J. Brinkmann

106.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
102 papers, 20.5k citations indexed

About

J. Brinkmann is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Brinkmann has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 20.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 papers in Instrumentation and 15 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in J. Brinkmann's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (86 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (50 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (49 papers). J. Brinkmann is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (86 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (50 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (49 papers). J. Brinkmann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. J. Brinkmann's co-authors include Timothy M. Heckman, Christy Tremonti, Guinevere Kauffmann, Simon D. M. White, J. Brinchmann, Donald P. Schneider, M. Fukugita, S. Charlot, David J. Schlegel and Michael R. Blanton 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

J. Brinkmann

102 papers receiving 19.9k citations

Hit Papers

The host galaxies of active galactic nuclei 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2004 2004 2004 2003 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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 host galaxies of active galactic nuclei
    2003 2.3k citations Timothy M. Heckman, Christy Tremonti et al. profile →
  2. The Origin of the Mass‐Metallicity Relation: Insights from 53,000 Star‐forming Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
    2004 2.1k citations Christy Tremonti, Timothy M. Heckman et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  3. The physical properties of star-forming galaxies in the low-redshift Universe
    2004 1.9k citations Christy Tremonti, Timothy M. Heckman et al. profile →
  4. Quantifying the Bimodal Color‐Magnitude Distribution of Galaxies
    2004 852 citations J. Brinkmann, Željko Ivezić et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  5. The dependence of star formation history and internal structure on stellar mass for 105low-redshift galaxies
    2003 766 citations Timothy M. Heckman, Christy Tremonti et al. profile →
  6. New York University Value-Added Galaxy Catalog: A Galaxy Catalog Based on New Public Surveys
    2005 743 citations Michael R. Blanton, David J. Schlegel et al. The Astronomical Journal profile →
  7. The size distribution of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
    2003 705 citations Michael R. Blanton, W. Voges et al. profile →
  8. The Galaxy Luminosity Function and Luminosity Density at Redshiftz= 0.1
    2003 613 citations Michael R. Blanton, David W. Hogg et al. The Astrophysical 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. Brinkmann United States 65 20.1k 9.9k 2.5k 1.5k 970 102 20.5k
Guinevere Kauffmann Germany 61 22.5k 1.1× 11.4k 1.2× 3.2k 1.3× 1.0k 0.7× 985 1.0× 165 22.9k
R. G. Bower United Kingdom 78 20.0k 1.0× 10.9k 1.1× 3.2k 1.2× 804 0.5× 857 0.9× 256 20.6k
Avishai Dekel United States 74 20.7k 1.0× 10.7k 1.1× 3.0k 1.2× 720 0.5× 859 0.9× 257 21.1k
David J. Schlegel United States 51 19.7k 1.0× 7.6k 0.8× 3.4k 1.3× 840 0.6× 687 0.7× 138 20.4k
Frank C. van den Bosch United States 66 13.4k 0.7× 7.3k 0.7× 2.3k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 956 1.0× 167 13.7k
Shy Genel United States 63 21.7k 1.1× 11.0k 1.1× 3.4k 1.4× 782 0.5× 1.3k 1.3× 130 22.7k
Alan Dressler United States 58 17.9k 0.9× 8.8k 0.9× 2.5k 1.0× 724 0.5× 704 0.7× 185 18.2k
Paul Torrey United States 65 22.6k 1.1× 11.2k 1.1× 3.5k 1.4× 820 0.6× 1.3k 1.4× 170 23.6k
Hans‐Walter Rix Germany 81 22.5k 1.1× 11.6k 1.2× 2.1k 0.8× 680 0.5× 568 0.6× 343 23.0k
Shaun Cole United Kingdom 60 21.8k 1.1× 10.6k 1.1× 5.0k 2.0× 1.2k 0.8× 939 1.0× 183 22.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. Brinkmann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Brinkmann

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Miyatake, Hironao, Surhud More, Rachel Mandelbaum, et al.. (2018). The Weak Lensing Signal and the Clustering of BOSS Galaxies I: Measurements. Figshare. 28 indexed citations
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Kazin, Eyal, Michael R. Blanton, Román Scoccimarro, et al.. (2010). THE BARYONIC ACOUSTIC FEATURE AND LARGE-SCALE CLUSTERING IN THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY LUMINOUS RED GALAXY SAMPLE. The Astrophysical Journal. 710(2). 1444–1461. 145 indexed citations
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West, Andrew A., D. A. García-Appadoo, Julianne J. Dalcanton, et al.. (2009). H I-SELECTED GALAXIES IN THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY. I. OPTICAL DATA. The Astronomical Journal. 139(2). 315–328. 25 indexed citations
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Berlind, Andreas A., Joshua A. Frieman, David H. Weinberg, et al.. (2006). Percolation Galaxy Groups and Clusters in the SDSS Redshift Survey: Identification, Catalogs, and the Multiplicity Function. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 167(1). 1–25. 228 indexed citations
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Ptak, A., Nadia L. Zakamska, Michael A. Strauss, et al.. (2006). Type II Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. IV.ChandraandXMM‐NewtonObservations Reveal Heavily Absorbed Sources. The Astrophysical Journal. 637(1). 147–156. 31 indexed citations
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Shemmer, Ohad, W. N. Brandt, Donald P. Schneider, et al.. (2006). ChandraObservations of the Highest Redshift Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The Astrophysical Journal. 644(1). 86–99. 73 indexed citations
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Zehavi, Idit, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Robert C. Nichol, et al.. (2005). The Intermediate‐Scale Clustering of Luminous Red Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 621(1). 22–31. 128 indexed citations
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Popesso, P., H. Böhringer, J. Brinkmann, W. Voges, & D. G. York. (2004). RASS-SDSS Galaxy clusters survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 423(2). 449–467. 71 indexed citations
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Krzesiński, J., A. Nitta, S. J. Kleinman, et al.. (2004). Fifteen DO, PG 1159 and related white dwarf stars in the SDSS, including two DO stars with ultra-high excitation ion lines. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 417(3). 1093–1099. 12 indexed citations
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Richards, Gordon T., Robert C. Nichol, Alexander Gray, et al.. (2004). Efficient Photometric Selection of Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: 100,000 z < 3 Quasars from Data Release One. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 155(2). 257–269. 125 indexed citations
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Hopkins, Andrew, C. J. Miller, R. C. Nichol, et al.. (2003). Star Formation Rate Indicators in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The Astrophysical Journal. 599(2). 971–991. 225 indexed citations
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Pentericci, L., Hans‐Walter Rix, Francisco Prada, et al.. (2003). The near-IR properties and continuum shapes of high redshift quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 410(1). 75–82. 20 indexed citations
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Hogg, David W., Michael R. Blanton, Daniel J. Eisenstein, et al.. (2003). The Overdensities of Galaxy Environments as a Function of Luminosity and Color. The Astrophysical Journal. 585(1). L5–L9. 203 indexed citations
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Odenkirchen, M., E. K. Grebel, Walter Dehnen, et al.. (2003). The Extended Tails of Palomar 5: A 10 Arc of Globular Cluster Tidal Debris. The Astronomical Journal. 126(5). 2385–2407. 193 indexed citations
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Newberg, Heidi Jo, B. Yanny, E. K. Grebel, et al.. (2003). Sagittarius Tidal Debris 90 Kiloparsecs from the Galactic Center. The Astrophysical Journal. 596(2). L191–L194. 108 indexed citations
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Blanton, Michael R., J. Brinkmann, István Csabai, et al.. (2003). Estimating Fixed-Frame Galaxy Magnitudes in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The Astronomical Journal. 125(5). 2348–2360. 320 indexed citations
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Brandt, W. N., Donald P. Schneider, Xiaohui Fan, et al.. (2002). Exploratory Chandra Observations of the Three Highest Redshift Quasars. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Hikage, Chiaki, Yasushi Suto, Issha Kayo, et al.. (2002). Three-Dimensional Genus Statistics of Galaxies in the SDSS Early Data Release. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 54(5). 707–717. 32 indexed citations
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Hoyle, F., Michael S. Vogeley, J. Richard Gott, et al.. (2002). Two‐dimensional Topology of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The Astrophysical Journal. 580(2). 663–671. 35 indexed citations
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Chen, Bing, Chris Stoughton, J. A. Smith, et al.. (2001). Stellar Population Studies with the SDSS. I. The Vertical Distribution of Stars in the Milky Way. The Astrophysical Journal. 553(1). 184–197. 226 indexed citations

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