B. G. Andersson

4.3k citations
84 papers · 3.5k · 3 hit papers · h-index 28

Impact in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
    • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
    • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Instrumentation top 5%
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Papers in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 72
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 64
    • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 5
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 5
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 5
  • Instrumentation 15
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 15
Co-authors
A. Lazarian (7 shared papers)John E. Vaillancourt (6 shared papers)Stephen B Potter (6 shared papers)Peter G. Wannier (15 shared papers)Henry W. Moos (5 shared papers)N. Bergvall (2 shared papers)Stephan R. McCandliss (3 shared papers)Chi Thiem Hoang (11 shared papers)
Journals
The Astrophysical Journal (39 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (7 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (6 papers)The Astronomical Journal (3 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesSouth KoreaCanada

In The Last Decade

B. G. Andersson

80 papers receiving 3.4k citations

B. G. Andersson's Hit Papers

Interstellar Dust Grain Alignment 2015 · 431 citations
4310+8+17Years since publication100200300400500
What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

  1. 2015 Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  2. 2000 The Astrophysical Journal
  3. 2000 The Astrophysical Journal

Peers

B. G. Andersson
Comparison fields: 5 of 31
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 3.2k
  • Instrumentation 144
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 160
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 108
  • Spectroscopy 49
Replace R. Shipman with:
R. Shipman Netherlands
I. Yamamura Japan
Mirosław R. Schmidt Poland
K. Justtanont Sweden
Tracy L. Beck United States
A. Contursi Germany
Hiroshi Terada Japan
P. Guillard France
Laurent Ravera France
J. D. Gallego Spain
B. G. Andersson relative to R. Shipman Netherlands R. Shipman's profile →
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Countries citing papers authored by B. G. Andersson

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Fields of papers citing papers by B. G. Andersson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside B. G. Andersson, 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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#Work
1
Overview of the [ITAL]Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer[/ITAL] Mission
The Astrophysical Journal ·Henry W. Moos, Webster C. Cash, L. L. Cowie, Arthur F. Davidsen, A. K. Dupree, P. D. Feldman, S. D. Friedman, J. C. Green
Hit paper breakdown →		2000558
2
Interstellar Dust Grain Alignment
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics ·B. G. Andersson, A. Lazarian, John E. Vaillancourt
Hit paper breakdown →		2015431
3
On-Orbit Performance of the [ITAL]Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer[/ITAL] Satellite
The Astrophysical Journal ·David J. Sahnow, Henry W. Moos, Thomas B. Ake, B. G. Andersson, Michel André, David A. Artis, Alice F. Berman, William P. Blair
Hit paper breakdown →		2000401
4
EARLY SCIENCE WITH SOFIA, THE STRATOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY FOR INFRARED ASTRONOMY
The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Erick T. Young, E. E. Becklin, Pamela M. Marcum, Thomas L. Roellig, James M. De Buizer, T. Herter, R. Güsten, Edward W. Dunham
2012273
5
First detection of Lyman continuum escape from a local starburst galaxy
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·N. Bergvall, Erik Zackrisson, B. G. Andersson, Daniel Arnberg, J. Masegosa, Göran Östlin
2006146
6
The interstellar N2 abundance towards HD 124314 from far-ultraviolet observations
Nature ·D. C. Knauth, B. G. Andersson, Stephan R. McCandliss, Henry W. Moos
2004104
7
HAWC+/SOFIA Multiwavelength Polarimetric Observations of OMC-1
The Astrophysical Journal ·David T. Chuss, B. G. Andersson, John Bally, Jessie Dotson, Charles Darren Dowell, Jordan A. Guerra, D. A. Harper, Martin Houde
201992
8
Analyzing low signal-to-noise FUSE spectra
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·E. Leitet, N. Bergvall, Nikolai E. Piskunov, B. G. Andersson
201186
9
Astrophysics in the Far Ultraviolet: Five Years of Discovery with FUSE
ASPC ·George Sonneborn, Henry W. Moos, B. G. Andersson
200682
10
THE INTERSTELLAR MAGNETIC FIELD CLOSE TO THE SUN. II.
The Astrophysical Journal ·P. C. Frisch, B. G. Andersson, Andrei V. Berdyugin, V. Piirola, Robert DeMajistre, Herbert O. Funsten III, A. M. Magalhães, Daiane Breves Seriacopi
201263
11
Observational Constraints on Interstellar Grain Alignment
The Astrophysical Journal ·B. G. Andersson, Stephen B Potter
200757
12
CHARTING THE INTERSTELLAR MAGNETIC FIELD CAUSING THEINTERSTELLAR BOUNDARY EXPLORER(IBEX) RIBBON OF ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOMS
The Astrophysical Journal ·P. C. Frisch, Andrei V. Berdyugin, V. Piirola, A. M. Magalhães, Daiane Breves Seriacopi, Sloane Wiktorowicz, B. G. Andersson, Herbert O. Funsten III
201552
13
Further Evidence for Chemical Fractionation from Ultraviolet Observations of Carbon Monoxide
The Astrophysical Journal ·S. R. Federman, David Lawrence Lambert, Y. Sheffer, Jason A. Cardelli, B. G. Andersson, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, J. Zsargó
200351
14
[ITAL]Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer[/ITAL] Observations of Molecular Hydrogen in Translucent Interstellar Clouds: The Line of Sight toward HD 73882
The Astrophysical Journal ·Theodore P. Snow, B. L. Rachford, Jason Tumlinson, J. Michael Shull, D. E. Welty, William P. Blair, Roger Ferlet, S. D. Friedman
200049
15
CLOUD STRUCTURE AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS IN STAR-FORMING REGIONS FROM OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS. II. ANALYSIS
CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·Kaike Pan, S. R. Federman, Y. Sheffer, B. G. Andersson
200546
16
Observations of O vi Emission from the Diffuse Interstellar Medium
The Astrophysical Journal ·R. L. Shelton, Jeffery Kruk, E. M. Murphy, B. G. Andersson, William P. Blair, William V. Dixon, Jerry Edelstein, Alex W. Fullerton
200143
17
A far UV study of interstellar gas towards HD 34078: High excitation H2 and small scale structure
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. Boissé, Franck Le Petit, Emmanuel Rollinde, E. Roueff, G. Pineau des Forêts, B. G. Andersson, C. Gry, P. Felenbok
200439
18
OBSERVATIONS OF ENHANCED RADIATIVE GRAIN ALIGNMENT NEAR HD 97300
The Astrophysical Journal ·B. G. Andersson, Stephen B Potter
201039
19
Angle-dependent radiative grain alignment
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·B. G. Andersson, Olga I. Pintado, Stephen B Potter, Vytautas Straižys, Miguel V. Charcos-Llorens
201139
20
EVIDENCE FOR H2FORMATION DRIVEN DUST GRAIN ALIGNMENT IN IC 63
The Astrophysical Journal ·B. G. Andersson, V. Piirola, James M. De Buizer, Dan P. Clemens, Alan K. Uomoto, Miguel V. Charcos-Llorens, T. R. Geballe, A. Lazarian
201339

About B. G. Andersson

B. G. Andersson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Aerospace Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 84 papers that have together received 3.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (64 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (15 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (5 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (5 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (5 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (1 paper), Neutrino Physics Research (1 paper) and Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.2k citations), Instrumentation (144 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (160 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (108 citations) and Spectroscopy (49 citations). B. G. Andersson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Canada. Frequent co-authors include A. Lazarian, John E. Vaillancourt, Stephen B Potter, Peter G. Wannier, Henry W. Moos, N. Bergvall, Stephan R. McCandliss, Chi Thiem Hoang, S. R. Federman and D. C. Knauth. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astronomical Journal and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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