I. Hunter

3.6k citations
28 papers · 2.7k · 1 hit paper · h-index 19

Impact in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics top 5%
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
    • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
    • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Instrumentation

Papers in

Co-authors
C. J. Evans (17 shared papers)C. Trundle (11 shared papers)I. Brott (10 shared papers)N. Langer (10 shared papers)P. L. Dufton (16 shared papers)D. J. Lennon (17 shared papers)A. de Koter (7 shared papers)Robert S. I. Ryans (10 shared papers)
Journals
Astronomy and Astrophysics (16 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (3 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (1 paper)Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union (1 paper)UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (3 papers)
Partner nations
United KingdomUnited StatesSpain

In The Last Decade

I. Hunter

28 papers receiving 2.6k citations

I. Hunter's Hit Papers

Rotating massive main-sequence stars 2011 · 793 citations
7930+5+10Years since publication250500750
What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

  1. 2011 Astronomy and Astrophysics

Peers

I. Hunter
Comparison fields: 5 of 6
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 2.7k
  • Instrumentation 4
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 26
  • Computational Mechanics 4
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3
Replace S. Recchi with:
S. Recchi Austria
Jiřı́ Krtička Czechia
Abílio Mateus Júnior Brazil
Kazuya Saigo Japan
Ariyeh H. Maller United States
Douglas F. Watson United States
Hou-Jun Lü China
I. Arregui Spain
Meridith Joyce United States
Alicia Rouco Escorial United States
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Countries citing papers authored by I. Hunter

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Fields of papers citing papers by I. Hunter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside I. Hunter, 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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Rotating massive main-sequence stars
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·I. Brott, S. E. de Mink, Matteo Cantiello, N. Langer, A. de Koter, C. J. Evans, I. Hunter, C. Trundle
Hit paper breakdown →		2011793
2
The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: constraints on stellar evolution from the chemical compositions of rapidly rotating Galactic and Magellanic Cloud B-type stars
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·I. Hunter, I. Brott, N. Langer, D. J. Lennon, P. L. Dufton, Ian D. Howarth, Robert S. I. Ryans, C. Trundle
2009191
3
Rotating massive main-sequence stars
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·I. Brott, C. J. Evans, I. Hunter, A. de Koter, N. Langer, P. L. Dufton, Matteo Cantiello, C. Trundle
2011180
4
The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: evolution of surface N abundances and effective temperature scales in the Galaxy and Magellanic Clouds
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·C. Trundle, P. L. Dufton, I. Hunter, C. J. Evans, D. J. Lennon, Stephen J. Smartt, Robert S. I. Ryans
2007178
5
The VLT FLAMES Survey of Massive Stars: Rotation and Nitrogen Enrichment as the Key to Understanding Massive Star Evolution
The Astrophysical Journal ·I. Hunter, I. Brott, D. J. Lennon, N. Langer, P. L. Dufton, C. Trundle, Stephen J. Smartt, A. de Koter
2008178
6
Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium - I. Type Ibn (SN 2006jc-like) events
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. Pastorello, Seppo Mattila, Luca Zampieri, Massimo Della Valle, Stephen J. Smartt, Stefano Valenti, I. Agnoletto, S. Benetti
2008172
7
The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: atmospheric parameters and rotational velocity distributions for B-type stars in the Magellanic Clouds
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·I. Hunter, D. J. Lennon, P. L. Dufton, C. Trundle, S. Simón‐Díaz, Stephen J. Smartt, Robert S. I. Ryans, C. J. Evans
2008163
8
The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: Observations in the Galactic clusters NGC 3293, NGC 4755 and NGC 6611
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·C. J. Evans, Stephen J. Smartt, J.-K. Lee, D. J. Lennon, A. Kaufer, P. L. Dufton, C. Trundle, Artemio Herrero
2005161
9
The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: stellar parameters and rotational velocities in NGC 3293, NGC 4755 and NGC 6611
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. L. Dufton, S. J. Smartt, J.-K. Lee, Robert S. I. Ryans, I. Hunter, C. J. Evans, Artemio Herrero, C. Trundle
2006110
10
The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: surface chemical compositions of B-type stars in the Magellanic Clouds
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·I. Hunter, P. L. Dufton, Stephen J. Smartt, Robert S. I. Ryans, C. J. Evans, D. J. Lennon, C. Trundle, I. Hubený
200797
11
Rotating Massive Main-Sequence Stars II: Simulating a Population of LMC early B-type Stars as a Test of Rotational Mixing
UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) ·I. Brott, C. J. Evans, I. Hunter, A. de Koter, N. Langer, P. L. Dufton, Matteo Cantiello, C. Trundle
201185
12
Two type Ic supernovae in low-metallicity, dwarf galaxies: diversity of explosions
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·David R. Young, Stephen J. Smartt, Stefano Valenti, A. Pastorello, S. Benetti, Chris Benn, David Bersier, M. T. Botticella
201072
13
A census of massive stars in NGC 346
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. L. Dufton, C. J. Evans, I. Hunter, D. J. Lennon, F. R. N. Schneider
201952
14
Early-type stars observed in the ESO UVES Paranal Observatory Project - I. Interstellar Na I UV, Ti II and Ca II K observations
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·I. Hunter, Jonathan V. Smoker, Francis P. Keenan, C. Ledoux, Emmanuël Jehin, R. Cabanac, Claudio Melo, S. Bagnulo
200648
15
Detection of diffuse interstellar bands in M 31
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Martin Cordiner, N. L. J. Cox, C. Trundle, C. J. Evans, I. Hunter, Norbert Przybilla, Fabio Bresolin, Farid Salama
200840
16
Atmospheric parameters and rotational velocities for a sample of Galactic B-type supergiants
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Morgan Fraser, P. L. Dufton, I. Hunter, Robert S. I. Ryans
201039
17
Diffuse interstellar bands in M 33
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Martin Cordiner, Keith T. Smith, N. L. J. Cox, C. J. Evans, I. Hunter, Norbert Przybilla, Fabio Bresolin, Peter J. Sarre
200834
18
Rotation and Massive Close Binary Evolution
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union ·N. Langer, Matteo Cantiello, Sung-Chul Yoon, I. Hunter, I. Brott, D. J. Lennon, S. E. de Mink, Marcel Verheijdt
200733
19
A non-LTE analysis of the spectra of two narrow lined main sequence stars in the SMC
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·I. Hunter, P. L. Dufton, Robert S. I. Ryans, D. J. Lennon, W. R. J. Rolleston, I. Hubený, Thierry M. Lanz
200522
20
The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: atmospheric parameters and rotational velocity distributions for B-type stars in the Magellanic Clouds
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·I. Hunter, D. J. Lennon, P. L. Dufton, C. Trundle, S. Simón‐Díaz, S. J. Smartt, Robert S. I. Ryans, C. J. Evans
200914

About I. Hunter

I. Hunter is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Waste Management and Disposal, Infectious Diseases and Organic Chemistry, having authored 28 papers that have together received 2.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (23 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (4 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (2 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.7k citations), Instrumentation (4 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (26 citations), Computational Mechanics (4 citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (3 citations). I. Hunter has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Frequent co-authors include C. J. Evans, C. Trundle, I. Brott, N. Langer, P. L. Dufton, D. J. Lennon, A. de Koter, Robert S. I. Ryans, S. E. de Mink and Matteo Cantiello. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union and UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam).

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