Arthur M. Wolfe

14.1k citations
135 papers · 9.0k · 3 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.1%
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Instrumentation top 0.5%
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Papers in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 115
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 78
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 58
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 55
    • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories 19
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 16
    • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 9
  • Instrumentation 37
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 37
Co-authors
J. X. Prochaska (52 shared papers)Rainer K. Sachs (2 shared papers)Eric Gawiser (13 shared papers)David A. Turnshek (21 shared papers)Kenneth M. Lanzetta (13 shared papers)M. T. Murphy (4 shared papers)John K. Webb (4 shared papers)S. Herbert-Fort (2 shared papers)
Journals
The Astrophysical Journal (82 papers)The Astronomical Journal (9 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (9 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (6 papers)Nature (3 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesUnited KingdomChile

In The Last Decade

Arthur M. Wolfe

134 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Arthur M. Wolfe's Hit Papers

DAMPED LYα SYSTEMS 2005 · 461 citations
4610+19+39Years since publication2505007501000
What are hit papers?

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.
  1. 2005 Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  2. 2001 Physical Review Letters
  3. 1967 The Astrophysical Journal

Peers

Arthur M. Wolfe
Comparison fields: 5 of 75
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 8.5k
  • Instrumentation 1.6k
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2.5k
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 372
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 541
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D. Reimers Germany
P. Petitjean France
W. Forman United States
G. de Vaucouleurs United States
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All Works

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#Work
1
Perturbations of a Cosmological Model and Angular Variations of the Microwave Background
The Astrophysical Journal ·Rainer K. Sachs, Arthur M. Wolfe
Hit paper breakdown →		19671087
2
Further Evidence for Cosmological Evolution of the Fine Structure Constant
Physical Review Letters ·John K. Webb, M. T. Murphy, V. V. Flambaum, V. A. Dzuba, John D. Barrow, Christopher W. Churchill, J. X. Prochaska, Arthur M. Wolfe
Hit paper breakdown →		2001534
3
DAMPED LYα SYSTEMS
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Arthur M. Wolfe, Eric Gawiser, J. X. Prochaska
Hit paper breakdown →		2005461
4
Damped Lyman-alpha absorption by disk galaxies with large redshifts. I - The Lick survey
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Arthur M. Wolfe, David A. Turnshek, H. E. Smith, R. D. Cohen
1986304
5
The SDSS Damped Lyα Survey: Data Release 3
The Astrophysical Journal ·J. X. Prochaska, S. Herbert-Fort, Arthur M. Wolfe
2005270
6
The Galactic Thick Disk Stellar Abundances
The Astronomical Journal ·J. X. Prochaska, Sergei O. Naumov, Bruce W. Carney, Andrew McWilliam, Arthur M. Wolfe
2000264
7
On the Kinematics of the Damped Lyman‐α Protogalaxies
The Astrophysical Journal ·J. X. Prochaska, Arthur M. Wolfe
1997256
8
The Deuterium to Hydrogen Abundance Ratio toward a Fourth QSO: HS 0105+1619
The Astrophysical Journal ·John M. O’Meara, David Tytler, David Kirkman, N. Suzuki, J. X. Prochaska, Dan Lubin, Arthur M. Wolfe
2001224
9
ON THE (NON)EVOLUTION OF H I GAS IN GALAXIES OVER COSMIC TIME
The Astrophysical Journal ·J. X. Prochaska, Arthur M. Wolfe
2009218
10
Possible evidence for a variable fine-structure constant from QSO absorption lines: motivations, analysis and results
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·M. T. Murphy, John K. Webb, V. V. Flambaum, V. A. Dzuba, Christopher W. Churchill, J. X. Prochaska, J. D. Barrow, Arthur M. Wolfe
2001207
11
The Age-Metallicity Relation of the Universe in Neutral Gas: The First 100 Damped Ly Systems
The Astrophysical Journal ·J. X. Prochaska, Eric Gawiser, Arthur M. Wolfe, S. Castro, S. G. Djorgovski
2003183
12
Surveys forz > 3 Damped Lyα Absorption Systems: The Evolution of Neutral Gas
The Astrophysical Journal ·Lisa J. Storrie‐Lombardi, Arthur M. Wolfe
2000172
13
The IUE Survey for Damped Lyman- alpha and Lyman-Limit Absorption Systems: Evolution of the Gaseous Content of the Universe
The Astrophysical Journal ·Kenneth M. Lanzetta, Arthur M. Wolfe, David A. Turnshek
1995171
14
The Large Bright QSO Survey for Damped LY alpha Absorption Systems
The Astrophysical Journal ·Arthur M. Wolfe, Kenneth M. Lanzetta, Craig B. Foltz, Frederic H. Chaffee
1995151
15
The UCSD HIRES/Keck I Damped Lyα Abundance Database. II. The Implications
The Astrophysical Journal ·J. X. Prochaska, Arthur M. Wolfe
2002142
16
Chemical Abundances of the Damped Lyα Systems at \documentclass{aastex} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{bm} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{pifont} \usepackage{stmaryrd} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{portland,xspace} \usepackage{amsmath,amsxtra} \usepackage[OT2,OT1]{fontenc} \newcommand\cyr{ \renewcommand\rmdefault{wncyr} \renewcommand\sfdefault{wncyss} \renewcommand\encodingdefault{OT2} \normalfont \selectfont} \DeclareTextFontCommand{\textcyr}{\cyr} \pagestyle{empty} \DeclareMathSizes{10}{9}{7}{6} \begin{document} \landscape $z> 1.5$ \end{document}
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·J. X. Prochaska, Arthur M. Wolfe
1999128
17
Republication of: Perturbations of a cosmological model and angular variations of the microwave background (By R.K. Sachs and A.M. Wolfe)
General Relativity and Gravitation ·Rainer K. Sachs, Arthur M. Wolfe, George Ellis, Jϋrgen Ehlers, Andrzej Krasiński
2007122
18
Chemical Abundances of the Damped Lyα Systems at z > 1.5
J. X. Prochaska, Arthur M. Wolfe
1999121
19
The Hubble Space Telescope quasar absorption line key project. I - First observational results, including Lyman-alpha and Lyman-limit systems
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·John N. Bahcall, J. Bergeron, A. Boksenberg, G. Hartig, Buell T. Jannuzi, Sofia Kirhakos, W. L. W. Sargent, Blair D. Savage, Donald P. Schneider, David A. Turnshek, R. J. Weymann, Arthur M. Wolfe
1993120
20
A new spectroscopic survey for damped Ly-alpha absorption lines from high-redshift galaxies
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Kenneth M. Lanzetta, R. G. McMahon, Arthur M. Wolfe, David A. Turnshek, C. Hazard, Limin Lu
1991107

About Arthur M. Wolfe

Arthur M. Wolfe is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 135 papers that have together received 9.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (78 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (58 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (55 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (37 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (19 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (18 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (16 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (8.5k citations), Instrumentation (1.6k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (2.5k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (372 citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (541 citations). Arthur M. Wolfe has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Chile. Frequent co-authors include J. X. Prochaska, Rainer K. Sachs, Eric Gawiser, David A. Turnshek, Kenneth M. Lanzetta, M. T. Murphy, John K. Webb, S. Herbert-Fort, Lisa J. Storrie‐Lombardi and V. A. Dzuba. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Nature.

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