Robert C. Duncan

9.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
41 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

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Robert C. Duncan is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert C. Duncan has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 6 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Robert C. Duncan's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (26 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (21 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (9 papers). Robert C. Duncan is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (26 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (21 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (9 papers). Robert C. Duncan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Robert C. Duncan's co-authors include Christopher Thompson, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, S. Bajtlik, K. Hurley, C. Kouveliotou, Ira Wasserman, Peter Woods, J. van Paradijs, Stuart L. Shapiro and Mark H. Finger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Robert C. Duncan

40 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

Formation of very strongly magnetized neutron stars - Implications for gamma-ray bursts

1992 1.5k citations Robert C. Duncan, Christopher Thompson The Astrophysical Journal profile →
The soft gamma repeaters as very strongly magnetized neutron stars - I. Radiative mechanism for outbursts

1995 890 citations Christopher Thompson, Robert C. Duncan Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
The Soft Gamma Repeaters as Very Strongly Magnetized Neutron Stars. II. Quiescent Neutrino, X‐Ray, and Alfven Wave Emission

1996 702 citations Christopher Thompson, Robert C. Duncan The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Neutron star dynamos and the origins of pulsar magnetism

1993 597 citations Christopher Thompson, Robert C. Duncan The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert C. Duncan United States	20	4.9k	1.5k	1.5k	692	297	41	5.5k
D. G. Yakovlev Russia	31	2.4k 0.5×	991 0.7×	994 0.7×	815 1.2×	232 0.8×	102	2.9k
J. Trümper Germany	31	3.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	567 0.4×	341 0.5×	104 0.4×	125	3.9k
H. M. van Horn United States	27	2.6k 0.5×	427 0.3×	821 0.5×	715 1.0×	135 0.5×	89	3.4k
J. van Paradijs Netherlands	47	7.2k 1.5×	1.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	203 0.3×	117 0.4×	317	7.4k
W. H. G. Lewin United States	47	7.4k 1.5×	2.1k 1.4×	2.1k 1.4×	237 0.3×	71 0.2×	268	7.8k
Armen Sedrakian Germany	35	3.0k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 2.0×	319 1.1×	140	4.0k
D. G. Yakovlev Russia	20	1.9k 0.4×	602 0.4×	854 0.6×	510 0.7×	252 0.8×	60	2.2k
F. D. Seward United States	31	2.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	289 0.2×	214 0.3×	65 0.2×	124	2.8k
E. Schreier United States	33	3.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	387 0.3×	161 0.2×	39 0.1×	102	3.6k
C. O. Heinke United States	42	5.1k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	253 0.4×	274 0.9×	201	5.2k

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Hurley, K., Steven E. Boggs, David M. Smith, et al.. (2005). An exceptionally bright flare from SGR 1806–20 and the origins of short-duration γ-ray bursts. Nature. 434(7037). 1098–1103. 300 indexed citations

Harless, William G., et al.. (2003). Virtual conversations: An interface to knowledge. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 23(5). 46–52. 10 indexed citations

Duncan, Robert C.. (2002). Nature, nurture or not sure ? a debate about SGRs and AXPs.. CERN Bulletin. 73. 534–541. 1 indexed citations

Thompson, Christopher & Robert C. Duncan. (2001). The Giant Flare of 1998 August 27 from SGR 1900+14. II. Radiative Mechanism and Physical Constraints on the Source. The Astrophysical Journal. 561(2). 980–1005. 189 indexed citations

Duncan, Robert C.. (2001). Gamma-ray bursts from extragalactic Magnetar Flares. AIP conference proceedings. 586. 495–500. 5 indexed citations

Duncan, Robert C.. (2001). Crustal shear oscillations, magnetar spindown, and the 1998 August 27 flare. AIP conference proceedings. 556. 228–239. 2 indexed citations

Feroci, M., K. Hurley, Robert C. Duncan, & Christopher Thompson. (2001). The Giant Flare of 1998 August 27 from SGR 1900+14. I. An Interpretive Study ofBeppoSAXandUlyssesObservations. The Astrophysical Journal. 549(2). 1021–1038. 72 indexed citations

Woods, P. M., C. Kouveliotou, Mark H. Finger, et al.. (2000). Timing Noise in SGR 1806−20. The Astrophysical Journal. 535(1). L55–L58. 21 indexed citations

Duncan, Robert C.. (2000). Physics in ultra-strong magnetic fields. AIP conference proceedings. 526. 830–841. 37 indexed citations

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Duncan, Robert C. & Christopher Thompson. (1996). Magnetars. AIP conference proceedings. 366. 111–117. 5 indexed citations

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Thompson, Christopher & Robert C. Duncan. (1995). The soft gamma repeaters as very strongly magnetized neutron stars - I. Radiative mechanism for outbursts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 275(2). 255–300. 890 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Hui, Robert C. Duncan, & Christopher Thompson. (1994). Beamed gamma-ray bursts from the galactic halo: Model comparisons with BATSE data. AIP conference proceedings. 307. 600–604. 1 indexed citations

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Thompson, Christopher & Robert C. Duncan. (1993). X-ray emission from neutron stars with supercritical magnetic fields: A model for the soft gamma repeaters. AIP conference proceedings. 1085–1089.

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Thompson, Christopher & Robert C. Duncan. (1993). Neutron star dynamos and the origins of pulsar magnetism. The Astrophysical Journal. 408. 194–194. 597 indexed citations breakdown →

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Duncan, Robert C. & Christopher Thompson. (1992). Formation of very strongly magnetized neutron stars - Implications for gamma-ray bursts. The Astrophysical Journal. 392. L9–L9. 1535 indexed citations breakdown →

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Duncan, Robert C.. (1991). Evidence for a massive, dark gravitational lensing object in Q2345 + 007. The Astrophysical Journal. 375. L41–L41. 4 indexed citations

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Ostriker, Jeremiah P., S. Bajtlik, & Robert C. Duncan. (1988). Clustering and voids in the Lyman-alpha forest. The Astrophysical Journal. 327. L35–L35. 17 indexed citations

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Duncan, Robert C., Ira Wasserman, & S. Shapiro. (1984). Neutrino emissivity of interacting quark matter in neutron stars. II - Finite neutrino momentum effects. The Astrophysical Journal. 278. 806–806. 9 indexed citations

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Alig, R. Casanova, et al.. (1973). Reduced 4f-5d electrostatic interaction of Tm2+ in SrCl2. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 59(11). 5837–5841. 23 indexed citations

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Duncan, Robert C., Z. Kiss, & J. P. Wittke. (1962). Direct Observation of Longitudinal Modes in the Output of Optical Masers. Journal of Applied Physics. 33(8). 2568–2569. 2 indexed citations

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