Robert Thornton

6.8k total citations
8 papers, 51 citations indexed

About

Robert Thornton is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Thornton has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 51 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Robert Thornton's work include Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (4 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (2 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (2 papers). Robert Thornton is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (4 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (2 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (2 papers). Robert Thornton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Italy. Robert Thornton's co-authors include Alan Stockton, J. R. Kuhn, David M. Harrington, Susan E. Ridgway, Hubert Yamada, L. L. Cowie, Tony T. Young, A. J. Pickles, M. Waterson and K. W. Hodapp and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astronomical Journal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and Occupational Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Robert Thornton

7 papers receiving 49 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Thornton United States	5	38	18	17	6	4	8	51
M. Viton France	5	45 1.2×	9 0.5×	11 0.6×	8 1.3×		12	56
D. Loreggia Italy	4	21 0.6×	17 0.9×	6 0.4×	10 1.7×		10	32
E. Wishnow United States	4	26 0.7×	11 0.6×	8 0.5×	10 1.7×		9	35
Wilfried Boland Netherlands	4	38 1.0×	10 0.6×	6 0.4×	9 1.5×		7	48
Mathilde Beaulieu United States	4	35 0.9×	28 1.6×	11 0.6×	20 3.3×		10	47
K. Redwine United States	4	23 0.6×	12 0.7×	9 0.5×	4 0.7×	1 0.3×	6	33
C. Harlingten United States	5	57 1.5×	8 0.4×	6 0.4×	7 1.2×		6	60
J. Kruk United States	4	23 0.6×	11 0.6×	9 0.5×	8 1.3×		6	33
Tomio Kurakami Japan	3	28 0.7×	11 0.6×	3 0.2×	8 1.3×	4 1.0×	8	37
E. Díez-Alonso Spain	5	34 0.9×	9 0.5×	3 0.2×	18 3.0×	4 1.0×	13	63

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Thornton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Thornton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Thornton

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

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Bhandarkar, Tanay, Sanah Bhimani, Gabriele Coppi, et al.. (2022). The Simons Observatory: development and validation of the large aperture telescope receiver. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 74–74. 1 indexed citations

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Harrington, David M., et al.. (2010). Achromatizing a Liquid-Crystal Spectropolarimeter: Retardance vs. Stokes-Based Calibration of HiVIS. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 122(890). 420–438. 17 indexed citations

3.

Thornton, Robert. (2004). Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear terrorism: an introduction for occupational physicians. Occupational Medicine. 54(2). 101–109. 8 indexed citations

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Thornton, Robert, J. R. Kuhn, K. W. Hodapp, et al.. (2003). Design and Commissioning of a Dual Visible/Near-IR Echelle Spectrograph for the AEOS Telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4841. 1115–1115. 7 indexed citations

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Hodapp, K. W., D. L. Mickey, Alan Stockton, et al.. (2000). AEOS spectrograph. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4008. 778–778. 1 indexed citations

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Pickles, A. J., Hubert Yamada, J. E. Graves, et al.. (2000). The University of Hawaii 2.2 Meter Fast Tip‐Tilt Secondary System. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 112(771). 716–732. 8 indexed citations

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Thornton, Robert, Alan Stockton, & Susan E. Ridgway. (1999). Optical and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Cygnus A. The Astronomical Journal. 118(4). 1461–1467. 8 indexed citations

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Thornton, Robert, et al.. (1998). Gemini near-infrared imager on-instrument wavefront sensor gimbal tilt stage. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3354. 1077–1077. 1 indexed citations

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