J. Alves

46.4k citations
193 papers · 6.8k · 2 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

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

Papers in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 162
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 136
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 135
    • Astro and Planetary Science 54
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 24
  • Spectroscopy 33
    • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications 17
    • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure 17
Co-authors
C. J. Lada (57 shared papers)M. Lombardi (44 shared papers)Elizabeth A. Lada (18 shared papers)Stefan Meingast (31 shared papers)August Muench (7 shared papers)H. Bouy (16 shared papers)A. Hacar (14 shared papers)Alyssa Goodman (19 shared papers)
Journals
Astronomy and Astrophysics (67 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (30 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (6 papers)The Astronomical Journal (6 papers)Nature (5 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesAustriaGermany

In The Last Decade

J. Alves

174 papers receiving 6.4k citations

J. Alves's Hit Papers

Star formation near the Sun is driven by expansion of the Local Bubble 2022 · 141 citations
1410+5+10Years since publication100200300400
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. 2022 Nature
  2. 2010 The Astrophysical Journal

Peers

J. Alves
Comparison fields: 5 of 95
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 6.5k
  • Instrumentation 706
  • Spectroscopy 1.5k
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 313
  • Atmospheric Science 886
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Matthew R. Bate United Kingdom
Mark R. Krumholz United States
Christoph Federrath Australia
J. M. Diederik Kruijssen Germany
Adam K. Leroy United States
Gaspard Duchêne United States
Stefanie Walch Germany
Michael R. Meyer United States
H. Bouy Spain
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All Works

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1
ON THE STAR FORMATION RATES IN MOLECULAR CLOUDS
The Astrophysical Journal ·C. J. Lada, M. Lombardi, J. Alves
Hit paper breakdown →		2010445
2
Internal structure of a cold dark molecular cloud inferred from the extinction of background starlight
Nature ·J. Alves, C. J. Lada, Elizabeth A. Lada
2001249
3
The Luminosity and Mass Function of the Trapezium Cluster: From B Stars to the Deuterium‐burning Limit
The Astrophysical Journal ·August Muench, Elizabeth A. Lada, C. J. Lada, J. Alves
2002239
4
The mass function of dense molecular cores and the origin of the IMF
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·J. Alves, M. Lombardi, C. J. Lada
2006238
5
An ALMA study of the Orion Integral Filament
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·A. Hacar, M. Tafalla, Jan Forbrich, J. Alves, Stefan Meingast, Josefa E. Großschedl, P. S. Teixeira
2018152
6
Mapping the interstellar dust with near-infrared observations: An optimized multi-band technique
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·M. Lombardi, J. Alves
2001142
7
Star formation near the Sun is driven by expansion of the Local Bubble
Nature ·Catherine Zucker, Alyssa Goodman, J. Alves, Shmuel Bialy, Michael M. Foley, Joshua S. Speagle, Josefa Groβschedl, Douglas P. Finkbeiner, Andreas Burkert, Diana Khimey, Cameren Swiggum
Hit paper breakdown →		2022141
8
Infrared [ITAL]L[/ITAL]-Band Observations of the Trapezium Cluster: A Census of Circumstellar Disks and Candidate Protostars
The Astronomical Journal ·C. J. Lada, August Muench, Karl E. Haisch, Elizabeth A. Lada, J. Alves, E. V. Tollestrup, S. P. Willner
2000137
9
A compendium of distances to molecular clouds in the Star Formation Handbook
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Catherine Zucker, Joshua S. Speagle, Edward F. Schlafly, Gregory Green, Douglas P. Finkbeiner, Alyssa Goodman, J. Alves
2020136
10
A sub-parsec resolution simulation of the Milky Way: global structure of the interstellar medium and properties of molecular clouds
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Florent Renaud, F. Bournaud, Éric Emsellem, Bruce G. Elmegreen, Romain Teyssier, J. Alves, Damien Chapon, F. Combes, Avishai Dekel, J. M. Gabor, P. Hennebelle, Katarina Kraljic
2013132
11
The Nature of the Dense Core Population in the Pipe Nebula: Thermal Cores Under Pressure
The Astrophysical Journal ·C. J. Lada, August Muench, J. M. Rathborne, J. Alves, M. Lombardi
2008126
12
Near-Infrared Imaging of Embedded Clusters: NGC 1333
The Astronomical Journal ·C. J. Lada, J. Alves, Elizabeth A. Lada
1996124
13
BRITE-Constellation: Nanosatellites for Precision Photometry of Bright Stars
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·W. W. Weiß, S. M. Ruciński, A. F. J. Moffat, A. Schwarzenberg‐Czerny, Otto Koudelka, C. Cordell Grant, Robert Zee, R. Kuschnig, S. M. Mochnacki, J. M. Matthews, P. Orleański, A. A. Pamyatnykh, A. Pigulski, J. Alves, M. Guêdel, G. Handler, G. A. Wade, K. Zwintz, (unknown)
2014113
14
Herschel-Planckdust optical-depth and column-density maps
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. Lombardi, H. Bouy, J. Alves, C. J. Lada
2014112
15
A Galactic-scale gas wave in the solar neighbourhood
Nature ·J. Alves, Catherine Zucker, Alyssa Goodman, Joshua S. Speagle, Stefan Meingast, Thomas Robitaille, Douglas P. Finkbeiner, Edward F. Schlafly, Gregory Green
2020112
16
Molecular Excitation and Differential Gas‐Phase Depletions in the IC 5146 Dark Cloud
The Astrophysical Journal ·Edwin A. Bergin, David R. Ciardi, C. J. Lada, J. Alves, Elizabeth A. Lada
200198
17
Hipparcos distance estimates of the Ophiuchus and the Lupus cloud complexes
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. Lombardi, C. J. Lada, J. Alves
200893
18
2MASS wide field extinction maps
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. Lombardi, C. J. Lada, J. Alves
201092
19
THE BONES OF THE MILKY WAY
The Astrophysical Journal ·Alyssa Goodman, J. Alves, Christopher N. Beaumont, Robert A. Benjamin, Michelle A. Borkin, Andreas Burkert, T. M. Dame, James M. Jackson, Jens Kauffmann, Thomas Robitaille, Rowan J. Smith
201491
20
Extended stellar systems in the solar neighborhood
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Stefan Meingast, J. Alves, Alena Rottensteiner
202091

About J. Alves

J. Alves is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, Instrumentation, Atmospheric Science and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 193 papers that have together received 6.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (136 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (135 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (54 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (32 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (24 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (20 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (17 papers) and Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (6.5k citations), Instrumentation (706 citations), Spectroscopy (1.5k citations), Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (313 citations) and Atmospheric Science (886 citations). J. Alves has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Austria and Germany. Frequent co-authors include C. J. Lada, M. Lombardi, Elizabeth A. Lada, Stefan Meingast, August Muench, H. Bouy, A. Hacar, Alyssa Goodman, Catherine Zucker and J. M. Rathborne. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astronomical Journal and Nature.

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