Tom Sargent

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Tom Sargent is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Sargent has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Computational Mechanics, 2 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 2 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Tom Sargent's work include Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (3 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (2 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (2 papers). Tom Sargent is often cited by papers focused on Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (3 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (2 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (2 papers). Tom Sargent collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Tom Sargent's co-authors include H. S. Stockman, J. T. McGraw, J. R. P. Angel, Joar Brynnel, Dan McKenna, Keith Powell, David S. Ashby, W. G. Tifft, Douglas M. Summers and C.S. Cox and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Analytical Biochemistry and Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE.

In The Last Decade

Tom Sargent

7 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Current protocols in molecular biology

1988 6.9k citations Tom Sargent Analytical Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom Sargent United States	5	4.5k	1.1k	1.1k	651	613	7	6.9k
Jacob Engelbrecht Denmark	13	4.1k 0.9×	871 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	863 1.3×	414 0.7×	15	6.7k
Paul D. Siebert United States	30	4.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.5×	912 1.4×	726 1.2×	56	7.6k
S G Fischer United States	12	4.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	535 0.5×	578 0.9×	1.0k 1.7×	13	6.7k
Ole Vorm Germany	16	7.1k 1.6×	721 0.6×	944 0.9×	843 1.3×	1.1k 1.9×	23	11.2k
Patricia S. Thomas United States	11	6.0k 1.3×	1.8k 1.6×	887 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	720 1.2×	14	9.4k
Haim Aviv Israel	22	5.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	722 0.7×	772 1.2×	602 1.0×	35	8.0k
C. Geourjon France	28	3.7k 0.8×	683 0.6×	786 0.7×	468 0.7×	319 0.5×	48	5.6k
Ron D. Appel Switzerland	9	4.3k 1.0×	523 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	646 1.0×	363 0.6×	9	6.3k
Andrew J. Link United States	40	6.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	695 0.7×	692 1.1×	817 1.3×	110	9.3k
Jürgen Kopp Germany	33	6.2k 1.4×	928 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	839 1.3×	725 1.2×	70	10.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Sargent

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Sargent

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Sargent

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tom Sargent. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tom Sargent 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 Tom Sargent. Tom Sargent 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

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Summers, Douglas M., Joar Brynnel, C.S. Cox, et al.. (2014). Large Binocular Telescope Observatory (LBTO) software and IT group operations status update and near-term development roadmap. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9152. 915206–915206. 3 indexed citations

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Ashby, David S., et al.. (2008). The Large Binocular Telescope azimuth and elevation encoder system. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4 indexed citations

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Ashby, David S., et al.. (2006). The Large Binocular Telescope mount control system architecture. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6274. 627423–627423. 4 indexed citations

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Sargent, Tom. (1988). Current protocols in molecular biology. Analytical Biochemistry. 171(1). 223–224. 6855 indexed citations breakdown →

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McGraw, J. T., J. R. P. Angel, & Tom Sargent. (1980). <title>A Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Transit-Telescope Survey For Galactic And Extragalactic Variability And Polarization</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 264. 20–28. 11 indexed citations

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Stockman, H. S. & Tom Sargent. (1979). High-speed circular polarimetry of AM Herculis. The Astrophysical Journal. 227. 197–197. 7 indexed citations

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Tifft, W. G., et al.. (1973). Investigation of the Cancer cluster of galaxies.. The Astrophysical Journal. 185. 115–115. 2 indexed citations

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