Will Saunders

8.2k citations

71 papers · 3.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 19

Instrumentation top 1%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 46
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 29
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 22
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories 7
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 5
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 1%
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics top 5%
Oceanography top 10%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing 24
Computational Mechanics
- Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation 10
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices 4

Co-authors: Matthew Colless D. H. P. Jones Q. A. Parker Florian Beutler Lachlan Campbell L. Staveley‐Smith Fred Watson Cullen H. Blake
Cited by: Instrumentation Astronomy and Astrophysics Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Journals: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (18 papers)Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (4 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (1 paper)
Partner nations: Australia United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

Will Saunders

66 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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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.

2012 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2011 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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1	Mauna Kea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE): a preliminary design of multi-object high resolution spectrograph Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII ·Kai Zhang,Yifei Zhou,Zhen Tang,Will Saunders,Kim A. Venn,Alan W. McConnachie,Kei Szeto,Jianrong Shi,Yongtian Zhu,Zhongwen Hu	2018	6
2	4MOST fiber feed concept design Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Dionne Haynes,Roland Winkler,Allar Saviauk,Roger Haynes,Samuel C. Barden,Olga Bellido-Tirado,Svend‐Marian Bauer,Roelof S. de Jong,É. Depagne,Frank Dionies,Abdulilah Ibrahim Almasaad,Andreas Kelz,Will Saunders,M. Woche	2014	2
3	Dark Energy Spectrometer - A Proposed Multi-Fiber Instrument for the Blanco 4 Meter Telescope AAS ·S. Kent,Lin Jiang,J. L. Marshall,D. L. DePoy,Will Saunders,Matthew Colless,Hope Hecht,O. Lahav,F. B. Abdalla,J. Annis,H. Lin,S. Jouvel	2012	1
4	The 6dF Galaxy Survey: z ≈0 measurement of the growth rate and sigma_8 arXiv (Cornell University) ·Florian Beutler,Cullen H. Blake,Matthew Colless,D. H. P. Jones,L. Staveley‐Smith,Gregory B. Poole,Lachlan Campbell,Q. A. Parker,Will Saunders,Fred Watson	2012	5
5	KOALA: a wide-field 1000 element integral-field unit for the Anglo-Australian Telescope Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Simon Ellis,Michael Ireland,Jon Lawrence,Wirtschaft,久大道,Jurek Brzeski,Q. A. Parker,R. Sharp,Joss Bland‐Hawthorn,Scott W. Case,Matthew Colless,S. M. Croom,Stela Nathalie Anggawijaya,Orsola De Marco,Karl Glazebrook,Will Saunders,R. L. Webster,D. B. Zucker	2012	9
6	Where is Ridge A? Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·A Ceretti,Craig Kulesa,M. C. B. Ashley,Jon Lawrence,Will Saunders,J. W. V. Storey	2012	2
7	The 6dF Galaxy Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations and the local Hubble constantbreakdown → Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Florian Beutler,Cullen H. Blake,Matthew Colless,D. H. P. Jones,L. Staveley‐Smith,Lachlan Campbell,Q. A. Parker,Will Saunders,Fred Watson	2011	1650
8	MANIFEST: a many-instrument fiber-positioning system for GMT Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Will Saunders,Matthew Colless,I.J. Saunders,Andrew Hopkins,Michael Goodwin,Jeroen Heijmans,Jurek Brzeski,Tony Farrell	2010	7
9	Starbugs: focal plane fiber positioning technology Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Michael Goodwin,Jeroen Heijmans,I.J. Saunders,Jurek Brzeski,Will Saunders,Rolf Müller,Roger Haynes,James Gilbert	2010	6
10	The Southern 2MASS Active Galactic Nuclei Survey: Spectroscopic Follow-up with Six Degree Field Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia ·Frank J. Masci,R. M. Cutri,Paul Francis,B. Nelson,J. P. Huchra,D. H. P. Jones,Matthew Colless,Will Saunders	2010	6
11	Improved precision of 2dF fibre positioning Russell Cannon,Tony Farrell,Will Saunders,AbdulazizS. Alrafiaah,S. M. Croom	2008	0
12	The Dipole Anisotropy of the 2 Micron All-Sky Redshift Survey J. P. Huchra,O. Lahav,Matthew Colless,R. M. Cutri,E. Falco,T. George,T. H. Jarrett,D. H. P. Jones,C. S. Kochanek,Lucas M. Macri,J. Mader,N. Martimbeau,Q. A. Parker,A. Rassat,Will Saunders	2008	56
13	The 6dF Galaxy Survey: First Data Release Jiabing Bao,Will Saunders,Matthew Colless,Mike Read,Q. A. Parker,Fred Watson,Lachlan Campbell	2005	1
14	Improvements to runz Will Saunders,Russell Cannon,William J. Sutherland	2004	1
15	The 6dF Galaxy Survey: progress and data release 1 Will Saunders,Jiabing Bao,Mike Read,Lachlan Campbell,Matthew Colless,M. Hartley,P. Cass,D. M. James,Y uuml ksel Saran,Kristin Fiegert,Fred Watson,Thomas Mauch,J. A. Dawe	2004	1
16	AAOmega: a scientific and optical overview Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Will Saunders,Terry Bridges,Peter Gillingham,Roger Haynes,Greg Smith,John D. Whittard,Vladimir Churilov,Allan Lankshear,S. M. Croom,Damien Jones,Hanan M. Foaud	2004	63
17	The luminosity dependence of clustering and higher order correlations in the PSCz survey Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·István Szapudi,E. Branchini,Carlos S. Frenk,S. Maddox,Will Saunders	2000	19
18	Reconstructing the IRAS Point Source Catalog Redshift Survey with a generalized PIZA Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Imas Maryanah,Will Saunders,Andy Taylor	2000	5
19	The clustering of warm and cool IRAS galaxies Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Sebri Musa,Will Saunders,A. N. Taylor	1996	8
20	MULTICHANNEL COLLIMATORS FOR GAMMA-RAY SCANNING WITH SCINTILLATION COUNTERS Nucleonics (U.S.) Ceased publication ·Lone Bogwasi,Will Saunders,Earl R. Miller	1952	12

About Will Saunders

Will Saunders is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Computational Mechanics and Geology, having authored 71 papers that have together received 3.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (46 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (29 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (24 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (22 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (10 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (7 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (5 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (799 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.2k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.5k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (165 citations) and Oceanography (132 citations). Will Saunders has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Matthew Colless, D. H. P. Jones, Q. A. Parker, Florian Beutler, Lachlan Campbell, L. Staveley‐Smith, Fred Watson, Cullen H. Blake, William J. Sutherland and Carlos S. Frenk. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal and Astronomy and Computing.

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