2026 William S. Hodgkiss: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	59	2382	2280	737	672	555	10995

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Engineering and Technology

2382

2280

737

672

555

10995

Engineering and Technology

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Citations

10995

World Ranking

2382

National Ranking

737

Overview

William S. Hodgkiss is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on fields related to Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering, with a particular emphasis on Oceanography and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics within underwater acoustics and marine environments. Their main areas of work include:

Underwater Acoustics Research
Marine animal studies overview
Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
Geophysical Methods and Applications
Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
Seismic Waves and Analysis
Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

William S. Hodgkiss has published numerous articles in several key academic venues, notably:

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (31 publications)
IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering (4 publications)
Proceedings of meetings on acoustics (4 publications)
JASA Express Letters (3 publications)
arXiv (Cornell University) (1 publication)

Recent papers from 2021 reflect the scope of their work and collaborative efforts:

Learning location and seabed type from a moving mid-frequency source, published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Seabed type and source parameters predictions using ship spectrograms in convolutional neural networks, published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Seabed classification from merchant ship-radiated noise using a physics-based ensemble of deep learning algorithms, published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Statistical Inference of Sound Speed and Attenuation Dispersion of a Fine-Grained Marine Sediment, published in IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
Probabilistic Estimation of Merchant Ship Source Levels in an Uncertain Shallow-Water Environment, published in IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Frequent collaborators working with Hodgkiss include:

David P. Knobles
Tracianne B. Neilsen
Preston S. Wilson
Mohsen Badiey
Mason C. Acree

Best Publications

Phase conjugation in the ocean: Experimental demonstration of an acoustic time-reversal mirror

W. A. Kuperman;William S. Hodgkiss;Hee Chun Song;T. Akal

861
Citations
Energy Harvesting for Structural Health Monitoring Sensor Networks

Gyuhae Park;Tajana Rosing;Michael D. Todd;Charles R. Farrar

579
Citations
An initial demonstration of underwater acoustic communication using time reversal

G.F. Edelmann;T. Akal;W.S. Hodgkiss;Seongil Kim

467
Citations
A long-range and variable focus phase-conjugation experiment in shallow water

W. S. Hodgkiss;H. C. Song;W. A. Kuperman;T. Akal

294
Citations
Inversion for refractivity parameters from radar sea clutter

Peter Gerstoft;L. Ted Rogers;Jeffrey L. Krolik;William S. Hodgkiss

231
Citations
Underwater acoustic communications using time reversal

G.F. Edelmann;H.C. Song;S. Kim;W.S. Hodgkiss

204
Citations
Digital Signal Processing: A System Design Approach

David J. DeFatta;Joseph G. Lucas;William S. Hodgkiss

201
Citations
Improvement of Time-Reversal Communications Using Adaptive Channel Equalizers

H.C. Song;W.S. Hodgkiss;W.A. Kuperman;M. Stevenson

199
Citations
A time-reversal mirror with variable range focusing

Hee Chun Song;W. A. Kuperman;W. S. Hodgkiss

177
Citations
Iterative time reversal in the ocean

H. C. Song;W. A. Kuperman;W. S. Hodgkiss;T. Akal

173
Citations
Using ocean ambient noise for array self-localization and self-synchronization

K.G. Sabra;P. Roux;A.M. Thode;G.L. D'Spain

168
Citations
Impact of ocean variability on coherent underwater acoustic communications during the Kauai experiment (KauaiEx)

Aijun Song;Mohsen Badiey;H. C. Song;William S. Hodgkiss

146
Citations
Spatial diversity in passive time reversal communications

Hee C Song;W S Hodgkiss;W A Kuperman;W J Higley

144
Citations
Refractivity estimation from sea clutter: An invited review

Ali Karimian;Caglar Yardim;Peter Gerstoft;William S. Hodgkiss

144
Citations
Tracking Refractivity from Clutter Using Kalman and Particle Filters

C. Yardim;P. Gerstoft;W.S. Hodgkiss

143
Citations
Multiuser Communications Using Passive Time Reversal

H.C. Song;W.S. Hodgkiss;W.A. Kuperman;T. Akal

141
Citations
Multiple-input-multiple-output coherent time reversal communications in a shallow-water acoustic channel

H.C. Song;P. Roux;W.S. Hodgkiss;W.A. Kuperman

138
Citations
ECHO-TO-REVERBERATION ENHANCEMENT USING A TIME REVERSAL MIRROR

S. Kim;W. A. Kuperman;W. S. Hodgkiss;H. C. Song

134
Citations
Robust time reversal focusing in the ocean

Seongil Kim;W. A. Kuperman;W. S. Hodgkiss;H. C. Song

130
Citations
The simultaneous measurement of infrasonic acoustic particle velocity and acoustic pressure in the ocean by freely drifting Swallow floats

G.L. D'Spain;W.S. Hodgkiss;G.L. Edmonds

129
Citations
Spatial resolution of time-reversal arrays in shallow water

Seongil Kim;G. F. Edelmann;W. A. Kuperman;W. S. Hodgkiss

126
Citations