G. Ricker

23.8k citations

199 papers · 4.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 31

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astro and Planetary Science
Instrumentation top 1%

Papers in ⓘ

Instrumentation 45
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 42
Astronomy and Astrophysics 127
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 64
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 45
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 41
- Astro and Planetary Science 31
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 26

Co-authors: G. P. Garmire (23 shared papers)Mark W. Bautz (21 shared papers)M. W. Bautz (25 shared papers)R. Vanderspek (55 shared papers)J. A. Nousek (11 shared papers)P. G. Ford (4 shared papers)M. Morris (11 shared papers)W. N. Brandt (10 shared papers)
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (32 papers)Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (9 papers)Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment (7 papers)The Astronomical Journal (7 papers)Nature (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan Germany

In The Last Decade

G. Ricker

186 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Advanced CCD imaging spectrometer (ACIS) instrument on the Chandra X-ray Observatory 2003 · 440 citations

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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.

2003 Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

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1	Advanced CCD imaging spectrometer (ACIS) instrument on the Chandra X-ray Observatory Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·G. P. Garmire, Mark W. Bautz, P. G. Ford, J. A. Nousek, G. Ricker Hit paper breakdown →	2003	440
2	Rapid X-ray flaring from the direction of the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Centre Nature ·Frederick K. Baganoff, M. W. Bautz, W. N. Brandt, G. Chartas, Eric D. Feigelson, G. P. Garmire, Yoshitomo Maeda, M. Morris, G. Ricker, L. K. Townsley, Fabian Walter	2001	367
3	THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET SURVEY SATELLITE: SIMULATIONS OF PLANET DETECTIONS AND ASTROPHYSICAL FALSE POSITIVES The Astrophysical Journal ·Peter Sullivan, Joshua N. Winn, Zachory K. Berta-Thompson, David Charbonneau, Drake Deming, Courtney D. Dressing, David W. Latham, Alan M. Levine, P. R. McCullough, Timothy D. Morton, G. Ricker, R. Vanderspek, D. Woods	2015	199
4	Diffuse X‐Ray Emission in a DeepChandraImage of the Galactic Center The Astrophysical Journal ·M. P. Muno, F. K. Baganoff, M. W. Bautz, Eric D. Feigelson, G. P. Garmire, M. Morris, S. Park, G. Ricker, Leisa K. Townsley	2004	135
5	Discovery and Characterization of Transiting Super Earths Using an All-Sky Transit Survey and Follow-up by theJames Webb Space Telescope Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·Drake Deming, Sara Seager, Joshua N. Winn, Eliza Miller‐Ricci, Mark Clampin, Don J. Lindler, Thomas P. Greene, David Charbonneau, Gregory Laughlin, G. Ricker, David W. Latham, Kimberly Ennico	2009	119
6	AChandraStudy of Sagittarius A East: A Supernova Remnant Regulating the Activity of Our Galactic Center? The Astrophysical Journal ·Yoshitomo Maeda, F. K. Baganoff, Eric D. Feigelson, M. Morris, M. W. Bautz, W. N. Brandt, D. N. Burrows, J. Doty, G. P. Garmire, S. H. Pravdo, G. Ricker, Leisa K. Townsley	2002	114
7	The flare activity of Sagittarius A* Astronomy and Astrophysics ·A. Eckart, Frederick K. Baganoff, R. Schödel, M. Morris, R. Genzel, Geoffrey C. Bower, Daniel P. Marrone, J. M. Moran, T. Viehmann, M. W. Bautz, W. N. Brandt, G. P. Garmire, Thomas Ott, Sascha Trippe, G. Ricker, C. Straubmeier, D. A. Roberts, F. Yusef‐Zadeh, Jun‐Hui Zhao, Ramprasad Rao	2006	113
8	Photometry of 10 Million Stars from the First Two Years of TESS Full Frame Images: Part I Research Notes of the AAS ·Chelsea X. Huang, Andrew Vanderburg, András Pál, Lizhou Sha, Liang Yu, W. Fong, Michael Fausnaugh, Avi Shporer, Natalia Guerrero, R. Vanderspek, G. Ricker	2020	112
9	An X‐Ray, Infrared, and Submillimeter Flare of Sagittarius A* The Astrophysical Journal ·Daniel P. Marrone, Frederick K. Baganoff, M. Morris, J. M. Moran, A. M. Ghez, S. D. Hornstein, C. D. Dowell, Diego J. Muñoz, Marshall W. Bautz, G. Ricker, W. N. Brandt, G. P. Garmire, Jessica R. Lu, K. Matthews, Jun‐Hui Zhao, Ramprasad Rao, Geoffrey C. Bower	2008	110
10	First simultaneous NIR/X-ray detection of a flare from Sgr A* Astronomy and Astrophysics ·A. Eckart, Frederick K. Baganoff, M. Morris, M. W. Bautz, W. N. Brandt, G. P. Garmire, R. Genzel, Thomas Ott, G. Ricker, C. Straubmeier, T. Viehmann, R. Schödel, Geoffrey C. Bower, J. E. Goldston	2004	109
11	The flare activity of Sagittarius A : New coordinated mm to X-ray observations Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics ·A. Eckart, F. K. Baganoff, R. Schödel, M. Morris, R. Genzel, Geoffrey C. Bower, Daniel P. Marrone, J. M. Moran, T. Viehmann, M. W. Bautz, W. N. Brandt, G. P. Garmire, Thomas Ott, Sascha Trippe, G. Ricker, C. Straubmeier, D. A. Roberts, F. Yusef‐Zadeh, Jun‐Hui Zhao, Ramprasad Rao	2006	99
12	An abuttable CCD imager for visible and X-ray focal plane arrays IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices ·Barry E. Burke, R. W. Mountain, David C. Harrison, M. W. Bautz, J. Doty, G. Ricker, P. Daniels	1991	84
13	X-ray CCD calibration for the AXAF CCD Imaging Spectrometer Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Mark W. Bautz, M. J. Pivovaroff, Frederick K. Baganoff, Takashi Isobe, Stephen E. Jones, Steven E. Kissel, Beverly LaMarr, Herbert L. Manning, G. Prigozhin, G. Ricker, J. A. Nousek, Catherine E. Grant, K. Nishikida, Frank Scholze, R. Thornagel, G. Ulm	1998	66
14	Photometry of 10 Million Stars from the First Two Years of TESS Full Frame Images: Part II Research Notes of the AAS ·Chelsea X. Huang, Andrew Vanderburg, András Pál, Lizhou Sha, Liang Yu, W. Fong, Michael Fausnaugh, Avi Shporer, Natalia Guerrero, R. Vanderspek, G. Ricker	2020	63
15	Counting of deep-level traps using a charge-coupled device IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices ·R.D. McGrath, J. Doty, G. Lupino, G. Ricker, John V. Vallerga	1987	62
16	THE ASTEROSEISMIC POTENTIAL OF TESS: EXOPLANET-HOST STARS The Astrophysical Journal ·T. L. Campante, Mathew Schofield, James S. Kuszlewicz, Luke G. Bouma, W. J. Chaplin, Daniel Huber, J. Christensen‐Dalsgaard, H. Kjeldsen, D. Bossini, Thomas S. H. North, T. Appourchaux, David W. Latham, Joshua Pepper, G. Ricker, Keivan G. Stassun, R. Vanderspek, Joshua N. Winn	2016	61
17	The Spectra and Variability of X‐Ray Sources in a DeepChandraObservation of the Galactic Center The Astrophysical Journal ·M. P. Muno, J. S. Arabadjis, Frederick K. Baganoff, M. W. Bautz, W. N. Brandt, Patrick S. Broos, Eric D. Feigelson, G. P. Garmire, M. Morris, G. Ricker	2004	59
18	Detections of hard X-ray emissions from bright early-type galaxies with ASCA The Astrophysical Journal ·Kyoko Matsushita, Kazuo Makishima, Hisamitsu Awaki, C. R. Canizares, A. C. Fabian, Yasushi Fukazawa, Michael Loewenstein, Hironori Matsumoto, T. Mihara, R. F. Mushotzky, T. Ohashi, G. Ricker, P. J. Serlemitsos, Takeshi Go Tsuru, Yoshiyuki Tsusaka, Takashi Yamazaki	1994	51
19	Radiation damage to charge coupled devices in the space environment IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science ·Ayumu Yamashita, Tadayasu Dotani, M. Bautz, G. Crew, H. Ezuka, Keith C. Gendreau, Takayuki Kotani, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Chiko Otani, A. P. Rasmussen, G. Ricker, H. Tsunemi	1997	49
20	X-Rays from a New Variable Source GX 1+4 The Astrophysical Journal ·W. H. G. Lewin, G. Ricker, Jeffrey E. McClintock	1971	47

About G. Ricker

G. Ricker is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Radiation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Aerospace Engineering, having authored 199 papers that have together received 4.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (64 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (45 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (42 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (41 papers), CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors (38 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (31 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (26 papers) and Calibration and Measurement Techniques (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.4k citations), Instrumentation (550 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.2k citations), Radiation (324 citations) and Geophysics (255 citations). G. Ricker has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Frequent co-authors include G. P. Garmire, Mark W. Bautz, M. W. Bautz, R. Vanderspek, J. A. Nousek, P. G. Ford, M. Morris, W. N. Brandt, Frederick K. Baganoff and Eric D. Feigelson. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, The Astronomical Journal and Nature.

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