Donald E. Osterbrock
Impact in
- Instrumentation top 0.5%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.1%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astro and Planetary Science
Papers in
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- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 71
- History and Developments in Astronomy 69
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 45
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 26
- Astro and Planetary Science 18
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- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 87
- Co-authors
- J. Michael Shull (1 shared paper)Sylvain Veilleux (5 shared papers)Richard W. Pogge (4 shared papers)A. R. Martel (5 shared papers)M. M. De Robertis (7 shared papers)J. M. Shuder (2 shared papers)M. J. Seaton (1 shared paper)J. P. Fulbright (5 shared papers)
- Journals
- The Astrophysical Journal (72 papers)Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (34 papers)The Astronomical Journal (12 papers)Physics Today (10 papers)Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesGermanySpain
In The Last Decade
Donald E. Osterbrock
202 papers receiving 9.5k citations
Donald E. Osterbrock's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 109
- Instrumentation 2.2k
- Astronomy and Astrophysics 9.4k
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1.8k
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 829
- Spectroscopy 429
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 231 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 2903 |
| 2 | Spectral classification of emission-line galaxies Hit paper breakdown → | 1987 | 1319 |
| 3 | Astrophysics of gaseous nebulae Hit paper breakdown → | 1974 | 600 |
| 4 | The spectra of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies Hit paper breakdown → | 1985 | 570 |
| 5 | 1961 | 348 | |
| 6 | Book-Review - Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei | 1989 | 321 |
| 7 | 1996 | 251 | |
| 8 | 1981 | 189 | |
| 9 | 1977 | 165 | |
| 10 | 1957 | 148 | |
| 11 | 1981 | 111 | |
| 12 | 1992 | 110 | |
| 13 | 1962 | 98 | |
| 14 | 1993 | 94 | |
| 15 | 1976 | 81 | |
| 16 | 1986 | 80 | |
| 17 | 1976 | 77 | |
| 18 | 1986 | 74 | |
| 19 | 1976 | 70 | |
| 20 | 1952 | 69 |
About Donald E. Osterbrock
Donald E. Osterbrock is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, History and Philosophy of Science and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 231 papers that have together received 10.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (87 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (71 papers), History and Developments in Astronomy (69 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (45 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (34 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (26 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (18 papers) and History of Science and Medicine (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (2.2k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (9.4k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.8k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (829 citations) and Spectroscopy (429 citations). Donald E. Osterbrock has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Spain. Frequent co-authors include J. Michael Shull, Sylvain Veilleux, Richard W. Pogge, A. R. Martel, M. M. De Robertis, J. M. Shuder, M. J. Seaton, J. P. Fulbright, G. J. Ferland and H. D. Tran. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, The Astronomical Journal, Physics Today and Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
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