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.
On the Possibility of Determining Hubble's Parameter and the Masses of Galaxies from the Gravitational Lens Effect
1964600 citationsS. RefsdalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Societyprofile →
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This network shows the impact of papers produced by S. Refsdal. 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 S. Refsdal. The network helps show where S. Refsdal may publish in the future.
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Burud, I., F. Courbin, C. Lidman, et al.. (1998). RX J0911.4+0551: a complex quadruply imaged gravitationally lensed QSO.. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 92. 29–32.3 indexed citations
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Surdej, Jean, et al.. (1993). 'Gravitational lenses in the Universe', The proceedings of the 31st Liège International Astrophysical Colloquium. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège).11 indexed citations
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Surdej, Jean, et al.. (1993). Gravitational lenses in the universe. 31.58 indexed citations
Refsdal, S., et al.. (1992). Gravitational Lensing. Highlights of Astronomy. 9. 3–32.16 indexed citations
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Grieger, B., et al.. (1989). The Two point mass gravitational lens. 10. 177–223.1 indexed citations
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Surdej, Jean, Pierre Magain, Jean-Pierre Swings, et al.. (1988). Observations of the new gravitational lens system UM 673 = Q 0142-100. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège).1 indexed citations
Refsdal, S., et al.. (1984). The stability of age-zero contact binaries. III. 133(1). 63–68.4 indexed citations
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Refsdal, S., et al.. (1984). The Hubble parameter : an upper limit from QSO 0957+561A, B.. 141(2). 318–322.4 indexed citations
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Refsdal, S., et al.. (1972). Stars with Central Helium Burning and the Occurrence of Loops in the H-R Diagram. III. Horizontal Branch Stars. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 17. 113.1 indexed citations
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Refsdal, S. & Alfred Weigert. (1971). On the Production of White Dwarfs in Binary Systems of Small Mass. A&A. 13. 367.1 indexed citations
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Giannone, P. & S. Refsdal. (1971). Equilibrium Stars with Degenerate Helium Cores and Hydrogen Burning Shells. 12. 28.1 indexed citations
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Refsdal, S., et al.. (1971). Stars with Central Helium Burning and the Occurrence of Loops in the H-R Diagram. II. Secular Instabilities During the Loops. 13. 119.6 indexed citations
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Refsdal, S.. (1971). Evolutionary Time Scales across the Cepheid Strip. 96.
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Refsdal, S. & Hermann Bondi. (1964). The Gravitational Lens Effect. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 128(4). 295–306.241 indexed citations
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Refsdal, S.. (1964). On the Possibility of Determining Hubble's Parameter and the Masses of Galaxies from the Gravitational Lens Effect. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 128(4). 307–310.600 indexed citations breakdown →
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