Donald G. York

103.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
278 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

Donald G. York is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald G. York has authored 278 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 256 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 62 papers in Instrumentation and 39 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Donald G. York's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (154 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (137 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (123 papers). Donald G. York is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (154 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (137 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (123 papers). Donald G. York collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Donald G. York's co-authors include Donald P. Schneider, D. E. Welty, J. Brinkmann, Patrick B. Hall, Gordon T. Richards, L. M. Hobbs, Varsha P. Kulkarni, D. E. vanden Berk, E. B. Jenkins and Michael A. Strauss and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Donald G. York

272 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Spectral Energy Distributions and Multiwavelength Selection of Type 1 Quasars

2006 717 citations Gordon T. Richards, Mark Lacy et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →
GALAXY CLUSTERING IN THE COMPLETED SDSS REDSHIFT SURVEY: THE DEPENDENCE ON COLOR AND LUMINOSITY

2011 479 citations Idit Zehavi, David H. Weinberg 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
Donald G. York United States	58	12.1k	3.5k	1.7k	1.0k	828	278	12.7k
G. H. Rieke United States	67	18.0k 1.5×	4.4k 1.3×	2.2k 1.3×	675 0.6×	660 0.8×	499	18.7k
N. Z. Scoville United States	68	14.1k 1.2×	4.2k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	684 0.7×	497 0.6×	302	14.4k
H. Böhringer Germany	60	12.1k 1.0×	3.6k 1.0×	3.8k 2.2×	667 0.6×	405 0.5×	292	13.2k
F. Combes France	64	13.0k 1.1×	3.8k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	679 0.6×	395 0.5×	568	13.6k
G. Neugebauer United States	50	11.0k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	649 0.6×	505 0.6×	322	11.5k
Robert C. Kennicutt United States	54	17.3k 1.4×	5.5k 1.6×	2.0k 1.2×	425 0.4×	191 0.2×	177	17.6k
R. Genzel Germany	81	19.9k 1.6×	4.3k 1.2×	3.5k 2.1×	1.3k 1.3×	499 0.6×	429	20.5k
Joss Bland‐Hawthorn Australia	65	13.7k 1.1×	5.6k 1.6×	1.9k 1.1×	1.9k 1.9×	154 0.2×	511	16.9k
Romain Teyssier France	66	14.1k 1.2×	4.5k 1.3×	2.9k 1.7×	439 0.4×	333 0.4×	228	15.0k
Thomas Quinn United States	70	19.1k 1.6×	6.2k 1.8×	4.2k 2.4×	586 0.6×	354 0.4×	222	20.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

York, Donald G.. (2023). Summary of a Life in Observational Ultraviolet/Optical Astronomy. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 24(1). 16001–16001. 2 indexed citations

Hobbs, L. M., Julie Dahlstrom, D. E. Welty, et al.. (2019). The Apache Point Observatory Catalog of Optical Diffuse Interstellar Bands. The Astrophysical Journal. 878(2). 151–151. 61 indexed citations

Welty, D. E., Donald G. York, Paule Sonnentrucker, et al.. (2017). The Behavior of Selected Diffuse Interstellar Bands with Molecular Fraction in Diffuse Atomic and Molecular Clouds. The Astrophysical Journal. 850(2). 194–194. 23 indexed citations

More, Anupreeta, Masamune Oguri, Issha Kayo, et al.. (2015). The SDSS-III BOSS quasar lens survey: discovery of 13 gravitationally lensed quasars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 456(2). 1595–1606. 58 indexed citations

McElwain, Michael W., C. A. Grady, John Bally, et al.. (2015). The Goddard Integral Field Spectrograph at Apache Point Observatory: Current Status and Progress Towards Photon Counting. AAS. 225.

Boissé, P., J. Bergeron, J. X. Prochaska, Céline Péroux, & Donald G. York. (2015). Time variations of narrow absorption lines in high resolution quasar spectra. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 8 indexed citations

Zheng, Wei, Avery Meiksin, G. A. Kriss, et al.. (2015). CHARACTERISTICS OF He ii PROXIMITY PROFILES. The Astrophysical Journal. 806(1). 142–142. 12 indexed citations

York, Donald G., J. A. Thorburn, Theodore P. Snow, et al.. (2010). A NEW ATLAS OF THE DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS: HD 183143. The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University). 65. 1 indexed citations

Péroux, Céline, Varsha P. Kulkarni, Joseph D. Meiring, et al.. (2006). The most metal-rich intervening quasar absorber known. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 42 indexed citations

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Bowen, David V., Joseph F. Hennawi, Brice Ménard, et al.. (2006). QSO Absorption Lines from QSO s. The Astrophysical Journal. 645(2). L105–L108. 36 indexed citations

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Richards, Gordon T., Mark Lacy, Lisa J. Storrie‐Lombardi, et al.. (2006). Spectral Energy Distributions and Multiwavelength Selection of Type 1 Quasars. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 166(2). 470–497. 717 indexed citations breakdown →

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York, Donald G.. (2005). Re-Forecasting: How Often for Best Decisions and Efficiency. 24(2). 20–8.

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Weinstein, Michael A., Gordon T. Richards, Donald P. Schneider, et al.. (2004). An Empirical Algorithm for Broadband Photometric Redshifts of Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 155(2). 243–256. 51 indexed citations

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Hildebrand, R. H., R. F. Loewenstein, Constance M. Rockosi, et al.. (2003). ARCES: an echelle spectrograph for the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) 3.5m telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4841. 1145–1145. 49 indexed citations

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Hogg, David W., Michael R. Blanton, Daniel J. Eisenstein, et al.. (2003). The Overdensities of Galaxy Environments as a Function of Luminosity and Color. The Astrophysical Journal. 585(1). L5–L9. 203 indexed citations

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Brandt, W. N., Donald P. Schneider, Xiaohui Fan, et al.. (2002). Exploratory Chandra Observations of the Three Highest Redshift Quasars. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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York, Donald G.. (2001). The SDSS QSO Absorption Line Catalog. 198. 1 indexed citations

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York, Donald G.. (1995). The 3.5 Meter at Apache Point Observatory. AAS. 186. 2 indexed citations

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York, Donald G.. (1989). QSO Absorption Lines. 3511. 1 indexed citations

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Shull, J. Michael, Donald G. York, & L. M. Hobbs. (1977). Abundance variations in high-velocity interstellar gas. The Astrophysical Journal. 211. L139–L139. 15 indexed citations

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