Ron Gilliland

21.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Ron Gilliland is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Radiation and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ron Gilliland has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1 paper in Radiation and 1 paper in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ron Gilliland's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (2 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (2 papers) and Radiation Effects in Electronics (1 paper). Ron Gilliland is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (2 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (2 papers) and Radiation Effects in Electronics (1 paper). Ron Gilliland collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Australia. Ron Gilliland's co-authors include Saurabh W. Jha, Alan H. Diercks, A. Clocchiatti, B. Leibundgut, David J. Reiss, N. B. Suntzeff, J. Tonry, A. V. Filippenko, P. Challis and R. Kirshner and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal and The Astronomical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ron Gilliland

4 papers receiving 10.9k 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.

Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant

1998 11.5k citations Adam G. Riess, A. V. Filippenko et al. The Astronomical Journal profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ron Gilliland United States	4	11.2k	7.7k	1.1k	688	487	4	11.5k
R. Chris Smith United States	18	11.9k 1.1×	8.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	689 1.0×	527 1.1×	33	12.2k
P. Challis United States	26	12.7k 1.1×	8.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	693 1.0×	612 1.3×	46	13.1k
A. Clocchiatti United States	24	12.3k 1.1×	8.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	690 1.0×	580 1.2×	54	12.6k
J. Spyromilio Germany	27	13.0k 1.2×	8.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	697 1.0×	639 1.3×	111	13.6k
Lev Kofman Canada	41	7.7k 0.7×	5.7k 0.7×	973 0.9×	553 0.8×	352 0.7×	82	8.2k
P. Garnavich United States	34	14.2k 1.3×	8.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	714 1.0×	777 1.6×	176	14.6k
Andrew R. Liddle United Kingdom	58	14.5k 1.3×	10.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.8×	699 1.4×	233	15.0k
B. Schmidt Australia	32	14.5k 1.3×	8.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	728 1.1×	1.1k 2.2×	96	14.9k
Craig J. Hogan United States	33	14.4k 1.3×	9.9k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	822 1.2×	696 1.4×	147	15.2k
Bharat Ratra United States	45	12.1k 1.1×	8.3k 1.1×	962 0.9×	929 1.4×	448 0.9×	127	12.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Ron Gilliland

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ron Gilliland

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ron Gilliland

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

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4 of 4 papers shown

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Sirianni, M., Max Mutchler, Ron Gilliland, J. A. Biretta, & Ray A. Lucas. (2007). Radiation Damage in Hubble Space Telescope Detectors. 9–15. 4 indexed citations

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Proffitt, Charles, K. C. Sahu, Mario Livio, et al.. (2004). Limits on the Optical Brightness of the ε Eridani Dust Ring. The Astrophysical Journal. 612(1). 481–495. 10 indexed citations

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Riess, Adam G., A. V. Filippenko, P. Challis, et al.. (1998). Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant. The Astronomical Journal. 116(3). 1009–1038. 11452 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sion, E. M., Fuhua Cheng, Knox S. Long, et al.. (1995). Hubble Space Telescope FOS spectroscopy of the ultrashort-period dwarf nova WZ Sagittae: The underlying degenerate. The Astrophysical Journal. 439. 957–957. 28 indexed citations

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