G. Thayer

797 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 532 citations indexed

About

G. Thayer is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Thayer has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 532 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 5 papers in Atmospheric Science and 4 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in G. Thayer's work include Radio Wave Propagation Studies (9 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (5 papers) and Particle Detector Development and Performance (2 papers). G. Thayer is often cited by papers focused on Radio Wave Propagation Studies (9 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (5 papers) and Particle Detector Development and Performance (2 papers). G. Thayer collaborates with scholars based in United States. G. Thayer's co-authors include B. R. Bean, S. Zhu, J. J. Russell, J. Chiang, N. Omodei, George H. Miley and J. Bregeon and has published in prestigious journals such as Radio Science, Proceedings of the IRE and Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section D Radio Propagation.

In The Last Decade

G. Thayer

9 papers receiving 431 citations

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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.

An improved equation for the radio refractive index of air

1974 373 citations G. Thayer Radio Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
G. Thayer United States	7	462	282	257	141	48	14	532
H. S. Hopfield United States	7	634 1.4×	504 1.8×	392 1.5×	82 0.6×	30 0.6×	9	715
L. E. Young United States	8	246 0.5×	161 0.6×	258 1.0×	101 0.7×	37 0.8×	21	407
Ryuichi Ichikawa Japan	13	510 1.1×	390 1.4×	313 1.2×	102 0.7×	22 0.5×	60	610
Jonathan Jones United Kingdom	9	228 0.5×	202 0.7×	161 0.6×	104 0.7×	12 0.3×	19	356
Sien-Chong Wu United States	10	233 0.5×	164 0.6×	140 0.5×	119 0.8×	33 0.7×	21	380
Per Jarlemark Sweden	13	387 0.8×	298 1.1×	245 1.0×	41 0.3×	70 1.5×	60	557
Daniel Landskron Austria	6	495 1.1×	479 1.7×	332 1.3×	48 0.3×	17 0.4×	10	567
Jan Kapłon Poland	12	392 0.8×	321 1.1×	261 1.0×	62 0.4×	15 0.3×	28	453
Cuixian Lu Germany	10	512 1.1×	396 1.4×	292 1.1×	46 0.3×	30 0.6×	19	560
Henrik Vedel Denmark	14	584 1.3×	550 2.0×	491 1.9×	188 1.3×	27 0.6×	31	780

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

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Thayer, G., et al.. (2010). Update to the configuration of the Fermi-LAT onboard GRB search.. GRB Coordinates Network. 10777. 1.

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Bregeon, J., et al.. (2008). GRB 080916C: Fermi LAT observation.. GRB Coordinates Network. 8246. 1.

3.

Thayer, G.. (1974). An improved equation for the radio refractive index of air. Radio Science. 9(10). 803–807. 373 indexed citations breakdown →

4.

Thayer, G., et al.. (1972). EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF LARGE AMPLITUDE TRANSIENTS IN WEAKLY COUPLED CORES.. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society.

5.

Thayer, G.. (1970). Radio Reflectivity of Tropospheric Layers. Radio Science. 5(11). 1293–1299.

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Thayer, G.. (1967). A Rapid and Accurate Ray Tracing Algorithm for a Horizontally Stratified Atmosphere. Radio Science. 2(2). 249–252. 21 indexed citations

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Bean, B. R., et al.. (1966). A World Atlas of Atmospheric Radio Refractivity (Digest of ESSA Monograph No. 1). Radio Science. 1(9). 1113–1114. 12 indexed citations

8.

Bean, B. R., et al.. (1966). A World Atlas of Atmospheric Radio Refractivity. 24 indexed citations

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Bean, B. R. & G. Thayer. (1963). COMPARISON OF OBSERVED ATMOSPHERIC RADIO REFRACTION EFFECTS WITH VALUES PREDICTED THROUGH THE USE OF SURFACE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS. 3 indexed citations

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Bean, B. R. & G. Thayer. (1963). Comparison of observed atmospheric radio refraction effects with values predicted through the use of surface weather observations. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section D Radio Propagation. 67D(3). 273–273. 8 indexed citations

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Thayer, G.. (1961). A formula for radio ray refraction in an exponential atmosphere. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section D Radio Propagation. 65D(2). 181–181. 6 indexed citations

12.

Bean, B. R., et al.. (1960). Methods of predicting the atmospheric bending of radio rays. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section D Radio Propagation. 64D(5). 487–487.

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Bean, B. R. & G. Thayer. (1959). Central Radio Propagation Laboratory exponential reference atmosphere. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section D Radio Propagation. 63D(3). 315–315. 5 indexed citations

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Bean, B. R. & G. Thayer. (1959). Models of the Atmospheric Radio Refractive Index. Proceedings of the IRE. 47(5). 740–755. 80 indexed citations

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