1201. 4 indexed citations
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Ward, William R. & A. G. W. Cameron. (1978). Disc Evolution Within the Roche Limit. LPI. 1205–1207. 21 indexed citations
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Ward, William R.. (1978). Solar Nebula Dispersal and the Stability of the Planetary System.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 10. 591. 4 indexed citations
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Toon, O. B., William R. Ward, & J. A. Burns. (1977). Climatic Change on Mars: Hot Poles at High Obliquity. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 9. 450. 3 indexed citations

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