Alan Stockton

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Alan Stockton is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Stockton has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 56 papers in Instrumentation and 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Alan Stockton's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (60 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (56 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (47 papers). Alan Stockton is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (60 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (56 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (47 papers). Alan Stockton collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Alan Stockton's co-authors include Gabriela Canalizo, John MacKenty, Susan E. Ridgway, S. J. Lilly, Hai Fu, C. R. Lynds, C. M. Carollo, D. B. Sanders, Olivier Guyon and Hsin-Yi Shih and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Alan Stockton

100 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

SPITZER QUASAR AND ULIRG EVOLUTION STUDY (QUEST). IV. COM... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 50 100 150 200 250
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  1. SPITZER QUASAR AND ULIRG EVOLUTION STUDY (QUEST). IV. COMPARISON OF 1 Jy ULTRALUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES WITH PALOMAR-GREEN QUASARS
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Stockton United States 26 2.0k 740 379 110 56 102 2.2k
Bradley C. Whitmore United States 36 3.7k 1.8× 1.5k 2.1× 184 0.5× 134 1.2× 85 1.5× 90 3.8k
Kim‐Vy Tran United States 32 2.4k 1.2× 1.5k 2.0× 228 0.6× 77 0.7× 56 1.0× 98 2.5k
H. W. W. Spoon United States 42 5.4k 2.6× 1.3k 1.8× 532 1.4× 173 1.6× 51 0.9× 92 5.5k
Lei Hao China 22 2.2k 1.1× 578 0.8× 245 0.6× 46 0.4× 33 0.6× 73 2.2k
D. G. York United States 16 1.6k 0.8× 669 0.9× 180 0.5× 96 0.9× 33 0.6× 49 1.6k
D. Rigopoulou United Kingdom 30 3.8k 1.9× 1.4k 1.8× 395 1.0× 121 1.1× 48 0.9× 113 3.9k
P. Møller Germany 36 2.9k 1.4× 887 1.2× 537 1.4× 93 0.8× 38 0.7× 102 3.0k
V. Charmandaris United States 40 5.2k 2.5× 1.5k 2.1× 495 1.3× 154 1.4× 70 1.3× 155 5.2k
P. N. Appleton United States 27 2.4k 1.2× 621 0.8× 398 1.1× 66 0.6× 54 1.0× 109 2.4k
D. L. Clements United Kingdom 27 2.2k 1.1× 674 0.9× 467 1.2× 79 0.7× 66 1.2× 111 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Stockton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Stockton

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shih, Hsin-Yi & Alan Stockton. (2015). A COMPACT GROUP OF GALAXIES ATZ= 2.48 HOSTING AN AGN-DRIVEN OUTFLOW. The Astrophysical Journal. 815(1). 50–50. 1 indexed citations
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Witzel, Gunther, A. M. Ghez, M. Morris, et al.. (2014). DETECTION OF GALACTIC CENTER SOURCE G2 AT 3.8 μm DURING PERIAPSE PASSAGE. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 796(1). L8–L8. 60 indexed citations
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Bennert, Nicola, Gabriela Canalizo, B. Jungwiert, et al.. (2008). Fueling QSOs: the relevance of mergers. Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana. 79. 1247. 1 indexed citations
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Block, David L., F. Combes, I. Puerari, et al.. (2007). Keck spectroscopy and Spitzer space telescope analysis of the outer disk of the Triangulum spiral galaxy M 33. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 471(2). 467–474. 4 indexed citations
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Block, David L., I. Puerari, M. Takamiya, et al.. (2001). Dust-penetrated morphology in the high-redshift universe: Clues from NGC 922. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 371(2). 393–403. 10 indexed citations
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Block, David L., et al.. (2000). Toward a new millennium in galaxy morphology : proceedings of an International Conference 'Toward a New Millennium in Galaxy Morphology: from z=0 to the Lyman Break' held at the Eskom Conference Centre, Midrand, South Africa, September 13-18, 1999. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Canalizo, Gabriela & Alan Stockton. (2000). Stellar Populations in the Host Galaxies of Markarian 1014, IRAS 07598+6508, and Markarian 231. The Astronomical Journal. 120(4). 1750–1763. 30 indexed citations
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Block, David L., Alan Stockton, Bruce G. Elmegreen, & J. P. Willis. (1999). Reflection of Bulge Light from a 2 Kiloparsec Segment of Dust Lane in the Galaxy NGC 2841. The Astrophysical Journal. 522(1). L25–L27. 6 indexed citations
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Stockton, Alan & Susan E. Ridgway. (1998). Deep Spectroscopy in the Field of 3C 212. The Astronomical Journal. 115(4). 1340–1347. 12 indexed citations
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Stockton, Alan, et al.. (1996). The Position of the Nucleus and the Nature of the Aligned Component in 3C 368. The Astronomical Journal. 112. 902–902. 16 indexed citations
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Hook, R. N., L. B. Lucy, Alan Stockton, & Stephen T. Ridgway. (1994). Two channel photometric image restoration. 21. 16. 4 indexed citations
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Djorgovski, S. G., Hyron Spinrad, J. A. Pedelty, L. Rudnick, & Alan Stockton. (1987). Mergers and starbursts at large redshifts - The case of 3C 368. The Astronomical Journal. 93. 1307–1307. 9 indexed citations
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Stockton, Alan. (1986). The environment of QSOs (invited review). Astrophysics and Space Science. 118(1-2). 487–497. 1 indexed citations
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Stockton, Alan & John MacKenty. (1983). 3CR249.1 and Ton202—luminous QSOs in interacting systems. Nature. 305(5936). 678–682. 26 indexed citations
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Stockton, Alan. (1980). The lens galaxy of the twin QSO 0957+561. The Astrophysical Journal. 242. L141–L141. 28 indexed citations
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Stockton, Alan. (1978). The nature of QSO redshifts. The Astrophysical Journal. 223. 747–747. 35 indexed citations
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Glaspey, J. W., G. A. H. Walker, & Alan Stockton. (1975). Spectroscopic Observations of Seyfert Galaxies Using a Self-Scanned Silicon Diode Array. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 7. 516. 1 indexed citations
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Ekers, R. D., B. L. Fanaroff, C. Hazard, et al.. (1974). Radio and Optical Studies of 4C 11.50. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 168(1). 1P–6P. 2 indexed citations
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Stockton, Alan. (1974). Spectroscopic observations of NGC 4676.. The Astrophysical Journal. 187. 219–219. 11 indexed citations
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Lynds, C. R., Alan Stockton, & W. C. Livingston. (1965). New Spectroscope Observations of Quasi-Stellar Sources.. The Astrophysical Journal. 142. 1667–1667. 30 indexed citations

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