Frans Pretorius
Impact in
- Astronomy and Astrophysics top 1%
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
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- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Papers in
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- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 61
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories 45
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 36
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 19
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 5
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- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics 49
- Co-authors
- Nicolas Yunes (14 shared papers)William E. East (16 shared papers)Luis Lehner (13 shared papers)Kent Yagi (3 shared papers)Alessandra Buonanno (2 shared papers)Matthew W. Choptuik (8 shared papers)Fethi M. Ramazanoğlu (6 shared papers)Gregory B. Cook (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Physical review. D (23 papers)Physical Review Letters (13 papers)Classical and Quantum Gravity (7 papers)Physics Letters B (2 papers)Journal of Computational Physics (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesCanadaGermany
In The Last Decade
Frans Pretorius
89 papers receiving 6.8k citations
Frans Pretorius's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 47
- Astronomy and Astrophysics 6.6k
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3.6k
- Geophysics 497
- Oceanography 440
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 449
Countries citing papers authored by Frans Pretorius
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Fields of papers citing papers by Frans Pretorius
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Frans Pretorius, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evolution of Binary Black-Hole Spacetimes Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 1003 |
| 2 | Theoretical physics implications of the binary black-hole mergers GW150914 and GW151226 Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 503 |
| 3 | 2007 | 383 | |
| 4 | 2009 | 371 | |
| 5 | 2005 | 255 | |
| 6 | 2009 | 246 | |
| 7 | 2017 | 240 | |
| 8 | 2011 | 186 | |
| 9 | 2010 | 162 | |
| 10 | 2016 | 154 | |
| 11 | 2009 | 134 | |
| 12 | 2008 | 129 | |
| 13 | 2007 | 126 | |
| 14 | 2008 | 121 | |
| 15 | 2009 | 111 | |
| 16 | 2006 | 109 | |
| 17 | 2010 | 109 | |
| 18 | 2009 | 108 | |
| 19 | 2016 | 96 | |
| 20 | 2017 | 92 |
About Frans Pretorius
Frans Pretorius is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geophysics, Computational Mechanics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, having authored 91 papers that have together received 7.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (61 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (49 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (45 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (36 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (19 papers), Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (6 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (5 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (6.6k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (3.6k citations), Geophysics (497 citations), Oceanography (440 citations) and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (449 citations). Frans Pretorius has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Nicolas Yunes, William E. East, Luis Lehner, Kent Yagi, Alessandra Buonanno, Matthew W. Choptuik, Fethi M. Ramazanoğlu, Gregory B. Cook, Ulrich Sperhake and Emanuele Berti. Their work appears in journals such as Physical review. D, Physical Review Letters, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Physics Letters B and Journal of Computational Physics.
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