Robert C. Nichol

42.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Robert C. Nichol is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert C. Nichol has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 8 papers in Instrumentation and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Robert C. Nichol's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (13 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (8 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (3 papers). Robert C. Nichol is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (13 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (8 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (3 papers). Robert C. Nichol collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Robert C. Nichol's co-authors include Donald P. Schneider, Michael A. Strauss, Michael R. Blanton, Max Tegmark, Neta A. Bahcall, J. Brinkmann, Donald G. York, David H. Weinberg, David W. Hogg and J. Loveday and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

Robert C. Nichol

15 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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 Galaxy Luminosity Function and Luminosity Density at Redshiftz= 0.1
    2003 613 citations Michael R. Blanton, David W. Hogg et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. GALAXY CLUSTERING IN THE COMPLETED SDSS REDSHIFT SURVEY: THE DEPENDENCE ON COLOR AND LUMINOSITY
    2011 479 citations Idit Zehavi, Zheng Zheng et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers

Robert C. Nichol
Joshua A. Frieman United States
Jeffrey A. Munn United States
Michael T. Busha United States
Stephen D. Landy United States
F. J. Castander Spain
R. R. de Carvalho Brazil
Andrew Hearin United States
Christopher J. Miller United States
H. Lin United States
Ryan Scranton United States
Joshua A. Frieman United States
Robert C. Nichol
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Countries citing papers authored by Robert C. Nichol

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert C. Nichol

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Robert C. Nichol. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Robert C. Nichol. The network helps show where Robert C. Nichol may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert C. Nichol

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert C. Nichol. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert C. Nichol 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 Robert C. Nichol. Robert C. Nichol is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Bundy, Kevin, Alexie Leauthaud, Shun Saito, et al.. (2015). THE STRIPE 82 MASSIVE GALAXY PROJECT. I. CATALOG CONSTRUCTION. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 221(1). 15–15. 27 indexed citations
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Simmons, Brooke, Chris Lintott, Kevin Schawinski, et al.. (2013). Galaxy Zoo: bulgeless galaxies with growing black holes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 429(3). 2199–2211. 48 indexed citations
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Zehavi, Idit, Zheng Zheng, David H. Weinberg, et al.. (2011). GALAXY CLUSTERING IN THE COMPLETED SDSS REDSHIFT SURVEY: THE DEPENDENCE ON COLOR AND LUMINOSITY. The Astrophysical Journal. 736(1). 59–59. 479 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schlegel, David J., Michael R. Blanton, Daniel J. Eisenstein, et al.. (2007). SDSS-III: The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS). AAS. 211. 7 indexed citations
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Nichol, Robert C., et al.. (2007). The three-point correlation function of luminous red galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 378(3). 1196–1206. 66 indexed citations
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Padmanabhan, Nikhil, David J. Schlegel, Uroš Seljak, et al.. (2007). The clustering of luminous red galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey imaging data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 378(3). 852–872. 205 indexed citations
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Sadat, R., S. Vauclair, David H. Lumb, et al.. (2005). TheXMM-Newton$\mathsf{\Omega}$ project. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 437(1). 31–38. 25 indexed citations
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Zehavi, Idit, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Robert C. Nichol, et al.. (2005). The Intermediate‐Scale Clustering of Luminous Red Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 621(1). 22–31. 128 indexed citations
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Richards, Gordon T., Robert C. Nichol, Alexander Gray, et al.. (2004). Efficient Photometric Selection of Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: 100,000 z < 3 Quasars from Data Release One. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 155(2). 257–269. 125 indexed citations
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Bahcall, Neta A., Feng Dong, Paul Bode, et al.. (2003). The Cluster Mass Function from Early Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data: Cosmological Implications. The Astrophysical Journal. 585(1). 182–190. 92 indexed citations
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Blanton, Michael R., David W. Hogg, Neta A. Bahcall, et al.. (2003). The Galaxy Luminosity Function and Luminosity Density at Redshiftz= 0.1. The Astrophysical Journal. 592(2). 819–838. 613 indexed citations breakdown →
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Richards, Gordon T., Patrick B. Hall, D. E. vanden Berk, et al.. (2003). Red and Reddened Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The Astronomical Journal. 126(3). 1131–1147. 232 indexed citations
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Hogg, David W., Michael R. Blanton, Iskra Strateva, et al.. (2002). The Luminosity Density of Red Galaxies. The Astronomical Journal. 124(2). 646–651. 63 indexed citations
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Schneider, Donald P., Xiaohui Fan, Michael A. Strauss, et al.. (2000). Discovery of a Pair of [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] = 4.25 Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The Astronomical Journal. 120(5). 2183–2189. 19 indexed citations
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Uomoto, Alan, S. Smee, Constance M. Rockosi, et al.. (1999). The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Spectrographs. AAS. 195.
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Szapudi, István, et al.. (1996). Higher Order Statistics from the Edinburgh/Durham Southern Galaxy Catalogue Survey. I. Counts in Cells. The Astrophysical Journal. 473(1). 15–21. 28 indexed citations

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