Mark Dickinson

72.4k total citations · 13 hit papers
288 papers, 27.2k citations indexed

About

Mark Dickinson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Dickinson has authored 288 papers receiving a total of 27.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 253 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 162 papers in Instrumentation and 33 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Mark Dickinson's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (225 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (162 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (69 papers). Mark Dickinson is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (225 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (162 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (69 papers). Mark Dickinson collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Mark Dickinson's co-authors include Mauro Giavalisco, Charles C. Steidel, Kurt L. Adelberger, Max Pettini, Henry C. Ferguson, E. Daddi, Piero Madau, Casey Papovich, D. Elbaz and Alice E. Shapley and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Mark Dickinson

274 papers receiving 26.4k citations

Hit Papers

Type Ia Supernova Discove... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2004 1996 2007 2007 1999 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. Type Ia Supernova Discoveries atz> 1 from theHubble Space Telescope: Evidence for Past Deceleration and Constraints on Dark Energy Evolution
    2004 2.7k citations Adam G. Riess, J. Tonry et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. High-redshift galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field: colour selection and star formation history to z   4
    1996 1.1k citations Piero Madau, Henry C. Ferguson et al. profile →
  3. Multiwavelength Study of Massive Galaxies atz∼2. I. Star Formation and Galaxy Growth
    2007 842 citations E. Daddi, Mark Dickinson et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  4. The reversal of the star formation-density relation in the distant universe
    2007 835 citations D. Elbaz, E. Daddi et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →
  5. Lyman‐Break Galaxies at \documentclass{aastex} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{bm} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{pifont} \usepackage{stmaryrd} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{portland,xspace} \usepackage{amsmath,amsxtra} \usepackage[OT2,OT1]{fontenc} \newcommand\cyr{ \renewcommand\rmdefault{wncyr} \renewcommand\sfdefault{wncyss} \renewcommand\encodingdefault{OT2} \normalfont \selectfont} \DeclareTextFontCommand{\textcyr}{\cyr} \pagestyle{empty} \DeclareMathSizes{10}{9}{7}{6} \begin{document} \landscape $z\gtrsim 4$ \end{document} and the Evolution of the Ultraviolet Luminosity Density at High Redshift
    1999 816 citations Charles C. Steidel, Mauro Giavalisco et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  6. Lyman Break Galaxies at z>4 and the Evolution of the UV Luminosity Density at High Redshift
    1998 771 citations Charles C. Steidel, Mauro Giavalisco et al. profile →
  7. The Star Formation History of Field Galaxies
    1998 727 citations Piero Madau, L. Pozzetti et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  8. The Hubble Deep Field: Observations, Data Reduction, and Galaxy Photometry
    1996 574 citations Mark Dickinson, Henry C. Ferguson et al. profile →
  9. The farthest known supernova: Support for an accelerating universe and a glimpse of the \nepoch of deceleration
    2001 560 citations Adam G. Riess, P. Nugent et al. eScholarship (California Digital Library) profile →
  10. The Rest‐Frame Optical Spectra of Lyman Break Galaxies: Star Formation, Extinction, Abundances, and Kinematics
    2001 469 citations Alice E. Shapley, Charles C. Steidel et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  11. DIFFERENT STAR FORMATION LAWS FOR DISKS VERSUS STARBURSTS AT LOW AND HIGH REDSHIFTS
    2010 395 citations E. Daddi, D. Elbaz et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →
  12. GALEX–SDSS–WISE LEGACY CATALOG (GSWLC): STAR FORMATION RATES, STELLAR MASSES, AND DUST ATTENUATIONS OF 700,000 LOW-REDSHIFT GALAXIES
    2016 248 citations Samir Salim, Janice Lee et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →
  13. The main sequence of star-forming galaxies across cosmic times
    2022 155 citations G. Rodighiero, Mark Dickinson et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Mark Dickinson 26.6k 12.2k 5.6k 887 854 288 27.2k
Charles C. Steidel 24.1k 0.9× 8.9k 0.7× 5.9k 1.0× 753 0.8× 804 0.9× 238 24.5k
Joop Schaye 24.7k 0.9× 10.5k 0.9× 6.3k 1.1× 689 0.8× 438 0.5× 419 25.5k
James E. Gunn 20.3k 0.8× 8.3k 0.7× 4.5k 0.8× 986 1.1× 611 0.7× 257 22.0k
Philip F. Hopkins 25.3k 0.9× 9.6k 0.8× 4.5k 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 439 0.5× 374 27.0k
Shaun Cole 21.8k 0.8× 10.6k 0.9× 5.0k 0.9× 576 0.6× 462 0.5× 183 22.6k
Mark Vogelsberger 30.7k 1.2× 13.4k 1.1× 7.8k 1.4× 1.1k 1.3× 486 0.6× 351 32.5k
Henry C. Ferguson 15.7k 0.6× 6.7k 0.5× 4.0k 0.7× 643 0.7× 469 0.5× 243 16.0k
Mauro Giavalisco 15.9k 0.6× 6.9k 0.6× 3.9k 0.7× 596 0.7× 574 0.7× 149 16.2k
David J. Schlegel 19.7k 0.7× 7.6k 0.6× 3.4k 0.6× 597 0.7× 429 0.5× 138 20.4k
Rüdiger Pakmor 22.3k 0.8× 8.6k 0.7× 4.7k 0.8× 539 0.6× 276 0.3× 296 23.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Dickinson

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All Works

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Taylor, Anthony J., Óscar A. Chávez Ortiz, Steven L. Finkelstein, et al.. (2025). The Prevalence of Bursty Star Formation in Low-mass Galaxies at z = 1–7 from H α -to-UV Diagnostics. The Astrophysical Journal. 994(1). 14–14.
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Elbaz, D., Fabrizio Gentile, Maximilien Franco, et al.. (2025). Investigating the growth of little red dot descendants at z < 4 with the JWST. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 706. A29–A29. 1 indexed citations
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Spilker, Justin, Rebecca C. Levy, Daniel P. Marrone, et al.. (2024). High-redshift extragalactic science with the Single Aperture Large Telescope for Universe Studies (SALTUS) space observatory. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems. 10(4). 1 indexed citations
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Morales, Alexa M., Steven L. Finkelstein, Gene C. K. Leung, et al.. (2024). Rest-frame UV Colors for Faint Galaxies at z ∼ 9–16 with the JWST NGDEEP Survey. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 964(2). L24–L24. 20 indexed citations
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Maita, Karla C., et al.. (2024). Skin Substitutes: Filling the Gap in the Reconstructive Algorithm. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 148–166.
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Salim, Samir, et al.. (2023). Improved GALEX UV Photometry for 700,000 SDSS Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 268(1). 26–26. 3 indexed citations
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Arellano-Córdova, Karla Z., Danielle A. Berg, John Chisholm, et al.. (2022). A First Look at the Abundance Pattern—O/H, C/O, and Ne/O—in z > 7 Galaxies with JWST/NIRSpec. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 940(1). L23–L23. 71 indexed citations
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Drakos, Nicole E., Brant Robertson, Ryan Hausen, et al.. (2022). Deep Realistic Extragalactic Model (DREaM) Galaxy Catalogs: Predictions for a Roman Ultra-deep Field. The Astrophysical Journal. 926(2). 194–194. 20 indexed citations
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Algera, Hiddo, Jacqueline Hodge, Dominik A. Riechers, et al.. (2021). COLDz: Deep 34 GHz Continuum Observations and Free–Free Emission in High-redshift Star-forming Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 912(1). 73–73. 11 indexed citations
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Jung, Intae, Steven L. Finkelstein, Mark Dickinson, et al.. (2020). Texas Spectroscopic Search for Lyα Emission at the End of Reionization. III. The Lyα Equivalent-width Distribution and Ionized Structures at z > 7. The Astrophysical Journal. 904(2). 144–144. 94 indexed citations
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Riechers, Dominik A., Riccardo Pavesi, Chelsea E. Sharon, et al.. (2019). COLDz: shape of the CO luminosity function at high redshift sand the cold gas history of the universe. Figshare. 32 indexed citations
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Finkelstein, Steven L., Casey Papovich, Mauro Giavalisco, et al.. (2019). ON THE STELLAR POPULATIONS AND EVOLUTION OF STAR-FORMING GALAXIES AT 6.3 < z ⩽ 8.6. OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries). 7 indexed citations
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Hutchison, Taylor A., Casey Papovich, Steven L. Finkelstein, et al.. (2019). Near-infrared Spectroscopy of Galaxies During Reionization: Measuring C iii] in a Galaxy at z = 7.5. The Astrophysical Journal. 879(2). 70–70. 45 indexed citations
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Elbaz, D., R. Leiton, Neil M. Nagar, et al.. (2018). . Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 95 indexed citations
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Pavesi, Riccardo, Chelsea E. Sharon, Dominik A. Riechers, et al.. (2018). The CO Luminosity Density at High-z (COLDz) Survey: A Sensitive, Large-area Blind Search for Low-J CO Emission from Cold Gas in the Early Universe with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. The Astrophysical Journal. 864(1). 49–49. 53 indexed citations
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Strazzullo, V., E. Daddi, R. Gobat, et al.. (2016). THE RED SEQUENCE AT BIRTH IN THE GALAXY CLUSTER Cl J1449+0856 AT z = 2. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 833(2). L20–L20. 20 indexed citations
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Salim, Samir, Janice Lee, Steven Janowiecki, et al.. (2016). GALEX–SDSS–WISE LEGACY CATALOG (GSWLC): STAR FORMATION RATES, STELLAR MASSES, AND DUST ATTENUATIONS OF 700,000 LOW-REDSHIFT GALAXIES. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 227(1). 2–2. 248 indexed citations breakdown →
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Talia, M., M. Mignoli, A. Cimatti, et al.. (2012). GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2. VI. Star formation, extinction, and gas outflows from UV spectra. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 14 indexed citations
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Marcillac, D., D. Elbaz, Ranga‐Ram Chary, et al.. (2006). Mid infrared properties of distant infrared luminous galaxies. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 41 indexed citations
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Riess, Adam G., P. Nugent, B. Schmidt, et al.. (2001). The farthest known supernova: Support for an accelerating universe and a glimpse of the \nepoch of deceleration. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 560 indexed citations breakdown →

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