Nick Lomb

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Nick Lomb is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Anthropology and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nick Lomb has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11 papers in Anthropology and 10 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Nick Lomb's work include History and Developments in Astronomy (11 papers), Australian Indigenous Culture and History (11 papers) and History of Science and Natural History (10 papers). Nick Lomb is often cited by papers focused on History and Developments in Astronomy (11 papers), Australian Indigenous Culture and History (11 papers) and History of Science and Natural History (10 papers). Nick Lomb collaborates with scholars based in Australia and United States. Nick Lomb's co-authors include R. R. Shobbrook, D. Herbison-Evans, A. Andersen and Ian Johnston and has published in prestigious journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Computer Physics Communications and Astrophysics and Space Science.

In The Last Decade

Nick Lomb

18 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Least-squares frequency analysis of unequally spaced data 1976 2026 1992 2009 1976 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Least-squares frequency analysis of unequally spaced data
    1976 3.7k citations Nick Lomb Astrophysics and Space Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nick Lomb Australia 9 2.3k 481 466 347 339 24 3.8k
J. D. Scargle 2 3.2k 1.4× 527 1.1× 655 1.4× 461 1.3× 390 1.2× 4 4.6k
G. B. Rybicki United States 28 2.3k 1.0× 289 0.6× 290 0.6× 382 1.1× 94 0.3× 79 3.1k
S. L. Baliunas United States 25 3.0k 1.3× 366 0.8× 599 1.3× 135 0.4× 139 0.4× 80 3.7k
H. C. Spruit Germany 43 5.5k 2.4× 244 0.5× 181 0.4× 1.0k 3.0× 267 0.8× 138 5.8k
C. Mendes de Oliveira Brazil 31 2.7k 1.2× 200 0.4× 1.7k 3.6× 253 0.7× 159 0.5× 206 4.4k
Eric G. Blackman United States 41 3.8k 1.7× 228 0.5× 248 0.5× 1.0k 3.0× 73 0.2× 208 5.2k
S. C. Chapman United Kingdom 41 5.5k 2.4× 423 0.9× 499 1.1× 1.9k 5.6× 216 0.6× 310 7.5k
Ashley T. Barnes United States 36 3.8k 1.6× 211 0.4× 90 0.2× 346 1.0× 116 0.3× 160 4.8k
D. N. C. Lin United States 58 11.9k 5.2× 367 0.8× 964 2.1× 436 1.3× 55 0.2× 259 12.3k
Paul Charbonneau Canada 37 4.6k 2.0× 299 0.6× 244 0.5× 150 0.4× 404 1.2× 141 5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Nick Lomb

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nick Lomb

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nick Lomb

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lomb, Nick, et al.. (2024). Gender diversity in Australian astronomy: the Astronomical Society of Australia 1966–2023. Historical Records of Australian Science. 36(1).
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Lomb, Nick, et al.. (2024). Spreading across the continent: the Astronomical Society of Australia 1966–2023. Historical Records of Australian Science. 36(1). 1 indexed citations
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Lomb, Nick. (2021). AUSTRALIAN ECLIPSES: THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ECLIPSE OF 1974 AND THE EAST COAST ECLIPSE OF 1976. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage. 24(2). 475–497.
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Lomb, Nick. (2020). AUSTRALIAN ECLIPSE EXPEDITIONS: JAMES SHORT AND THE ECLIPSES OF 1908, 1910 AND 1911. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage. 23(1). 26–46.
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Lomb, Nick. (2020). Australia and the International Astronomical Union: the 2003 Sydney General Assembly. Historical Records of Australian Science. 32(1). 83–97. 3 indexed citations
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Lomb, Nick. (2016). AUSTRALIAN SOLAR ECLIPSE EXPEDITIONS: THE VOYAGE TO CAPE YORK IN 1871. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage. 19(1). 79–95.
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Lomb, Nick. (2013). The sunspot cycle revisited. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 440. 12042–12042. 10 indexed citations
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Lomb, Nick. (2011). Transit of Venus: 1631 to the Present. 6 indexed citations
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Lomb, Nick. (2004). The Instruments from Parramatta Observatory. Historical Records of Australian Science. 15(2). 211–222. 7 indexed citations
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Lomb, Nick. (1996). Sydney Observatory and Astronomy Teaching in the 90s. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 13(2). 173–178.
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Lomb, Nick. (1991). CCD Observations from the Centre of a City: Use in Astronomical Education. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 9(2). 340–341. 1 indexed citations
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Lomb, Nick. (1981). Precise observations of minor planets at Sydney Observatory during 1980. Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 114(1). 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Lomb, Nick & A. Andersen. (1980). The analysis and forecasting of the Wolf sunspot numbers. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 190(4). 723–732. 15 indexed citations
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Lomb, Nick. (1978). The decline of the beta Canis Majoris pulsation in alpha Virginis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 185(2). 325–333. 9 indexed citations
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Lomb, Nick. (1976). Least-squares frequency analysis of unequally spaced data. Astrophysics and Space Science. 39(2). 447–462. 3678 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lomb, Nick. (1975). A Spectrographic Study of Beta Centauri. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 172(3). 639–647. 9 indexed citations
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Lomb, Nick & R. R. Shobbrook. (1975). New Radial Velocities and Further Photometric Observations of   SCO and   SCO. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 173(3). 709–728. 10 indexed citations
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Shobbrook, R. R. & Nick Lomb. (1972). Two New Broad-Lined Beta Canis Majoris Stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 156(2). 181–188. 13 indexed citations
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Herbison-Evans, D. & Nick Lomb. (1971). Analysis of a variable spectroscopic double star. Computer Physics Communications. 2(6). 368–380. 1 indexed citations
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Shobbrook, R. R., D. Herbison-Evans, Ian Johnston, & Nick Lomb. (1969). Light Variations in Spica. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 145(2). 131–140. 7 indexed citations

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