W. B. Sparks
- Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.2%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 117
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 80
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 69
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 63
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology 45
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 45
- Instrumentation top 1%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 73
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.5%
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 68
- Geophysics top 10%
W. B. Sparks
259 papers receiving 6.0k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 85
- Astronomy and Astrophysics 5.7k
- Instrumentation 829
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2.5k
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 318
- Geophysics 103
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All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | 9 | |
| 2 | 2021 | 20 | |
| 3 | Search for Trace Species in Europa's Exosphere | 2015 | 1 |
| 4 | 2014 | 10 | |
| 5 | 2014 | 46 | |
| 6 | Exo-S: A Probe-scale Space Mission to Directly Image and Spectroscopically Characterize Exoplanetary Systems Using a Starshade and Telescope System | 2014 | 3 |
| 7 | Lunar Based Observations of the Earth as a Planet | 2010 | 5 |
| 8 | Evolutionary Competition Between Primitive Photosynthetic Systems: Existence of an early purple Earth? | 2006 | 1 |
| 9 | ACS Polarization Calibration | 2001 | 1 |
| 10 | ACS software tool development | 2001 | 1 |
| 11 | The Effects of Metallicity on Hydrodynamic Studies of the Nova Outburst | 1999 | 0 |
| 12 | 1997 | 37 | |
| 13 | Stellar kinematics and double-peaked emission lines in the low luminosity AGN M81. | 1995 | 1 |
| 14 | The massive star content of the blue dwarf galaxy IZw 36 from Faint Object Camera observations | 1994 | 1 |
| 15 | HST polarization observations of NGC 1068 | 1994 | 1 |
| 16 | The 3CR WFPC2 HST Snapshot Survey | 1994 | 4 |
| 17 | An optical and near-infrared polarization survey of early-type radio galaxies | 1990 | 6 |
| 18 | An optical and near-infrared polarization survey of Seyfert and broad-line radio galaxies. I, Statistical properties | 1990 | 37 |
| 19 | Un the Cause of the Return to Minimum of a Nova After Outburst | 1978 | 1 |
| 20 | The Effect of the Ring Surrounding the White Dwarf on Novae and Dwarf Novae Outbursts. | 1973 | 0 |
About W. B. Sparks
W. B. Sparks is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, having authored 275 papers that have together received 6.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (117 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (80 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (73 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (69 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (68 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (63 papers), Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (45 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (45 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (5.7k citations), Instrumentation (829 citations) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (2.5k citations). W. B. Sparks has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include F. Macchetto, J. A. Biretta, D. J. Axon, A. Capetti, S. Starrfield, J. W. Truran, Stefi A. Baum, M. Chiaberge, A. Boksenberg and Daniel Golombek. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Astrophysical Journal.
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