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Researchers at United States Naval Observatory

William I. Hartkopf, D. G. Monet and Robert B. Hindsley rank highest among 60 ranked researchers whose main affiliation is United States Naval Observatory.

The ranking

  1. 1 William I. HartkopfUnited States · #29,966 worldwide540 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 D. G. MonetUnited States · #37,008 worldwide442 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Robert B. HindsleyUnited States · #40,478 worldwide731 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Jeffrey A. MunnUnited States · #44,083 worldwide1.2k citations · 31 works
  5. 5 G. S. HennessyUnited States · #55,789 worldwide912 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Brian D. MasonUnited States · #57,064 worldwide405 citations · 60 works
  7. 7 Jeffrey R. PierUnited States · #70,090 worldwide1.3k citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Hugh C. HarrisUnited States · #76,095 worldwide515 citations · 63 works
  9. 9 C. A. HummelUnited States · #102,115 worldwide343 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 P. K. SeidelmannUnited States · #131,346 worldwide225 citations · 83 works
  11. 11 A. L. FeyUnited States · #188,972 worldwide262 citations · 61 works
  12. 12 F. J. VrbaUnited States · #226,442 worldwide247 citations · 56 works
  13. 13 James L. HiltonUnited States · #306,308 worldwide82 citations · 27 works
  14. 14 R. S. HarringtonUnited States · #319,611 worldwide109 citations · 36 works
  15. 15 J. A. BensonUnited States · #327,151 worldwide174 citations · 49 works
  16. 16 G. M. R. WinklerUnited States · #329,856 worldwide196 citations · 15 works
  17. 17 D. J. HutterUnited States · #375,418 worldwide178 citations · 53 works
  18. 18 Marc A. MurisonUnited States · #410,455 worldwide13 citations · 28 works
  19. 19 K. Aa. StrandUnited States · #418,254 worldwide75 citations · 33 works
  20. 20 R. T. ZavalaUnited States · #423,786 worldwide178 citations · 31 works
  21. 21 G. L. WycoffUnited States · #425,364 worldwide132 citations · 16 works
  22. 22 R. A. GaumeUnited States · #493,037 worldwide209 citations · 54 works
  23. 23 S. E. UrbanUnited States · #501,937 worldwide69 citations · 38 works
  24. 24 T. E. CorbinUnited States · #546,122 worldwide29 citations · 22 works
  25. 25 Charles E. WorleyUnited States · #556,986 worldwide68 citations · 22 works
  26. 26 G. M. ClemenceUnited States · #558,510 worldwide57 citations · 28 works
  27. 27 C. B. LuginbuhlUnited States · #597,503 worldwide126 citations · 17 works
  28. 28 Demetrios MatsakisUnited States · #633,929 worldwide104 citations · 67 works
  29. 29 M. E. GermainUnited States · #653,082 worldwide34 citations · 15 works
  30. 30 C. C. DahnUnited States · #653,660 worldwide105 citations · 40 works
  31. 31 Dennis D. McCarthyUnited States · #766,279 worldwide41 citations · 29 works
  32. 32 F. J. VrbaUnited States · #785,589 worldwide98 citations · 27 works
  33. 33 Steven J. DickUnited States · #810,183 worldwide73 citations · 96 works
  34. 34 L. A. BreakironUnited States · #827,970 worldwide15 citations · 19 works
  35. 35 N. ZachariasUnited States · #864,584 worldwide85 citations · 56 works
  36. 36 В. В. МакаровUnited States · #872,198 worldwide140 citations · 61 works
  37. 37 J. T. ArmstrongUnited States · #881,468 worldwide53 citations · 28 works
  38. 38 T. C. van FlandernUnited States · #889,535 worldwide40 citations · 16 works
  39. 39 D. A. BoboltzUnited States · #902,804 worldwide63 citations · 28 works
  40. 40 T. J. RaffertyUnited States · #904,954 worldwide31 citations · 15 works
  41. 41 Brian LuzumUnited States · #941,536 worldwide39 citations · 15 works
  42. 42 D. R. FlorkowskiUnited States · #962,737 worldwide16 citations · 17 works
  43. 43 W. J. KlepczyńskiUnited States · #999,218 worldwide32 citations · 33 works
  44. 44 Michael EfroimskyUnited States · #1,078,310 worldwide67 citations · 31 works
  45. 45 Christopher R. EkstromUnited States · #1,083,619 worldwide34 citations · 19 works
  46. 46 D. D. McCarthyUnited States · #1,104,756 worldwide34 citations · 36 works
  47. 47 R. E. SchmidtUnited States · #1,122,764 worldwide15 citations · 20 works
  48. 48 Clayton SmithUnited States · #1,172,985 worldwide20 citations · 20 works
  49. 49 G. G. DouglassUnited States · #1,197,777 worldwide15 citations · 15 works
  50. 50 T. J. J. SeeUnited States · #1,213,194 worldwide29 citations · 69 works
  51. 51 D. PascuUnited States · #1,272,832 worldwide13 citations · 24 works
  52. 52 Ronald C. StoneUnited States · #1,282,631 worldwide42 citations · 26 works
  53. 53 H. H. GuetterUnited States · #1,289,059 worldwide43 citations · 15 works
  54. 54 J. C. HammondUnited States · #1,344,092 worldwide2 citations · 21 works
  55. 55 P. F. ChugainovUnited States · #1,397,058 worldwide28 citations · 29 works
  56. 56 E. FrisbyUnited States · #1,422,381 worldwide0 citations · 22 works
  57. 57 J. A. HughesUnited States · #1,424,687 worldwide5 citations · 21 works
  58. 58 J. M. GillissUnited States · #1,425,459 worldwide2 citations · 23 works
  59. 59 G. H. KaplanUnited States · #1,426,146 worldwide6 citations · 23 works
  60. 60 Nathan J. SecrestUnited States · #1,542,873 worldwide13 citations · 27 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.

0204060mean 5.012works (log) →citations per work →William I. Hartkopf: 65, 8.3D. G. Monet: 54, 8.2Robert B. Hindsley: 33, 22.2Jeffrey A. Munn: 31, 37.7G. S. Hennessy: 30, 30.4Brian D. Mason: 60, 6.8Jeffrey R. Pier: 25, 53.5Hugh C. Harris: 63, 8.2C. A. Hummel: 53, 6.5P. K. Seidelmann: 83, 2.7A. L. Fey: 61, 4.3F. J. Vrba: 56, 4.4James L. Hilton: 27, 3.0R. S. Harrington: 36, 3.0J. A. Benson: 49, 3.6G. M. R. Winkler: 15, 13.1D. J. Hutter: 53, 3.4Marc A. Murison: 28, 0.5K. Aa. Strand: 33, 2.3R. T. Zavala: 31, 5.7G. L. Wycoff: 16, 8.2R. A. Gaume: 54, 3.9S. E. Urban: 38, 1.8T. E. Corbin: 22, 1.3Charles E. Worley: 22, 3.1G. M. Clemence: 28, 2.0C. B. Luginbuhl: 17, 7.4Demetrios Matsakis: 67, 1.6M. E. Germain: 15, 2.3C. C. Dahn: 40, 2.6Dennis D. McCarthy: 29, 1.4F. J. Vrba: 27, 3.6Steven J. Dick: 96, 0.8L. A. Breakiron: 19, 0.8N. Zacharias: 56, 1.5В. В. Макаров: 61, 2.3J. T. Armstrong: 28, 1.9T. C. van Flandern: 16, 2.5D. A. Boboltz: 28, 2.2T. J. Rafferty: 15, 2.1Brian Luzum: 15, 2.6D. R. Florkowski: 17, 0.9W. J. Klepczyński: 33, 1.0Michael Efroimsky: 31, 2.2Christopher R. Ekstrom: 19, 1.8D. D. McCarthy: 36, 0.9R. E. Schmidt: 20, 0.8Clayton Smith: 20, 1.0G. G. Douglass: 15, 1.0T. J. J. See: 69, 0.4D. Pascu: 24, 0.5Ronald C. Stone: 26, 1.6H. H. Guetter: 15, 2.9J. C. Hammond: 21, 0.1P. F. Chugainov: 29, 1.0E. Frisby: 22, 0.0J. A. Hughes: 21, 0.2J. M. Gilliss: 23, 0.1G. H. Kaplan: 23, 0.3Nathan J. Secrest: 27, 0.5Jeffrey A. MunnRobert B. HindsleyWilliam I. HartkopfD. G. Monet
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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.