David Kirkman

3.8k total citations
37 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

David Kirkman is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Kirkman has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 7 papers in Instrumentation and 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in David Kirkman's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (22 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (16 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (16 papers). David Kirkman is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (22 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (16 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (16 papers). David Kirkman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. David Kirkman's co-authors include David Tytler, Dan Lubin, N. Suzuki, John M. O’Meara, David Wittman, G. M. Bernstein, Ian Dell’Antonio, J. A. Tyson, J. X. Prochaska and Arthur M. Wolfe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

David Kirkman

35 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Kirkman United States 20 1.8k 711 371 291 168 37 2.1k
John MacKenty United States 20 1.6k 0.9× 322 0.5× 669 1.8× 141 0.5× 148 0.9× 120 1.8k
Frank Eisenhauer Germany 17 1.7k 0.9× 397 0.6× 432 1.2× 246 0.8× 72 0.4× 82 1.9k
M. Yoshida Japan 31 3.2k 1.7× 690 1.0× 1.1k 2.9× 168 0.6× 121 0.7× 143 3.3k
G. Hartig United States 22 2.0k 1.1× 403 0.6× 578 1.6× 203 0.7× 133 0.8× 94 2.2k
N. Metcalfe United Kingdom 29 2.7k 1.5× 347 0.5× 1.2k 3.2× 120 0.4× 71 0.4× 78 2.8k
E. L. Gates United States 16 1.5k 0.8× 424 0.6× 286 0.8× 202 0.7× 94 0.6× 46 1.6k
C. D. Mackay United Kingdom 18 821 0.5× 161 0.2× 371 1.0× 272 0.9× 214 1.3× 59 1.1k
J. A. R. Caldwell United States 22 2.5k 1.4× 270 0.4× 1.3k 3.6× 239 0.8× 74 0.4× 52 2.6k
G. Meylan Switzerland 31 2.6k 1.4× 431 0.6× 835 2.3× 406 1.4× 34 0.2× 92 2.7k
I. Hook United Kingdom 27 3.0k 1.6× 755 1.1× 975 2.6× 120 0.4× 66 0.4× 88 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Kirkman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Kirkman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lubin, Dan, David Tytler, & David Kirkman. (2012). FREQUENCY OF MAUNDER MINIMUM EVENTS IN SOLAR-TYPE STARS INFERRED FROM ACTIVITY AND METALLICITY OBSERVATIONS. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 747(2). L32–L32. 5 indexed citations
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Lubin, Dan, David Tytler, & David Kirkman. (2010). LITHIUM ABUNDANCE IN SOLAR-TYPE STARS WITH LOW CHROMOSPHERIC ACTIVITY: APPLICATION TO THE SEARCH FOR MAUNDER MINIMUM ANALOGS. The Astrophysical Journal. 716(1). 766–775. 9 indexed citations
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Kirkman, David & David Tytler. (2008). The transverse proximity effect in thez∼ 2 Lyman α forest suggests quasi-stellar object episodic lifetimes of ∼1 Myr. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 391(3). 1457–1471. 36 indexed citations
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Milutinović, Nikola, Toru Misawa, Ryan S. Lynch, et al.. (2007). A catalogue of absorption lines in eight Hubble Space Telescope/STIS E230M 1.0 < z < 1.7 quasar spectra★. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 382(3). 1094–1104. 4 indexed citations
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Misawa, Toru, J. C. Charlton, Michael Eracleous, et al.. (2007). A Census of Intrinsic Narrow Absorption Lines in the Spectra of Quasars atz= 2–4. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 171(1). 1–28. 76 indexed citations
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Reimers, D., I. I. Agafonova, S. A. Levshakov, et al.. (2006). Spectral shape of the UV ionizing background and O VI absorbers at z $\mathsf{\sim 1.5}$ towards HS 0747+4259. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 449(1). 9–22. 16 indexed citations
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Reimers, D., C. Fechner, H.-J. Hagen, et al.. (2005). Intergalactic HeII absorption towards QSO 1157+3143. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 24 indexed citations
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Kirkman, David, David Tytler, N. Suzuki, et al.. (2005). The H i opacity of the intergalactic medium at redshifts 1.6 <z< 3.2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 360(4). 1373–1380. 59 indexed citations
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Suzuki, N., David Tytler, David Kirkman, John M. O’Meara, & Dan Lubin. (2005). Predicting QSO Continua in the Lyα Forest. The Astrophysical Journal. 618(2). 592–600. 56 indexed citations
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Tytler, David, David Kirkman, John M. O’Meara, et al.. (2004). Mean amount of Absorption from the Intergalactic Medium. AAS. 205.
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Li, Feng, et al.. (2003). Power spectrum and intermittency of the transmitted flux from the Lyman   absorption spectra of quasi-stellar objects. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 343(4). 1110–1122. 10 indexed citations
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Ragazzoni, Roberto, Emiliano Diolaiti, Massimiliano Tordi, & David Kirkman. (2002). Z-invariant Wavefront Sensor: sensing a Rayleigh beacon without gating!. European Southern Observatory Conference and Workshop Proceedings. 58. 417. 2 indexed citations
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Zheng, Wei, et al.. (2002). Non-Gaussian Features of Transmitted Flux of QSO’s Lyα Absorption: Intermittent Exponent. 15 indexed citations
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Ragazzoni, Roberto, Emiliano Diolaiti, Jacopo Farinato, et al.. (2002). Multiple field of view layer-oriented adaptive optics. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 396(2). 731–744. 42 indexed citations
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Prochaska, J. X., R. B. C. Henry, John M. O’Meara, et al.. (2002). The UCSD HIRES/Keck I Damped Lyα Abundance Database. IV. Probing Galactic Enrichment Histories with Nitrogen. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 114(799). 933–954. 51 indexed citations
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Ragazzoni, Roberto, Massimiliano Tordi, Emiliano Diolaiti, & David Kirkman. (2001). A z-invariant Rayleigh beacon wavefront sensor. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 327(3). 949–954. 5 indexed citations
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Wittman, David, J. A. Tyson, David Kirkman, Ian Dell’Antonio, & G. M. Bernstein. (2000). Detection of weak gravitational lensing distortions of distant galaxies by cosmic dark matter at large scales. Nature. 405(6783). 143–148. 327 indexed citations
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Chanan, G. A., Mitchell Troy, Frank G. Dekens, et al.. (1998). Phasing the mirror segments of the Keck telescopes: the broadband phasing algorithm. Applied Optics. 37(1). 140–140. 168 indexed citations
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Kirkman, David & David Tytler. (1997). The Detection of Highly Ionized Gas via O [CSC]vi[/CSC] Absorption Toward QSO HS [FORMULA][F]1422+2309[/F][/FORMULA]. The Astrophysical Journal. 489(2). L123–L126. 21 indexed citations
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Kirkman, David, et al.. (1980). An Investigation of Feedstuffs for Dairy Cattle on Liverton Farm. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 31(1). 3–15. 1 indexed citations

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