S. P. Willner

17.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
155 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

S. P. Willner is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, S. P. Willner has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 66 papers in Instrumentation and 19 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in S. P. Willner's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (75 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (66 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (61 papers). S. P. Willner is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (75 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (66 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (61 papers). S. P. Willner collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. S. P. Willner's co-authors include M. L. N. Ashby, G. G. Fazio, R. W. Russell, M. A. Pahre, B. T. Soifer, Peter Eisenhardt, R. C. Puetter, Daniel Stern, P. Barmby and M. Brodwin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

S. P. Willner

149 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Mid‐Infrared Selection of Active Galaxies

2005 545 citations Daniel Stern, M. A. Pahre et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
A REMARKABLY LUMINOUS GALAXY AT Z = 11.1 MEASURED WITH HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE GRISM SPECTROSCOPY

2016 257 citations M. L. N. Ashby, G. G. Fazio et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
S. P. Willner	4.4k	1.5k	640	350	301	155	4.5k
Dean C. Hines	5.6k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	675 1.1×	296 0.8×	207 0.7×	144	5.7k
Harry I. Teplitz	4.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	505 0.8×	205 0.6×	232 0.8×	125	4.7k
J. H. Elias	3.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	475 0.7×	246 0.7×	150 0.5×	72	3.8k
M. L. N. Ashby	4.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	632 1.0×	189 0.5×	185 0.6×	136	4.3k
P. van der Werf	6.2k 1.4×	2.3k 1.5×	737 1.2×	362 1.0×	284 0.9×	217	6.4k
Marcia Rieke	6.8k 1.6×	2.3k 1.6×	758 1.2×	350 1.0×	376 1.2×	191	7.0k
B. T. Soifer	4.4k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	733 1.1×	170 0.5×	261 0.9×	94	4.6k
C. J. Césarsky	3.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	901 1.4×	204 0.6×	178 0.6×	130	3.7k
B. T. Soifer	7.4k 1.7×	1.9k 1.3×	1.1k 1.7×	426 1.2×	501 1.7×	175	7.6k
P. Cox	6.5k 1.5×	1.7k 1.2×	864 1.4×	555 1.6×	376 1.2×	142	6.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. P. Willner

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

All Works

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Fellenberg, S. D. von, Joseph M. Michail, S. P. Willner, et al.. (2025). Mid-infrared Extinction toward the Galactic Center. The Astrophysical Journal. 995(2). 215–215.

Chiaberge, M., Erini Lambrides, Eileen T. Meyer, et al.. (2024). Powerful Radio-loud Quasars Are Triggered by Galaxy Mergers in the Cosmic Bright Ages. The Astrophysical Journal. 963(2). 91–91. 9 indexed citations

Wilkes, B. J., S. P. Willner, Joanna Kuraszkiewicz, et al.. (2024). A Multiwavelength Portrait of the 3C 220.3 Lensed System. The Astrophysical Journal. 974(2). 171–171.

Huang, Jiasheng, Cheng Cheng, Haojing Yan, et al.. (2023). A Diverse Population of z ∼ 2 ULIRGs Revealed by JWST Imaging. The Astrophysical Journal. 949(2). 83–83. 9 indexed citations

Boyce, Hope, Daryl Haggard, Gunther Witzel, et al.. (2022). Multiwavelength Variability of Sagittarius A* in 2019 July. The Astrophysical Journal. 931(1). 7–7. 10 indexed citations

Witzel, Gunther, Gregory D. Martinez, S. P. Willner, et al.. (2021). Rapid Variability of Sgr A* across the Electromagnetic Spectrum. The Astrophysical Journal. 917(2). 73–73. 42 indexed citations

Zezas, A., M. L. N. Ashby, S. P. Willner, et al.. (2021). The star formation reference survey – IV. Stellar mass distribution of local star-forming galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 504(3). 3831–3861. 3 indexed citations

Zezas, A., Alexandros Maragkoudakis, S. P. Willner, et al.. (2021). The Star Formation Reference Survey – V. The effect of extinction, stellar mass, metallicity, and nuclear activity on star-formation rates based on H α emission. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 506(2). 3079–3097. 11 indexed citations

Kuraszkiewicz, Joanna, B. J. Wilkes, Johannes Büchner, et al.. (2021). Beyond Simple AGN Unification with Chandra-observed 3CRR Sources at 0.5 < z < 1. The Astrophysical Journal. 913(2). 134–134. 11 indexed citations

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Mahajan, Smriti, M. L. N. Ashby, S. P. Willner, et al.. (2018). The Star Formation Reference Survey – III. A multiwavelength view of star formation in nearby galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 482(1). 560–577. 17 indexed citations

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Fazio, G. G., Joseph L. Hora, Gunther Witzel, et al.. (2018). Multiwavelength Light Curves of Two Remarkable Sagittarius A* Flares. The Astrophysical Journal. 864(1). 58–58. 17 indexed citations

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Falco, E., S. P. Willner, P. Challis, et al.. (2015). Spectroscopic Classification of ASASSN-15hg. ATel. 7420. 1.

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Carey, S., James G. Ingalls, W. Glaccum, et al.. (2011). Improvements to Warm IRAC/Spitzer Space Telescope Operations. AAS. 218. 1 indexed citations

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Fazio, G. G., M. L. N. Ashby, M. L. N. Ashby, et al.. (2008). The Spitzer/IRAC Star Formation Reference Survey. 50128. 1 indexed citations

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Polomski, Elisha, R. D. Gehrz, C. E. Woodward, et al.. (2006). Multi-Epoch Imaging and Spectroscopy of M33. ASPC. 357. 196. 1 indexed citations

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Willner, S. P., et al.. (2004). M33 Mapping and Spectroscopy. 5. 1 indexed citations

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Molnár, L., et al.. (1988). Multicolor Infrared Photometry of Cygnus X-3. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 20. 736. 1 indexed citations

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Fazio, G. G., David Koch, Gary J. Melnick, et al.. (1984). A Wide Field and Diffraction Limited Array Camera for the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF). Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 16. 906.

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Puetter, R. C., R. W. Russell, B. T. Soifer, & S. P. Willner. (1977). Infrared Spectra of Protostars.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 9. 571. 3 indexed citations

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Forrest, W. J., F. C. Gillett, J. R. Houck, et al.. (1976). Spectrophotometry of OH 26. 5+0. 6.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 8. 32. 1 indexed citations

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