J. B. Oke

12.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
190 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

J. B. Oke is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. B. Oke has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 107 papers in Instrumentation and 43 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in J. B. Oke's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (107 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (103 papers) and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (43 papers). J. B. Oke is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (107 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (103 papers) and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (43 papers). J. B. Oke collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. J. B. Oke's co-authors include James E. Gunn, J. E. Gunn, Frederick H. Harris, Sandra Labrecque, W. Schaal, R. Lucinio, John Cromer, Judy Cohen, J. M. Mïller and A. Dingizian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

J. B. Oke

187 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

Secondary standard stars for absolute spectrophotometry 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 1995 1990 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. Secondary standard stars for absolute spectrophotometry
    1983 1.4k citations J. B. Oke, James E. Gunn The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. The Keck Low-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
    1995 1.1k citations J. B. Oke et al. profile →
  3. Faint spectrophotometric standard stars
    1990 589 citations J. B. Oke The Astronomical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. B. Oke United States 35 6.4k 2.5k 1.0k 421 211 190 6.8k
D. Crampton Canada 40 7.1k 1.1× 3.1k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 558 1.3× 297 1.4× 261 7.5k
H. C. Ford United States 49 7.6k 1.2× 3.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 429 1.0× 110 0.5× 203 7.8k
J. R. Mould United States 49 7.8k 1.2× 2.7k 1.1× 995 1.0× 311 0.7× 290 1.4× 298 8.1k
Donald E. Osterbrock United States 37 8.7k 1.4× 2.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.6× 711 1.7× 264 1.3× 200 9.3k
Maarten Schmidt United States 35 7.8k 1.2× 2.1k 0.8× 2.4k 2.3× 237 0.6× 164 0.8× 120 8.2k
Ronald L. Gilliland United States 44 7.5k 1.2× 2.7k 1.1× 894 0.9× 493 1.2× 283 1.3× 184 8.0k
Hyron Spinrad United States 40 5.8k 0.9× 1.5k 0.6× 1.9k 1.8× 199 0.5× 88 0.4× 249 6.1k
G. de Vaucouleurs United States 32 5.6k 0.9× 2.2k 0.9× 815 0.8× 199 0.5× 286 1.4× 269 6.1k
B. T. Soifer United States 44 7.4k 1.1× 1.9k 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 501 1.2× 115 0.5× 175 7.6k
W. L. W. Sargent United States 64 12.1k 1.9× 3.2k 1.3× 3.2k 3.1× 414 1.0× 223 1.1× 284 12.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. B. Oke

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. B. Oke

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Roberts, Scott, C. L. Morbey, Dennis R. Crabtree, et al.. (2003). Canadian very large optical telescope technical studies. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4840. 104–104. 3 indexed citations
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Lubin, L. M., J. B. Oke, & Marc Postman. (2002). Evidence for Cluster Evolution from an Improved Measurement of the Velocity Dispersion and Morphological Fraction of Cluster 1324+3011 at [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] = 0.76. The Astronomical Journal. 124(4). 1905–1917. 45 indexed citations
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Lubin, Lori M., Marc Postman, & J. B. Oke. (1998). A Group-Group Merger at a Redshift of [ITAL]z[/ITAL] = 0.84?. The Astronomical Journal. 116(2). 643–656. 18 indexed citations
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Postman, Marc, L. M. Lubin, J. E. Gunn, et al.. (1995). The Palomar Distant Cluster Survey. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 187. 1 indexed citations
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Cohen, Judith G., et al.. (1995). Absorption Lines in the Gravitational Lens System MG 0414+0534. The Astronomical Journal. 110. 2583–2583. 7 indexed citations
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Nakajima, Takashi Y., S. R. Kulkarni, P. W. Gorham, et al.. (1988). Optical Aperture Synthesis Imaging of Two Binary Stars. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 20. 1077. 2 indexed citations
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Greenstein, Jesse L., J. B. Oke, & H. L. Shipman. (1985). On the redshift of Sirius B.. Quarterly journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 26(3). 279–288. 2 indexed citations
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Boroson, Todd A., S. E. Persson, & J. B. Oke. (1985). More spectroscopy of the fuzz around QSOs - Additional evidence for two types of QSO. The Astrophysical Journal. 293. 120–120. 57 indexed citations
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Boroson, Todd A. & J. B. Oke. (1984). The Nature of the Underlying Galaxy in the QSO 3C 273. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 16. 731. 1 indexed citations
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Oke, J. B. & James E. Gunn. (1982). Secondary standard stars for absolute spectrophotometry. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 83. 11000. 1 indexed citations
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Oke, J. B. & D. G. Korycansky. (1982). Absolute spectrophotometry of very large redshift quasars. The Astrophysical Journal. 255. 11–11. 52 indexed citations
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Oke, J. B.. (1981). A New Cassegrain Spectrograph for the Hale 5-meter Telescope. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 13. 509. 1 indexed citations
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Oke, J. B., et al.. (1975). Nova Monocerotis 1975 (=A 0620-00).. International Astronomical Union Circular. 2840. 1.
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Oke, J. B. & James E. Gunn. (1974). The Distance of BL Lacertae. The Astrophysical Journal. 189. L5–L5. 21 indexed citations
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Lowrance, J. L., et al.. (1971). Absorption Lines in the Quasistellar Object PHL 957.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 3. 238. 2 indexed citations
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Schild, Rudolph E. & J. B. Oke. (1971). Energy Distributions and K-Corrections for the Total Light from Giant Elliptical Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 169. 209–209. 7 indexed citations
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Oke, J. B. & Rudolph E. Schild. (1968). A Practical Multiple Reflection Technique for Improving the Quantum Efficiency of Photomultiplier Tubes. Applied Optics. 7(4). 617–617. 7 indexed citations
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Danziger, I. J. & J. B. Oke. (1967). Spectrophotometry of VZ CANCRI. The Astrophysical Journal. 147. 151–151. 2 indexed citations
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Oke, J. B.. (1957). The 97th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 51. 244. 10 indexed citations
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Beals, C. S. & J. B. Oke. (1953). On the Relation Between Distance and Intensity For Interstellar Calcium and Sodium Lines. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 113(5). 530–552. 17 indexed citations

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