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Radio Astronomy

Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects and phenomena through the detection and analysis of naturally emitted radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation.

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High-resolution frequency-wavenumber spectrum analysis

J. Capon · Proceedings of the IEEE · 1969 · 6.2K citations

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Unified Schemes for Radio-Loud Active Galactic Nuclei

C. M. Urry, P. Padovani · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 1995 · 4.8K citations · Full text

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First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole

Kazunori Akiyama, A. Alberdi, W. Alef et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2019 · 4.2K citations · Full text

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Hydromagnetic flows from accretion discs and the production of radio jets

R. D. Blandford, D. G. Payne · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1982 · 4.1K citations · Full text

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The size distribution of interstellar grains

J. S. Mathis, William M. Rumpl, K. H. Nordsieck · The Astrophysical Journal · 1977 · 3.8K citations

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Authors

45.6K

  1. HJ
    H. J. A. Röttgering

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    327 publications · 25.3K citations

    81

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  2. MK
    M. Krämer

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    242 publications · 23.7K citations

    78

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  3. RN
    R. N. Manchester

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

    215 publications · 22.7K citations

    75

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  4. SJ
    S. Johnston

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

    220 publications · 18K citations

    72

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  5. BM
    B. M. Gaensler

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    224 publications · 18.3K citations

    71

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Institutions

3.8K

  1. National Radio Astronomy Observatory

    Charlottesville, United States

    186 h-index

    3.9K publications

    416.4K citations

  2. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    169 h-index

    5.1K publications

    487.3K citations

  3. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    167 h-index

    4.1K publications

    570.7K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

    Bonn, Germany

    156 h-index

    5.1K publications

    650.5K citations

  5. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    146 h-index

    3K publications

    265.2K citations

  6. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    146 h-index

    4.7K publications

    356.7K citations

  7. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    138 h-index

    3.7K publications

    278.2K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    137 h-index

    7.4K publications

    685.6K citations

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Venues

  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 8.4K publications · 548.6K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    5.2K publications · 296.4K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    2.6K publications · 153.1K citations

    148

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    552 publications · 56.4K citations

    126

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  5. Nature

    577 publications · 50.2K citations

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Radio Astronomy

Core Methods

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