John B. Irwin

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 668 citations indexed

About

John B. Irwin is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, John B. Irwin has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 668 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5 papers in Instrumentation and 4 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in John B. Irwin's work include History and Developments in Astronomy (7 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (7 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (5 papers). John B. Irwin is often cited by papers focused on History and Developments in Astronomy (7 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (7 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (5 papers). John B. Irwin collaborates with scholars based in United States and Chile. John B. Irwin's co-authors include Marina Shmakova, A. U. Landolt, Jay Anderson, Keith Baker, Seymour L. Hess, R. Nolthenius and Daniel V. Cotton and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Astrophysical Journal and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

John B. Irwin

22 papers receiving 618 citations

Hit Papers

The Determination of a Light-Time Orbit. 1952 2026 1976 2001 1952 100 200 300
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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. The Determination of a Light-Time Orbit.
    1952 343 citations John B. Irwin The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John B. Irwin United States 9 623 198 49 29 19 28 668
R. R. Shobbrook Australia 15 744 1.2× 303 1.5× 68 1.4× 35 1.2× 14 0.7× 76 767
S. G. Levy 9 552 0.9× 218 1.1× 40 0.8× 14 0.5× 10 0.5× 24 566
A. E. Whitford United States 12 717 1.2× 301 1.5× 72 1.5× 38 1.3× 14 0.7× 31 748
Alan H. Batten Canada 8 584 0.9× 237 1.2× 59 1.2× 30 1.0× 12 0.6× 54 627
L. Binnendijk United States 11 576 0.9× 144 0.7× 50 1.0× 38 1.3× 31 1.6× 42 623
L. L. Stryker United States 10 416 0.7× 167 0.8× 31 0.6× 27 0.9× 11 0.6× 15 430
D. H. McNamara United States 12 618 1.0× 236 1.2× 87 1.8× 17 0.6× 9 0.5× 98 649
W. Van Rensbergen Belgium 12 551 0.9× 146 0.7× 27 0.6× 26 0.9× 14 0.7× 35 586
J. B. Hearnshaw New Zealand 9 417 0.7× 182 0.9× 36 0.7× 35 1.2× 10 0.5× 57 447
Otto Struve United States 10 411 0.7× 105 0.5× 43 0.9× 14 0.5× 7 0.4× 122 462

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John B. Irwin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nolthenius, R., et al.. (2025). Discovery of a New Satellite or Ring Arc around (50000) Quaoar. Research Notes of the AAS. 9(8). 226–226.
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Irwin, John B. & Marina Shmakova. (2005). Higher moments in weak gravitational lensing and dark matter structures. New Astronomy Reviews. 49(2-6). 83–91. 14 indexed citations
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Irwin, John B. & Marina Shmakova. (2004). COSMOLOGICAL FINAL FOCUS SYSTEMS. 263–271. 2 indexed citations
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Irwin, John B., et al.. (1978). Prison Education: Project NewGate and Other College Programs. The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-). 69(1). 136–136. 10 indexed citations
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Irwin, John B., et al.. (1973). World's Astronomers Meet in Australia. Sky and Telescope. 46. 356. 1 indexed citations
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Irwin, John B.. (1966). The Training of an Astronomer. Science. 152(3729). 1597–1599. 4 indexed citations
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Irwin, John B.. (1966). Variation of seeing with zenith distance. The Astronomical Journal. 71. 28–28. 6 indexed citations
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Irwin, John B.. (1963). The Differential Limb Darkening of S. CANCRI. The Astrophysical Journal. 138. 1104–1104.
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Irwin, John B.. (1961). Southern Cepheid Photometry.. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 6. 253–253. 24 indexed citations
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Irwin, John B.. (1960). 1. Cepheids in Galactic Clusters. Transactions of the International Astronomical Union. 10. 680–684.
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Irwin, John B.. (1960). The first 70,000. Vistas in Astronomy. 3. 147–170. 1 indexed citations
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Irwin, John B.. (1959). Standard light-time curves. The Astronomical Journal. 64. 149–149. 191 indexed citations
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Irwin, John B.. (1958). Photoelectric observations of 2 southern Cepheids.. The Astronomical Journal. 63. 197–197. 7 indexed citations
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Irwin, John B.. (1955). Cepheid Variables and Galactic Structure. 14. 38. 1 indexed citations
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Irwin, John B.. (1952). The Determination of a Spectroscopic Binary Orbit.. The Astrophysical Journal. 116. 218–218. 12 indexed citations
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Hess, Seymour L. & John B. Irwin. (1952). Cloudiness in Relation to Choice of Astronomical Sites. Science. 115(2998). 655–656. 2 indexed citations
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Irwin, John B.. (1952). The direction of rotation of the spiral nebulae.. The Astronomical Journal. 57. 15–15. 1 indexed citations
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Irwin, John B.. (1951). An Astronomical Visit to South Africa. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 63. 111–111. 1 indexed citations

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