Fred Watson

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Fred Watson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Fred Watson has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 10 papers in Instrumentation and 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Fred Watson's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (10 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (7 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (5 papers). Fred Watson is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (10 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (7 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (5 papers). Fred Watson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Fred Watson's co-authors include Q. A. Parker, D. H. P. Jones, Will Saunders, L. Staveley‐Smith, Lachlan Campbell, Matthew Colless, Florian Beutler, Cullen H. Blake, Gregory B. Poole and T. Zwitter and has published in prestigious journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy & Geophysics and Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage.

In The Last Decade

Fred Watson

16 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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 6dF Galaxy Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations and the local Hubble constant

2011 1.6k citations Florian Beutler, Cullen H. Blake et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
The 6dF Galaxy Survey: z≈ 0 measurements of the growth rate and σ8

2012 318 citations Florian Beutler, Cullen H. Blake et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by Fred Watson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fred Watson

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

All Works

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19 of 19 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The local rotation curve of the Milky Way based on SEGUE and RAVE data 2018 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·(unknown), A. Just, Oleksiy Golubov, Q. A. Parker, E. K. Grebel, G. Kordopatis, T. Zwitter, Joss Bland‐Hawthorn, B. K. Gibson, Andrea Kunder, U. Munari, Julio F. Navarro, W. Reid, G. M. Seabroke, Matthias Steinmetz, Fred Watson	9
2	Improved distances and ages for stars common to TGAS and RAVE 2018 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·P. J. McMillan, G. Kordopatis, Andrea Kunder, James Binney, Jennifer Wojno, T. Zwitter, Matthias Steinmetz, Joss Bland‐Hawthorn, B. K. Gibson, G. Gilmore, E. K. Grebel, A. Helmi, U. Munari, Julio F. Navarro, Q. A. Parker, G. M. Seabroke, Fred Watson, R. F. G. Wyse	28
3	A new era for Australian astronomy 2018 ·Astronomy & Geophysics ·Fred Watson, (unknown)	0
4	Chemical separation of disc components using RAVE 2016 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Jennifer Wojno, G. Kordopatis, Matthias Steinmetz, P. J. McMillan, G. Matijevič, James Binney, R. F. G. Wyse, C. Boeche, A. Just, E. K. Grebel, A. Siebert, O. Bienaymé, B. K. Gibson, T. Zwitter, Joss Bland‐Hawthorn, Julio F. Navarro, Q. A. Parker, Warren Reid, G. M. Seabroke, Fred Watson	30
5	Weighing the local dark matter with RAVE red clump stars 2014 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·O. Bienaymé, Benoît Famaey, A. Siebert, K. C. Freeman, B. K. Gibson, G. Gilmore, E. K. Grebel, Joss Bland‐Hawthorn, G. Kordopatis, U. Munari, Julio F. Navarro, Q. A. Parker, W. Reid, G. M. Seabroke, A. Siviero, Matthias Steinmetz, Fred Watson, Rosemary F. Ġ. Wyse, T. Zwitter	70
6	Constraining the Galaxy's dark halo with RAVE stars 2014 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·T. Piffl, James Binney, P. J. McMillan, M. Steinmetz, A. Helmi, Rosemary F. Ġ. Wyse, O. Bienaymé, Joss Bland‐Hawthorn, K. C. Freeman, B. K. Gibson, G. Gilmore, E. K. Grebel, G. Kordopatis, Julio F. Navarro, Q. A. Parker, W. Reid, G. M. Seabroke, A. Siebert, Fred Watson, T. Zwitter	123
7	The 6dF Galaxy Survey: z ≈0 measurement of the growth rate and sigma_8 2012 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·Florian Beutler, Cullen H. Blake, Matthew Colless, D. H. P. Jones, L. Staveley‐Smith, Gregory B. Poole, Lachlan Campbell, Q. A. Parker, Will Saunders, Fred Watson	5
8	The 6dF Galaxy Survey: z≈ 0 measurements of the growth rate and σ8 breakdown → 2012 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Florian Beutler, Cullen H. Blake, Matthew Colless, D. H. P. Jones, L. Staveley‐Smith, Gregory B. Poole, Lachlan Campbell, Q. A. Parker, Will Saunders, Fred Watson	318
9	The 6dF Galaxy Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations and the local Hubble constant breakdown → 2011 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Florian Beutler, Cullen H. Blake, Matthew Colless, D. H. P. Jones, L. Staveley‐Smith, Lachlan Campbell, Q. A. Parker, Will Saunders, Fred Watson	1650
10	The AAO is dead: long live the AAO! 2010 ·Astronomy & Geophysics ·Fred Watson, Matthew Colless	0
11	Book review: The Emergence of the Telescope: Janssen, Lipperhey and the Unknown Man (M. Barlow Pepin) 2005 ·Fred Watson, Michel Pépin	1
12	<italic>The Emergence of the Telescope: Janssen, Lipperhey, and the Unknown Man, by</italic> M. Barlow Pepin 2005 ·Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage ·Fred Watson	1
13	The 6dF Galaxy Survey: First Data Release 2005 ·(unknown), Will Saunders, Matthew Colless, Mike Read, Q. A. Parker, Fred Watson, Lachlan Campbell	1
14	The 6dF Galaxy Survey: progress and data release 1 2004 ·Will Saunders, (unknown), Mike Read, Lachlan Campbell, Matthew Colless, M. Hartley, P. Cass, D. M. James, (unknown), Kristin Fiegert, Fred Watson, Thomas Mauch, J. A. Dawe	1
15	Stargazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope 2004 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Fred Watson	7
16	Ukidna: the RAVE machine 2004 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Andrew McGrath, Will Saunders, Fred Watson, Stan Miziarski	1
17	Newton's telescope and the half-filled bathtub 2002 ·Fred Watson	0
18	Black Holes and Killer Asteroids: The public perception of astronomy 2000 ·Melbourne Studies in Education ·Fred Watson	2
19	6dF: A new spectroscopic survey facility for the U.K. Schmidt Telescope 2000 ·Q. A. Parker, Fred Watson	1

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