A. Franceschini

20.5k citations

161 papers · 5.1k · 1 hit paper · h-index 38

Impact in

Instrumentation top 0.5%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 141
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 125
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 40
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 39
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 32
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology 21
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 18
Instrumentation 83
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 82

Co-authors: G. Fasano (8 shared papers)G. Rodighiero (34 shared papers)D. Elbaz (16 shared papers)C. J. Césarsky (18 shared papers)D. Fadda (14 shared papers)L. Danese (30 shared papers)G. Zamorani (21 shared papers)G. de Zotti (26 shared papers)
Journals: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (44 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (27 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (24 papers)The Astronomical Journal (3 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2 papers)
Partner nations: Italy Germany United States

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158 papers receiving 5.0k citations

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A multidimensional version of the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test 1987 · 646 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1987 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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1	A multidimensional version of the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·G. Fasano, A. Franceschini Hit paper breakdown →	1987	646
2	SWIRE: TheSIRTFWide‐Area Infrared Extragalactic Survey Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·Carol J. Lonsdale, H. E. Smith, M. Rowan-Robinson, J. Surace, D. L. Shupe, C. K. Xu, Seb Oliver, Deborah Padgett, Fan Fang, (unknown), A. Franceschini, Nick Gautier, Matt Griffin, (unknown), Frank J. Masci, G. Morrison, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), M. Pierre, (unknown), G. J. Stacey, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2003	365
3	GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at $z$ ~ 2 - II. Superdense passive galaxies: how did they form and evolve? Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) ·A. Cimatti, P. Cassata, L. Pozzetti, J. Kurk, M. Mignoli, A. Renzini, E. Daddi, M. Bolzonella, M. Brusa, (unknown), Mark Dickinson, A. Franceschini, G. Zamorani, S. Berta, (unknown), C. Halliday	2008	245
4	The bulk of the cosmic infrared background resolved by ISOCAM Astronomy and Astrophysics ·D. Elbaz, C. J. Césarsky, P. Chanial, (unknown), A. Franceschini, D. Fadda, Ranga‐Ram Chary	2002	240
5	Observations of the Hubble Deep Field with the Infrared Space Observatory - V. Spectral energy distributions, starburst models and star formation history Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·M. Rowan-Robinson, Robert G. Mann, Seb Oliver, A. Efstathiou, Nicholas R. Eaton, P. Goldschmidt, Bahram Mobasher, S. Serjeant, T. J. Sumner, L. Danese, D. Elbaz, A. Franceschini, E. Egami, M. Kontizas, A. Lawrence, R. G. McMahon, H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen, I. Pérez‐Fournon, J. I. González‐Serrano	1997	157
6	A long-wavelength view on galaxy evolution from deep surveys by the Infrared Space Observatory Astronomy and Astrophysics ·A. Franceschini, (unknown), C. J. Césarsky, D. Elbaz, D. Fadda	2001	137
7	The extragalactic background light revisited and the cosmic photon-photon opacity Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·A. Franceschini, G. Rodighiero	2017	121
8	An XMM-Newton hard X-ray survey of ultraluminous infrared galaxies Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. Franceschini, V. Braito, M. Persic, R. Della Ceca, L. Bassani, M. Cappi, P. Malaguti, G. G. C. Palumbo, G. Risaliti, M. Salvati, P. Severgnini	2003	117
9	The AGN contribution to mid-infrared surveys Astronomy and Astrophysics ·D. Fadda, H. Flores, G. Hasinger, A. Franceschini, B. Altieri, C. J. Césarsky, D. Elbaz, Ph. Ferrando	2002	87
10	FIRBACK: III. Catalog, source counts, and cosmological implications of the 170μm ISO deep survey Astronomy and Astrophysics ·H. Dole, R. Gispert, G. Lagache, J.‐L. Puget, F. R. Bouchet, C. J. Césarsky, P. Ciliegi, D. L. Clements, M. Dennefeld, F.–X. Désert, D. Elbaz, A. Franceschini, B. Guiderdoni, Martin Harwit, D. Lemke, A. F. M. Moorwood, S. Oliver, W. T. Reach, M. Rowan-Robinson, M. Stickel	2001	81
11	Early‐Type Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field: The Star Formation History The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Franceschini, L. Silva, G. Fasano, G. L. Granato, A. Bressan, S. Arnouts, L. Danese	1998	80
12	The AGN contribution to mid-infrared surveys. X-ray counterparts of the mid-IR sources in the Lockman Hole and HDF-N HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) ·D. Fadda, H. Flores, G. Hasinger, A. Franceschini, B. Altieri, C. J. Césarsky, D. Elbaz, Ph. Ferrando	2002	79
13	GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2 Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Stefan Noll, D. Pierini, A. Cimatti, E. Daddi, J. Kurk, M. Bolzonella, P. Cassata, C. Halliday, M. Mignoli, L. Pozzetti, A. Renzini, S. Berta, Mark Dickinson, A. Franceschini, G. Rodighiero, P. Rosati, G. Zamorani	2009	78
14	The XMM-Newton and BeppoSAX view of the Ultra Luminous Infrared Galaxy MKN 231 Astronomy and Astrophysics ·V. Braito, R. Della Ceca, E. Piconcelli, P. Severgnini, L. Bassani, M. Cappi, A. Franceschini, K. Iwasawa, G. Malaguti, P. Marziani, G. G. C. Palumbo, M. Persic, G. Risaliti, M. Salvati	2004	73
15	Constraints on the Extragalactic Infrared Background from Gamma-Ray Observations of Markarian 501 The Astrophysical Journal ·Todor Stanev, A. Franceschini	1998	68
16	Unveiling the nature of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies with 3-4 μm spectroscopy Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·G. Risaliti, R. Maiolino, A. Marconi, E. Sani, S. Berta, V. Braito, R. Della Ceca, A. Franceschini, M. Salvati	2005	66
17	A deep VLA survey at 20 cm of the ISO ELAIS survey regions Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·P. Ciliegi, R. G. McMahon, G. K. Miley, C. Gruppioni, M. Rowan-Robinson, C. J. Césarsky, L. Danese, A. Franceschini, R. Genzel, A. Lawrence, D. Lemke, S. Oliver, J.‐L. Puget, B. Rocca‐Volmerange	1999	62
18	Luminosity evolution and dust effects in distant galaxies: Implications for the observability of the early evolutionary phases The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Franceschini, P. Mazzei, G. de Zotti, L. Danese	1994	58
19	Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasars in theSpitzerWide-Area Infrared Extragalactic Survey (SWIRE) ELAIS N1 Field: Properties and Spectral Energy Distributions The Astronomical Journal ·E. Hatziminaoglou, I. Pérez‐Fournon, M. Polletta, A. Afonso-Luis, A. Hernán-Caballero, F. M. Montenegro‐Montes, Carol J. Lonsdale, C. K. Xu, A. Franceschini, M. Rowan-Robinson, T. Babbedge, H. E. Smith, J. Surace, D. L. Shupe, Fan Fang, D. Farrah, Seb Oliver, E. A. González-Solares, S. Serjeant	2005	57
20	The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): The Morphological Content and Environmental Dependence of the Galaxy Color‐Magnitude Relation at z ∼ 0.7 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·P. Cassata, L. Guzzo, A. Franceschini, N. Z. Scoville, P. Capak, Richard S. Ellis, Anton M. Koekemoer, H. J. McCracken, Bahram Mobasher, A. Renzini, E. Ricciardelli, M. Scodeggio, Y. Taniguchi, D. J. Thompson	2007	54

About A. Franceschini

A. Franceschini is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 161 papers that have together received 5.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (125 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (82 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (40 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (39 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (32 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (30 papers), Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (21 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (2.1k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (4.6k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.2k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (108 citations) and Statistics and Probability (49 citations). A. Franceschini has collaborated with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include G. Fasano, G. Rodighiero, D. Elbaz, C. J. Césarsky, D. Fadda, L. Danese, G. Zamorani, G. de Zotti, A. Renzini and M. Mignoli. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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