Marc Davis

28.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
96 papers, 15.0k citations indexed

About

Marc Davis is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc Davis has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 15.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 43 papers in Instrumentation and 14 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Marc Davis's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (74 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (43 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (29 papers). Marc Davis is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (74 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (43 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (29 papers). Marc Davis collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Marc Davis's co-authors include David J. Schlegel, Douglas P. Finkbeiner, S. G. Djorgovski, Jeffrey A. Newman, Michael C. Cooper, Alison L. Coil, Simon D. M. White, David C. Koo, Michael A. Strauss and G. Efstathiou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Marc Davis

95 papers receiving 14.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Maps of Dust Infrared Emission for Use in Estimation of Reddening and Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Foregrounds

1998 8.5k citations David J. Schlegel, Douglas P. Finkbeiner et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Fundamental properties of elliptical galaxies

1987 801 citations Marc Davis 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						Papers	Cites
Marc Davis United States	44	14.6k	5.6k	2.5k	531	495	96	15.0k
J. P. Huchra United States	61	13.3k 0.9×	5.4k 1.0×	2.8k 1.1×	874 1.6×	422 0.9×	249	13.9k
A. E. Evrard United States	42	9.9k 0.7×	4.0k 0.7×	2.6k 1.0×	717 1.4×	498 1.0×	113	10.5k
S. M. Faber United States	64	12.9k 0.9×	6.8k 1.2×	2.2k 0.9×	430 0.8×	411 0.8×	172	13.3k
S. M. Faber United States	48	12.4k 0.9×	5.8k 1.0×	1.9k 0.7×	440 0.8×	320 0.6×	108	12.7k
Neal Katz United States	56	13.7k 0.9×	5.6k 1.0×	2.9k 1.1×	808 1.5×	478 1.0×	140	14.2k
Michael A. Strauss United States	67	16.2k 1.1×	5.6k 1.0×	3.5k 1.4×	658 1.2×	789 1.6×	262	16.7k
Neta A. Bahcall United States	53	9.7k 0.7×	3.7k 0.7×	2.9k 1.1×	824 1.6×	851 1.7×	181	10.2k
Anatoly Klypin United States	55	12.2k 0.8×	5.4k 0.9×	3.7k 1.5×	1.2k 2.2×	655 1.3×	142	12.9k
Romeel Davé United States	65	16.1k 1.1×	6.7k 1.2×	3.3k 1.3×	580 1.1×	419 0.8×	270	16.6k
Paul L. Schechter United States	34	8.4k 0.6×	3.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	617 1.2×	283 0.6×	118	8.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Marc Davis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marc Davis

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marc Davis

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20 of 20 papers shown

Branchini, E., Marc Davis, & Adi Nusser. (2012). The linear velocity field of 2MASS Redshift Survey, Ks= 11.75 galaxies: constraints on β and bulk flow from the luminosity function. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 424(1). 472–481. 40 indexed citations

Davis, Marc, et al.. (2012). Experimental Evaluation of the Pitch Angle Righting Capabilities of a High Speed Terrestrial Vehicle in Ballistic Phase. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 162. 57–66. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yanmei, Vivienne Wild, Guinevere Kauffmann, et al.. (2009). Constraints on the star formation histories of galaxies fromz∼ 1 to 0. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 393(2). 406–418. 33 indexed citations

Coil, Alison L., A. Georgakakis, Jeffrey A. Newman, et al.. (2009). AEGIS: THE CLUSTERING OF X-RAY ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS RELATIVE TO GALAXIES ATz∼ 1. The Astrophysical Journal. 701(2). 1484–1499. 87 indexed citations

Cooper, Michael C., Jeffrey A. Newman, Benjamin J. Weiner, et al.. (2007). The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: the role of galaxy environment in the cosmic star formation history. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 383(3). 1058–1078. 150 indexed citations

Gerke, Brian F., Jeffrey A. Newman, Jennifer M. Lotz, et al.. (2006). The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: AEGIS observations of a Dual AGN at z = 0.7. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 35 indexed citations

Britton, Paul, et al.. (2006). Genes 3 and 5 of Infectious Bronchitis Virus are Accessory Protein Genes. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 581. 363–368. 7 indexed citations

Davis, Marc, S. M. Faber, Jeffrey A. Newman, et al.. (2002). Science Objectives and Early Results of the DEEP2 Redshift Survey. 221 indexed citations

Davis, Marc. (2000). The cosmological matter density. Physics Reports. 333-334. 147–165. 2 indexed citations

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Somerville, Rachel S., Marc Davis, & Joel R. Primack. (1997). A Reanalysis of Small‐Scale Velocity Dispersion in the CfA1 Survey. The Astrophysical Journal. 479(2). 616–620. 14 indexed citations

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Falco, E., I. I. Shapiro, Leonidas A. Moustakas, & Marc Davis. (1997). An Estimate ofH₀from Keck Spectroscopy of the Gravitational Lens System 0957+561. The Astrophysical Journal. 484(1). 70–78. 37 indexed citations

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Fisher, Karl B., J. P. Huchra, Michael A. Strauss, et al.. (1995). The IRAS 1.2 Jy Survey: Redshift Data. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 100. 69–69. 189 indexed citations

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Evrard, A. E., F. J. Summers, & Marc Davis. (1994). Two-fluid simulations of galaxy formation. The Astrophysical Journal. 422. 11–11. 91 indexed citations

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Davis, Marc, F. J. Summers, & David J. Schlegel. (1992). Large-scale structure in a universe with mixed hot and cold dark matter. Nature. 359(6394). 393–396. 131 indexed citations

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Davis, Marc. (1990). Looking backwards past zero. Nature. 343(6260). 699–700. 7 indexed citations

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Vittorio, N., R. Juszkiewicz, & Marc Davis. (1986). Large-scale velocity fields as a test of cosmological models. Nature. 323(6084). 132–133. 19 indexed citations

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Muller, Richard A., Piet Hut, Marc Davis, & Walter Álvarez. (1984). Cometary showers and unseen solar companions (reply). Nature. 312(5992). 380–381. 3 indexed citations

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Davis, Marc, Piet Hut, & Richard A. Muller. (1984). Extinction of species by periodic comet showers. Nature. 308(5961). 715–717. 159 indexed citations

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Davis, Marc & P. J. E. Peebles. (1983). Evidence for Local Anisotropy of the Hubble Flow. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 21(1). 109–130. 84 indexed citations

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Davis, Marc, R. Ruffini, & J. Tiomno. (1972). Pulses of Gravitational Radiation of a Particle Falling Radially into a Schwarzschild Black Hole. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 5(12). 2932–2935. 87 indexed citations

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