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Most cited papers in Underwater Acoustics Research

What are the most cited papers in Underwater Acoustics Research?

The most cited paper in Underwater Acoustics Research is "ESPRIT-estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques" (R. Roy, T. Kailath, 1989), with 7,295 citations. Next come "High-resolution frequency-wavenumber spectrum analysis" (6,396) and "Locally Resonant Sonic Materials" (5,482).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 661 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 ESPRIT-estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques R. Roy, T. Kailath · IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing Jul 1989 7,295
2 High-resolution frequency-wavenumber spectrum analysis Jack Capon · Proceedings of the IEEE 1969 6,396
3 Locally Resonant Sonic Materials Zhengyou Liu, Xixiang Zhang, Yiwei Mao et al. · Science 8 Sep 2000 5,482
4 Multiferroic magnetoelectric composites: Historical perspective, status, and future directions Ce‐Wen Nan, Mirza I. Bichurin, Shuxiang Dong et al. · Journal of Applied Physics Feb 2008 3,767
5 Entropy-based algorithms for best basis selection Ronald R. Coifman, Mladen Victor Wickerhauser · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory Mar 1992 3,195
6 Classical tidal harmonic analysis including error estimates in MATLAB using T_TIDE Rich Pawlowicz, Bob Beardsley, Steve Lentz · Computers & Geosciences 17 Sep 2002 2,902
7 MUSIC, maximum likelihood, and Cramer-Rao bound Petre Stoica, Arye Nehorai · IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing May 1989 2,829
8 Digital Image Enhancement and Noise Filtering by Use of Local Statistics Jong‐Sen Lee · IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Mar 1980 2,734
9 A simple and efficient estimator for hyperbolic location Y.T. Chan, K. C. Ho · IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 1994 2,535
10 Lanczos Filtering in One and Two Dimensions Claude E. Duchon · Journal of applied meteorology Open access Aug 1979 2,452
11 Principles of underwater sound Walter M. X. Zimmer · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 21 Apr 2011 2,273
12 Electric polarization reversal and memory in a multiferroic material induced by magnetic fields N. Hur, S. Park, Priyamedha Sharma et al. · Nature May 2004 2,261
13 Rapid Convergence Rate in Adaptive Arrays I.S. Reed, J.D. Mallett, L. Brennan · IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems Nov 1974 2,201
14 Controlling sound with acoustic metamaterials Steven A. Cummer, Johan Christensen, Andrea Alù · Nature Reviews Materials Review 16 Feb 2016 2,195
15 Dispersion-Relation-Preserving Finite Difference Schemes for Computational Acoustics Christopher K. W. Tam, Jay C. Webb · Journal of Computational Physics Aug 1993 2,171
16 Global Multi‐Resolution Topography synthesis William B. F. Ryan, S. M. Carbotte, J. Coplan et al. · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems Mar 2009 2,169
17 Underwater acoustic communication channels: Propagation models and statistical characterization Milica Stojanovic, James C. Preisig · IEEE Communications Magazine 2009 2,074
18 Translation-Invariant De-Noising Ronald R. Coifman, David L. Donoho · Lecture notes in statistics Book chapter 1995 1,929
19 On spatial smoothing for direction-of-arrival estimation of coherent signals Tie-Jun Shan, M. Wax, T. Kailath · IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing Aug 1985 1,896
20 Despiking Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter Data Derek G. Goring, Vladimir Nikora · Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 2002 1,702
21 Micro-doppler effect in radar: phenomenon, model, and simulation study V.C. Chen, Fayin Li, Shen-Shyang Ho et al. · IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems 2006 1,696
22 Adaptive signal processing Dennis R. Morgan · IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing Aug 1986 1,686
23 A CFAR adaptive matched filter detector Frank C. Robey, Daniel R. Fuhrmann, Edward Jason Kelly et al. · IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems 1992 1,660
24 Wavelet-based statistical signal processing using hidden Markov models Matthew S Crouse, Robert D. Nowak, Richard G. Baraniuk · IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing Apr 1998 1,654
25 A global, self‐consistent, hierarchical, high‐resolution shoreline database Pål Wessel, Walter H. F. Smith · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 10 Apr 1996 1,647
26 Speech analysis/Synthesis based on a sinusoidal representation R. McAulay, Thomas F. Quatieri · IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing Aug 1986 1,607
27 Adaptive signal processing Bernard Widrow · Signal Processing Mar 1986 1,597
28 An Adaptive Detection Algorithm Edward Jason Kelly · IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems Mar 1986 1,577
29 Fourth-order finite-difference P-SV seismograms A. Levander · Geophysics Nov 1988 1,530
30 Acoustic Ambient Noise in the Ocean: Spectra and Sources Gordon M. Wenz · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Dec 1962 1,497
31 Sonar tracking of multiple targets using joint probabilistic data association Thomas E. Fortmann, Yaakov Bar‐Shalom, Molly M. Scheffe · IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering Jul 1983 1,476
32 Weak ferromagnetism and magnetoelectric coupling in bismuth ferrite Claude Ederer, Nicola A. Spaldin · Physical Review B Open access 8 Feb 2005 1,445
33 Target Classification Using the Deep Convolutional Networks for SAR Images Sizhe Chen, Haipeng Wang, Feng Xu et al. · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 5 May 2016 1,356
34 Multiple Scattering of Waves Melvin D. Lax · Reviews of Modern Physics Oct 1951 1,345
35 Electrical control of antiferromagnetic domains in multiferroic BiFeO3 films at room temperature Tianqi Zhao, A. Schöll, F. Zavaliche et al. · Nature Materials 3 Sep 2006 1,299
36 Wave Propagation and Group Velocity Léon Brillouin, Nicholas Chako · Physics Today Feb 1961 1,249
37 Forward/backward spatial smoothing techniques for coherent signal identification S. Unnikrishna Pillai, Byung Ho Kwon · IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing 1989 1,246
38 Sequential monte carlo methods for multi-target filtering with random finite sets Ba‐Ngu Vo, Sumeetpal Sidhu Singh, A. Boucet · IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems Oct 2005 1,245
39 A technique for objective analysis and design of oceanographic experiments applied to MODE-73 Francis P. Bretherton, Russ E. Davis, C. B. Fandry · Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts Jul 1976 1,220
40 Ground-penetrating radar and its use in sedimentology: principles, problems and progress Adrian Neal · Earth-Science Reviews 23 Jul 2004 1,167
41 Anthropogenic and natural sources of ambient noise in the ocean John A. Hildebrand · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 27 Oct 2009 1,167
42 Membrane-Type Acoustic Metamaterial with Negative Dynamic Mass Zhiyu Yang, Jun Mei, Min Chieh Yang et al. · Physical Review Letters 14 Nov 2008 1,163
43 Analysis of hidden units in a layered network trained to classify sonar targets Rebecca Gorman, Terrence J. Sejnowski · Neural Networks 1988 1,126
44 The Retrieval of Harmonics from a Covariance Function В. Ф. Писаренко · Geophysical Journal International Open access Sep 1973 1,123
45 Covariance matrix estimation errors and diagonal loading in adaptive arrays B.D. Carlson · IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems Jul 1988 1,114
46 One path to acoustic cloaking Steven A. Cummer, David Schurig · New Journal of Physics Open access 2 Mar 2007 1,108
47 Post-processing of the full matrix of ultrasonic transmit–receive array data for non-destructive evaluation Caroline Holmes, Bruce W. Drinkwater, Paul D. Wilcox · NDT & E International 17 Jun 2005 1,099
48 ESPRIT--A subspace rotation approach to estimation of parameters of cisoids in noise R. Roy, Arogyaswami J. Paulraj, T. Kailath · IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing Oct 1986 1,086
49 Scale-space filtering: A new approach to multi-scale description Andrew Witkin Conference paper 24 Mar 2005 1,083
50 The state of the art in underwater acoustic telemetry Daniel B. Kilfoyle, A. B. Baggeroer · IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 2000 1,074

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