R. Weiss

75.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 691 citations indexed

About

R. Weiss is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Weiss has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 691 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 5 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in R. Weiss's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (5 papers), Geophysics and Sensor Technology (5 papers) and Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (4 papers). R. Weiss is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (5 papers), Geophysics and Sensor Technology (5 papers) and Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (4 papers). R. Weiss collaborates with scholars based in United States and Italy. R. Weiss's co-authors include C. L. Bennett, N. W. Boggess, E. L. Wright, John C. Mather, E. S. Cheng, D. T. Wilkinson, G. F. Smoot, S. S. Meyer, Luis Tenorio and P. Jackson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Astrophysical Journal and Optics Letters.

In The Last Decade

R. Weiss

22 papers receiving 638 citations

Hit Papers

Dipole Anisotropy in the COBE Differential Microwave Radi... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Dipole Anisotropy in the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometers First-Year Sky Maps
    1993 240 citations A. Kogut, Charles H. Lineweaver et al. The Astrophysical Journal 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. Weiss United States 10 542 184 165 75 52 26 691
R. Decher United States 9 374 0.7× 74 0.4× 255 1.5× 55 0.7× 22 0.4× 31 616
C. T. Cunningham United Kingdom 12 486 0.9× 194 1.1× 58 0.4× 35 0.5× 11 0.2× 26 573
S. E. Whitcomb United States 15 450 0.8× 50 0.3× 226 1.4× 126 1.7× 14 0.3× 36 619
Hubert Halloin France 13 610 1.1× 384 2.1× 155 0.9× 32 0.4× 24 0.5× 33 848
J. Truêmper Germany 15 966 1.8× 435 2.4× 107 0.6× 41 0.5× 24 0.5× 77 1.1k
J. Middleditch United States 20 1.2k 2.1× 272 1.5× 114 0.7× 60 0.8× 25 0.5× 71 1.2k
N. Bartel United States 20 1.1k 2.1× 611 3.3× 63 0.4× 45 0.6× 37 0.7× 113 1.2k
George Nystrom United States 9 293 0.5× 79 0.4× 262 1.6× 44 0.6× 5 0.1× 18 583
J. Cottam United States 14 805 1.5× 208 1.1× 121 0.7× 13 0.2× 16 0.3× 35 918
S. S. Holt United States 18 1.1k 2.0× 475 2.6× 50 0.3× 14 0.2× 62 1.2× 56 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by R. Weiss

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. Weiss

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Weiss

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. Weiss. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. Weiss 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 R. Weiss. R. Weiss 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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Glass, H., R. Gustafson, Craig J. Hogan, et al.. (2013). The Fermilab Holometer: Probing the Planck Scale. 221.
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Dolesi, R., M. Hueller, Daniele Nicolodi, et al.. (2011). Brownian force noise from molecular collisions and the sensitivity of advanced gravitational wave observatories. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 84(6). 19 indexed citations
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Chou, A., Craig J. Hogan, S. S. Meyer, et al.. (2009). The Fermilab Holometer: A Program to Measure Planck Scale Indeterminacy. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2 indexed citations
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Evans, M., N. Mavalvala, P. Fritschel, et al.. (2002). Lock acquisition of a gravitational-wave interferometer. Optics Letters. 27(8). 598–598. 20 indexed citations
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Jones, Lynne, et al.. (2000). Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory beam tube component and module leak testing. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 18(4). 1794–1799. 5 indexed citations
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Whitcomb, S. E., G. Billingsley, Dieter Jungwirth, et al.. (1997). Optics Development for LIGO. 229. 6 indexed citations
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Abramovici, A., W. E. Althouse, J. B. Camp, et al.. (1996). Improved sensitivity in a gravitational wave interferometer and implications for LIGO. Physics Letters A. 218(3-6). 157–163. 105 indexed citations
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Bennett, C. L., N. W. Boggess, E. S. Cheng, et al.. (1993). Scientific results from COBE. Advances in Space Research. 13(12). 409–423. 14 indexed citations
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Kogut, A., Charles H. Lineweaver, G. F. Smoot, et al.. (1993). Dipole Anisotropy in the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometers First-Year Sky Maps. The Astrophysical Journal. 419. 1–1. 240 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boggess, N. W., John C. Mather, R. Weiss, et al.. (1992). The COBE mission - Its design and performance two years after launch. The Astrophysical Journal. 397. 420–420. 155 indexed citations
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Cheng, E. S., John C. Mather, R. A. Shafer, et al.. (1991). COBE's FIRAS: Update on Refining Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Spectrum. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 23. 896. 3 indexed citations
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Mather, John C., E. S. Cheng, R. A. Shafer, et al.. (1991). Early results from the far infrared absolute spectrophotometer (FIRAS). AIP conference proceedings. 222. 43–52. 1 indexed citations
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Mather, John C., E. S. Cheng, R. A. Shafer, et al.. (1990). Spectra and Sky Maps from the COBE Far Infrared Spectraphotometer (FIRAS). Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 22. 1216.
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Dewey, Daniel, et al.. (1986). The MIT prototype gravitational wave detector.. 591–597. 3 indexed citations
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Meyer, S. S., et al.. (1983). A search for the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect at millimeter wavelengths. The Astrophysical Journal. 271. L1–L1. 9 indexed citations
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Owens, D.K., D.J. Muehlner, & R. Weiss. (1979). A large-beam sky survey at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths made from balloon altitudes. The Astrophysical Journal. 231. 702–702. 5 indexed citations
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Weiss, R., et al.. (1975). GRAVITY ASSISTED MASS TRANSIT.
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Ezekiel, S. & R. Weiss. (1968). A molecular beam reference for laser frequency stabilization. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 4(5). 367–367.
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Weiss, R. & Л. Гродзинс. (1962). A search for a frequency shift of 14.4 keV photons on traversing radiation fields. Physics Letters. 1(8). 342–345. 4 indexed citations
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Stroke, H. H., et al.. (1957). Magnetic Moments and Hyperfine-Structure Anomalies ofCs133,Cs134,Cs135, andCs137. Physical Review. 105(2). 590–603. 33 indexed citations

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