A. Gal‐Yam

43.1k citations
214 papers · 6.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 48

Impact in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.2%
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
    • Astro and Planetary Science
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Instrumentation top 1%
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Papers in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 197
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 184
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 84
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 58
    • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 58
    • Astro and Planetary Science 22
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 14
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 59
    • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 54
Co-authors
Douglas C. Leonard (17 shared papers)S. B. Cenko (54 shared papers)E. O. Ofek (60 shared papers)A. V. Filippenko (42 shared papers)D. B. Fox (27 shared papers)S. R. Kulkarni (49 shared papers)M. M. Kasliwal (53 shared papers)P. Nugent (46 shared papers)
Journals
The Astrophysical Journal (49 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (37 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (15 papers)Nature (9 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (8 papers)
Partner nations
IsraelUnited StatesUnited Kingdom

In The Last Decade

A. Gal‐Yam

191 papers receiving 6.3k citations

A. Gal‐Yam's Hit Papers

Luminous Supernovae 2012 · 305 citations
3050+4+9Years since publication100200300
What are hit papers?

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

  • it has ≥500 total citations;
  • 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.
  1. 2012 Science

Peers

A. Gal‐Yam
Comparison fields: 5 of 62
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 6.5k
  • Instrumentation 601
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2.1k
  • Biophysics 24
  • Radiation 28
Replace R. J. Foley with:
R. J. Foley United States
J. Sollerman Sweden
M. Hamuy Chile
S. Benetti Italy
Keiichi Maeda Japan
S. B. Cenko United States
A. J. Levan United Kingdom
D. A. Howell United States
J. P. U. Fynbo Denmark
Aaron J. Barth United States
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside A. Gal‐Yam, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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#Work
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Luminous Supernovae
Science ·A. Gal‐Yam
Hit paper breakdown →		2012305
2
THE FIRST SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF TYPE Ibc SUPERNOVA MULTI-BAND LIGHT CURVES
The Astrophysical Journal ·M. R. Drout, Alicia Soderberg, A. Gal‐Yam, S. B. Cenko, D. B. Fox, Douglas C. Leonard, David J. Sand, Dae‐Sik Moon, (unknown), Yoav Green
2011220
3
A massive hypergiant star as the progenitor of the supernova SN 2005gl
Nature ·A. Gal‐Yam, Douglas C. Leonard
2009203
4
On the Progenitor of SN 2005gl and the Nature of Type IIn Supernovae
The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Gal‐Yam, Douglas C. Leonard, D. B. Fox, S. B. Cenko, A. M. Soderberg, Dae‐Sik Moon, David J. Sand, (unknown), Weidong Li, A. V. Filippenko, G. Aldering, Y. Copin
2007183
5
CALTECH CORE-COLLAPSE PROJECT (CCCP) OBSERVATIONS OF TYPE IIn SUPERNOVAE: TYPICAL PROPERTIES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THEIR PROGENITOR STARS
The Astrophysical Journal ·M. Kiewe, A. Gal‐Yam, (unknown), Douglas C. Leonard, J. Emilio Enriquez, S. B. Cenko, D. B. Fox, Dae‐Sik Moon, David J. Sand, Alicia Soderberg, (unknown)
2011157
6
SN 2006gy: An Extremely Luminous Supernova in the Galaxy NGC 1260
The Astrophysical Journal ·E. O. Ofek, P. B. Cameron, M. M. Kasliwal, A. Gal‐Yam, A. Rau, S. R. Kulkarni, D. A. Frail, P. Chandra, S. B. Cenko, A. M. Soderberg, S. Immler
2007155
7
A Wolf–Rayet-like progenitor of SN 2013cu from spectral observations of a stellar wind
Nature ·A. Gal‐Yam, (unknown), E. O. Ofek, Sagi Ben-Ami, S. B. Cenko, M. M. Kasliwal, Y. Cao, O. Yaron, D. Tal, J. M. Silverman, A. Horesh, A. De, F. Taddia, J. Sollerman, D. A. Perley, P. M. Vreeswijk, S. R. Kulkarni, P. Nugent, A. V. Filippenko, J. C. Wheeler
2014153
8
Circumstellar Material in Type Ia Supernovae via Sodium Absorption Features
Science ·A. Sternberg, A. Gal‐Yam, Joshua D. Simon, Douglas C. Leonard, R. Quimby, M. M. Phillips, N. Morrell, I. B. Thompson, Inese I. Ivans, J. L. Marshall, A. V. Filippenko, Geoffrey W. Marcy, J. S. Bloom, F. Patat, R. J. Foley, David Yong, Bryan E. Penprase, Daniel J. Beeler, Carlos Allende Prieto, Guy S. Stringfellow
2011139
9
A non-spherical core in the explosion of supernova SN 2004dj
Nature ·Douglas C. Leonard, A. V. Filippenko, M. Ganeshalingam, Franklin J. D. Serduke, Weidong Li, Brandon Swift, A. Gal‐Yam, R. J. Foley, D. B. Fox, Sung Park, Jennifer L. Hoffman, D. S. Wong
2006127
10
PRECURSORS PRIOR TO TYPE IIn SUPERNOVA EXPLOSIONS ARE COMMON: PRECURSOR RATES, PROPERTIES, AND CORRELATIONS
The Astrophysical Journal ·E. O. Ofek, M. Sullivan, Nir J. Shaviv, Aviram Steinbok, (unknown), A. Gal‐Yam, D. Tal, S. R. Kulkarni, P. Nugent, Sagi Ben-Ami, M. M. Kasliwal, S. B. Cenko, Russ R. Laher, J. Surace, J. S. Bloom, A. V. Filippenko, J. M. Silverman, O. Yaron
2014127
11
An outburst from a massive star 40 days before a supernova explosion
Nature ·E. O. Ofek, M. Sullivan, S. B. Cenko, M. M. Kasliwal, A. Gal‐Yam, S. R. Kulkarni, (unknown), Lars Bildsten, J. S. Bloom, A. Horesh, D. A. Howell, A. V. Filippenko, Russ R. Laher, D. Murray, Ehud Nakar, P. Nugent, J. M. Silverman, Nir J. Shaviv, J. Surace, O. Yaron
2013125
12
Constraints on the ejecta of the GW170817 neutron star merger from its electromagnetic emission
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Eli Waxman, E. O. Ofek, Doron Kushnir, A. Gal‐Yam
2018112
13
An Asymmetric Energetic Type Ic Supernova Viewed Off-Axis, and a Link to Gamma Ray Bursts
Science ·P. A. Mazzali, Koji S. Kawabata, Keiichi Maeda, K. Nomoto, A. V. Filippenko, E. Ramírez-Ruiz, S. Benetti, E. Pian, Jinsong Deng, Nozomu Tominaga, Youichi Ohyama, Masanori Iye, R. J. Foley, T. Matheson, Lifan Wang, A. Gal‐Yam
2005106
14
The sub-energetic γ-ray burst GRB 031203 as a cosmic analogue to the nearby GRB 980425
Nature ·A. M. Soderberg, S. R. Kulkarni, E. Berger, D. B. Fox, M. Šako, D. A. Frail, A. Gal‐Yam, Dae‐Sik Moon, S. B. Cenko, S. A. Yost, M. M. Phillips, S. E. Persson, Wendy L. Freedman, P. Wyatt, Ray Jayawardhana, Diane B. Paulson
2004104
15
The Local Rate and the Progenitor Lifetimes of Short‐Hard Gamma‐Ray Bursts: Synthesis and Predictions for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational‐Wave Observatory
The Astrophysical Journal ·Ehud Nakar, A. Gal‐Yam, D. B. Fox
200698
16
The bolometric light curves and physical parameters of stripped-envelope supernovae
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·S. Prentice, P. A. Mazzali, E. Pian, A. Gal‐Yam, S. R. Kulkarni, A. Rubin, A. Corsi, C. Fremling, J. Sollerman, O. Yaron, (unknown), Wei Zheng, M. M. Kasliwal, A. V. Filippenko, S. B. Cenko, Y. Cao, P. Nugent
201692
17
Orphan Gamma‐Ray Burst Radio Afterglows: Candidates and Constraints on Beaming
The Astrophysical Journal ·Amir Levinson, E. O. Ofek, Eli Waxman, A. Gal‐Yam
200286
18
THE TYPE IIb SUPERNOVA 2013df AND ITS COOL SUPERGIANT PROGENITOR
The Astronomical Journal ·Schuyler D. Van Dyk, WeiKang Zheng, Ori D. Fox, S. B. Cenko, K. I. Clubb, A. V. Filippenko, R. J. Foley, Adam A. Miller, Nathan Smith, Patrick L. Kelly, William H. Lee, Sagi Ben-Ami, A. Gal‐Yam
201485
19
Hubble Space Telescope spectra of the Type Ia supernova SN 2011fe: a tail of low-density, high-velocity material with Z < Z⊙
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·P. A. Mazzali, M. Sullivan, Stephan Hachinger, Richard S. Ellis, P. Nugent, D. A. Howell, A. Gal‐Yam, K. Maguire, Jeff Cooke, R. C. Thomas, K. Nomoto, E. S. Walker
201484
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CALTECH CORE-COLLAPSE PROJECT (CCCP) OBSERVATIONS OF TYPE II SUPERNOVAE: EVIDENCE FOR THREE DISTINCT PHOTOMETRIC SUBTYPES
The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·(unknown), A. Gal‐Yam, S. B. Cenko, D. B. Fox, Douglas C. Leonard, Dae‐Sik Moon, David J. Sand, Alicia Soderberg, M. Kiewe, O. Yaron, Adam Becker, Raphael Scheps, G. Birenbaum, Daniel Chamudot, Jonathan Zhou
201284

About A. Gal‐Yam

A. Gal‐Yam is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, having authored 214 papers that have together received 6.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (184 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (84 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (58 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (58 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (54 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (22 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (20 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (6.5k citations), Instrumentation (601 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (2.1k citations), Biophysics (24 citations) and Radiation (28 citations). A. Gal‐Yam has collaborated with scholars based in Israel, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Douglas C. Leonard, S. B. Cenko, E. O. Ofek, A. V. Filippenko, D. B. Fox, S. R. Kulkarni, M. M. Kasliwal, P. Nugent, M. Sullivan and Dae‐Sik Moon. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nature and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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