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Most cited papers from Calar Alto Observatory

What are the most cited papers from Calar Alto Observatory?

The most cited paper from Calar Alto Observatory is "Medium-resolution Isaac Newton Telescope library of empirical spectra" (P. Sánchez–Blázquez, R. F. Peletier, J. Jiménez-Vicente et al., 2006), with 1,615 citations. Next come "CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey" (1,286) and "A Survey of [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] > 5.8 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I. Discovery of Three New Quasars and the Spatial Density of Luminous Quasars at [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] ∼ 6" (960).

Showing 50 of 57 papers. Every paper with more than 133 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 Medium-resolution Isaac Newton Telescope library of empirical spectra P. Sánchez–Blázquez, R. F. Peletier, J. Jiménez-Vicente et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 11 Sep 2006 1,615
2 CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey Sebastián F. Sánchez et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 10 Nov 2011 1,286
3 A Survey of [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] > 5.8 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I. Discovery of Three New Quasars and the Spatial Density of Luminous Quasars at [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] ∼ 6 Xiaohui Fan et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access Dec 2001 960
4 A Survey of [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] ] 5.7 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. II. Discovery of Three Additional Quasars at [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] ] 6 Xiaohui Fan et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access 25 Mar 2003 782
5 The O3N2 and N2 abundance indicators revisited: improved calibrations based on CALIFA and T e -based literature data R. A. Marino et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 12 Aug 2013 595
6 A characteristic oxygen abundance gradient in galaxy disks unveiled with CALIFA Sebastián F. Sánchez et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 9 Jan 2014 523
7 The mass function of dense molecular cores and the origin of the IMF J. Alves, M. Lombardi, C. J. Lada · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 18 Dec 2006 478
8 Spectrum radial velocity analyser (SERVAL) M. Zechmeister et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 19 Oct 2017 473
9 Galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. I. Detection, Multiband Photometry, Photometric Redshifts, and Morphology Dan Coe, Narciso Benítez, Sebastián F. Sánchez et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access 10 Jul 2006 449
10 Empirical calibration of the near-infrared Ca II triplet -- I. The stellar library and index definition A. J. Cenarro, N. Cardiel, J. Gorgas et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 21 Sep 2001 347
11 Dry Mergers in GEMS: The Dynamical Evolution of Massive Early‐Type Galaxies Eric F. Bell, Thorsten Naab, Daniel H. McIntosh et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 13 Mar 2006 315
12 The nature of LINER galaxies: Raj Laxmi Singh et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 29 Aug 2013 311
13 GEMS: Galaxy Fitting Catalogs and Testing Parametric Galaxy Fitting Codes: GALFIT and GIM2D Boris Häußler, Daniel H. McIntosh, M. Barden et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access 27 Sep 2007 291
14 Mass-metallicity relation explored with CALIFA Sebastián F. Sánchez et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 24 Apr 2013 280
15 THE EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES RESOLVED IN SPACE AND TIME: A VIEW OF INSIDE-OUT GROWTH FROM THE CALIFA SURVEY Enrique Pérez, R. Cid Fernandes, Rosa M. González Delgado et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access 22 Jan 2013 269
16 Galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: I. Detection, Multiband Photometry, Photometric Redshifts, and Morphology Coe, D, Benítez, N, Sánchez, S F et al. · CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) 10 May 2006 261
17 CALIFA: a diameter-selected sample for an integral field spectroscopy galaxy survey C. J. Walcher et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 3 Jul 2014 258
18 The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs A. Reiners et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access171 authors 17 Nov 2017 254
19 CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey B. Husemann et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 6 Nov 2012 252
20 GEMS: The Surface Brightness and Surface Mass Density Evolution of Disk Galaxies M. Barden, Hans‐Walter Rix, Rachel S. Somerville et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 15 Dec 2005 245
21 CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey R. García-Benito et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 5 Mar 2015 242
22 HISTORY OF GALAXY INTERACTIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON STAR FORMATION OVER THE LAST 7 Gyr FROM GEMS Shardha Jogee et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 18 May 2009 241
23 YSOVAR: THE FIRST SENSITIVE, WIDE-AREA, MID-INFRARED PHOTOMETRIC MONITORING OF THE ORION NEBULA CLUSTER M. Morales‐Calderón et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 3 May 2011 237
24 CARMENES instrument overview Andreas Quirrenbach et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paperOpen access133 authors 8 Jul 2014 237
25 The Nature of the Dense Core Population in the Pipe Nebula: Thermal Cores Under Pressure Charles J. Lada, August A. Muench, Jill M. Rathborne et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 2008 237
26 DUst around NEarby Stars. The survey observational results C. Eiroa et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access May 2013 223
27 A sub-Mercury-sized exoplanet Thomas Barclay et al. · Nature Open access 19 Feb 2013 222
28 Resolving galaxies in time and space R. Cid Fernandes, Enrique Pérez, R. García-Benito et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 12 Jun 2013 214
29 The STAGES view of red spirals and dusty red galaxies: mass-dependent quenching of star formation in cluster infall Christian A Wolf et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 10 Feb 2009 214
30 The star formation history of CALIFA galaxies: Radial structures Rosa M. González Delgado et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 5 Nov 2013 210
31 Stellar populations of early-type galaxies in different environments P. Sánchez–Blázquez, J. Gorgas, N. Cardiel et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 4 Aug 2006 208
32 Stellar population gradients in galaxy discs from the CALIFA survey P. Sánchez-Blázquez et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 12 Jul 2014 207
33 The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs A. Schweitzer et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 19 Apr 2019 206
34 SDSS J150634.27+013331.6: the second compact elliptical galaxy in the NGC 5846 group Igor Chilingarian, G. Bergond · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters Open access 7 Apr 2010 201
35 Observing the Dark Matter Density Profile of Isolated Galaxies Francisco Prada, Mayrita Vitvitska, Anatoly Klypin et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 20 Nov 2003 199
36 A Pluto-like radius and a high albedo for the dwarf planet Eris from an occultation B. Sicardy et al. · Nature Open access Oct 2011 193
37 Integral field spectroscopy of a sample of nearby galaxies Sebastián F. Sánchez, F. F. Rosales-Ortega, R. A. Marino et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 14 Aug 2012 192
38 Empirical calibration of the near-infrared Ca II triplet -- IV. The stellar population synthesis models A. Vazdekis, A. J. Cenarro, J. Gorgas et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 21 Apr 2003 189
39 An Explanation for the Observed Weak Size Evolution of Disk Galaxies Rachel S. Somerville, M. Barden, Hans‐Walter Rix et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 9 Jan 2008 180
40 Magnetism, rotation, and nonthermal emission in cool stars A. Reiners, D. Shulyak, P. J. Käpylä et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access Apr 2022 177
41 Near-infrared line-strengths in elliptical galaxies: evidence for initial mass function variations? A. J. Cenarro, J. Gorgas, A. Vazdekis et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 11 Feb 2003 175
42 MEASURING BARYON ACOUSTIC OSCILLATIONS ALONG THE LINE OF SIGHT WITH PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS: THE PAU SURVEY Narciso Benítez et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 9 Jan 2009 169
43 THE ALHAMBRA SURVEY: A LARGE AREA MULTIMEDIUM-BAND OPTICAL AND NEAR-INFRARED PHOTOMETRIC SURVEY Mariano Moles et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access 15 Aug 2008 165
44 Hipparcos distance estimates of the Ophiuchus and the Lupus cloud complexes Marco Jacopo Lombardi, Charles J. Lada, J. Alves · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 17 Jan 2008 163
45 The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs S. Sabotta et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 8 Jul 2021 158
46 2MASS wide field extinction maps Marco Jacopo Lombardi, Charles J. Lada, J. Alves · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 21 Jan 2010 158
47 The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs Trifon Trifonov et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access169 authors 27 Sep 2017 157
48 CALIFA: a diameter-selected sample for an integral field spectroscopy galaxy survey Carl Jakob Walcher et al. · Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) Open access 8 Sep 2014 157
49 The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs M. Zechmeister et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access183 authors 17 Jun 2019 155
50 A tidal disruption-like X-ray flare from the quiescent galaxy SDSS J120136.02+300305.5 Richard D. Saxton, Andrew M. Read, Pilar Esquej et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access Mar 2012 149

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