Top List of the ApJL Most Cited Persons 1996 (vol. 456-473) T 1 2 3 4+ A 1 M. J. Rees Cambridge, UK 84 19 46 16 3 54 2 R. S. Ellis Cambridge, UK 76 10 44 8 14 34 3 G. J. Fishman NASA/MSFC 72 24 2 13 33 32 4 J. P. Huchra Harvard-Smithsonian 67 5 17 24 21 41 5 A. R. Sandage Carnegie Observatories 61 43 13 3 2 29 6 L. L. Cowie U of Hawaii 61 25 21 10 5 35 7 J. van Paradijs U of Amsterdam 61 15 20 10 16 29 8 A. C. Fabian Cambridge, UK 59 21 23 12 3 32 9 G. P. Efstathiou Oxford, UK 57 16 27 12 2 41 10 B. Paczynski Princeton 56 40 13 2 1 31 11 R. D. Blandford Caltech 53 28 22 1 2 39 12 J. P. Ostriker Princeton 51 9 18 21 3 30 13 S. D. M. White MPA, Garching 50 14 12 16 8 38 14 J. H. Taylor Princeton 49 21 19 9 0 20 15 C. C. Steidel Caltech 48 31 11 6 0 24 16 W. H. G. Lewin MIT 48 16 9 6 17 21 17 A. Dressler Carnegie Observatories 47 25 4 6 12 31 18 D. Burstein Arizona State U 47 17 8 11 11 30 19 M. J. Geller Harvard-Smithsonian 47 5 26 15 1 28 20 S. E. Woosley U of California, Santa Cruz 44 27 10 2 5 22 21 C. A. Meegan NASA/MSFC 43 12 11 0 20 25 22 S. S. Holt NASA/GSFC 43 3 9 25 6 31 23 W. S. Paciesas U of Alabama 43 3 4 6 30 18 24 P. J. E. Peebles Princeton 42 29 11 2 0 30 25 S. J. Lilly U of Toronto 42 20 14 5 3 26 26 K. Matthews Palomar Observatory 42 9 2 18 13 30 27 B. A. Harmon NASA/MSFC 41 14 5 10 12 17 28 R. Genzel MPE, Garching 41 13 10 8 10 23 29 M. Livio STScI 41 11 17 12 1 22 30 S. R. Kulkarni Caltech 41 7 17 15 2 25 31 M. van der Klis U of Amsterdam 40 14 14 2 10 15 32 J. Silk U of California, Berkeley 40 7 24 8 1 30 T - total number of citations 1 - cited as the first author 2 - " " second " " 3 - " " third " " 4+ - " " fourth and more A - number of ApJL articles which cite this person