Maarten Schmidt

14.1k citations
120 papers · 8.2k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 35

Impact in

    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology

Papers in

    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 69
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 40
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 39
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 26
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 24
    • History and Developments in Astronomy 21

Maarten Schmidt

111 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

VLA observations of objects in the Palomar Bright Quasar Survey 1989 · 772 citations
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Peers

Maarten Schmidt
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  • Instrumentation 2.1k
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 7.8k
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2.4k
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 247
  • Computational Mechanics 164
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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Maarten Schmidt, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1
The Rate of Star Formation.
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19591421
2
Space Distribution and Luminosity Functions of Quasi-Stellar Radio Sources
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1968821
3
VLA observations of objects in the Palomar Bright Quasar Survey
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1989772
4
Quasar evolution derived from the Palomar bright quasar survey and other complete quasar surveys
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1983491
5
3C 273 : A Star-Like Object with Large Red-Shift
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1963449
6 2005369
7 2005353
8 2005316
9 1963277
10 1964158
11 1995157
12 1994151
13 1987130
14 2002123
15 2002114
16 1964114
17 2001100
18 200194
19 200182
20 199180

About Maarten Schmidt

Maarten Schmidt is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Oceanography, having authored 120 papers that have together received 8.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (69 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (40 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (39 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (26 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (24 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (21 papers), History and Developments in Astronomy (21 papers) and Scientific Research and Discoveries (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (2.1k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (7.8k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (2.4k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (247 citations) and Computational Mechanics (164 citations). Maarten Schmidt has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Frequent co-authors include G. Hasinger, T. Miyaji, James E. Gunn, Donald P. Schneider, K. I. Kellermann, R. A. Sramek, D. B. Shaffer, John N. Bahcall, Jesse L. Greenstein and Thomas A. Matthews. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nature and Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

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