A. C. S. Readhead

23.1k citations

277 papers · 8.3k · 2 hit papers · h-index 46

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.1%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.2%
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 252
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology 163
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 79
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 59
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 28
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 21
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 20
Nuclear and High Energy Physics 168
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 162

Co-authors: T. J. Pearson (133 shared papers)R. D. Blandford (22 shared papers)P. N. Wilkinson (34 shared papers)David L. Meier (3 shared papers)G. B. Taylor (27 shared papers)P. N. Wilkinson (25 shared papers)W. Xu (15 shared papers)R. C. Vermeulen (18 shared papers)
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (79 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (53 papers)The Astronomical Journal (16 papers)Nature (12 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (12 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

A. C. S. Readhead

266 papers receiving 7.9k citations

A. C. S. Readhead's Hit Papers

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Relativistic Jets from Active Galactic Nuclei 2019 · 502 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
2002 The Astrophysical Journal

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1	Relativistic Jets from Active Galactic Nuclei Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics ·R. D. Blandford, David L. Meier, A. C. S. Readhead Hit paper breakdown →	2019	502
2	Degree Angular Scale Interferometer First Results: A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Angular Power Spectrum The Astrophysical Journal ·N. W. Halverson, E. M. Leitch, C. Pryke, J. M. Kovac, J. E. Carlstrom, W. L. Holzapfel, M. Dragovan, J. K. Cartwright, Brian Mason, S. Padin, T. J. Pearson, A. C. S. Readhead, M. C. Shepherd Hit paper breakdown →	2002	463
3	Equipartition brightness temperature and the inverse Compton catastrophe The Astrophysical Journal ·A. C. S. Readhead	1994	329
4	The Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey - I. Source selection and observations Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·S. T. Myers, N. Jackson, I. W. A. Browne, A. G. de Bruyn, T. J. Pearson, A. C. S. Readhead, P. N. Wilkinson, A. D. Biggs, R. D. Blandford, C. D. Fassnacht, L. V. E. Koopmans, D. R. Marlow, J. P. McKean, M. Norbury, Paul Phillips, D. Rusin, M. C. Shepherd, C. M. Sykes	2003	234
5	Image Formation by Self-Calibration in Radio Astronomy Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics ·T. J. Pearson, A. C. S. Readhead	1984	183
6	The Statistics and Ages of Compact Symmetric Objects The Astrophysical Journal ·A. C. S. Readhead, G. B. Taylor, W. Xu, T. J. Pearson, P. N. Wilkinson, A. G. Polatidis	1996	168
7	Compact Symmetric Objects and the Evolution of Powerful Extragalactic Radio Sources The Astrophysical Journal ·A. C. S. Readhead, G. B. Taylor, T. J. Pearson, P. N. Wilkinson	1996	156
8	Two-sided ejection in powerful radio sources: The compact symmetric objects The Astrophysical Journal ·P. N. Wilkinson, A. G. Polatidis, A. C. S. Readhead, W. Xu, T. J. Pearson	1994	152
9	The milliarcsecond structure of a complete sample of radio sources. II - First-epoch maps at 5 GHz The Astrophysical Journal ·T. J. Pearson, A. C. S. Readhead	1988	152
10	THE LUMINOSITY FUNCTION OFFERMI-DETECTED FLAT-SPECTRUM RADIO QUASARS The Astrophysical Journal ·M. Ajello, M. S. Shaw, Roger W. Romani, C. D. Dermer, L. Costamante, O. G. King, W. Max-Moerbeck, A. C. S. Readhead, A. Reimer, J. L. Richards, M. A. Stevenson	2012	149
11	Superluminally expanding radio sources and the radio-quiet QSOs Nature ·P. A. G. Scheuer, A. C. S. Readhead	1979	141
12	The VLBA Imaging and Polarimetry Survey at 5 GHz The Astrophysical Journal ·J. F. Helmboldt, G. B. Taylor, S. E. Tremblay, C. D. Fassnacht, R. C. Walker, S. T. Myers, Loránt O. Sjouwerman, T. J. Pearson, A. C. S. Readhead, L. Weintraub, N. Gehrels, Roger W. Romani, S. E. Healey, P. F. Michelson, R. D. Blandford, Garret Cotter	2007	138
13	The Proper Motion of Sagittarius A. I. First VLBA Results The Astrophysical Journal* ·M. J. Reid, A. C. S. Readhead, R. C. Vermeulen, R. N. Treuhaft	1999	127
14	Cosmological Parameters from Cosmic Background Imager Observations and Comparisons with BOOMERANG, DASI, and MAXIMA The Astrophysical Journal ·Jonathan Sievers, J. Richard Bond, J. K. Cartwright, Carlo Contaldi, Brian Mason, S. T. Myers, S. Padin, T. J. Pearson, Ue‐Li Pen, D. Pogosyan, S. Prunet, A. C. S. Readhead, M. C. Shepherd, P. S. Udomprasert, L. Bronfman, W. L. Holzapfel, J. May	2003	126
15	Optical Spectra of a Complete Sample of Radio Sources. I. The Spectra The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·(unknown), J. R. Zucker, A. C. S. Readhead, S. C. Unwin, T. J. Pearson, Weijie Xu	1996	111
16	The mapping of compact radio sources from VLBI data The Astrophysical Journal ·A. C. S. Readhead, P. N. Wilkinson	1978	100
17	A Complete Flux-Density--limited VLBI Survey of 293 Flat-Spectrum Radio Sources The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·G. B. Taylor, R. C. Vermeulen, A. C. S. Readhead, T. J. Pearson, D. R. Henstock, P. N. Wilkinson	1996	97
18	Detection of significant cm to sub-mm band radio and -ray correlated variability in Fermi bright blazars Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·L. Fuhrmann, S. Larsson, J. Chiang, E. Angelakis, J. A. Zensus, I. Nestoras, T. P. Krichbaum, H. Ungerechts, A. Sievers, V. Pavlidou, A. C. S. Readhead, W. Max-Moerbeck, T. J. Pearson	2014	92
19	Time correlation between the radio and gamma-ray activity in blazars and the production site of the gamma-ray emission Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·W. Max-Moerbeck, T. Hovatta, J. L. Richards, O. G. King, T. J. Pearson, A. C. S. Readhead, R. Reeves, M. C. Shepherd, M. A. Stevenson, E. Angelakis, L. Fuhrmann, Keith Grainge, V. Pavlidou, Roger W. Romani, J. A. Zensus	2014	91
20	First Intrinsic Anisotropy Observations with the Cosmic Background Imager The Astrophysical Journal ·S. Padin, J. K. Cartwright, Brian Mason, T. J. Pearson, A. C. S. Readhead, M. C. Shepherd, Jonathan Sievers, P. S. Udomprasert, W. L. Holzapfel, S. T. Myers, J. E. Carlstrom, E. M. Leitch, M. Joy, L. Bronfman, J. May	2001	91

About A. C. S. Readhead

A. C. S. Readhead is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Aerospace Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, having authored 277 papers that have together received 8.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (163 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (162 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (79 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (59 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (30 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (28 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (21 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (7.8k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (5.4k citations), Instrumentation (600 citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (185 citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (452 citations). A. C. S. Readhead has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include T. J. Pearson, R. D. Blandford, P. N. Wilkinson, David L. Meier, G. B. Taylor, P. N. Wilkinson, W. Xu, R. C. Vermeulen, W. Max-Moerbeck and Brian Mason. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astronomical Journal, Nature and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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