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D-Index
53
Citations
10368
World Ranking
3411
National Ranking
1004

William R. Young 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 R. Young 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 R. Young 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 R. Young sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William R. Young is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a total of 32 publications in this field. Within this domain, their work is particularly concentrated in the subfields of Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

William R. Young has published several papers in notable scientific journals. Key recent publications include:

  • Directional diffusion of surface gravity wave action by ocean macroturbulence, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Direct Observations of Near-Inertial Wave ζ-Refraction in a Dipole Vortex, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Moist convection drives an upscale energy transfer at Jovian high latitudes, 2022, Nature Physics
  • Polar vortex crystals: Emergence and structure, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Wave-averaged balance: a simple example, 2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics

The majority of their publications appear in journals such as the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, which accounts for five publications, followed by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences with two. Other venues include Music & Science, arXiv (Cornell University), and Geophysical Research Letters.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with William R. Young include Lia Siegelman, Jacques Vanneste, Ana B. Villas Bôas, Ellen Poliakoff, and Michelle Phillips. Each of these coauthors has contributed to multiple joint publications, reflecting ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Homogenization of potential vorticity in planetary gyres

    Peter B. Rhines;William R. Young

  • How rapidly is a passive scalar mixed within closed streamlines

    P. B. Rhines;W. R. Young

  • Inelastic collapse and clumping in a one-dimensional granular medium

    Sean McNamara;W. R. Young

  • Inelastic collapse in two dimensions

    Sean McNamara;W. R. Young

  • Modes of optical waveguides

    Allan W. Snyder;William R. Young

  • Assessing and training standing balance in older adults: A novel approach using the 'Nintendo Wii' Balance Board

    William Young;Stuart Ferguson;Sébastien Brault;Cathy Craig

  • Evolution of vortex statistics in two-dimensional turbulence.

    G. F. Carnevale;G. F. Carnevale;G. F. Carnevale;J. C. McWilliams;J. C. McWilliams;J. C. McWilliams;Y. Pomeau;Y. Pomeau;Y. Pomeau;J. B. Weiss;J. B. Weiss;J. B. Weiss

  • Dynamics of a freely evolving, two-dimensional granular medium

    Sean McNamara;W. R. Young

  • Shear-Flow Dispersion, Internal Waves and Horizontal Mixing in the Ocean

    W. R. Young;P. B. Rhines;C. J. R. Garrett

  • Conversion of the Barotropic Tide

    Stefan G. Llewellyn Smith;W. R. Young

  • Kinetics of a one‐dimensional granular medium in the quasielastic limit

    Sean McNamara;W. R. Young

  • Anomalous diffusion of tracer in convection rolls

    W. Young;A. Pumir;Y. Pomeau

  • Horizontal convection is non-turbulent

    F. Paparella;W. R. Young

  • An Exact Thickness-Weighted Average Formulation of the Boussinesq Equations

    William R. Young

  • Strongly and weakly self-similar diffusion

    R. Ferrari;A. J. Manfroi;W. R. Young

  • Dynamics of interfaces and layers in a stratified turbulent fluid

    N. J. Balmforth;Stefan G. Llewellyn Smith;W. R. Young

  • Slow Evolution of Zonal Jets on the Beta Plane

    A. J. Manfroi;W. R. Young

  • Tidal conversion at a very steep ridge

    Stefan G. Llewellyn Smith;W. R. Young

  • Tidal Conversion at a Submarine Ridge

    François Pétrélis;Stefan Llewellyn Smith;W. R. Young

  • Near critical reflection of internal waves

    Thierry Dauxois;W. R. Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil J. Balmforth
Neil J. Balmforth University of British Columbia
Peter B. Rhines
Peter B. Rhines University of Washington
Eric Lauga
Eric Lauga University of Cambridge
Peter Franks
Peter Franks University of California, Davis
Thierry Dauxois
Thierry Dauxois École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
William K. Dewar
William K. Dewar Florida State University
Andrew F. Thompson
Andrew F. Thompson California Institute of Technology
Luc Rainville
Luc Rainville University of Washington
James C. McWilliams
James C. McWilliams University of California, Los Angeles

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