H. W. W. Spoon

10.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

H. W. W. Spoon is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, H. W. W. Spoon has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 18 papers in Instrumentation and 4 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in H. W. W. Spoon's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (79 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (68 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (52 papers). H. W. W. Spoon is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (79 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (68 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (52 papers). H. W. W. Spoon collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. H. W. W. Spoon's co-authors include D. Lutz, A. F. M. Moorwood, L. Armus, R. Genzel, D. Rigopoulou, J. R. Houck, V. Charmandaris, A. G. G. M. Tielens, Lei Hao and J. Bernard‐Salas and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

H. W. W. Spoon

89 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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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1998 708 citations D. Lutz, E. Sturm et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
H. W. W. Spoon United States	42	5.4k	1.3k	532	225	173	92	5.5k
V. Charmandaris United States	40	5.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	495 0.9×	191 0.8×	154 0.9×	155	5.2k
Dominik A. Riechers United States	37	4.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	696 1.3×	172 0.8×	92 0.5×	147	4.8k
E. Sturm Germany	39	4.9k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	697 1.3×	126 0.6×	150 0.9×	95	5.0k
D. Rigopoulou United Kingdom	30	3.8k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	395 0.7×	123 0.5×	121 0.7×	113	3.9k
G. J. Bendo United Kingdom	32	3.8k 0.7×	987 0.8×	280 0.5×	164 0.7×	133 0.8×	93	3.9k
Frank Bigiel Germany	30	4.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	434 0.8×	293 1.3×	118 0.7×	79	4.6k
A. Efstathiou United Kingdom	30	3.3k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	652 1.2×	90 0.4×	106 0.6×	87	3.4k
A. Alonso‐Herrero Spain	43	6.6k 1.2×	1.9k 1.5×	1.1k 2.0×	122 0.5×	151 0.9×	222	6.7k
G. Lagache France	31	3.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	713 1.3×	109 0.5×	103 0.6×	101	3.4k
B. T. Soifer United States	31	4.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	733 1.4×	170 0.8×	261 1.5×	94	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of H. W. W. Spoon

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Sajina, Anna, Alexandra Pope, H. W. W. Spoon, et al.. (2025). Halfway to the Peak: Ice Absorption Bands at z ≈ 0.5 with JWST MIRI/MRS. The Astrophysical Journal. 985(2). 201–201.

Lai, Thomas S. -Y., J. D. Smith, L. Armus, et al.. (2025). Resolving Emission from Small Dust Grains in the Blue Compact Dwarf II Zw 40 with JWST. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 991(2). L56–L56. 1 indexed citations

Lai, Thomas S. -Y., J. D. Smith, E. Peeters, et al.. (2024). Spectroscopic Constraints on the Mid-infrared Attenuation Curve. I. Attenuation Model Using Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission. The Astrophysical Journal. 967(2). 83–83. 2 indexed citations

Peng, Bo, et al.. (2023). Discovery of a Dusty, Chemically Mature Companion to a z ∼ 4 Starburst Galaxy in JWST ERS Data. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 944(2). L36–L36. 8 indexed citations

Spoon, H. W. W., A. Hernán-Caballero, David S. N. Rupke, et al.. (2022). The Infrared Database of Extragalactic Observables from Spitzer. II. The Database and Diagnostic Power of Crystalline Silicate Features in Galaxy Spectra. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 259(2). 37–37. 21 indexed citations

Efstathiou, A., D. Farrah, J. Afonso, et al.. (2021). A new look at local ultraluminous infrared galaxies: the atlas and radiative transfer models of their complex physics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512(4). 5183–5213. 18 indexed citations

Veilleux, Sylvain, et al.. (2018). Constraints on the OH-to-H Abundance Ratio in Infrared-bright Galaxies Derived from the Strength of the OH 35 μm Absorption Feature. The Astrophysical Journal. 853(2). 132–132. 3 indexed citations

Stacey, G. J., Drew Brisbin, Carl Ferkinhoff, et al.. (2017). CO-Dark Star Formation and Black Hole Activity in 3C 368 at z = 1.131: Coeval Growth of Stellar and Supermassive Black Hole Masses^∗ ^†. The Astrophysical Journal. 836(1). 123–123. 5 indexed citations

González-Alfonso, E., J. Fischer, H. W. W. Spoon, et al.. (2017). Molecular Outflows in Local ULIRGs: Energetics from Multitransition OH Analysis. The Astrophysical Journal. 836(1). 11–11. 99 indexed citations

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Varenius, E., F. Costagliola, H.-R. Klöckner, et al.. (2017). Atomic hydrogen bridge fueling NGC 4418 with gas from VV 655. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 7 indexed citations

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Pearson, Chris, D. Rigopoulou, Peter D. Hurley, et al.. (2016). HERUS: A CO ATLAS FROM SPIRE SPECTROSCOPY OF LOCAL ULIRGs. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 227(1). 9–9. 24 indexed citations

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Dicken, D., C. N. Tadhunter, R. Morganti, et al.. (2014). iSPITZER/i Mid-IR Spectroscopy of Powerful 2Jy and 3CRR Radio Galaxies. II. AGN Power Indicators and Unification. Open Research Online (The Open University). 22 indexed citations

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González-Alfonso, E., J. Fischer, J. Graciá‐Carpio, et al.. (2013). The Mrk 231 molecular outflow as seen in OH. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 41 indexed citations

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Dicken, D., C. N. Tadhunter, D. J. Axon, et al.. (2012). SPITZERMID-IR SPECTROSCOPY OF POWERFUL 2 JY AND 3CRR RADIO GALAXIES. I. EVIDENCE AGAINST A STRONG STARBURST-AGN CONNECTION IN RADIO-LOUD AGN. The Astrophysical Journal. 745(2). 172–172. 60 indexed citations

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Sloan, G. C., et al.. (2011). Standard stars observed with the Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope. AAS. 217. 1 indexed citations

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Fadda, D., Lin Yan, G. Lagache, et al.. (2010). Ultra-Deep Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Luminous Infrared Galaxies at z ∼ 1 and z ∼ 2. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 36 indexed citations

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Farrah, D., B. Connolly, N. Connolly, et al.. (2009). AN EVOLUTIONARY PARADIGM FOR DUSTY ACTIVE GALAXIES AT LOW REDSHIFT. The Astrophysical Journal. 700(1). 395–416. 22 indexed citations

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Hao, Lei, D. W. Weedman, H. W. W. Spoon, et al.. (2007). The Distribution of Silicate Strength of AGNs and ULIRGs. ASPC. 373. 574. 1 indexed citations

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Spoon, H. W. W., A. G. G. M. Tielens, L. Armus, et al.. (2006). The Detection of Crystalline Silicates in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 638(2). 759–765. 75 indexed citations

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Spoon, H. W. W., J. V. Keane, A. G. G. M. Tielens, D. Lutz, & A. F. M. Moorwood. (2001). The obscured mid-infrared continuum of NGC 4418: A dust- and ice-enshrouded AGN. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 64 indexed citations

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