Allan Sandage

23.6k citations
315 papers · 12.8k · 2 hit papers · h-index 59

Impact in

  • Instrumentation top 0.05%
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Papers in

    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 185
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 84
    • History and Developments in Astronomy 68
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 37
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 20
    • Astro and Planetary Science 20
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 205

Allan Sandage

308 papers receiving 12.1k citations

Allan Sandage's Hit Papers

Studies of the Virgo Cluster. II - A catalog of 2096 galaxies in the Virgo Cluster area. V - Luminosity functions of Virgo Cluster galaxies 1985 · 534 citations
5340+21+42Years since publication250500750

Peers

Allan Sandage
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  • Instrumentation 5.2k
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 12.1k
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1.9k
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 607
  • Computational Mechanics 557
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Allan Sandage, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Evidence from the motions of old stars that the Galaxy collapsed.
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1962933
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Studies of the Virgo Cluster. II - A catalog of 2096 galaxies in the Virgo Cluster area. V - Luminosity functions of Virgo Cluster galaxies
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1985534
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The Hubble atlas of galaxies
1961300
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A Revised Shapley-Ames Catalog of Bright Galaxies
1980284
5 1988267
6 1987267
7 1956232
8 1953228
9 1962220
10 1984218
11 1977208
12 1979204
13 1963180
14 1985178
15 2003161
16 1961158
17 2006148
18 1963137
19 1986135
20 2003128

About Allan Sandage

Allan Sandage is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 315 papers that have together received 12.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (205 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (185 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (84 papers), History and Developments in Astronomy (68 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (55 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (37 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (20 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (5.2k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (12.1k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.9k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (607 citations) and Computational Mechanics (557 citations). Allan Sandage has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Frequent co-authors include G. Tammann, B. Binggeli, O. J. Eggen, D. Lynden–Bell, B. Reindl, Abhijit Saha, Henry C. Ferguson, A. Yahil, F. Macchetto and N. Visvanathan. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

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