Sebastian Jester

19.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Sebastian Jester is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Sebastian Jester has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 7 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Sebastian Jester's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (16 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (13 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (13 papers). Sebastian Jester is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (16 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (13 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (13 papers). Sebastian Jester collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Sebastian Jester's co-authors include Donald P. Schneider, Gordon T. Richards, Patrick B. Hall, D. E. vanden Berk, Xiaohui Fan, Michael A. Strauss, Scott F. Anderson, M. Vestergaard, Mark Lacy and Donald G. York and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

Sebastian Jester

24 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Spectral Energy Distributions and Multiwavelength Selecti... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 200 400 600
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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.

  1. 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Sebastian Jester United States 17 2.0k 588 556 50 41 25 2.1k
I. Georgantopoulos Greece 26 2.1k 1.0× 823 1.4× 457 0.8× 43 0.9× 30 0.7× 139 2.2k
D. L. Shupe United States 26 1.8k 0.9× 315 0.5× 756 1.4× 62 1.2× 56 1.4× 67 1.9k
B. Vollmer France 28 2.4k 1.2× 459 0.8× 690 1.2× 27 0.5× 27 0.7× 84 2.5k
F. Civano United States 27 2.2k 1.1× 574 1.0× 721 1.3× 57 1.1× 30 0.7× 72 2.2k
Roberto J. Assef United States 25 2.0k 1.0× 393 0.7× 697 1.3× 53 1.1× 44 1.1× 66 2.0k
Stephanie A. Snedden United States 10 1.6k 0.8× 312 0.5× 563 1.0× 53 1.1× 22 0.5× 16 1.6k
J. Heidt Germany 22 1.3k 0.6× 615 1.0× 379 0.7× 41 0.8× 24 0.6× 72 1.4k
N. Cappelluti United States 28 2.0k 1.0× 721 1.2× 563 1.0× 51 1.0× 33 0.8× 90 2.1k
E. Hatziminaoglou Germany 22 1.6k 0.8× 309 0.5× 670 1.2× 58 1.2× 26 0.6× 65 1.6k
Jacqueline Hodge Germany 29 2.4k 1.2× 377 0.6× 703 1.3× 44 0.9× 26 0.6× 67 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Sebastian Jester

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sebastian Jester

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sebastian Jester

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

All Works

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Sesar, Branimir, Željko Ivezić, Dylan P. Morgan, et al.. (2009). LIGHT CURVE TEMPLATES AND GALACTIC DISTRIBUTION OF RR LYRAE STARS FROM SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY STRIPE 82. The Astrophysical Journal. 708(1). 717–741. 113 indexed citations
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Kurk, J., Fabian Walter, X. Fan, et al.. (2009). NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF SDSS J0303 – 0019: A LOW-LUMINOSITY, HIGH-EDDINGTON-RATIO QUASAR ATz∼ 6. The Astrophysical Journal. 702(2). 833–837. 16 indexed citations
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Perlman, Eric S., Markos Georganopoulos, D. M. Worrall, et al.. (2009). A MULTI-WAVELENGTH SPECTRAL AND POLARIMETRIC STUDY OF THE JET OF 3C 264. The Astrophysical Journal. 708(1). 171–187. 17 indexed citations
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Lang, Dustin, David W. Hogg, Sebastian Jester, & Hans‐Walter Rix. (2009). MEASURING THE UNDETECTABLE: PROPER MOTIONS AND PARALLAXES OF VERY FAINT SOURCES. The Astronomical Journal. 137(5). 4400–4411. 5 indexed citations
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Jiang, Linhua, Xiaohui Fan, Fuyan Bian, et al.. (2009). A SURVEY OFz∼ 6 QUASARS IN THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY DEEP STRIPE. II. DISCOVERY OF SIX QUASARS ATzAB>21. The Astronomical Journal. 138(1). 305–311. 104 indexed citations
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Jiang, Linhua, Xiaohui Fan, James Annis, et al.. (2008). A SURVEY OFz∼ 6 QUASARS IN THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY DEEP STRIPE. I. A FLUX-LIMITED SAMPLE ATzAB< 21. The Astronomical Journal. 135(3). 1057–1066. 110 indexed citations
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Schwartz, D. A., Aneta Siemiginowska, D. M. Worrall, et al.. (2007). A Deep Chandra Observation Of The Pks1055+201 Jets, Lobes, And Hotspots. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 210. 1 indexed citations
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Jester, Sebastian, Klaus Meisenheimer, A. R. Martel, Eric S. Perlman, & W. B. Sparks. (2007). Hubble Space Telescope far-ultraviolet imaging of the jet in 3C 273: a common emission component from optical to X-rays*. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 380(2). 828–834. 28 indexed citations
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Körding, Elmar, Sebastian Jester, & R. P. Fender. (2007). Measuring the accretion rate and kinetic luminosity functions of supermassive black holes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 383(1). 277–288. 39 indexed citations
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Perlman, Eric S., Markos Georganopoulos, W. B. Sparks, et al.. (2006). Optical Polarimetry of the Jets of Nearby Radio Galaxies. I. The Data. The Astrophysical Journal. 651(2). 735–748. 22 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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Uchiyama, Y., C. M. Urry, C. C. Cheung, et al.. (2006). Shedding New Light on the 3C 273 Jet with theSpitzer Space Telescope. The Astrophysical Journal. 648(2). 910–921. 51 indexed citations
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Schwartz, D. A., Herman L. Marshall, J. E. J. Lovell, et al.. (2006). Discovery of an X-Ray Jet and Extended Jet Structure in the Quasar PKS 1055+201. The Astrophysical Journal. 647(2). L107–L110. 13 indexed citations
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Jester, Sebastian, H.-J. Röser, K. Meisenheimer, & R. A. Perley. (2005). The radio–ultraviolet spectral energy distribution of the jet in 3C 273. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 431(2). 477–502. 37 indexed citations
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Jester, Sebastian, Donald P. Schneider, Gordon T. Richards, et al.. (2005). The Sloan Digital Sky Survey View of the Palomar-Green Bright Quasar Survey. The Astronomical Journal. 130(3). 873–895. 369 indexed citations
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Jester, Sebastian, G. T. Richards, Donald P. Schneider, et al.. (2005). The SDSS View of the Palomar-Green Bright Quasar Survey. CERN Bulletin. 205. 1 indexed citations
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Hopkins, Philip F., Michael A. Strauss, Patrick B. Hall, et al.. (2004). Dust Reddening in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasars. The Astronomical Journal. 128(3). 1112–1123. 159 indexed citations
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Jester, Sebastian. (2002). 1 What ignites optical jets?. 5 indexed citations
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Jester, Sebastian, H.-J. Röser, K. Meisenheimer, & R. A. Perley. (2002). X-rays from the jet in 3C 273: Clues from the radio–optical spectra. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 385(3). L27–L30. 20 indexed citations
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Jester, Sebastian, H.-J. Röser, K. Meisenheimer, R. A. Perley, & R. G. Conway. (2001). HST optical spectral index map of the jet of 3C 273. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 41 indexed citations

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