P. A. Evans

17.2k citations

174 papers · 3.2k · 2 hit papers · h-index 27

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Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 2%
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 155
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 126
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 102
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 43
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 12
Computational Mechanics 42
- Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation 42

Co-authors: J. P. Osborne (45 shared papers)D. N. Burrows (41 shared papers)J. A. Kennea (80 shared papers)N. Gehrels (13 shared papers)K. L. Page (48 shared papers)A. P. Beardmore (39 shared papers)P. T. O’Brien (18 shared papers)J. L. Racusin (5 shared papers)
Journals: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (41 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (9 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (8 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (3 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters (3 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Italy

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P. A. Evans

152 papers receiving 3.0k citations

P. A. Evans's Hit Papers

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THE 70 MONTH SWIFT -BAT ALL-SKY HARD X-RAY SURVEY 2013 · 316 citations

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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.

2013 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
2007 Astronomy and Astrophysics

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1	An online repository of Swift/XRT light curves of $\vec \gamma$-ray bursts Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. A. Evans, A. P. Beardmore, K. L. Page, L. G. Tyler, J. P. Osborne, M. R. Goad, P. T. O’Brien, L. Vetere, J. L. Racusin, David C. Morris, D. N. Burrows, M. Capalbi, M. Perri, N. Gehrels, P. Romano Hit paper breakdown →	2007	472
2	THE 70 MONTH SWIFT -BAT ALL-SKY HARD X-RAY SURVEY The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·W. H. Baumgartner, J. Tueller, C. B. Markwardt, G. Skinner, S. D. Barthelmy, R. F. Mushotzky, P. A. Evans, N. Gehrels Hit paper breakdown →	2013	316
3	A Multimessenger Picture of the Flaring Blazar TXS 0506+056: Implications for High-energy Neutrino Emission and Cosmic-Ray Acceleration The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Keivani, Kohta Murase, Μαρία Πετροπούλου, D. B. Fox, S. B. Cenko, S. Chaty, A. Coleiro, James DeLaunay, S. Dimitrakoudis, P. A. Evans, J. A. Kennea, F. E. Marshall, A. Mastichiadis, J. P. Osborne, M. Santander, A. Tohuvavohu, Colin Turley	2018	177
4	JET BREAKS AND ENERGETICS OFSwiftGAMMA-RAY BURST X-RAY AFTERGLOWS The Astrophysical Journal ·J. L. Racusin, En‐Wei Liang, D. N. Burrows, A. Falcone, T. Sakamoto, Bingbing Zhang, Bing Zhang, P. A. Evans, J. P. Osborne	2009	155
5	The unusual X-ray emission of the short Swift GRB 090515: evidence for the formation of a magnetar? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. Rowlinson, P. T. O’Brien, N. R. Tanvir, Bing Zhang, P. A. Evans, N. Lyons, A. J. Levan, R. Willingale, K. L. Page, Ö. Önal, D. N. Burrows, A. P. Beardmore, T. N. Ukwatta, E. Berger, J. Hjorth, A. S. Fruchter, Rachel Tunnicliffe, D. B. Fox, Antonino Cucchiara	2010	143
6	2SXPS: An Improved and Expanded Swift X-Ray Telescope Point-source Catalog The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·P. A. Evans, K. L. Page, J. P. Osborne, A. P. Beardmore, R. Willingale, D. N. Burrows, J. A. Kennea, M. Perri, M. Capalbi, G. Tagliaferri, S. B. Cenko	2020	123
7	A Deep Chandra X-Ray Study of Neutron Star Coalescence GW170817 Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester) ·Daryl Haggard, Melania Nynka, John J. Ruan, Vicky Kalogera, S. B. Cenko, P. A. Evans, J. A. Kennea	2017	123
8	TheSwift Burst Analyser Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. A. Evans, R. Willingale, J. P. Osborne, P. T. O’Brien, K. L. Page, C. B. Markwardt, S. D. Barthelmy, A. P. Beardmore, D. N. Burrows, C. Pagani, R. L. C. Starling, N. Gehrels, P. Romano	2010	94
9	1SXPS: A DEEP SWIFT X-RAY TELESCOPE POINT SOURCE CATALOG WITH LIGHT CURVES AND SPECTRA The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·P. A. Evans, J. P. Osborne, A. P. Beardmore, K. L. Page, R. Willingale, C. J. Mountford, C. Pagani, D. N. Burrows, J. A. Kennea, M. Perri, G. Tagliaferri, N. Gehrels	2013	88
10	The case for a minute-long merger-driven gamma-ray burst from fast-cooling synchrotron emission Nature Astronomy ·B. P. Gompertz, M. E. Ravasio, M. Nicholl, A. J. Levan, Brian D. Metzger, S. R. Oates, Gavin P. Lamb, Wen‐fai Fong, D. Malesani, Jillian Rastinejad, N. R. Tanvir, P. A. Evans, P. G. Jonker, K. L. Page, Asaf Pe’er	2022	66
11	Brightening X-Ray Emission from GW170817/GRB 170817A: Further Evidence for an Outflow The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·John J. Ruan, Melania Nynka, Daryl Haggard, Vicky Kalogera, P. A. Evans	2018	59
12	Investigating coronal saturation and supersaturation in fast-rotating M-dwarf stars Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·R. D. Jeffries, R. J. Jackson, K. R. Briggs, P. A. Evans, J. P. Pye	2010	56
13	Accurate early positions forSwiftGRBs: enhancing X-ray positions with UVOT astrometry Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. R. Goad, L. G. Tyler, A. P. Beardmore, P. A. Evans, S. R. Rosen, J. P. Osborne, R. L. C. Starling, F. E. Marshall, V. N. Yershov, D. N. Burrows, N. Gehrels, P. W. A. Roming, A. Moretti, M. Capalbi, J. E. Hill, J. A. Kennea, S. Koch, Daniel Vanden Berk	2007	54
14	The Diversity of Kilonova Emission in Short Gamma-Ray Bursts Figshare ·B. P. Gompertz, A. J. Levan, N. R. Tanvir, J. Hjorth, S. Covino, P. A. Evans, A. S. Fruchter, C. Gónzalez-Fernández, Zhi-Ping Jin, J. Lyman, S. R. Oates, P. T. O’Brien, K. Wiersema	2018	54
15	AN ANALYSIS OFCHANDRADEEP FOLLOW-UP GAMMA-RAY BURSTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR OFF-AXIS JETS The Astrophysical Journal ·Bin‐Bin Zhang, Hendrik van Eerten, D. N. Burrows, Geoffrey Ryan, P. A. Evans, J. L. Racusin, E. Troja, Andrew MacFadyen	2015	50
16	Why Do Some Intermediate Polars Show Soft X‐Ray Emission? A Survey ofXMM‐NewtonSpectra The Astrophysical Journal ·P. A. Evans, C. Hellier	2007	45
17	Multiple tidal disruption flares in the active galaxy IC 3599 Figshare ·S. Campana, Deborah Mainetti, Monica Colpi, Giuseppe Lodato, P. D’Avanzo, P. A. Evans, A. Moretti	2015	43
18	The seven yearSwift-XRT point source catalog (1SWXRT) Astronomy and Astrophysics ·V. D’Elia, M. Perri, Simonetta Puccetti, M. Capalbi, P. Giommi, D. N. Burrows, S. Campana, G. Tagliaferri, G. Cusumano, P. A. Evans, N. Gehrels, J. A. Kennea, A. Moretti, J. A. Nousek, J. P. Osborne, P. Romano, G. Stratta	2012	42
19	The 2016 super-Eddington outburst of SMC X-3: X-ray and optical properties and system parameters Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·L. J. Townsend, J. A. Kennea, M. J. Coe, V. A. McBride, D. A. H. Buckley, P. A. Evans, A. Udalski	2017	41
20	Monthly quasi-periodic eruptions from repeated stellar disruption by a massive black hole Nature Astronomy ·P. A. Evans, C. J. Nixon, S. Campana, P. Charalampopoulos, D. A. Perley, A. A. Breeveld, K. L. Page, S. R. Oates, R. A. J. Eyles-Ferris, D. Malesani, L. Izzo, M. R. Goad, P. T. O’Brien, J. P. Osborne, B. Sbarufatti	2023	39

About P. A. Evans

P. A. Evans is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation, having authored 174 papers that have together received 3.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (126 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (102 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (43 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (42 papers), SAS software applications and methods (26 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (25 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (12 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.0k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.2k citations), Instrumentation (148 citations), Geophysics (133 citations) and Computational Mechanics (122 citations). P. A. Evans has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Frequent co-authors include J. P. Osborne, D. N. Burrows, J. A. Kennea, N. Gehrels, K. L. Page, A. P. Beardmore, P. T. O’Brien, J. L. Racusin, S. D. Barthelmy and M. Perri. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Letters and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters.

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