Owen Gingerich

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
201 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Owen Gingerich is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, History and Philosophy of Science and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Owen Gingerich has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 30 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 28 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Owen Gingerich's work include Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (65 papers), History and Developments in Astronomy (62 papers) and Historical and Architectural Studies (19 papers). Owen Gingerich is often cited by papers focused on Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (65 papers), History and Developments in Astronomy (62 papers) and Historical and Architectural Studies (19 papers). Owen Gingerich collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and France. Owen Gingerich's co-authors include Y. Cuny, W. Kalkofen, R. W. Noyes, C. de Jager, Alan P. Lightman, Kenneth R. Lang, Robert S. Westman, Donald H. Menzel, Albert Van Helden and David A. King and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Owen Gingerich

147 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Owen Gingerich United States 13 856 191 117 103 93 201 1.4k
Frank J. Tipler United States 26 2.3k 2.7× 206 1.1× 185 1.6× 54 0.5× 102 1.1× 89 3.1k
Walter M. Elsasser United States 20 488 0.6× 92 0.5× 188 1.6× 523 5.1× 46 0.5× 58 1.6k
Helge Kragh Denmark 23 512 0.6× 602 3.2× 50 0.4× 59 0.6× 48 0.5× 211 2.1k
F. I. G. RAWLINS United Kingdom 19 247 0.3× 294 1.5× 580 5.0× 17 0.2× 73 0.8× 88 1.7k
Virginia Trimble United States 21 1.6k 1.9× 36 0.2× 37 0.3× 33 0.3× 28 0.3× 175 2.2k
Dean W. Zimmerman United States 24 195 0.2× 761 4.0× 346 3.0× 45 0.4× 174 1.9× 75 2.9k
Bradley E. Schaefer United States 31 3.6k 4.2× 21 0.1× 72 0.6× 30 0.3× 36 0.4× 258 3.9k
H. Rickman Sweden 31 2.7k 3.1× 58 0.3× 252 2.2× 28 0.3× 19 0.2× 190 3.4k
John Gribbin United Kingdom 15 213 0.2× 20 0.1× 199 1.7× 40 0.4× 101 1.1× 145 1.0k
John Wild Australia 18 902 1.1× 34 0.2× 24 0.2× 136 1.3× 40 0.4× 70 1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Owen Gingerich

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Gingerich, Owen. (2006). The Inside Story of Pluto's Demotion. S&T. 112(11). 34. 1 indexed citations
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Gingerich, Owen. (2002). The correspondance of John Flamsteed, First Astronomer Royal (book review). Nature. 418(6894). 8–9. 8 indexed citations
3.
Gingerich, Owen. (1998). Benjamin Apthorp Gould and the Founding of The Astronomical Journal. AAS. 192. 1 indexed citations
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Gingerich, Owen, et al.. (1996). An Analysis of Kepler's Rudolphine Tables and Implications for the Reception of His Physical Astronomy. AAS. 189.
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Gingerich, Owen. (1994). The Use of History in Astronomy Education. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 185. 1 indexed citations
6.
Gingerich, Owen. (1987). The mysterious nebulae, 1610-1924.. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 81. 113.
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Gingerich, Owen, et al.. (1986). Book-Review - a Historical Catalogue of Scientific Periodicals. 15. 70.
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Gingerich, Owen. (1986). Newton, Halley, and the Comet. Sky and Telescope. 71. 230. 1 indexed citations
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Gingerich, Owen, et al.. (1984). Some Puzzles of Ptolemy's Star Catalogue. S&T. 67(5). 421. 1 indexed citations
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Gingerich, Owen. (1984). Galileo and the Phases of Venus. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 16. 489. 1 indexed citations
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Gingerich, Owen. (1983). Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- The Orbit of Mars. Sky and Telescope. 66. 300. 1 indexed citations
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Gingerich, Owen. (1981). Ptolemy Revisited - Reply to Newton, R.R.. Quarterly journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 22. 40. 1 indexed citations
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Gingerich, Owen & Kenneth R. Lang. (1979). A Source Book in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1900–1975. Harvard University Press eBooks. 45 indexed citations
14.
Gingerich, Owen. (1977). TYCHO Brahe and the Great Comet of 1577. Sky and Telescope. 54. 452.
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Gingerich, Owen. (1972). Johannes Kepler and the New Astronomy. Quarterly journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 13. 346. 2 indexed citations
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Gingerich, Owen. (1971). Johannes Kepler and the Rudolphine Tables. S&T. 42. 328. 1 indexed citations
17.
Gingerich, Owen. (1969). A New Solar Model Atmosphere. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 1. 277. 1 indexed citations
18.
Gingerich, Owen, K. M. Strom, & S. E. Strom. (1968). On the composition of Sirius revisited. Observatory. 88. 160–162. 2 indexed citations
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Gingerich, Owen. (1964). Review of Opacity Calculations. 167. 17. 3 indexed citations
20.
Gingerich, Owen. (1960). Abbe Lacaille's List of Clusters and Nebulae. S&T. 19. 207. 1 indexed citations

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