O. C. Wilson

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

O. C. Wilson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, O. C. Wilson has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 32 papers in Instrumentation and 25 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in O. C. Wilson's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (39 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (31 papers) and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (24 papers). O. C. Wilson is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (39 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (31 papers) and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (24 papers). O. C. Wilson collaborates with scholars based in United States. O. C. Wilson's co-authors include A. H. Vaughan, George W. Preston, M. K. V. Bappu, A. Skumanich, Dimitri Mihalas, J. Mueller, D. K. Duncan, Sallie L. Baliunas, Alain C. Porter and Lee Hartmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Reviews of Modern Physics and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

O. C. Wilson

45 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Chromospheric variations in main-sequence stars

1978 356 citations O. C. Wilson The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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H. Levato⋆ Argentina

M. M. Dworetsky United Kingdom

M. Semel France

Alfred Gautschy Switzerland

T. J. Moffett United States

J. M. Nemec United States

R. Pallavicini Italy

С. В. Воронцов Russia

C. Catala France

M. Aurière France

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Countries citing papers authored by O. C. Wilson

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Fields of papers citing papers by O. C. Wilson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of O. C. Wilson

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Duncan, D. K., A. H. Vaughan, O. C. Wilson, et al.. (1991). CA II H and K measurements made at Mount Wilson Observatory, 1966-1983. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 76. 383–383. 252 indexed citations

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Baliunas, S. L., Wendy D. Bennett, John W. Briggs, et al.. (1988). The Mount Wilson Observatory HK Project: The Continuing Analysis of Rotation and Stellar Magnetic Cycles. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 20. 994. 1 indexed citations

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Keenan, Philip C. & O. C. Wilson. (1977). Effects of heavy-element abundance on spectroscopic luminosities of G5-K0 giants.. The Astrophysical Journal. 214. 399–399. 6 indexed citations

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Wilson, O. C.. (1976). Absolute magnitudes of stars from widths of chromospheric CaII emission lines.. The Astrophysical Journal. 205. 823–823. 42 indexed citations

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Wilson, O. C.. (1968). Flux Measurements at the Centers of Stellar h- and K-Lines. The Astrophysical Journal. 153. 221–221. 141 indexed citations

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Wilson, O. C.. (1967). Distance of the Hyades and Relation between Luminosity and CA II Emission-Line Widths. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 79. 46–46. 11 indexed citations

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Wilson, O. C.. (1966). Stellar Chromospheres. Science. 151(3717). 1487–1498. 15 indexed citations

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Kraft, Robert P. & O. C. Wilson. (1965). The Strength of the li i Line in the Spectra of Main-Sequence f- and G-Type Stars.. The Astrophysical Journal. 141. 828–828. 4 indexed citations

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Wilson, O. C.. (1963). A Probable Correlation Between Chromospheric Activity and Age in Main-Sequence Stars.. The Astrophysical Journal. 138. 832–832. 95 indexed citations

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Wilson, O. C.. (1962). Relationship Between Colors and Spectra of Late Main-Sequence Stars.. The Astrophysical Journal. 136. 793–793. 7 indexed citations

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Wilson, O. C.. (1960). Observational Limitations to Mass Loss by Normal Late-Type Giants.. The Astrophysical Journal. 132. 136–136. 3 indexed citations

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Wilson, O. C.. (1959). Location of Late Type High-Velocity Stars in the Color-Magnitude Diagram. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 71. 338–338.

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Wilson, O. C., et al.. (1959). Internal Kinematics of the Orion Nebula.. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 4. 199–199. 39 indexed citations

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Wilson, O. C.. (1959). A Color-Magnitude Diagram for Late-Type Stars Near the Sun.. The Astrophysical Journal. 130. 496–496. 4 indexed citations

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Wilson, O. C.. (1957). The Analysis of the Chromosphere of Zeta Aurigae. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 51. 70. 1 indexed citations

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Wilson, O. C.. (1957). Limitations on Physical Theories of H and K Emission Lines.. The Astrophysical Journal. 126. 525–525. 2 indexed citations

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Wilson, O. C., et al.. (1956). The Possible Occurrence of λ5876 of He I in Absorption in the Spectra of Certain Late-Type Stars. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 68. 149–149. 2 indexed citations

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Wilson, O. C. & Helmut A. Abt. (1954). Chromospheric Structure of the K-Type Component of Zeta Aurigae.. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 1. 1–1. 14 indexed citations

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Wilson, O. C., et al.. (1954). The Mass of the Globular Cluster M92.. The Astrophysical Journal. 119. 197–197. 4 indexed citations

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Wilson, O. C. & L. H. Aller. (1951). The Structure of the Planetary Nebula IC 418.. The Astrophysical Journal. 114. 421–421. 9 indexed citations

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