F. H. Briggs

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

F. H. Briggs is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, F. H. Briggs has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 12 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in F. H. Briggs's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (21 papers), Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (16 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (13 papers). F. H. Briggs is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (21 papers), Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (16 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (13 papers). F. H. Briggs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and India. F. H. Briggs's co-authors include Steven R. Furlanetto, S. Peng Oh, M. A. Zwaan, Jayaram N. Chengalur, David Sprayberry, Sandhya M. Rao, Philip Lah, Arthur M. Wolfe, J. Rhee and Nissim Kanekar and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, The Astrophysical Journal and Proceedings of the IEEE.

In The Last Decade

F. H. Briggs

47 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Cosmology at low frequencies: The 21cm transition and the... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Cosmology at low frequencies: The 21cm transition and the high-redshift Universe
    2006 934 citations Steven R. Furlanetto, F. H. Briggs et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
F. H. Briggs United States 19 1.9k 999 296 257 86 50 2.0k
Saleem Zaroubi Netherlands 21 1.2k 0.6× 598 0.6× 299 1.0× 138 0.5× 74 0.9× 38 1.2k
T. L. Landecker Canada 25 2.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.5× 230 0.8× 75 0.3× 125 1.5× 124 2.5k
R. J. Sault Australia 18 1.7k 0.9× 559 0.6× 184 0.6× 127 0.5× 41 0.5× 59 1.7k
Jonathan Sievers United States 25 2.0k 1.1× 770 0.8× 120 0.4× 168 0.7× 48 0.6× 64 2.1k
N. E. Kassim United States 31 3.2k 1.7× 2.2k 2.2× 306 1.0× 141 0.5× 94 1.1× 145 3.3k
Somnath Bharadwaj India 28 2.2k 1.2× 1.3k 1.3× 606 2.0× 182 0.7× 193 2.2× 114 2.3k
James Aguirre United States 22 2.3k 1.2× 856 0.9× 480 1.6× 129 0.5× 172 2.0× 67 2.4k
Adam Lidz United States 25 2.7k 1.4× 1.2k 1.2× 151 0.5× 658 2.6× 124 1.4× 60 2.8k
Marcelo A. Alvarez United States 23 1.7k 0.9× 699 0.7× 78 0.3× 288 1.1× 67 0.8× 43 1.8k
Jeff Wagg United States 28 2.4k 1.3× 623 0.6× 107 0.4× 527 2.1× 75 0.9× 70 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by F. H. Briggs

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Fields of papers citing papers by F. H. Briggs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by F. H. Briggs. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by F. H. Briggs. The network helps show where F. H. Briggs may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. H. Briggs

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jankowski, F., M. Bailes, E D Barr, et al.. (2015). Glitch event observed in the Vela pulsar (PSR J0835-4510). ATel. 6903. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Kanekar, Nissim, J. X. Prochaska, A. Smette, et al.. (2014). The spin temperature of high-redshift damped Lyman α systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 438(3). 2131–2166. 78 indexed citations
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Rhee, J., M. A. Zwaan, F. H. Briggs, et al.. (2013). Neutral atomic hydrogen (H i) gas evolution in field galaxies at z ∼ 0.1 and ∼0.2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 435(3). 2693–2706. 62 indexed citations
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Ord, S. M., D. A. Mitchell, R. B. Wayth, et al.. (2010). Interferometric Imaging with the 32 Element Murchison Wide-Field Array. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 14 indexed citations
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Lah, Philip, Michael Pracy, Jayaram N. Chengalur, et al.. (2009). The H i gas content of galaxies around Abell 370, a galaxy cluster atz= 0.37. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 399(3). 1447–1470. 60 indexed citations
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Furlanetto, Steven R. & F. H. Briggs. (2004). 21 cm tomography of the high-redshift universe with the Square Kilometer Array. New Astronomy Reviews. 48(11-12). 1039–1052. 21 indexed citations
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Kanekar, Nissim & F. H. Briggs. (2003). HI absorption in a gravitational lens atz~ 0.7645. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 412(2). L29–L32. 25 indexed citations
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Blok, W. J. G. de, M. A. Zwaan, Mark Dijkstra, F. H. Briggs, & K. C. Freeman. (2002). An $\ion{H}{i}$ survey of the Centaurus and Sculptor groups. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 382(1). 43–52. 23 indexed citations
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Blok, W. J. G. de, M. A. Zwaan, Mark Dijkstra, F. H. Briggs, & K. C. Freeman. (2001). An HI survey of the Centaurus and Sculptor Groups - Constraints on the space density of low mass galaxies. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 22 indexed citations
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Bell, J. F., Peter J. Hall, W. E. Wilson, et al.. (2001). Base Band Data for Testing Interference Mitigation Algorithms. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 18(1). 105–113. 4 indexed citations
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Lane, W. M., F. H. Briggs, David A. Turnshek, & Sandhya M. Rao. (1998). The Damped Lyman-alpha absorbers at z=0.0912 and z=0.2212 towards the QSO B0738+313. AAS. 193.
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Zwaan, M. A., Marc Verheijen, & F. H. Briggs. (1998). HI Column Density Distribution Function at z =0: Connection to Damped Lyα Statistics. 13 indexed citations
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Briggs, F. H., et al.. (1979). Confirmation of the longitudinal dependence of the radio brightness of Mars. The Astrophysical Journal. 233. L165–L165. 6 indexed citations
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Briggs, F. H.. (1974). The radio brightness of Titan. Icarus. 22(1). 48–50. 13 indexed citations
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Briggs, F. H.. (1973). Radio Emission from Ceres. The Astrophysical Journal. 184. 637–637. 7 indexed citations
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O'Leary, Brian & F. H. Briggs. (1973). Optical properties of Apollo 12 Moon samples. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 78(5). 792–797. 7 indexed citations
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Briggs, F. H. & F. D. Drake. (1972). Interferometric observations of Mars at 21-cm wavelength. Icarus. 17(2). 543–547. 2 indexed citations
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Briggs, F. H., et al.. (1968). Experimental investigation of hybrid mode operation in oversized Gunn effect devices. Proceedings of the IEEE. 56(11). 2066–2068. 2 indexed citations

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