Ivan R. King

13.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
137 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Ivan R. King is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ivan R. King has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 72 papers in Instrumentation and 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ivan R. King's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (93 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (72 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (40 papers). Ivan R. King is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (93 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (72 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (40 papers). Ivan R. King collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. Ivan R. King's co-authors include Jay Anderson, G. Piotto, L. R. Bedin, S. G. Djorgovski, S. Cassisi, S. C. Trager, Ata Sarajedini, A. Aparicio, A. P. Milone and G. Carraro and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ivan R. King

128 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

The structure of star clusters. I. an empirical density law 1962 2026 1983 2004 1962 1966 2016 400 800 1.2k
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. The structure of star clusters. I. an empirical density law
    1962 1.2k citations Ivan R. King The Astronomical Journal profile →
  2. The structure of star clusters. III. Some simple dvriamical models
    1966 1.1k citations Ivan R. King The Astronomical Journal profile →
  3. TheHubble Space TelescopeUV Legacy Survey of Galactic globular clusters – IX. The Atlas of multiple stellar populations
    2016 322 citations A. P. Milone, G. Piotto et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ivan R. King United States 41 7.8k 3.8k 589 373 367 137 8.1k
J. R. Mould United States 49 7.8k 1.0× 2.7k 0.7× 995 1.7× 311 0.8× 177 0.5× 298 8.1k
Judith G. Cohen United States 49 7.3k 0.9× 3.6k 0.9× 755 1.3× 282 0.8× 115 0.3× 180 7.5k
J. B. Oke United States 35 6.4k 0.8× 2.5k 0.7× 1.0k 1.8× 421 1.1× 141 0.4× 190 6.8k
Jon A. Holtzman United States 49 6.9k 0.9× 2.8k 0.8× 664 1.1× 319 0.9× 139 0.4× 150 7.2k
Stephen A. Shectman United States 40 5.4k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 688 1.2× 380 1.0× 234 0.6× 142 5.8k
Richard B. Larson United States 37 9.5k 1.2× 2.5k 0.7× 793 1.3× 341 0.9× 323 0.9× 79 9.7k
Steven S. Vogt United States 54 8.6k 1.1× 2.8k 0.7× 381 0.6× 436 1.2× 170 0.5× 144 8.9k
G. de Vaucouleurs United States 32 5.6k 0.7× 2.2k 0.6× 815 1.4× 199 0.5× 392 1.1× 269 6.1k
Martin D. Weinberg United States 39 5.8k 0.7× 2.7k 0.7× 491 0.8× 163 0.4× 488 1.3× 94 6.0k
Barry F. Madore United States 50 9.6k 1.2× 3.2k 0.8× 1.4k 2.3× 396 1.1× 213 0.6× 234 10.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ivan R. King

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Libralato, Mattia, Andrea Bellini, Enrico Vesperini, et al.. (2022). The Hubble Space Telescope UV Legacy Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters. XXIII. Proper-motion Catalogs and Internal Kinematics. The Astrophysical Journal. 934(2). 150–150. 65 indexed citations
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Bellini, Andrea, Jay Anderson, Roeland P. van der Marel, et al.. (2017). The State-of-the-art HST Astro-photometric Analysis of the Core of ω Centauri. II. Differential-reddening Map∗. The Astrophysical Journal. 842(1). 7–7. 27 indexed citations
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Bellini, Andrea, Jay Anderson, L. R. Bedin, et al.. (2017). The State-of-the-art HST Astro-photometric Analysis of the Core of ω Centauri. I. The Catalog∗. The Astrophysical Journal. 842(1). 6–6. 93 indexed citations
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Bellini, Andrea, A. P. Milone, Jay Anderson, et al.. (2017). The State-of-the-art HST Astro-photometric Analysis of the Core of ω Centauri. III. The Main Sequence's Multiple Populations Galore*. The Astrophysical Journal. 844(2). 164–164. 46 indexed citations
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Hansen, Brad M. S., Jason S. Kalirai, Aaron Dotter, et al.. (2013). An age difference of two billion years between a metal-rich and a metal-poor globular cluster. Nature. 500(7460). 51–53. 85 indexed citations
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King, Ivan R.. (2007). The Simple Underlying Dynamics of Globular Clusters. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 3(S246). 131–140. 1 indexed citations
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Bedin, L. R., G. Piotto, G. Carraro, Ivan R. King, & Jay Anderson. (2006). The absolute motion of the peculiar cluster NGC 6791. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 35 indexed citations
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Milone, A. P., S. Villanova, L. R. Bedin, et al.. (2006). Absolute motions of globular clusters. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 456(2). 517–522. 23 indexed citations
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Anderson, Jay & Ivan R. King. (2003). The Rotation of the Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae in the Plane of the Sky. The Astronomical Journal. 126(2). 772–777. 59 indexed citations
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King, Ivan R.. (1999). Galactic Astronomy, by James Binney and Michael Merrifield. 52(8). 64–65. 17 indexed citations
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King, Ivan R., et al.. (1995). Mass Segregation in the Globular Cluster NGC 6397. The Astrophysical Journal. 452(1). 25 indexed citations
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Deharveng, J. M., R. Albrecht, C. Barbieri, et al.. (1994). The massive star content of the blue dwarf galaxy IZw 36 from Faint Object Camera observations. A&A. 288. 413–424. 1 indexed citations
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King, Ivan R., et al.. (1994). Removing Diagonal Stripes from FOC Images. 128. 1 indexed citations
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Gilmore, Gerry, et al.. (1989). The Milky Way as a galaxy : nineteenth advanced course of the Swiss Society of Astrophysics and Astronomy (member society of the Swiss Academy of Sciences). 5 indexed citations
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King, Ivan R., et al.. (1977). Magnitude-Diameter Relations for Star Images on the Palomar Sky Survey Prints. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 89. 120–120. 43 indexed citations
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Tinsley, B. M. & Ivan R. King. (1976). Distribution of evolved stars in Messier 67. The Astronomical Journal. 81. 835–835. 6 indexed citations
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Peterson, C. J. & Ivan R. King. (1973). The Structure of Star Clusters.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 5. 385. 39 indexed citations
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King, Ivan R., et al.. (1973). A Tidally Truncated Elliptical Galaxy. The Astrophysical Journal. 181. 27–27. 7 indexed citations
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King, Ivan R. & R. Minkowski. (1966). Some Properties of Elliptical Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 143. 1002–1002. 19 indexed citations
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King, Ivan R.. (1966). Five New Open Clusters. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 78. 81–81. 1 indexed citations

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