John Rayner

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
62 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

John Rayner is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, John Rayner has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 22 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 19 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in John Rayner's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (26 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (18 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (18 papers). John Rayner is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (26 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (18 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (18 papers). John Rayner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. John Rayner's co-authors include Michael C. Cushing, William D. Vacca, Peter M. Onaka, Anthony J. Denault, Douglas W. Toomey, Werner E. Stahlberger, H. Zinnecker, M. J. McCaughrean, K. W. Hodapp and A. T. Tokunaga and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

John Rayner

56 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

SpeX: A Medium‐Resolution 0.8–5.5 Micron Spectrograph and Imager for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility

2003 758 citations John Rayner, Douglas W. Toomey et al. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific profile →
Spextool: A Spectral Extraction Package for SpeX, a 0.8–5.5 Micron Cross‐Dispersed Spectrograph

2004 668 citations Michael C. Cushing, William D. Vacca et al. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific profile →
A Method of Correcting Near‐Infrared Spectra for Telluric Absorption1

2003 548 citations William D. Vacca, Michael C. Cushing 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						Papers	Cites
John Rayner United States	24	3.2k	569	417	340	206	62	3.3k
William D. Vacca United States	32	4.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.9×	364 0.9×	250 0.7×	185 0.9×	114	5.0k
Michael C. Cushing United States	33	4.7k 1.5×	1.6k 2.8×	392 0.9×	380 1.1×	253 1.2×	83	4.9k
Steven V. W. Beckwith United States	22	3.9k 1.2×	888 1.6×	870 2.1×	213 0.6×	264 1.3×	40	4.0k
M. Sterzik Chile	31	3.7k 1.2×	835 1.5×	400 1.0×	146 0.4×	125 0.6×	157	3.9k
K. W. Hodapp United States	30	3.5k 1.1×	863 1.5×	355 0.9×	199 0.6×	335 1.6×	166	3.8k
J. B. Holberg United States	27	3.8k 1.2×	562 1.0×	105 0.3×	489 1.4×	324 1.6×	122	4.0k
Michael F. Skrutskie United States	38	4.6k 1.4×	1.4k 2.4×	608 1.5×	286 0.8×	309 1.5×	96	4.7k
Thomas P. Greene United States	34	3.3k 1.0×	474 0.8×	801 1.9×	502 1.5×	201 1.0×	143	3.5k
S. Bagnulo United Kingdom	40	4.7k 1.5×	1.1k 1.9×	117 0.3×	243 0.7×	182 0.9×	222	4.9k
M. J. Lebofsky United States	22	2.8k 0.9×	475 0.8×	266 0.6×	193 0.6×	111 0.5×	74	2.9k

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Hora, Joseph L., David E. Trilling, H. A. Smith, et al.. (2024). Design and Performance of the Upgraded Mid-infrared Spectrometer and Imager (MIRSI) on the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 136(10). 105003–105003.

Rayner, John, A. T. Tokunaga, D. T. Jaffe, et al.. (2022). iSHELL: a 1–5 micron R = 80,000 Immersion Grating Spectrograph for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 134(1031). 15002–15002. 23 indexed citations

Banzatti, Andrea, A. Garufi, Mihkel Kama, et al.. (2018). Observing the linked depletion of dust and CO gas at 0.1–10 au in disks of intermediate-mass stars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 18 indexed citations

Lisse, C. M., Ronald J. Vervack, H. A. Weaver, et al.. (2013). Observing Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) With the Spitzer Space Telescope. AGUFM. 2013.

Gulbis, A. A. S., J. L. Elliot, Anthony J. Denault, et al.. (2011). MORIS: Visible-NIR Instrument Integration at the IRTF. epsc. 2011. 1834. 1 indexed citations

Gulbis, A. A. S., S. J. Bus, J. L. Elliot, et al.. (2011). First Results from the MIT Optical Rapid Imaging System (MORIS) on the IRTF: A Stellar Occultation by Pluto and a Transit by Exoplanet XO-2b. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 123(902). 461–469. 23 indexed citations

Gulbis, A. A. S., J. L. Elliot, John Rayner, et al.. (2010). A New Instrument for the IRTF: the MIT Optical Rapid Imaging System (MORIS). DPS. 2 indexed citations

Looper, Dagny L., Adam J. Burgasser, John Rayner, et al.. (2009). TWA: Case Studies in Disk Evolution, Outflows, and Binary Properties of Young Stars. 214.

Gregg, Michael D., John Rayner, Guy Worthey, et al.. (2004). The HST/STIS Next Generation Spectral Library. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 205. 209. 2 indexed citations

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Vacca, William D., Michael C. Cushing, & John Rayner. (2004). Nonlinearity Corrections and Statistical Uncertainties Associated with Near‐Infrared Arrays. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 116(818). 352–361. 32 indexed citations

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Vacca, William D., Michael C. Cushing, & John Rayner. (2003). A Method of Correcting Near‐Infrared Spectra for Telluric Absorption1. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 115(805). 389–409. 548 indexed citations breakdown →

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Parise, B., T. Simon, E. Caux, et al.. (2003). Search for solid HDO in low-mass protostars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 34 indexed citations

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Leggett, S. K., F. Allard, C. C. Dahn, et al.. (2000). Spectral Energy Distributions for Disk and Halo M Dwarfs. The Astrophysical Journal. 535(2). 965–974. 131 indexed citations

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Megeath, S. T., et al.. (1998). A SURVEY FOR DENSE CORES AND YOUNG STELLAR CLUSTERS IN THE W 3 GIANT MOLECULAR CLOUD. 336(3). 991–1006. 1 indexed citations

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Zinnecker, H., M. J. McCaughrean, & John Rayner. (1997). HH212: a prototype molecular hydrogen jet from a deeply embedded protostar. 182. 198.

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Wilking, B. A., M. J. McCaughrean, Michael Burton, et al.. (1997). Deep Infrared Imaging of the R Coronae Australis Cloud Core. The Astronomical Journal. 114. 2029–2029. 51 indexed citations

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Toomey, Douglas W., John Rayner, Peter M. Onaka, et al.. (1993). NSFCAM - A New Infrared Array Camera for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 183. 7 indexed citations

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Rayner, John, K. W. Hodapp, & H. Zinnecker. (1991). NIR imaging of embedded OB star clusters.. ASPC. 14. 264–266. 1 indexed citations

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Aspin⋆, C., et al.. (1990). Infrared imaging polarimetry and photometry of S106. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 246(4). 565–575. 5 indexed citations

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Crisp, David, R. M. C. Lopes, S. K. Stephens, et al.. (1990). Near-Infrared Images of the Venus Night Side Before and After the January, 18, 1990, Inferior Conjunction. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 22. 1053. 3 indexed citations

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