W. L. W. Sargent

21.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
284 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

W. L. W. Sargent is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. L. W. Sargent has authored 284 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 259 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 157 papers in Instrumentation and 52 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in W. L. W. Sargent's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (157 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (151 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (142 papers). W. L. W. Sargent is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (157 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (151 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (142 papers). W. L. W. Sargent collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. W. L. W. Sargent's co-authors include A. V. Filippenko, Michael Rauch, Luis C. Ho, Leonard Searle, Charles C. Steidel, A. Boksenberg, George D. Becker, T. A. Barlow, Joop Schaye and Martin G. Haehnelt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

W. L. W. Sargent

278 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. L. W. Sargent United States 64 12.1k 3.2k 3.2k 414 382 284 12.6k
L. L. Cowie United States 58 11.0k 0.9× 3.7k 1.1× 2.8k 0.9× 499 1.2× 309 0.8× 226 11.4k
M. A. Dopita Australia 65 14.9k 1.2× 3.9k 1.2× 3.1k 1.0× 531 1.3× 206 0.5× 339 15.3k
Maarten Schmidt United States 35 7.8k 0.6× 2.1k 0.7× 2.4k 0.8× 237 0.6× 247 0.6× 120 8.2k
Allan Sandage United States 58 11.9k 1.0× 5.1k 1.6× 1.8k 0.6× 447 1.1× 603 1.6× 316 12.5k
D. Elbaz France 50 9.1k 0.7× 4.4k 1.4× 1.7k 0.5× 484 1.2× 217 0.6× 256 10.0k
G. Gilmore United Kingdom 63 13.9k 1.1× 6.1k 1.9× 1.7k 0.5× 391 0.9× 432 1.1× 277 14.4k
J. P. Huchra United States 61 13.3k 1.1× 5.4k 1.7× 2.8k 0.9× 405 1.0× 874 2.3× 249 13.9k
G. K. Miley Netherlands 54 9.5k 0.8× 2.2k 0.7× 4.4k 1.4× 226 0.5× 232 0.6× 299 9.8k
Barry F. Madore United States 50 9.6k 0.8× 3.2k 1.0× 1.4k 0.4× 396 1.0× 213 0.6× 234 10.0k
W. Forman United States 60 15.4k 1.3× 3.4k 1.1× 5.3k 1.7× 445 1.1× 405 1.1× 365 15.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. L. W. Sargent

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cohen, Judith, Richard Dekany, S. G. Djorgovski, et al.. (2002). California Extremely Large Telescope: Conceptual Design for a Thirty-Meter Telescope. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 112(6). 1177–1181. 5 indexed citations
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Weymann, R. J., Buell T. Jannuzi, Limin Lu, et al.. (1998). TheHubble Space TelescopeQuasar Absorption Line Key Project. XIV. The Evolution of Lyα Absorption Lines in the Redshift Intervalz= 0–1.5. The Astrophysical Journal. 506(1). 1–18. 99 indexed citations
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Barlow, T. A., F. Hamann, & W. L. W. Sargent. (1997). Partial Coverage and Time Variability of Narrow-Line Intrinsic QSO Absorption Systems. CERN Bulletin. 128. 13. 2 indexed citations
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Rauch, Michael, Jordi Miralda‐Escudé, W. L. W. Sargent, et al.. (1997). The Opacity of the Lyα Forest and Implications for Ωband the Ionizing Background. The Astrophysical Journal. 489(1). 7–20. 256 indexed citations
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Small, Todd A., W. L. W. Sargent, & Charles C. Steidel. (1997). Temporal Changes in Quasar Broad Emission Line Profiles and the Gravitationally Lensed Nature of Q1634+267A,B and Q2345+007A,B. The Astronomical Journal. 114. 2254–2254. 15 indexed citations
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Sargent, W. L. W.. (1991). Pluto-Charon: A Double Planet on the Ragged Edge of the Solar System. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 23. 962. 1 indexed citations
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Steidel, Charles C. & W. L. W. Sargent. (1991). Emission-line and continuum properties of 92 bright QSOs - Luminosity dependence and differences between radio-selected and optically selected samples. The Astrophysical Journal. 382. 433–433. 56 indexed citations
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Steidel, Charles C. & W. L. W. Sargent. (1989). QSO heavy element absorption systems and the nature of the metagalactic ionizing flux at high redshift. The Astrophysical Journal. 343. L33–L33. 12 indexed citations
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Myers, S. T., et al.. (1988). A Limit on the Anisotropy of the Microwave Background on Arcminute Scales. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 20. 987. 3 indexed citations
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Sargent, W. L. W., Charles C. Steidel, & A. Boksenberg. (1988). MG II absorption in the spectra of high and low redshift QSOs. The Astrophysical Journal. 334. 22–22. 34 indexed citations
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Lo, K. Y., W. L. W. Sargent, C. T. Kowal, & I. A. Smith. (1986). Search for dwarf galaxies in nearby groups.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 18. 450. 1 indexed citations
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Kunth, D. & W. L. W. Sargent. (1986). I ZW 18 and the existence of very metal poor blue compact dwarf galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 300. 496–496. 80 indexed citations
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Sargent, W. L. W.. (1982). The distribution and composition of intergalactic clouds at large red-shifts. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 307(1497). 87–96. 1 indexed citations
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Sargent, W. L. W.. (1979). The Central Regions of Active Galaxies and Quasars. 2111. 197–214. 1 indexed citations
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Richstone, Douglas & W. L. W. Sargent. (1972). A New Determination of the Mass of M32. The Astrophysical Journal. 176. 91–91. 4 indexed citations
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Longair, M. S., et al.. (1970). The Radio Emission from Markarian Galaxies. 7. 23. 1 indexed citations
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Oke, J. B. & W. L. W. Sargent. (1968). Proceedings of the Conference on Seyfert Galaxies and Related Objects: 34. Physical Conditions in the Nucleus of NGC 4151. The Astronomical Journal. 73. 895–895. 3 indexed citations
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Roxburgh, I. W., W. L. W. Sargent, & P. A. Strittmatter. (1966). Determination of rotational velocity and aspect for stars in clusters. Observatory. 86. 118–120. 2 indexed citations
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Sargent, W. L. W. & Leonard Searle. (1966). The interpretation of B star spectra having weak helium lines. Observatory. 86. 27–29. 1 indexed citations
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Sargent, W. L. W.. (1965). Forbidden emission lines in the spectrum of a G-type supergiant. Observatory. 85. 33–35. 2 indexed citations

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