S. Hooper

6.2k citations

36 papers · 4.3k · 3 hit papers · h-index 29

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 2%
- Mechanical and Optical Resonators

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 34
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 34
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 16
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 9
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories 9
Oceanography 8
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements 8

Co-authors: L. Wen (5 shared papers)Yanbei Chen (4 shared papers)Jing Luan (3 shared papers)S. Chung (3 shared papers)D. G. Blair (4 shared papers)Zhihui Du (1 shared paper)T. Nguyen (1 shared paper)A. Nepomuk Otte (1 shared paper)
Journals: Classical and Quantum Gravity (5 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (4 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (2 papers)Physical Review Letters (2 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Germany France

In The Last Decade

S. Hooper

36 papers receiving 4.2k citations

S. Hooper's Hit Papers

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Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run 2015 · 968 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.

2015 Classical and Quantum Gravity
2013 Nature Photonics
2011 Nature Physics

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1	Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run Classical and Quantum Gravity ·J. Aasi, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, Fausto Acernese Hit paper breakdown →	2015	968
2	Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light Nature Photonics ·J. Aasi, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, C. Adams, Thomas S. Adams Hit paper breakdown →	2013	843
3	A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit Nature Physics ·J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, C. Adams, Rana Adhikari, C. Affeldt Hit paper breakdown →	2011	658
4	Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in LIGO’s sixth science run and Virgo’s science runs 2 and 3 Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, Fausto Acernese, C. Adams	2012	174
5	Parameter estimation for compact binary coalescence signals with the first generation gravitational-wave detector network Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·J. Aasi, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, Fausto Acernese	2013	120
6	GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FROM KNOWN PULSARS: RESULTS FROM THE INITIAL DETECTOR ERA The Astrophysical Journal ·J. Aasi, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, Fausto Acernese	2014	115
7	All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the second joint LIGO-Virgo run Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, Fausto Acernese, C. Adams	2012	106
8	SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES ASSOCIATED WITH GAMMA-RAY BURSTS DURING LIGO SCIENCE RUN 6 AND VIRGO SCIENCE RUNS 2 AND 3 The Astrophysical Journal ·J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, Fausto Acernese, C. Adams	2012	98
9	Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown in LIGO-Virgo data from 2009–2010 Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·J. Aasi, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, Richard Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, Fausto Acernese	2013	92
10	BEATING THE SPIN-DOWN LIMIT ON GRAVITATIONAL WAVE EMISSION FROM THE VELA PULSAR The Astrophysical Journal ·J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, Fausto Acernese, C. Adams, Rana Adhikari	2011	88
11	Improved Upper Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from 2009–2010 LIGO and Virgo Data Physical Review Letters ·J. Aasi, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, Fausto Acernese, Kendall Ackley	2014	85
12	The characterization of Virgo data and its impact on gravitational-wave searches Classical and Quantum Gravity ·J. Aasi, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, Fausto Acernese	2012	72
13	SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVE BURSTS FROM SIX MAGNETARS The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, Fausto Acernese, C. Adams, Rana Adhikari	2011	65
14	Constraints on Cosmic Strings from the LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detectors Physical Review Letters ·J. Aasi, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, Fausto Acernese	2014	65
15	First low-latency LIGO+Virgo search for binary inspirals and their electromagnetic counterparts Astronomy and Astrophysics ·J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, Fausto Acernese, C. Adams	2012	62
16	Directed search for continuous gravitational waves from the Galactic center Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·J. Aasi, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, Fausto Acernese	2013	58
17	First all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from unknown sources in binary systems Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·J. Aasi, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, Fausto Acernese, Kendall Ackley	2014	57
18	Summed parallel infinite impulse response filters for low-latency detection of chirping gravitational waves Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·S. Hooper, S. Chung, Jing Luan, D. G. Blair, Yanbei Chen, L. Wen	2012	56
19	The NINJA-2 project: detecting and characterizing gravitational waveforms modelled using numerical binary black hole simulations Classical and Quantum Gravity ·J. Aasi, B. P. Abbott, Richard Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, Fausto Acernese, Kendall Ackley	2014	54
20	IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF GRB 051103 FROM LIGO OBSERVATIONS The Astrophysical Journal ·J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, R. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, C. Adams, Rana Adhikari, C. Affeldt	2012	51

About S. Hooper

S. Hooper is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Geophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 36 papers that have together received 4.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (34 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (16 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (9 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (9 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (8 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (5 papers), Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (4 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.9k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.6k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (686 citations), Geophysics (526 citations) and Acoustics and Ultrasonics (36 citations). S. Hooper has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Frequent co-authors include L. Wen, Yanbei Chen, Jing Luan, S. Chung, D. G. Blair, Zhihui Du, T. Nguyen, A. Nepomuk Otte, Malcolm S. Carroll and Kevin Meagher. Their work appears in journals such as Classical and Quantum Gravity, The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Physical Review Letters and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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