G. D. Bothun

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
174 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

G. D. Bothun is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, G. D. Bothun has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 108 papers in Instrumentation and 25 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in G. D. Bothun's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (108 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (104 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (87 papers). G. D. Bothun is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (108 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (104 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (87 papers). G. D. Bothun collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Chile. G. D. Bothun's co-authors include James M. Schombert, Stacy McGaugh, Chris Impey, W. J. G. de Blok, J. R. Mould, D. F. Malin, K. O’Neil, R. A. Schommer, J. Christopher Mihos and C. D. Impey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

G. D. Bothun

165 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Baryonic Tully-Fisher... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 100 200 300 400
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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. The Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation
    2000 494 citations Stacy McGaugh, James M. Schombert et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
G. D. Bothun 4.5k 2.1k 617 216 215 174 4.7k
David Burstein 4.1k 0.9× 2.2k 1.0× 543 0.9× 132 0.6× 196 0.9× 63 4.2k
R. G. Carlberg 5.5k 1.2× 2.7k 1.3× 784 1.3× 154 0.7× 247 1.1× 121 5.6k
M. R. Merrifield 3.9k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 403 0.7× 176 0.8× 170 0.8× 142 4.0k
James M. Schombert 3.5k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 707 1.1× 143 0.7× 220 1.0× 102 3.6k
J. Christopher Mihos 4.4k 1.0× 2.3k 1.1× 312 0.5× 148 0.7× 147 0.7× 66 4.5k
M. Mignoli 5.1k 1.1× 2.6k 1.2× 834 1.4× 122 0.6× 125 0.6× 104 5.2k
M. Capaccioli 2.9k 0.6× 1.7k 0.8× 320 0.5× 157 0.7× 122 0.6× 123 3.1k
S. Phillipps 3.7k 0.8× 2.1k 1.0× 304 0.5× 186 0.9× 122 0.6× 206 3.8k
T. J. Ponman 5.2k 1.1× 1.7k 0.8× 1.5k 2.4× 157 0.7× 197 0.9× 121 5.3k
Marc Verheijen 3.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 559 0.9× 140 0.6× 138 0.6× 93 3.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by G. D. Bothun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. D. Bothun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of G. D. Bothun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of G. D. Bothun 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 G. D. Bothun. G. D. Bothun 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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Cortese, L., Robert Minchin, R. Auld, et al.. (2008). The Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey - II. A H i view of the Abell cluster 1367 and its outskirts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 383(4). 1519–1537. 34 indexed citations
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O’Neil, K., G. D. Bothun, W. van Driel, & D. Monnier Ragaigne. (2004). A new HI catalog of Low Surface Brightness galaxies out toz= 0.1. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 428(3). 823–835. 37 indexed citations
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Gibbons, R., A. S. Fruchter, & G. D. Bothun. (2001). Deviations from the Fundamental Plane and the Peculiar Velocities of Clusters. The Astronomical Journal. 121(2). 649–661. 17 indexed citations
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Bothun, G. D., Wendy L. Freedman, P. Garnavich, Lucas M. Macri, & M. Richmond. (2000). An HST Cepheid Distance to NGC 2841. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 197. 2 indexed citations
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Bothun, G. D.. (2000). Beyond the Hubble Sequence. S&T. 99(5). 36. 1 indexed citations
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Bothun, G. D.. (1999). Cyberprof: The University in the Next Millennium.. 34(5). 16–17. 4 indexed citations
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Bothun, G. D., et al.. (1999). GalCrash: N-body Simulations on the Student Desktop. AAS. 195.
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Bothun, G. D.. (1998). Distance Education: Effective Learning or Content-Free Credits?.. 21(2). 12 indexed citations
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Silva, David R. & G. D. Bothun. (1998). The Ages of Disturbed Field Elliptical Galaxies. II. Central Properties. The Astronomical Journal. 116(6). 2793–2804. 18 indexed citations
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Bothun, G. D., Chris Impey, & Stacy McGaugh. (1997). Low-Surface-Brightness Galaxies: Hidden Galaxies Revealed. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 109. 745–745. 120 indexed citations
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Bothun, G. D.. (1996). Teaching via Electrons: Networked Courseware at the University of Oregon.. 19(4). 37–43. 3 indexed citations
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Impey, C. D., David Sprayberry, G. D. Bothun, & M. J. Irwin. (1993). Low Surface Brightness Galaxies in the Local Universe. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 183. 2 indexed citations
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Schombert, James M., G. D. Bothun, Stephen E. Schneider, & Stacy McGaugh. (1992). A catalog of low surface brightness galaxies - List II. The Astronomical Journal. 103. 1107–1107. 84 indexed citations
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Mould, J. R., Joshua Roth, L. Staveley‐Smith, et al.. (1991). The Velocity Field of Clusters of Galaxies within 100 MPC.I. Southern Clusters. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 23. 1263. 1 indexed citations
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Beers, Timothy C., Karl Gebhardt, J. P. Huchra, et al.. (1991). A Spatial and Kinematic Analysis of the Abell 400 Cluster of Galaxies. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 23. 974. 1 indexed citations
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Impey, Chris, G. D. Bothun, D. F. Malin, & L. Staveley‐Smith. (1990). An optical counterpart to the H I cloud in the local supercluster. The Astrophysical Journal. 351. L33–L33. 2 indexed citations
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Schombert, James M. & G. D. Bothun. (1987). The methodology and reliability of determining bulge-to-disk ratios for spiral galaxies. The Astronomical Journal. 93. 60–60. 30 indexed citations
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Bothun, G. D., et al.. (1986). Extremely Low Surface Brightness Galaxies. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 18. 958. 1 indexed citations
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Heckman, Timothy M., E. P. Smith, G. D. Bothun, & Bruce Balick. (1984). Quasars as the Active Nuclei of Interacting Galaxies: A Spectroscopic Investigation. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 16. 481. 2 indexed citations
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Bothun, G. D.. (1982). The relationships between morphological type and quantitative measures in the cluster environment. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 94. 774–774. 6 indexed citations

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