D. T. Wilkinson

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

D. T. Wilkinson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, D. T. Wilkinson has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 8 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 6 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in D. T. Wilkinson's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (8 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (7 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (5 papers). D. T. Wilkinson is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (8 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (7 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (5 papers). D. T. Wilkinson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. D. T. Wilkinson's co-authors include John C. Mather, R. A. Shafer, D. J. Fixsen, Carol L. Mosier, C. L. Bennett, E. L. Wright, S. S. Meyer, G. Hinshaw, A. Kogut and N. W. Boggess and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

D. T. Wilkinson

28 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Calibrator Design for theCOBEFar‐Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS)

1999 302 citations John C. Mather, D. J. Fixsen et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Dipole Anisotropy in the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometers First-Year Sky Maps

1993 240 citations A. Kogut, Charles H. Lineweaver et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. T. Wilkinson United States	15	1.5k	665	180	156	136	29	1.7k
R. B. Partridge United States	23	1.5k 1.0×	693 1.0×	86 0.5×	183 1.2×	95 0.7×	76	1.7k
E. B. Fomalont United States	31	2.6k 1.7×	1.4k 2.1×	270 1.5×	115 0.7×	86 0.6×	110	2.7k
P. A. G. Scheuer United Kingdom	23	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.9×	46 0.3×	97 0.6×	63 0.5×	63	2.0k
R. Wielebinski Germany	30	3.1k 2.0×	1.4k 2.2×	224 1.2×	203 1.3×	59 0.4×	240	3.3k
D. L. Jauncey Australia	28	2.7k 1.8×	1.7k 2.6×	158 0.9×	134 0.9×	50 0.4×	206	3.0k
R. D. Reasenberg United States	17	1.1k 0.7×	246 0.4×	236 1.3×	161 1.0×	146 1.1×	84	1.2k
P. P. Kronberg Canada	28	3.3k 2.1×	2.3k 3.5×	150 0.8×	97 0.6×	113 0.8×	91	3.6k
M. J. Valtonen Finland	27	2.6k 1.7×	1.2k 1.8×	51 0.3×	96 0.6×	134 1.0×	161	2.8k
Ronald W. Hellings United States	18	1.6k 1.0×	524 0.8×	386 2.1×	262 1.7×	120 0.9×	40	1.7k
R. A. Shafer United States	20	2.8k 1.9×	1.4k 2.1×	54 0.3×	114 0.7×	120 0.9×	52	3.0k

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Bennett, C. L., M. Halpern, G. Hinshaw, et al.. (2003). TheMicrowave Anisotropy ProbeMission. The Astrophysical Journal. 583(1). 1–23. 312 indexed citations

Bennett, C. L., M. Halpern, G. Hinshaw, et al.. (2003). The Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) Mission. arXiv (Cornell University). 189. 5 indexed citations

Bennett, C. L., G. Hinshaw, N. Jarosik, et al.. (1995). The Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) Mission Concept. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 187. 1 indexed citations

Fixsen, D. J., E. S. Cheng, D. A. Cottingham, et al.. (1994). Calibration of the COBE FIRAS instrument. The Astrophysical Journal. 420. 457–457. 41 indexed citations

Fixsen, D. J., E. S. Cheng, D. A. Cottingham, et al.. (1994). Cosmic microwave background dipole spectrum measured by the COBE FIRAS instrument. The Astrophysical Journal. 420. 445–445. 46 indexed citations

Kogut, A., Charles H. Lineweaver, G. F. Smoot, et al.. (1993). Dipole Anisotropy in the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometers First-Year Sky Maps. The Astrophysical Journal. 419. 1–1. 240 indexed citations breakdown →

Bennett, C. L., G. F. Smoot, G. Hinshaw, et al.. (1992). Preliminary separation of galactic and cosmic microwave emission for the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer. The Astrophysical Journal. 396. L7–L7. 113 indexed citations

Boggess, N. W., John C. Mather, R. Weiss, et al.. (1992). The COBE mission - Its design and performance two years after launch. The Astrophysical Journal. 397. 420–420. 155 indexed citations

Smoot, G. F., et al.. (1989). COBE: The Differential Microwave Radiometers. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 21. 1220. 1 indexed citations

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Wilkinson, D. T.. (1986). Measurement of the microwave background radiation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 320(1556). 595–607. 2 indexed citations

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Timbie, Peter & D. T. Wilkinson. (1984). A Novel Interferometer Using SIS Mixers. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 16. 517. 1 indexed citations

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Dewey, R. J., Juan M. Uson, J. M. Weisberg, D. T. Wilkinson, & A. A. Stark. (1983). Search for (C-12)O emission at high galactic latitude. The Astronomical Journal. 88. 1832–1832. 1 indexed citations

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Wilkinson, D. T., et al.. (1982). CCD photometry of two distant clusters. The Astrophysical Journal. 255. 57–57. 3 indexed citations

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Thomsen, B., et al.. (1978). New Results on the Albedo of the Rings around Uranus.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 10. 581. 2 indexed citations

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Mulholland, J. D., H. H. Plotkin, E. C. Silverberg, et al.. (1973). A Self-Consistent Set of Surface Coordinates for the Apollo Lunar Laser Retroreflectors Deduced from Laser Range Measures. 2. 1009–1013. 2 indexed citations

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Groth, E. J., et al.. (1973). Search for Radio Pulses from the Galactic Centre. Nature Physical Science. 245(141). 17–18. 4 indexed citations

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Boynton, P. E., et al.. (1972). Optical Timing of the Crab Pulsar, NP 0532. The Astrophysical Journal. 175. 217–217. 85 indexed citations

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Faller, J. E., C. O. Alley, Peter Bender, et al.. (1971). Laser Ranging Retroreflector. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 214. 163. 6 indexed citations

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Alley, C. O., R. F. Chang, D. G. Currie, et al.. (1970). Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector: Continuing Measurements and Expected Results. Science. 167(3918). 458–460. 21 indexed citations

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Alley, C. O., Peter Bender, R. H. Dicke, et al.. (1965). Optical radar using a corner reflector on the Moon. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 70(9). 2267–2269. 34 indexed citations

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