Robert L. Millis

4.1k citations

135 papers · 3.2k · 1 hit paper · h-index 30

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
Atmospheric Science top 5%
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 120
- Astro and Planetary Science 106
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 44
- Planetary Science and Exploration 33
- Historical Astronomy and Related Studies 12
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 12
Computational Mechanics 30
- Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation 30

Co-authors: D. G. Schleicher (22 shared papers)Michael F. A’Hearn (18 shared papers)Don T. Thompson (8 shared papers)Lawrence H. Wasserman (38 shared papers)P. V. Birch (16 shared papers)P. D. Feldman (6 shared papers)O. G. Franz (19 shared papers)Marc Buie (12 shared papers)
Journals: Icarus (31 papers)The Astronomical Journal (24 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (7 papers)Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (6 papers)Nature (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States Chile Italy

In The Last Decade

Robert L. Millis

129 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Robert L. Millis's Hit Papers

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Comet Bowell 1980b 1984 · 476 citations

What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

1984 The Astronomical Journal

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1	Comet Bowell 1980b The Astronomical Journal ·Michael F. A’Hearn, D. G. Schleicher, Robert L. Millis, P. D. Feldman, Don T. Thompson Hit paper breakdown →	1984	476
2	The Deep Ecliptic Survey: A Search for Kuiper Belt Objects and Centaurs. II. Dynamical Classification, the Kuiper Belt Plane, and the Core Population The Astronomical Journal ·J. L. Elliot, Stefan Kern, K. B. Clancy, Amanda A. S. Gulbis, Robert L. Millis, Marc Buie, Lawrence H. Wasserman, Eugene Chiang	2005	179
3	Photoelectric observations of asteroids 3, 24, 60, 261, and 863 Icarus ·Alan W. Harris, James W. Young, E. Bowell, LEONARD J. MARTIN, Robert L. Millis, Markku Poutanen, Franco Scaltriti, V. Zappalà	1989	174
4	Pluto's atmosphere Icarus ·J. L. Elliot, Edward W. Dunham, Amanda Bosh, Stephen M. Slivan, L. A. Young, Lawrence H. Wasserman, Robert L. Millis	1989	147
5	Narrowband Photometry of Comet P/Halley: Variation with Heliocentric Distance, Season, and Solar Phase Angle Icarus ·D. G. Schleicher, Robert L. Millis, P. V. Birch	1998	123
6	Rotational period of comet Halley Nature ·Robert L. Millis, D. G. Schleicher	1986	108
7	The nucleus of Comet P/Tempel 2 The Astrophysical Journal ·Michael F. A’Hearn, H. Campins, D. G. Schleicher, Robert L. Millis	1989	81
8	Resonance Occupation in the Kuiper Belt: Case Examples of the 52 and Trojan Resonances The Astronomical Journal ·Eugene Chiang, Andrés Jordán, Robert L. Millis, Marc Buie, Lawrence H. Wasserman, J. L. Elliot, Stefan Kern, David E. Trilling	2003	78
9	An investigation of the nucleus and coma of Comet P/Arend-Rigaux The Astrophysical Journal ·Robert L. Millis, M. F. A’Hearn, H. Campins	1988	68
10	Comets: Groundbased observations of spacecraft mission candidates Icarus ·David J. Osip, D. G. Schleicher, Robert L. Millis	1992	65
11	Pluto's Radius and Atmosphere: Results from the Entire 9 June 1988 Occultation Data Set Icarus ·Robert L. Millis, Lawrence H. Wasserman, O. G. Franz, Ralph A. Nye, J. L. Elliot, Edward W. Dunham, Amanda Bosh, L. A. Young	1993	64
12	The Deep Ecliptic Survey: A Search for Kuiper Belt Objects and Centaurs. I. Description of Methods and Initial Results The Astronomical Journal ·Robert L. Millis, Marc Buie, Lawrence H. Wasserman, J. L. Elliot, Stefan Kern, R. M. Wagner	2002	63
13	Photometric Behavior of Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) Before Perihelion Science ·D. G. Schleicher, Susan M. Lederer, Robert L. Millis, Tony Farnham	1997	62
14	The size, shape, density, and Albedo of Ceres from its occultation of BD+8°471 Icarus ·Robert L. Millis, Lawrence H. Wasserman, O. G. Franz, Ralph A. Nye, Richard C. Oliver, T. J. Kreidl, Steven Jones, William Hubbard	1987	58
15	Detection of rings around Uranus Nature ·Robert L. Millis, Lawrence H. Wasserman, P. V. Birch	1977	54
16	UBV photometry of the Galilean satellites Icarus ·Robert L. Millis	1975	54
17	UBV photometry of asteroid 433 Eros Icarus ·Robert L. Millis, E. Bowell, Don T. Thompson	1976	54
18	Stellar Occultation by 2060 Chiron Icarus ·Schelte Bus, Marc Buie, D. G. Schleicher, William Hubbard, R. L. Marcialis, Richard Child Hill, Lawrence H. Wasserman, John Spencer	1996	51
19	Narrowband photometry of Comet P/Stephan-Oterma and the backscattering properties of cometary grains The Astronomical Journal ·Robert L. Millis, Michael F. A’Hearn, Don T. Thompson	1982	51
20	Jet-like features near the nucleus of Chiron Nature ·J. L. Elliot, Catherine B. Olkin, Edward W. Dunham, C. H. Ford, David K. Gilmore, Donald Wayne Kurtz, Daniela Lazzaro, D. M. Rank	1995	48

About Robert L. Millis

Robert L. Millis is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics, Instrumentation, Atmospheric Science and Ecology, having authored 135 papers that have together received 3.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astro and Planetary Science (106 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (44 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (33 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (30 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (18 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (14 papers), Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (12 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.2k citations), Atmospheric Science (447 citations), Ecology (431 citations), Geophysics (199 citations) and Instrumentation (48 citations). Robert L. Millis has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Chile and Italy. Frequent co-authors include D. G. Schleicher, Michael F. A’Hearn, Don T. Thompson, Lawrence H. Wasserman, P. V. Birch, P. D. Feldman, O. G. Franz, Marc Buie, Edward W. Dunham and E. Bowell. Their work appears in journals such as Icarus, The Astronomical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and Nature.

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