Tod R. Lauer

39.5k citations

143 papers · 10.8k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 43

Instrumentation top 0.1%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 69
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.05%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 70
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 58
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 31
- Astro and Planetary Science 25
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 23
- Planetary Science and Exploration 19
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 18
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 1%
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics top 2%
Global and Planetary Change top 5%

Co-authors: D. O. Richstone Scott Tremaine John Kormendy Karl Gebhardt Alan Dressler S. M. Faber Carl J. Grillmair R. Bender
Cited by: Instrumentation Astronomy and Astrophysics Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (56 papers)The Astronomical Journal (25 papers)Icarus (11 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Tod R. Lauer

135 papers receiving 10.5k 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.

2009 The Astrophysical Journal
2002 The Astrophysical Journal
1998 The Astronomical Journal

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1	Bolometric Hemispherical Albedo Map of Pluto from New Horizons Observations The Planetary Science Journal ·Jason D. Hofgartner,B. J. Buratti,R. A. Beyer,Kimberly Ennico,W. M. Grundy,Carly Howett,Bin Haji Muftahuddin.,Tod R. Lauer,C. B. Olkin,J. R. Spencer,S. A. Stern,H. A. Weaver,L. A. Young	2023	4
2	The Diverse Shapes of Dwarf Planet and Large KBO Phase Curves Observed from New Horizons The Planetary Science Journal ·A. Verbiscer,P. Helfenstein,Simon B. Porter,Susan Benecchi,J. J. Kavelaars,Tod R. Lauer,Changyong Dai,Silvia Protopapa,J. R. Spencer,S. A. Stern,H. A. Weaver,M. W. Buie,B. J. Buratti,C. B. Olkin,J. W. Parker,K. N. Singer,L. A. Young,(unknown)	2022	13
3	The Dark Side of Pluto The Planetary Science Journal ·Tod R. Lauer,J. R. Spencer,Tanguy Bertrand,R. A. Beyer,Kirby Runyon,O. L. White,L. A. Young,Kimberly Ennico,W. B. McKinnon,J. M. Moore,C. B. Olkin,S. A. Stern,H. A. Weaver	2021	3
4	Charon’s Far Side Geomorphology The Planetary Science Journal ·R. A. Beyer,S. J. Robbins,C. B. Beddingfield,C. J. Bierson,Kimberly Ennico,Tod R. Lauer,W. B. McKinnon,J. M. Moore,Kirby Runyon,C. B. Olkin,P. Schenk,K. N. Singer,J. R. Spencer,S. A. Stern,H. A. Weaver,L. A. Young,(unknown)	2021	2
5	Chandra Observations of Abell 2261 Brightest Cluster Galaxy, a Candidate Host to a Recoiling Black Hole The Astrophysical Journal ·Kayhan Gültekin,Sarah Burke-Spolaor,Tod R. Lauer,T. Joseph W. Lazio,Leonidas A. Moustakas,Patrick Ogle,Marc Postman	2021	7
6	New Horizons Photometry of Pluto's Moon Charon The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·B. J. Buratti,M. D. Hicks,Min Gye Kim,A. Verbiscer,Eero Peltoniemi,Jason D. Hofgartner,Tod R. Lauer,W. M. Grundy,S. A. Stern,H. A. Weaver,Carly Howett,L. A. Young,A. F. Cheng,R. A. Beyer,C. M. Lisse,Kimberly Ennico,C. B. Olkin,S. J. Robbins	2019	8
7	Impact craters on 2014 MU69: The geologic history of MU69 and Kuiper belt object size-frequency distributions K. N. Singer,W. B. McKinnon,J. R. Spencer,Sarah Greenstreet,Brett Gladman,S. J. Robbins,Kirby Runyon,P. Schenk,J. J. Kavelaars,Tod R. Lauer,A. H. Parker,S. A. Stern,H. A. Weaver,C. B. Olkin	2019	1
8	Scarp Retreat on MU69: Evidence and Implications for Composition and Structure EPSC ·J. M. Moore,W. B. McKinnon,J. R. Spencer,S. A. Stern,D. T. Britt,B. J. Buratti,W. M. Grundy,Simon B. Porter,P. Schenk,K. N. Singer,H. A. Weaver,J. W. Parker,A. Verbiscer,R. A. Beyer,Shereen Abdel‐Ghafar,J. T. Keane,Tod R. Lauer,C. M. Lisse,O. M. Umurhan,O. L. White	2019	0
9	Stereo Topography of KBO (486958) 2014 MU69 EPSC ·Asha Swarup,Simon B. Porter,P. Schenk,John P. Spencer,C. B. Beddingfield,W. M. Grundy,Jea-Hyun Park,Tod R. Lauer,S. Franzen,C. B. Olkin,seyd ebrahim mirshahjafari,Alan J. Stern,O. M. Umurhan,A. Verbiscer,H. A. Weaver	2019	1
10	Basins, fractures and volcanoes: Global cartography and topography of Pluto from New Horizons Icarus ·P. Schenk,R. A. Beyer,W. B. McKinnon,J. M. Moore,J. R. Spencer,O. L. White,K. N. Singer,F. Nimmo,Metin Ergeneman,Tod R. Lauer,S. J. Robbins,O. M. Umurhan,W. M. Grundy,S. A. Stern,H. A. Weaver,L. A. Young,K. Ennico Smith,C. B. Olkin	2018	61
11	The New Horizons and Hubble Space Telescope search for rings, dust, and debris in the Pluto-Charon system Icarus ·Tod R. Lauer,H. B. Throop,M. R. Showalter,H. A. Weaver,S. A. Stern,J. R. Spencer,M. W. Buie,Douglas P. Hamilton,Simon B. Porter,A. Verbiscer,L. A. Young,C. B. Olkin,Kimberly Ennico,Fabrizzio Mc Manus	2017	5
12	Evidence for Possible Clouds in Pluto’s Present-day Atmosphere The Astronomical Journal ·S. A. Stern,Joshua A. Kammer,E. L. Barth,K. N. Singer,Tod R. Lauer,Jason D. Hofgartner,H. A. Weaver,Kimberly Ennico,C. B. Olkin,L. A. Young,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	2017	7
13	A Geophysical Planet Definition Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·Kirby Runyon,S. A. Stern,Tod R. Lauer,敬三砥柄,M. E. Summers,K. N. Singer	2017	4
14	Climate zones on Pluto and Charon Icarus ·Richard P. Binzel,A. M. Earle,M. W. Buie,L. A. Young,S. A. Stern,C. B. Olkin,Kimberly Ennico,J. M. Moore,W. M. Grundy,H. A. Weaver,C. M. Lisse,Tod R. Lauer	2016	24
15	THE FIRST HIGH-PHASE OBSERVATIONS OF A KBO: NEW HORIZONS IMAGING OF (15810) 1994 JR₁ FROM THE KUIPER BELT The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Simon B. Porter,J. R. Spencer,Susan Benecchi,A. Verbiscer,A. M. Zangari,H. A. Weaver,Tod R. Lauer,A. H. Parker,M. W. Buie,A. F. Cheng,L. A. Young,C. B. Olkin,Kimberly Ennico,S. A. Stern,(unknown)	2016	11
16	The Most Massive Black Holes in the Local Universe Tod R. Lauer,Karl Gebhardt,D. Richstone,S. M. Faber,Scott Tremaine	2006	0
17	Observing Dark Energy ASPC ·Sidney C. Wolff,Tod R. Lauer	2005	47
18	Black Hole Mass Determinations From Orbit Superposition Models are Reliable Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) ·Douglas Richstone,Karl Gebhardt,ShengJ96,R. Bender,Geoffrey C. Bower,Alan Dressler,S. M. Faber,Lin Zhong,Richard F. Green,G.B. Penner,John Kormendy,Tod R. Lauer,John Magorrian,Jason Pinkney,C. Siopis,Scott Tremaine	2004	1
19	Spectroscopic Evidence for a Massive Black Hole in NGC 4486B Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·John Kormendy,R. Bender,John Magorrian,Scott Tremaine,Alan Dressler,Karl Gebhardt,D. O. Richstone,И.Е. Ландовская,Tod R. Lauer,Carl J. Grillmair	1996	1
20	High Resolution Surface Photometry of Elliptical Galaxies Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·Tod R. Lauer	1983	1

About Tod R. Lauer

Tod R. Lauer is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 143 papers that have together received 10.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (70 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (69 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (58 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (31 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (25 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (23 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (19 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (3.7k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (10.6k citations) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.8k citations). Tod R. Lauer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include D. O. Richstone, Scott Tremaine, John Kormendy, Karl Gebhardt, Alan Dressler, S. M. Faber, Carl J. Grillmair, R. Bender, Richard F. Green and John Magorrian. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal, Icarus, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Planetary Science Journal.

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