B. W. Stappers

35.7k citations

287 papers · 7.8k · 2 hit papers · h-index 46

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.1%
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 1%
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 276
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 242
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology 114
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 80
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 71
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 21
Nuclear and High Energy Physics 76
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 70

Co-authors: M. Krämer (104 shared papers)A. G. Lyne (68 shared papers)C. Bassa (52 shared papers)G. H. Janssen (33 shared papers)P. Weltevrede (43 shared papers)E. F. Keane (26 shared papers)M. Bailes (27 shared papers)J. W. T. Hessels (34 shared papers)
Journals: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (115 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (32 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (21 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (5 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters (5 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Germany Netherlands

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B. W. Stappers

258 papers receiving 7.4k citations

B. W. Stappers's Hit Papers

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Gravitational Wave Astronomy with the SKA 2015 · 282 citations

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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.

2015 Research Explorer (The University of Manchester)
2013 Science

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1	A Population of Fast Radio Bursts at Cosmological Distances Science ·D. Thornton, B. W. Stappers, M. Bailes, Benjamin R. Barsdell, S. D. Bates, N. D. R. Bhat, M. Burgay, Sarah Burke-Spolaor, D. J. Champion, Peter De Coster, N. D’Amico, A. Jameson, S. Johnston, M. J. Keith, M. Krämer, L. Levin, S. Milia, Cherry Ng, Andrea Possenti, W. van Straten Hit paper breakdown →	2013	593
2	Switched Magnetospheric Regulation of Pulsar Spin-Down Science ·A. G. Lyne, G. Hobbs, M. Krämer, I. H. Stairs, B. W. Stappers	2010	304
3	Gravitational Wave Astronomy with the SKA Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) ·G. H. Janssen, G. Hobbs, M. A. McLaughlin, C. Bassa, Adam T. Deller, M. Krämer, Keija Lee, Chiara M. F. Mingarelli, P. A. Rosado, S. A. Sanidas, Alberto Sesana, Lijing Shao, I. H. Stairs, B. W. Stappers, J. P. W. Verbiest Hit paper breakdown →	2015	282
4	On the origin of a highly dispersed coherent radio burst Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters ·E. F. Keane, B. W. Stappers, M. Krämer, A. G. Lyne	2012	154
5	Pulsar Searches And Timing With The Square Kilometre Array The Research Repository @ WVU (West Virginia University) ·R. Smits, M. Krämer, B. W. Stappers, D. R. Lorimer, J. M. Cordes, A. J. Faulkner	2008	148
6	45 years of rotation of the Crab pulsar Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. G. Lyne, C. A. Jordan, Francis Graham-Smith, C. M. Espinoza, B. W. Stappers, P. Weltevrede	2014	148
7	Possible periodic activity in the repeating FRB 121102 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Kaustubh Rajwade, M. B. Mickaliger, B. W. Stappers, V Morello, Devansh Agarwal, C. Bassa, R. P. Breton, Manisha Caleb, A. Karastergiou, E. F. Keane, D. R. Lorimer	2020	146
8	A state change in the low-mass X-ray binary XSS J12270−4859 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·C. Bassa, Alessandro Patruno, J. W. T. Hessels, E. F. Keane, Berto Monard, E. K. Mahony, Slavko Bogdanov, S. Corbel, P. G. Edwards, Anne M. Archibald, G. H. Janssen, B. W. Stappers, Shriharsh P. Tendulkar	2014	143
9	Placing limits on the stochastic gravitational-wave background using European Pulsar Timing Array data Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Rutger van Haasteren, Y. Levin, G. H. Janssen, K. Lazaridis, M. Krämer, B. W. Stappers, G. Desvignes, M. B. Purver, A. G. Lyne, R. D. Ferdman, A. Jessner, I. Cognard, G. Theureau, N. D’Amico, Andrea Possenti, M. Burgay, A. Corongiu, J. W. T. Hessels, R. Smits, J. P. W. Verbiest	2011	137
10	A STATE CHANGE IN THE MISSING LINK BINARY PULSAR SYSTEM PSR J1023+0038 The Astrophysical Journal ·B. W. Stappers, Anne M. Archibald, J. W. T. Hessels, C. Bassa, Slavko Bogdanov, G. H. Janssen, V. M. Kaspi, A. G. Lyne, Alessandro Patruno, Shriharsh P. Tendulkar, A. B. Hill, T. Glanzman	2014	130
11	Rotating Radio Transients: new discoveries, timing solutions and musings Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·E. F. Keane, M. Krämer, A. G. Lyne, B. W. Stappers, M. A. McLaughlin	2011	112
12	Constraints on cosmic string tension imposed by the limit on the stochastic gravitational wave background from the European Pulsar Timing Array Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology ·S. A. Sanidas, Richard A. Battye, B. W. Stappers	2012	111
13	Gravitational wave astronomy of single sources with a pulsar timing array Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Kejia Lee, Norbert Wex, M. Krämer, B. W. Stappers, C. Bassa, G. H. Janssen, R. Karuppusamy, R. Smits	2011	100
14	Transformation of a Star into a Planet in a Millisecond Pulsar Binary Science ·M. Bailes, S. D. Bates, V. Bhalerao, N. D. R. Bhat, M. Burgay, Sarah Burke-Spolaor, N. D’Amico, S. Johnston, M. J. Keith, M. Krämer, S. R. Kulkarni, L. Levin, A. G. Lyne, S. Milia, Andrea Possenti, Lee R. Spitler, B. W. Stappers, W. van Straten	2011	92
15	Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·B. W. Stappers, J. W. T. Hessels, A. Alexov, Kevin D. Anderson, Thijs Coenen, (unknown)	2011	91
16	A NEW ACCRETION DISK AROUND THE MISSING LINK BINARY SYSTEM PSR J1023+0038 The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Alessandro Patruno, Anne M. Archibald, J. W. T. Hessels, Slavko Bogdanov, B. W. Stappers, C. Bassa, G. H. Janssen, V. M. Kaspi, Shriharsh P. Tendulkar, A. G. Lyne	2013	90
17	Probing the Eclipse Region of a Binary Millisecond Pulsar The Astrophysical Journal ·B. W. Stappers, M. Bailes, A. G. Lyne, R. N. Manchester, N. D’Amico, Thomas M. Tauris, D. R. Lorimer, S. Johnston, J. S. Sandhu	1996	89
18	DISCOVERY OF PSR J1227−4853: A TRANSITION FROM A LOW-MASS X-RAY BINARY TO A REDBACK MILLISECOND PULSAR The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Jayanta Roy, Paul S. Ray, Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, B. W. Stappers, Jayaram N. Chengalur, J. S. Deneva, F. Camilo, T. J. Johnson, M. T. Wolff, J. W. T. Hessels, C. Bassa, E. F. Keane, E. C. Ferrara, A. K. Harding, K. S. Wood	2015	89
19	Evolution of the Magnetic Field Structure of the Crab Pulsar Science ·A. G. Lyne, Francis Graham-Smith, P. Weltevrede, Christine Jordan, B. W. Stappers, C. Bassa, M. Krämer	2013	85
20	ACCRETION-POWERED PULSATIONS IN AN APPARENTLY QUIESCENT NEUTRON STAR BINARY The Astrophysical Journal ·Anne M. Archibald, Slavko Bogdanov, Alessandro Patruno, J. W. T. Hessels, Adam T. Deller, C. Bassa, G. H. Janssen, Vicky Kaspi, A. G. Lyne, B. W. Stappers, Shriharsh P. Tendulkar, Caroline D’Angelo, R. Wijnands	2015	85

About B. W. Stappers

B. W. Stappers is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Oceanography, Geophysics and Aerospace Engineering, having authored 287 papers that have together received 7.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (242 papers), Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (114 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (80 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (71 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (70 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (54 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (35 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (7.5k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (2.1k citations), Oceanography (1.2k citations), Geophysics (1.2k citations) and Instrumentation (116 citations). B. W. Stappers has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include M. Krämer, A. G. Lyne, C. Bassa, G. H. Janssen, P. Weltevrede, E. F. Keane, M. Bailes, J. W. T. Hessels, I. H. Stairs and S. Johnston. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal Letters and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters.

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