Stanley Whitcomb

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Stanley Whitcomb is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stanley Whitcomb has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 4 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 2 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stanley Whitcomb's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (4 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (3 papers) and Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (3 papers). Stanley Whitcomb is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (4 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (3 papers) and Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (3 papers). Stanley Whitcomb collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Stanley Whitcomb's co-authors include M. E. Zucker, Yekta Gürsel, Rainer Weiß, W. E. Althouse, R. W. P. Drever, R. E. Vogt, Alex Abramovici, Kip S. Thorne, F. J. Raab and Robert Spero and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

Stanley Whitcomb

7 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

LIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

1992 1.5k citations Alex Abramovici, W. E. Althouse et al. Science profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Stanley Whitcomb	1.3k	1.1k	570	496	256	7	2.2k
M. E. Zucker	980 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	237 0.4×	561 1.1×	305 1.2×	16	2.0k
D. H. Shoemaker	1.1k 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	268 0.5×	723 1.5×	385 1.5×	40	2.5k
Robert Spero	1.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.4×	287 0.5×	548 1.1×	442 1.7×	45	2.5k
Alex Abramovici	678 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	230 0.4×	413 0.8×	258 1.0×	10	1.7k
Yekta Gürsel	854 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	204 0.4×	413 0.8×	457 1.8×	29	2.2k
W. E. Althouse	714 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	190 0.3×	447 0.9×	271 1.1×	6	1.6k
R. E. Vogt	737 0.6×	1.7k 1.5×	199 0.3×	448 0.9×	472 1.8×	45	2.3k
D. A. Shaddock	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	739 1.3×	437 0.9×	264 1.0×	119	2.8k
R. L. Ward	1.1k 0.9×	575 0.5×	452 0.8×	353 0.7×	40 0.2×	96	1.7k
D. Sigg	1.0k 0.8×	762 0.7×	342 0.6×	363 0.7×	432 1.7×	48	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Stanley Whitcomb

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stanley Whitcomb

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stanley Whitcomb

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

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7 of 7 papers shown

Whitcomb, Stanley. (2008). Ground-based gravitational-wave detection: now and future. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 25(11). 114013–114013. 18 indexed citations

Corbitt, T. R., Yanbei Chen, E. Innerhofer, et al.. (2007). An All-Optical Trap for a Gram-Scale Mirror. Physical Review Letters. 98(15). 150802–150802. 259 indexed citations

Corbitt, T. R., Christopher Wipf, T. P. Bodiya, et al.. (2007). Optical Dilution and Feedback Cooling of a Gram-Scale Oscillator to 6.9 mK. Physical Review Letters. 99(16). 160801–160801. 156 indexed citations

McKenzie, Kirk, Nicolai B. Grosse, Warwick P. Bowen, et al.. (2004). Squeezing in the Audio Gravitational-Wave Detection Band. Physical Review Letters. 93(16). 161105–161105. 131 indexed citations

Sheard, Benjamin, Malcolm B. Gray, C. M. Mow‐Lowry, D. E. McClelland, & Stanley Whitcomb. (2004). Observation and characterization of an optical spring. Physical Review A. 69(5). 133 indexed citations

Zucker, M. E. & Stanley Whitcomb. (1994). Measurement of Optical Path Fluctuations due to Residual Gas in the LIGO 40 Meter Interferometer. Prepared for. 1434–1436. 3 indexed citations

Abramovici, Alex, W. E. Althouse, R. W. P. Drever, et al.. (1992). LIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Science. 256(5055). 325–333. 1507 indexed citations breakdown →

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