John Cromer

5.6k citations

16 papers · 1.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 10

Impact in

Instrumentation top 2%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Astro and Planetary Science

Papers in ⓘ

Instrumentation 8
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 8
Astronomy and Astrophysics 7
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 6

Co-authors: Harland W. Epps (3 shared papers)Judy Cohen (3 shared papers)J. B. Oke (2 shared papers)Frederick H. Harris (2 shared papers)J. M. Mïller (1 shared paper)R. Lucinio (1 shared paper)Sandra Labrecque (1 shared paper)W. Schaal (1 shared paper)
Journals: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (3 papers)Research Notes of the AAS (1 paper)AAS (1 paper)Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE (9 papers)CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Taiwan Canada

In The Last Decade

John Cromer

16 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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The Keck Low-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer 1995 · 1.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1995 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside John Cromer, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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16 of 16 papers shown

#	Work
1	The Keck Low-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·J. B. Oke, Judy Cohen, M. Carr, John Cromer, A. Dingizian, Frederick H. Harris, Sandra Labrecque, R. Lucinio, W. Schaal, Harland W. Epps, J. M. Mïller Hit paper breakdown →	1995	1065
2	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 ·Ian S. McLean, Charles C. Steidel, Harland W. Epps, Nicholas P. Konidaris, Keith Y. Matthews, Sean M. Adkins, Theodore Aliado, George Brims, John Canfield, John Cromer, Jason Fucik, Kristin Kulas, Gregory N. Mace, Ken Magnone, Héctor Rodríguez, Gwen C. Rudie, Ryan F. Trainor, Eric Wang, Bob Weber, Jason Weiss	2012	181
3	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 ·Ian S. McLean, Charles C. Steidel, Harland W. Epps, Keith Matthews, Sean M. Adkins, Nicholas P. Konidaris, Bob Weber, Ted Aliado, George Brims, John Canfield, John Cromer, Jason Fucik, Kristin Kulas, Gregory N. Mace, Ken Magnone, Héctor Rodríguez, Eric Wang, Jason Weiss	2010	88
4	<title>Blue channel of the Keck low-resolution imaging spectrometer</title> Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·James K. McCarthy, Judith G. Cohen, Brad W. Butcher, John Cromer, Ernest Croner, William R. Douglas, Richard M. Goeden, Tony Grewal, Barry Lu, Harold L. Petrie, Tianxiang Weng, Bob Weber, Donald G. Koch, J. Michael Rodgers	1998	45
5	The Zwicky transient facility observing system Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Roger M. Smith, Richard Dekany, C. Bebek, Eric C. Bellm, Khanh Bui, John Cromer, Paul Gardner, M. Hoff, Stephen Kaye, S. R. Kulkarni, Andrew Lambert, M. E. Levi, Dan Reiley	2014	39
6	The PALM-3000 high-order adaptive optics system for Palomar Observatory Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Antonin Bouchez, Richard G. Dekany, John Angione, Christoph Baranec, M. C. Britton, Khanh Bui, Rick Burruss, John Cromer, Stephen R. Guiwits, John Henning, J. R. Hickey, D. McKenna, Anna Moore, Jennifer E. Roberts, Thang Trinh, Mitchell Troy, Tuan Truong, V. Velur	2008	14
7	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 ·Tuan Truong, Antonin Bouchez, Richard G. Dekany, J. C. Shelton, Mitchell Troy, John Angione, Rick Burruss, John Cromer, Stephen R. Guiwits, Jennifer E. Roberts	2008	12
8	Facilitizing the Palomar AO laser guide star system Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Jennifer E. Roberts, Antonin Bouchez, John Angione, Rick Burruss, John Cromer, Richard G. Dekany, Stephen R. Guiwits, John Henning, J. R. Hickey, E. J. Kibblewhite, D. McKenna, Anna Moore, Harold L. Petrie, J. C. Shelton, R. Thicksten, Thang Trinh, Renu Tripathi, Mitchell Troy, Tuan Truong, V. Velur	2008	11
9	Atmospheric refraction effects on the Norris and Keck multiobject spectrographs Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·Judy Cohen, John Cromer	1988	10
10	A multiobject fiber spectrograph for The Hale Telescope Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·Donald Hamilton, J. B. Oke, Michael A. Carr, John Cromer, Frederick H. Harris, Jason Blake Cohen, Earl F. Emery, L. Blakee	1993	9
11	Status of the PALM-3000 high-order adaptive optics system Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Antonin Bouchez, Richard G. Dekany, John Angione, Christoph Baranec, Khanh Bui, Rick Burruss, Justin R. Crepp, Ernest Croner, John Cromer, Stephen R. Guiwits, D. D. S. Hale, John Henning, Dean Palmer, Jennifer E. Roberts, Mitchell Troy, Tuan Truong, Jeffry Zolkower	2009	8
12	Outbursts at Comets 46P/Wirtanen, 64P/Swift-Gehrels, and 78P/Gehrels 2 in 2018 Research Notes of the AAS ·Michael S. P. Kelley, Dennis Bodewits, Quanzhi Ye, Tomás Ahumada, John Cromer, Richard Dekany, G. Hélou, Russ R. Laher, Frank J. Masci, Chow‐Choong Ngeow, B. Rusholme, D. L. Shupe	2019	4
13	The Software for the LRIS on the Keck 10-Meter Telescope CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) ·Judy Cohen, John Cromer, S. Southard	1994	2
14	Palomar Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Observations of Globular Cluster GLIMPSE-C01 AAS ·Antonin Bouchez, Richard Dekany, John Angione, Rick Burruss, John Cromer, Stephen R. Guiwits, John Henning, Jason Hickey, E. J. Kibblewhite, Anna Moore, Hal L. Petrie, Jeremy A. Roberts, J. C. Shelton, R. Thicksten, T. Trinh, Renu Tripathi, Mitchell Troy, Trieu‐Kien Truong, V. Velur	2007	1
15	<title>Two spectrograph control displays for the W.M. Keck Telescope</title> Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Albert Conrad, Robert I. Kibrick, John Cromer	1994	1
16	The Zwicky transient facility robotic observing system (Conference Presentation) Reed Riddle, John Cromer, David Hale, John Henning, John D. Baker, Jennifer Milburn, Stephen Kaye, Eric C. Bellm, Richard Walters, Richard Dekany, Roger M. Smith	2018	1

About John Cromer

John Cromer is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Computational Mechanics and Surfaces, Coatings and Films, having authored 16 papers that have together received 1.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (11 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (8 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (6 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (3 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (3 papers), Optical Systems and Laser Technology (2 papers), CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors (2 papers) and Advanced optical system design (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (529 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.4k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (196 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (136 citations) and Spectroscopy (32 citations). John Cromer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Harland W. Epps, Judy Cohen, J. B. Oke, Frederick H. Harris, J. M. Mïller, R. Lucinio, Sandra Labrecque, W. Schaal, A. Dingizian and Bob Weber. Their work appears in journals such as Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Research Notes of the AAS, AAS, Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE and CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology).

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