Scott F. Anderson

67.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
147 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Scott F. Anderson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott F. Anderson has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 32 papers in Instrumentation and 28 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Scott F. Anderson's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (92 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (71 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (50 papers). Scott F. Anderson is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (92 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (71 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (50 papers). Scott F. Anderson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Scott F. Anderson's co-authors include Donald P. Schneider, Gordon T. Richards, David J. Schlegel, Patrick B. Hall, Antonio J. Cuesta, Licia Verde, B. Margon, D. E. vanden Berk, Xiaohui Fan and Michael A. Strauss and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Scott F. Anderson

141 papers receiving 6.3k citations

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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.

The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey of SDSS-III

2012 751 citations Licia Verde, David J. Schlegel et al. Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona) profile →
Spectral Energy Distributions and Multiwavelength Selection of Type 1 Quasars

2006 717 citations Gordon T. Richards, Mark Lacy et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott F. Anderson United States	42	6.4k	1.6k	1.6k	210	154	147	6.6k
R. M. Cutri United States	37	6.2k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	169 0.8×	208 1.4×	147	6.3k
M. Salvato Germany	48	7.6k 1.2×	3.1k 2.0×	1.7k 1.1×	204 1.0×	263 1.7×	193	8.0k
A. Vikhlinin United States	46	9.1k 1.4×	2.1k 1.3×	3.2k 2.1×	178 0.8×	118 0.8×	168	9.4k
Geoffrey C. Clayton United States	33	10.1k 1.6×	2.6k 1.7×	1.1k 0.7×	221 1.1×	71 0.5×	174	10.4k
Ralph S. Sutherland Australia	43	7.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	175 0.8×	47 0.3×	125	8.0k
R. Brent Tully United States	47	6.6k 1.0×	2.5k 1.6×	1.2k 0.8×	161 0.8×	103 0.7×	161	6.8k
G. Hasinger Germany	46	7.6k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	2.7k 1.8×	174 0.8×	70 0.5×	267	7.9k
T. H. Jarrett United States	39	6.2k 1.0×	2.4k 1.6×	1.3k 0.8×	124 0.6×	191 1.2×	197	6.4k
F. E. Bauer United States	48	8.7k 1.3×	2.4k 1.5×	2.6k 1.7×	148 0.7×	62 0.4×	233	8.8k
A. Lawrence United Kingdom	42	5.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	112 0.5×	41 0.3×	122	5.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shen, Yue, Scott F. Anderson, F. E. Bauer, et al.. (2025). The SDSS-V Black Hole Mapper Reverberation Mapping Project: Multiline Dynamical Modeling of a Highly Variable Active Galactic Nucleus with Decade-long Light Curves. The Astrophysical Journal. 991(2). 218–218.

Duffy, Laura M., Michael Eracleous, Jessie C. Runnoe, et al.. (2025). A Detailed Look at a Trio of Changing-look Quasars: Spectral Energy Distributions and the Dust Extinction Test*†. The Astrophysical Journal. 981(2). 127–127.

Roster, W., M. Salvato, Sven Krippendorf, et al.. (2024). PICZL: Image-based photometric redshifts for AGN. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 692. A260–A260. 1 indexed citations

Anderson, Scott F., et al.. (2024). A Markedly Expanded Sample of Candidate X-Ray-emitting Isolated Neutron Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 961(1). 36–36. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Qian, Paul Green, Chelsea L. MacLeod, et al.. (2023). Probing the Origin of Changing-look Quasar Transitions with Chandra. The Astrophysical Journal. 953(1). 61–61. 14 indexed citations

Roulston, Benjamin R., Paul Green, Rodolfo Montez, et al.. (2022). New Clues to the Evolution of Dwarf Carbon Stars From Their Variability and X-Ray Emission. The Astrophysical Journal. 926(2). 210–210. 5 indexed citations

Ruan, John J., Daryl Haggard, Scott F. Anderson, et al.. (2019). Gemini Imaging of the Host Galaxies of Changing-look Quasars. The Astrophysical Journal. 876(1). 75–75. 11 indexed citations

Brandt, W. N., Patrick B. Hall, Bin Luo, et al.. (2017). X-Ray Insights into the Nature of Quasars with Redshifted Broad Absorption Lines. The Astrophysical Journal. 839(2). 101–101. 4 indexed citations

Brandt, W. N., C. J. Grier, N. Filiz Ak, et al.. (2017). Broad absorption line disappearance and emergence using multiple-epoch spectroscopy from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 469(3). 3163–3184. 24 indexed citations

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Jensen, Trey W., M. Vivek, Kyle Dawson, et al.. (2016). SPECTRAL EVOLUTION IN HIGH REDSHIFT QUASARS FROM THE FINAL BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY SAMPLE. The Astrophysical Journal. 833(2). 199–199. 12 indexed citations

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Verde, Licia, David J. Schlegel, Antonio J. Cuesta, & Scott F. Anderson. (2012). The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey of SDSS-III. Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona). 751 indexed citations breakdown →

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Anderson, Scott F.. (2010). The polygamists: an exclusive look inside the FLDS. National geographic/The complete National geographic/The National geographic magazine. 217(2). 34–61. 1 indexed citations

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Haggard, Daryl, Paul Green, Scott F. Anderson, et al.. (2010). THE FIELD X-RAY AGN FRACTION TOz= 0.7 FROM THECHANDRAMULTIWAVELENGTH PROJECT AND THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY. The Astrophysical Journal. 723(2). 1447–1468. 57 indexed citations

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Green, Paul, Daryl Haggard, Anca Constantin, et al.. (2009). The X-ray AGN Fraction and an AGN/Star Formation Sequence from the Chandra Multiwavelength Project. 10. 1 indexed citations

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Shen, Shiyin, Simon D. M. White, H. J. Mo, et al.. (2006). The soft X-ray properties of quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 369(4). 1639–1653. 18 indexed citations

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Richards, Gordon T., Mark Lacy, Lisa J. Storrie‐Lombardi, et al.. (2006). Spectral Energy Distributions and Multiwavelength Selection of Type 1 Quasars. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 166(2). 470–497. 717 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lupton, Robert H., Mario Jurić, Scott F. Anderson, et al.. (2004). Quasar Variability Measurements With SDSS Repeated Imaging and POSS Data. 5 indexed citations

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Brandt, W. N., Donald P. Schneider, Xiaohui Fan, et al.. (2002). Exploratory Chandra Observations of the Three Highest Redshift Quasars. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Margon, B., Michael Bolte, & Scott F. Anderson. (1987). An X-ray-selected white dwarf of intermediate luminosity. The Astronomical Journal. 93. 1229–1229. 1 indexed citations

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Anderson, Scott F., et al.. (1984). The X-Ray Properties of High Redshift, Optically Selected QSOs. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 16. 132–134. 1 indexed citations

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