Robert A. Woodruff

3.7k total citations
106 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Woodruff is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Woodruff has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 43 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 29 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Woodruff's work include Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (43 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (31 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (28 papers). Robert A. Woodruff is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (43 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (31 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (28 papers). Robert A. Woodruff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Robert A. Woodruff's co-authors include Samuel B. Guzé, Paula J. Clayton, David Alpers, Charles C. Norland, Steven J. Young, George E. Murphy, Marijan Herjanic, Ferris N. Pitts, Olivier Guyon and Stephen T. Ridgway and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Gastroenterology and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Woodruff

96 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert A. Woodruff United States 24 693 538 262 247 233 106 1.9k
Peter Schuster United States 21 420 0.6× 964 1.8× 6 0.0× 500 2.0× 208 0.9× 54 3.5k
Kevin Sweeney United States 19 191 0.3× 100 0.2× 92 0.4× 72 0.3× 364 1.6× 33 1.4k
Richard C.W. Hall United States 35 1.6k 2.3× 1.6k 2.9× 13 0.0× 637 2.6× 5 0.0× 144 4.8k
Jeffrey A. Gray United Kingdom 33 673 1.0× 511 0.9× 4 0.0× 454 1.8× 9 0.0× 67 3.3k
Thomas Janssens Belgium 20 190 0.3× 65 0.1× 5 0.0× 61 0.2× 68 0.3× 63 1.7k
David M. Walton Canada 34 806 1.2× 152 0.3× 6 0.0× 165 0.7× 73 0.3× 198 5.0k
Helané Wahbeh United States 30 380 0.5× 1.3k 2.4× 83 0.3× 443 1.8× 2 0.0× 91 2.8k
Peter Fenwick United Kingdom 25 424 0.6× 534 1.0× 5 0.0× 480 1.9× 9 0.0× 62 1.9k
Rebecca Morrison United States 28 145 0.2× 329 0.6× 9 0.0× 185 0.7× 7 0.0× 55 2.5k
Athéna Demertzi Belgium 44 1.1k 1.5× 344 0.6× 3 0.0× 217 0.9× 19 0.1× 113 6.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Scowen, Paul A., K. G. Gayley, Richard Ignace, J. J. Drake, & Robert A. Woodruff. (2025). Polstar—the role of rapid rotation in the evolution of massive stars and the galaxy. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems. 11(4). 1 indexed citations
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Quijada, Manuel A., et al.. (2023). Linear polarizer design for application in the far-ultraviolet spectral range. 37–37. 1 indexed citations
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Woodruff, Robert A., et al.. (2019). CETUS science capabilities enabled by the CETUS NUV multi-object spectrometer and NUV/FUV camera. 233. 1 indexed citations
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Woodruff, Robert A., et al.. (2018). The CETUS Probe Mission Concept 1.5m Optical Telescope Assembly: A high A-Omega approach for ultraviolet astrophysics. 231. 2 indexed citations
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Woodruff, Robert A.. (2012). Optical mechanism for aberration of starlight. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 29(7). 1217–1217. 3 indexed citations
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Woodruff, Robert A., et al.. (2010). Optical design of dilute aperture visible nulling coronagraph imaging (DAViNCI). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7731. 77312A–77312A. 3 indexed citations
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Carpenter, Kenneth G., Keith C. Gendreau, Jesse Leitner, et al.. (2009). Technology Development for Future Sparse Aperture Telescopes and Interferometers in Space. 2010. 47.
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Melnick, Gary J., Volker Bromm, G. G. Fazio, et al.. (2009). The Cosmic Inflation Probe (CIP) - Updated. 213. 1 indexed citations
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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.
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Guyon, Olivier, Eugene Pluzhnik, Stephen T. Ridgway, & Robert A. Woodruff. (2006). Imaging extrasolar terrestrial planets from space with a PIAA coronagraph. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6265. 62651F–62651F.
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Morse, Jon A., et al.. (2004). The HORUS Origins Science Mission. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 205. 1 indexed citations
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Woodruff, Robert A., Jon A. Morse, & Tod R. Lauer. (2004). Technical implementation of the DESTINY mission concept. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5487. 1545–1545. 2 indexed citations
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Ford, H. C., Tom Broadhurst, Paul D. Feldman, et al.. (1995). The Advanced Camera for the Hubble Space Telescope. 186. 5 indexed citations
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Woodruff, Robert A., et al.. (1985). Interaction between mobile DNA-element-induced lethal mutations and chemical mutagens in the hybrid dysgenic system of Drosophila melanogaster. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 149(1). 33–40. 3 indexed citations
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Clayton, Paula J., Marijan Herjanic, George E. Murphy, & Robert A. Woodruff. (1974). Mourning and Depression: Their Similarities and Differences. Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal. 19(3). 309–312. 75 indexed citations
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Cunningham, Lynn, Charles L. Rich, Robert A. Woodruff, & John W. Olney. (1974). Creatine Phosphokinase and Psychiatric Illness. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 124(1). 87–91. 13 indexed citations
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Guzé, Samuel B., Robert A. Woodruff, & Paula J. Clayton. (1971). Hysteria and Antisocial Behavior: Further Evidence of an Association. American Journal of Psychiatry. 127(7). 957–960. 60 indexed citations
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Bottema, Murk J. & Robert A. Woodruff. (1971). Third Order Aberrations in Cassegrain-Type Telescopes and Coma Correction in Servo-Stabilized Images. Applied Optics. 10(2). 300–300. 20 indexed citations
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Woodruff, Robert A.. (1966). The Diagnostic use of the Amylobarbitone Interview Among Patients with Psychotic Illnesses. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 112(488). 727–732. 6 indexed citations

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