Mark Zimmermann

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Mark Zimmermann is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ocean Engineering and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Zimmermann has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3 papers in Ocean Engineering and 2 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Mark Zimmermann's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (5 papers), Geophysics and Sensor Technology (3 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (2 papers). Mark Zimmermann is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (5 papers), Geophysics and Sensor Technology (3 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (2 papers). Mark Zimmermann collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Taiwan. Mark Zimmermann's co-authors include Kip S. Thorne, R. W. P. Drever, Carlton M. Caves, Vernon D. Sandberg, Wei-Tou Ni, Anna N. Żytkow and K. S. Thorne and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Mark Zimmermann

8 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

On the measurement of a weak classical force coupled to a quantum-mechanical oscillator. I. Issues of principle

1980 878 citations Carlton M. Caves, Kip S. Thorne et al. Reviews of Modern Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark Zimmermann United States	7	1.0k	574	339	258	155	8	1.3k
H. Miao United Kingdom	24	1.3k 1.3×	411 0.7×	597 1.8×	448 1.7×	113 0.7×	82	1.6k
S. Chelkowski Germany	12	885 0.9×	335 0.6×	385 1.1×	175 0.7×	31 0.2×	17	1.1k
Vernon D. Sandberg United States	12	1.2k 1.1×	679 1.2×	420 1.2×	275 1.1×	226 1.5×	19	1.6k
C. Cosmelli Italy	17	411 0.4×	191 0.3×	363 1.1×	89 0.3×	102 0.7×	83	826
Jason M. Hogan United States	21	2.1k 2.0×	302 0.5×	355 1.0×	65 0.3×	151 1.0×	33	2.3k
P. Falferi Italy	20	706 0.7×	152 0.3×	502 1.5×	155 0.6×	224 1.4×	62	1.2k
Andrea Vinante Italy	20	815 0.8×	238 0.4×	337 1.0×	172 0.7×	282 1.8×	57	1.1k
J. M. McGuirk United States	13	1.8k 1.7×	243 0.4×	110 0.3×	47 0.2×	141 0.9×	21	1.9k
Sheng‐wey Chiow United States	16	1.1k 1.0×	167 0.3×	190 0.6×	86 0.3×	196 1.3×	32	1.3k
Keng Yeow Chung Singapore	5	1.2k 1.2×	170 0.3×	128 0.4×	43 0.2×	112 0.7×	8	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark Zimmermann

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Zimmermann

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mark Zimmermann. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mark Zimmermann 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 Mark Zimmermann. Mark Zimmermann is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Zimmermann, Mark, et al.. (1989). Giant and supergiant stars with degenerate neutron cores. The Astrophysical Journal. 346. 277–277. 14 indexed citations

2.

Zimmermann, Mark. (1980). Gravitational waves from rotating and precessing rigid bodies. II. General solutions and computationally useful formulas. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 21(4). 891–898. 33 indexed citations

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Caves, Carlton M., Kip S. Thorne, R. W. P. Drever, Vernon D. Sandberg, & Mark Zimmermann. (1980). On the measurement of a weak classical force coupled to a quantum-mechanical oscillator. I. Issues of principle. Reviews of Modern Physics. 52(2). 341–392. 878 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thorne, K. S., Carlton M. Caves, Vernon D. Sandberg, Mark Zimmermann, & R. W. P. Drever. (1979). The quantum limit for gravitational-wave detectors and methods of circumventing it. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 49–68. 3 indexed citations

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Zimmermann, Mark, et al.. (1979). Gravitational waves from rotating and precessing rigid bodies: Simple models and applications to pulsars. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 20(2). 351–355. 96 indexed citations

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Ni, Wei-Tou & Mark Zimmermann. (1978). Inertial and gravitational effects in the proper reference frame of an accelerated, rotating observer. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 17(6). 1473–1476. 97 indexed citations

7.

Zimmermann, Mark. (1978). Revised estimate of gravitational radiation from Crab and Vela pulsars. Nature. 271(5645). 524–525. 27 indexed citations

8.

Thorne, Kip S., R. W. P. Drever, Carlton M. Caves, Mark Zimmermann, & Vernon D. Sandberg. (1978). Quantum Nondemolition Measurements of Harmonic Oscillators. Physical Review Letters. 40(11). 667–671. 160 indexed citations

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