A. F. Cheng

16.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
285 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

A. F. Cheng is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, A. F. Cheng has authored 285 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 257 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 40 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 35 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in A. F. Cheng's work include Astro and Planetary Science (220 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (143 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (57 papers). A. F. Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (220 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (143 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (57 papers). A. F. Cheng collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. A. F. Cheng's co-authors include M. Ruderman, J. Shaham, M. A. Alpar, L. J. Lanzerotti, S. M. Krimigis, O. S. Barnouin, B. H. Mauk, T. P. Armstrong, A. S. Rivkin and P. C. Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

A. F. Cheng

272 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
A. F. Cheng	5.8k	993	807	676	632	285	6.2k
W. M. Farrell	7.1k 1.2×	568 0.6×	436 0.5×	1.3k 1.9×	573 0.9×	308	7.7k
David Vokrouhlický	8.6k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.9×	327 0.5×	487 0.8×	227	8.8k
B. R. Sandel	7.3k 1.3×	912 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	1.6k 2.4×	655 1.0×	193	7.6k
R. L. McNutt	7.7k 1.3×	487 0.5×	1.0k 1.3×	2.2k 3.3×	373 0.6×	237	8.2k
M. J. S. Belton	7.5k 1.3×	813 0.8×	1.9k 2.3×	441 0.7×	739 1.2×	259	8.0k
S. J. Peale	5.2k 0.9×	670 0.7×	830 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	294 0.5×	135	5.6k
J. J. Berthelier	3.4k 0.6×	1.4k 1.4×	508 0.6×	616 0.9×	277 0.4×	193	4.0k
B. L. Barraclough	4.2k 0.7×	255 0.3×	340 0.4×	700 1.0×	429 0.7×	77	4.5k
Adam P. Showman	6.4k 1.1×	345 0.3×	1.8k 2.3×	704 1.0×	300 0.5×	116	6.9k
D. C. Hamilton	7.0k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	460 0.6×	2.5k 3.7×	202 0.3×	203	7.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by A. F. Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. F. Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of A. F. Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of A. F. Cheng based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with A. F. Cheng. A. F. Cheng is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cheng, A. F., et al.. (2025). QuArch: A Question-Answering Dataset for AI Agents in Computer Architecture. IEEE Computer Architecture Letters. 24(1). 105–108. 1 indexed citations

Nakano, Ryota, Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Sabina D. Raducan, et al.. (2024). Dimorphos’s Orbit Period Change and Attitude Perturbation due to Its Reshaping after the DART Impact. The Planetary Science Journal. 5(6). 133–133. 2 indexed citations

Daly, R. T., C. M. Ernst, O. S. Barnouin, et al.. (2024). An Updated Shape Model of Dimorphos from DART Data. The Planetary Science Journal. 5(1). 24–24. 14 indexed citations

Cheng, A. F., Joy Wan, Suephy C. Chen, & Howa Yeung. (2023). Atopic Dermatitis and Bullying Among US Adolescents. JAMA Dermatology. 159(12). 1395–1395. 7 indexed citations

Rivkin, A. S. & A. F. Cheng. (2023). Planetary defense with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission and prospects. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1003–1003. 27 indexed citations

Agrusa, Harrison, Ioannis Gkolias, K. Tsiganis, et al.. (2021). The excited spin state of Dimorphos resulting from the DART impact. Icarus. 370. 114624–114624. 34 indexed citations

Lavvas, P., E. Lellouch, D. F. Strobel, et al.. (2020). A major ice component in Pluto’s haze. Nature Astronomy. 5(3). 289–297. 21 indexed citations

Richardson, D. C., W. B. McKinnon, Harrison Agrusa, et al.. (2020). Constraining the final merger of contact binary (486958) Arrokoth with soft-sphere discrete element simulations. 1 indexed citations

Buratti, B. J., M. D. Hicks, A. Verbiscer, et al.. (2019). New Horizons Photometry of Pluto's Moon Charon. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 874(1). L3–L3. 8 indexed citations

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Verbiscer, A., Simon B. Porter, Susan Benecchi, et al.. (2019). Phase Curves from the Kuiper Belt: Photometric Properties of Distant Kuiper Belt Objects Observed by New Horizons. The Astronomical Journal. 158(3). 123–123. 11 indexed citations

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Verbiscer, A., Simon B. Porter, B. J. Buratti, et al.. (2018). Phase Curves of Nix and Hydra from the New Horizons Imaging Cameras. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 852(2). L35–L35. 6 indexed citations

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Porter, Simon B., J. R. Spencer, Susan Benecchi, et al.. (2016). THE FIRST HIGH-PHASE OBSERVATIONS OF A KBO: NEW HORIZONS IMAGING OF (15810) 1994 JR₁ FROM THE KUIPER BELT. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 828(2). L15–L15. 11 indexed citations

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Barnouin, O. S., Ian Carnelli, Valérie Ciarletti, et al.. (2016). The Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) Mission: Science Proximity Operations. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1 indexed citations

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Carnelli, Ian, Patrick Michel, A. F. Cheng, et al.. (2013). AIDA: The Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment Mission. elib (German Aerospace Center). 8 indexed citations

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Dombard, A. J. & A. F. Cheng. (2008). Constraints on the Evolution of Iapetus from Simulations of Its Ridge and Bulge. LPI. 2262. 6 indexed citations

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Sears, D. W. G., Carlton C. Allen, D. E. Brownlee, et al.. (2001). Near-Earth asteroid sample return missions. Open Research Online (The Open University). 7 indexed citations

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Wilkinson, Greg, Alan Kerr, Andrew Sims, et al.. (1999). BJP volume 174 issue 3 Cover and Front matter. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 174(3). f1–f20. 1 indexed citations

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Fahy, Thomas, Alan Kerr, Anne Farmer, et al.. (1998). BJP volume 172 issue 4 Cover and Front matter. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 172(4). f1–f30. 1 indexed citations

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Belcher, J. W., J. A. Slavin, T. P. Armstrong, et al.. (1991). Mercury Orbiter: Report of the Science Working Team. Unknow. 9 indexed citations

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Cheng, A. F.. (1984). Magnetosphere, Rings, and Moons of Uranus. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 16. 443–556. 7 indexed citations

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