C. W. Maxson

842 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 470 citations indexed

About

C. W. Maxson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, C. W. Maxson has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 470 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3 papers in Instrumentation and 2 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in C. W. Maxson's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (8 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (3 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (3 papers). C. W. Maxson is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (8 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (3 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (3 papers). C. W. Maxson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Israel. C. W. Maxson's co-authors include G. S. Vaiana, L. Golub, R. Rosner, Jr. Harnden F. R., S. Serio, R. Giacconi, K. Topka, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, C. Zwaan and R. Mewe and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series and Review of Scientific Instruments.

In The Last Decade

C. W. Maxson

11 papers receiving 445 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.

Results from an extensive Einstein stellar survey

1981 181 citations G. S. Vaiana, G. Fabbiano et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. W. Maxson United States	9	449	51	35	32	24	11	470
A. G. Michalitsianos United States	13	515 1.1×	77 1.5×	74 2.1×	13 0.4×	45 1.9×	60	536
P. B. Byrne United Kingdom	11	354 0.8×	91 1.8×	17 0.5×	11 0.3×	34 1.4×	61	378
Jr. Chaffee Frederic H. United States	11	408 0.9×	51 1.0×	56 1.6×	10 0.3×	14 0.6×	20	449
R. F. Warren-Smith United Kingdom	10	253 0.6×	45 0.9×	26 0.7×	5 0.2×	29 1.2×	46	280
C. M. Johns-Krull United States	7	455 1.0×	30 0.6×	62 1.8×	37 1.2×	5 0.2×	15	481
M. P. Di Mauro Italy	9	327 0.7×	85 1.7×	21 0.6×	16 0.5×	8 0.3×	36	355
M. Lampton United States	8	182 0.4×	16 0.3×	23 0.7×	27 0.8×	9 0.4×	22	223
T. Simon United States	15	659 1.5×	80 1.6×	15 0.4×	6 0.2×	25 1.0×	54	689
R. Härm	8	440 1.0×	116 2.3×	83 2.4×	7 0.2×	19 0.8×	17	484
A. C. Lanzafame Italy	17	738 1.6×	211 4.1×	14 0.4×	27 0.8×	43 1.8×	53	761

Countries citing papers authored by C. W. Maxson

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. W. Maxson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. W. Maxson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of C. W. Maxson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of C. W. Maxson 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 C. W. Maxson. C. W. Maxson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

1.

Kent, S., Jessica Mink, G. G. Fazio, et al.. (1992). Galactic structure from the Spacelab infrared telescope. I - 2.4 micron map. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 78. 403–403. 4 indexed citations

2.

McBreen, B., G. G. Fazio, T. N. Rengarajan, et al.. (1986). Multiband far-infrared observations of the NGC 6334 complex. The Astrophysical Journal. 303. 629–629. 36 indexed citations

3.

Schrijver, C. J., C. Zwaan, C. W. Maxson, & R. W. Noyes. (1985). A study of ultraviolet and X-ray emissions of selected solar regions. 149(1). 123–134. 8 indexed citations

4.

Rengarajan, T. N., G. G. Fazio, C. W. Maxson, et al.. (1985). Far-infrared spectrum of IRC + 10216. The Astrophysical Journal. 289. 630–630. 6 indexed citations

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Schmitt, J. H. M. M., L. Golub, Jr. Harnden F. R., et al.. (1985). An Einstein Observatory X-ray survey of main-sequence stars with shallow convection zones. The Astrophysical Journal. 290. 307–307. 77 indexed citations

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Golub, L., et al.. (1983). Einstein Observations of X-ray emission from A stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 271. 264–264. 21 indexed citations

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Vaiana, G. S., G. Fabbiano, R. Giacconi, et al.. (1981). Results from an extensive Einstein stellar survey. The Astrophysical Journal. 245. 163–163. 181 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rosner, R., Y. Avni, Jay A. Bookbinder, et al.. (1981). The stellar contribution to the galactic soft X-ray background. The Astrophysical Journal. 249. L5–L5. 22 indexed citations

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Golub, L., C. W. Maxson, R. Rosner, G. S. Vaiana, & S. Serio. (1980). Magnetic fields and coronal heating. The Astrophysical Journal. 238. 343–343. 79 indexed citations

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Maxson, C. W. & G. S. Vaiana. (1977). Determination of plasma parameters from soft X-ray images for coronal holes /open magnetic field configurations/ and coronal large-scale structures /extended closed-field configurations/. The Astrophysical Journal. 215. 919–919. 25 indexed citations

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Williamson, F. & C. W. Maxson. (1975). Thin films for x−ray astronomy. Review of Scientific Instruments. 46(1). 50–52. 11 indexed citations

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