Frederic H. Chaffee

4.3k citations
64 papers · 2.2k · 1 hit paper · h-index 25

Impact in

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

Papers in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 48
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 33
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 22
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 13
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 9
    • Astro and Planetary Science 5
  • Instrumentation 30
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 30
Co-authors
Craig B. Foltz (22 shared papers)P. C. Hewett (11 shared papers)R. J. Weymann (10 shared papers)Paul Francis (4 shared papers)S. L. Morris (5 shared papers)Y. I. Izotov (10 shared papers)N. G. Guseva (5 shared papers)Arthur M. Wolfe (1 shared paper)
Journals
The Astrophysical Journal (25 papers)The Astronomical Journal (12 papers)Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (1 paper)Scientific American (1 paper)Astronomy and Astrophysics (1 paper)
Partner nations
United StatesRussiaUkraine

In The Last Decade

Frederic H. Chaffee

58 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Frederic H. Chaffee's Hit Papers

A high signal-to-noise ratio composite quasar spectrum 1991 · 394 citations
3940+11+23Years 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. 1991 The Astrophysical Journal

Peers

Frederic H. Chaffee
Comparison fields: 5 of 70
  • Instrumentation 641
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 2.1k
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 461
  • History and Philosophy of Science 27
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 58
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D. F. Malin Australia
M. D’Onofrio Italy
Helmut Jerjen Australia
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A high signal-to-noise ratio composite quasar spectrum
The Astrophysical Journal ·Paul Francis, P. C. Hewett, Craig B. Foltz, Frederic H. Chaffee, R. J. Weymann, S. L. Morris
Hit paper breakdown →		1991394
2
The large bright quasar survey. 6: Quasar catalog and survey parameters
The Astronomical Journal ·P. C. Hewett, Craig B. Foltz, Frederic H. Chaffee
1995177
3
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
1995160
4
Helium Abundance in the Most Metal‐deficient Blue Compact Galaxies: I Zw 18 and SBS 0335−052
The Astrophysical Journal ·Y. I. Izotov, Frederic H. Chaffee, Craig B. Foltz, Richard F. Green, N. G. Guseva, T. X. Thuan
1999142
5
An objective classification scheme for QSO spectra
The Astrophysical Journal ·Paul Francis, P. C. Hewett, Craig B. Foltz, Frederic H. Chaffee
1992131
6
SBS 0335−052, A Probable Nearby Young Dwarf Galaxy: Evidence Pro and Con
The Astrophysical Journal ·Y. I. Izotov, V. A. Lipovetsky, Frederic H. Chaffee, Craig B. Foltz, N. G. Guseva, A. Y. Kniazev
199796
7
A Galaxy at [ITAL]z[/ITAL] = 5.34
The Astrophysical Journal ·Arjun Dey, Hyron Spinrad, Daniel Stern, James R. Graham, Frederic H. Chaffee
199896
8
Discovery of a Large ∼200 kpc Gaseous Nebula atz≈ 2.7 with theSpitzer Space Telescope
The Astrophysical Journal ·Arjun Dey, Chao Bian, B. T. Soifer, Kate Brand, M. J. I. Brown, Frederic H. Chaffee, E. Le Floc’h, Grant M. Hill, J. R. Houck, Buell T. Jannuzi, Marcia Rieke, D. W. Weedman, M. Brodwin, Peter Eisenhardt
200588
9
Keck Spectroscopy and NICMOS Photometry of a Redshift [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] = 5.60 Galaxy
The Astrophysical Journal ·R. J. Weymann, Daniel Stern, Andrew J. Bunker, Hyron Spinrad, Frederic H. Chaffee, Rodger I. Thompson, Lisa J. Storrie‐Lombardi
199879
10
A spectroscopic study of UM 673 A and B - On the size of Lyman-alpha clouds
The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Smette, Jean Surdej, P. A. Shaver, C. B. Foltz, Frederic H. Chaffee, R. J. Weymann, R. E. Williams, Pierre Magain
199268
11
Common Lyman-alpha absorption toward the quasar pair Q1343+2640A, B: Evidence for large and quiescent clouds
The Astrophysical Journal ·N. Dinshaw, Chris Impey, Craig B. Foltz, R. J. Weymann, Frederic H. Chaffee
199457
12
The evolution of bright, optically selected QSOs
The Astrophysical Journal ·P. C. Hewett, Craig B. Foltz, Frederic H. Chaffee
199346
13
SPICES II: Optical and Near-Infrared Identifications of Faint X-Ray Sources from Deep [ITAL]Chandra[/ITAL] Observations of Lynx
The Astronomical Journal ·Daniel Stern, P. Tozzi, S. A. Stanford, P. Rosati, B. Holden, Peter Eisenhardt, R. Elston, K. Wu, Andrew J. Connolly, Hyron Spinrad, Steve Dawson, Arjun Dey, Frederic H. Chaffee
200240
14
The Lyman forest of 0014 + 813
The Astrophysical Journal ·Michael Rauch, R. F. Carswell, Frederic H. Chaffee, C. B. Foltz, John K. Webb, R. J. Weymann, Jill Bechtold, R. F. Green
199238
15
The4He Abundance in the Metal‐deficient Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies Tol 1214−277 and Tol 65
The Astrophysical Journal ·Y. I. Izotov, Frederic H. Chaffee, Richard F. Green
200138
16
The large, bright QSO survey. V - QSOs in three southern fields
The Astronomical Journal ·S. L. Morris, R. J. Weymann, Scott F. Anderson, P. C. Hewett, Paul Francis, Craig B. Foltz, Frederic H. Chaffee, G. M. MacAlpine
199134
17
HIRES Spectroscopy of APM 08279+5255: Metal Abundances in the Lyα Forest
The Astrophysical Journal ·Sara L. Ellison, Geraint F. Lewis, Max Pettini, Frederic H. Chaffee, (unknown)
199933
18
The Discovery of a Gravitational Lens
Scientific American ·Frederic H. Chaffee
198031
19
SBSG 0335−052W: An Extremely Low Metallicity Dwarf Galaxy
The Astrophysical Journal ·V. A. Lipovetsky, Frederic H. Chaffee, Y. I. Izotov, Craig B. Foltz, A. Y. Kniazev, U. Hopp
199930
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Spectrophotometry of Blue Compact Galaxies with Broad Emission Lines: Evidence for High-Velocity Gas Motion
The Astrophysical Journal ·Y. I. Izotov, A. B. Dyak, Frederic H. Chaffee, Craig B. Foltz, A. Y. Kniazev, V. A. Lipovetsky
199629

About Frederic H. Chaffee

Frederic H. Chaffee is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Computational Mechanics and Spectroscopy, having authored 64 papers that have together received 2.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (33 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (30 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (22 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (13 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (9 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (7 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (7 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (641 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.1k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (461 citations), History and Philosophy of Science (27 citations) and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (58 citations). Frederic H. Chaffee has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Russia and Ukraine. Frequent co-authors include Craig B. Foltz, P. C. Hewett, R. J. Weymann, Paul Francis, S. L. Morris, Y. I. Izotov, N. G. Guseva, Arthur M. Wolfe, Kenneth M. Lanzetta and Richard F. Green. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Scientific American and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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