M. Hoeft

12.6k citations

150 papers · 10.7k · 4 hit papers · h-index 54

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 1%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 140
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 80
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology 43
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 24
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 17
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics 4
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 4
Nuclear and High Energy Physics 56
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 51
- Nuclear physics research studies 5

Co-authors: Marcus Brüggen (46 shared papers)Reinout J. van Weeren (42 shared papers)Huub J. A. Röttgering (29 shared papers)Gustavo Yepes (9 shared papers)Stefan Gottlöber (6 shared papers)Huib T. Intema (11 shared papers)Volker Springel (1 shared paper)F. Vazza (10 shared papers)
Journals: Astronomy and Astrophysics (55 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (43 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (8 papers)Nuclear Physics A (3 papers)Nature (2 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Netherlands Italy

In The Last Decade

M. Hoeft

147 papers receiving 10.3k citations

M. Hoeft's Hit Papers

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The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey 2022 · 410 citations

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.

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
2018 Astronomy and Astrophysics
2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
2013 Astronomy and Astrophysics

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1	LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. P. van Haarlem, Michael W. Wise, André W. Gunst, George H. Heald, J. P. McKean, Jason W. T. Hessels, A. Ger De Bruyn, R. Nijboer Hit paper breakdown →	2013	2272
2	The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Astronomy and Astrophysics ·T. W. Shimwell, Huub J. A. Röttgering, P. N. Best, Wendy L. Williams, Tammo Jan Dijkema, F. de Gasperin, Martin Hardcastle, George H. Heald Hit paper breakdown →	2016	559
3	The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Astronomy and Astrophysics ·T. W. Shimwell, Cyril Tasse, Martin Hardcastle, A. P. Mechev, Wendy L. Williams, P. N. Best, Huub J. A. Röttgering, Joseph Callingham Hit paper breakdown →	2018	525
4	The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Astronomy and Astrophysics ·T. W. Shimwell, Martin Hardcastle, Cyril Tasse, P. N. Best, Huub J. A. Röttgering, Wendy L. Williams, A. Botteon, A. Drabent Hit paper breakdown →	2022	410
5	Particle Acceleration on Megaparsec Scales in a Merging Galaxy Cluster Science ·Reinout J. van Weeren, Huub J. A. Röttgering, Marcus Brüggen, M. Hoeft	2010	339
6	Dwarf galaxies in voids: suppressing star formation with photoheating Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·M. Hoeft, Gustavo Yepes, Stefan Gottlöber, Volker Springel	2006	251
7	The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey - I. Survey Description and Preliminary Data Release Open Research Online - ORO (The Open University) ·T. W. Shimwell, Huub J. A. Röttgering, P. N. Best, Wendy L. Williams, Tammo Jan Dijkema, F. de Gasperin, Martin Hardcastle, George H. Heald	2016	181
8	LOFAR, VLA, AND CHANDRA OBSERVATIONS OF THE TOOTHBRUSH GALAXY CLUSTER The Astrophysical Journal ·Reinout J. van Weeren, Gianfranco Brunetti, Marcus Brüggen, Felipe Andrade-Santos, G. A. Ogrean, Wendy L. Williams, Huub J. A. Röttgering, William A. Dawson	2016	169
9	The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey - II. First data release UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) ·T. W. Shimwell, Cyril Tasse, Martin Hardcastle, A. P. Mechev, Wendy L. Williams, P. N. Best, Huub J. A. Röttgering, Joseph Callingham	2018	158
10	The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Wendy L. Williams, Martin Hardcastle, P. N. Best, J. Sabater, Judith H. Croston, Kenneth Duncan, T. W. Shimwell, Huub J. A. Röttgering	2018	147
11	Discovery of radio haloes and double relics in distant MACS galaxy clusters: clues to the efficiency of particle acceleration Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. Bonafede, Marcus Brüggen, Reinout J. van Weeren, F. Vazza, G. Giovannini, H. Ebeling, Alastair C. Edge, M. Hoeft	2012	143
12	Observing pulsars and fast transients with LOFAR Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Benjamin Stappers, Jason W. T. Hessels, A. Alexov, Kevin D. Anderson, Thijs Coenen, T. E. Hassall, A. Karastergiou, V. I. Kondratiev	2011	133
13	Calibrating high-precision Faraday rotation measurements for LOFAR and the next generation of low-frequency radio telescopes Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Carlos Sotomayor-Beltran, C. Sobey, Jason W. T. Hessels, G. de Bruyn, A. Noutsos, A. Alexov, A. Asgekar, Ian M. Avruch	2013	129
14	Synchronous X-ray and Radio Mode Switches: A Rapid Global Transformation of the Pulsar Magnetosphere Science ·W. Hermsen, Jason W. T. Hessels, Lucien M. Kuiper, Joeri van Leeuwen, Dipanjan Mitra, J. de Plaa, Joanna M. Rankin, Benjamin Stappers	2013	119
15	A large light-mass component of cosmic rays at 1017–1017.5 electronvolts from radio observations Nature ·S. Buitink, A. Corstanje, Heino D. Falcke, J.R. Hörandel, T. Huege, Anna Nelles, Jörg Paul Rachen, L. Rossetto	2016	114
16	M 87 at metre wavelengths: the LOFAR picture Astronomy and Astrophysics ·F. de Gasperin, Emanuela Orrú, Matteo Murgia, A. Merloni, Heino D. Falcke, Rainer Beck, Robert Beswick, L. Bırzan	2012	101
17	Radio continuum observations of new radio halos and relics from the NVSS and WENSS surveys Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Reinout J. van Weeren, Marcus Brüggen, Huub J. A. Röttgering, M. Hoeft, Sebastián E. Nuza, Huib T. Intema	2011	98
18	Using double radio relics to constrain galaxy cluster mergers: a model of double radio relics in CIZA J2242.8+5301 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Reinout J. van Weeren, Marcus Brüggen, Huub J. A. Röttgering, M. Hoeft	2011	94
19	Initial deep LOFAR observations of epoch of reionization windows Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·S. Yatawatta, A. Ger De Bruyn, M. A. Brentjens, P. Labropoulos, V. N. Pandey, S. Kazemi, Saleem Zaroubi, Luitje Vincent Ewoud Koopmans	2013	94
20	The LOFAR Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS) Astronomy and Astrophysics ·George H. Heald, R. Pizzo, Emanuela Orrú, Rene Breton, D. Carbone, Chiara Ferrari, Martin Hardcastle, W. Jurusik	2015	93

About M. Hoeft

M. Hoeft is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Computer Networks and Communications and Nuclear Energy and Engineering, having authored 150 papers that have together received 10.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (80 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (51 papers), Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (43 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (24 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (17 papers), Nuclear physics research studies (5 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (4 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (9.6k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (3k citations), Instrumentation (45 citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (65 citations) and Signal Processing (33 citations). M. Hoeft has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Marcus Brüggen, Reinout J. van Weeren, Huub J. A. Röttgering, Gustavo Yepes, Stefan Gottlöber, Huib T. Intema, Volker Springel, F. Vazza, Sebastián E. Nuza and A. Bonafede. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, Nuclear Physics A and Nature.

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