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.
The statistics of peaks of Gaussian random fields
19862.0k citationsAlexander S. Szalay et al.profile →
Bias and variance of angular correlation functions
19931.1k citationsAlexander S. Szalay et al.profile →
Galaxy Zoo: morphologies derived from visual inspection of galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey★
2008914 citationsChris Lintott, Kevin Schawinski et al.profile →
Quantifying the Bimodal Color‐Magnitude Distribution of Galaxies
2004852 citationsRobert H. Lupton, Alexander S. Szalay et al.profile →
Spectral Energy Distributions and Multiwavelength Selection of Type 1 Quasars
2006717 citationsGordon T. Richards, Patrick B. Hall et al.profile →
Measuring the Baryon Acoustic Oscillation scale using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey
2007474 citationsAlexander S. Szalay et al.profile →
Galaxy Zoo 1: data release of morphological classifications for nearly 900 000 galaxies★
2010462 citationsChris Lintott, Kevin Schawinski et al.profile →
Galaxy Zoo: the dependence of morphology and colour on environment
2009373 citationsS. P. Bamford, Chris Lintott et al.profile →
Beyond the Data Deluge
2009354 citationsGordon Bell, Alexander S. Szalay et al.profile →
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Countries citing papers authored by Alexander S. Szalay
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This map shows the geographic impact of Alexander S. Szalay'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 Alexander S. Szalay with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Alexander S. Szalay more than expected).
Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander S. Szalay
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Alexander S. Szalay. 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 Alexander S. Szalay. The network helps show where Alexander S. Szalay may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander S. Szalay
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexander S. Szalay.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexander S. Szalay 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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Haine, Thomas W. N., Renske Gelderloos, Gerard Lemson, et al.. (2021). Is Computational Oceanography Coming of Age?. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 102(8). E1481–E1493.10 indexed citations
Zheng, Da, Randal Burns, & Alexander S. Szalay. (2012). A parallel page cache: IOPS and caching for multicore systems. 5–5.9 indexed citations
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Atkins, Daniel E., Christine L. Borgman, Mark H. Ellisman, et al.. (2010). RCUK Review of e-Science 2009: Building a UK foundation for the transformative enhancement of research innovation. eScholarship (California Digital Library).6 indexed citations
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Banerji, M., Ofer Lahav, Chris Lintott, et al.. (2010). Portsmouth Research Portal (University of Portsmouth).96 indexed citations
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Shen, Yue, Michael A. Strauss, Masamune Oguri, et al.. (2007). Clustering of High-Redshift (z ≥ 2.9) Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas).2 indexed citations
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Bell, Gordon, Jim Gray, & Alexander S. Szalay. (2006). Petascale Computational Systems: Balanced Cyber-Infrastructure in a Data-Centric World. Computer. 39.9 indexed citations
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Yasuda, Naoki, Y. Mizumoto, Masatoshi Ohishi, et al.. (2004). Astronomical Data Query Language: Simple Query Protocol for the Virtual Observatory. 314. 293.10 indexed citations
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Szalay, Alexander S., et al.. (2003). The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Science Archive: Migrating a Multi-Terabyte Astronomical Archive from Object to Relational DBMS. Computing in Science & Engineering. 5(5). 16–29.7 indexed citations
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Genova, F., P. Benvenuti, R. J. Hanisch, et al.. (2002). International Collaboration for the Virtual Observatory. 200.1 indexed citations
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Budavári, Tamás, et al.. (2002). SkyQuery - A Prototype Distributed Query and Cross-Matching Web Service for the Virtual Observatory. AAS. 201.1 indexed citations
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Szalay, Alexander S., et al.. (2002). 2 Petabyte Scale Data Mining: Dream or Reality?.19 indexed citations
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Kerscher, M., István Szapudi, & Alexander S. Szalay. (1999). A comparison of estimators for the two-point correlation function: dispelling the myths. arXiv (Cornell University).
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Koo, David C., N. Ellman, Richard G. Kron, et al.. (1993). Deep Pencil-Beam Redshift Surveys as Probes of Large Scale Structures. ASPC. 51. 112.
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Szalay, Alexander S.. (1984). Formation of galaxies. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 85. 29863.
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Szalay, Alexander S.. (1981). Formation of Structure in a Neutrino-Dominated Universe. Neuroepidemiology. 1. 59.1 indexed citations
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