Charles Meegan

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Charles Meegan is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Meegan has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 9 papers in Instrumentation and 8 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Charles Meegan's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (41 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (19 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (9 papers). Charles Meegan is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (41 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (19 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (9 papers). Charles Meegan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Charles Meegan's co-authors include D. L. Band, W. S. Pačiesas, C. Kouveliotou, M. S. Briggs, T. L. Cline, J. L. Matteson, Linda Ford, B. J. Teegarden, Richard Wilson and D. M. Palmer and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, AIP conference proceedings and Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

Charles Meegan

31 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

BATSE observations of gamma-ray burst spectra. I - Spectr... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. BATSE observations of gamma-ray burst spectra. I - Spectral diversity
    1993 1.2k citations D. M. Palmer, T. L. Cline 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles Meegan United States 5 1.2k 488 84 49 31 44 1.3k
B. Schaefer United States 4 1.2k 1.0× 468 1.0× 83 1.0× 46 0.9× 32 1.0× 10 1.2k
C. Kouveliotou United States 6 1.3k 1.0× 499 1.0× 86 1.0× 55 1.1× 34 1.1× 26 1.3k
Lara Nava Italy 28 1.8k 1.5× 848 1.7× 134 1.6× 26 0.5× 14 0.5× 65 1.9k
F. Daigne France 19 1.6k 1.3× 720 1.5× 81 1.0× 33 0.7× 4 0.1× 70 1.7k
A. Melandri Italy 21 1.4k 1.1× 500 1.0× 110 1.3× 15 0.3× 9 0.3× 101 1.4k
Michael Kopp Germany 12 418 0.3× 319 0.7× 20 0.2× 16 0.3× 12 0.4× 19 495
Narayana P. Bhat United States 4 1.0k 0.8× 280 0.6× 77 0.9× 21 0.4× 2 0.1× 5 1.1k
Francesca Calore France 23 1.1k 0.9× 1.3k 2.7× 22 0.3× 14 0.3× 7 0.2× 76 1.5k
U. Graser Germany 12 508 0.4× 153 0.3× 75 0.9× 31 0.6× 17 0.5× 34 577
O. S. Salafia Italy 18 828 0.7× 319 0.7× 54 0.6× 13 0.3× 7 0.2× 37 848

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Fields of papers citing papers by Charles Meegan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles Meegan

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bellm, Eric C., Steven E. Boggs, Kevin Hurley, et al.. (2009). Time-Resolved Spectroscopy of RHESSI GRBs. AIP conference proceedings. 31–33. 1 indexed citations
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Gendre, B., A. Corsi, S. Cutini, et al.. (2009). The TAROT archive: rising afterglows. AIP conference proceedings. 175–180. 3 indexed citations
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Aune, T., Charles Meegan, C. Kouveliotou, & N. Gehrels. (2009). A Search for GeV-TeV Emission from GRBs Using the Milagro Detector. AIP conference proceedings. 385–387. 1 indexed citations
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Razzaque, S., C. D. Dermer, A. M. Atoyan, et al.. (2009). Observational Consequences of GRBs as Sources of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays. AIP conference proceedings. 328–333.
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Minaev, P. Yu., et al.. (2009). Searching for signature of extended emission in short GRBs registered by the SPI-ACS of INTEGRAL Observatory. AIP conference proceedings. 418–421. 2 indexed citations
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Kamble, A., A. J. van der Horst, D. Bhattacharya, et al.. (2009). Five Years of Multi-frequency Monitoring of GRB030329 Afterglow Using the GMRT and WSRT. AIP conference proceedings. 169–174. 1 indexed citations
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Ukwatta, T. N., T. Sakamoto, K. S. Dhuga, et al.. (2009). Investigating the Possibility of Screening High-z GRBs based on BAT Prompt Emission Properties. AIP conference proceedings. 437–439. 3 indexed citations
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Gomboc, A., Shiho Kobayashi, C. G. Mundell, et al.. (2009). Optical flashes, reverse shocks and magnetization. AIP conference proceedings. 145–150. 6 indexed citations
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González, M. M., et al.. (2009). GRB980923; a Burst with the MeV-spectral Component of GRB941017. AIP conference proceedings. 409–411.
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Nishikawa, K. I., Mikhail V. Medvedev, Bing Zhang, et al.. (2009). Radiation from relativistic jets in turbulent magnetic fields. AIP conference proceedings. 235–237. 3 indexed citations
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Ştefănescu, A., G. Kanbach, A. Słowikowska, et al.. (2009). Very fast optical flaring from a possible new Galactic magnetar. AIP conference proceedings. 491–496. 1 indexed citations
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Kelemen, J., S. B. Cenko, D. B. Fox, et al.. (2009). Color Evolution of the GRB Optical Transients, Based on The Photometry Made by the Palomar 60-inch Automated Telescope. AIP conference proceedings. 224–226.
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Hudec, R., L. Pı́na, A. Inneman, et al.. (2009). The feasibility of independent observations∕detections of GRBs in X-rays. AIP conference proceedings. 218–220. 1 indexed citations
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Hudec, R., et al.. (2009). The GRB Investigations by ESA Satellite Gaia. AIP conference proceedings. 52–54.
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Daigne, F., Ž. Bošnjak, G. Dubus, et al.. (2009). GRB prompt emission from internal shocks: spectral slope in the low gamma-ray range, high-energy photons and optical prompt emission. AIP conference proceedings. 288–293. 1 indexed citations
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Meegan, Charles, P. N. Bhat, E. Bissaldi, et al.. (2008). Expected Performance of the GLAST Burst Monitor. AIP conference proceedings. 1000. 573–576. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Perry Y., K. Hurley, C. Kouveliotou, et al.. (1997). ROSATX‐Ray Observation of the Second Error Box for SGR 1900+14. The Astrophysical Journal. 490(2). 823–825. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Brian, Carl W. Akerlof, R. M. Bionta, et al.. (1996). Results from GROCSE I: A real-time search for gamma ray burst optical counterparts. AIP conference proceedings. 384. 671–675.
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Hurley, K., M. Sommer, M. Boër, et al.. (1993). Ulysses precise localizations of gamma-ray bursts. Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series. 97(1). 39–41. 2 indexed citations
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Meegan, Charles. (1993). The Burst and Transient Source Experiment. 3 indexed citations

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