William Hughes

196 papers and 6.1k indexed citations
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About

William Hughes is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, William Hughes has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 98 papers in Molecular Biology and 52 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in William Hughes’s work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (124 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (96 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (86 papers). William Hughes is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (124 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (96 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (86 papers). William Hughes collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. William Hughes's co-authors include D. J. Southwood, Mark B. Moldwin, H. J. Singer, Kazue Takahashi, R. L. McPherron, M. J. Engebretson, R. R. Anderson, J. N. Barfield, C. T. Russell and D. G. Sibeck and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Hughes

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

Fields of papers citing papers by William Hughes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by William Hughes. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by William Hughes. The network helps show where William Hughes may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by William Hughes

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