B. Margon

36.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
187 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

B. Margon is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Margon has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 47 papers in Instrumentation and 42 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in B. Margon's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (83 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (81 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (47 papers). B. Margon is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (83 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (81 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (47 papers). B. Margon collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. B. Margon's co-authors include M. Lampton, S. Bowyer, Scott F. Anderson, R. A. Downes, George O. Abell, Eric W. Deutsch, Paul Green, A. F. Davidsen, Gary D. Schmidt and S. A. Grandi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

B. Margon

173 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Parameter estimation in X-ray astronomy

1976 451 citations M. Lampton, B. Margon et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
B. Margon	3.2k	1.0k	354	234	205	187	3.5k
J. Castor	3.5k 1.1×	970 1.0×	376 1.1×	432 1.8×	338 1.6×	68	4.3k
C. R. Canizares	3.7k 1.2×	1.4k 1.4×	278 0.8×	259 1.1×	117 0.6×	156	3.9k
B. Altieri	3.5k 1.1×	886 0.9×	623 1.8×	216 0.9×	76 0.4×	89	3.6k
W. B. Burton	5.4k 1.7×	2.0k 2.0×	393 1.1×	139 0.6×	95 0.5×	91	5.6k
Knox S. Long	5.4k 1.7×	2.6k 2.6×	258 0.7×	301 1.3×	156 0.8×	302	5.7k
Felix J. Lockman	5.4k 1.7×	2.1k 2.1×	366 1.0×	154 0.7×	105 0.5×	107	5.6k
J. Greiner	5.8k 1.8×	1.9k 1.9×	403 1.1×	333 1.4×	188 0.9×	388	6.2k
J. E. Pringle	5.1k 1.6×	983 1.0×	222 0.6×	560 2.4×	173 0.8×	97	5.3k
G. Branduardi‐Raymont	3.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	174 0.5×	250 1.1×	90 0.4×	199	3.8k
I. F. Mirabel	6.3k 2.0×	2.3k 2.3×	910 2.6×	249 1.1×	161 0.8×	168	6.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. Margon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of B. Margon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of B. Margon 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. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with B. Margon. B. Margon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Margon, B., Philip Massey, Kathryn F. Neugent, & N. Morrell. (2020). A Survey for C II Emission-line Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Astrophysical Journal. 898(1). 85–85. 4 indexed citations

Margon, B., et al.. (2016). Extreme Runaway Dwarf Carbon Stars. AAS. 227.

Margon, B., et al.. (2015). The Kinematics of Dwarf Carbon Stars. AAS. 225.

Levitan, D., S. R. Kulkarni, Thomas A. Prince, et al.. (2013). The Search for AM CVn Systems with the Palomar Transient Factory. Radboud Repository (Radboud University). 221. 1 indexed citations

Fox, D. B., W. H. G. Lewin, B. Margon, J. van Paradijs, & F. Verbunt. (1996). ROSAT HRI observations of the globular clusters M13 and M92. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 282(3). 1027–1032. 7 indexed citations

Deutsch, Eric W., B. Margon, Stefanie Wachter, & Scott F. Anderson. (1996). Hubble Space TelescopeImaging of Bright Galactic X‐Ray Binaries in Crowded Fields. The Astrophysical Journal. 471(2). 979–986. 10 indexed citations

Margon, B., Eric W. Deutsch, A. Silber, et al.. (1994). Very deep x-ray observation sof three globular clusters. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 26(2). 872–872. 2 indexed citations

Anderson, Scott F., B. Margon, Eric W. Deutsch, & R. A. Downes. (1993). Ultraviolet-excess selection of the counterpart to a globular cluster X-ray burster - Hubble Space Telescope images of the core of NGC 6712. The Astronomical Journal. 106. 1049–1049. 12 indexed citations

Margon, B., Eric Wilcots, & Michael Bolte. (1991). Main Sequence Close Binary Stars in NGC 288. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 23. 948. 1 indexed citations

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Green, Paul, B. Margon, & D. J. MacConnell. (1991). Three newly recognized dwarf carbon stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 380. L31–L31. 19 indexed citations

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Margon, B. & Russell Cannon. (1989). An eclipsing blue straggler in Omega Centauri. Observatory. 109. 82–84. 3 indexed citations

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Margon, B., Scott F. Anderson, Mario Mateo, Michel Fich, & Philip Massey. (1988). An exceptionally bright, compact starburst nucleus. The Astrophysical Journal. 334. 597–597. 7 indexed citations

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Margon, B., R. A. Downes, & G. A. Chanan. (1985). An atlas of X-ray-selected quasi-stellar objects. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 59. 23–23. 9 indexed citations

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Stockman, H. S., Gary D. Schmidt, & B. Margon. (1980). A Direct Measurement of the Magnetic Field in AM Herculis. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 12. 851.

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Margon, B., S. A. Grandi, R. A. Downes, et al.. (1979). The 164 and 13 Day Periods of SS 433. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 11. 671. 1 indexed citations

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Margon, B., S. A. Grandi, & R. A. Downes. (1979). The Kinematics of SS 433.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 11. 786.

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Margon, B., S. De Grandi, & H. A. Ford. (1979). Enormous Periodic Doppler Shifts in SS 433. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 11. 446. 9 indexed citations

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Margon, B.. (1978). The Optical Counterparts of Compact Galactic X-Ray Sources (invited). Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 10. 499. 1 indexed citations

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Greenstein, George, B. Margon, S. Bowyer, et al.. (1976). A Search for Thermal Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation from Nearby Pulsars.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 54. 548–625. 2 indexed citations

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Lampton, M., B. Margon, Robert A. Stern, Francesco Paresce, & S. Bowyer. (1976). An Intense Extreme Ultraviolet Source in Cetus. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 8. 360. 1 indexed citations

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