Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies
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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.
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Fields of papers citing papers by William M. Irvine
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All Works
20 of 20 papers shown
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Irvine, William M. & F. Peter Schloerb. (2005). The Large Millimeter Telescope- El Gran Telescopio Milimetrico. DPS.1 indexed citations
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Lovell, A. J., et al.. (1998). Molecular Line Mapping of Comets Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 30. 1073.2 indexed citations
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Schloerb, F. P., et al.. (1996). Mapping of HCN in the Coma of Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake. DPS.1 indexed citations
Minh, Young Chol, et al.. (1993). OBSERVATIONS OF C 3 H 2 (2 12 -1 01 ) TOWARD THE SAGITTARIUS A MOLECULAR CLOUD. Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society. 26(1). 73–78.
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Minh, Y. C., William M. Irvine, & D. McGonagle. (1993). SEARCH FOR H 2 CHO + AND H 2 13 13CO IN DENSE INTERSTELLAR MOLECULAR CLOUDS. Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society. 26(2). 99–101.1 indexed citations
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Smith, David R., R. L. Dickman, N. R. Erickson, et al.. (1991). Design of a Large Millimeter Wave Telescope. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 23. 1441.2 indexed citations
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Irvine, William M. & K. Muinonen. (1990). Statistical Photoclinometry and Surface Topography of Atmosphereless Bodies. ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 20. 729.3 indexed citations
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Friberg, Per, et al.. (1988). Methanol In Dark Clouds. PubMed. 195. 281–9.21 indexed citations
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Irvine, William M., K. Muinonen, & K. Lumme. (1988). Is the Mutual Shadowing Explanation for the Opposition Effect of Saturn's Rings Still Valid?. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 20. 853.2 indexed citations
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Sagan, Carl, William Forde Thompson, B. N. Khare, et al.. (1985). Introduction. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 112. 103–106.1 indexed citations
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Irvine, William M., Per Friberg, Å. Hjalmarson, et al.. (1984). Confirmation of the Existence of Two New Interstellar Molecules: C 3 H and C 3 O. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 16. 877.3 indexed citations
Irvine, William M., F. P. Schloerb, Daryl A. Swade, et al.. (1983). The Visual Light Curves of Comets IRAS-Araki-Alcock 1983d and Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa 1983e. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 15. 803.2 indexed citations
Lumme, K. & William M. Irvine. (1976). Saturn's Rings: Structure and Size of Particles in Ring a. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 8. 462.2 indexed citations
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Lane, A. P. & William M. Irvine. (1973). Monochromatic Phase Curves and Albedos for the Lunar Disk. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 5. 293.5 indexed citations
19.
Irvine, William M.. (1966). Comparison of exact with approximate solutions of the equation of transfer for very elongated phase functions. The Astronomical Journal. 71. 859.1 indexed citations
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Irvine, William M.. (1956). Apes, Angels and Victorians.. Ethics. 66(2).7 indexed citations
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