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Researchers at Carnegie Observatories

Alan Dressler, Andrew Benson and Jesse L. Greenstein rank highest among 36 ranked researchers whose main affiliation is Carnegie Observatories.

The ranking

  1. 1 Alan DresslerUnited States · #6,426 worldwide2.3k citations · 120 works
  2. 2 Andrew BensonUnited States · #14,974 worldwide961 citations · 82 works
  3. 3 Jesse L. GreensteinUnited States · #29,706 worldwide788 citations · 105 works
  4. 4 Allan SandageUnited States · #31,466 worldwide1k citations · 121 works
  5. 5 Joshua D. SimonUnited States · #35,940 worldwide966 citations · 80 works
  6. 6 R. J. WeymannUnited States · #36,792 worldwide709 citations · 68 works
  7. 7 Barry F. MadoreUnited States · #51,055 worldwide1.5k citations · 161 works
  8. 8 Mark SeibertUnited States · #52,947 worldwide502 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Stephen A. ShectmanUnited States · #58,363 worldwide677 citations · 89 works
  10. 10 Anthony L. PiroUnited States · #61,231 worldwide601 citations · 63 works
  11. 11 Leonard SearleUnited States · #75,159 worldwide472 citations · 26 works
  12. 12 George W. PrestonUnited States · #97,076 worldwide284 citations · 52 works
  13. 13 A. OemlerUnited States · #117,741 worldwide297 citations · 26 works
  14. 14 S. E. PerssonUnited States · #121,583 worldwide261 citations · 25 works
  15. 15 Andrew McWilliamUnited States · #139,352 worldwide364 citations · 47 works
  16. 16 Wendy L. FreedmanUnited States · #161,328 worldwide950 citations · 149 works
  17. 17 F. SchweizerUnited States · #164,868 worldwide320 citations · 44 works
  18. 18 W. KrzemińskiUnited States · #166,566 worldwide197 citations · 29 works
  19. 19 S. E. PerssonUnited States · #170,195 worldwide305 citations · 43 works
  20. 20 Ian B. ThompsonUnited States · #231,930 worldwide198 citations · 24 works
  21. 21 Daniel D. KelsonUnited States · #247,774 worldwide413 citations · 57 works
  22. 22 D. C. MurphyUnited States · #250,186 worldwide267 citations · 17 works
  23. 23 Michael RauchUnited States · #290,356 worldwide293 citations · 45 works
  24. 24 Juna A. KollmeierUnited States · #339,480 worldwide235 citations · 45 works
  25. 25 C. R. BurnsUnited States · #344,152 worldwide179 citations · 43 works
  26. 26 J. KristianUnited States · #347,094 worldwide168 citations · 39 works
  27. 27 John S. MulchaeyUnited States · #476,860 worldwide276 citations · 56 works
  28. 28 Augustus OemlerUnited States · #590,524 worldwide215 citations · 15 works
  29. 29 Ian U. RoedererUnited States · #659,052 worldwide144 citations · 52 works
  30. 30 L. C. HoUnited States · #700,696 worldwide30 citations · 15 works
  31. 31 I. B. ThompsonUnited States · #940,070 worldwide95 citations · 46 works
  32. 32 Tyson HareUnited States · #1,205,959 worldwide34 citations · 19 works
  33. 33 P. J. McCarthyUnited States · #1,311,307 worldwide38 citations · 32 works
  34. 34 K. Decker FrenchUnited States · #1,435,196 worldwide17 citations · 24 works
  35. 35 Erika M. HolmbeckUnited States · #1,534,525 worldwide13 citations · 21 works
  36. 36 Xiaolong DuUnited States · #1,536,341 worldwide43 citations · 18 works

Output against citations per work

A long record and a heavily-cited one are not the same career, and a list ordered by either buries the other. The upper left is a small body of work that travelled a long way.

01020mean 7.63544works (log) →citations per work →Alan Dressler: 120, 19.1Andrew Benson: 82, 11.7Jesse L. Greenstein: 105, 7.5Allan Sandage: 121, 8.3Joshua D. Simon: 80, 12.1R. J. Weymann: 68, 10.4Barry F. Madore: 161, 9.3Mark Seibert: 35, 14.3Stephen A. Shectman: 89, 7.6Anthony L. Piro: 63, 9.5Leonard Searle: 26, 18.2George W. Preston: 52, 5.5A. Oemler: 26, 11.4S. E. Persson: 25, 10.4Andrew McWilliam: 47, 7.7Wendy L. Freedman: 149, 6.4F. Schweizer: 44, 7.3W. Krzemiński: 29, 6.8S. E. Persson: 43, 7.1Ian B. Thompson: 24, 8.2Daniel D. Kelson: 57, 7.2D. C. Murphy: 17, 15.7Michael Rauch: 45, 6.5Juna A. Kollmeier: 45, 5.2C. R. Burns: 43, 4.2J. Kristian: 39, 4.3John S. Mulchaey: 56, 4.9Augustus Oemler: 15, 14.3Ian U. Roederer: 52, 2.8L. C. Ho: 15, 2.0I. B. Thompson: 46, 2.1Tyson Hare: 19, 1.8P. J. McCarthy: 32, 1.2K. Decker French: 24, 0.7Erika M. Holmbeck: 21, 0.6Xiaolong Du: 18, 2.4Alan DresslerAndrew BensonAllan SandageJesse L. Greenstein
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Ranked on the composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Affiliation is the institution a researcher publishes from most; identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation.