R. W. O’Connell

18.7k citations

142 papers · 3.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 33

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Instrumentation top 0.5%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- 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

Astronomy and Astrophysics 127
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 88
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 70
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 43
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 16
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 16
Instrumentation 86
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 86

Co-authors: J. Regis McNamara (9 shared papers)T. P. Stecher (52 shared papers)Richard de Grijs (9 shared papers)H. C. Ford (6 shared papers)M. N. Fanelli (17 shared papers)Laura Ferrarese (6 shared papers)R. C. Bohlin (52 shared papers)Deidre A. Hunter (3 shared papers)
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (75 papers)The Astronomical Journal (25 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (10 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (5 papers)Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom France

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139 papers receiving 3.5k citations

R. W. O’Connell's Hit Papers

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The origin of accreted stellar halo populations in the Milky Way using APOGEE,Gaia, and the EAGLE simulations 2018 · 212 citations

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

2018 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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1	The origin of accreted stellar halo populations in the Milky Way using APOGEE,Gaia, and the EAGLE simulations Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·J. Ted Mackereth, Ricardo P. Schiavon, Joel Pfeffer, Christian R. Hayes, Jo Bovy, Borja Anguiano, Carlos Allende Prieto, Sten Hasselquist, Jon A. Holtzman, Jennifer A. Johnson, Steven R. Majewski, R. W. O’Connell, Matthew Shetrone, P. B. Tissera, José G. Fernández-Trincado Hit paper breakdown →	2018	212
2	Evidence from APOGEE for the presence of a major building block of the halo buried in the inner Galaxy Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Danny Horta, Ricardo P. Schiavon, J. Ted Mackereth, Joel Pfeffer, Andrew C. Mason, Shobhit Kisku, Francesca Fragkoudi, Carlos Allende Prieto, Kátia Cunha, Sten Hasselquist, Jon A. Holtzman, Steven R. Majewski, David M. Nataf, R. W. O’Connell, M. Schultheis, Verne V. Smith	2020	138
3	Discovery of Ghost Cavities in the X-Ray Atmosphere of Abell 2597 The Astrophysical Journal ·B. R. McNamara, M. W. Wise, P. E. J. Nulsen, L. P. David, C. L. Carilli, Craig L. Sarazin, C. P. O’Dea, J. C. Houck, Megan Donahue, Stefi A. Baum, G. Mark Voit, R. W. O’Connell, Anton M. Koekemoer	2001	133
4	Far-Ultraviolet Radiation From Elliptical Galaxies CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·R. W. O’Connell	1999	123
5	Ultraviolet radiation from evolved stellar populations. 2: The ultraviolet upturn phenomenon in elliptical galaxies The Astrophysical Journal ·Ben Dorman, R. W. O’Connell, Robert T. Rood	1995	113
6	Hubble Space Telescope imaging of super-star clusters in NGC 1569 and NGC 1705 The Astrophysical Journal ·R. W. O’Connell, (unknown), Deidre A. Hunter	1994	111
7	Hubble Space Telescope photometry of the central regions of Virgo cluster elliptical galaxies. 3: Brightness profiles The Astronomical Journal ·Laura Ferrarese, Frank C. van den Bosch, H. C. Ford, W. Jaffe, R. W. O’Connell	1994	110
8	Spectral synthesis in the ultraviolet. II - Stellar populations and star formation in blue compact galaxies The Astrophysical Journal ·M. N. Fanelli, R. W. O’Connell, T. X. Thuan	1988	88
9	The Fossil Starburst in M82 The Astronomical Journal ·Richard de Grijs, R. W. O’Connell, J. S. Gallagher	2001	84
10	Star formation in cooling flows in clusters of galaxies The Astronomical Journal ·J. Regis McNamara, R. W. O’Connell	1989	83
11	Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of Super Star Clusters in M82 The Astrophysical Journal ·R. W. O’Connell, (unknown), Deidre A. Hunter, Wesley N. Colley	1995	83
12	Hubble Space Telescope photometry of the central regions of Virgo Cluster elliptical galaxies. 1: Observations, discussion, and conclusions The Astronomical Journal ·W. Jaffe, H. C. Ford, R. W. O’Connell, Frank C. van den Bosch, Laura Ferrarese	1994	79
13	Galaxy spectral synthesis. I - Stellar populations in the nuclei of giant ellipticals The Astrophysical Journal ·R. W. O’Connell	1976	76
14	A large nuclear accretion disk in the active galaxy NGC4261 Nature ·Walter Jaffe, H. C. Ford, Laura Ferrarese, Frank van den Bosch, R. W. O’Connell	1993	70
15	The central regions of M82 The Astrophysical Journal ·R. W. O’Connell, J. J. Mangano	1978	69
16	HST/STIS optical spectroscopy of five super star clusters in the starburst galaxy M82 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·L. J. Smith, M. S. Westmoquette, J. S. Gallagher, R. W. O’Connell, D. J. Rosario, Richard de Grijs	2006	69
17	A Hubble Space Telescope Survey of the Mid‐Ultraviolet Morphology of Nearby Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Rogier A. Windhorst, V. A. Taylor, Rolf A. Jansen, S. C. Odewahn, C. A. T. Chiarenza, Christopher J. Conselice, Richard de Grijs, Roelof S. de Jong, John MacKenty, Paul B. Eskridge, J. A. Frogel, J. S. Gallagher, J. E. Hibbard, Lynn T. Matthews, R. W. O’Connell	2002	68
18	Wide Field Camera 3: a powerful new imager for the Hubble Space Telescope Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Randy A. Kimble, John MacKenty, R. W. O’Connell, Jacqueline A. Townsend	2008	59
19	Comparing Galaxy Morphology at Ultraviolet and Optical Wavelengths The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Leslie E. Kuchinski, Wendy L. Freedman, Barry F. Madore, M. Trewhella, R. C. Bohlin, R. H. Cornett, M. N. Fanelli, Pamela M. Marcum, S. G. Neff, R. W. O’Connell, M. S. Roberts, Andrew M. Smith, T. P. Stecher, William H. Waller	2000	56
20	ALMA observations of cold molecular gas filaments trailing rising radio bubbles in PKS 0745−191 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·H. R. Russell, B. R. McNamara, A. C. Fabian, P. E. J. Nulsen, A. C. Edge, F. Combes, Norman Murray, Ian J. Parrish, P. Salomé, J. S. Sanders, Stefi A. Baum, Megan Donahue, Robert Main, R. W. O’Connell, C. P. O’Dea, J. B. R. Oonk, G. Tremblay, A. N. Vantyghem, G. Mark Voit	2016	54

About R. W. O’Connell

R. W. O’Connell is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 142 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (88 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (86 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (70 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (43 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (16 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (16 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (14 papers) and Photocathodes and Microchannel Plates (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (1.4k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.5k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (356 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (121 citations) and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (45 citations). R. W. O’Connell has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include J. Regis McNamara, T. P. Stecher, Richard de Grijs, H. C. Ford, M. N. Fanelli, Laura Ferrarese, R. C. Bohlin, Deidre A. Hunter, Morton S. Roberts and Robert T. Rood. 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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