P. Cox

24.6k citations

145 papers · 7.0k · 4 hit papers · h-index 46

Impact in

Instrumentation top 0.5%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.2%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astro and Planetary Science

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 138
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 113
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 91
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 60
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 36
- Astro and Planetary Science 18
Instrumentation 27
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 27

Co-authors: F. Bertoldi (56 shared papers)A. Omont (50 shared papers)R. Neri (41 shared papers)C. L. Carilli (34 shared papers)Fabian Walter (44 shared papers)R. J. Ivison (17 shared papers)Ian Smail (17 shared papers)R. Genzel (12 shared papers)
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (55 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (18 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (14 papers)The Astronomical Journal (7 papers)Nature (5 papers)
Partner nations: France United States Germany

In The Last Decade

P. Cox

138 papers receiving 6.7k citations

P. Cox's Hit Papers

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A survey of molecular gas in luminous sub-millimetre galaxies 2013 · 224 citations

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.

2013 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2008 The Astrophysical Journal
2006 The Astrophysical Journal
2005 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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1	Submillimeter Galaxies atz∼ 2: Evidence for Major Mergers and Constraints on Lifetimes, IMF, and CO‐H₂Conversion Factor The Astrophysical Journal ·L. J. Tacconi, R. Genzel, Ian Smail, R. Neri, S. C. Chapman, R. J. Ivison, A. W. Blain, P. Cox, A. Omont, F. Bertoldi, T. R. Greve, N. M. Förster Schreiber, Shy Genel, D. Lutz, A. M. Swinbank, Alice E. Shapley, Dawn K. Erb, A. Cimatti, E. Daddi, A. J. Baker Hit paper breakdown →	2008	384
2	An interferometric CO survey of luminous submillimetre galaxies Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·T. R. Greve, F. Bertoldi, Ian Smail, R. Neri, S. C. Chapman, A. W. Blain, R. J. Ivison, R. Genzel, A. Omont, P. Cox, L. J. Tacconi, Jean‐Paul Kneib Hit paper breakdown →	2005	280
3	High‐Resolution Millimeter Imaging of Submillimeter Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal ·L. J. Tacconi, R. Neri, S. C. Chapman, R. Genzel, Ian Smail, R. J. Ivison, F. Bertoldi, A. W. Blain, P. Cox, T. R. Greve, A. Omont Hit paper breakdown →	2006	273
4	AN ALMA SURVEY OF SUB-MILLIMETER GALAXIES IN THE EXTENDEDCHANDRADEEP FIELD SOUTH: PHYSICAL PROPERTIES DERIVED FROM ULTRAVIOLET-TO-RADIO MODELING The Astrophysical Journal ·Elisabete da Cunha, Fabian Walter, Ian Smail, A. M. Swinbank, J. M. Simpson, Roberto Decarli, Jacqueline Hodge, A. Weiß, P. van der Werf, F. Bertoldi, S. C. Chapman, P. Cox, A. L. R. Danielson, H. Dannerbauer, T. R. Greve, R. J. Ivison, A. Karim, A. P. Thomson	2015	239
5	Dust emission from the most distant quasars Astronomy and Astrophysics ·F. Bertoldi, C. L. Carilli, P. Cox, Xiaohui Fan, Michael A. Strauss, A. Beelen, A. Omont, R. Zylka	2003	230
6	A survey of molecular gas in luminous sub-millimetre galaxies Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·M. S. Bothwell, Ian Smail, S. C. Chapman, R. Genzel, R. J. Ivison, L. J. Tacconi, S. Alaghband-Zadeh, F. Bertoldi, A. W. Blain, Caitlin M. Casey, P. Cox, T. R. Greve, D. Lutz, R. Neri, A. Omont, A. M. Swinbank Hit paper breakdown →	2013	224
7	350 μm Dust Emission from High‐Redshift Quasars The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Beelen, P. Cox, Dominic J. Benford, C. D. Dowell, A. Kovács, F. Bertoldi, A. Omont, C. L. Carilli	2006	199
8	Molecular gas in the host galaxy of a quasar at redshift z = 6.42 Nature ·Fabian Walter, F. Bertoldi, C. L. Carilli, P. Cox, K. Y. Lo, R. Neri, Xiaohui Fan, A. Omont, Michael A. Strauss, K. M. Menten	2003	180
9	Four Quasars above Redshift 6 Discovered by the Canada-France High-zQuasar Survey The Astronomical Journal ·Chris J. Willott, P. Delorme, A. Omont, J. Bergeron, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille, Loïc Albert, C. Reylé, Gary J. Hill, Michael Gully-Santiago, Phillip Vinten, D. Crampton, J. B. Hutchings, D. Schade, Luc Simard, Marcin Sawicki, A. Beelen, P. Cox	2007	167
10	MOLECULAR GAS INz∼ 6 QUASAR HOST GALAXIES The Astrophysical Journal ·Ran Wang, C. L. Carilli, R. Neri, Dominik A. Riechers, Jeff Wagg, Fabian Walter, F. Bertoldi, K. M. Menten, A. Omont, P. Cox, Xiaohui Fan	2010	156
11	THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM IN DISTANT STAR-FORMING GALAXIES: TURBULENT PRESSURE, FRAGMENTATION, AND CLOUD SCALING RELATIONS IN A DENSE GAS DISK ATz= 2.3 The Astrophysical Journal ·A. M. Swinbank, P. P. Papadopoulos, P. Cox, M. Krips, R. J. Ivison, Ian Smail, A. P. Thomson, R. Neri, Johan Richard, H. Ebeling	2011	152
12	First detection of [CII]158 μm at high redshift: vigorous star formation in the early universe Astronomy and Astrophysics ·R. Maiolino, P. Cox, P. Caselli, A. Beelen, F. Bertoldi, C. L. Carilli, Michael J. Kaufman, K. M. Menten, Tohru Nagao, A. Omont, A. Weiß, C. M. Walmsley, Fabian Walter	2005	147
13	MOST SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES ARE MAJOR MERGERS The Astrophysical Journal ·H. Engel, L. J. Tacconi, R. Davies, R. Neri, Ian Smail, S. C. Chapman, R. Genzel, P. Cox, T. R. Greve, R. J. Ivison, A. W. Blain, F. Bertoldi, A. Omont	2010	140
14	A massive protocluster of galaxies at a redshift of z ≈ 5.3 Nature ·P. Capak, Dominik A. Riechers, N. Z. Scoville, C. L. Carilli, P. Cox, R. Neri, Brant Robertson, M. Salvato, Eva Schinnerer, Lin Yan, G. W. Wilson, Min S. Yun, F. Civano, M. Elvis, A. Karim, Bahram Mobasher, Johannes Staguhn	2011	133
15	A kiloparsec-scale hyper-starburst in a quasar host less than 1 gigayear after the Big Bang Nature ·Fabian Walter, Dominik A. Riechers, P. Cox, R. Neri, C. L. Carilli, F. Bertoldi, (unknown), R. Maiolino	2009	130
16	Interferometric Observations of Powerful CO Emission from Three Submillimeter Galaxies at z =2.39, 2.51, and 3.35 The Astrophysical Journal ·R. Neri, R. Genzel, R. J. Ivison, F. Bertoldi, A. W. Blain, S. C. Chapman, P. Cox, T. R. Greve, A. Omont, D. T. Frayer	2003	129
17	Molecular Carbon Chains and Rings in TMC‐1 The Astrophysical Journal ·D. Fossé, J. Cernicharo, Maryvonne Gérin, P. Cox	2001	113
18	Spatially Resolved Millimeter Interferometry of SMM J02399−0136: AVery Massive Galaxy atz= 2.8 The Astrophysical Journal ·R. Genzel, A. J. Baker, L. J. Tacconi, D. Lutz, P. Cox, S. Guilloteau, A. Omont	2003	111
19	ISO spectroscopy of compact HII regions in the Galaxy Astronomy and Astrophysics ·E. Peeters, N. L. Martín-Hernández, F. Damour, P. Cox, P. R. Roelfsema, J. P. Baluteau, A. G. G. M. Tielens, E. Churchwell, M. F. Kessler, J. S. Mathis, C. Morisset, D. Schaerer	2002	103
20	[ITAL]Infrared Space Observatory[/ITAL] Measurements of a [C [CSC]ii[/CSC]] 158 Micron Line Deficitin Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal ·M. L. Luhman, Shobita Satyapal, J. Fischer, M. G. Wolfire, P. Cox, S. Lord, H. A. Smith, G. J. Stacey, S. J. Unger	1998	97

About P. Cox

P. Cox is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Spectroscopy, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 145 papers that have together received 7.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (113 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (91 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (60 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (36 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (27 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (18 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (12 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (1.8k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (6.7k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (890 citations), Spectroscopy (565 citations) and Atmospheric Science (306 citations). P. Cox has collaborated with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include F. Bertoldi, A. Omont, R. Neri, C. L. Carilli, Fabian Walter, R. J. Ivison, Ian Smail, R. Genzel, T. R. Greve and L. J. Tacconi. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astronomical Journal and Nature.

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