Gavin Dalton

21.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Gavin Dalton is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gavin Dalton has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Instrumentation, 46 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 34 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Gavin Dalton's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (48 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (33 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (29 papers). Gavin Dalton is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (48 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (33 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (29 papers). Gavin Dalton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Gavin Dalton's co-authors include G. Efstathiou, William J. Sutherland, S. Maddox, J. P. McFadden, B. M. Jakosky, P. N. Best, J. S. Halekas, D. W. Curtis, Ellen Taylor and R. P. Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Optics Express.

In The Last Decade

Gavin Dalton

74 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gavin Dalton United Kingdom	23	1.7k	620	205	171	107	82	1.9k
P. Santini Italy	30	2.5k 1.5×	1.2k 2.0×	397 1.9×	83 0.5×	45 0.4×	86	2.7k
G. Covone Italy	23	1.3k 0.8×	535 0.9×	325 1.6×	158 0.9×	57 0.5×	73	1.4k
Guillermo A. Blanc United States	27	1.8k 1.1×	678 1.1×	295 1.4×	89 0.5×	31 0.3×	76	1.9k
Kimihiko Nakajima Japan	27	2.3k 1.3×	956 1.5×	388 1.9×	115 0.7×	34 0.3×	85	2.6k
Jean Surdej Belgium	21	1.1k 0.7×	294 0.5×	116 0.6×	282 1.6×	31 0.3×	123	1.3k
A. M. Watson United States	33	3.5k 2.0×	785 1.3×	260 1.3×	184 1.1×	21 0.2×	104	3.7k
Patrick Seitzer United States	28	2.4k 1.4×	935 1.5×	220 1.1×	83 0.5×	54 0.5×	100	2.5k
M. Yoshida Japan	31	3.2k 1.8×	1.1k 1.7×	690 3.4×	168 1.0×	45 0.4×	143	3.3k
Ming Sun United States	30	3.2k 1.9×	769 1.2×	770 3.8×	92 0.5×	47 0.4×	115	3.4k
C. D. Mackay United Kingdom	18	821 0.5×	371 0.6×	161 0.8×	272 1.6×	22 0.2×	59	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Gavin Dalton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gavin Dalton

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zeimann, Gregory R., Gary J. Hill, Donald P. Schneider, et al.. (2024). HETDEX-LOFAR Spectroscopic Redshift Catalog∗. The Astrophysical Journal. 978(1). 101–101. 1 indexed citations

Okumura, Teppei, et al.. (2018). The Subaru FMOS galaxy redshift survey (FastSound). V. Intrinsic alignments of emission-line galaxies at z ∼ 1.4. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 6 indexed citations

Okada, Hiroyuki, Tomonori Totani, Masayuki Akiyama, et al.. (2016). The Subaru FMOS galaxy redshift survey (FastSound). II. The emission line catalog and properties of emission line galaxies. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 68(3). 9 indexed citations

Abrams, Don Carlos, Kevin Dee, Tibor Agócs, et al.. (2014). The mechanical design for the WEAVE prime focus corrector system. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9147. 91472K–91472K. 6 indexed citations

Yabe, Kiyoto, Kouji Ohta, Fumihide Iwamuro, et al.. (2013). The mass–metallicity relation at z ∼ 1.4 revealed with Subaru/FMOS★. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 437(4). 3647–3663. 51 indexed citations

Drake, Alyssa B., Chris Simpson, C. A. Collins, et al.. (2013). Evolution of star formation in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey field – I. Luminosity functions and cosmic star formation rate out to z = 1.6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 433(1). 796–811. 27 indexed citations

Hammer, F., L. Kaper, & Gavin Dalton. (2010). OPTIMOS-EVE: a fibre-fed optical-near-infrared multi-object spectrograph for the E-ELT. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 140(140). 36–37. 1 indexed citations

Mignot, Shan, Mathieu Cohen, Gavin Dalton, et al.. (2010). Overview of the GYES instrument: a multifibre high-resolution spectrograph for the prime focus of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7735. 77354H–77354H. 1 indexed citations

Sobral, David, P. N. Best, J. E. Geach, et al.. (2009). HiZELS: a high-redshift survey of Hα emitters - II. The nature of star-forming galaxies atz= 0.84. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 398(1). 75–90. 85 indexed citations

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Lee, Hanshin, Gavin Dalton, Ian Tosh, & Sug-Whan Kim. (2008). Computer-guided alignment III: Description of inter-element alignment effect in circular-pupil optical systems. Optics Express. 16(15). 10992–10992. 10 indexed citations

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Lee, Hanshin, Gavin Dalton, Ian Tosh, & Sug-Whan Kim. (2007). Computer-guided alignment I : Phase and amplitude modulation of alignment-influenced optical wavefront. Optics Express. 15(6). 3127–3127. 23 indexed citations

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Dalton, Gavin, Martin E. Caldwell, A. K. Ward, et al.. (2006). The VISTA infrared camera. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6269. 62690X–62690X. 57 indexed citations

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Tosh, Ian, et al.. (2006). Cryogenic mounts for large fused silica lenses. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6273. 62732I–62732I. 9 indexed citations

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Emerson, J. P., et al.. (2004). The Visible & Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy. Msngr. 117. 27–32. 5 indexed citations

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Macdonald, Emily, Paul Allen, Gavin Dalton, et al.. (2004). The Oxford-Dartmouth Thirty Degree Survey - I. Observations and calibration of a wide-field multiband survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 352(4). 1255–1272. 11 indexed citations

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McHardy, I. M., L. R. Jones, M. R. Merrifield, et al.. (1998). The origin of the cosmic soft X-ray background: optical identification of an extremely deep ROSAT survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 295(3). 641–671. 63 indexed citations

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Croft, Rupert A. C., Gavin Dalton, G. Efstathiou, William J. Sutherland, & S. Maddox. (1997). The richness dependence of galaxy cluster correlations: results from a redshift survey of rich APM clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 291(2). 305–313. 69 indexed citations

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Dalton, Gavin, G. Efstathiou, S. Maddox, & William J. Sutherland. (1994). The APM Galaxy Survey - IV. Redshifts of rich clusters of galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 269(1). 151–165. 54 indexed citations

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Dalton, Gavin, G. Efstathiou, S. Maddox, & William J. Sutherland. (1992). Spatial correlations in a redshift survey of APM galaxy clusters. The Astrophysical Journal. 390. L1–L1. 47 indexed citations

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Edney, E. B., et al.. (1958). The Secretary's African Tour. Oryx. 4(4). 216–269. 4 indexed citations

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