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D-Index
32
Citations
4853
World Ranking
9548
National Ranking
2702

William L. Kath publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William L. Kath sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 175 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

William L. Kath D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William L. Kath sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to wave propagation, nonlinear dynamics, optical fibers and waveguides, and computational neuroscience.
  • 2007 - OSA Fellows For contributions to the statistical analysis of optical communication systems and to the theory of linear and nonlinear fiber propagation.

Overview

William L. Kath is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these domains, the scientist has contributed extensively to subfields including Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, and Ecology.

Their research topics encompass:

  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis

William L. Kath has published in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Patterns
  • eLife
  • Journal of Biological Rhythms

Some recent papers by William L. Kath include:

  • Robustness and plasticity in Drosophila heat avoidance, 2021, Nature Communications
  • EMBEDR: Distinguishing signal from noise in single-cell omics data, 2022, Patterns
  • Circadian programming of the ellipsoid body sleep homeostat in Drosophila, 2022, eLife
  • TimeTrial: An Interactive Application for Optimizing the Design and Analysis of Transcriptomic Time-Series Data in Circadian Biology Research, 2020, Journal of Biological Rhythms
  • The E3 ubiquitin ligase adaptor Tango10 links the core circadian clock to neuropeptide and behavioral rhythms, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

William L. Kath collaborates frequently with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Ravi Allada
  • Clark Rosensweig
  • Rosemary Braun
  • Eric M. Johnson
  • José Miguel Simões

Throughout their career, William L. Kath has been recognized with several awards. These include:

  • SIAM Fellow, 2010, for contributions to wave propagation, nonlinear dynamics, optical fibers and waveguides, and computational neuroscience
  • OSA Fellow, 2007, for contributions to the statistical analysis of optical communication systems and to the theory of linear and nonlinear fiber propagation

Best Publications

  • Realistic control of network dynamics.

    Sean P. Cornelius;William L. Kath;Adilson E. Motter

  • Synaptic amplification by dendritic spines enhances input cooperativity

    Mark T. Harnett;Judit K. Makara;Judit K. Makara;Nelson Spruston;William L. Kath

  • Factors mediating powerful voltage attenuation along CA1 pyramidal neuron dendrites

    Nace L. Golding;Nace L. Golding;Timothy J. Mickus;Yael Katz;William L. Kath

  • Distance-Dependent Differences in Synapse Number and AMPA Receptor Expression in Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons

    Daniel A. Nicholson;Rachel Trana;Yael Katz;William L. Kath

  • Dynamics of coupled solitons in nonlinear optical fibers

    Tetsuji Ueda;William L. Kath

  • SOLITON EVOLUTION AND RADIATION LOSS FOR THE NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER-EQUATION

    William L. Kath;Noel F. Smyth

  • Accurate calculation of eye diagrams and bit error rates in optical transmission systems using linearization

    R. Holzlohner;V.S. Grigoryan;C.R. Menyuk;W.L. Kath

  • Dispersion compensation with phase-sensitive optical amplifiers

    Ruo-Ding Li;P. Kumar;W.L. Kath

  • Importance sampling for polarization-mode dispersion

    G. Biondini;W.L. Kath;C.R. Menyuk

  • Analysis of enhanced-power solitons in dispersion-managed optical fibers.

    Tian Shiang Yang;William L. Kath

  • Bifurcation with memory

    W E Olmstead;S H Davis;S Rosenblat;W L Kath

  • Control of Stochastic and Induced Switching in Biophysical Networks.

    Daniel K. Wells;William L. Kath;Adilson E. Motter

  • Numerical solutions of Maxwell’s equations for nonlinear-optical pulse propagation

    Cheryl V. Hile;William L. Kath

  • Long-distance pulse propagation in nonlinear optical fibers by using periodically spaced parametric amplifiers.

    J. Nathan Kutz;William L. Kath;Ruo-Ding Li;Prem Kumar

  • Importance sampling for polarization-mode dispersion: techniques and applications

    G. Biondini;W.L. Kath;C.R. Menyuk

  • Long-term storage of a soliton bit stream by use of phase-sensitive amplification.

    Antonio Mecozzi;William L. Kath;Prem Kumar;Christopher G. Goedde

  • Pulse propagation in nonlinear optical fiber lines that employ phase-sensitive parametric amplifiers

    J. Nathan Kutz;Cheryl V. Hile;William L. Kath;Ruo-Ding Li

  • Multiple importance sampling for first- and second-order polarization-mode dispersion

    S.L. Fogal;G. Biondini;W.L. Kath

  • All-optical storage of a picosecond-pulse packet using parametric amplification

    G.D. Bartolini;D.K. Serkland;P. Kumar;W.L. Kath

  • Waiting-Time Behavior in a Nonlinear Diffusion Equation

    William L. Kath;Donald S. Cohen

  • Importance sampling for noise-induced amplitude and timing jitter in soliton transmission systems.

    R. O. Moore;G. Biondini;William L Kath

  • A state-mutating genetic algorithm to design ion-channel models

    Vilas Menon;Nelson Spruston;William L. Kath

  • Nonlinear polarization-mode dispersion in optical fibers with randomly varying birefringence

    Ping Kong Alexander Wai;W. L. Kath;C. R. Menyuk;J. W. Zhang

  • Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Wave Propagation

    William Kath;Noel Smyth

Frequent Co-Authors

Gino Biondini
Gino Biondini University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Curtis R. Menyuk
Curtis R. Menyuk University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Prem Kumar
Prem Kumar Northwestern University
Nelson Spruston
Nelson Spruston Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Sergei K. Turitsyn
Sergei K. Turitsyn Aston University
Lianshan Yan
Lianshan Yan Southwest Jiaotong University
Ravi Allada
Ravi Allada University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Alan E. Willner
Alan E. Willner University of Southern California
Ping-kong Alexander Wai
Ping-kong Alexander Wai Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Brett D. Mensh
Brett D. Mensh Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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