George Brims

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 795 citations indexed

About

George Brims is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Instrumentation and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, George Brims has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 795 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 5 papers in Instrumentation and 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in George Brims's work include Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (4 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (4 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (3 papers). George Brims is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (4 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (4 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (3 papers). George Brims collaborates with scholars based in United States. George Brims's co-authors include John Canfield, Ian S. McLean, E. E. Becklin, Nick Magnone, Donald F. Figer, Harry I. Teplitz, James Larkin, Oddvar Bendiksen, James R. Graham and Woon K. Wong and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE.

In The Last Decade

George Brims

9 papers receiving 754 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.

Design and development of NIRSPEC: a near-infrared echelle spectrograph for the Keck II telescope

1998 442 citations Ian S. McLean, E. E. Becklin 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						Papers	Cites
George Brims United States	7	724	263	96	92	71	9	795
John Canfield United States	8	711 1.0×	269 1.0×	105 1.1×	89 1.0×	68 1.0×	8	832
C. M. Mountain United Kingdom	13	589 0.8×	178 0.7×	93 1.0×	101 1.1×	61 0.9×	57	654
H. U. Käufl Germany	16	668 0.9×	198 0.8×	75 0.8×	113 1.2×	139 2.0×	59	787
I. Pagano Italy	20	945 1.3×	304 1.2×	62 0.6×	44 0.5×	75 1.1×	77	1.0k
Sasha Hinkley United States	18	1.1k 1.5×	399 1.5×	174 1.8×	50 0.5×	69 1.0×	60	1.1k
Kunio Noguchi Japan	13	1.1k 1.5×	311 1.2×	103 1.1×	67 0.7×	51 0.7×	44	1.1k
Toshihiko Tanabé Japan	17	994 1.4×	305 1.2×	76 0.8×	97 1.1×	69 1.0×	64	1.1k
D. A. Simons United States	11	665 0.9×	247 0.9×	95 1.0×	45 0.5×	23 0.3×	39	736
J. Lequeux France	18	922 1.3×	179 0.7×	86 0.9×	114 1.2×	70 1.0×	122	1.0k
G. Duvert France	16	921 1.3×	211 0.8×	115 1.2×	144 1.6×	51 0.7×	70	987

Countries citing papers authored by George Brims

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Brims

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Brims

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Martin, Emily C., Michael P. Fitzgerald, Ian S. McLean, et al.. (2014). Performance modeling of an upgraded NIRSPEC on Keck. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9147. 914781–914781. 6 indexed citations

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McLean, Ian S., Charles C. Steidel, Harland W. Epps, et al.. (2012). MOSFIRE, the multi-object spectrometer for infra-red exploration at the Keck Observatory. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8446. 84460J–84460J. 181 indexed citations

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McLean, Ian S., Charles C. Steidel, Harland W. Epps, et al.. (2010). Design and development of MOSFIRE: the multi-object spectrometer for infrared exploration at the Keck Observatory. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7735. 77351E–77351E. 88 indexed citations

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McLean, Ian S., Erin C. Smith, Ted Aliado, et al.. (2006). FLITECAM: a 1-5 micron camera and spectrometer for SOFIA. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6269. 62695B–62695B. 13 indexed citations

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Mainzer, A., Ian S. McLean, Ted Aliado, et al.. (2003). Characterization of FLITECAM: the first light camera for SOFIA. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4857. 21–21. 4 indexed citations

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Larkin, James, A. Quirrenbach, A. Krabbe, et al.. (2003). OSIRIS: infrared integral field spectrograph for the Keck adaptive optics system. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4841. 1600–1600. 28 indexed citations

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Horn, J., E. E. Becklin, Oddvar Bendiksen, et al.. (2000). FLITECAM: a near-infrared camera for test and science applications on SOFIA. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4014. 65–65. 8 indexed citations

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McLean, Ian S., E. E. Becklin, Oddvar Bendiksen, et al.. (1998). Design and development of NIRSPEC: a near-infrared echelle spectrograph for the Keck II telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3354. 566–566. 442 indexed citations breakdown →

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McLean, Ian S., E. E. Becklin, George Brims, et al.. (1993). UCLA double-beam infrared camera system. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1946. 513–513. 25 indexed citations

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