R. J. Wainscoat

15.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
137 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

R. J. Wainscoat is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. J. Wainscoat has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 39 papers in Instrumentation and 9 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in R. J. Wainscoat's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (83 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (63 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (45 papers). R. J. Wainscoat is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (83 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (63 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (45 papers). R. J. Wainscoat collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. R. J. Wainscoat's co-authors include E. A. Magnier, K. C. Chambers, K. W. Hodapp, W. S. Burgett, J. Tonry, L. L. Cowie, N. Kaiser, C. Waters, H. Flewelling and Rolf‐Peter Kudritzki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

R. J. Wainscoat

126 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

THE Pan-STARRS1 PHOTOMETRIC SYSTEM 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2018 100 200 300 400
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. THE Pan-STARRS1 PHOTOMETRIC SYSTEM
    2012 497 citations J. Tonry, C. W. Stubbs et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. Galactic reddening in 3D from stellar photometry – an improved map
    2018 265 citations W. S. Burgett, P. W. Draper et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. J. Wainscoat United States 34 3.9k 1.0k 368 193 164 137 4.2k
Andrés Jordán Chile 38 5.0k 1.3× 2.3k 2.2× 330 0.9× 229 1.2× 111 0.7× 134 5.1k
E. A. Magnier United States 32 3.8k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 484 1.3× 179 0.9× 171 1.0× 131 4.0k
M. Barden Germany 22 3.3k 0.8× 1.8k 1.8× 250 0.7× 203 1.1× 57 0.3× 34 3.5k
Stefan Noll Germany 29 2.8k 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 207 0.6× 156 0.8× 68 0.4× 75 3.1k
K. W. Hodapp United States 30 3.5k 0.9× 863 0.8× 285 0.8× 335 1.7× 124 0.8× 166 3.8k
William D. Vacca United States 32 4.9k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 317 0.9× 185 1.0× 107 0.7× 114 5.0k
B. Altieri Spain 26 3.5k 0.9× 623 0.6× 886 2.4× 171 0.9× 76 0.5× 89 3.6k
M. Baes Belgium 38 5.3k 1.4× 1.9k 1.8× 676 1.8× 236 1.2× 76 0.5× 202 5.5k
Jon A. Holtzman United States 49 6.9k 1.8× 2.8k 2.8× 664 1.8× 319 1.7× 173 1.1× 150 7.2k
A. Georgakakis Greece 31 3.9k 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 1.1k 2.9× 109 0.6× 85 0.5× 113 4.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. J. Wainscoat

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Baldassare, Vivienne, D. O. Jones, K. Decker French, et al.. (2025). A Large-scale Search for Photometrically Variable Active Galactic Nuclei in Dwarf Galaxies Using the Young Supernova Experiment. The Astrophysical Journal. 985(2). 223–223. 1 indexed citations
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Lilly, E., Charles Schambeau, Kathryn Volk, et al.. (2024). Semimajor-axis Jumps as the Activity Trigger in Centaurs and High-perihelion Jupiter-family Comets. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 960(2). L8–L8. 6 indexed citations
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Miller, Patrick, R. Weryk, R. J. Wainscoat, et al.. (2024). The International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC)—Citizen Scientist System for Asteroid Discovery. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 136(2). 24502–24502.
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Meech, K. J., Jan Kleyna, O. Hainaut, et al.. (2023). TNO or Comet? The Search for Activity and Characterization of Distant Object 418993 (2009 MS9). The Planetary Science Journal. 4(1). 2–2. 1 indexed citations
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Santana-Ros, T., M. Micheli, Maxime Devogèle, et al.. (2022). Orbital stability analysis and photometric characterization of the second Earth Trojan asteroid 2020 XL5. Nature Communications. 13(1). 447–447. 12 indexed citations
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Magnier, E. A., K. C. Chambers, H. Flewelling, et al.. (2020). The Pan-STARRS Data-processing System. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 251(1). 3–3. 51 indexed citations
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Waters, C., E. A. Magnier, P. A. Price, et al.. (2020). Pan-STARRS Pixel Processing: Detrending, Warping, Stacking. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 251(1). 4–4. 54 indexed citations
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Hainaut, O., Jan Kleyna, K. J. Meech, et al.. (2019). Disintegration of active asteroid P/2016 G1 (PANSTARRS). Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 6 indexed citations
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Jedicke, Robert, K. J. Meech, Paul Wiegert, et al.. (2019). The orbit and size-frequency distribution of long period comets observed by Pan-STARRS1. Icarus. 333. 252–272. 34 indexed citations
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Gáll, Erwin, R. Kotak, B. Leibundgut, et al.. (2018). An updated Type II supernova Hubble diagram. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 13 indexed citations
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Lilly, E., Robert Jedicke, Peter Vereš, L. Denneau, & R. J. Wainscoat. (2016). The size-frequency distribution of H > 13 NEOs and ARM target candidates detected by Pan-STARRS1. Icarus. 284. 114–125. 17 indexed citations
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Lin, Hsing Wen, Ying-Tung Chen, Matthew J. Holman, et al.. (2016). THE PAN-STARRS 1 DISCOVERIES OF FIVE NEW NEPTUNE TROJANS. The Astronomical Journal. 152(5). 147–147. 8 indexed citations
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Smartt, S. J., K. W. Smith, M. E. Huber, et al.. (2015). Pan-STARRS search for optical counterparts to the ANTARES neutrino detection. The astronomer's telegram. 8027. 1.
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Chambers, K. C., H. Flewelling, M. Willman, et al.. (2015). The Pan-STARRS Survey for Transients (PSST) - first announcement and public release. ATel. 7153. 1. 3 indexed citations
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Lin, Lihwai, C. Hennig, S. Desai, et al.. (2015). Optical confirmation and redshift estimation of the Planck cluster candidates overlapping the Pan-STARRS Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 449(4). 3370–3380. 11 indexed citations
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Wainscoat, R. J., M. Micheli, N. Primak, et al.. (2013). Comet P/2013 p1 (panstarrs). 3618. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Hormuth, F., R. J. Wainscoat, M. Micheli, et al.. (2013). Comet C/2013 g8 (panstarrs). 3477. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Jedicke, Robert, J. Tonry, Peter Vereš, et al.. (2012). ATLAS: Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System. 44. 5 indexed citations
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Wainscoat, R. J., Robert Jedicke, L. Denneau, P. Vereš, & Mikael Granvik. (2011). The Pan-STARRS search for Near Earth Asteroids: present status and future plans. 2011. 714. 1 indexed citations
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Cohen, Martin, Russell G. Walker, R. J. Wainscoat, et al.. (1990). An infrared sky model based on the IRAS point source data. STIN. 90. 29265. 2 indexed citations

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