David C. Koo

30.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
192 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

David C. Koo is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, David C. Koo has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 182 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 141 papers in Instrumentation and 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in David C. Koo's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (166 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (141 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (82 papers). David C. Koo is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (166 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (141 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (82 papers). David C. Koo collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. David C. Koo's co-authors include S. M. Faber, Benjamin J. Weiner, Jeffrey A. Newman, Christopher N. A. Willmer, S. M. Faber, Andrew C. Phillips, Alison L. Coil, Michael C. Cooper, G. D. Illingworth and Nicole P. Vogt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

David C. Koo

182 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

UBIQUITOUS OUTFLOWS IN DEEP2 SPECTRA OF STAR-FORMING GALAXIES ATz= 1.4

2009 363 citations Benjamin J. Weiner, Alison L. Coil et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David C. Koo United States	58	8.8k	5.1k	880	508	407	192	9.0k
Karl Glazebrook Australia	45	7.7k 0.9×	4.5k 0.9×	775 0.9×	466 0.9×	352 0.9×	190	7.9k
Eric F. Bell United States	51	10.7k 1.2×	6.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	386 0.8×	416 1.0×	199	10.9k
Darren Croton Australia	34	8.0k 0.9×	4.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	499 1.0×	403 1.0×	67	8.3k
Gustavo Bruzual France	28	9.3k 1.1×	5.4k 1.1×	719 0.8×	326 0.6×	230 0.6×	119	9.5k
Simon P. Driver Australia	45	6.1k 0.7×	3.6k 0.7×	685 0.8×	540 1.1×	476 1.2×	169	6.4k
Sadanori Okamura Japan	45	7.1k 0.8×	3.5k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	500 1.0×	308 0.8×	128	7.3k
W. J. Couch Australia	47	7.9k 0.9×	5.0k 1.0×	740 0.8×	471 0.9×	308 0.8×	183	8.1k
C. M. Carollo Switzerland	50	7.9k 0.9×	4.4k 0.9×	999 1.1×	269 0.5×	215 0.5×	122	8.2k
E. Daddi France	61	13.0k 1.5×	7.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.6×	350 0.7×	322 0.8×	240	13.2k
S. F. Sánchez Mexico	52	8.2k 0.9×	4.0k 0.8×	690 0.8×	398 0.8×	275 0.7×	282	8.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David C. Koo

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Rodríguez-Puebla, Aldo, Joel R. Primack, S. M. Faber, et al.. (2024). Star-forming and quiescent central galaxies cluster similarly: implications for the galaxy–halo connection. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 533(3). 3585–3610. 3 indexed citations

Burchett, Joseph N., Daisuke Nagai, S. M. Faber, et al.. (2024). Filaments of the Slime Mold Cosmic Web and How They Affect Galaxy Evolution. The Astrophysical Journal. 970(2). 177–177. 9 indexed citations

Rodríguez-Puebla, Aldo, S. M. Faber, Joel R. Primack, et al.. (2024). Non-monotonic relations of galaxy star formation, radius, and structure at fixed stellar mass. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 532(4). 4217–4246. 6 indexed citations

Burchett, Joseph N., Nir Mandelker, Joel R. Primack, et al.. (2023). The Evolving Effect of Cosmic Web Environment on Galaxy Quenching. The Astrophysical Journal. 950(2). 114–114. 21 indexed citations

Wang, Weichen, Susan A. Kassin, S. M. Faber, et al.. (2022). The Baltimore Oriole’s Nest: Cool Winds from the Inner and Outer Parts of a Star-forming Galaxy at z = 1.3. The Astrophysical Journal. 930(2). 146–146. 8 indexed citations

Tacchella, Sandro, Charlie Conroy, S. M. Faber, et al.. (2022). Fast, Slow, Early, Late: Quenching Massive Galaxies at z ∼ 0.8. The Astrophysical Journal. 926(2). 134–134. 95 indexed citations

Guo, Yicheng, Nir Mandelker, Joel R. Primack, et al.. (2020). Stellar masses of giant clumps in CANDELS and simulated galaxies using machine learning. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 499(1). 814–835. 32 indexed citations

Zheng, Xianzhong, Hassen M. Yesuf, David C. Koo, et al.. (2018). The Isophotal Structure of Star-forming Galaxies at 0.5 < z < 1.8 in CANDELS: Implications for the Evolution of Galaxy Structure. The Astrophysical Journal. 854(1). 70–70. 4 indexed citations

Barro, Guillermo, S. M. Faber, David C. Koo, et al.. (2017). Structural and Star-forming Relations since z similar to 3: Connecting Compact Star-forming and Quiescent Galaxies. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 70 indexed citations

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Tacchella, Sandro, C. M. Carollo, S. M. Faber, et al.. (2017). On the Evolution of the Central Density of Quiescent Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 844(1). L1–L1. 19 indexed citations

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Barro, Guillermo, Mariska Kriek, Pablo G. Pérez‐González, et al.. (2017). Spatially Resolved Kinematics in the Central 1 kpc of a Compact Star-forming Galaxy at z ∼ 2.3 from ALMA CO Observations. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 851(2). L40–L40. 22 indexed citations

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Kurczynski, Peter, Eric Gawiser, Viviana Acquaviva, et al.. (2016). EVOLUTION OF INTRINSIC SCATTER IN THE SFR–STELLAR MASS CORRELATION AT 0.5 < z < 3. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 50 indexed citations

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Simons, Raymond C., Susan A. Kassin, Jonathan R. Trump, et al.. (2016). KINEMATIC DOWNSIZING AT z ∼ 2. The Astrophysical Journal. 830(1). 14–14. 29 indexed citations

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Brewer, Brendon J., Aaron A. Dutton, Tommaso Treu, et al.. (2012). The SWELLS survey - III. Disfavouring ‘heavy’ initial mass functions for spiral lens galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 422(4). 3574–3590. 35 indexed citations

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Barnabè, Matteo, Aaron A. Dutton, Philip J. Marshall, et al.. (2012). The SWELLS survey - IV. Precision measurements of the stellar and dark matter distributions in a spiral lens galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 423(2). 1073–1088. 60 indexed citations

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Treu, Tommaso, Aaron A. Dutton, Matthew W. Auger, et al.. (2011). The SWELLS survey - I. A large spectroscopically selected sample of edge-on late-type lens galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 417(3). 1601–1620. 44 indexed citations

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Gerke, Brian F., Jeffrey A. Newman, Jennifer M. Lotz, et al.. (2006). The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: AEGIS observations of a Dual AGN at z = 0.7. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 35 indexed citations

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Koo, David C.. (2003). Evolution of High Redshift Bulges. AAS. 203.

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Koo, David C., N. Ellman, Richard G. Kron, et al.. (1993). Deep Pencil-Beam Redshift Surveys as Probes of Large Scale Structures. ASPC. 51. 112.

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Koo, David C. & Richard G. Kron. (1982). QSO counts - A complete survey of stellar objects to B = 23. A&A. 105(1). 107–119. 1 indexed citations

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