G. Ricker

23.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
199 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

G. Ricker is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Ricker has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 51 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 45 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in G. Ricker's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (64 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (45 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (42 papers). G. Ricker is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (64 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (45 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (42 papers). G. Ricker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. G. Ricker's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

In The Last Decade

G. Ricker

186 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. Advanced CCD imaging spectrometer (ACIS) instrument on the Chandra X-ray Observatory
    2003 440 citations G. P. Garmire, Mark W. Bautz et al. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
G. Ricker United States 31 3.4k 1.2k 550 438 324 199 4.1k
H. Tananbaum United States 36 4.0k 1.2× 1.5k 1.2× 357 0.6× 150 0.3× 296 0.9× 125 4.4k
Stephen L. O’Dell United States 24 2.1k 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 117 0.2× 270 0.6× 387 1.2× 202 2.6k
E. E. Fenimore United States 28 2.0k 0.6× 672 0.6× 205 0.4× 218 0.5× 759 2.3× 132 3.3k
D. N. Burrows United States 34 4.6k 1.4× 2.0k 1.7× 267 0.5× 167 0.4× 198 0.6× 226 5.0k
M. Cropper United Kingdom 31 3.5k 1.0× 689 0.6× 411 0.7× 208 0.5× 50 0.2× 172 3.8k
H. G. Ritter Germany 29 1.8k 0.5× 1.7k 1.4× 118 0.2× 136 0.3× 246 0.8× 119 3.2k
Herman L. Marshall United States 36 3.7k 1.1× 1.9k 1.6× 133 0.2× 117 0.3× 246 0.8× 165 4.0k
Martin C. Weisskopf United States 24 2.6k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 77 0.1× 196 0.4× 430 1.3× 171 3.1k
G. Hasinger Germany 46 7.6k 2.2× 2.7k 2.3× 1.6k 3.0× 170 0.4× 192 0.6× 267 7.9k
W. Priedhorsky United States 29 1.9k 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 106 0.2× 114 0.3× 482 1.5× 126 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by G. Ricker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. Ricker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of G. Ricker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of G. Ricker 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. Ricker. G. Ricker 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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Jayaraman, Rahul, Michael Fausnaugh, G. Ricker, R. Vanderspek, & Geoffrey Mo. (2024). Gamma-Ray Bursts Observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite: Prompt Optical Counterparts and Afterglows of Swift-XRT-localized Gamma-Ray Bursts. The Astrophysical Journal. 972(2). 162–162. 2 indexed citations
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Metcalfe, Τ. S., K. G. Strassmeier, I. Ilyin, et al.. (2024). Weakened Magnetic Braking in the Exoplanet Host Star 51 Peg. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 960(1). L6–L6. 11 indexed citations
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Moldovan, Dan, Michelle Kunimoto, Chelsea X. Huang, et al.. (2023). Identifying Exoplanets with Deep Learning. V. Improved Light-curve Classification for TESS Full-frame Image Observations. The Astronomical Journal. 165(3). 95–95. 9 indexed citations
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Fausnaugh, Michael, Rahul Jayaraman, R. Vanderspek, et al.. (2023). Observations of GRB 230307A by TESS. Research Notes of the AAS. 7(3). 56–56. 6 indexed citations
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Mo, Geoffrey, Rahul Jayaraman, Michael Fausnaugh, et al.. (2023). Searching for Gravitational-wave Counterparts Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 948(1). L3–L3. 3 indexed citations
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Kunimoto, Michelle, Joshua N. Winn, G. Ricker, & R. Vanderspek. (2022). Predicting the Exoplanet Yield of the TESS Prime and Extended Missions through Years 1–7. The Astronomical Journal. 163(6). 290–290. 24 indexed citations
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Jayaraman, Rahul, S. Hubrig, Daniel L. Holdsworth, et al.. (2022). Could the Magnetic Star HD 135348 Possess a Rigidly Rotating Magnetosphere?. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 924(1). L10–L10. 6 indexed citations
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Ricker, G. & Sara Seager. (2021). The TESS-Keck Survey. II. An Ultra-short-period Rocky Planet and Its Siblings Transiting the Galactic Thick-disk Star TOI-561. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 15 indexed citations
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Essen, C. von, Mikkel N. Lund, R. Handberg, et al.. (2020). Tess data for asteroseismology: Timing verification. Conicet. 3 indexed citations
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Kane, Stephen R., Jacob L. Bean, T. L. Campante, et al.. (2020). Science Extraction from TESS Observations of Known Exoplanet Hosts. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 133(1019). 14402–14402. 8 indexed citations
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Bouma, Luke G., Joshua N. Winn, G. Ricker, et al.. (2020). PTFO 8-8695: Two Stars, Two Signals, No Planet. The Astronomical Journal. 160(2). 86–86. 8 indexed citations
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Dragomir, Diana, Joshua Pepper, Thomas Barclay, et al.. (2020). Securing the Legacy of TESS through the Care and Maintenance of TESS Planet Ephemerides. The Astronomical Journal. 159(5). 219–219. 6 indexed citations
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Campante, T. L., James S. Kuszlewicz, Luke G. Bouma, et al.. (2016). THE ASTEROSEISMIC POTENTIAL OF TESS: EXOPLANET-HOST STARS. The Astrophysical Journal. 830(2). 138–138. 61 indexed citations
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Ricker, G.. (2015). The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS): Discovering New Earths and Super-Earths in the Solar Neighborhood. 47. 3 indexed citations
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Eckart, A., F. K. Baganoff, M. Morris, et al.. (2009). Modeling mm- to X-ray flare emission from Sagittarius A*. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 32 indexed citations
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Prigozhin, G., Steven E. Kissel, Mark W. Bautz, et al.. (2000). Characterization of the radiation damage in the Chandra x-ray CCDs. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4140. 123–123. 42 indexed citations
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Krimm, H. A., R. Vanderspek, & G. Ricker. (1996). Searches for optical counterparts of BATSE gamma-ray bursts with the Explosive Transient Camera.. 120. 251–254. 1 indexed citations
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Serlemitsos, P. J., Tahir Yaqoob, G. Ricker, et al.. (1994). The Complex X-Ray Spectra of Two High Redshift Quasars Observed with ASCA. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 46(3). L43–L47.
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Fabian, A. C., Hideyo Kunieda, Masaru Matsuoka, et al.. (1994). ASCA Observations of the Warm Absorber in MCG–6–30–15: the Discovery of a Change in Column Density. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 46(3). L59–L63. 2 indexed citations
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Yaqoob, Tahir, R. F. Mushotzky, G. Ricker, et al.. (1994). The X-Ray Emission of 3C 273 Observed with ASCA. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 46(3). L49–L53. 1 indexed citations

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