George R. Blumenthal

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
52 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

George R. Blumenthal is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, George R. Blumenthal has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 16 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 10 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in George R. Blumenthal's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (18 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (12 papers) and Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (12 papers). George R. Blumenthal is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (18 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (12 papers) and Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (12 papers). George R. Blumenthal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and United Kingdom. George R. Blumenthal's co-authors include Joel R. Primack, S. M. Faber, Robert J. Gould, M. J. Rees, Ricardo A. Flores, W. H. Tucker, William G. Mathews, Hardy M. Hodges, G. W. F. Drake and Avishai Dekel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Reviews of Modern Physics and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

George R. Blumenthal

51 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Formation of galaxies and large-scale structure with cold... 1970 2026 1988 2007 1984 1970 1986 250 500 750
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. Formation of galaxies and large-scale structure with cold dark matter
    1984 902 citations George R. Blumenthal, S. M. Faber et al. Nature profile →
  2. Bremsstrahlung, Synchrotron Radiation, and Compton Scattering of High-Energy Electrons Traversing Dilute Gases
    1970 886 citations George R. Blumenthal et al. profile →
  3. Contraction of dark matter galactic halos due to baryonic infall
    1986 794 citations George R. Blumenthal, S. M. Faber et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers

George R. Blumenthal
A. Lawrence United Kingdom
E. Dwek United States
John T. Stocke United States
Craig L. Sarazin United States
Hyron Spinrad United States
R. J. Weymann United States
G. Chincarini Italy
Maarten Schmidt United States
T. J. Ponman United Kingdom
David Tytler United States
A. Lawrence United Kingdom
George R. Blumenthal
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Countries citing papers authored by George R. Blumenthal

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Fields of papers citing papers by George R. Blumenthal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George R. Blumenthal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of George R. Blumenthal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of George R. Blumenthal 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 R. Blumenthal. George R. Blumenthal 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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Maller, Ariyeh H., Tsafrir Kolatt, Matthias Bartelmann, & George R. Blumenthal. (2002). Lensing by Lyman‐Limit Systems: Determining the Mass‐to‐Gas Ratio. The Astrophysical Journal. 569(1). 72–82. 3 indexed citations
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Wechsler, Risa H., Rachel S. Somerville, James S. Bullock, et al.. (2001). Galaxy Formation atz ∼ 3: Constraints from Spatial Clustering. The Astrophysical Journal. 554(1). 85–103. 45 indexed citations
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Wechsler, Risa H., Michael Groß, Joel R. Primack, George R. Blumenthal, & Avishai Dekel. (1998). Implications of Spikes in the Redshift Distribution ofz∼ 3 Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 506(1). 19–32. 38 indexed citations
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Blumenthal, George R., D. H. Hartmann, & Eric V. Linder. (1994). The angular correlation function of gamma-ray bursts. AIP conference proceedings. 307. 117–121. 1 indexed citations
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Dekel, Avishai, et al.. (1992). Large-scale periodicity and Gaussian fluctuations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 257(4). 715–730. 10 indexed citations
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Olivier, Scot S., George R. Blumenthal, & Joel R. Primack. (1991). Formation and evolution of the disc in spiral galaxies: viscous models without infall. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 252(1). 102–115. 14 indexed citations
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Hodges, Hardy M. & George R. Blumenthal. (1990). Arbitrariness of inflationary fluctuation spectra. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 42(10). 3329–3333. 68 indexed citations
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Hodges, Hardy M., George R. Blumenthal, Lev Kofman, & Joel R. Primack. (1990). Nonstandard primordial fluctuations from a polynomial inflation potential. Nuclear Physics B. 335(1). 197–220. 69 indexed citations
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Dekel, Avishai, George R. Blumenthal, Joel R. Primack, & Scot S. Olivier. (1989). Projection contamination in cluster catalogs - Are the Abell redshift sample correlations significant?. The Astrophysical Journal. 338. L5–L5. 13 indexed citations
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Hartmann, D. H. & George R. Blumenthal. (1989). Angular clustering properties of gamma-ray bursts and quantitative constraints on their distances. The Astrophysical Journal. 342. 521–521. 12 indexed citations
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Rosenblatt, E. I., S. M. Faber, & George R. Blumenthal. (1988). Pregalactic formation of globular clusters in cold dark matter. The Astrophysical Journal. 330. 191–191. 23 indexed citations
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Blumenthal, George R., S. M. Faber, Ricardo A. Flores, & Joel R. Primack. (1986). Contraction of dark matter galactic halos due to baryonic infall. The Astrophysical Journal. 301. 27–27. 794 indexed citations breakdown →
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Blumenthal, George R., S. M. Faber, Joel R. Primack, & M. J. Rees. (1984). Formation of galaxies and large-scale structure with cold dark matter. Nature. 311(5986). 517–525. 902 indexed citations breakdown →
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Blumenthal, George R., Heinz Pagels, & Joel R. Primack. (1982). Galaxy formation by dissipationless particles heavier than neutrinos. Nature. 299(5878). 37–38. 79 indexed citations
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Björnsson, C.-I. & George R. Blumenthal. (1982). Spectral polarization properties of optically thin synchrotron radiation. The Astrophysical Journal. 259. 805–805. 16 indexed citations
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Blumenthal, George R. & G. K. Miley. (1979). Spectral index dependent properties of steep spectrum radio sources.. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 80. 13–21. 10 indexed citations
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Mathews, William G. & George R. Blumenthal. (1977). Rayleigh-Taylor Stability of Compressible and Incompressible Radiation-Supported Surfaces and Slabs: Application to QSO Clouds. The Astrophysical Journal. 214. 10–10. 32 indexed citations
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Blumenthal, George R. & W. H. Tucker. (1974). Compact X-Ray Sources. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 12(1). 23–46. 17 indexed citations
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Greenler, Robert G., et al.. (1972). The Origin of Sun Pillars. 60(3). 292–302. 9 indexed citations
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Blumenthal, George R.. (1970). Energy Loss of High-Energy Cosmic Rays in Pair-Producing Collisions with Ambient Photons. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 1(6). 1596–1602. 139 indexed citations

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