H. W. W. Spoon

10.1k citations

92 papers · 5.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 42

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.2%
Instrumentation top 0.5%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
Spectroscopy top 5%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 10%

Co-authors: D. Lutz A. F. M. Moorwood L. Armus R. Genzel D. Rigopoulou J. R. Houck V. Charmandaris A. G. G. M. Tielens
Topics: Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (79 papers)Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (68 papers)Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (52 papers)
Cited by: Instrumentation Astronomy and Astrophysics Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Partner nations: United States France Germany

In The Last Decade

H. W. W. Spoon

89 papers receiving 5.3k 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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Co-authorship network of co-authors of H. W. W. Spoon

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Halfway to the Peak: Ice Absorption Bands at z ≈ 0.5 with JWST MIRI/MRS 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Anna Sajina,Alexandra Pope,H. W. W. Spoon,L. Armus,(unknown),D. Farrah,Mark Lacy,Thomas S. -Y. Lai,Jed McKinney,Sylvain Veilleux,Lin Yan,Jason Young	0
2	Resolving Emission from Small Dust Grains in the Blue Compact Dwarf II Zw 40 with JWST 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Thomas S. -Y. Lai,(unknown),J. D. Smith,L. Armus,Adolf N. Witt,Karin Sandström,(unknown),Shunsuke Baba,Alberto D. Bolatto,(unknown),Brandon S. Hensley,Masatoshi Imanishi,Laura Lenkić,Sean T. Linden,Takao Nakagawa,H. W. W. Spoon,Aditya Togi,(unknown)	1
3	Spectroscopic Constraints on the Mid-infrared Attenuation Curve. I. Attenuation Model Using Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Thomas S. -Y. Lai,J. D. Smith,E. Peeters,H. W. W. Spoon,Shunsuke Baba,Masatoshi Imanishi,Takao Nakagawa	2
4	Discovery of a Dusty, Chemically Mature Companion to a z ∼ 4 Starburst Galaxy in JWST ERS Data 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Bo Peng,(unknown),G. J. Stacey,Thomas Nikola,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Carl Ferkinhoff,H. W. W. Spoon	8
5	The Infrared Database of Extragalactic Observables from Spitzer. II. The Database and Diagnostic Power of Crystalline Silicate Features in Galaxy Spectra 2022 ·The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·H. W. W. Spoon,A. Hernán-Caballero,David S. N. Rupke,L. B. F. M. Waters,V. Lebouteiller,A. G. G. M. Tielens,Thomas J. Loredo,(unknown),(unknown)	21
6	A detailed look at the most obscured galactic nuclei in the mid-infrared 2022 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown),D. Rigopoulou,(unknown),M. Pereira-Santaella,A. Alonso‐Herrero,P. F. Roche,S. Aalto,(unknown),H. W. W. Spoon	9
7	A new look at local ultraluminous infrared galaxies: the atlas and radiative transfer models of their complex physics 2021 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. Efstathiou,D. Farrah,J. Afonso,D. L. Clements,E. González-Alfonso,Mark Lacy,Seb Oliver,(unknown),Chris Pearson,D. Rigopoulou,M. Rowan-Robinson,H. W. W. Spoon,A. Verma,(unknown)	18
8	Constraints on the OH-to-H Abundance Ratio in Infrared-bright Galaxies Derived from the Strength of the OH 35 μm Absorption Feature 2018 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown),Sylvain Veilleux,E. González-Alfonso,H. W. W. Spoon,E. Sturm	3
9	CO-Dark Star Formation and Black Hole Activity in 3C 368 at z = 1.131: Coeval Growth of Stellar and Supermassive Black Hole Masses^∗ ^† 2017 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown),G. J. Stacey,Drew Brisbin,Carl Ferkinhoff,S. Hailey-Dunsheath,Thomas Nikola,Dominik A. Riechers,Chelsea E. Sharon,H. W. W. Spoon,(unknown)	5
10	Molecular Outflows in Local ULIRGs: Energetics from Multitransition OH Analysis 2017 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·E. González-Alfonso,J. Fischer,H. W. W. Spoon,K. P. Stewart,M. L. N. Ashby,Sylvain Veilleux,H. A. Smith,E. Sturm,D. Farrah,N. Falstad,M. Meléndez,J. Graciá‐Carpio,A. Janssen,V. Lebouteiller	99
11	Atomic hydrogen bridge fueling NGC 4418 with gas from VV 655 2017 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·E. Varenius,F. Costagliola,H.-R. Klöckner,(unknown),H. W. W. Spoon,I. Martí‐Vidal,J. E. Conway,George C. Privon,S. König	7
12	The active nucleus of the ULIRG IRAS F00183–7111 viewed byNuSTAR 2017 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·K. Iwasawa,H. W. W. Spoon,A. Comastri,R. Gilli,G. Lanzuisi,E. Piconcelli,C. Vignali,M. Brusa,Simonetta Puccetti	2
13	HERUS: A CO ATLAS FROM SPIRE SPECTROSCOPY OF LOCAL ULIRGs 2016 ·The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Chris Pearson,D. Rigopoulou,Peter D. Hurley,D. Farrah,J. Afonso,J. Bernard‐Salas,Colin Borys,D. L. Clements,D. Cormier,A. Efstathiou,E. González-Alfonso,V. Lebouteiller,H. W. W. Spoon	24
14	STRONG C⁺EMISSION IN GALAXIES ATz∼ 1-2: EVIDENCE FOR COLD FLOW ACCRETION POWERED STAR FORMATION IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE 2015 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Drew Brisbin,Carl Ferkinhoff,Thomas Nikola,Stephen C. Parshley,G. J. Stacey,H. W. W. Spoon,Steven Hailey-Dunsheath,A. Verma	33
15	iSPITZER/i Mid-IR Spectroscopy of Powerful 2Jy and 3CRR Radio Galaxies. II. AGN Power Indicators and Unification 2014 ·Open Research Online (The Open University) ·D. Dicken,C. N. Tadhunter,R. Morganti,D. J. Axon,A. Robinson,(unknown),Preeti Kharb,C. Ramos Almeida,B. Mingo,M. J. Hardcastle,N. P. H. Nesvadba,Veeresh Singh,M. B. N. Kouwenhoven,M. Franklin Rose,H. W. W. Spoon,K. J. Inskip,J. Holt	22
16	The Mrk 231 molecular outflow as seen in OH 2013 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·E. González-Alfonso,J. Fischer,J. Graciá‐Carpio,N. Falstad,E. Sturm,M. Meléndez,H. W. W. Spoon,A. Verma,R. Davies,D. Lutz,S. Aalto,Emil Polisensky,A. Poglitsch,Sylvain Veilleux,A. Contursi	41
17	Standard stars observed with the Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope 2011 ·AAS ·G. C. Sloan,(unknown),H. W. W. Spoon,V. Lebouteiller,J. Bernard‐Salas,D. J. Barry	1
18	Ultra-Deep Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Luminous Infrared Galaxies at z ∼ 1 and z ∼ 2 2010 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·D. Fadda,Lin Yan,G. Lagache,Anna Sajina,D. Lutz,Stijn Wuyts,D. T. Frayer,D. Marcillac,E. Le Floc’h,K. I. Caputi,H. W. W. Spoon,Sylvain Veilleux,A. W. Blain,G. Hélou	36
19	The Distribution of Silicate Strength of AGNs and ULIRGs 2007 ·ASPC ·Lei Hao,D. W. Weedman,H. W. W. Spoon,J. L. Marshall,N. A. Levenson,Moshe Elitzur,J. R. Houck	1
20	The obscured mid-infrared continuum of NGC 4418: A dust- and ice-enshrouded AGN 2001 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·H. W. W. Spoon,J. V. Keane,A. G. G. M. Tielens,D. Lutz,A. F. M. Moorwood	64

About H. W. W. Spoon

H. W. W. Spoon is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, having authored 92 papers that have together received 5.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (79 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (68 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (52 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (1.3k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (5.4k citations) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (532 citations). H. W. W. Spoon has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

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