Catherine Zucker

1.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 918 citations indexed

About

Catherine Zucker is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine Zucker has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 918 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 6 papers in Spectroscopy and 5 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Catherine Zucker's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (27 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (26 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (13 papers). Catherine Zucker is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (27 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (26 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (13 papers). Catherine Zucker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Austria. Catherine Zucker's co-authors include Alyssa Goodman, J. Alves, Joshua S. Speagle, Douglas P. Finkbeiner, Gregory Green, Edward F. Schlafly, Cameren Swiggum, Stefan Meingast, Cara Battersby and Michael M. Foley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Catherine Zucker

35 papers receiving 744 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.

Star formation near the Sun is driven by expansion of the Local Bubble

2022 132 citations Catherine Zucker, Alyssa Goodman et al. profile →
A parsec-scale Galactic 3D dust map out to 1.25 kpc from the Sun

2024 75 citations Catherine Zucker, Andrew K. Saydjari et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The magnetic field of the Radcliffe wave: Starlight polarization at the nearest approach to the Sun 2025 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), Catherine Zucker, D. P. Clemens, Vincent Pelgrims, J. D. Soler, (unknown), J. Alves, (unknown), J. Becker Tjus	3
2	FIELDMAPS Data Release: Far-infrared Polarization in the “Bones” of the Milky Way 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Simon Coudé, Ian Stephens, Philip C. Myers, (unknown), H. A. Smith, Andrés E. Guzmán, (unknown), Catherine Zucker, B. G. Andersson, Zhi‐Yun Li, Leslie W. Looney, Giles Novak, T. Pillai, Sarah Sadavoy, Patricio Sanhueza, Archana Soam	0
3	The Solar System’s passage through the Radcliffe wave during the middle Miocene 2025 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), J. Alves, Cameren Swiggum, (unknown), Josefa E. Großschedl, Peter Köhler, N. Miret-Roig, Stefan Meingast, (unknown), Catherine Zucker, Alyssa Goodman, M. Lombardi, Gregor Knorr, (unknown), John C. Forbes, Andreas Burkert, (unknown)	2
4	The Hα sky in three dimensions 2025 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters ·(unknown), Kenneth Wood, Robert A. Benjamin, Dhanesh Krishnarao, Catherine Zucker, (unknown), L. M. Haffner	2
5	The Passage of the Solar System through the Edge of the Local Bubble 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·M. Opher, Abraham Loeb, Catherine Zucker, Alyssa Goodman, (unknown), Alexandra Z. Worden, Evan P. Economo, (unknown), J. Alves, (unknown), (unknown), J. E. G. Peek, Michael M. Foley	3
6	The Local Bubble Is a Local Chimney: A New Model from 3D Dust Mapping 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Catherine Zucker, Alyssa Goodman, (unknown)	21
7	The Galactic Center Lobe as an H ii Region 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·L. D. Anderson, (unknown), Bin Liu, (unknown), Robert A. Benjamin, N. Hurley‐Walker, N. M. McClure‐Griffiths, Catherine Zucker	2
8	A Parsec-scale Catalog of Molecular Clouds in the Solar Neighborhood Based on 3D Dust Mapping: Implications for the Mass–Size Relation 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Catherine Zucker, Alyssa Goodman, C. J. Lada, J. Alves	11
9	Measuring the 8621 A Diffuse Interstellar Band in Gaia DR3 RVSSpectra: Obtaining a Clean Catalog by Marginalizing over StellarTypes 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Andrew K. Saydjari, (unknown), Catherine Zucker, J. E. G. Peek, Douglas P. Finkbeiner	9
10	The star formation history of the Sco-Cen association 2023 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), Josefa E. Großschedl, J. Alves, N. Miret-Roig, Immanuel M. Bomze, John C. Forbes, Alyssa Goodman, A. Hacar, Doug Lin, Stefan Meingast, Torsten Möller, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cameren Swiggum, Catherine Zucker	50
11	The Dark Energy Camera Plane Survey 2 (DECaPS2): More Sky, Less Bias, and Better Uncertainties 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Andrew K. Saydjari, Edward F. Schlafly, Dustin Lang, Aaron Meisner, Gregory Green, Catherine Zucker, (unknown), Joshua S. Speagle, Tansu Daylan, (unknown), F. Valdés, David J. Schlegel, Douglas P. Finkbeiner	28
12	Spectroscopic Confirmation of a Population of Isolated, Intermediate-mass Young Stellar Objects 2022 ·The Astronomical Journal ·Michael A. Kuhn, (unknown), Matthew S. Povich, Rafael S. de Souza, A. Krone-Martins, Émille E. O. Ishida, Catherine Zucker, Robert A. Benjamin, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, A. Castro-Ginard, X. Y. Zhou	7
13	Disconnecting the Dots: Re-examining the Nature of Stellar “Strings” in the Milky Way 2022 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Catherine Zucker, J. E. G. Peek, Sarah Loebman	10
14	Characterizing the 3D Kinematics of Young Stars in the Radcliffe Wave 2022 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Catherine Zucker, Joshua S. Speagle, (unknown), Alyssa Goodman, J. Alves, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Andreas Burkert	7
15	A high pitch angle structure in the Sagittarius Arm 2021 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Michael A. Kuhn, Robert A. Benjamin, Catherine Zucker, A. Krone-Martins, Rafael S. de Souza, A. Castro-Ginard, Émille E. O. Ishida, Matthew S. Povich, Lynne A. Hillenbrand	28
16	Evidence for Radial Expansion at the Core of the Orion Complex with Gaia EDR3 2021 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Cameren Swiggum, Elena D’Onghia, J. Alves, Josefa E. Großschedl, Michael M. Foley, Catherine Zucker, Stefan Meingast, Boquan Chen, Alyssa Goodman	26
17	A compendium of distances to molecular clouds in the Star Formation Handbook 2020 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Catherine Zucker, Joshua S. Speagle, Edward F. Schlafly, Gregory Green, Douglas P. Finkbeiner, Alyssa Goodman, J. Alves	132
18	The Cloud Factory I: Generating resolved filamentary molecular clouds from galactic-scale forces 2019 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Rowan J. Smith, Robin G. Treß, Mattia C. Sormani, Simon C. O. Glover, Ralf S. Klessen, Paul C. Clark, Andrés F. Izquierdo, A. Duarte-Cabral, Catherine Zucker	71
19	HIERARCHICAL FORMATION IN ACTION: CHARACTERIZING ACCELERATED GALAXY EVOLUTION IN COMPACT GROUPS USING WHOLE-SKY WISE DATA 2016 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Catherine Zucker, (unknown), Kelsey E. Johnson, S. C. Gallagher, Katherine Alatalo, P. Tzanavaris	8
20	THE SKELETON OF THE MILKY WAY 2015 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Catherine Zucker, Cara Battersby, Alyssa Goodman	55

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