C. A. Watson

7.1k citations
87 papers · 2.1k · 1 hit paper · h-index 24

Impact in

  • Instrumentation top 2%
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Astro and Planetary Science
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

Papers in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 70
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 57
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 28
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 24
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 19
    • Astro and Planetary Science 18
    • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 5
  • Instrumentation 24
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 24
Co-authors
V. S. Dhillon (20 shared papers)T. R. Marsh (13 shared papers)S. P. Littlefair (13 shared papers)T. Shahbaz (13 shared papers)H. M. Cegla (12 shared papers)B. T. Gänsicke (6 shared papers)I. Alvarado-Rodriguez (1 shared paper)Mark F. Gyure (1 shared paper)
Journals
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (40 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters (6 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (4 papers)Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (3 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (3 papers)
Partner nations
United KingdomUnited StatesSpain

In The Last Decade

C. A. Watson

85 papers receiving 2.0k citations

C. A. Watson's Hit Papers

Coherent singlet-triplet oscillations in a silicon-based double quantum dot 2012 · 400 citations
4000+4+9Years since publication100200300400
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. 2012 Nature

Peers

C. A. Watson
Comparison fields: 5 of 60
  • Instrumentation 276
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 1.2k
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 716
  • Artificial Intelligence 349
  • Condensed Matter Physics 96
Replace M. Moresco with:
M. Moresco Italy
Guillermo González United States
A. G. Green United Kingdom
H. Vahlbruch Germany
P. Nisenson United States
J. P. Stott United Kingdom
Uwe Sterr Germany
Frank V. Kowalski United States
B. Willke Germany
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Coherent singlet-triplet oscillations in a silicon-based double quantum dot
Nature ·Brett Maune, Matthew Borselli, Bing Huang, Thaddeus D. Ladd, Peter W. Deelman, K.S. Holabird, A. A. Kiselev, I. Alvarado-Rodriguez, Richard S. Ross, A. Schmitz, M. Sokolich, C. A. Watson, Mark F. Gyure, A. T. Hunter
Hit paper breakdown →		2012400
2
Deterministic entanglement of superconducting qubits by parity measurement and feedback
Nature ·Diego Ristè, M. Dukalski, C. A. Watson, G. de Lange, M. J. Tiggelman, Ya. M. Blanter, K. W. Lehnert, R. N. Schouten, L. DiCarlo
2013235
3
On the evolutionary status of short-period cataclysmic variables
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·S. P. Littlefair, V. S. Dhillon, T. R. Marsh, B. T. Gänsicke, J. Southworth, I. Baraffe, C. A. Watson, C. M. Copperwheat
200894
4
The Rossiter-McLaughlin effect reloaded: Probing the 3D spin-orbit geometry, differential stellar rotation, and the spatially-resolved stellar spectrum of star-planet systems
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·H. M. Cegla, C. Lovis, V. Bourrier, Benjamin Beeck, C. A. Watson, F. Pepe
201681
5
A Brown Dwarf Mass Donor in an Accreting Binary
Science ·S. P. Littlefair, V. S. Dhillon, T. R. Marsh, B. T. Gänsicke, J. Southworth, C. A. Watson
200667
6
Direct Detection of Akhiezer Damping in a Silicon MEMS Resonator
Scientific Reports ·Janna Rodriguez, Saurabh A. Chandorkar, C. A. Watson, Grant M. Glaze, Chang-Nam Ahn, Eldwin J. Ng, Yushi Yang, Thomas W. Kenny
201965
7
Non-detection of TiO and VO in the atmosphere of WASP-121b using high-resolution spectroscopy
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Stephanie R. Merritt, Neale P. Gibson, Stevanus K. Nugroho, Ernst de Mooij, M. J. Hooton, Shannon M. Matthews, L. K. McKemmish, (unknown), Nikolay Nikolov, David K. Sing, Jessica Spake, C. A. Watson
202056
8
SDSS J150722.30+523039.8: a cataclysmic variable formed directly from a detached white dwarf/brown dwarf binary?
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·S. P. Littlefair, V. S. Dhillon, T. R. Marsh, B. T. Gänsicke, I. Baraffe, C. A. Watson
200745
9
Micron-scale measurements of low anisotropic strain response of local Tc in Sr2RuO4
Physical review. B. ·C. A. Watson, Alexandra S. Gibbs, A. P. Mackenzie, Clifford W. Hicks, Kathryn A. Moler
201845
10
On the alignment of debris discs and their host stars' rotation axis — implications for spin-orbit misalignment in exoplanetary systems
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters ·C. A. Watson, S. P. Littlefair, C. J. Diamond, A. Collier Cameron, A. Fitzsimmons, E. K. Simpson, V. Moulds, D. Pollacco
201140
11
An improved age–activity relationship for cool stars older than a gigayear
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·R. S. Booth, Katja Poppenhaeger, C. A. Watson, V. Silva Aguirre, S. J. Wolk
201733
12
The masses of the cataclysmic variables AC Cancri and V363 Aurigae
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·T. D. Thoroughgood, V. S. Dhillon, C. A. Watson, D. A. H. Buckley, D. Steeghs, Mark Stevenson
200433
13
The changing face of α Centauri B: probing plage and stellar activity in K dwarfs
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters ·A. Thompson, C. A. Watson, Ernst de Mooij, D. B. Jess
201732
14
NGTS clusters survey – I. Rotation in the young benchmark open cluster Blanco 1
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Edward Gillen, Joshua T Briegal, S. T. Hodgkin, Daniel Foreman-Mackey, (unknown), James A. G. Jackman, J. McCormac, R. G. West, D. Queloz, Daniel Bayliss, M. R. Goad, C. A. Watson, P. J. Wheatley, Claudia Belardi, M. R. Burleigh, S. L. Casewell, J. S. Jenkins, Liam Raynard, A. M. S. Smith, Rosanna H Tilbrook, José I Vines
201931
15
Orbital period variations of hot Jupiters caused by the Applegate effect
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·C. A. Watson, T. R. Marsh
201031
16
Rotation periods of exoplanet host stars
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·E. K. Simpson, S. L. Baliunas, Gregory W. Henry, C. A. Watson
201030
17
Roche tomography of cataclysmic variables - IV. Star-spots and slingshot prominences on BV Cen
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·C. A. Watson, D. Steeghs, T. Shahbaz, V. S. Dhillon
200730
18
Time-Resolved Optical Photometry of the Ultracompact Binary 4U 0614+091
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·T. Shahbaz, C. A. Watson, C. Zurita, E. Villaver, H. Hernandez-Peralta
200829
19
Roche tomography of cataclysmic variables - III. Star-spots on AE Aqr
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·C. A. Watson, V. S. Dhillon, T. Shahbaz
200627
20
Stellar Surface Magneto-Convection as a Source of Astrophysical Noise II. Center-to-Limb Parameterisation of Absorption Line Profiles and Comparison to Observations
Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University) ·H. M. Cegla, C. A. Watson, Sergiy Shelyag, W. J. Chaplin, G. R. Davies, M. Mathioudakis, Michael L. Palumbo, Steven H. Saar, R. D. Haywood
201827

About C. A. Watson

C. A. Watson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Geophysics, having authored 87 papers that have together received 2.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (57 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (28 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (24 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (24 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (19 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (18 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (5 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (276 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.2k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (716 citations), Artificial Intelligence (349 citations) and Condensed Matter Physics (96 citations). C. A. Watson has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Frequent co-authors include V. S. Dhillon, T. R. Marsh, S. P. Littlefair, T. Shahbaz, H. M. Cegla, B. T. Gänsicke, I. Alvarado-Rodriguez, Mark F. Gyure, Matthew Borselli and A. Schmitz. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, The Astrophysical Journal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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