D. A. Simons

1.3k total citations
39 papers, 736 citations indexed

About

D. A. Simons is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. A. Simons has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 736 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 23 papers in Instrumentation and 11 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. A. Simons's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (23 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (17 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (11 papers). D. A. Simons is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (23 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (17 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (11 papers). D. A. Simons collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. D. A. Simons's co-authors include Todd J. Henry, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, A. T. Tokunaga, K. W. Hodapp, Matthieu Bec, Michael Merrill, Joseph B. Jensen, Hubert Yamada, Joseph L. Hora and Albert M. Fowler and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal and Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

In The Last Decade

D. A. Simons

35 papers receiving 708 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. A. Simons United States 11 665 247 95 45 45 39 736
R. G. Probst United States 16 622 0.9× 184 0.7× 56 0.6× 26 0.6× 74 1.6× 38 684
W. A. Traub United States 12 427 0.6× 119 0.5× 118 1.2× 28 0.6× 44 1.0× 30 477
C. M. Mountain United Kingdom 13 589 0.9× 178 0.7× 93 1.0× 30 0.7× 101 2.2× 57 654
George Brims United States 7 724 1.1× 263 1.1× 96 1.0× 22 0.5× 92 2.0× 9 795
Jr. McCarthy D. W. United States 12 931 1.4× 370 1.5× 82 0.9× 77 1.7× 48 1.1× 23 972
M. F. Skrutskie United States 14 1.0k 1.5× 378 1.5× 54 0.6× 37 0.8× 77 1.7× 38 1.1k
G. Duvert France 16 921 1.4× 211 0.9× 115 1.2× 43 1.0× 144 3.2× 70 987
Michael Gully-Santiago United States 13 679 1.0× 258 1.0× 63 0.7× 40 0.9× 42 0.9× 34 753
Pedro Gigoux Chile 3 723 1.1× 226 0.9× 48 0.5× 45 1.0× 32 0.7× 9 756
I. Pagano Italy 20 945 1.4× 304 1.2× 62 0.7× 49 1.1× 44 1.0× 77 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by D. A. Simons

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Fields of papers citing papers by D. A. Simons

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by D. A. Simons. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by D. A. Simons. The network helps show where D. A. Simons may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. A. Simons

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of D. A. Simons. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of D. A. Simons 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 D. A. Simons. D. A. Simons 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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Szeto, Kei, D. A. Simons, J. L. Marshall, & Mary Beth Laychak. (2020). Planning of the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer preliminary design phase in an evolving astronomy landscape. NPARC. 250–250.
2.
Mountain, Matt, Roeland P. van der Marel, Rémi Soummer, et al.. (2009). Comparison of optical observational capabilities for the coming decades: ground versus space. 2010. 12. 2 indexed citations
3.
Jensen, Joseph B., et al.. (2008). Current and future facility instruments at the Gemini Observatory. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7014. 701405–701405. 2 indexed citations
4.
Simons, D. A., Joseph B. Jensen, Céline d’Orgeville, et al.. (2006). Past, present, and future instrumentation at Gemini Observatory. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6269. 626906–626906. 2 indexed citations
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Hodapp, K. W., et al.. (2003). Gemini near-infrared imager (NIRI): a discussion of its design features and performance. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4841. 869–869. 4 indexed citations
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Tokunaga, A. T. & D. A. Simons. (2003). Mauna Kea Observatories near-infrared filter set for 1-5 microns. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4841. 420–420. 2 indexed citations
7.
Simons, D. A., et al.. (2000). The Gemini instrument program. 28–39. 1 indexed citations
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Puxley, P. J., et al.. (1998). <title>Gemini Observatory science operations plan</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3349. 63–74. 1 indexed citations
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Simons, D. A., et al.. (1997). <title>Gemini instrumentation program overview</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2871. 1070–1081. 3 indexed citations
10.
Davidge, T. J., et al.. (1997). The Stellar Content Near the Galactic Center. The Astronomical Journal. 114. 2586–2586. 18 indexed citations
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Kirkpatrick, J. Davy, Todd J. Henry, & D. A. Simons. (1995). The solar neighborhood. 2: The first list of dwarfs with spectral types of M7 and cooler. The Astronomical Journal. 109. 797–797. 122 indexed citations
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Davidge, T. J. & D. A. Simons. (1994). Deep infrared array photometry of globular clusters. 2: M71. The Astrophysical Journal. 435. 207–207. 4 indexed citations
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Davidge, T. J. & D. A. Simons. (1994). Near-infrared array photometry of evolved stars in the metal-rich globular cluster NGC 6553. The Astronomical Journal. 107. 240–240. 7 indexed citations
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Maillard, J. P., et al.. (1993). Spectro-Imaging of the Dark Side of Venus in the 1.27 μm O 2 Emission with an Imaging FTS. 25. 1 indexed citations
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Maillard, J. P. & D. A. Simons. (1992). First results of an imaging FTS with a NICMOS camera.. ESA Special Publication. 344. 205–210. 4 indexed citations
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Simons, D. A. & E. E. Becklin. (1992). A near-infrared search for brown dwarfs in the Pleiades. The Astrophysical Journal. 390. 431–431. 10 indexed citations
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Wynn‐Williams, C. G., K. W. Hodapp, R. D. Joseph, et al.. (1991). Infrared emission regions in the interacting galaxy system ARP 299. The Astrophysical Journal. 377. 426–426. 15 indexed citations
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Simons, D. A., et al.. (1990). High-resolution infrared mapping of the Galactic center - Imaging and lunar occultations. The Astrophysical Journal. 360. 106–106. 5 indexed citations
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Simons, D. A., D. L. DePoy, E. E. Becklin, et al.. (1988). Infrared array imaging and spectrophotometry of the nuclear region of the 'hot-spot' galaxy NGC 2903. The Astrophysical Journal. 335. 126–126. 5 indexed citations
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Eales, S., E. E. Becklin, C. G. Wynn‐Williams, et al.. (1987). Observations of luminous IRAS galaxies with an infrared array.. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 345–349.

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