L. Fortson
Impact in
- Instrumentation top 1%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Astronomy and Astrophysics top 1%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Papers in
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- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 19
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 8
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 7
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- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 14
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena 7
- Co-authors
- Chris Lintott (29 shared papers)Karen L. Masters (14 shared papers)Brooke Simmons (22 shared papers)Kevin Schawinski (9 shared papers)R. C. Nichol (7 shared papers)William C. Keel (8 shared papers)S. P. Bamford (11 shared papers)Kyle Willett (8 shared papers)
- Journals
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (14 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (6 papers)Citizen Science Theory and Practice (3 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 papers)Methods in Ecology and Evolution (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomSwitzerland
In The Last Decade
L. Fortson
59 papers receiving 2.5k citations
L. Fortson's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 119
- Instrumentation 904
- Astronomy and Astrophysics 1.6k
- Ecological Modeling 376
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics 342
- Ecology 436
Countries citing papers authored by L. Fortson
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Fields of papers citing papers by L. Fortson
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside L. Fortson, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 64 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The green valley is a red herring: Galaxy Zoo reveals two evolutionary pathways towards quenching of star formation in early- and late-type galaxies★ Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 446 |
| 2 | Galaxy Zoo 2: detailed morphological classifications for 304 122 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 441 |
| 3 | 2018 | 241 | |
| 4 | 2010 | 221 | |
| 5 | 2021 | 124 | |
| 6 | 2015 | 95 | |
| 7 | 2019 | 90 | |
| 8 | 2014 | 88 | |
| 9 | 2012 | 76 | |
| 10 | 2019 | 66 | |
| 11 | A Measurement of the Cosmic Ray Spectrum and Composition at the Knee | 2000 | 65 |
| 12 | 2019 | 61 | |
| 13 | 2015 | 54 | |
| 14 | 2018 | 52 | |
| 15 | 2015 | 51 | |
| 16 | 2010 | 48 | |
| 17 | 1997 | 43 | |
| 18 | 2019 | 40 | |
| 19 | 1999 | 38 | |
| 20 | 2018 | 35 |
About L. Fortson
L. Fortson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Ecological Modeling, Ecology and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, having authored 64 papers that have together received 2.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (19 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (14 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (9 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (8 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (7 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (7 papers) and Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (904 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.6k citations), Ecological Modeling (376 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (342 citations) and Ecology (436 citations). L. Fortson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Chris Lintott, Karen L. Masters, Brooke Simmons, Kevin Schawinski, R. C. Nichol, William C. Keel, S. P. Bamford, Kyle Willett, Sugata Kaviraj and Ramin Skibba. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, Citizen Science Theory and Practice, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
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