Jr. Ford W. Kent

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Jr. Ford W. Kent is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jr. Ford W. Kent has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 14 papers in Instrumentation and 6 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Jr. Ford W. Kent's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (14 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (9 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (7 papers). Jr. Ford W. Kent is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (14 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (9 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (7 papers). Jr. Ford W. Kent collaborates with scholars based in United States. Jr. Ford W. Kent's co-authors include Vera Rubin, Deidre A. Hunter, R. F. Wing, S. D’Odorico, Riccardo Giovanelli, F. Schweizer, Bradley C. Whitmore, H. C. Ford, Robin Ciardullo and George H. Jacoby and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series and The Astronomical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Jr. Ford W. Kent

22 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Rotation of the Andromeda Nebula from a Spectroscopic Sur... 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Rotation of the Andromeda Nebula from a Spectroscopic Survey of Emission Regions
    1970 821 citations Vera Rubin, Jr. Ford W. Kent The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jr. Ford W. Kent United States 12 1.1k 544 234 92 74 24 1.2k
C. Hazard United States 20 1.2k 1.2× 461 0.8× 261 1.1× 63 0.7× 54 0.7× 90 1.4k
S. L. Marshall Australia 8 836 0.8× 261 0.5× 212 0.9× 150 1.6× 59 0.8× 13 910
A. H. Nelson United Kingdom 12 843 0.8× 245 0.5× 267 1.1× 60 0.7× 137 1.9× 37 916
D. S. Mathewson Australia 22 1.6k 1.6× 565 1.0× 360 1.5× 35 0.4× 81 1.1× 74 1.7k
Roger Lynds United States 21 1.2k 1.1× 155 0.3× 389 1.7× 75 0.8× 40 0.5× 46 1.2k
A. N. Taylor United Kingdom 20 995 0.9× 340 0.6× 291 1.2× 83 0.9× 60 0.8× 32 1.1k
D. Wills United States 18 1.3k 1.3× 497 0.9× 206 0.9× 49 0.5× 33 0.4× 46 1.4k
J. J. Condon United States 20 1.6k 1.5× 855 1.6× 240 1.0× 48 0.5× 31 0.4× 71 1.7k
R. W. Porcas Germany 20 931 0.9× 446 0.8× 133 0.6× 54 0.6× 20 0.3× 79 960
I. Appenzeller Germany 19 1.3k 1.2× 295 0.5× 334 1.4× 75 0.8× 22 0.3× 112 1.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jr. Ford W. Kent

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rubin, Vera, Deidre A. Hunter, & Jr. Ford W. Kent. (1990). One galaxy from several - The Hickson compact group H31. The Astrophysical Journal. 365. 86–86. 30 indexed citations
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Rubin, Vera, Alan P. Boss, Jr. Ford W. Kent, & Jeffrey D. P. Kenney. (1989). A comparison of optical and VLA rotation curves for Virgo spirals. The Astronomical Journal. 98. 1246–1246. 6 indexed citations
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Ciardullo, Robin, Vera Rubin, Jr. Ford W. Kent, George H. Jacoby, & H. C. Ford. (1988). The morphology of the ionized gas in M31's bulge. The Astronomical Journal. 95. 438–438. 28 indexed citations
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Rubin, Vera, Jr. Ford W. Kent, & Bradley C. Whitmore. (1988). Rotation curves for spiral galaxies in clusters. I - Data, global properties, and a comparison with field galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 333. 522–522. 21 indexed citations
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Peterson, C. J., Jr. Ford W. Kent, & Vera Rubin. (1977). Position angle of the major axis of the nuclear region of M31. The Astronomical Journal. 82. 32–32. 1 indexed citations
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Rubin, Vera, et al.. (1973). A Curious Distribution of Radial Velocities of SC i Galaxies with 14.0 ≤ M ≤ 15.0. The Astrophysical Journal. 183. L111–L111. 26 indexed citations
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Rubin, Vera, et al.. (1973). Stellar Motions Near the Nucleus of M31. The Astrophysical Journal. 181. 61–61. 5 indexed citations
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Rubin, Vera, et al.. (1972). Variation of Emission-Line Strengths across M31. The Astrophysical Journal. 177. 31–31. 5 indexed citations
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Rubin, Vera & Jr. Ford W. Kent. (1971). Radial Velocities and Line Strengths of Emission Lines across the Nuclear Disk of M31. The Astrophysical Journal. 170. 25–25. 24 indexed citations
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Rubin, Vera, Jr. Ford W. Kent, & S. D’Odorico. (1970). Emission-Line Intensities and Radial Velocities in the Interacting Galaxies NGC 4038-4039. The Astrophysical Journal. 160. 801–801. 32 indexed citations
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Wing, R. F. & Jr. Ford W. Kent. (1969). The Infrared Spectrum of the Cool Dwarf Wolf 359. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 81. 527–527. 37 indexed citations
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Kent, Jr. Ford W. & Vera Rubin. (1968). The Spectrum of the 1968 Supernova in NGC 2713. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 80. 466–466. 12 indexed citations
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Rubin, Vera & Jr. Ford W. Kent. (1968). Spectrographic Study of the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 3227. The Astrophysical Journal. 154. 431–431. 21 indexed citations
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Rubin, Vera & Jr. Ford W. Kent. (1968). Proceedings of the Conference on Seyfert Galaxies and Related Objects: 14. Velocities and Line Strengths in the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 3227. The Astronomical Journal. 73. 861–861. 1 indexed citations
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Rubin, Vera & Jr. Ford W. Kent. (1967). The Spectrum of the 1967 Supernova in NGC 3389 and Hα Velocities in the Galaxy. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 79. 322–322. 5 indexed citations
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Rubin, Vera & Jr. Ford W. Kent. (1966). Image Tube Spectra of Quasi-Stellar Objects.. The Astronomical Journal. 71. 396–396. 2 indexed citations
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Kent, Jr. Ford W. & Vera Rubin. (1966). Quasi-Stellar Objects with Small Redshifts: 1217+02, 3c 249.1, and 3c 263. The Astrophysical Journal. 145. 357–357. 1 indexed citations
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Kent, Jr. Ford W. & Vera Rubin. (1965). Low-Dispersion Image Tube Spectra in the Red: 3C, 33, 48, Ton 256, and an Infrared Star.. The Astrophysical Journal. 142. 1303–1303. 2 indexed citations
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Kent, Jr. Ford W.. (1964). Cascade Image Intensifiers for Astronomical Spectroscopy.. The Astronomical Journal. 69. 541–541. 2 indexed citations
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Baum, W. A., Jr. Ford W. Kent, & John S. Hall. (1958). Recent astronomical tests of thin-film image converters.. The Astronomical Journal. 63. 47–47. 1 indexed citations

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