K. C. Chambers

26.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
133 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

K. C. Chambers is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, K. C. Chambers has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 57 papers in Instrumentation and 14 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in K. C. Chambers's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (59 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (57 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (55 papers). K. C. Chambers is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (59 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (57 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (55 papers). K. C. Chambers collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. K. C. Chambers's co-authors include E. A. Magnier, W. S. Burgett, R. J. Wainscoat, G. K. Miley, J. Tonry, N. Kaiser, K. W. Hodapp, P. A. Price, H. Flewelling and C. Waters and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

K. C. Chambers

117 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. THE Pan-STARRS1 PHOTOMETRIC SYSTEM
    2012 497 citations J. Tonry, C. W. Stubbs et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K. C. Chambers United States 32 3.7k 972 739 207 136 133 3.9k
E. A. Magnier United States 32 3.8k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 484 0.7× 179 0.9× 171 1.3× 131 4.0k
A. Georgakakis Greece 31 3.9k 1.1× 1.3k 1.4× 1.1k 1.5× 109 0.5× 85 0.6× 113 4.1k
B. Altieri Spain 26 3.5k 0.9× 623 0.6× 886 1.2× 171 0.8× 76 0.6× 89 3.6k
R. D. Gehrz United States 32 4.3k 1.2× 697 0.7× 546 0.7× 210 1.0× 155 1.1× 227 4.5k
Dean C. Hines United States 42 5.6k 1.5× 1.2k 1.2× 675 0.9× 207 1.0× 40 0.3× 144 5.7k
A. Lawrence United Kingdom 42 5.3k 1.4× 1.3k 1.3× 1.5k 2.0× 163 0.8× 112 0.8× 122 5.5k
Edward F. Schlafly United States 18 5.5k 1.5× 1.9k 2.0× 878 1.2× 212 1.0× 191 1.4× 36 5.7k
Andrés Jordán Chile 38 5.0k 1.3× 2.3k 2.3× 330 0.4× 229 1.1× 111 0.8× 134 5.1k
S. P. Willner United States 35 4.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.5× 640 0.9× 301 1.5× 64 0.5× 155 4.5k
Jon A. Holtzman United States 49 6.9k 1.9× 2.8k 2.9× 664 0.9× 319 1.5× 173 1.3× 150 7.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by K. C. Chambers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. C. Chambers

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of K. C. Chambers. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of K. C. Chambers 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 K. C. Chambers. K. C. Chambers 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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Fulton, M., S. J. Smartt, M. E. Huber, et al.. (2025). Results from the Pan-STARRS search for kilonovae: contamination by massive stellar outbursts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 542(2). 541–559.
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Baldassare, Vivienne, D. O. Jones, K. Decker French, et al.. (2025). A Large-scale Search for Photometrically Variable Active Galactic Nuclei in Dwarf Galaxies Using the Young Supernova Experiment. The Astrophysical Journal. 985(2). 223–223. 1 indexed citations
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McConnachie, Alan W., Stephen Gwyn, Christian R. Hayes, et al.. (2025). Deep in the Fields of the Andromeda Halo: Discovery of the Pegasus VII Dwarf Galaxy in UNIONS. The Astrophysical Journal. 983(1). 59–59.
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Yoshida, T., Tohru Nagao, Yoshiki Toba, et al.. (2025). Dust-obscured Galaxies with Broken Power-law Spectral Energy Distributions Discovered by UNIONS. The Astrophysical Journal. 987(2). 141–141.
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Cerny, W., Christian R. Hayes, Federico Sestito, et al.. (2024). The Discovery of the Faintest Known Milky Way Satellite Using UNIONS. The Astrophysical Journal. 961(1). 92–92. 25 indexed citations
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Srivastav, Shubham, S. J. Smartt, M. E. Huber, et al.. (2023). The Luminous Type Ia Supernova 2022ilv and Its Early Excess Emission. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 943(2). L20–L20. 12 indexed citations
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Roediger, Joel, Federico Sestito, Christian R. Hayes, et al.. (2023). Discovery of a New Local Group Dwarf Galaxy Candidate in UNIONS: Boötes V. The Astronomical Journal. 166(2). 76–76. 13 indexed citations
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Waters, C., E. A. Magnier, P. A. Price, et al.. (2020). Pan-STARRS Pixel Processing: Detrending, Warping, Stacking. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 251(1). 4–4. 54 indexed citations
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Magnier, E. A., William E. Sweeney, K. C. Chambers, et al.. (2020). Pan-STARRS Pixel Analysis: Source Detection and Characterization. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 251(1). 5–5. 50 indexed citations
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Magnier, E. A., K. C. Chambers, H. Flewelling, et al.. (2020). The Pan-STARRS Data-processing System. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 251(1). 3–3. 51 indexed citations
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Jedicke, Robert, K. J. Meech, Paul Wiegert, et al.. (2019). The orbit and size-frequency distribution of long period comets observed by Pan-STARRS1. Icarus. 333. 252–272. 34 indexed citations
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Gáll, Erwin, R. Kotak, B. Leibundgut, et al.. (2018). An updated Type II supernova Hubble diagram. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 13 indexed citations
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Chambers, K. C., et al.. (2017). The Pan-STARRS1 Survey Data Release. AAS. 229.
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Huber, M. E., K. C. Chambers, K. W. Smith, et al.. (2017). LIGO/Virgo G270580: Pan-STARRS coverage and 124 optical transients. GRB Coordinates Network. 20518. 1.
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Deneva, J. S., Paul S. Ray, F. Camilo, et al.. (2016). MULTIWAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS OF THE REDBACK MILLISECOND PULSAR J1048+2339. The Astrophysical Journal. 823(2). 105–105. 31 indexed citations
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Smartt, S. J., K. C. Chambers, Krista Lynne Smith, et al.. (2016). ICECUBE-160427A : Pan-STARRS imaging and optical transients in the field.. GRB Coordinates Network. 19381. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Lihwai, C. Hennig, S. Desai, et al.. (2015). Optical confirmation and redshift estimation of the Planck cluster candidates overlapping the Pan-STARRS Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 449(4). 3370–3380. 11 indexed citations
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Deacon, N. R., D. W. Hoard, E. A. Magnier, et al.. (2014). Pre-outburst observations of Nova Del 2013 from Pan-STARRS 1. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 5 indexed citations
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Wainscoat, R. J., M. Micheli, P. Forshay, et al.. (2013). Comet P/2013 N5 (Panstarrs). 3583. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Wainscoat, R. J., M. Micheli, N. Primak, et al.. (2013). Comet P/2013 p1 (panstarrs). 3618. 1. 1 indexed citations

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