John P. Blakeslee

26.2k citations

142 papers · 7.5k · 1 hit paper · h-index 48

Impact in

Instrumentation top 0.1%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.2%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 136
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 125
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 96
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 22
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 21
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 15
Instrumentation 68
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 68

Co-authors: J. Tonry (29 shared papers)Laura Ferrarese (35 shared papers)Eric W. Peng (36 shared papers)S. Mei (33 shared papers)Michael J. West (28 shared papers)Andrés Jordán (31 shared papers)Patrick Côté (28 shared papers)David Merritt (13 shared papers)
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (77 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (16 papers)The Astronomical Journal (10 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (8 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Germany

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John P. Blakeslee

137 papers receiving 7.2k citations

John P. Blakeslee's Hit Papers

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The Photometric Performance and Calibration of theHubble Space TelescopeAdvanced Camera for Surveys 2005 · 671 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2005 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

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1	The Photometric Performance and Calibration of theHubble Space TelescopeAdvanced Camera for Surveys Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·M. Sirianni, M. James Jee, N. Benı́tez, John P. Blakeslee, A. R. Martel, G. R. Meurer, Mark Clampin, Guido De Marchi, H. C. Ford, Ronald L. Gilliland, G. Hartig, G. D. Illingworth, J. Mack, W. J. McCann Hit paper breakdown →	2005	671
2	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	391
3	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	349
4	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	316
5	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	269
6	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	225
7	Galaxies atz∼ 6: The UV Luminosity Function and Luminosity Density from 506 HUDF, HUDF Parallel ACS Field, and GOODSi‐Dropouts The Astrophysical Journal ·R. J. Bouwens, G. D. Illingworth, John P. Blakeslee, Marijn Franx	2006	194
8	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	173
9	Measuring Distances and Probing the Unresolved Stellar Populations of Galaxies Using Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuations The Astrophysical Journal ·Joseph B. Jensen, J. Tonry, B. Barris, Rodger I. Thompson, Michael C. Liu, Marcia Rieke, Edward A. Ajhar, John P. Blakeslee	2003	171
10	The Surface Brightness Fluctuation Survey of Galaxy Distances. II. Local and Large‐Scale Flows The Astrophysical Journal ·J. Tonry, John P. Blakeslee, Edward A. Ajhar, Alan Dressler	2000	167
11	THE MASSIVE SURVEY. I. A VOLUME-LIMITED INTEGRAL-FIELD SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF THE MOST MASSIVE EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES WITHIN 108 Mpc The Astrophysical Journal ·Chung‐Pei Ma, Jenny E. Greene, Nicholas J. McConnell, Ryan Janish, John P. Blakeslee, Jens Thomas, Jeremy D. Murphy	2014	144
12	The Ages and Abundances of a Large Sample of M87 Globular Clusters The Astrophysical Journal ·Judith G. Cohen, John P. Blakeslee, Anton Ryzhov	1998	136
13	Hubble Space TelescopeandSpitzerImaging of Red and Blue Galaxies atz∼ 2.5: A Correlation between Size and Star Formation Activity from Compact Quiescent Galaxies to Extended Star‐forming Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal ·Sune Toft, Pieter van Dokkum, Marijn Franx, Ivo Labbé, N. M. Förster Schreiber, Stijn Wuyts, Tracy Webb, Gregory Rudnick, A. Zirm, Mariska Kriek, P. van der Werf, John P. Blakeslee, G. D. Illingworth, Hans‐Walter Rix, Casey Papovich, A. F. M. Moorwood	2007	135
14	Dynamics of the Globular Cluster System Associated with M49 (NGC 4472): Cluster Orbital Properties and the Distribution of Dark Matter The Astrophysical Journal ·Patrick Côté, Dean E. McLaughlin, Judith G. Cohen, John P. Blakeslee	2003	105
15	THE ACS VIRGO CLUSTER SURVEY XVI. SELECTION PROCEDURE AND CATALOGS OF GLOBULAR CLUSTER CANDIDATES The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Andrés Jordán, Eric W. Peng, John P. Blakeslee, Patrick Côté, S. Eyheramendy, Laura Ferrarese, S. Mei, J. Tonry, Michael J. West	2008	103
16	THE ACS FORNAX CLUSTER SURVEY. VI. THE NUCLEI OF EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES IN THE FORNAX CLUSTER The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Monica L. Turner, Patrick Côté, Laura Ferrarese, Andrés Jordán, John P. Blakeslee, S. Mei, Eric W. Peng, Michael J. West	2012	97
17	The ACS Fornax Cluster Survey. I. Introduction to the Survey and Data Reduction Procedures The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Andrés Jordán, John P. Blakeslee, Patrick Côté, Laura Ferrarese, L. Infante, S. Mei, David Merritt, Eric W. Peng, J. Tonry, Michael J. West	2007	95
18	A 17-billion-solar-mass black hole in a group galaxy with a diffuse core Nature ·Jens Thomas, Chung‐Pei Ma, Nicholas J. McConnell, Jenny E. Greene, John P. Blakeslee, Ryan Janish	2016	91
19	The Inner Halo of M87: A First Direct View of the Red-Giant Population Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Sarah Bird, W. E. Harris, John P. Blakeslee, Chris Flynn	2010	90
20	Principal Component Analysis of the Time- and Position-dependent Point-Spread Function of the Advanced Camera for Surveys Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·M. James Jee, John P. Blakeslee, M. Sirianni, A. R. Martel, R. L. White, H. C. Ford	2007	86

About John P. Blakeslee

John P. Blakeslee is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 142 papers that have together received 7.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (125 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (96 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (68 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (22 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (21 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (15 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (13 papers) and CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (3.8k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (7.4k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (682 citations), Global and Planetary Change (273 citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (398 citations). John P. Blakeslee has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Frequent co-authors include J. Tonry, Laura Ferrarese, Eric W. Peng, S. Mei, Michael J. West, Andrés Jordán, Patrick Côté, David Merritt, G. D. Illingworth and H. C. Ford. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astronomical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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