R. W. O’Connell

17.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
142 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

R. W. O’Connell is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. W. O’Connell has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 86 papers in Instrumentation and 14 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in R. W. O’Connell's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (88 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (86 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (70 papers). R. W. O’Connell is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (88 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (86 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (70 papers). R. W. O’Connell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. R. W. O’Connell's co-authors include J. S. Gallagher, J. Regis McNamara, T. P. Stecher, Laura Ferrarese, H. C. Ford, M. N. Fanelli, R. C. Bohlin, Deidre A. Hunter, Richard de Grijs and Morton S. Roberts and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

R. W. O’Connell

139 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

The origin of accreted stellar halo populations in the Milky Way using APOGEE,Gaia, and the EAGLE simulations

2018 201 citations J. Ted Mackereth, Ricardo P. Schiavon et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. W. O’Connell United States	33	3.4k	1.4k	352	117	60	142	3.5k
Alan Uomoto United States	18	3.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	426 1.2×	142 1.2×	67 1.1×	53	3.4k
N. Arimoto Japan	35	3.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.4×	324 0.9×	149 1.3×	61 1.0×	119	3.6k
Patrick Seitzer United States	28	2.4k 0.7×	935 0.7×	220 0.6×	83 0.7×	67 1.1×	100	2.5k
K. J. Fricke Germany	32	2.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	241 0.7×	81 0.7×	66 1.1×	108	2.6k
J. Koornneef United States	10	3.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	350 1.0×	139 1.2×	113 1.9×	25	3.4k
David A. Turnshek United States	36	3.8k 1.1×	851 0.6×	786 2.2×	139 1.2×	55 0.9×	105	3.8k
D. W. Weedman United States	25	2.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	419 1.2×	125 1.1×	50 0.8×	90	2.7k
G. R. Meurer United States	27	3.8k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	356 1.0×	144 1.2×	134 2.2×	81	3.9k
Santiago Arribas Spain	34	4.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	348 1.0×	192 1.6×	50 0.8×	160	4.2k
M. Yoshida Japan	31	3.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	690 2.0×	168 1.4×	121 2.0×	143	3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. W. O’Connell

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Ferreras, Ignacio, A. Pasquali, Nor Pirzkal, et al.. (2019). FIGS: spectral fitting constraints on the star formation history of massive galaxies since the cosmic noon. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 486(1). 1358–1376. 5 indexed citations

Mackereth, J. Ted, Ricardo P. Schiavon, Joel Pfeffer, et al.. (2018). The origin of accreted stellar halo populations in the Milky Way using APOGEE,Gaia, and the EAGLE simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 482(3). 3426–3442. 201 indexed citations breakdown →

Kaviraj, Sugata, Stanley Cohen, Sébastien Peirani, et al.. (2014). The role of major mergers in the size growth of intermediate-mass spheroids. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 443(2). 1861–1866. 9 indexed citations

Kaviraj, Sugata, Stanley Cohen, Richard S. Ellis, et al.. (2012). Newborn spheroids at high redshift: when and how did the dominant, old stars in today's massive galaxies form?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 428(2). 925–934. 30 indexed citations

Jansen, Rolf A., Paul A. Scowen, Matthew Beasley, et al.. (2009). A Systematic Study Of The Stellar Populations And Ism In Galaxies Out To The Virgo Cluster: Near Field Cosmology Within A Representative Slice Of The Local Universe. Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 2010. 140.

Waller, William H., M. N. Fanelli, William C. Keel, et al.. (2001). Ultraviolet Signposts of Resonant Dynamics in the Starburst-ringed S[CLC]ab[/CLC] Galaxy M94 (NGC 4736). The Astronomical Journal. 121(3). 1395–1412. 11 indexed citations

O’Connell, R. W.. (1999). Far-Ultraviolet Radiation From Elliptical Galaxies. 121 indexed citations

O’Connell, R. W., Ben Dorman, R. Y. Shah, et al.. (1997). Ultraviolet Imaging of the Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae. 15 indexed citations

Stecher, T. P., A. V. Sweigart, S. G. Neff, et al.. (1996). The Hot Horizontal Branch Stars of NGC 6752. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 188(2). 860–861. 1 indexed citations

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Hill, J. K., R. C. Bohlin, K. P. Cheng, et al.. (1995). Ultraviolet and optical observations of OB associations in M31. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 98. 595–595. 4 indexed citations

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Maran, S. P., V. La Parola, R. C. Bohlin, et al.. (1994). An ultraviolet-visible investigation of the globular cluster NGC 1851. The Astrophysical Journal. 423. 305–305. 6 indexed citations

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Bosch, Frank C. van den, Laura Ferrarese, Walter Jaffe, H. C. Ford, & R. W. O’Connell. (1994). Hubble Space Telescope photometry of the central regions of Virgo cluster elliptical galaxies. II: Isophote shapes.. The Astronomical Journal. 108. 1579–1579. 48 indexed citations

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O’Connell, R. W., J. S. Gallagher, & Deidre A. Hunter. (1994). Hubble Space Telescope imaging of super-star clusters in NGC 1569 and NGC 1705. The Astrophysical Journal. 433. 65–65. 108 indexed citations

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Witt, Adolf N., R. C. Bohlin, R. W. O’Connell, et al.. (1992). Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope images of the reflection nebula NGC 7023 - Derivation of ultraviolet scattering properties of dust grains. The Astrophysical Journal. 395. L5–L5. 36 indexed citations

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O’Connell, R. W., R. C. Bohlin, Nicholas R. Collins, et al.. (1992). Ultraviolet imaging of old population in nearby galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 395. L45–L45. 25 indexed citations

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Hill, Robert, J. K. Hill, V. La Parola, et al.. (1992). An Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope study of the globular cluster M79 (NGC 1904). The Astrophysical Journal. 395. L17–L17. 4 indexed citations

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Maran, S. P., R. W. O’Connell, V. La Parola, et al.. (1991). UIT Imaging of the Starburst Galaxy M82. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 23. 950. 1 indexed citations

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Wise, M. W., R. W. O’Connell, Joel N. Bregman, & M. S. Roberts. (1990). Analysis and Modeling of X-Ray Emission from Clusters with Dominant Galaxies in Comparison with High Resolution Radio Maps. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 22. 882. 1 indexed citations

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Fanelli, M. N., R. W. O’Connell, & T. X. Thuan. (1988). Spectral synthesis in the ultraviolet. II - Stellar populations and star formation in blue compact galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 334. 665–665. 87 indexed citations

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O’Connell, R. W.. (1974). Giant Dominance in E/so Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 193. L49–L49. 2 indexed citations

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