W. D. Taylor

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

W. D. Taylor is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. D. Taylor has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 29 papers in Instrumentation and 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in W. D. Taylor's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (41 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (33 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (28 papers). W. D. Taylor is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (41 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (33 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (28 papers). W. D. Taylor collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. W. D. Taylor's co-authors include C. J. Evans, H. Sana, J. Maíz Apellániz, N. Langer, A. de Koter, J. S. Vink, S. E. de Mink, S. Simón‐Díaz, A. Herrero and N. R. Walborn and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

In The Last Decade

W. D. Taylor

56 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.

The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey

2012 346 citations H. Sana, A. de Koter et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
W. D. Taylor	2.1k	908	112	82	62	58	2.2k
Abdurrouf	826 0.4×	421 0.5×	72 0.6×	41 0.5×	39 0.6×	41	980
Nicholas M. Law	963 0.5×	400 0.4×	68 0.6×	136 1.7×	52 0.8×	85	1.0k
A. Domiciano de Souza	845 0.4×	325 0.4×	82 0.7×	127 1.5×	24 0.4×	63	909
P. Stee	1.0k 0.5×	326 0.4×	61 0.5×	171 2.1×	44 0.7×	97	1.1k
N. Thureau	800 0.4×	257 0.3×	72 0.6×	233 2.8×	39 0.6×	45	923
Michael Gully-Santiago	679 0.3×	258 0.3×	40 0.4×	63 0.8×	53 0.9×	34	753
F. Millour	830 0.4×	284 0.3×	49 0.4×	136 1.7×	22 0.4×	75	920
Fabien Baron	722 0.3×	253 0.3×	65 0.6×	218 2.7×	44 0.7×	72	879
Michael W. Topping	1.1k 0.5×	471 0.5×	33 0.3×	34 0.4×	34 0.5×	52	1.2k
W. Seifert	496 0.2×	276 0.3×	52 0.5×	135 1.6×	57 0.9×	90	659

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. D. Taylor

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by W. D. Taylor. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by W. D. Taylor. The network helps show where W. D. Taylor may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. D. Taylor

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

All Works

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Biller, Beth, M. Bonavita, Katelyn Allers, et al.. (2022). An optimized survey strategy for the ERIS/NIX imager: searching for young giant exoplanets and very low mass brown dwarfs using the K-peak custom photometric filter. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 515(4). 5629–5645. 1 indexed citations

Britavskiy, N., D. J. Lennon, L. R. Patrick, et al.. (2019). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 624. A128–A128. 33 indexed citations

Dufton, P. L., A. Thompson, P. A. Crowther, et al.. (2018). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 615. A101–A101. 20 indexed citations

Garland, Ryan, P. L. Dufton, C. J. Evans, et al.. (2017). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 603. A91–A91. 15 indexed citations

Clark, J. S., E. S. Bartlett, Patrick S. Broos, et al.. (2015). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 579. A131–A131. 10 indexed citations

Dunstall, P. R., P. L. Dufton, H. Sana, et al.. (2015). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 580. A93–A93. 114 indexed citations

Ramírez-Agudelo, O. H., H. Sana, S. E. de Mink, et al.. (2015). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 580. A92–A92. 55 indexed citations

Evans, C. J., M. Kennedy, P. L. Dufton, et al.. (2014). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 574. A13–A13. 51 indexed citations

Bestenlehner, J. M., G. Gräfener, J. S. Vink, et al.. (2014). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 570. A38–A38. 106 indexed citations

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Kalari, V. M., J. S. Vink, P. L. Dufton, et al.. (2014). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. XV. VFTS 822: A candidate Herbig B[e] star at low metallicity. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 564. L7–L7. 11 indexed citations

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Apellániz, J. Maíz, C. J. Evans, R. H. Barbá, et al.. (2014). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 564. A63–A63. 74 indexed citations

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Walborn, N. R., H. Sana, S. Simón‐Díaz, et al.. (2014). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 564. A40–A40. 71 indexed citations

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Doran, E., P. A. Crowther, A. de Koter, et al.. (2013). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 558. A134–A134. 91 indexed citations

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Ramírez-Agudelo, O. H., S. Simón‐Díaz, H. Sana, et al.. (2013). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 560. A29–A29. 145 indexed citations

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Luo, Xichun, et al.. (2012). Design of a Micro-Autonomous Robot for Use in Astronomical Instruments. International Journal of Optomechatronics. 6(3). 199–212. 1 indexed citations

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Bressert, E., N. Bastian, C. J. Evans, et al.. (2012). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 542. A49–A49. 37 indexed citations

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Hénault-Brunet, V., Mark Gieles, C. J. Evans, et al.. (2012). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 545. L1–L1. 43 indexed citations

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Sana, H., A. de Koter, S. E. de Mink, et al.. (2012). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 550. A107–A107. 346 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dunstall, P. R., M. Fraser, J. S. Clark, et al.. (2012). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 542. A50–A50. 11 indexed citations

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Dufton, P. L., N. Langer, P. R. Dunstall, et al.. (2012). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 550. A109–A109. 95 indexed citations

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