J. F. Lightfoot

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 701 citations indexed

About

J. F. Lightfoot is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, J. F. Lightfoot has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 701 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 10 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in J. F. Lightfoot's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (10 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (9 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (8 papers). J. F. Lightfoot is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (10 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (9 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (8 papers). J. F. Lightfoot collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. J. F. Lightfoot's co-authors include Tim Jenness, J. A. Stevens, E. I. Robson, J. A. Murphy, M. J. Griffin, Colin Cunningham, R. J. Ivison, D. A. Naylor, W. K. Gear and P. A. R. Ade and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Astrophysics and Space Science.

In The Last Decade

J. F. Lightfoot

32 papers receiving 679 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. SCUBA: a common-user submillimetre camera operating on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
    1999 480 citations W. S. Holland, E. I. Robson et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 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. F. Lightfoot United Kingdom 9 665 105 104 103 76 34 701
J. Lequeux France 18 922 1.4× 179 1.7× 93 0.9× 114 1.1× 70 0.9× 122 1.0k
E. V. Tollestrup United States 13 612 0.9× 145 1.4× 84 0.8× 70 0.7× 34 0.4× 29 647
Frank N. Bash United States 14 809 1.2× 130 1.2× 267 2.6× 53 0.5× 35 0.5× 46 852
Susanne Hüttemeister Germany 12 746 1.1× 69 0.7× 141 1.4× 109 1.1× 50 0.7× 31 775
Michael Jura United States 7 941 1.4× 111 1.1× 108 1.0× 85 0.8× 62 0.8× 9 967
B. Buckalew United States 10 819 1.2× 171 1.6× 45 0.4× 69 0.7× 43 0.6× 27 836
N. F. H. Tothill Australia 13 763 1.1× 79 0.8× 132 1.3× 144 1.4× 61 0.8× 62 845
D. van Buren United States 15 778 1.2× 87 0.8× 119 1.1× 57 0.6× 26 0.3× 45 834
U. Klaas Germany 21 1.2k 1.8× 240 2.3× 218 2.1× 66 0.6× 45 0.6× 80 1.3k
N. Lu United States 21 1.6k 2.3× 343 3.3× 144 1.4× 96 0.9× 52 0.7× 52 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by J. F. Lightfoot

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. F. Lightfoot

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by J. F. Lightfoot. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by J. F. Lightfoot. The network helps show where J. F. Lightfoot may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. F. Lightfoot

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of J. F. Lightfoot. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of J. F. Lightfoot 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. F. Lightfoot. J. F. Lightfoot 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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Humphreys, E. M. L., R. Indebetouw, Eric Villard, et al.. (2015). ALMA Pipeline: Current Status. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 499. 355. 1 indexed citations
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Murphy, J. A., Créidhe O’Sullivan, G. Savini, et al.. (2015). Diffraction Issues for Far-Infrared Space Interferometry. FT4A.5–FT4A.5. 1 indexed citations
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Lightfoot, J. F., et al.. (2015). FIInS A Python Simulator for a Farinfrared Double Fourier Interferometer in Space. JM3A.9–JM3A.9. 2 indexed citations
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Muders, D., F. Wyrowski, J. F. Lightfoot, et al.. (2010). The ALMA Pipeline. 485. 383. 2 indexed citations
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Dent, W. R. F., P. E. Dewdney, T. Burgess, et al.. (2009). A large-scale CO survey of the Rosette Molecular Cloud: assessing the effects of O stars on surrounding molecular gas. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 395(4). 1805–1821. 19 indexed citations
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Jenness, Tim & J. F. Lightfoot. (2003). SURF -- SCUBA User Reduction Facility. 216. 5 indexed citations
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Lightfoot, J. F., et al.. (2003). JCMTDR -- Applications for Reducing JCMT GSD Data. 132. 1 indexed citations
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Economou, Frossie, Tim Jenness, Craig Walther, et al.. (2002). The JCMT Observatory Control System. ASPC. 281. 500. 2 indexed citations
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Lightfoot, J. F., et al.. (2000). The ACSIS Data Reduction System. 216. 502.
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Holland, W. S., E. I. Robson, W. K. Gear, et al.. (1999). SCUBA: a common-user submillimetre camera operating on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 303(4). 659–672. 480 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sandell, G., L. W. Avery, F. Baas, et al.. (1999). A Jet–driven, Extreme High‐Velocity Outflow Powered by a Cold, Low‐Luminosity Protostar near NGC 2023. The Astrophysical Journal. 519(1). 236–243. 18 indexed citations
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Jenness, Tim & J. F. Lightfoot. (1998). Reducing SCUBA Data at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. ASPC. 145. 216. 3 indexed citations
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Jenness, Tim, J. F. Lightfoot, & W. S. Holland. (1998). Removing sky contributions from SCUBA data. 31 indexed citations
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Lightfoot, J. F., et al.. (1995). Observing strategies for SCUBA. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 75. 327. 2 indexed citations
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Davis, C. J., W. R. F. Dent, H. E. Matthews, C. Aspin⋆, & J. F. Lightfoot. (1994). Submillimetre and near-infrared observations of L1448: a curving Formula jet with multiple bow shocks. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 266(4). 933–944. 15 indexed citations
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Lightfoot, J. F. & W. M. Glencross. (1986). Molecular hydrogen mapping of Herbig-Haro 7-11; a filamentary bullet?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 221(4). 993–1000. 5 indexed citations
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Lightfoot, J. F., et al.. (1984). Far-infrared photometry of selected sources in the W28 region: M8, W28A2, W28SNR (G6.6 - 0.1), G7.5 + 0.1 and G8.1 + 0.2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 208(2). 197–213. 9 indexed citations
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MacGillivray, H. T., et al.. (1982). Monte-Carlo simulations of Galaxy systems. Astrophysics and Space Science. 81(1-2). 231–250. 8 indexed citations
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MacGillivray, H. T., et al.. (1980). Monte-carlo simulation of the orientations of galaxies in clusters. Astrophysics and Space Science. 70(2). 385–392. 4 indexed citations
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Dodd, R. J., et al.. (1980). Stochastic simulation of fields of galaxies, III. Astrophysics and Space Science. 70(2). 505–512. 2 indexed citations

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