Leonard Searle

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
62 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Leonard Searle is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonard Searle has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 42 papers in Instrumentation and 12 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Leonard Searle's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (42 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (42 papers) and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (12 papers). Leonard Searle is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (42 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (42 papers) and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (12 papers). Leonard Searle collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Leonard Searle's co-authors include R. Zinn, W. L. W. Sargent, Andrew McWilliam, George W. Preston, C. Sneden, W. G. Bagnuolo, J. B. Oke, A. Wilkinson, Christopher Sneden and A. W. Rodgers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Leonard Searle

61 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Compositions of halo clusters and the formation of the ga... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 1995 250 500 750
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.

  1. Compositions of halo clusters and the formation of the galactic halo
    1978 806 citations Leonard Searle et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. Spectroscopic Analysis of 33 of the Most Metal Poor Stars. II.
    1995 454 citations Andrew McWilliam, George W. Preston et al. The Astronomical 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
Leonard Searle United States 20 3.0k 1.4k 323 86 80 62 3.1k
S. van den Bergh Canada 25 2.3k 0.8× 932 0.7× 382 1.2× 51 0.6× 71 0.9× 164 2.4k
D. Burstein United States 17 2.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 307 1.0× 82 1.0× 73 0.9× 47 2.6k
O. J. Eggen Chile 23 3.2k 1.1× 1.5k 1.1× 193 0.6× 99 1.2× 226 2.8× 273 3.3k
R. W. O’Connell United States 33 3.4k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 352 1.1× 117 1.4× 58 0.7× 142 3.5k
Bruce W. Carney United States 35 3.9k 1.3× 1.8k 1.3× 236 0.7× 130 1.5× 146 1.8× 136 3.9k
F. D. A. Hartwick Canada 20 1.7k 0.6× 782 0.6× 236 0.7× 84 1.0× 48 0.6× 108 1.8k
B. E. J. Pagel United Kingdom 25 4.3k 1.4× 1.3k 0.9× 491 1.5× 158 1.8× 48 0.6× 127 4.5k
Alan Uomoto United States 18 3.3k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 426 1.3× 142 1.7× 83 1.0× 53 3.4k
Robert P. Kraft United States 38 4.3k 1.4× 1.7k 1.2× 561 1.7× 87 1.0× 160 2.0× 143 4.4k
R. Zinn United States 23 3.4k 1.1× 1.7k 1.3× 178 0.6× 68 0.8× 69 0.9× 64 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leonard Searle

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leonard Searle

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Leonard Searle. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Leonard Searle 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 Leonard Searle. Leonard Searle 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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McWilliam, Andrew, George W. Preston, Christopher Sneden, & Leonard Searle. (1995). A Spectroscopic Analysis of 33 of the Most Metal-Poor Stars.I.. The Astronomical Journal. 109. 2736–2736. 152 indexed citations
2.
Brewer, James, Gregory G. Fahlman, Harvey B. Richer, Leonard Searle, & I. Thompson. (1993). CCD photometry in the globular cluster NGC 3201. The Astronomical Journal. 105. 2158–2158. 9 indexed citations
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Fahlman, Gregory G., Harvey B. Richer, Leonard Searle, & I. B. Thompson. (1989). Faint star counts in NGC 6397. The Astrophysical Journal. 343. L49–L49. 15 indexed citations
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Vanderkruit, Pc & Leonard Searle. (1981). SURFACE PHOTOMETRY OF EDGE-ON SPIRAL GALAXIES .1. A MODEL FOR THE 3-DIMENSIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHT IN GALACTIC DISKS. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 95(1). 105–115. 26 indexed citations
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Shields, G. A. & Leonard Searle. (1978). The composition gradient across M101. The Astrophysical Journal. 222. 821–821. 49 indexed citations
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Greenstein, Jesse L., Maarten Schmidt, & Leonard Searle. (1974). The Spectrum of the Polarized White Dwarf GD 229. The Astrophysical Journal. 190. L27–L27. 7 indexed citations
7.
Oke, J. B. & Leonard Searle. (1974). The Spectra of Supernovae. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 12(1). 315–329. 23 indexed citations
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Kirshner, R., J. B. Oke, M. V. Penston, & Leonard Searle. (1973). The spectra of SN.. The Astrophysical Journal. 185. 303–303. 53 indexed citations
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Sargent, W. L. W. & Leonard Searle. (1970). Isolated Extragalactic H II Regions. The Astrophysical Journal. 162. L155–L155. 146 indexed citations
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Rodgers, A. W., et al.. (1969). The blue horizontal-branch stars of omega Centauri. The Astrophysical Journal. 158. 699–699. 5 indexed citations
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Searle, Leonard & W. L. W. Sargent. (1968). The Strength of Hβ in Extragalactic Objects with Broad Emission Lines. The Astrophysical Journal. 153. 1003–1003. 10 indexed citations
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Sargent, W. L. W. & Leonard Searle. (1967). The Interpretation of the Helium Weakness in Halo Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 150. L33–L33. 15 indexed citations
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Sargent, W. L. W. & Leonard Searle. (1966). The interpretation of B star spectra having weak helium lines. Observatory. 86. 27–29. 1 indexed citations
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Searle, Leonard & W. L. W. Sargent. (1964). Studies of the Peculiar a Stars. II. The Silicon-Abundance Anomaly.. The Astrophysical Journal. 139. 793–793. 18 indexed citations
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Sargent, W. L. W. & Leonard Searle. (1962). Studies of the Peculiar a Stars. I. The Oxygen-Abundance Anomaly.. The Astrophysical Journal. 136. 408–408. 6 indexed citations
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Sargent, W. L. W., Leonard Searle, & J. Jugaku. (1962). Recent Work on Abundances in Peculiar A Stars. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 74. 408–408. 4 indexed citations
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Sargent, W. L. W. & Leonard Searle. (1962). The Infrared O i and MG II Lines in the Spectra of the Metallic-Line Stars.. The Astrophysical Journal. 136. 671–671. 1 indexed citations
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Searle, Leonard. (1958). The Recombination Spectrum of Nebular Hydrogen.. The Astrophysical Journal. 128. 489–489. 5 indexed citations
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Schwarzschild, M., Leonard Searle, & R. A. Howard. (1955). On the Colors of Subdwarfs.. The Astrophysical Journal. 122. 353–353. 13 indexed citations
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Searle, Leonard. (1952). The Motions of High-Velocity Interstellar Clouds.. The Astrophysical Journal. 116. 650–650.

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