D. Watson

20.4k citations
140 papers · 4.1k · 1 hit paper · h-index 36

Impact in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Instrumentation top 1%
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Papers in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 120
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 87
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 50
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 42
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 36
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 28
    • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 16
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 24
    • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 21
Co-authors
J. Hjorth (48 shared papers)J. P. U. Fynbo (59 shared papers)M. J. Michałowski (19 shared papers)D. Malesani (22 shared papers)P. Jakobsson (34 shared papers)Tayyaba Zafar (11 shared papers)K. E. Heintz (28 shared papers)Johan Richard (7 shared papers)
Journals
Astronomy and Astrophysics (32 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (21 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (18 papers)Nature (7 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (6 papers)
Partner nations
DenmarkUnited KingdomUnited States

In The Last Decade

D. Watson

133 papers receiving 3.9k citations

D. Watson's Hit Papers

Identification of strontium in the merger of two neutron stars 2019 · 311 citations
3110+2+4Years since publication100200300
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. 2019 Nature

Peers

D. Watson
Comparison fields: 5 of 125
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 3.5k
  • Instrumentation 611
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 747
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 98
  • Hematology 63
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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside D. Watson, 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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Identification of strontium in the merger of two neutron stars
Nature ·D. Watson, C. J. Hansen, J. Selsing, Andreas Koch, D. Malesani, Anja C. Andersen, J. P. U. Fynbo, Almudena Arcones, Andreas Bauswein, S. Covino, A. Grado, K. E. Heintz, L. K. Hunt, C. Kouveliotou, G. Leloudas, A. J. Levan, P. A. Mazzali, E. Pian
Hit paper breakdown →		2019311
2
Guide for Analysing Electrodermal Activity & Skin Conductance Responses for Psychological Experiments
CTIT technical reports series ·Jeffrey Braithwaite, D. Watson, Rachel Jones, Michelle Rowe
2013224
3
A dusty, normal galaxy in the epoch of reionization
Nature ·D. Watson, L. Christensen, K. K. Knudsen, Johan Richard, Anna Gallazzi, M. J. Michałowski
2015208
4
The optical afterglow of the short γ-ray burst GRB 050709
Nature ·J. Hjorth, D. Watson, J. P. U. Fynbo, P. A. Price, B. L. Jensen, U. G. Jørgensen, D. Kubas, Javier Gorosabel, P. Jakobsson, J. Sollerman, Kristian Pedersen, C. Kouveliotou
2005158
5
Rapid formation of large dust grains in the luminous supernova 2010jl
Nature ·C. Gall, J. Hjorth, D. Watson, E. Dwek, Justyn R. Maund, Ori D. Fox, G. Leloudas, D. Malesani, A. C. Day-Jones
2014128
6
Ultraviolet emission lines in young low-mass galaxies at z ≃ 2: physical properties and implications for studies at z > 7
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Daniel P. Stark, Johan Richard, Brian Siana, S. Charlot, William R. Freeman, Julia Gutkin, Aida Wofford, Brant Robertson, R. Amanullah, D. Watson, B. Milvang‐Jensen
2014122
7
The signature of supernova ejecta in the X-ray afterglow of the γ-ray burst 011211
Nature ·J. N. Reeves, D. Watson, J. P. Osborne, K. A. Pounds, P. T. O’Brien, A. Short, Martin Turner, M. G. Watson, K. O. Mason, M. Ehle, N. Schartel
2002115
8
Cosmic evolution of submillimeter galaxies and their contribution to stellar mass assembly
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. J. Michałowski, J. Hjorth, D. Watson
2010105
9
DUST EXTINCTION IN HIGH-zGALAXIES WITH GAMMA-RAY BURST AFTERGLOW SPECTROSCOPY: THE 2175 Å FEATURE ATz= 2.45
The Astrophysical Journal ·Á. Elíasdóttir, J. P. U. Fynbo, J. Hjorth, C. Ledoux, D. Watson, Anja C. Andersen, D. Malesani, P. M. Vreeswijk, J. X. Prochaska, J. Sollerman, A. O. Jaunsen
200995
10
THE OPTICALLY UNBIASED GAMMA-RAY BURST HOST (TOUGH) SURVEY. I. SURVEY DESIGN AND CATALOGS
The Astrophysical Journal ·J. Hjorth, D. Malesani, P. Jakobsson, A. O. Jaunsen, J. P. U. Fynbo, Javier Gorosabel, T. Krühler, A. J. Levan, M. J. Michałowski, B. Milvang‐Jensen, P. Møller, S. Schulze, N. R. Tanvir, D. Watson
201291
11
A NEW COSMOLOGICAL DISTANCE MEASURE USING ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·D. Watson, K. D. Denney, M. Vestergaard, T. M. Davis
201177
12
The extinction curves of star-forming regions fromz = 0.1 to 6.7 using GRB afterglow spectroscopy
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Tayyaba Zafar, D. Watson, J. P. U. Fynbo, D. Malesani, P. Jakobsson, A. de Ugarte Postigo
201176
13
Autologous transplantation for Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia achieves outcomes similar to allogeneic transplantation: results of CALGB Study 10001 (Alliance)
Haematologica ·Meir Wetzler, D. Watson, Wendy Stock, Greg Koval, Flora Mulkey, Eva Hoke, John M. McCarty, William Blum, Bayard L. Powell, Guido Marcucci, C. D. Bloomfield, Claudia Linker, Richard A. Larson
201374
14
The Galactic dust-to-metals ratio and metallicity using gamma-ray bursts
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·D. Watson
201172
15
The stellar masses and specific star-formation rates of submillimetre galaxies
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·M. J. Michałowski, J. S. Dunlop, M. Cirasuolo, J. Hjorth, Christopher C. Hayward, D. Watson
201270
16
Dust grain growth in the interstellar medium of 5 < z < 6.5 quasars
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. J. Michałowski, E. J. Murphy, J Hjorth, D. Watson, C. Gall, J. S. Dunlop
201069
17
A multi-wavelength study ofz= 3.15 Lyman-$\mathsf{\alpha}$ emitters in the GOODS South Field
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·K. Nilsson, P. Møller, Ole Möller, J. P. U. Fynbo, M. J. Michałowski, D. Watson, C. Ledoux, P. Rosati, K. Pedersen, L. F. Grove
200765
18
Spatially Resolved Properties of the GRB 060505 Host: Implications for the Nature of the Progenitor1
The Astrophysical Journal ·C. C. Thöne, J. P. U. Fynbo, Göran Östlin, B. Milvang‐Jensen, K. Wiersema, D. Malesani, Desirée Della Monica Ferreira, Javier Gorosabel, Д. А. Канн, D. Watson, M. J. Michałowski, A. S. Fruchter, A. J. Levan, J. Hjorth, J. Sollerman
200864
19
The metals-to-dust ratio to very low metallicities using GRB and QSO absorbers; extremely rapid dust formation
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Tayyaba Zafar, D. Watson
201363
20
Induction chemotherapy followed by concomitant chemoradiotherapy (CT/XRT) versus CT/XRT alone for regionally advanced unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Initial analysis of a randomized phase III trial
Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Everett E. Vokes, James E. Herndon, Michael J. Kelley, D. Watson, M. Giulia Cicchetti, M. R. Green
200459

About D. Watson

D. Watson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering and Computational Mechanics, having authored 140 papers that have together received 4.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (87 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (50 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (42 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (36 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (28 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (21 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (21 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.5k citations), Instrumentation (611 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (747 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (98 citations) and Hematology (63 citations). D. Watson has collaborated with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include J. Hjorth, J. P. U. Fynbo, M. J. Michałowski, D. Malesani, P. Jakobsson, Tayyaba Zafar, K. E. Heintz, Johan Richard, Michelle Rowe and Jeffrey Braithwaite. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Nature and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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