W. K. Gear

20.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
100 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

W. K. Gear is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. K. Gear has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 43 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 14 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in W. K. Gear's work include Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (43 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (38 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (33 papers). W. K. Gear is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (43 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (38 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (33 papers). W. K. Gear collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. W. K. Gear's co-authors include Alan P. Marscher, E. I. Robson, J. A. Stevens, R. J. Ivison, Tim Jenness, L. Dunne, D. H. Hughes, P. A. R. Ade, M. L. Lister and J. S. Greaves and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

W. K. Gear

95 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Models for high-frequency radio outbursts in extragalactic sources, with application to the early 1983 millimeter-to-infrared flare of 3C 273

1985 676 citations Alan P. Marscher, W. K. Gear The Astrophysical Journal profile →
High-redshift star formation in the Hubble Deep Field revealed by a submillimetre-wavelength survey

1998 648 citations D. H. Hughes, R. J. Ivison et al. profile →
SCUBA: a common-user submillimetre camera operating on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

1999 480 citations W. S. Holland, E. I. Robson et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
Polarimetric Observations of 15 Active Galactic Nuclei at High Frequencies: Jet Kinematics from Bimonthly Monitoring with the Very Long Baseline Array

2005 393 citations S. G. Jorstad, Alan P. Marscher et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The JCMT nearby galaxies legacy survey: SCUBA-2 observations of nearby galaxies 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Kate Pattle, W. K. Gear, C. D. Wilson	0
2	Submillimetre observations of the two-component magnetic field in M82 2021 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Kate Pattle, W. K. Gear, M. P. Redman, M. W. L. Smith, J. S. Greaves	12
3	The debris disc of solar analogue Ceti: Herschel observations and dynamical simulations of the proposed multiplanet system 2014 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Samantha Lawler, James Di Francesco, Grant M. Kennedy, B. Sibthorpe, Mark Booth, B. Vandenbussche, Brenda C. Matthews, W. S. Holland, J. S. Greaves, David J. Wilner, Mikko Tuomi, J. A. D. L. Blommaert, B. L. de Vries, C. Dominik, M. Fridlund, W. K. Gear, A. M. Heras, R. J. Ivison, G. Olofsson	27
4	Herschelobservations of gamma-ray burst host galaxies: implications for the topology of the dusty interstellar medium 2014 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. Schady, S. Savaglio, (unknown), T. Krühler, T. Dwelly, E. Palazzi, L. K. Hunt, J. Greiner, H. Linz, M. J. Michałowski, D. Pierini, S. Piranomonte, S. D. Vergani, W. K. Gear	8
5	AHerschelstudy of NGC 650 2013 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. A. M. van Hoof, G. C. Van de Steene, Katrina Exter, M. J. Barlow, Toshiya Ueta, M. A. T. Groenewegen, W. K. Gear, H. L. Gomez, Peter Hargrave, R. J. Ivison, S. J. Leeks, T. Lim, G. Olofsson, E. T. Polehampton, B. M. Swinyard, H. Van Winckel, C. Waelkens, R. Wesson	10
6	A background galaxy in the field of theβ Pictoris debris disk 2012 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·S. Regibo, B. Vandenbussche, C. Waelkens, B. Acke, B. Sibthorpe, (unknown), (unknown), James Di Francesco, M. Fridlund, W. K. Gear, R. J. Ivison, G. Olofsson	2
7	AHerschelPACS and SPIRE study of the dust content of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant 2010 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. J. Barlow, O. Krause, B. M. Swinyard, B. Sibthorpe, M.-A. Besel, R. Wesson, R. J. Ivison, L. Dunne, W. K. Gear, H. L. Gomez, Peter Hargrave, Th. Henning, S. J. Leeks, T. Lim, G. Olofsson, E. T. Polehampton	105
8	RAPID MULTIWAVEBAND POLARIZATION VARIABILITY IN THE QUASAR PKS 0420014: OPTICAL EMISSION FROM THE COMPACT RADIO JET 2007 ·Francesca D’Arcangelo, Alan P. Marscher, S. G. Jorstad, Paul S. Smith, V. M. Larionov, V. A. Hagen‐Thorn, E. N. Kopatskaya, G. G. Williams, W. K. Gear	28
9	Achromatic half-wave plate for submillimeter instruments in cosmic microwave background astronomy: experimental characterization 2006 ·Applied Optics ·G. Pisano, G. Savini, P. A. R. Ade, (unknown), W. K. Gear	29
10	XMM-Newtonsurveys of the Canada-France Redshift Survey Fields - III. The environments of X-ray selected active galactic nuclei at 0.4 <z< 0.6 2005 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), S. Eales, W. K. Gear, H. J. McCracken, S. J. Lilly, M. Brodwin	15
11	Relative performance of filled and feedhorn-coupled focal-plane architectures 2002 ·Applied Optics ·M. J. Griffin, J. J. Bock, W. K. Gear	61
12	SCUBA: a common-user submillimetre camera operating on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope breakdown → 1999 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·W. S. Holland, E. I. Robson, W. K. Gear, Colin Cunningham, J. F. Lightfoot, Tim Jenness, R. J. Ivison, J. A. Stevens, P. A. R. Ade, M. J. Griffin, (unknown), J. A. Murphy, D. A. Naylor	480
13	The Canada–United Kingdom Deep Submillimeter Survey. II. First Identifications, Redshifts, and Implications for Galaxy Evolution 1999 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·S. J. Lilly, S. Eales, W. K. Gear, F. Hammer, O. Le Fèvre, D. Crampton, J. Richard Bond, L. Dunne	157
14	Multifrequency observations of blazars. 5: Long-term millimeter, submillimeter, and infrared monitoring 1994 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·J. A. Stevens, (unknown), E. I. Robson, D. H. Hughes, W. K. Gear, H. Teräsranta, E. Valtaoja, M. Tornikoski	61
15	The submillimetre structure of the starburst nucleus in M82: a diffraction-limited 450-μm map 1994 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·D. H. Hughes, W. K. Gear, E. I. Robson	24
16	B335: protostar or embedded pre-main-sequence star? 1990 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·C. J. Chandler, W. K. Gear, G. Sandell, Saeko S. Hayashi, William Duncan, Matthew Griffin, (unknown)	19
17	A submillimetre and millimetre halo in M82 1990 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·D. H. Hughes, E. I. Robson, W. K. Gear	10
18	SCUBA: A submillimetre camera 1990 ·ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) ·W. K. Gear, Colin Cunningham	2
19	The radio to X-ray continuum emission of the quasar 3C273 and its temporal variations 1987 ·ORCA Online Research @Cardiff ·T. J.-L. Courvoisier, Martin Turner, E. I. Robson, W. K. Gear, R. Staubert, (unknown), P. Bouchet, R. Falomo, M. J. Valtonen, H. Teräsranta	1
20	Thermal Properties of the Regolith of Asteroid 1 Ceres 1984 ·ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) ·L. A. Lebofsky, M. V. Sykes, (unknown), G. J. Veeder, D. L. Matson, I. G. Nolt, J. V. Radostitz, P. A. R. Ade, W. K. Gear, Matthew Griffin, E. I. Robson	8

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