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.
Lunar Laser Ranging: A Continuing Legacy of the Apollo Program
1994476 citationsJ. G. Ries, P. J. Shelus et al.profile →
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This map shows the geographic impact of A. L. Whipple's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by A. L. Whipple with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites A. L. Whipple more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by A. L. Whipple. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by A. L. Whipple. The network helps show where A. L. Whipple may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. L. Whipple
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of A. L. Whipple.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of A. L. Whipple 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.
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the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
Benedict, G. F., B. McArthur, A. L. Whipple, et al.. (1997). Proxima Centauri and Barnard's Star: Low-mass Companion Astrometric Detection Limits and High-Precision Photometry with HST. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 28. 1103.2 indexed citations
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Altena, W. F. van, X. Guo, B. McArthur, et al.. (1997). The Distance to the Hyades Cluster Based on HST FGS3 Parallaxes. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 28. 1102.2 indexed citations
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Whipple, A. L., et al.. (1995). McDonald Observatory Solar System Object Astrometry from Wide Field CCD Imaging. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 187.2 indexed citations
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Cochran, A. L., et al.. (1994). Pre-Impact Characterization of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. 184.1 indexed citations
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Franz, O. G., L. H. Wasserman, A. J. Bradley, et al.. (1994). Astrometric Companions Detected at Visible Wavelengths with the Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensors. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 185.1 indexed citations
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Benedict, G. F., B. McArthur, E. Nelan, et al.. (1994). Searching for Planets Near Proxima Centauri: A Status Report (4/95). AAS. 184(2). 1023–1024.1 indexed citations
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Cochran, A. L., K. H. Baines, E. S. Barker, et al.. (1994). A Synopsis of McDonald Observatory Imaging Observations of Jupiter Before, During, and After the Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact. DPS. 26. 1570.1 indexed citations
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Benedict, G. F., B. McArthur, Edmund Nelan, et al.. (1993). The Search for Planets around Proxima Centauri using Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor #3: A Progress Report. 182. 137–138.1 indexed citations
Benedict, G. F., E. Nelan, D. Story, et al.. (1992). Astrometric performance characteristics of the Hubble Space Telescope fine guidance sensors. 180.
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Trafton, Laurence M., D. F. Lester, T. F. Ramseyer, & A. L. Whipple. (1991). Mutual Event Observations of Io's 2.125 μm (4705 cm -1 ) Absorption Feature: The Latitudinal Distribution of the Source Material. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 23. 1228.1 indexed citations
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Whipple, A. L., L. M. Trafton, & S. A. Stern. (1989). A Gravitational Restricted Three-Body Model of Pluto's Upper Atmosphere. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 21. 982.9 indexed citations
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Trafton, L. M., A. L. Whipple, & S. A. Stern. (1987). The Extended Atmosphere of the Pluto-Charon System. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 19. 1071.4 indexed citations
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Stern, S. A., A. L. Whipple, & L. M. Trafton. (1987). Theoretical Considerations and Observational Constraints on Additional Satellites of Pluto. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 19. 1072.1 indexed citations
Szebehely, V. & A. L. Whipple. (1984). Generalizations of the Jacobian integral. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 34(1-4). 125–133.2 indexed citations
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