Fred C. Adams

19.2k citations

318 papers · 11.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 55

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.1%
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Instrumentation top 2%

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 183
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 114
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 114
- Astro and Planetary Science 103
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories 34
Radiation 42
- X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis 37

Co-authors: Frank H. Shu Gregory Laughlin Susana Lizano C. J. Lada Katherine Freese Sven Johansson P. Van Espen J. Frieman
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (73 papers)Analytica Chimica Acta (19 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (15 papers)Analytical Chemistry (14 papers)Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy (12 papers)
Partner nations: United States Belgium United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Fred C. Adams

303 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

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PIXE: A novel technique for elemental analysis 1989 · 552 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1989 Analytica Chimica Acta
1987 Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
1987 The Astrophysical Journal

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All Works

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1	General Analytic Solutions for Circumplanetary Disks during the Late Stages of Giant Planet Formation Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·Fred C. Adams, Konstantin Batygin	2025	2
2	Onset of CN Emission in 3I/ATLAS: Evidence for Strong Carbon-chain Depletion The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Carlos Eduardo Canto Barros, Hsing Wen Lin, Aster G. Taylor, Darryl Z. Seligman, Fred C. Adams, D. W. Gerdes, 一史水越, V Sencadas, Jonathan David Flores Zambrano	2025	3
3	Formation and structure of circumplanetary disks and envelopes during the late stages of giant planet formation Icarus ·Aster G. Taylor, Fred C. Adams	2024	3
4	Cluster cosmology redux: a compact representation for the halo mass function Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·裕一鹿島, Fred C. Adams, A. E. Evrard	2024	1
5	Evaporation of Close-in Sub-Neptunes by Cooling White Dwarfs The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Elena Gallo, David Cowart, T. Hüttel, Rosamund Linell, Francesco Haardt, Mary Anne Limbach, Rashed MD. Sardar, Fred C. Adams	2024	4
6	EPS10.08 LONGITUDE: an observational study of the long-term effectiveness of ELX/TEZ/IVA in people with CF using data from the UK CF Registry — preliminary results from the subgroup aged 6–11 years Journal of Cystic Fibrosis ·Kiran A. Apsunde, Fred C. Adams, Sahar Malmir, Carl A. Baxter, Graham A. MacGregor, Philip Carlisle, Stephen L. Clarke, Susan C. Charman, Connor J. Haugh, S.B. Carr	2024	1
7	Photometric Survey of Neptune's Trojan Asteroids. I. The Color Distribution The Planetary Science Journal ·S. M. Horst, Hsing Wen Lin, D. W. Gerdes, Fred C. Adams	2023	7
8	The Influence of Tidal Heating on the Habitability of Planets Orbiting White Dwarfs The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Juliette Becker, Darryl Z. Seligman, Fred C. Adams, Marshall J. Styczinski	2023	14
9	Transfer of Rocks Between Planetary Systems: Panspermia Revisited Astrobiology ·Fred C. Adams, Jonathan David Flores Zambrano	2022	7
10	Irregular Dust Features around Intermediate-mass Young Stars with GPI: Signs of Youth or Misaligned Disks? The Astrophysical Journal ·Arqam Singgih Setiaji, Tim J. Harries, Benjamin R. Setterholm, John D. Monnier, Evan A. Rich, Alicia Aarnio, Fred C. Adams, Sean M. Andrews, Jaehan Bae, Nuria Calvet, Catherine Espaillat, Lee Hartmann, Sasha Hinkley, Andrea Isella, Stefan Kraus, David J. Wilner, Zhaohuan Zhu	2019	18
11	Time-dependent Models of Magnetospheric Accretion onto Young Stars The Astrophysical Journal ·C. Robinson, James E. Owen, Catherine Espaillat, Fred C. Adams	2017	8
12	Magnetically Controlled Mass Loss from Exoplanets Fred C. Adams, James E. Owen	2015	1
13	The Structure and Evolution of Young Stellar Clusters Shadab Alam, S. T. Megeath, Robert Gutermuth, Philip C. Myers, S. J. Wolk, Fred C. Adams, James Muzerolle, Katenkov A.N. Anisimova, J. L. Pipher	2006	7
14	Early Evolution of Stellar Clusters: Effects on Forming Planetary Systems Fred C. Adams, 葛惟熹, Marco Fatuzzo, Philip C. Myers	2005	1
15	Star formation in the interstellar medium in honor of David Hollenbach, Chris McKee and Frank Shu : proceedings of a meeting held in Lake Tahoe, California, USA 30 June - 3 July 2003 Astronomical Society of the Pacific eBooks ·Doug Johnstone, Fred C. Adams, D. N. C. Lin, David A. Neufeld, Eve C. Ostriker	2004	4
16	The Stellar Initial Mass Function: Constraints from Young Clusters, and Theoretical Perspectives CERN Bulletin ·M. R. Meyer, Fred C. Adams, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, John M. Carpenter, Richard B. Larson	2000	2
17	Laser ionization mass analysis J. Wiley eBooks ·Ákos Vértes, R. Gijbels, Fred C. Adams	1993	198
18	Transport Processes and the Evolution of Disks Fred C. Adams, D. N. C. Lin	1993	9
19	The Surface Characterization of Modified Chrysotile Asbestos Scanning microscopy ·Yassar Sulaiman, Fred C. Adams	1987	4
20	The Disks of T Tauri Stars with Flat Infrared Spectra Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·Fred C. Adams, Frank H. Shu, C. J. Lada	1987	2

About Fred C. Adams

Fred C. Adams is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Radiation, Instrumentation, Analytical Chemistry and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, having authored 318 papers that have together received 11.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (114 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (114 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (103 papers), X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (37 papers), Ion-surface interactions and analysis (36 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (34 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (29 papers) and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (7.9k citations), Instrumentation (534 citations), Radiation (1.1k citations), Spectroscopy (1.9k citations) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.3k citations). Fred C. Adams has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Belgium and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Frank H. Shu, Gregory Laughlin, Susana Lizano, C. J. Lada, Katherine Freese, Sven Johansson, P. Van Espen, J. Frieman, Philip C. Myers and Marco Fatuzzo. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Analytica Chimica Acta, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Analytical Chemistry and Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy.

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