Nathan Smith

18.6k citations
236 papers · 8.3k · 3 hit papers · h-index 49

Impact in

    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
    • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
    • Astro and Planetary Science
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Papers in

    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 137
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 135
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 96
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 82
    • Astro and Planetary Science 50
    • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 47
    • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 31

Nathan Smith

229 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Nathan Smith's Hit Papers

The Red Supergiant Progenitor Luminosity Problem 2025 · 26 citations
260+5+10Years since publication100200300

Peers

Nathan Smith
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  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 8.0k
  • Instrumentation 904
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1.8k
  • Spectroscopy 217
  • Biophysics 33
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Fields of papers citing papers by Nathan Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Nathan Smith, 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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Nearby supernova rates from the Lick Observatory Supernova Search - II. The observed luminosity functions and fractions of supernovae in a complete sample
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2011390
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Observed fractions of core-collapse supernova types and initial masses of their single and binary progenitor stars
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2011304
3 2007287
4 2013177
5 2003168
6 2006159
7 2014144
8 2008137
9 2004131
10 2007131
11 2014119
12 2009119
13 2010118
14 2003118
15 1999107
16 2001106
17 2020101
18 201794
19 200891
20 201390

About Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Spectroscopy and Computational Mechanics, having authored 236 papers that have together received 8.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (137 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (135 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (96 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (82 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (50 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (47 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (31 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (26 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (8.0k citations), Instrumentation (904 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.8k citations), Spectroscopy (217 citations) and Biophysics (33 citations). Nathan Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Chile and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include A. V. Filippenko, Weidong Li, R. Chornock, R. D. Gehrz, R. J. Foley, Kris Davidson, John Bally, J. M. Silverman, Jon C. Mauerhan and Jon A. Morse. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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