S. P. Willner

18.6k citations

163 papers · 5.0k · 2 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

Instrumentation top 0.5%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astro and Planetary Science

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 147
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 79
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 65
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 55
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 30
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 22
- Astro and Planetary Science 18
Instrumentation 68
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 68

Co-authors: M. L. N. Ashby (49 shared papers)G. G. Fazio (44 shared papers)R. W. Russell (17 shared papers)B. T. Soifer (18 shared papers)M. A. Pahre (12 shared papers)Peter Eisenhardt (12 shared papers)R. C. Puetter (23 shared papers)Daniel Stern (10 shared papers)
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (95 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (14 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (12 papers)The Astronomical Journal (11 papers)Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

S. P. Willner

154 papers receiving 4.7k citations

S. P. Willner's Hit Papers

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A REMARKABLY LUMINOUS GALAXY AT Z = 11.1 MEASURED WITH HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE GRISM SPECTROSCOPY 2016 · 271 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
2005 The Astrophysical Journal

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1	Mid‐Infrared Selection of Active Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal ·Daniel Stern, Peter Eisenhardt, Varoujan Gorjian, C. S. Kochanek, Nelson Caldwell, Daniel J. Eisenstein, M. Brodwin, M. J. I. Brown, Richard J. Cool, Arjun Dey, Paul Green, Buell T. Jannuzi, S. S. Murray, M. A. Pahre, S. P. Willner Hit paper breakdown →	2005	562
2	A REMARKABLY LUMINOUS GALAXY AT Z = 11.1 MEASURED WITH HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE GRISM SPECTROSCOPY The Astrophysical Journal ·Pascal A. Oesch, Gabriel Brammer, Pieter van Dokkum, G. D. Illingworth, R. J. Bouwens, Ivo Labbé, Marijn Franx, Ivelina Momcheva, M. L. N. Ashby, G. G. Fazio, Valentino González, B. Holden, D. Magee, Rosalind E. Skelton, Renske Smit, Lee R. Spitler, Michele Trenti, S. P. Willner Hit paper breakdown →	2016	271
3	A Significant Population of Very Luminous Dust‐Obscured Galaxies at Redshiftz∼ 2 The Astrophysical Journal ·Arjun Dey, B. T. Soifer, Vandana Desai, Kate Brand, E. Le Floc’h, M. J. I. Brown, Buell T. Jannuzi, L. Armus, Shane Bussmann, M. Brodwin, Chao Bian, Peter Eisenhardt, S. J. U. Higdon, D. W. Weedman, S. P. Willner	2008	163
4	Number Counts at 3 μm < λ < 10 μm from the Spitzer Space Telescope The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·G. G. Fazio, M. L. N. Ashby, P. Barmby, Joseph L. Hora, J.‐S. Huang, M. A. Pahre, Z. Wang, S. P. Willner, Richard G. Arendt, S. H. Moseley, M. Brodwin, Peter Eisenhardt, Daniel Stern, E. V. Tollestrup, E. L. Wright	2004	162
5	Infrared Power‐Law Galaxies in the Chandra Deep Field–South: Active Galactic Nuclei and Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Alonso‐Herrero, Pablo G. Pérez‐González, D. M. Alexander, G. H. Rieke, D. Rigopoulou, E. Le Floc’h, P. Barmby, Casey Papovich, Jane R. Rigby, F. E. Bauer, W. N. Brandt, Eiichi Egami, S. P. Willner, H. Dole, Jiasheng Huang	2006	147
6	Infrared spectra of protostars - Composition of the dust shells The Astrophysical Journal ·S. P. Willner, F. C. Gillett, T. Herter, B. Jones, J. Krassner, K. M. Merrill, J. L. Pipher, R. C. Puetter, R. J. Rudy, R. W. Russell, B. T. Soifer	1982	143
7	Infrared [ITAL]L[/ITAL]-Band Observations of the Trapezium Cluster: A Census of Circumstellar Disks and Candidate Protostars The Astronomical Journal ·C. J. Lada, August Muench, Karl E. Haisch, Elizabeth A. Lada, J. Alves, E. V. Tollestrup, S. P. Willner	2000	137
8	AN INTENSELY STAR-FORMING GALAXY ATz∼ 7 WITH LOW DUST AND METAL CONTENT REVEALED BY DEEP ALMA ANDHSTOBSERVATIONS The Astrophysical Journal ·Masami Ouchi, Richard S. Ellis, Yoshiaki Ono, Kouichiro Nakanishi, Kotaro Kohno, Rieko Momose, Yasutaka Kurono, M. L. N. Ashby, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, S. P. Willner, G. G. Fazio, Yoichi Tamura, Daisuke Iono	2013	117
9	The 4 to 8 micron spectrum of NGC 7027 The Astrophysical Journal ·R. W. Russell, B. T. Soifer, S. P. Willner	1977	102
10	The 4-8 micron spectrum of the infrared source W33 A The Astrophysical Journal ·B. T. Soifer, R. C. Puetter, R. W. Russell, S. P. Willner, P. M. Harvey, F. C. Gillett	1979	100
11	S-CANDELS: THE SPITZER -COSMIC ASSEMBLY NEAR-INFRARED DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC SURVEY. SURVEY DESIGN, PHOTOMETRY, AND DEEP IRAC SOURCE COUNTS The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·M. L. N. Ashby, S. P. Willner, G. G. Fazio, J. S. Dunlop, Eiichi Egami, S. M. Faber, Henry C. Ferguson, Norman A. Grogin, Joseph L. Hora, Jiasheng Huang, Anton M. Koekemoer, Ivo Labbé, Z. Wang	2015	87
12	THESPITZERHIGH-REDSHIFT RADIO GALAXY SURVEY The Astrophysical Journal ·C. De Breuck, (unknown), Daniel Stern, S. P. Willner, Peter Eisenhardt, G. G. Fazio, A. Galametz, Mark Lacy, A. Rettura, B. Rocca‐Volmerange, (unknown)	2010	86
13	The continuum of type 1 Seyfert galaxies. I - A single form modified by the effects of dust The Astrophysical Journal ·M. J. Ward, M. Elvis, G. Fabbiano, N. P. Carleton, S. P. Willner, A. Lawrence	1987	78
14	An almost head-on collision as the origin of two off-centre rings in the Andromeda galaxy Nature ·David L. Block, F. Bournaud, F. Combes, R. Groess, P. Barmby, M. L. N. Ashby, G. G. Fazio, M. A. Pahre, S. P. Willner	2006	77
15	BREAKING THE CURVE WITH CANDELS: A BAYESIAN APPROACH TO REVEAL THE NON-UNIVERSALITY OF THE DUST-ATTENUATION LAW AT HIGH REDSHIFT The Astrophysical Journal ·Brett Salmon, Casey Papovich, James P. Long, S. P. Willner, Steven L. Finkelstein, Henry C. Ferguson, Mark Dickinson, K. J. Duncan, S. M. Faber, Nimish P. Hathi, Anton M. Koekemoer, Peter Kurczynski, Jeffery A. Newman, Camilla Pacifici, Pablo G. Pérez-González, J. Pforr	2016	74
16	AEGIS: Enhancement of Dust-enshrouded Star Formation in Close Galaxy Pairs and Merging Galaxies up to z ~ 1 The Astrophysical Journal ·Lihwai Lin, David C. Koo, Benjamin J. Weiner, Tzihong Chiueh, Alison L. Coil, Jennifer M. Lotz, Christopher J. Conselice, S. P. Willner, H. A. Smith, Puragra Guhathakurta, Jiancheng Huang, E. Le Floc’h, K. G. Noeske, Christopher N. A. Willmer, Michael C. Cooper, Andrew C. Phillips	2007	73
17	Deconstructing the galaxy stellar mass function with UKIDSS and CANDELS: the impact of colour, structure and environment Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Alice Mortlock, Christopher J. Conselice, William G. Hartley, K. J. Duncan, Caterina Lani, Jamie R. Ownsworth, O. Almaini, Arjen van der Wel, Kuang-Han Huang, M. L. N. Ashby, S. P. Willner, A. Fontana, Avishai Dekel, Anton M. Koekemoer, (unknown), S. M. Faber, Norman A. Grogin, Dale D. Kocevski	2014	65
18	AEGIS: Host Galaxy Morphologies of X-Ray-selected and Infrared-selected Active Galactic Nuclei at 0.2 ≤ z < 1.2 The Astrophysical Journal ·C. M. Pierce, Jennifer M. Lotz, E. S. Laird, Lihwai Lin, K. Nandra, Joel R. Primack, S. M. Faber, P. Barmby, S. Q. Park, S. P. Willner, Stephen Gwyn, David C. Koo, Alison L. Coil, Michael C. Cooper, A. Georgakakis, Anton M. Koekemoer, K. G. Noeske, Benjamin J. Weiner, Christopher N. A. Willmer	2007	65
19	The 4 to 8 micron spectrum of the galactic center The Astrophysical Journal ·S. P. Willner, R. W. Russell, R. C. Puetter, B. T. Soifer, P. M. Harvey	1979	65
20	The Active Galactic Nuclei Contribution to the Mid‐Infrared Emission of Luminous Infrared Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal ·Kate Brand, Arjun Dey, D. W. Weedman, Vandana Desai, E. Le Floc’h, Buell T. Jannuzi, B. T. Soifer, M. J. I. Brown, Peter Eisenhardt, Varoujan Gorjian, Casey Papovich, H. A. Smith, S. P. Willner, R. J. Cool	2006	61

About S. P. Willner

S. P. Willner is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Spectroscopy and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 163 papers that have together received 5.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (79 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (68 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (65 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (55 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (30 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (22 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (19 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (1.6k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (4.8k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (700 citations), Spectroscopy (411 citations) and Atmospheric Science (221 citations). S. P. Willner has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include M. L. N. Ashby, G. G. Fazio, R. W. Russell, B. T. Soifer, M. A. Pahre, Peter Eisenhardt, R. C. Puetter, Daniel Stern, M. Brodwin and P. Barmby. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, The Astronomical Journal and Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

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