Ian B. Thompson

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

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Ian B. Thompson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian B. Thompson has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 22 papers in Instrumentation and 6 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Ian B. Thompson's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (37 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (24 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (22 papers). Ian B. Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (37 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (24 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (22 papers). Ian B. Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Poland. Ian B. Thompson's co-authors include Stephen A. Shectman, Greg Burley, George W. Preston, C. Sneden, Ian U. Roederer, Jeffrey D. Crane, Jennifer Helsby, Jean-René Gauthier, Hsiao‐Wen Chen and R. Paul Butler 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

Ian B. Thompson

46 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.

OBLIQUITIES OF HOT JUPITER HOST STARS: EVIDENCE FOR TIDAL INTERACTIONS AND PRIMORDIAL MISALIGNMENTS

2012 296 citations Simon Albrecht, Joshua N. Winn et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
A SEARCH FOR STARS OF VERY LOW METAL ABUNDANCE. VI. DETAILED ABUNDANCES OF 313 METAL-POOR STARS

2014 286 citations Ian U. Roederer, George W. Preston et al. The Astronomical Journal profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Search for Nearby Earth Analogs. II. Detection of Five New Planets, Eight Planet Candidates, and Confirmation of Three Planets around Nine Nearby M Dwarfs* 2020 ·The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Fabo Feng, R. Paul Butler, Stephen A. Shectman, Jeffrey D. Crane, Steve Vogt, John Chambers, H. R. A. Jones, Sharon X. Wang, Johanna Teske, Jennifer Burt, Matías R. Díaz, Ian B. Thompson	19
2	Metal-rich RRc Stars in the Carnegie RR Lyrae Survey 2018 ·The Astronomical Journal ·C. Sneden, George W. Preston, Juna A. Kollmeier, Jeffrey D. Crane, N. Morrell, J. L. Prieto, Stephen A. Shectman, D. M. Skowron, Ian B. Thompson	8
3	Detection of a Population of Carbon-enhanced Metal-poor Stars in the Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy^∗ 2018 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Anirudh Chiti, Joshua D. Simon, Anna Frebel, Ian B. Thompson, Stephen A. Shectman, Mario Mateo, John I. Bailey, Jeffrey D. Crane, Matthew G. Walker	24
4	A Six-planet System around the Star HD 34445 2017 ·The Astronomical Journal ·Steven S. Vogt, R. Paul Butler, Jennifer Burt, Mikko Tuomi, Gregory Laughlin, B. Holden, Johanna Teske, Stephen A. Shectman, Jeffrey D. Crane, Matías R. Díaz, Ian B. Thompson, P. Arriagada, Sandy Keiser	5
5	RR Lyrae stars in NGC 6362 2017 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·R. Smolec, P. Moskalik, J. Kałużny, W. Pych, M. Różyczka, Ian B. Thompson	10
6	Metal-poor stars towards the Galactic bulge: A population potpourri 2015 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Andreas Koch, Andrew McWilliam, George W. Preston, Ian B. Thompson	38
7	A SEARCH FOR STARS OF VERY LOW METAL ABUNDANCE. VI. DETAILED ABUNDANCES OF 313 METAL-POOR STARS breakdown → 2014 ·The Astronomical Journal ·Ian U. Roederer, George W. Preston, Ian B. Thompson, Stephen A. Shectman, C. Sneden, Greg Burley, Daniel D. Kelson	286
8	A HIGH STELLAR OBLIQUITY IN THE WASP-7 EXOPLANETARY SYSTEM 2011 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Simon Albrecht, Joshua N. Winn, R. Paul Butler, Jeffrey D. Crane, Stephen A. Shectman, Ian B. Thompson, Teruyuki Hirano, Robert A. Wittenmyer	31
9	The Carnegie Planet Finder Spectrograph: integration and commissioning 2010 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Jeffrey D. Crane, Stephen A. Shectman, R. Paul Butler, Ian B. Thompson, Christoph Birk, (unknown), Greg Burley	39
10	WHAT DETERMINES THE INCIDENCE AND EXTENT OF Mg II ABSORBING GAS AROUND GALAXIES? 2010 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Hsiao‐Wen Chen, Vivienne Wild, Jeremy L. Tinker, Jean-René Gauthier, Jennifer Helsby, Stephen A. Shectman, Ian B. Thompson	72
11	AN EMPIRICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF EXTENDED COOL GAS AROUND GALAXIES USING Mg II ABSORPTION FEATURES 2010 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Hsiao‐Wen Chen, Jennifer Helsby, Jean-René Gauthier, Stephen A. Shectman, Ian B. Thompson, Jeremy L. Tinker	182
12	Detailed Chemical Abundances in a Metal-Poor Stellar Stream 2009 ·Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union ·Ian U. Roederer, C. Sneden, Ian B. Thompson, George W. Preston, Stephen A. Shectman	0
13	The Carnegie Planet Finder Spectrograph: a status report 2008 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Jeffrey D. Crane, Stephen A. Shectman, R. Paul Butler, Ian B. Thompson, Greg Burley	17
14	Brightness variation of the asteroid (35690) 1999 CT21 2006 ·The Minor planet bulletin ·P. Pietrukowicz, Tadeusz Michałowski, W. Pych, J. Kałużny, Ian B. Thompson	0
15	Clusters AgeS Experiment. New variable stars in the globular cluster M 22 2001 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·J. Kałużny, Ian B. Thompson	10
16	Infrared Photometry of the Globular Cluster Terzan 6 1995 ·The Astronomical Journal ·Gregory G. Fahlman, (unknown), Ian B. Thompson	5
17	Color distributions in early type galaxies. III - Radial gradients in spectral features 1991 ·The Astronomical Journal ·Todd A. Boroson, Ian B. Thompson	11
18	The evolution of the magnetic fields of AP stars - Magnetic observations of stars in the Scorpius-Centaurus association 1987 ·The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Ian B. Thompson, Douglas Brown, J. D. Landstreet	35
19	The extraordinary magnetic variation of the helium-strong star HD 37776 - A quadrupole field configuration 1985 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Ian B. Thompson, J. D. Landstreet	47
20	Survey of Nearby Abell Clusters for Narrow Emission-Line Galaxies: A347 and A1367 1984 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·Alan Dressler, Ian B. Thompson, Stephen A. Shectman	2

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