Christopher Kochanek
Impact in
- Instrumentation top 0.2%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.2%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Papers in
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- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 277
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 205
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 169
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 160
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 65
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 43
- Instrumentation 168
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 167
- Co-authors
- Emilio E. Falco (46 shared papers)Jose Luis Prieto (91 shared papers)Neal Dalal (3 shared papers)Benjamin J. Shappee (118 shared papers)Thomas Holoien (97 shared papers)Charles R. Keeton (12 shared papers)Todd Thompson (67 shared papers)Charles R. Evans (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- The Astrophysical Journal (184 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (120 papers)The Astronomical Journal (20 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (15 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (13 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesChileUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Christopher Kochanek
476 papers receiving 24.7k citations
Christopher Kochanek's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 102
- Instrumentation 7.0k
- Astronomy and Astrophysics 25.0k
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics 5.7k
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1.6k
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 408
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 1585 |
| 2 | THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN: X-RAYS DRIVE THE UV THROUGH NIR VARIABILITY IN THE 2013 ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS OUTBURST IN NGC 2617 Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 1228 |
| 3 | THE EIGHTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FIRST DATA FROM SDSS-III Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 1028 |
| 4 | The All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) Light Curve Server v1.0 Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 809 |
| 5 | Mid‐Infrared Selection of Active Galaxies Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 658 |
| 6 | 2002 | 411 | |
| 7 | The tidal disruption of a star by a massive black hole Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 409 |
| 8 | 2006 | 383 | |
| 9 | 2009 | 360 | |
| 10 | 2001 | 309 | |
| 11 | The ASAS-SN catalogue of variable stars I: The Serendipitous Survey Hit paper breakdown → | 2018 | 303 |
| 12 | 2013 | 299 | |
| 13 | 1996 | 273 | |
| 14 | 2006 | 272 | |
| 15 | 2006 | 269 | |
| 16 | 2009 | 254 | |
| 17 | 2006 | 247 | |
| 18 | 2015 | 246 | |
| 19 | 2016 | 240 | |
| 20 | 2010 | 232 |
About Christopher Kochanek
Christopher Kochanek is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Mechanics, having authored 486 papers that have together received 26.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (277 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (205 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (169 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (167 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (160 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (76 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (65 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (43 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (7.0k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (25.0k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (5.7k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.6k citations) and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (408 citations). Christopher Kochanek has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Chile and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Emilio E. Falco, Jose Luis Prieto, Neal Dalal, Benjamin J. Shappee, Thomas Holoien, Charles R. Keeton, Todd Thompson, Charles R. Evans, K. Z. Stanek and K. Z. Stanek. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astronomical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
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