A. Hewish

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

A. Hewish is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Hewish has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 18 papers in Oceanography and 16 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in A. Hewish's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (44 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (32 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (18 papers). A. Hewish is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (44 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (32 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (18 papers). A. Hewish collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Russia and United States. A. Hewish's co-authors include P. F. Scott, John Pilkington, S. Bell, R. A. Collins, D. WILLS, P. A. Dennison, M. Ryle, S. J. Tappin, S. Bravo and Peter Duffett-Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

A. Hewish

81 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Observation of a Rapidly Pulsating Radio Source

1968 899 citations A. Hewish, S. Bell et al. Nature profile →
Interplanetary Scintillation of Small Diameter Radio Sources

1964 268 citations A. Hewish, P. F. Scott et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Hewish United Kingdom	27	2.8k	637	391	284	283	90	3.1k
B. J. Rickett United States	30	3.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.8×	301 0.8×	156 0.5×	235 0.8×	93	3.4k
W. A. Coles United States	36	2.7k 1.0×	425 0.7×	542 1.4×	162 0.6×	273 1.0×	106	2.9k
E. M. Standish United States	26	2.2k 0.8×	251 0.4×	528 1.4×	489 1.7×	221 0.8×	88	2.6k
Hannes Alfvén Sweden	28	3.2k 1.2×	793 1.2×	147 0.4×	193 0.7×	852 3.0×	124	3.9k
T. Hagfors Germany	30	2.1k 0.8×	284 0.4×	227 0.6×	648 2.3×	317 1.1×	104	2.4k
G. A. Dulk United States	34	5.1k 1.8×	894 1.4×	225 0.6×	157 0.6×	754 2.7×	178	5.2k
P. F. Scott United Kingdom	14	1.6k 0.6×	435 0.7×	201 0.5×	112 0.4×	45 0.2×	32	1.7k
J. A. Fejer United States	34	2.8k 1.0×	599 0.9×	174 0.4×	535 1.9×	722 2.6×	97	3.2k
R. Rosner United States	40	6.2k 2.2×	839 1.3×	164 0.4×	89 0.3×	844 3.0×	188	6.7k
H. Kopka Germany	31	2.7k 1.0×	453 0.7×	157 0.4×	727 2.6×	477 1.7×	76	3.0k

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Hewish, A., C. Bassa, Zuankai Wang, A. Cumming, & V. M. Kaspi. (2008). Background to Discovery: Some Recollections. AIP conference proceedings. 983. 3–7.

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Hewish, A., et al.. (1997). Solar and Interplanetary Disturbances. 4 indexed citations

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Rishbeth, H., D. M. Willis, & A. Hewish. (1993). Long‐term solar‐terrestrial monitoring. Eos. 74(28). 313–318. 5 indexed citations

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Hewish, A.. (1992). Pulsar scintillation as a physical tool. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 341(1660). 167–176. 1 indexed citations

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Hewish, A.. (1992). Physics of the inner Heliosphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 54(7-8). 1085–1085. 145 indexed citations

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Hewish, A.. (1988). The interplanetary weather forecast. 118. 46–50. 1 indexed citations

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Hewish, A.. (1980). Frequency-time structure of pulsar scintillation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 192. 799–804. 10 indexed citations

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Hewish, A. & A. C. S. Readhead. (1976). Hot Spots' in Radio Sources as Cosmological Probes. 18. 1.

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Hewish, A.. (1975). Pulsars and high density physics.. Physics-Uspekhi. 117. 201–210. 1 indexed citations

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Hewish, A.. (1972). Three Years with Pulsars. 31. 15. 1 indexed citations

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Bell, S. & A. Hewish. (1969). THE SPECTRUM AND ANGULAR STRUCTURE OF 3C 273 AT LOW FREQUENCIES.. 4. 211. 1 indexed citations

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Hewish, A., S. Bell, John Pilkington, P. F. Scott, & R. A. Collins. (1969). Observation of a Rapidly Pulsating Radio Source (Reprinted from Nature, February 24, 1968). Nature. 224(5218). 472–472. 16 indexed citations

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Little, L. T. & A. Hewish. (1968). Radio Source Structure Derived from Interplanetary Scintillation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 138(4). 393–406. 16 indexed citations

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Hewish, A., P. A. Dennison, & John Pilkington. (1966). Measurements of the Size and Motion of the Irregularities in the Interplanetary Medium. Nature. 209(5029). 1188–1189. 21 indexed citations

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Hewish, A., et al.. (1960). The irregular structure of the solar corona during 1959 June. Observatory. 80. 99–103. 5 indexed citations

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Hewish, A.. (1957). Occultation of the Crab nebula by the solar corona. Observatory. 77. 151–153. 3 indexed citations

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Hewish, A.. (1955). The irregular structure of the outer regions of the solar corona. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 228(1173). 238–251. 34 indexed citations

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Hewish, A. & M. Ryle. (1955). The Cambridge radio telescope.. 67. 97. 1 indexed citations

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Hewish, A.. (1952). The diffraction of galactic radio waves as a method of investigating the irregular structure of the ionosphere. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 214(1119). 494–514. 81 indexed citations

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Hewish, A.. (1951). The diffraction of radio waves in passing through a phase-changing ionosphere. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 209(1096). 81–96. 76 indexed citations

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