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Most cited papers from Optica

What are the most cited papers from Optica?

The most cited paper from Optica is "Photoacoustic Tomography: In Vivo Imaging from Organelles to Organs" (Lihong V. Wang, Song Hu, 2012), with 4,338 citations. Next come "Trainable Weka Segmentation: a machine learning tool for microscopy pixel classification" (2,553) and "SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS" (2,231).

Showing 50 of 59 papers. Every paper with more than 437 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 Photoacoustic Tomography: In Vivo Imaging from Organelles to Organs Lihong V. Wang, Song Hu · Science Open access 23 Mar 2012 4,338
2 Trainable Weka Segmentation: a machine learning tool for microscopy pixel classification Ignacio Arganda‐Carreras, Verena Kaynig, Curtis Rueden et al. · Bioinformatics 28 Mar 2017 2,553
3 SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS Daniel J. Eisenstein et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access244 authors 9 Aug 2011 2,231
4 CANDELS: THE COSMIC ASSEMBLY NEAR-INFRARED DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC LEGACY SURVEY Norman A. Grogin et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access107 authors Dec 2011 2,197
5 CANDELS: THE COSMIC ASSEMBLY NEAR-INFRARED DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC LEGACY SURVEY—THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS, IMAGING DATA PRODUCTS, AND MOSAICS Anton M. Koekemoer et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access124 authors Dec 2011 2,094
6 Star Formation in AEGIS Field Galaxies since z = 1.1: The Dominance of Gradually Declining Star Formation, and the Main Sequence of Star-forming Galaxies Kai G. Noeske et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 2 Apr 2007 1,978
7 The Iraf Data Reduction And Analysis System Doug Tody · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 13 Oct 1986 1,856
8 Collagen reorganization at the tumor-stromal interface facilitates local invasion Paolo P. Provenzano, Kevin W. Eliceiri, Jay M. Campbell et al. · BMC Medicine Open access Dec 2006 1,846
9 The spectrum of molecular nitrogen Alf Lofthus, Paul H. Krupenie · Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data 1977 1,655
10 A practical guide to photoacoustic tomography in the life sciences Lihong V. Wang, Junjie Yao · Nature Methods Open access 28 Jul 2016 1,421
11 Multiscale photoacoustic microscopy and computed tomography Lihong V. Wang · Nature Photonics Open access 28 Aug 2009 1,413
12 Collagen density promotes mammary tumor initiation and progression Paolo P. Provenzano, David R. Inman, Kevin W. Eliceiri et al. · BMC Medicine Open access 28 Apr 2008 1,412
13 Porphysome nanovesicles generated by porphyrin bilayers for use as multimodal biophotonic contrast agents Jonathan F. Lovell, Cheng S. Jin, Elizabeth Huynh et al. · Nature Materials 20 Mar 2011 1,366
14 Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Between Quantum Dot Donors and Dye-Labeled Protein Acceptors Aaron R. Clapp, Igor L. Medintz, J. Matthew Mauro et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society 13 Dec 2003 1,302
15 Overview of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys Arjun Dey et al. · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Preprint161 authors 25 Sep 2018 1,279
16 Metadata matters: access to image data in the real world Melissa Linkert, Curtis Rueden, Chris Allan et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology Open access 31 May 2010 1,141
17 THE STRUCTURE AND KINEMATICS OF THE CIRCUMGALACTIC MEDIUM FROM FAR-ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA OFz≃ 2-3 GALAXIES Charles C. Steidel, Dawn K. Erb, Alice E. Shapley et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 10 Jun 2010 1,056
18 In vivo multiphoton microscopy of NADH and FAD redox states, fluorescence lifetimes, and cellular morphology in precancerous epithelia Melissa C. Skala, Kristin M. Riching, Annette Gendron‐Fitzpatrick et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 27 Nov 2007 1,027
19 The Spectrum of Molecular Oxygen Paul H. Krupenie · Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data Apr 1972 970
20 Comparison of laser beam propagation at 785 nm and 1550 nm in fog and haze for optical wireless communications Isaac I. Kim, Bruce A. McArthur, Eric J. Korevaar · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 6 Feb 2001 904
21 Block Copolymer Thin Films: Physics and Applications Michael J. Fasolka, Anne M. Mayes · Annual Review of Materials Research Review Aug 2001 903
22 The ATLAS3D project - III. A census of the stellar angular momentum within the effective radius of early-type galaxies: unveiling the distribution of fast and slow rotators Éric Emsellem et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 16 May 2011 763
23 ASPCAP: THE APOGEE STELLAR PARAMETER AND CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES PIPELINE A. E. García Pérez et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access 23 May 2016 739
24 High-speed label-free functional photoacoustic microscopy of mouse brain in action Junjie Yao, Lidai Wang, Joon-Mo Yang et al. · Nature Methods Open access 30 Mar 2015 730
25 Matrix density-induced mechanoregulation of breast cell phenotype, signaling and gene expression through a FAK–ERK linkage Paolo P. Provenzano, David R. Inman, Kevin W. Eliceiri et al. · Oncogene Open access 12 Oct 2009 687
26 Cylindrical Dielectric Waveguide Modes* E. Snitzer · Journal of the Optical Society of America May 1961 683
27 Photoacoustic tomography and sensing in biomedicine Changhui Li, Lihong V. Wang · Physics in Medicine and Biology Open access Sep 2009 673
28 Single-shot compressed ultrafast photography at one hundred billion frames per second Liang S. Gao, Jinyang Liang, Chiye Li et al. · Nature Open access Dec 2014 638
29 The ATLAS3D project – I. A volume-limited sample of 260 nearby early-type galaxies: science goals and selection criteria Cappellari, M. et al. · Max Planck Digital Library May 2011 629
30 Swept confocally-aligned planar excitation (SCAPE) microscopy for high-speed volumetric imaging of behaving organisms Matthew B. Bouchard, Venkatakaushik Voleti, César S. Mendes et al. · Nature Photonics Open access 19 Jan 2015 622
31 Photoacoustic microscopy Junjie Yao, Lihong V. Wang · Laser & Photonics Review Open access 31 Jan 2013 620
32 UBIQUITOUS OUTFLOWS IN DEEP2 SPECTRA OF STAR-FORMING GALAXIES AT z = 1.4 Benjamin J. Weiner, Alison L. Coil, Jason Xavier Prochaska et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 10 Feb 2009 605
33 PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY: PRINCIPLES AND ADVANCES (Invited Review) Jun Xia, Junjie Yao, Lihong V. Wang · Electromagnetic waves Open access 2014 593
34 PCNN models and applications John L. Johnson, Mary Lou Padgett · IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks May 1999 587
35 The Modified Korteweg-de Vries Equation Miki Wadati · Journal of the Physical Society of Japan May 1973 578
36 Multi-oriented Text Detection with Fully Convolutional Networks Zheng Zhang, Chengquan Zhang, Wei Shen et al. Conference paper Jun 2016 575
37 Prospects of photoacoustic tomography Lihong V. Wang · Medical Physics Open access 19 Nov 2008 567
38 DeepContour: A deep convolutional feature learned by positive-sharing loss for contour detection Wei Shen, Xinggang Wang, Yan Wang et al. Conference paper Jun 2015 556
39 Short-Pulse Laser Damage in Transparent Materials as a Function of Pulse Duration An-Chun Tien, Sterling J Backus, Henry C. Kapteyn et al. · Physical Review Letters 10 May 1999 551
40 Simulating galactic outflows with thermal supernova feedback Claudio Dalla Vecchia, Joop Schaye · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 11 Sep 2012 548
41 Optical Maser Action of Nd+3 in a Barium Crown Glass E. Snitzer · Physical Review Letters 15 Dec 1961 532
42 Optical Properties of Pd−Ag and Pt−Ag Nanoboxes Synthesized via Galvanic Replacement Reactions Jingyi Chen, Benjamin J. Wiley, Joseph M. McLellan et al. · Nano Letters 14 Sep 2005 530
43 Time-reversed ultrasonically encoded optical focusing into scattering media Xiao Xu, Honglin Liu, Lihong V. Wang · Nature Photonics Open access 16 Jan 2011 528
44 Wet disc contraction to galactic blue nuggets and quenching to red nuggets Avishai Dekel, A. Burkert · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 21 Dec 2013 513
45 Relativistic ejecta from X-ray flash XRF 060218 and the rate of cosmic explosions A. M. Soderberg et al. · Nature Open access Aug 2006 513
46 Mechanical signaling through the cytoskeleton regulates cell proliferation by coordinated focal adhesion and Rho GTPase signaling Paolo P. Provenzano, Patricia J. Keely · Journal of Cell Science Open access 28 Mar 2011 508
47 PHIBSS: Unified Scaling Relations of Gas Depletion Time and Molecular Gas Fractions Linda J. Tacconi et al. · UCL Discovery (University College London) 2018 506
48 The 13th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-IV Survey Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory Franco D. Albareti et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access344 authors Dec 2017 506
49 Chemical Cartography with APOGEE: Metallicity Distribution Functions and the Chemical Structure of the Milky Way Disk Hayden, M. R. et al. · Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) 2015 489
50 The ATLAS3D project - II. Morphologies, kinemetric features and alignment between photometric and kinematic axes of early-type galaxies Davor Krajnović et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 14 Jun 2011 475

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