Jonathan McDowell

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Jonathan McDowell is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan McDowell has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 20 papers in Instrumentation and 17 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Jonathan McDowell's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (39 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (37 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (20 papers). Jonathan McDowell is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (39 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (37 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (20 papers). Jonathan McDowell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Jonathan McDowell's co-authors include B. J. Wilkes, M. Elvis, Jill Bechtold, R. M. Cutri, F. Fiore, Richard F. Green, M. S. Oey, Elisha Polomski, Ari Laor and Aneta Siemiginowska and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan McDowell

84 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jonathan McDowell 2.6k 908 356 98 68 93 2.7k
V. D’Odorico 2.3k 0.9× 786 0.9× 622 1.7× 45 0.5× 87 1.3× 102 2.5k
A. Capetti 4.2k 1.6× 2.4k 2.6× 542 1.5× 45 0.5× 96 1.4× 183 4.3k
J. M. Más-Hesse 2.4k 0.9× 716 0.8× 533 1.5× 44 0.4× 88 1.3× 99 2.5k
Sebastian Heinz 3.8k 1.5× 2.2k 2.4× 251 0.7× 26 0.3× 47 0.7× 114 4.0k
R. Della Ceca 4.0k 1.6× 1.8k 2.0× 675 1.9× 32 0.3× 90 1.3× 137 4.1k
Todd A. Boroson 3.3k 1.3× 675 0.7× 954 2.7× 25 0.3× 181 2.7× 104 3.4k
A. Ptak 3.2k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 351 1.0× 29 0.3× 93 1.4× 128 3.4k
X. Barcons 2.5k 1.0× 1.0k 1.2× 375 1.1× 29 0.3× 86 1.3× 119 2.6k
W. L. Holzapfel 2.6k 1.0× 1.2k 1.3× 159 0.4× 108 1.1× 133 2.0× 77 2.7k
Emma Ryan‐Weber 1.6k 0.6× 428 0.5× 444 1.2× 23 0.2× 55 0.8× 58 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jonathan McDowell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan McDowell

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Siemiginowska, Aneta, D. J. Burke, Hans Moritz Günther, et al.. (2024). Sherpa: An Open-source Python Fitting Package. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 274(2). 43–43. 5 indexed citations
2.
Marais, Eloïse A., et al.. (2024). Global 3D rocket launch and re-entry air pollutant and CO2 emissions at the onset of the megaconstellation era. Scientific Data. 11(1). 1079–1079. 6 indexed citations
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Azadi, Mojegan, B. J. Wilkes, Joanna Kuraszkiewicz, et al.. (2023). Disentangling the AGN and Star formation Contributions to the Radio–X-Ray Emission of Radio-loud Quasars at 1 < Z < 2. The Astrophysical Journal. 945(2). 145–145. 8 indexed citations
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Lawrence, A., Meredith L. Rawls, Moriba Jah, et al.. (2022). The case for space environmentalism. Nature Astronomy. 6(4). 428–435. 67 indexed citations
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Kuraszkiewicz, Joanna, B. J. Wilkes, Johannes Büchner, et al.. (2021). Beyond Simple AGN Unification with Chandra-observed 3CRR Sources at 0.5 < z < 1. The Astrophysical Journal. 913(2). 134–134. 11 indexed citations
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McDowell, Jonathan. (2018). The edge of space: Revisiting the Karman Line. Acta Astronautica. 151. 668–677. 42 indexed citations
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Paggi, A., G. Fabbiano, G. Risaliti, et al.. (2017). X-Ray Emission from the Nuclear Region of Arp 220. The Astrophysical Journal. 841(1). 44–44. 18 indexed citations
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Glidden, Ana, M. Franklin Rose, M. Elvis, & Jonathan McDowell. (2016). A Model for Type 2 Coronal Line Forest (CLiF) AGNs. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 10 indexed citations
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Doe, Stephen M., Nina Bonaventura, I. Busko, et al.. (2012). Iris: The VAO SED Application. ASPC. 461. 893. 2 indexed citations
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Siemiginowska, Aneta, et al.. (2006). Sherpa: Goals and Design for Chandra and Beyond. ASPC. 351. 77. 3 indexed citations
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McDowell, Jonathan. (2005). Spitzer Space Telescope. S&T. 110(10). 24. 1 indexed citations
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Derriére, S., Norman Gray, Jonathan McDowell, et al.. (2004). UCD in the IVOA context. 314. 315. 4 indexed citations
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Stanek, K. Z., et al.. (2001). GRB010222: optical observations.. GRB Coordinates Network. 969. 1.
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Jha, S. N., T. Matheson, M. Calkins, et al.. (2001). GRB010222: another absorption line system.. GCN. 974. 1. 1 indexed citations
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McDowell, Jonathan. (2001). Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer. Sky and Telescope. 102(5). 28. 1 indexed citations
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McDowell, Jonathan. (2000). Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope. S&T. 100(5). 26. 2 indexed citations
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McDowell, Jonathan. (2000). Near-Earth Space. S&T. 100. 30. 3 indexed citations
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McDowell, Jonathan. (2000). Mars Polar Lander. Sky and Telescope. 100(1). 30. 3 indexed citations
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Prestwich, Andrea, P. J. Callanan, S. L. Snowden, et al.. (1996). Spectral Calibration of the ROSAT HRI. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 189. 1 indexed citations
20.
McDowell, Jonathan. (1996). Data Analysis: Software. 4. 13.

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