A. Blaauw

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

A. Blaauw is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Blaauw has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 15 papers in Instrumentation and 4 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in A. Blaauw's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (17 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (15 papers) and History and Developments in Astronomy (14 papers). A. Blaauw is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (17 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (15 papers) and History and Developments in Astronomy (14 papers). A. Blaauw collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Slovakia. A. Blaauw's co-authors include A. G. A. Brown, R. Hoogerwerf, P. T. de Zeeuw, J. H. J. de Bruijne, J. L. Pawsey, G. Westerhout, T. S. van Albada, R. Ramachandran, Ambro van Hoof and P. O. Lindblad and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

A. Blaauw

37 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A [ITAL]Hipparcos[/ITAL] Census of the Nearby OB Associations

1999 801 citations P. T. de Zeeuw, R. Hoogerwerf et al. The Astronomical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Blaauw Netherlands	10	1.4k	286	137	91	72	43	1.5k
Yervant Terzian United States	23	1.7k 1.2×	510 1.8×	104 0.8×	211 2.3×	129 1.8×	149	1.8k
H. J. Habing Netherlands	14	1.1k 0.8×	215 0.8×	94 0.7×	139 1.5×	51 0.7×	48	1.1k
F. J. Kerr United States	13	1.1k 0.8×	193 0.7×	67 0.5×	267 2.9×	58 0.8×	60	1.2k
S. R. Pottasch Netherlands	20	1.7k 1.2×	480 1.7×	96 0.7×	106 1.2×	83 1.2×	114	1.7k
P. E. Clegg United Kingdom	16	887 0.6×	198 0.7×	71 0.5×	209 2.3×	35 0.5×	62	967
B. F. Jones United States	31	2.6k 1.8×	741 2.6×	222 1.6×	91 1.0×	113 1.6×	70	2.7k
R. L. Kurucz United States	10	1.3k 0.9×	394 1.4×	96 0.7×	52 0.6×	89 1.2×	24	1.4k
R. X. McGee Australia	14	765 0.5×	143 0.5×	109 0.8×	99 1.1×	71 1.0×	54	846
E. E. Becklin United States	24	1.7k 1.2×	281 1.0×	154 1.1×	221 2.4×	57 0.8×	87	1.8k
T. Kelsall United States	16	1.5k 1.0×	278 1.0×	64 0.5×	281 3.1×	24 0.3×	43	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Blaauw

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Blaauw, A.. (2004). My Cruise Through the World of Astronomy. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 42(1). 1–37. 1 indexed citations

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Blaauw, A.. (2002). Hendrik Christoffel Van de Hulst. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society: Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge. 146(4). 420–423. 1 indexed citations

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Zeeuw, P. T. de, R. Hoogerwerf, J. H. J. de Bruijne, A. G. A. Brown, & A. Blaauw. (1999). A [ITAL]Hipparcos[/ITAL] Census of the Nearby OB Associations. The Astronomical Journal. 117(1). 354–399. 801 indexed citations breakdown →

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Contopoulos, G., et al.. (1997). 33. Structure and Dynamics of the Galactic System. Transactions of the International Astronomical Union. 23(1). 415–427.

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Bonnet, R. M., E. Høg, P. L. Bernacca, et al.. (1997). The celebration session of the Hipparcos - Venice '97 symposium.. ESASP. 402. 1 indexed citations

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Blaauw, A., et al.. (1994). Interstellar Na I absorption towards stars in the region of the IRAS Vela Shell.. The Messenger. 76. 48–51. 2 indexed citations

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Blaauw, A.. (1994). History of the IAU. 4 indexed citations

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Lindblad, P. O. & A. Blaauw. (1992). ESO/EIPC Workshop on Structure, Dynamics and Chemical Evolution of Early-Type Galaxies. Msngr. 67. 25–25. 3 indexed citations

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Blaauw, A.. (1991). ESO's early history : The European Southern Observatory from concept to reality. 8 indexed citations

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Blaauw, A.. (1990). ESO's early history, 1953 - 1975. VIII. The 3.6-m telescope project; from concept to the late 1960's.. The Messenger. 61. 27–36. 1 indexed citations

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Blaauw, A.. (1988). ESO's early history, 1953 - 1975. I. Striving towards the convention.. Msngr. 54. 1–9.

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Blaauw, A., Wilfried Boland, & Hugo van Woerden. (1985). Birth and evolution of massive stars and stellar groups : proceedings of a symposium held in Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, 24-26 September 1984, in honour of Adriaan Blaauw on the occasion of his 70th birthday. 3 indexed citations

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Walker, Merle F., R. Cayrel, C. Anguita, et al.. (1976). 50. Identification and Protection of Existing and Potential Observatory Sites (Protection des Sites d’Observatoires Existant et Potentiels). Transactions of the International Astronomical Union. 16(1). 219–228.

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Blaauw, A.. (1970). Remarks on local structure and kinematics. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 38. 199–204. 1 indexed citations

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Blaauw, A.. (1965). Galactic structure. 102 indexed citations

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Blaauw, A.. (1964). The Scorpio–Centaurus association. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 20. 50–56. 2 indexed citations

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Blaauw, A.. (1960). Optical Determinations of the Galactic Pole (Paper IV). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 121(2). 164–170. 6 indexed citations

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Blaauw, A., et al.. (1959). Second Conference on Co-ordination of Galactic Research. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7. 1 indexed citations

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Blaauw, A.. (1959). Empirical data on age and position in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram for O and B-type stars. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 10. 105–108. 1 indexed citations

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Blaauw, A. & A. B. Underhill. (1958). Proceedings of the Cosmic Distance Scale Conference: Editor's introduction. The Astronomical Journal. 63. 149–149.

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