Stephen A. Shectman

12.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
142 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Stephen A. Shectman is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen A. Shectman has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 84 papers in Instrumentation and 44 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Stephen A. Shectman's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (83 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (82 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (40 papers). Stephen A. Shectman is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (83 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (82 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (40 papers). Stephen A. Shectman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Australia. Stephen A. Shectman's co-authors include George W. Preston, Alan Dressler, Timothy C. Beers, Ian B. Thompson, Paul L. Schechter, Greg Burley, R. Kirshner, D. L. Tucker, Stephen D. Landy and Jeffrey D. Crane 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

Stephen A. Shectman

134 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

OBLIQUITIES OF HOT JUPITER HOST STARS: EVIDENCE FOR TIDAL INTERACTIONS AND PRIMORDIAL MISALIGNMENTS

2012 296 citations R. Paul Butler, P. Arriagada et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
A SEARCH FOR STARS OF VERY LOW METAL ABUNDANCE. VI. DETAILED ABUNDANCES OF 313 METAL-POOR STARS

2014 286 citations George W. Preston, Ian B. Thompson et al. The Astronomical Journal profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen A. Shectman United States	40	5.4k	2.5k	688	380	234	142	5.8k
Jon A. Holtzman United States	49	6.9k 1.3×	2.8k 1.1×	664 1.0×	319 0.8×	139 0.6×	150	7.2k
H. C. Ford United States	49	7.6k 1.4×	3.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.7×	429 1.1×	145 0.6×	203	7.8k
Shude Mao China	42	6.6k 1.2×	3.0k 1.2×	949 1.4×	590 1.6×	273 1.2×	226	6.8k
Marcia Rieke United States	46	6.8k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	758 1.1×	376 1.0×	82 0.4×	191	7.0k
R. Brent Tully United States	47	6.6k 1.2×	2.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.8×	210 0.6×	285 1.2×	161	6.8k
Roger L. Davies United Kingdom	42	6.9k 1.3×	3.8k 1.5×	656 1.0×	352 0.9×	193 0.8×	139	7.2k
S. Cristiani Italy	45	7.1k 1.3×	3.3k 1.3×	1.5k 2.1×	380 1.0×	219 0.9×	215	7.5k
Ortwin Gerhard Germany	54	9.6k 1.8×	4.4k 1.8×	896 1.3×	433 1.1×	359 1.5×	207	9.8k
D. Crampton Canada	40	7.1k 1.3×	3.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	558 1.5×	135 0.6×	261	7.5k
G. P. Smith United Kingdom	43	3.9k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	650 0.9×	434 1.1×	107 0.5×	100	4.2k

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Dong, Jiayin, Joseph E. Rodriguez, Allyson Bieryla, et al.. (2025). The OATMEAL Survey – III. An aligned transiting warm brown dwarf and evidence for quiescent brown dwarf migration. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 545(3). 1 indexed citations

Yee, Samuel W., Guđmundur Stefánsson, Daniel Thorngren, et al.. (2025). The Super-puff WASP-193 b is on a Well-aligned Orbit*. The Astronomical Journal. 169(4). 225–225.

Bian, Qi, Stephen A. Shectman, Jinlong Huang, et al.. (2024). Optimized optical system with a 1.65 m wide-field corrector for the 6.5 m high-performance MUltiplexed Survey Telescope. Applied Optics. 63(16). 4284–4284. 2 indexed citations

Limbach, Mary Anne, Andrew Vanderburg, Simon Blouin, et al.. (2024). The MIRI Exoplanets Orbiting White dwarfs (MEOW) Survey: Mid-infrared Excess Reveals a Giant Planet Candidate around a Nearby White Dwarf. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 973(1). L11–L11. 11 indexed citations

Rice, Malena, Xian-Yu Wang, Songhu Wang, et al.. (2024). The PFS View of TOI-677 b: A Spin–Orbit Aligned Warm Jupiter in a Dynamically Hot System*. The Astronomical Journal. 167(4). 175–175. 6 indexed citations

Różyczka, M., I. B. Thompson, Aaron Dotter, et al.. (2022). The Cluster Ages Experiment (CASE) – IX. Analysis of four detached eclipsing binaries in the globular cluster NGC 3201. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 517(2). 2485–2501. 2 indexed citations

Feng, Fabo, R. Paul Butler, Stephen A. Shectman, et al.. (2020). Search for Nearby Earth Analogs. II. Detection of Five New Planets, Eight Planet Candidates, and Confirmation of Three Planets around Nine Nearby M Dwarfs*. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 246(1). 11–11. 19 indexed citations

Sneden, C., George W. Preston, Juna A. Kollmeier, et al.. (2018). Metal-rich RRc Stars in the Carnegie RR Lyrae Survey. The Astronomical Journal. 155(1). 45–45. 8 indexed citations

Millholland, Sarah, Gregory Laughlin, Johanna Teske, et al.. (2018). New Constraints on Gliese 876—Exemplar of Mean-motion Resonance. The Astronomical Journal. 155(3). 106–106. 25 indexed citations

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Jiang, Linhua, Yue Shen, Fuyan Bian, et al.. (2017). A Magellan M2FS Spectroscopic Survey of Galaxies at 5.5 < z < 6.8: Program Overview and a Sample of the Brightest Lyα Emitters. The Astrophysical Journal. 846(2). 134–134. 16 indexed citations

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Vogt, Steven S., R. Paul Butler, Jennifer Burt, et al.. (2017). A Six-planet System around the Star HD 34445. The Astronomical Journal. 154(5). 181–181. 5 indexed citations

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Tucker, Evan, Matthew G. Walker, Mario Mateo, et al.. (2017). Magellan/M2FS Spectroscopy of Galaxy Clusters: Stellar Population Model and Application to Abell 267. The Astronomical Journal. 154(3). 113–113. 1 indexed citations

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Bailey, John I., Mario Mateo, R. J. White, et al.. (2016). MULTIPLEXING PRECISION RVs: SEARCHING FOR CLOSE-IN GAS GIANTS IN OPEN CLUSTERS. The Astronomical Journal. 152(1). 9–9. 8 indexed citations

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Preston, George W., et al.. (2015). A DETAILED STUDY OF GIANTS AND HORIZONTAL BRANCH STARS IN M68: ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS AND CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES. The Astronomical Journal. 149(6). 204–204. 7 indexed citations

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Crane, Jeffrey D., Stephen A. Shectman, R. Paul Butler, et al.. (2010). The Carnegie Planet Finder Spectrograph: integration and commissioning. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7735. 773553–773553. 39 indexed citations

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Crane, Jeffrey D., Stephen A. Shectman, R. Paul Butler, Ian B. Thompson, & Greg Burley. (2008). The Carnegie Planet Finder Spectrograph: a status report. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7014. 701479–701479. 17 indexed citations

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Crane, Jeffrey D., Stephen A. Shectman, & R. Paul Butler. (2006). The Carnegie Planet Finder Spectrograph. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6269. 626931–626931. 25 indexed citations

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Soderberg, A., P. A. Price, D. B. Fox, et al.. (2002). XRF 020903: supernova.. GCN. 1554. 1. 1 indexed citations

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Dressler, Alan, Ian B. Thompson, & Stephen A. Shectman. (1984). Survey of Nearby Abell Clusters for Narrow Emission-Line Galaxies: A347 and A1367. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 16. 881. 2 indexed citations

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Kirshner, R., A. Oemler, Paul L. Schechter, & Stephen A. Shectman. (1982). The Big Blank - Void in Space. Scientific American. 246(2). 75.

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