J. Tonry

67.7k citations

240 papers · 26.7k · 8 hit papers · h-index 56

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.01%
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Instrumentation top 0.05%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 185
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 119
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 84
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 71
- Astro and Planetary Science 33
Instrumentation 94
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 93

Co-authors: Adam G. Riess (9 shared papers)A. V. Filippenko (5 shared papers)R. Kirshner (5 shared papers)Saurabh W. Jha (5 shared papers)B. Leibundgut (4 shared papers)C. W. Stubbs (24 shared papers)B. Schmidt (4 shared papers)P. Garnavich (3 shared papers)
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (67 papers)The Astronomical Journal (25 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (11 papers)Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (10 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom France

In The Last Decade

J. Tonry

224 papers receiving 25.5k citations

J. Tonry's Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

ATLAS: A High-cadence All-sky Survey System 2018 · 564 citations

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.

2018 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
2018 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2018 The Astronomical Journal
2012 The Astrophysical Journal
2004 The Astrophysical Journal
2001 eScholarship (California Digital Library)
1998 The Astronomical Journal
1979 The Astronomical Journal

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1	Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant The Astronomical Journal ·Adam G. Riess, A. V. Filippenko, P. Challis, A. Clocchiatti, Alan H. Diercks, P. Garnavich, Ron Gilliland, Craig J. Hogan, Saurabh W. Jha, R. Kirshner, B. Leibundgut, M. M. Phillips, David J. Reiss, B. Schmidt, R. A. Schommer, R. Chris Smith, J. Spyromilio, C. W. Stubbs, N. B. Suntzeff, J. Tonry Hit paper breakdown →	1998	12048
2	Type Ia Supernova Discoveries atz> 1 from theHubble Space Telescope: Evidence for Past Deceleration and Constraints on Dark Energy Evolution The Astrophysical Journal ·Adam G. Riess, L. Strolger, J. Tonry, Stefano Casertano, Henry C. Ferguson, Bahram Mobasher, Peter Challis, A. V. Filippenko, Saurabh W. Jha, Weidong Li, R. Chornock, R. Kirshner, B. Leibundgut, Mark Dickinson, Mario Livio, Mauro Giavalisco, Charles C. Steidel, (unknown), Z. Tsvetanov Hit paper breakdown →	2004	2829
3	A survey of galaxy redshifts. I - Data reduction techniques The Astronomical Journal ·J. Tonry, M. Davis Hit paper breakdown →	1979	907
4	The farthest known supernova: Support for an accelerating universe and a glimpse of the \nepoch of deceleration eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Adam G. Riess, P. Nugent, B. Schmidt, J. Tonry, Mark Dickinson, Ronald L. Gilliland, Rodger I. Thompson, Tamás Budavári, Stefano Casertano, A. Evans, A. V. Filippenko, Mario Livio, D. B. Sanders, Alice E. Shapley, Hyron Spinrad, Charles C. Steidel, Daniel Stern, J. Surace, Sylvain Veilleux Hit paper breakdown →	2001	603
5	ATLAS: A High-cadence All-sky Survey System Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·J. Tonry, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, B. Stalder, K. Smith, S. J. Smartt, C. W. Stubbs, H. Weiland, A. Rest Hit paper breakdown →	2018	564
6	THE Pan-STARRS1 PHOTOMETRIC SYSTEM The Astrophysical Journal ·J. Tonry, C. W. Stubbs, K. R. Lykke, Peter Doherty, I. Shivvers, W. S. Burgett, K. C. Chambers, K. W. Hodapp, N. Kaiser, Rolf‐Peter Kudritzki, E. A. Magnier, James P. Morgan, P. A. Price, R. J. Wainscoat Hit paper breakdown →	2012	523
7	The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. XIII. SBF Distance Catalog and the Three‐dimensional Structure of the Virgo Cluster The Astrophysical Journal ·S. Mei, John P. Blakeslee, Patrick Cote, J. Tonry, Michael J. West, Laura Ferrarese, Andrés Jordán, Eric W. Peng, André Anthony, David Merritt	2007	394
8	The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. VI. Isophotal Analysis and the Structure of Early‐Type Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Laura Ferrarese, Patrick Côté, Andrés Jordán, Eric W. Peng, John P. Blakeslee, Slawomir Piatek, S. Mei, David Merritt, Miloš Milosavljević, J. Tonry, Michael J. West	2006	352
9	The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. VIII. The Nuclei of Early‐Type Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Patrick Côté, Slawomir Piatek, Laura Ferrarese, Andrés Jordán, David Merritt, Eric W. Peng, Monica Haşegan, John P. Blakeslee, S. Mei, Michael J. West, Miloš Milosavljević, J. Tonry	2006	323
10	The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. IX. The Color Distributions of Globular Cluster Systems in Early‐Type Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal ·Eric W. Peng, Andrés Jordán, Patrick Côté, John P. Blakeslee, Laura Ferrarese, S. Mei, Michael J. West, David Merritt, Miloš Milosavljević, J. Tonry	2006	276
11	A survey of galaxy redshifts. IV - The data The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·J. Huchra, M. Davis, David W. Latham, J. Tonry	1983	268
12	Galactic reddening in 3D from stellar photometry – an improved map Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Gregory Green, Edward F. Schlafly, Douglas P. Finkbeiner, Hans‐Walter Rix, Nicolas F. Martin, W. S. Burgett, P. W. Draper, H. Flewelling, K. W. Hodapp, N. Kaiser, Rolf‐Peter Kudritzki, E. A. Magnier, N. Metcalfe, J. Tonry, R. J. Wainscoat, C. Waters Hit paper breakdown →	2018	266
13	The Pan-STARRS wide-field optical/NIR imaging survey Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Nick Kaiser, W. S. Burgett, K. C. Chambers, L. Denneau, J. N. Heasley, Robert Jedicke, E. A. Magnier, J. Morgan, Peter M. Onaka, J. Tonry	2010	235
14	A redshift survey of IRAS galaxies. VII - The infrared and redshift data for the 1.936 Jansky sample The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Michael A. Strauss, J. P. Huchra, Marc Davis, A. Yahil, Karl B. Fisher, J. Tonry	1992	229
15	The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. XV. The Formation Efficiencies of Globular Clusters in Early‐Type Galaxies: The Effects of Mass and Environment The Astrophysical Journal ·Eric W. Peng, Andrés Jordán, Patrick Côté, M. Takamiya, Michael J. West, John P. Blakeslee, (unknown), Laura Ferrarese, S. Mei, J. Tonry, Andrew A. West	2008	226
16	A critical review of selected techniques for measuring extragalactic distances Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·George H. Jacoby, David Branch, Robin Clardullo, Roger L. Davies, William E. Harris, Michael Pierce, C. J. Pritchet, J. Tonry, D. L. Welch	1992	218
17	A First Catalog of Variable Stars Measured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) The Astronomical Journal ·A. Heinze, J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Flewelling, B. Stalder, A. Rest, K. Smith, S. J. Smartt, H. Weiland Hit paper breakdown →	2018	205
18	A new technique for measuring extragalactic distances The Astronomical Journal ·J. Tonry, Donald P. Schneider	1988	201
19	Determining the Type, Redshift, and Age of a Supernova Spectrum The Astrophysical Journal ·S. Blondin, J. Tonry	2007	194
20	The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. VII. Resolving the Connection between Globular Clusters and Ultracompact Dwarf Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal ·Monica Haşegan, Andrés Jordán, Patrick Côté, S. G. Djorgovski, Dean E. McLaughlin, John P. Blakeslee, S. Mei, Michael J. West, Eric W. Peng, Laura Ferrarese, Miloš Milosavljević, J. Tonry, David Merritt	2005	178

About J. Tonry

J. Tonry is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Mechanics, having authored 240 papers that have together received 26.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (119 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (93 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (84 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (71 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (33 papers), CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors (32 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (25 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (25.7k citations), Instrumentation (4.8k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (11.9k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (1.7k citations) and Oceanography (934 citations). J. Tonry has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include Adam G. Riess, A. V. Filippenko, R. Kirshner, Saurabh W. Jha, B. Leibundgut, C. W. Stubbs, B. Schmidt, P. Garnavich, A. Clocchiatti and M. M. Phillips. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series and Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

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