Paul L. Schechter

15.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
118 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Paul L. Schechter is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul L. Schechter has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 76 papers in Instrumentation and 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Paul L. Schechter's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (75 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (70 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (54 papers). Paul L. Schechter is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (75 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (70 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (54 papers). Paul L. Schechter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Chile. Paul L. Schechter's co-authors include William H. Press, J. Wambsganß, Stephen A. Shectman, Abhijit Saha, Mario Mateo, R. Kirshner, D. L. Tucker, Stephen D. Landy, H. Lin and Jr. Oemler A. and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

Paul L. Schechter

112 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

Formation of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies by Self-Si... 1974 2026 1991 2008 1974 1976 1993 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. Formation of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies by Self-Similar Gravitational Condensation
    1974 3.0k citations Paul L. Schechter et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. An analytic expression for the luminosity function for galaxies.
    1976 1.6k citations Paul L. Schechter The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  3. DOPHOT, a CCD photometry program: Description and tests
    1993 406 citations Paul L. Schechter et al. profile →

Peers

Paul L. Schechter
A. E. Evrard United States
N. Kaiser United States
Konrad Kuijken Netherlands
Martha P. Haynes United States
Marc Davis United States
Dennis Zaritsky United States
J. P. Huchra United States
S. M. Faber United States
F. Combes France
S. Borgani Italy
A. E. Evrard United States
Paul L. Schechter
Citations per year, relative to Paul L. Schechter Paul L. Schechter (= 1×) peers A. E. Evrard

Countries citing papers authored by Paul L. Schechter

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul L. Schechter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul L. Schechter

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul L. Schechter. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul L. Schechter 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 Paul L. Schechter. Paul L. Schechter 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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Lemon, Cameron, F. Courbin, Anupreeta More, et al.. (2024). Searching for Strong Gravitational Lenses. Space Science Reviews. 220(2). 9 indexed citations
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Anguita, T., et al.. (2024). Microlensing Near Macro-Caustics. Space Science Reviews. 220(5). 2 indexed citations
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Schechter, Paul L., et al.. (2024). A Malmquist-like Bias in the Inferred Areas of Diamond Caustics and Consequences for the Inferred Time Delays of Gravitationally Lensed Quasars. The Astrophysical Journal. 962(2). 108–108. 2 indexed citations
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Schechter, Paul L., et al.. (2024). Witt’s Hyperbola Is Both Predicted and Observed to Pass Close to the Lensing Galaxies in Quadruple Quasars. The Astrophysical Journal. 975(1). 62–62.
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Lemon, Cameron, T. Anguita, F. Courbin, et al.. (2022). Gravitationally lensed quasars in Gaia – IV. 150 new lenses, quasar pairs, and projected quasars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(3). 3305–3328. 36 indexed citations
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Shajib, Anowar J., Adriano Agnello, P. R. Williams, et al.. (2021). High-resolution imaging follow-up of doubly imaged quasars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 503(2). 1557–1567. 3 indexed citations
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Jaelani, Anton T., Cristian E. Rusu, Issha Kayo, et al.. (2021). Survey of Gravitationally Lensed Objects in HSC Imaging (SuGOHI) – VII. Discovery and confirmation of three strongly lensed quasars†. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 502(1). 1487–1493. 19 indexed citations
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Schechter, Paul L., et al.. (2021). "Worst-Case" Micro-Lensing in the Identification and Modeling of Lensed Quasars. arXiv (Cornell University). 14 indexed citations
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Schechter, Paul L., et al.. (2021). What Makes Quadruply Lensed Quasars Quadruple?. The Astrophysical Journal. 915(1). 4–4. 13 indexed citations
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Lucey, J. R., Russell J. Smith, Paul L. Schechter, A. S. Bosh, & S. E. Levine. (2018). A New Quadruple-image Gravitational Lens in an Edge-on Disk Galaxy at z = 0.0956. Research Notes of the AAS. 2(2). 62–62. 1 indexed citations
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Chehade, B., N. Metcalfe, T. Shanks, et al.. (2017). First Lensed Quasar Systems from the VST-ATLAS Survey: One Quad, Two Doubles, and Two Pairs of Lensless Twins. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 27 indexed citations
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Macias, Phillip, Jerome A. Orosz, Charles D. Bailyn, et al.. (2011). A Refined Black Hole Mass for the X-ray Transient GRS 1009-45. AAS. 217. 1 indexed citations
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Fassnacht, C. D., et al.. (2004). Strong Lensing Studies with the LSST. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 205.
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Wisotzki, L., Paul L. Schechter, D. O. Richstone, et al.. (2004). HE 0047-1756: A new gravitationally lensed double QSO. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 419(3). L31–L34. 28 indexed citations
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Schechter, Paul L., A. Udalski, M. K. Szymański, et al.. (2003). Microlensing of Relativistic Knots in the Quasar HE 1104−1805 AB. The Astrophysical Journal. 584(2). 657–663. 33 indexed citations
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Courbin, F., Prasenjit Saha, & Paul L. Schechter. (2002). Quasar Lensing. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Wisotzki, L., et al.. (2002). HE 0435-1223: A wide separation quadruple QSO and gravitational lens. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 395(1). 17–23. 58 indexed citations
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Chartas, G., Xinyu Dai, S. C. Gallagher, et al.. (2001). ChandraDetects a Rapid Flare in the Gravitationally Lensed Mini–Broad Absorption Line QSO RX J0911.4+0551. The Astrophysical Journal. 558(1). 119–126. 11 indexed citations
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Kirshner, R., A. Oemler, Paul L. Schechter, & Stephen A. Shectman. (1982). The Big Blank - Void in Space. Scientific American. 246(2). 75.

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