William Speck

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

William Speck is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, William Speck has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Cancer Research, 4 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 4 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in William Speck's work include Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (8 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (3 papers) and Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (3 papers). William Speck is often cited by papers focused on Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (8 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (3 papers) and Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (3 papers). William Speck collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and Canada. William Speck's co-authors include Errol Zeiger, Kristien Mortelmans, Steve Haworth, Timothy E. Lawlor, Beth Tainer, Beth Anderson, G. Fritz, James L. Driscoll and S M Haworth and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Health Perspectives, Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie and Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology.

In The Last Decade

William Speck

16 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Salmonella mutagenicity test results for 250 chemicals 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 1986 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. Salmonella mutagenicity test results for 250 chemicals
    1983 553 citations Steve Haworth, Timothy E. Lawlor et al. Environmental Mutagenesis profile →
  2. Salmonella mutagenicity tests: II. Results from the testing of 270 chemicals
    1986 452 citations Kristien Mortelmans, Steve Haworth et al. Environmental Mutagenesis 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 Speck United States 10 1.0k 643 380 361 194 17 1.7k
Virginia C. Dunkel United States 24 1.1k 1.0× 605 0.9× 586 1.5× 410 1.1× 163 0.8× 57 2.0k
A. Carere Italy 29 1.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.7× 731 1.9× 604 1.7× 231 1.2× 100 2.7k
Steve Haworth United States 16 1.6k 1.6× 926 1.4× 618 1.6× 578 1.6× 306 1.6× 18 2.5k
Motoi Ishidate Japan 23 1.6k 1.5× 830 1.3× 912 2.4× 535 1.5× 232 1.2× 49 2.5k
D. Gatehouse United Kingdom 21 845 0.8× 418 0.7× 473 1.2× 329 0.9× 109 0.6× 51 1.6k
Akihiro Wakata Japan 14 1.1k 1.1× 636 1.0× 598 1.6× 415 1.1× 119 0.6× 23 1.6k
N. Loprieno Italy 29 1.5k 1.5× 849 1.3× 815 2.1× 576 1.6× 142 0.7× 116 2.3k
Michael J. Prival United States 18 658 0.6× 319 0.5× 713 1.9× 406 1.1× 157 0.8× 34 1.6k
Sebastian Kevekordes Germany 16 400 0.4× 415 0.6× 325 0.9× 271 0.8× 118 0.6× 21 1.3k
Yoshimitsu Oda Japan 23 915 0.9× 547 0.9× 985 2.6× 271 0.8× 148 0.8× 63 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Speck

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Speck

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
1.
Speck, William, et al.. (2006). Coiled-Tubing Perforation and Zonal Isolation in Harsh Wellbore Conditions. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 6 indexed citations
2.
Speck, William. (2006). Poetry and the Creation of a Whig Literary Culture, 1681-1714. The English Historical Review. CXXI(492). 851–853. 2 indexed citations
3.
Speck, William, et al.. (2006). Coiled-Tubing Perforation and Zonal Isolation in Harsh WellboreConditions. Proceedings of SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 3 indexed citations
4.
Speck, William. (2003). Robert Southey and "The Flagellant". Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University). 1 indexed citations
5.
Zeiger, Errol, Beth Anderson, Steve Haworth, et al.. (1987). Salmonella Mutagenicity tests: III. Results from the testing of 255 chemicals. Environmental Mutagenesis. 9(S9). 61–109. 27 indexed citations
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Zeiger, Errol, Beth Anderson, Steve Haworth, et al.. (1987). Salmonella Mutagenicity tests: III. Results from the testing of 255 chemicals. Environmental Mutagenesis. 9(S9). 1–60. 321 indexed citations
7.
Zeiger, Errol, et al.. (1986). Comparative mutagenicity of aliphatic epoxides in Salmonella. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology. 172(2). 105–138. 75 indexed citations
8.
Mortelmans, Kristien, Steve Haworth, Timothy E. Lawlor, et al.. (1986). Abstracts of the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Environmental Mutagen Society. The Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel Baltimore, Maryland April 9–13, 1986. Environmental Mutagenesis. 8(S6). 1–52. 32 indexed citations
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Mortelmans, Kristien, Steve Haworth, Timothy E. Lawlor, et al.. (1986). Salmonella mutagenicity tests: II. Results from the testing of 270 chemicals. Environmental Mutagenesis. 8(S7). 1–55. 452 indexed citations breakdown →
10.
Mortelmans, Kristien, Steve Haworth, Timothy E. Lawlor, et al.. (1986). Salmonella mutagenicity tests: II. Results from the testing of 270 chemicals. Environmental Mutagenesis. 8(S7). 56–119. 31 indexed citations
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Zeiger, Errol, Steve Haworth, Kristien Mortelmans, & William Speck. (1985). Mutagenicity testing of Di(2‐ethylhexyl)phthalate and related chemicals in Salmonella. Environmental Mutagenesis. 7(2). 213–232. 83 indexed citations
12.
Haworth, Steve, Timothy E. Lawlor, Kristien Mortelmans, William Speck, & Errol Zeiger. (1983). Salmonella mutagenicity test results for 250 chemicals. Environmental Mutagenesis. 5(S1). 3–49. 553 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zeiger, Errol, et al.. (1982). Phthalate ester testing in the National Toxicology Program's Environmental Mutagenesis Test Development Program. Environmental Health Perspectives. 45. 99–101. 38 indexed citations
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Zeiger, Errol, S M Haworth, William Speck, & Kristien Mortelmans. (1982). Phthalate Ester Testing in the National Toxicology Program's Environmental Mutagenesis Test Development Program. Environmental Health Perspectives. 45. 99–99. 1 indexed citations
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Driscoll, James L., et al.. (1982). PERCUTANEOUS ABSORPTION POTENTIAL OF CHLORHEXIDINE IN NEONATES. 27 indexed citations
16.
Fritz, G. & William Speck. (1981). Bildung siliciumorganischer Verbindungen. 90. Synthese C‐verbrückter Carbosilane. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie. 481(10). 60–70. 7 indexed citations
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Fritz, G., et al.. (1981). Bildung siliciumorganischer Verbindungen. 89. Selektive Photobromierung von Si‐methylierten Carbosilanen. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie. 481(10). 51–59. 9 indexed citations

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