J. Christopher Howk

5.2k total citations
99 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

J. Christopher Howk is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Christopher Howk has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 12 papers in Instrumentation and 11 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in J. Christopher Howk's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (67 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (67 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (51 papers). J. Christopher Howk is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (67 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (67 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (51 papers). J. Christopher Howk collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. J. Christopher Howk's co-authors include Nicolas Lehner, Kenneth R. Sembach, Blair D. Savage, J. X. Prochaska, Arthur M. Wolfe, John M. O’Meara, Bart P. Wakker, Jason Tumlinson, R. S. I. Ryans and F. P. Keenan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

J. Christopher Howk

92 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. Christopher Howk United States 34 3.0k 530 450 173 143 99 3.1k
C. Ledoux Chile 45 4.7k 1.6× 724 1.4× 826 1.8× 192 1.1× 126 0.9× 165 4.9k
N. A. Levenson United States 31 3.3k 1.1× 679 1.3× 591 1.3× 131 0.8× 148 1.0× 102 3.4k
M. J. Page United Kingdom 29 3.1k 1.0× 1.1k 2.0× 599 1.3× 126 0.7× 107 0.7× 125 3.4k
P. Noterdaeme France 33 3.0k 1.0× 593 1.1× 469 1.0× 139 0.8× 95 0.7× 118 3.0k
Todd M. Tripp United States 37 4.2k 1.4× 1.1k 2.1× 739 1.6× 170 1.0× 111 0.8× 107 4.3k
C. J. Lonsdale United States 28 2.6k 0.9× 826 1.6× 499 1.1× 93 0.5× 178 1.2× 128 2.7k
Richard G. Arendt United States 31 3.5k 1.2× 1.1k 2.0× 597 1.3× 91 0.5× 107 0.7× 116 3.6k
J. J. Hester United States 34 3.4k 1.1× 770 1.5× 673 1.5× 75 0.4× 198 1.4× 76 3.5k
S. E. Persson United States 35 3.1k 1.0× 538 1.0× 741 1.6× 115 0.7× 244 1.7× 86 3.2k
G. Sonneborn United States 31 2.9k 1.0× 575 1.1× 317 0.7× 179 1.0× 105 0.7× 128 3.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Christopher Howk

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rubin, Kate H. R., Kyle B. Westfall, Claudia Maraston, et al.. (2025). Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV MaStar: Quantification and Abatement of Interstellar Absorption in the Largest Empirical Stellar Spectral Library. The Astrophysical Journal. 981(1). 31–31.
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Lehner, Nicolas, et al.. (2025). The Warm–Hot Disk–Halo Interface below the Perseus Spiral Arm*. The Astrophysical Journal. 991(1). 92–92.
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Augustin, Ramona, Jason Tumlinson, Molly S. Peeples, et al.. (2025). FOGGIE. X. Characterizing the Small-scale Structure of the Circumgalactic Medium and Its Imprint on Observables. The Astrophysical Journal. 993(1). 52–52.
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Augustin, Ramona, Céline Péroux, Varsha P. Kulkarni, et al.. (2024). MUSE-ALMA Haloes X: the stellar masses of gas-rich absorbing galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(4). 6159–6166.
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Galaz, Gaspar, Jorge González-López, Viviana V. Guzmán, et al.. (2024). First Detection of Molecular Gas in the Giant Low Surface Brightness Galaxy Malin 1. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 975(2). L26–L26. 3 indexed citations
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Kulkarni, Varsha P., Céline Péroux, Ramona Augustin, et al.. (2023). MUSE–ALMA Haloes – IX. Morphologies and stellar properties of gas-rich galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 524(4). 5524–5547. 4 indexed citations
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Tchernyshyov, Kirill, Jessica K. Werk, Matthew C. Wilde, et al.. (2023). The CGM2 Survey: Quenching and the Transformation of the Circumgalactic Medium. The Astrophysical Journal. 949(2). 41–41. 14 indexed citations
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Lehner, Nicolas, J. Christopher Howk, John M. O’Meara, et al.. (2023). The Bimodal Absorption System Imaging Campaign (BASIC). I. A Dual Population of Low-metallicity Absorbers at z < 1. The Astrophysical Journal. 944(1). 101–101. 15 indexed citations
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Wilde, Matthew C., Kirill Tchernyshyov, Jessica K. Werk, et al.. (2023). CGM2 + CASBaH: The Mass Dependence of H i Lyα–Galaxy Clustering and the Extent of the CGM. The Astrophysical Journal. 948(2). 114–114. 6 indexed citations
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Péroux, Céline, A. De, & J. Christopher Howk. (2023). Observed dust surface density across cosmic times. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522(4). 4852–4861. 5 indexed citations
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Péroux, Céline, Ramona Augustin, Varsha P. Kulkarni, et al.. (2022). MUSE-ALMA Haloes – VIII. Statistical study of circumgalactic medium gas. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(1). 931–947. 12 indexed citations
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Péroux, Céline, Ramona Augustin, Varsha P. Kulkarni, et al.. (2022). MUSE–ALMA haloes VII: survey science goals & design, data processing and final catalogues. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 516(4). 5618–5636. 12 indexed citations
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Tchernyshyov, Kirill, Jessica K. Werk, Matthew C. Wilde, et al.. (2022). The CGM2 Survey: Circumgalactic O vi from Dwarf to Massive Star-forming Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 927(2). 147–147. 27 indexed citations
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Prochaska, J. X., Joseph N. Burchett, Todd M. Tripp, et al.. (2019). The COS Absorption Survey of Baryon Harbors: The Galaxy Database and Cross-correlation Analysis of O vi Systems∗. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 243(2). 24–24. 20 indexed citations
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Howk, J. Christopher, Nicolas Lehner, John M. O’Meara, et al.. (2019). The Red Dead Redemption Survey of Circumgalactic Gas about Massive Galaxies. I. Mass and Metallicity of the Cool Phase. The Astrophysical Journal. 883(1). 5–5. 24 indexed citations
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Lehner, Nicolas, et al.. (2019). The COS CGM Compendium. III. Metallicity and Physical Properties of the Cool Circumgalactic Medium at z ≲ 1. The Astrophysical Journal. 887(1). 5–5. 33 indexed citations
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Peeples, Molly S., Lauren Corlies, Jason Tumlinson, et al.. (2019). Figuring Out Gas & Galaxies in Enzo (FOGGIE). I. Resolving Simulated Circumgalactic Absorption at 2 ≤ z ≤ 2.5. The Astrophysical Journal. 873(2). 129–129. 171 indexed citations
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Howk, J. Christopher, Nicolas Lehner, Brian D. Fields, & Grant J. Mathews. (2012). The detection of interstellar lithium in a low-metallicity galaxy. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Bertone, Serena, Joel N. Bregman, Renyue Cen, et al.. (2009). The Cosmic Web. 2010. 270. 1 indexed citations
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Balsara, Dinshaw S., et al.. (2008). Simulating anisotropic thermal conduction in supernova remnants – I. Numerical methods. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 386(2). 627–641. 23 indexed citations

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