John P. Blakeslee

24.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
140 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

John P. Blakeslee is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, John P. Blakeslee has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 68 papers in Instrumentation and 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in John P. Blakeslee's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (123 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (94 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (68 papers). John P. Blakeslee is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (123 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (94 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (68 papers). John P. Blakeslee collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. John P. Blakeslee's co-authors include J. Tonry, Laura Ferrarese, Eric W. Peng, S. Mei, Andrés Jordán, Michael J. West, Patrick Côté, David Merritt, G. D. Illingworth and H. C. Ford and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

John P. Blakeslee

136 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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The Photometric Performance and Calibration of theHubble Space TelescopeAdvanced Camera for Surveys

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John P. Blakeslee United States	47	7.2k	3.7k	677	403	263	140	7.3k
L. Wisotzki Germany	50	7.4k 1.0×	3.6k 1.0×	1.0k 1.5×	458 1.1×	217 0.8×	189	7.6k
Eric W. Peng United States	38	7.0k 1.0×	3.7k 1.0×	548 0.8×	231 0.6×	275 1.0×	96	7.2k
C. M. Carollo Switzerland	50	7.9k 1.1×	4.4k 1.2×	999 1.5×	349 0.9×	291 1.1×	122	8.2k
Roberto Abraham Canada	42	6.0k 0.8×	3.5k 1.0×	669 1.0×	331 0.8×	209 0.8×	157	6.2k
S. J. Lilly Switzerland	42	6.7k 0.9×	3.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	271 0.7×	191 0.7×	148	6.9k
Puragra Guhathakurta United States	54	8.4k 1.2×	4.3k 1.2×	708 1.0×	275 0.7×	186 0.7×	239	8.6k
Matthew A. Bershady United States	37	4.8k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	479 0.7×	317 0.8×	196 0.7×	115	5.1k
Gabriel Brammer United States	40	6.7k 0.9×	4.0k 1.1×	616 0.9×	285 0.7×	182 0.7×	206	6.9k
Roger L. Davies United Kingdom	42	6.9k 1.0×	3.8k 1.0×	656 1.0×	352 0.9×	254 1.0×	139	7.2k
Casey Papovich United States	50	8.8k 1.2×	5.0k 1.4×	1.1k 1.7×	363 0.9×	241 0.9×	176	9.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Anand, Gagandeep S., R. Brent Tully, Yotam Cohen, et al.. (2025). The TRGB–SBF Project. II. Resolving the Virgo Cluster with JWST. The Astrophysical Journal. 982(1). 26–26. 5 indexed citations

Anand, Gagandeep S., R. Brent Tully, Yotam Cohen, et al.. (2024). The TRGB-SBF Project. I. A Tip of the Red Giant Branch Distance to the Fornax Cluster with JWST. The Astrophysical Journal. 973(2). 83–83. 8 indexed citations

Cantiello, Michele, John P. Blakeslee, Laura Ferrarese, et al.. (2024). The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). III. A Catalog of Surface Brightness Fluctuation Distances and the Three-dimensional Distribution of Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster. The Astrophysical Journal. 966(1). 145–145. 10 indexed citations

Garnavich, P., Charlotte M. Wood, Peter Milne, et al.. (2023). Connecting Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuation Distances to Type Ia Supernova Hosts: Testing the Top Rung of the Distance Ladder. The Astrophysical Journal. 953(1). 35–35. 10 indexed citations

Greene, Jenny E., et al.. (2022). The MASSIVE Survey. XVI. The Stellar Initial Mass Function in the Center of MASSIVE Early-type Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 932(2). 103–103. 25 indexed citations

Sánchez-Janssen, Rubén, et al.. (2021). A high occurrence of nuclear star clusters in faint Coma galaxies, and the roles of mass and environment. ePubs (Science and Technology Facilities Council, Research Councils UK). 12 indexed citations

Jensen, Joseph B., John P. Blakeslee, Chung‐Pei Ma, et al.. (2021). Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuation Distances for MASSIVE and Type Ia Supernova Host Galaxies*. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 255(2). 21–21. 25 indexed citations

Ma, Chung‐Pei, Nicholas J. McConnell, Jonelle L. Walsh, et al.. (2019). The MASSIVE Survey XIII. Spatially Resolved Stellar Kinematics in the Central 1 kpc of 20 Massive Elliptical Galaxies with the GMOS-North Integral Field Spectrograph. The Astrophysical Journal. 878(1). 57–57. 10 indexed citations

Cantiello, Michele, John P. Blakeslee, Laura Ferrarese, et al.. (2018). The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). XVIII. Measurement and Calibration of Surface Brightness Fluctuation Distances for Bright Galaxies in Virgo (and Beyond). The Astrophysical Journal. 856(2). 126–126. 47 indexed citations

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Blakeslee, John P. & Michele Cantiello. (2018). Independent Analysis of the Distance to NGC 1052-DF2. Research Notes of the AAS. 2(3). 146–146. 16 indexed citations

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Jensen, Joseph B., et al.. (2018). Calibrating the Type Ia Supernova Distance Scale Using Surface Brightness Fluctuations. AAS. 232. 2 indexed citations

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Cantiello, Michele, R. D’Abrusco, Marilena Spavone, et al.. (2018). VEGAS-SSS. II. Comparing the globular cluster systems in NGC 3115 and NGC 1399 using VEGAS and FDS survey data. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 611. A93–A93. 30 indexed citations

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Goulding, Andy D., Jenny E. Greene, Chung‐Pei Ma, et al.. (2016). THE MASSIVE SURVEY. IV. THE X-RAY HALOS OF THE MOST MASSIVE EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES IN THE NEARBY UNIVERSE. The Astrophysical Journal. 826(2). 167–167. 67 indexed citations

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Ma, Chung‐Pei, Jenny E. Greene, Nicholas J. McConnell, et al.. (2014). THE MASSIVE SURVEY. I. A VOLUME-LIMITED INTEGRAL-FIELD SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF THE MOST MASSIVE EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES WITHIN 108 Mpc. The Astrophysical Journal. 795(2). 158–158. 143 indexed citations

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Harris, William E., Warren R. Morningstar, Oleg Y. Gnedin, et al.. (2014). GLOBULAR CLUSTER SYSTEMS IN BRIGHTEST CLUSTER GALAXIES: A NEAR-UNIVERSAL LUMINOSITY FUNCTION?. The Astrophysical Journal. 797(2). 128–128. 59 indexed citations

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Cantiello, Michele, A. Grado, John P. Blakeslee, et al.. (2013). The distance to NGC 1316 (Fornax A): yet another curious case. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 27 indexed citations

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Cantiello, Michele & John P. Blakeslee. (2012). On the bimodal color distribution of Globular Cluster systems. 19. 184. 1 indexed citations

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Bird, Sarah, W. E. Harris, John P. Blakeslee, & Chris Flynn. (2010). The inner halo of M 87: a first direct view of the red-giant population. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 89 indexed citations

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Cantiello, Michele, E. Brocato, & John P. Blakeslee. (2009). The star cluster population of the spiral galaxy NGC 3370. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 15 indexed citations

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Mieske, Steffen, L. Infante, M. Hilker, et al.. (2005). Discovery of two M 32 twins in Abell 1689. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 29 indexed citations

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