Robert A. Crain

21.4k citations
158 papers · 12.6k · 8 hit papers · h-index 66

Impact in

  • Instrumentation top 0.05%
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Papers in

    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 155
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 54
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 51
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 20
    • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories 17
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 17
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 88

Robert A. Crain

157 papers receiving 12.1k citations

Robert A. Crain's Hit Papers

Kraken reveals itself – the merger history of the Milky Way reconstructed with the E-MOSAICS simulations 2020 · 184 citations
1840+3+7Years since publication2505007501000

Peers

Robert A. Crain
Comparison fields: 5 of 80
  • Instrumentation 6.4k
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 12.3k
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2.2k
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 386
  • Global and Planetary Change 478
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All Works

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1
The EAGLE simulations of galaxy formation: calibration of subgrid physics and model variations
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20151083
2
The APOSTLE simulations: solutions to the Local Group's cosmic puzzles
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2016440
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The EAGLE simulation of galaxy formation: public release of halo and galaxy catalogues
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2016406
4
Evolution of galaxy stellar masses and star formation rates in the eagle simulations
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2015315
5
The unexpected diversity of dwarf galaxy rotation curves
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2015302
6
Baryon effects on the internal structure of ΛCDM haloes in the EAGLE simulations
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2015295
7
The formation and assembly history of the Milky Way revealed by its globular cluster population
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2018268
8 2015240
9 2016226
10 2010223
11 2015202
12 2012201
13 2015193
14 2011184
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Kraken reveals itself – the merger history of the Milky Way reconstructed with the E-MOSAICS simulations
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16 2015176
17 2017174
18 2017173
19 2016172
20 2017171

About Robert A. Crain

Robert A. Crain is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Ecology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 158 papers that have together received 12.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (155 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (88 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (54 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (51 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (20 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (17 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (17 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (6.4k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (12.3k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (2.2k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (386 citations) and Global and Planetary Change (478 citations). Robert A. Crain has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Joop Schaye, Tom Theuns, R. G. Bower, Matthieu Schaller, Carlos S. Frenk, Michelle Furlong, Ian G. McCarthy, Claudio Dalla Vecchia, James W. Trayford and Adrian Jenkins. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, The Astrophysical Journal, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physical Review Letters.

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