F. G. Watson

2.5k total citations
18 papers, 270 citations indexed

About

F. G. Watson is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, F. G. Watson has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 270 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Instrumentation, 8 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in F. G. Watson's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (10 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (5 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (3 papers). F. G. Watson is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (10 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (5 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (3 papers). F. G. Watson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. F. G. Watson's co-authors include Q. A. Parker, Santiago Arribas, E. Mediavilla, M. Williams, A. P. Oates, T. Zwitter, Joss Bland‐Hawthorn, R. Fong, W. Reid and C. A. Collins and has published in prestigious journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Journal of Zoology.

In The Last Decade

F. G. Watson

13 papers receiving 255 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
F. G. Watson Australia 8 222 136 26 21 19 18 270
S.-L. Blyth South Africa 12 337 1.5× 156 1.1× 25 1.0× 21 1.0× 60 3.2× 32 374
A. Mazure France 11 330 1.5× 201 1.5× 23 0.9× 18 0.9× 42 2.2× 21 337
M. S. Alonso Argentina 7 391 1.8× 237 1.7× 44 1.7× 16 0.8× 17 0.9× 7 399
Todd Small United States 8 421 1.9× 242 1.8× 19 0.7× 19 0.9× 29 1.5× 18 449
Yun‐Kyeong Sheen South Korea 10 352 1.6× 192 1.4× 19 0.7× 8 0.4× 30 1.6× 18 368
Lyndsay Old United Kingdom 9 223 1.0× 139 1.0× 21 0.8× 12 0.6× 18 0.9× 9 243
L. A. Díaz-García Spain 6 233 1.0× 139 1.0× 14 0.5× 11 0.5× 8 0.4× 10 251
Paul B. Eskridge United States 13 825 3.7× 447 3.3× 26 1.0× 20 1.0× 55 2.9× 30 861
M. G. M. Cawson United States 6 378 1.7× 223 1.6× 9 0.3× 21 1.0× 22 1.2× 12 387
J. Paschke Germany 5 254 1.1× 121 0.9× 9 0.3× 24 1.1× 17 0.9× 9 273

Countries citing papers authored by F. G. Watson

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Fields of papers citing papers by F. G. Watson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. G. Watson

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Becker, McKenna, Sarah M. Durant, F. G. Watson, et al.. (2017). Using dogs to find cats: detection dogs as a survey method for wide‐ranging cheetah. Journal of Zoology. 302(3). 184–192. 19 indexed citations
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Binney, James, B. Burnett, M. Steinmetz, et al.. (2014). Galactic kinematics and dynamics from Radial Velocity Experiment stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 439(2). 1231–1244. 55 indexed citations
3.
Golubov, Oleksiy, A. Just, O. Bienaymé, et al.. (2013). The asymmetric drift, the local standard of rest, and implications from RAVE data. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 557. A92–A92. 25 indexed citations
4.
Beutler, Florian, Cullen H. Blake, Matthew Colless, et al.. (2013). The 6dF Galaxy Survey: dependence of halo occupation on stellar mass. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 429(4). 3604–3618. 23 indexed citations
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Binney, James, B. Burnett, P. J. McMillan, et al.. (2013). New distances to RAVE stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 437(1). 351–370. 52 indexed citations
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Arribas, Santiago, E. Mediavilla, & F. G. Watson. (1998). Fiber Optics in Astronomy III. ASPC. 152. 29 indexed citations
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Watson, F. G., et al.. (1998). Fiber Sky Subtraction Revisited. 152. 50. 2 indexed citations
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Ratcliffe, A., T. Shanks, Q. A. Parker, et al.. (1998). The Durham/UKST Galaxy Redshift Survey — V. The catalogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 300(2). 417–462. 27 indexed citations
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Watson, F. G.. (1996). The waveguide spectrograph - a new tool for astrophysics.. 6. 263.
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Ratcliffe, A., T. Shanks, Q. A. Parker, et al.. (1996). The Durham/UKST Galaxy Redshift Survey -- I. Large-scale structure in the Universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 281(3). L47–L52. 25 indexed citations
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Parker, Q. A. & F. G. Watson. (1995). A Flair for Wide-Field Spectroscopy. 33. 1 indexed citations
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Watson, F. G.. (1995). Multi-Fibre Spectroscopy with Schmidt Telescopes. International Astronomical Union Colloquium. 148. 70–80.
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Parker, Q. A. & F. G. Watson. (1994). A Flair for Multi-Object Spectroscopy. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 161. 85–88. 1 indexed citations
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Watson, F. G., et al.. (1993). A Second-Generation FLAIR System. 37. 171. 1 indexed citations
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Parker, Q. A. & F. G. Watson. (1990). Galaxy redshifts with FLAIR. Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series. 84(3). 455–479. 2 indexed citations
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Watson, F. G.. (1986). A Wide-Field Multi-Object Spectroscopy (MOS) System. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 627. 787–787. 4 indexed citations
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Watson, F. G.. (1984). Atmospheric refraction and the design of a wide-field fibre-optics coupler. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 206(3). 661–667. 4 indexed citations
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Watson, F. G. & J. A. Dawe. (1984). Fibre Optics at the UK Schmidt Telescope. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 5(4). 579–580.

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