Maarten Schmidt

14.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
120 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Maarten Schmidt is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Maarten Schmidt has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 69 papers in Instrumentation and 21 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Maarten Schmidt's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (69 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (40 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (39 papers). Maarten Schmidt is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (69 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (40 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (39 papers). Maarten Schmidt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Maarten Schmidt's co-authors include G. Hasinger, T. Miyaji, James E. Gunn, Donald P. Schneider, R. A. Sramek, K. I. Kellermann, D. B. Shaffer, John N. Bahcall, Jesse L. Greenstein and Thomas A. Matthews and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Maarten Schmidt

111 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Rate of Star Formation. 1959 2026 1981 2003 1959 1968 1989 1983 1963 400 800 1.2k
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. The Rate of Star Formation.
    1959 1.4k citations Maarten Schmidt The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. Space Distribution and Luminosity Functions of Quasi-Stellar Radio Sources
    1968 821 citations Maarten Schmidt The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  3. VLA observations of objects in the Palomar Bright Quasar Survey
    1989 772 citations Maarten Schmidt et al. profile →
  4. Quasar evolution derived from the Palomar bright quasar survey and other complete quasar surveys
    1983 491 citations Maarten Schmidt et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  5. 3C 273 : A Star-Like Object with Large Red-Shift
    1963 449 citations Maarten Schmidt profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Maarten Schmidt United States 35 7.8k 2.4k 2.1k 247 237 120 8.2k
Hyron Spinrad United States 40 5.8k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 213 0.9× 199 0.8× 249 6.1k
W. L. W. Sargent United States 64 12.1k 1.5× 3.2k 1.3× 3.2k 1.5× 382 1.5× 414 1.7× 284 12.6k
G. Tammann Switzerland 40 4.8k 0.6× 906 0.4× 1.8k 0.9× 183 0.7× 151 0.6× 111 5.1k
M. Rowan-Robinson United Kingdom 38 5.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 1.9k 0.9× 143 0.6× 153 0.6× 167 5.6k
T. X. Thuan United States 50 7.5k 1.0× 1.3k 0.5× 2.6k 1.2× 220 0.9× 244 1.0× 178 7.9k
J. B. Oke United States 35 6.4k 0.8× 1.0k 0.4× 2.5k 1.2× 141 0.6× 421 1.8× 190 6.8k
R. Terlevich United Kingdom 48 10.0k 1.3× 1.5k 0.6× 3.5k 1.6× 178 0.7× 255 1.1× 210 10.2k
R. Brent Tully United States 47 6.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 2.5k 1.2× 285 1.2× 210 0.9× 161 6.8k
J. R. Mould United States 49 7.8k 1.0× 995 0.4× 2.7k 1.3× 177 0.7× 311 1.3× 298 8.1k
J. A. Baldwin United States 35 6.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 1.8k 0.9× 94 0.4× 319 1.3× 106 6.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maarten Schmidt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maarten Schmidt

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hasinger, G., T. Miyaji, & Maarten Schmidt. (2005). Luminosity-dependent evolution of soft X-ray selected AGN. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 441(2). 417–434. 353 indexed citations
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Mainieri, V., J. Bergeron, G. Hasinger, et al.. (2002). XMM-Newton observation of the Lockman Hole. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 393(2). 425–438. 123 indexed citations
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Miyaji, T., G. Hasinger, & Maarten Schmidt. (2001). Soft X-ray AGN luminosity function from ROSAT surveys. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Lehmann, I., G. Hasinger, Maarten Schmidt, et al.. (2001). The ROSAT Deep Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 371(3). 833–857. 100 indexed citations
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Thompson, D. J., L. Pozzetti, G. Hasinger, et al.. (2001). The ROSAT deep survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 377(3). 778–783. 13 indexed citations
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Miyaji, T., G. Hasinger, & Maarten Schmidt. (2001). Soft X-ray AGN luminosity function from ROSAT surveys. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 369(1). 49–56. 71 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Maarten. (1999). Luminosities and Space Densities of Gamma-Ray Bursts. The Astrophysical Journal. 523(2). L117–L120. 53 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Maarten, G. Hasinger, James E. Gunn, et al.. (1998). The ROSAT Deep Survey. 5 indexed citations
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Hasinger, G., J. Truêmper, & Maarten Schmidt. (1991). Results on the X-ray background and sources from the ROSAT medium sensitivity survey.. 246(1). 677–86.
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Mould, J. R., et al.. (1987). Optical observations of SN 1987D in UGC 7370. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 99. 1167–1167. 3 indexed citations
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Schneider, Donald P., Maarten Schmidt, & James E. Gunn. (1983). The Palomar Faint Quasar Survey. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 15. 957.
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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
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Schmidt, Maarten. (1972). Statistical Studies of the Evolution of Extragalactic Radio Sources. I. Quasars.. The Astrophysical Journal. 176. 273–273. 26 indexed citations
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Lowrance, J. L., et al.. (1972). The Spectrum of the Quasi-Stellar Object PHL 957. The Astrophysical Journal. 171. 233–233. 17 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Maarten. (1971). Quasars and cosmology. Observatory. 91. 209–214. 2 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Maarten. (1970). Space Distribution and Luminosity Functions of Quasars. The Astrophysical Journal. 162. 371–371. 45 indexed citations
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Bahcall, John N., W. L. W. Sargent, & Maarten Schmidt. (1967). An Analysis of the Absorption Spectrum of 3c 191. The Astrophysical Journal. 149. L11–L11. 64 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Maarten. (1965). Large Redshifts of Five Quasi-Stellar Sources.. The Astrophysical Journal. 141. 1295–1295. 52 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Maarten. (1961). Galactic Structure at Optical and Radio Wave-Lengths. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 55. 149.
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Schmidt, Maarten. (1956). A model of the distribution of mass in the galactic system. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 13. 15. 18 indexed citations

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