Douglas B. McElroy

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 891 citations indexed

About

Douglas B. McElroy is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas B. McElroy has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 891 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 4 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Douglas B. McElroy's work include Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies (5 papers), Spacecraft Design and Technology (4 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (4 papers). Douglas B. McElroy is often cited by papers focused on Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies (5 papers), Spacecraft Design and Technology (4 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (4 papers). Douglas B. McElroy collaborates with scholars based in United States. Douglas B. McElroy's co-authors include Ray A. Lucas, Bradley C. Whitmore, R. E. Williams, Brett S. Blacker, I. Heyer, Zolt Levay, W. V. Dixon, A. S. Fruchter, Rocio Katsanis and Mauro Giavalisco and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series and The Astronomical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Douglas B. McElroy

10 papers receiving 868 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.

The Hubble Deep Field: Observations, Data Reduction, and Galaxy Photometry

1996 574 citations R. E. Williams, Brett S. Blacker et al. The Astronomical Journal profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Douglas B. McElroy United States	6	855	427	92	58	48	10	891
I. Heyer United States	5	659 0.8×	339 0.8×	72 0.8×	61 1.1×	56 1.2×	15	696
E. M. Malumuth United States	18	842 1.0×	373 0.9×	87 0.9×	64 1.1×	36 0.8×	50	883
B. Milliard France	15	777 0.9×	359 0.8×	119 1.3×	51 0.9×	49 1.0×	51	837
Rocio Katsanis United States	3	792 0.9×	424 1.0×	77 0.8×	57 1.0×	43 0.9×	7	818
Nor Pirzkal United States	21	1.2k 1.5×	707 1.7×	111 1.2×	88 1.5×	74 1.5×	87	1.3k
Maximilian Fabricius Germany	16	897 1.0×	429 1.0×	99 1.1×	102 1.8×	53 1.1×	42	981
G. W. Wilson United States	17	891 1.0×	359 0.8×	169 1.8×	49 0.8×	38 0.8×	71	944
Seppo Laine United States	19	1.2k 1.4×	574 1.3×	80 0.9×	67 1.2×	16 0.3×	62	1.2k
Masahiko Kimura Japan	15	1.4k 1.6×	649 1.5×	197 2.1×	84 1.4×	81 1.7×	20	1.4k
B. Fort France	17	732 0.9×	331 0.8×	125 1.4×	94 1.6×	23 0.5×	50	779

Countries citing papers authored by Douglas B. McElroy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Douglas B. McElroy

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Douglas B. McElroy

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Douglas B. McElroy. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Douglas B. McElroy 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 Douglas B. McElroy. Douglas B. McElroy is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Mahoney, W. A., et al.. (2012). Spitzer operations: scheduling the out years. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8448. 84481Z–84481Z. 2 indexed citations

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Mahoney, W. A., et al.. (2010). Spitzer warm mission transition and operations. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7737. 77371W–77371W. 8 indexed citations

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Mahoney, William, et al.. (2008). Rapid replacement of Spitzer Space Telescope sequences: targets of opportunity and anomalies. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7016. 70161V–70161V. 3 indexed citations

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Mahoney, W. A., et al.. (2008). Spitzer scheduling challenges: cold and warm. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7016. 70161W–70161W. 5 indexed citations

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McElroy, Douglas B., et al.. (2006). Planning and scheduling the Spitzer Space Telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6270. 62700Z–62700Z. 4 indexed citations

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Williams, R. E., Brett S. Blacker, Mark Dickinson, et al.. (1996). The Hubble Deep Field: Observations, Data Reduction, and Galaxy Photometry. The Astronomical Journal. 112. 1335–1335. 574 indexed citations breakdown →

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McElroy, Douglas B.. (1995). A Catalog of Stellar Velocity Dispersions. II. 1994 Update. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 100. 105–105. 77 indexed citations

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McElroy, Douglas B.. (1994). A Catalog of Stellar Velocity Dispersions. AAS. 185. 1 indexed citations

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Whitmore, Bradley C., Ray A. Lucas, Douglas B. McElroy, et al.. (1990). New observations and a photographic atlas of polar-ring galaxies. The Astronomical Journal. 100. 1489–1489. 171 indexed citations

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Whitmore, Bradley C., Douglas B. McElroy, & F. Schweizer. (1987). The shape of the dark halo in polar-ring galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 314. 439–439. 46 indexed citations

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