John Cromer

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

John Cromer is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Instrumentation and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Cromer has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 8 papers in Instrumentation and 7 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in John Cromer's work include Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (11 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (8 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (6 papers). John Cromer is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (11 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (8 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (6 papers). John Cromer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Taiwan. John Cromer's co-authors include Harland W. Epps, Judy Cohen, Frederick H. Harris, J. B. Oke, Sandra Labrecque, W. Schaal, J. M. Mïller, A. Dingizian, R. Lucinio and Bob Weber and has published in prestigious journals such as Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) and Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE.

In The Last Decade

John Cromer

16 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Keck Low-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 250 500 750 1000
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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 Keck Low-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
    1995 1.1k citations J. B. Oke, Judy Cohen et al. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Cromer United States 10 1.4k 529 196 136 67 16 1.5k
H. Bushouse United States 17 982 0.7× 364 0.7× 157 0.8× 78 0.6× 80 1.2× 84 1.1k
Richard Murowinski Canada 15 1.7k 1.2× 977 1.8× 144 0.7× 137 1.0× 79 1.2× 47 1.8k
S. Wright United States 20 1.4k 1.0× 472 0.9× 277 1.4× 191 1.4× 40 0.6× 82 1.5k
Gerard A. Luppino United States 16 1.2k 0.8× 607 1.1× 164 0.8× 177 1.3× 145 2.2× 61 1.3k
J. M. Rodríguez-Espinosa Spain 20 1.5k 1.1× 311 0.6× 255 1.3× 68 0.5× 29 0.4× 107 1.6k
Torsten Böker United States 25 1.9k 1.4× 758 1.4× 144 0.7× 92 0.7× 36 0.5× 85 2.0k
Rebecca A. Bernstein United States 16 1.1k 0.8× 395 0.7× 192 1.0× 104 0.8× 43 0.6× 30 1.2k
Shinki Oyabu Japan 19 1.1k 0.8× 349 0.7× 179 0.9× 72 0.5× 84 1.3× 95 1.2k
Matthias Tecza United Kingdom 16 1.2k 0.9× 470 0.9× 159 0.8× 220 1.6× 73 1.1× 76 1.4k
W. Saunders United Kingdom 20 1.2k 0.9× 628 1.2× 255 1.3× 96 0.7× 44 0.7× 38 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by John Cromer

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Cromer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Cromer

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Kelley, Michael S. P., Dennis Bodewits, Quanzhi Ye, et al.. (2019). Outbursts at Comets 46P/Wirtanen, 64P/Swift-Gehrels, and 78P/Gehrels 2 in 2018. Research Notes of the AAS. 3(9). 126–126. 4 indexed citations
2.
Riddle, Reed, John Cromer, David Hale, et al.. (2018). The Zwicky transient facility robotic observing system (Conference Presentation). 11–11. 1 indexed citations
3.
Smith, Roger M., Richard Dekany, C. Bebek, et al.. (2014). The Zwicky transient facility observing system. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9147. 914779–914779. 39 indexed citations
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McLean, Ian S., Charles C. Steidel, Harland W. Epps, et al.. (2012). MOSFIRE, the multi-object spectrometer for infra-red exploration at the Keck Observatory. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8446. 84460J–84460J. 181 indexed citations
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McLean, Ian S., Charles C. Steidel, Harland W. Epps, et al.. (2010). Design and development of MOSFIRE: the multi-object spectrometer for infrared exploration at the Keck Observatory. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7735. 77351E–77351E. 88 indexed citations
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Bouchez, Antonin, Richard G. Dekany, John Angione, et al.. (2009). Status of the PALM-3000 high-order adaptive optics system. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7439. 74390H–74390H. 8 indexed citations
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Truong, Tuan, Antonin Bouchez, Richard G. Dekany, et al.. (2008). Real-time wavefront control for the PALM-3000 high order adaptive optics system. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7015. 70153I–70153I. 12 indexed citations
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Roberts, Jennifer E., Antonin Bouchez, John Angione, et al.. (2008). Facilitizing the Palomar AO laser guide star system. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7015. 70152S–70152S. 11 indexed citations
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Bouchez, Antonin, Richard G. Dekany, John Angione, et al.. (2008). The PALM-3000 high-order adaptive optics system for Palomar Observatory. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 14 indexed citations
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Bouchez, Antonin, Richard Dekany, John Angione, et al.. (2007). Palomar Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Observations of Globular Cluster GLIMPSE-C01. AAS. 211. 1 indexed citations
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McCarthy, James K., Judith G. Cohen, Brad W. Butcher, et al.. (1998). <title>Blue channel of the Keck low-resolution imaging spectrometer</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3355. 81–92. 45 indexed citations
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Oke, J. B., Judy Cohen, John Cromer, et al.. (1995). The Keck Low-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 107. 375–375. 1065 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cohen, Judy, et al.. (1994). The Software for the LRIS on the Keck 10-Meter Telescope. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 61. 469. 2 indexed citations
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Conrad, Albert, Robert I. Kibrick, & John Cromer. (1994). <title>Two spectrograph control displays for the W.M. Keck Telescope</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2198. 1151–1157. 1 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Donald, J. B. Oke, Michael A. Carr, et al.. (1993). A multiobject fiber spectrograph for The Hale Telescope. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 105. 1308–1308. 9 indexed citations
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Cohen, Judy & John Cromer. (1988). Atmospheric refraction effects on the Norris and Keck multiobject spectrographs. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 100. 1582–1582. 10 indexed citations

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