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Researchers at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

T. M. C. Abbott, A. R. Walker and R. A. Schommer rank highest among 20 ranked researchers whose main affiliation is Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.

The ranking

  1. 1 T. M. C. AbbottChile · #21,124 worldwide1.1k citations · 88 works
  2. 2 A. R. WalkerChile · #28,973 worldwide1.1k citations · 97 works
  3. 3 R. A. SchommerChile · #30,988 worldwide701 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Robert BlumChile · #49,819 worldwide523 citations · 61 works
  5. 5 R. Chris SmithChile · #59,491 worldwide510 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 N. B. SuntzeffChile · #60,119 worldwide1.3k citations · 158 works
  7. 7 César BriceñoChile · #63,489 worldwide741 citations · 79 works
  8. 8 A. K. VivasChile · #80,130 worldwide379 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Andreï TokovininChile · #153,427 worldwide480 citations · 108 works
  10. 10 R. C. SmithChile · #154,632 worldwide877 citations · 122 works
  11. 11 J. A. FrogelChile · #155,025 worldwide481 citations · 73 works
  12. 12 J. A. BaldwinChile · #220,283 worldwide419 citations · 57 works
  13. 13 V. M. BlancoChile · #292,465 worldwide151 citations · 46 works
  14. 14 Steve HeathcoteChile · #307,004 worldwide170 citations · 27 works
  15. 15 O. J. EggenChile · #632,740 worldwide167 citations · 96 works
  16. 16 Brooke GregoryChile · #659,691 worldwide46 citations · 18 works
  17. 17 W. A. HiltnerChile · #669,353 worldwide130 citations · 61 works
  18. 18 R. C. SmithChile · #892,547 worldwide45 citations · 22 works
  19. 19 Sean PointsChile · #1,136,148 worldwide80 citations · 34 works
  20. 20 John P. SubasavageChile · #1,213,384 worldwide23 citations · 37 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 6.83338works (log) →citations per work →T. M. C. Abbott: 88, 12.3A. R. Walker: 97, 11.8R. A. Schommer: 54, 13.0Robert Blum: 61, 8.6R. Chris Smith: 29, 17.6N. B. Suntzeff: 158, 8.3César Briceño: 79, 9.4A. K. Vivas: 41, 9.2Andreï Tokovinin: 108, 4.4R. C. Smith: 122, 7.2J. A. Frogel: 73, 6.6J. A. Baldwin: 57, 7.4V. M. Blanco: 46, 3.3Steve Heathcote: 27, 6.3O. J. Eggen: 96, 1.7Brooke Gregory: 18, 2.6W. A. Hiltner: 61, 2.1R. C. Smith: 22, 2.0Sean Points: 34, 2.4John P. Subasavage: 37, 0.6R. A. SchommerT. M. C. AbbottA. R. WalkerRobert Blum
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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.