Arthur M. Wolfe

14.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
135 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Arthur M. Wolfe is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Arthur M. Wolfe has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 37 papers in Instrumentation and 22 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Arthur M. Wolfe's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (78 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (58 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (55 papers). Arthur M. Wolfe is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (78 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (58 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (55 papers). Arthur M. Wolfe collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Chile. Arthur M. Wolfe's co-authors include J. X. Prochaska, Rainer K. Sachs, Eric Gawiser, David A. Turnshek, Kenneth M. Lanzetta, M. T. Murphy, John K. Webb, Lisa J. Storrie‐Lombardi, S. Herbert-Fort and V. A. Dzuba and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Arthur M. Wolfe

134 papers receiving 8.8k citations

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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.

Perturbations of a Cosmological Model and Angular Variations of the Microwave Background

1967 1.1k citations Arthur M. Wolfe et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Further Evidence for Cosmological Evolution of the Fine Structure Constant

2001 534 citations John K. Webb, M. T. Murphy et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
DAMPED LYα SYSTEMS

2005 461 citations Arthur M. Wolfe, Eric Gawiser et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Arthur M. Wolfe United States	48	8.5k	2.5k	1.6k	541	372	135	9.0k
Barry F. Madore United States	50	9.6k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	3.2k 2.0×	396 0.7×	213 0.6×	234	10.0k
R. F. Carswell United Kingdom	36	3.8k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	758 0.5×	396 0.7×	260 0.7×	134	4.2k
Stefano Casertano United States	41	10.2k 1.2×	4.4k 1.8×	2.0k 1.3×	409 0.8×	462 1.2×	143	10.5k
Maarten Schmidt United States	35	7.8k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	237 0.4×	247 0.7×	120	8.2k
Christopher W. Churchill United States	34	4.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	820 0.5×	482 0.9×	214 0.6×	95	4.4k
J. R. Mould United States	49	7.8k 0.9×	995 0.4×	2.7k 1.7×	311 0.6×	177 0.5×	298	8.1k
W. Forman United States	60	15.4k 1.8×	5.3k 2.1×	3.4k 2.1×	445 0.8×	405 1.1×	365	15.9k
E. Falco United States	36	6.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	1.9k 1.2×	875 1.6×	218 0.6×	119	6.7k
P. Petitjean France	41	4.2k 0.5×	928 0.4×	751 0.5×	375 0.7×	154 0.4×	148	4.5k
Scott Burles United States	44	6.9k 0.8×	2.5k 1.0×	2.3k 1.4×	713 1.3×	289 0.8×	73	7.6k

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Chornock, R., J. S. Bloom, S. B. Cenko, et al.. (2010). クェーサーSDSS J1536+0441: 2重ピーク放射体. The Astrophysical Journal. 709. 39–43. 6 indexed citations

Whitmore, J. B., et al.. (2009). Wavelength Accuracy of the Keck HIRES Spectrograph and Measuring Changes in the Fine Structure Constant. 213. 1 indexed citations

Fox, Andrew J., J. X. Prochaska, C. Ledoux, et al.. (2009). Metal-enriched plasma in protogalactic halos. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 503(3). 731–746. 27 indexed citations

Wolfe, Arthur M., Regina A. Jorgenson, Timothy Robishaw, Carl Heiles, & J. X. Prochaska. (2008). An 84-μG magnetic field in a galaxy at redshift z = 0.692. Nature. 455(7213). 638–640. 43 indexed citations

Vladilo, G., J. X. Prochaska, & Arthur M. Wolfe. (2007). The color excess of quasars with intervening DLA systems. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 478(3). 701–715. 40 indexed citations

Prochaska, J. X., J. Christopher Howk, & Arthur M. Wolfe. (2003). The elemental abundance pattern in a galaxy at z = 2.626. Nature. 423(6935). 57–59. 52 indexed citations

Webb, John K., M. T. Murphy, V. V. Flambaum, et al.. (2001). Further Evidence for Cosmological Evolution of the Fine Structure Constant. Physical Review Letters. 87(9). 91301–91301. 534 indexed citations breakdown →

Prochaska, J. X., Arthur M. Wolfe, & Eric Gawiser. (2000). New Metallicity Measurements of z > 3 Damped Lya Systems. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 197. 1 indexed citations

Prochaska, J. X. & Arthur M. Wolfe. (1996). A Keck HIRES Investigation of the Metal Abundances and Kinematics of the Z = 2.46 Damped LY alpha System toward Q0201+365. The Astrophysical Journal. 470. 403–403. 65 indexed citations

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Garwood, Robert, et al.. (1995). A search for H I 21 CM absorption and emission from a damped LY alpha absorption line system at redshift Z approximately equal to 3.06 in the direction of PKS 0336-017. The Astronomical Journal. 109. 480–480. 3 indexed citations

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Turnshek, David A., B. R. Espey, Michael Rauch, et al.. (1994). The HST quasar absorption line key project. 4: HST faint-object spectrograph and ground-based observations of the unusual low-redshift broad absorption-line quasi-stellar object PG 0043+039. The Astrophysical Journal. 428. 93–93. 21 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Arthur M.. (1993). THE PROGENITORS OF GALAXIES AND THE GAS CONTENT OF THE UNIVERSE AT LARGE REDSHIFTS. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 688(1). 281–296. 7 indexed citations

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Lu, Limin, Arthur M. Wolfe, David A. Turnshek, & Kenneth M. Lanzetta. (1993). A spectroscopic study of damped Lyman-alpha systems in the Las Campanas/Palomar survey. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 84. 1–1. 24 indexed citations

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Briggs, F., et al.. (1989). The spatial extent of the Z = 2.04 absorber in the spectrum of PKS 0458-020. The Astrophysical Journal. 341. 650–650. 48 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Arthur M., et al.. (1987). The effect of a quasi-stellar object on its host galaxy - Dynamical and physical processes in the interstellar medium around a quasi-stellar object. The Astrophysical Journal. 322. 180–180. 13 indexed citations

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Junkkarinen, V. T., E. M. Burbidge, & Arthur M. Wolfe. (1978). A Spectroscopic Search for Absorption Lines in Radio Compact QSO's. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 10. 688. 1 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Arthur M.. (1978). Pittsburgh Conference on BL Lac Objects, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., April 24-26, 1978, Proceedings. D-Scholarship@Pitt (University of Pittsburgh). 4 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Arthur M.. (1971). Hot Seyfert Winds.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 3. 474. 1 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Arthur M.. (1970). New Limits on the Shear and Rotation of the Universe from the X-Ray Background. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 2. 225. 5 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Arthur M. & G. R. Burbidge. (1970). Can the Lumpy Distribution of Galaxies be reconciled with the Smooth X-ray Background?. Nature. 228(5277). 1170–1174. 11 indexed citations

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