C. Watson

8.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
39 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

C. Watson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Watson has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5 papers in Instrumentation and 5 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in C. Watson's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (29 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (28 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (14 papers). C. Watson is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (29 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (28 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (14 papers). C. Watson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. C. Watson's co-authors include B. A. Whitney, M. R. Meade, B. Babler, R. Indebetouw, Robert A. Benjamin, E. Churchwell, Thomas Robitaille, Matthew S. Povich, E. Churchwell and M. G. Wolfire and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series and The Astronomical Journal.

In The Last Decade

C. Watson

39 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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What are hit papers?

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.

GLIMPSE. I. AnSIRTFLegacy Project to Map the Inner Galaxy

2003 783 citations Robert A. Benjamin, E. Churchwell et al. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific profile →
TheSpitzer/GLIMPSE Surveys: A New View of the Milky Way

2009 584 citations E. Churchwell, B. Babler et al. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific profile →
The Wavelength Dependence of Interstellar Extinction from 1.25 to 8.0 μm Using GLIMPSE Data

2005 500 citations R. Indebetouw, J. S. Mathis 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. Watson United States	19	2.9k	619	477	243	214	39	3.0k
S. Aalto Sweden	33	3.2k 1.1×	412 0.7×	365 0.8×	174 0.7×	483 2.3×	142	3.3k
R. J. White United States	27	2.6k 0.9×	365 0.6×	611 1.3×	87 0.4×	108 0.5×	66	2.8k
A. P. Marston United States	21	2.3k 0.8×	357 0.6×	425 0.9×	182 0.7×	164 0.8×	63	2.4k
S. Stolovy United States	24	2.7k 0.9×	400 0.6×	507 1.1×	161 0.7×	262 1.2×	55	2.8k
F. P. Israel Netherlands	30	2.8k 1.0×	381 0.6×	280 0.6×	186 0.8×	358 1.7×	152	2.9k
R. D. Oudmaijer United Kingdom	34	3.5k 1.2×	779 1.3×	469 1.0×	239 1.0×	158 0.7×	150	3.6k
F. Boulanger France	27	2.1k 0.7×	291 0.5×	215 0.5×	239 1.0×	258 1.2×	93	2.2k
Joseph C. Weingartner United States	14	2.3k 0.8×	335 0.5×	139 0.3×	247 1.0×	184 0.9×	21	2.4k
Ye Xu China	25	2.8k 0.9×	615 1.0×	346 0.7×	243 1.0×	395 1.8×	108	2.8k
P. Ábrahám Hungary	27	1.9k 0.7×	362 0.6×	149 0.3×	98 0.4×	68 0.3×	134	2.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Watson

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

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Zasowski, Gail, Rachael L. Beaton, Steven R. Majewski, et al.. (2013). OPEN CLUSTERS IN THE MILKY WAY OUTER DISK: NEWLY DISCOVERED AND UNSTUDIED CLUSTERS IN THESPITZERGLIMPSE-360, CYG-X, AND SMOG SURVEYS. The Astronomical Journal. 146(3). 64–64. 6 indexed citations

Watson, C., et al.. (2010). AAVSO International Variable Star Index VSX (Watson+, 2006-2010). 1 indexed citations

Watson, C., et al.. (2009). VizieR Online Data Catalog: AAVSO International Variable Star Index VSX (Watson+, 2006-2014). 1 indexed citations

Churchwell, E., B. Babler, M. R. Meade, et al.. (2009). TheSpitzer/GLIMPSE Surveys: A New View of the Milky Way. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 121(877). 213–230. 584 indexed citations breakdown →

Watson, C., Matthew S. Povich, E. Churchwell, et al.. (2008). Infrared Dust Bubbles: Probing the Detailed Structure and Young Massive Stellar Populations of Galactic HiiRegions. The Astrophysical Journal. 681(2). 1341–1355. 103 indexed citations

Majewski, Steven R., B. Babler, E. Churchwell, et al.. (2007). Galactic Structure and Star Formation in Vela-Carina. 40791. 3 indexed citations

Araya, E. D., P. Höfner, S. Kurtz, et al.. (2007). A variability study of the H₂CO 6cm maser in IRAS 18566+0408. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 3(S242). 140–141. 1 indexed citations

Indebetouw, R., Thomas Robitaille, B. A. Whitney, et al.. (2007). Embedded Star Formation in the Eagle Nebula withSpitzerGLIMPSE. The Astrophysical Journal. 666(1). 321–338. 35 indexed citations

Cohen, Martin, Q. A. Parker, A. J. Green, et al.. (2007). SpitzerIRAC Observations of Newly Discovered Planetary Nebulae from the Macquarie‐AAO‐Strasbourg Hα Planetary Nebula Project. The Astrophysical Journal. 669(1). 343–362. 38 indexed citations

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Mercer, E. P., D. P. Clemens, J. M. Rathborne, et al.. (2007). A GLIMPSE of the Southern Jellyfish Nebula and Its Massive YSO. The Astrophysical Journal. 656(1). 242–247. 4 indexed citations

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Kronberger, Matthias, et al.. (2006). New galactic open cluster candidates from DSS and 2MASS imagery. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 61 indexed citations

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Cohen, Martin, A. J. Green, M. S. Roberts, et al.. (2005). G313.3+00.3: A New Planetary Nebula Discovered by the Australia Telescope Compact Array and theSpitzer Space Telescope. The Astrophysical Journal. 627(1). 446–453. 13 indexed citations

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Sewiło, M., C. Watson, E. D. Araya, et al.. (2004). Resolution of Distance Ambiguities of Inner Galaxy Massive Star Formation Regions. II.. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 154(2). 553–578. 65 indexed citations

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Watson, C., E. D. Araya, M. Sewiło, et al.. (2003). Resolution of Distance Ambiguities of Inner Galaxy Massive Star Formation Regions. I.. The Astrophysical Journal. 587(2). 714–726. 69 indexed citations

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Benjamin, Robert A., E. Churchwell, B. Babler, et al.. (2003). GLIMPSE. I. AnSIRTFLegacy Project to Map the Inner Galaxy. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 115(810). 953–964. 783 indexed citations breakdown →

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Araya, E. D., P. Höfner, E. Churchwell, et al.. (2002). H 2 CO 6 cm Emission toward IRAS 18566+0408. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 201. 1 indexed citations

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Watson, C., et al.. (2002). Arcsecond Images of CH₃CN toward W75N. The Astrophysical Journal. 577(1). 260–264. 21 indexed citations

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Churchwell, E., et al.. (2001). A Methyl Cyanide Search for the Earliest Stages of Massive Protostars. The Astrophysical Journal. 558(1). 194–203. 32 indexed citations

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Dyer, C. S., P.R. Truscott, C. Watson, et al.. (1999). Implications for space radiation environment models from CREAM & CREDO measurements over half a solar cycle. Radiation Measurements. 30(5). 569–578. 8 indexed citations

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Dyer, C. S., P.R. Truscott, C. Watson, et al.. (1998). Updated measurements from CREAM and CREDO and implications for environment and shielding models. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 45(3). 1584–1589. 13 indexed citations

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