John M. O’Meara

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

John M. O’Meara is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, John M. O’Meara has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 34 papers in Instrumentation and 18 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in John M. O’Meara's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (69 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (39 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (36 papers). John M. O’Meara is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (69 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (39 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (36 papers). John M. O’Meara collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. John M. O’Meara's co-authors include J. X. Prochaska, Michele Fumagalli, David Tytler, N. Suzuki, Dan Lubin, David Kirkman, Jason Tumlinson, G. Worseck, Jessica K. Werk and Todd M. Tripp and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

John M. O’Meara

95 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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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.

The Large, Oxygen-Rich Halos of Star-Forming Galaxies Are a Major Reservoir of Galactic Metals

2011 351 citations Jason Tumlinson, Jessica K. Werk et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John M. O’Meara United States	36	4.0k	1.4k	964	150	134	101	4.3k
Francisco Prada Spain	29	4.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.7×	265 1.8×	141 1.1×	89	4.2k
Shea Garrison-Kimmel United States	40	4.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.3×	1.6k 1.7×	173 1.2×	80 0.6×	50	4.7k
Benjamin D. Oppenheimer United States	40	5.2k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.9×	148 1.0×	216 1.6×	94	5.3k
Britton Smith United States	25	3.1k 0.8×	808 0.6×	867 0.9×	98 0.7×	85 0.6×	56	3.2k
E. Brinks United States	36	6.3k 1.6×	895 0.7×	1.7k 1.7×	110 0.7×	104 0.8×	144	6.4k
A. Mantz United States	33	3.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	108 0.7×	60 0.4×	74	3.8k
Dale D. Kocevski United States	30	3.1k 0.8×	673 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	79 0.5×	78 0.6×	73	3.3k
J. Surace United States	38	5.2k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.8×	94 0.6×	73 0.5×	131	5.3k
S. Ettori Italy	44	5.7k 1.4×	1.8k 1.3×	1.7k 1.8×	201 1.3×	100 0.7×	178	5.8k
L. Danese Italy	35	3.8k 0.9×	841 0.6×	1.4k 1.4×	112 0.7×	67 0.5×	121	3.9k

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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.

O’Meara, John M., Megan Ansdell, Julie A. Crooke, et al.. (2024). The Habitable Worlds Observatory science view: status, plans, and opportunities. 58–58. 1 indexed citations

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

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

Glikman, Eilat, Cristian E. Rusu, Geoff C.-F. Chen, et al.. (2023). A Highly Magnified Gravitationally Lensed Red QSO at z = 2.5 with a Significant Flux Ratio Anomaly. The Astrophysical Journal. 943(1). 25–25. 7 indexed citations

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

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

Wilde, Matthew C., Jessica K. Werk, Joseph N. Burchett, et al.. (2021). CGM² I: The Extent of the Circumgalactic Medium Traced by Neutral Hydrogen. The Astrophysical Journal. 912(1). 9–9. 47 indexed citations

Corlies, Lauren, Molly S. Peeples, Jason Tumlinson, et al.. (2020). Figuring Out Gas & Galaxies in Enzo (FOGGIE). II. Emission from the z = 3 Circumgalactic Medium. The Astrophysical Journal. 896(2). 125–125. 27 indexed citations

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Mackenzie, Ruari, Michele Fumagalli, Tom Theuns, et al.. (2019). Linking gas and galaxies at high redshift: MUSE surveys the environments of six damped Lyα systems at z ≈ 3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 487(4). 5070–5096. 38 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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Mather, John, et al.. (2019). Orbiting Configurable Artificial Star (ORCAS) for Visible Adaptive Optics from the Ground. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 51(7). 284. 5 indexed citations

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Rigby, Jane R., Danielle A. Berg, Rongmon Bordoloi, et al.. (2019). The production and escape of ionizing photons from galaxies over cosmic time. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 51(3). 245. 1 indexed citations

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Tumlinson, Jason, Jonathan W. Arenberg, Matt Mountain, et al.. (2019). The Next Great Observatories: How Can We Get There?. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 51(7). 173.

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Crighton, Neil H. M., J. X. Prochaska, M. T. Murphy, et al.. (2018). Imprints of the first billion years: Lyman limit systems atz∼ 5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 482(2). 1456–1470. 15 indexed citations

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Burchett, Joseph N., Todd M. Tripp, Rongmon Bordoloi, et al.. (2016). A DEEP SEARCH FOR FAINT GALAXIES ASSOCIATED WITH VERY LOW REDSHIFT C iv ABSORBERS. III. THE MASS- AND ENVIRONMENT-DEPENDENT CIRCUMGALACTIC MEDIUM. The Astrophysical Journal. 832(2). 124–124. 67 indexed citations

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Tytler, David, David Kirkman, John M. O’Meara, et al.. (2004). Mean amount of Absorption from the Intergalactic Medium. AAS. 205.

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O’Meara, John M.. (1991). Native writings in Massachusett. Two volumes. By Ives Goddard and Kathleen Bragdon. (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, 185.) Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988. Pp. xxiv, 791. $85.00.. Language. 67(4). 855–858. 4 indexed citations

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