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Harold A. McAlister

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
81
Citations
21273
World Ranking
2954
National Ranking
1440

Harold A. McAlister publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Harold A. McAlister sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 358 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Harold A. McAlister D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Harold A. McAlister sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

Harold A. McAlister is affiliated with Georgia State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within physics and astronomy, with a focus on stellar, planetary, and galactic studies as well as astronomical observations and instrumentation.

The main fields of study in McAlister's work include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering

Within these broader fields, specific subfields addressed in their publications are:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Instrumentation

The primary topics covered encompass:

  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Harold A. McAlister has contributed to the literature with papers published in venues such as The Astrophysical Journal and UNC Libraries. Recent publications include:

  • "Interferometric Imaging of λ Andromedae: Evidence of Starspots and Rotation," 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Stellar diameters and temperatures - VI. High angular resolution measurements of the transiting exoplanet host stars HD 189733 and HD 209458 and implications for models of cool dwarfs," 2023, UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors in McAlister's work include:

  • Gail Schaefer
  • Theo A. ten Brummelaar
  • Stephen T. Ridgway
  • L. Sturmann
  • J. R. Parks

Best Publications

  • A SURVEY OF STELLAR FAMILIES: MULTIPLICITY OF SOLAR-TYPE STARS

    Deepak Raghavan;Harold A. McAlister;Todd J. Henry;David W. Latham

  • Stellar Diameters and Temperatures II. Main Sequence K & M Stars

    Tabetha S. Boyajian;Kaspar von Braun;Gerard van Belle;Harold A. McAlister

  • Stellar Diameters and Temperatures. II. Main-sequence K- and M-stars

    Tabetha S. Boyajian;Kaspar Von Braun;Gerard Van Belle;Harold A. McAlister

  • First Results from the CHARA Array. II. A Description of the Instrument

    T. A. ten Brummelaar;H. A. McAlister;S. T. Ridgway;W. G. Bagnuolo

  • First Results from the CHARA Array. II. A Description of the Instrument

    T. A. ten Brummelaar;H. A. McAlister;S. T. Ridgway;W. G. Bagnuolo

  • ICCD Speckle Observations of Binary Stars. XIX. An Astrometric/Spectroscopic Survey of O Stars

    Brian D. Mason;Douglas R. Gies;William I. Hartkopf;William G. Bagnuolo

  • Imaging the Surface of Altair

    John D. Monnier;M. Zhao;E. Pedretti;N. Thureau

  • Stellar Diameters and Temperatures III. Main Sequence A, F, G, & K Stars: Additional high-precision measurements and empirical relations

    Tabetha S. Boyajian;Kaspar von Braun;Gerard van Belle;Chris Farrington

  • Fundamental Properties of Stars using Asteroseismology from Kepler & CoRoT and Interferometry from the CHARA Array

    D. Huber;M. J. Ireland;T. R. Bedding;I. M. Brandão

  • Stellar Diameters and Temperatures I. Main Sequence A, F, & G Stars

    Tabetha S. Boyajian;Harold A. McAlister;Gerard van Belle;Douglas R. Gies

  • STELLAR DIAMETERS AND TEMPERATURES. III. MAIN-SEQUENCE A, F, G, AND K STARS: ADDITIONAL HIGH-PRECISION MEASUREMENTS AND EMPIRICAL RELATIONS

    Tabetha S. Boyajian;Tabetha S. Boyajian;Kaspar von Braun;Kaspar von Braun;Gerard van Belle;Chris Farrington

  • Fundamental properties of stars using asteroseismology from Kepler and CoRoT and interferometry from the CHARA Array

    D. Huber;D. Huber;M. J. Ireland;M. J. Ireland;M. J. Ireland;T. R. Bedding;I. M. Brandão

  • STELLAR DIAMETERS AND TEMPERATURES. I. MAIN-SEQUENCE A, F, AND G STARS

    Tabetha S. Boyajian;Harold A. McAlister;Gerard van Belle;Douglas R. Gies

  • First Results from the CHARA Array. VII. Long-Baseline Interferometric Measurements of Vega Consistent with a Pole-On, Rapidly Rotating Star

    J. P. Aufdenberg;A. Mérand;V. Coudé du Foresto;Olivier Absil

  • Binary Star Orbits from Speckle Interferometry. II. Combined Visual/Speckle Orbits of 28 Close Systems

    William I. Hartkopf;Harold A. McAlister;Otto G. Franz

  • The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. III. The Third Catalog of Interferometric Measurements of Binary Stars

    William I Hartkopf;Harold A McAlister;Brian D Mason

  • ICCD Speckle Observations of Binary Stars. X. A Further Survey for Duplicity Among the Bright Stars

    Harold A. McAlister;Brian D. Mason;William I. Hartkopf;Michael M. Shara

  • First Resolved Images of the Eclipsing and Interacting Binary β Lyrae

    M. Zhao;D. Gies;J. D. Monnier;N. Thureau

  • ICCD Speckle Observations of Binary Stars. IV. Measurements During 1986-1988 from the Kitt Peak 4-m Telescope

    William I. Hartkopf;Harold A. Mcalister;Brian D. Mason;Donald J. Barry

  • Binary Star Orbits From Speckle Interferometry. VII. The Multiple System XI Ursae Majoris

    Brian D. Mason;Harold A. McAlister;William I. Hartkopf;M. M. Shara

Frequent Co-Authors

T. ten Brummelaar
T. ten Brummelaar Georgia State University
Nils H. Turner
Nils H. Turner Georgia State University
John D. Monnier
John D. Monnier University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael J. Ireland
Michael J. Ireland Australian National University
Pierre Kervella
Pierre Kervella Université Paris Cité
David R. Ciardi
David R. Ciardi California Institute of Technology
Daniel Huber
Daniel Huber University of Hawaii at Manoa
Stephen R. Kane
Stephen R. Kane University of California, Riverside
Peter G. Tuthill
Peter G. Tuthill University of Sydney
Grzegorz Pietrzyński
Grzegorz Pietrzyński Polish Academy of Sciences

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