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William J. Burke

William J. Burke

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Earth Science

D-Index
56
Citations
9906
World Ranking
2458
National Ranking
1028

Overview

William J. Burke was primarily affiliated with Boston College in the United States. Their research focused extensively on medicine, with a particular emphasis on psychiatry and mental health, molecular biology, epidemiology, surgery, and physiology.

Throughout their career, Burke contributed to various topics including:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

William J. Burke published in several research venues, often appearing in:

  • American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • The Linacre Quarterly
  • E-Posters

Notable recent papers by Burke included:

  • "Effect of Methylphenidate on Apathy in Patients With Alzheimer Disease," 2021, published in JAMA Neurology
  • "Health Disparities in Ovarian Cancer," 2023, published in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "Measuring Apathy in Alzheimer's Disease in the Apathy in Dementia Methylphenidate Trial 2 (ADMET 2): A Comparison of Instruments," 2020, published in American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • "Building a Shared Resource HPC Center Across University Schools and Institutes: A Case Study," 2020, published in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Health Disparities in Uterine Cancer: Report From the Uterine Cancer Evidence Review Conference," 2022, published in Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey

Frequent collaborators included Jacobo Mintzer, Krista L. Lanctôt, Roberta W. Scherer, Paul B. Rosenberg, and Nathan Herrmann, each contributing to multiple publications alongside Burke.

Best Publications

  • SAPS: A new categorization for sub‐auroral electric fields

    J. C. Foster;W. J. Burke

  • Polar cap electric field structures with a northward interplanetary magnetic field

    W. J. Burke;M. C. Kelley;R. C. Sagalyn;M. Smiddy

  • A New Empirical Thermospheric Density Model JB2008 Using New Solar and Geomagnetic Indices

    Bruce R Bowman;W K Tobiska;Frank A Marcos;Cheryl Y Huang

  • Longitudinal variability of equatorial plasma bubbles observed by DMSP and ROCSAT‐1

    W. J. Burke;L. C. Gentile;C. Y. Huang;C. E. Valladares

  • DMSP observations of equatorial plasma bubbles in the topside ionosphere near solar maximum

    C. Y. Huang;W. J. Burke;J. S. Machuzak;L. C. Gentile

  • Intense poleward‐directed electric fields near the ionospheric projection of the plasmapause

    M. Smiddy;M. C. Kelley;W. Burke;F. Rich

  • Quantitative simulation of a magnetospheric substorm 2. Comparison with observations

    M. Harel;R. A. Wolf;R. W. Spiro;P. H. Reiff

  • Identification and observations of the plasma mantle at low altitude

    Patrick T. Newell;William J. Burke;Ching-I. Meng;Ennio R. Sanchez

  • Equatorial plasma bubbles observed by DMSP satellites during a full solar cycle: Toward a global climatology

    C. Y. Huang;W. J. Burke;J. S. Machuzak;L. C. Gentile

  • Effects of high-latitude conductivity on observed convection electric fields and Birkeland currents

    M. Smiddy;W. J. Burke;M. C. Kelley;N. A. Saflekos

  • Electric and magnetic field characteristics of discrete arcs in the polar cap

    W. J. Burke;M. S. Gussenhoven;M. C. Kelley;D. A. Hardy

  • Seasonal-longitudinal variability of equatorial plasma bubbles

    W. J. Burke;C. Y. Huang;L. C. Gentile;L. Bauer

  • Dynamics of the inner magnetosphere near times of substorm onsets

    N. C. Maynard;W. J. Burke;E. M. Basinska;G. M. Erickson

  • Electrodynamics of the inner magnetosphere observed in the dusk sector by CRRES and DMSP during the magnetic storm of June 4–6, 1991

    W. J. Burke;N. C. Maynard;M. P. Hagan;R. A. Wolf

  • Variable time delays in the propagation of the interplanetary magnetic field

    D. R. Weimer;D. M. Ober;N. C. Maynard;W. J. Burke

  • Equatorial density depletions observed at 840 km during the great magnetic storm of March 1989

    M. E. Greenspan;C. E. Rasmussen;W. J. Burke;M. A. Abdu

  • DMSP/F2 electron observations of equatorward auroral boundaries and their relationship to magnetospheric electric fields

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  • High-level spacecraft charging in the low-altitude polar auroral environment

    M. S. Gussenhoven;D. A. Hardy;F. Rich;W. J. Burke

  • A climatology of equatorial plasma bubbles from DMSP 1989–2004

    L. C. Gentile;W. J. Burke;F. J. Rich

  • Electromagnetics of substorm onsets in the near‐geosynchronous plasma sheet

    G. M. Erickson;N. C. Maynard;W. J. Burke;G. R. Wilson

  • Testing the Hill model of transpolar potential saturation

    D. M. Ober;N. C. Maynard;W. J. Burke

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel R. Weimer
Daniel R. Weimer Virginia Tech
Per Even Sandholt
Per Even Sandholt University of Oslo
Jøran Moen
Jøran Moen University of Oslo
Mark Lester
Mark Lester University of Leicester
Charles J. Farrugia
Charles J. Farrugia University of New Hampshire
Michael P. Sulzer
Michael P. Sulzer Arecibo Observatory
F. S. Mozer
F. S. Mozer University of California, Berkeley
Christopher T. Russell
Christopher T. Russell University of California, Los Angeles
Michael C. Kelley
Michael C. Kelley Cornell University

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