S. J. Smartt

34.4k citations

183 papers · 7.9k · 5 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

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

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 163
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 115
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 96
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 49
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 34
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 33
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 22
Instrumentation 44
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 44

Co-authors: Justyn R. Maund (19 shared papers)J. J. Eldridge (9 shared papers)R. M. Crockett (5 shared papers)D. J. Lennon (22 shared papers)C. J. Evans (12 shared papers)K. Smith (26 shared papers)J. Tonry (26 shared papers)M. Fraser (31 shared papers)
Journals: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (38 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (20 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (20 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (7 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters (7 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Spain

In The Last Decade

S. J. Smartt

160 papers receiving 7.5k citations

S. J. Smartt's Hit Papers

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A First Catalog of Variable Stars Measured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) 2018 · 205 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.

2018 The Astronomical Journal
2018 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
2015 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
2009 Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
2009 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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1	Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics ·S. J. Smartt Hit paper breakdown →	2009	722
2	ATLAS: A High-cadence All-sky Survey System Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·J. Tonry, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, B. Stalder, K. Smith, S. J. Smartt, C. W. Stubbs, H. Weiland, A. Rest Hit paper breakdown →	2018	564
3	The death of massive stars - I. Observational constraints on the progenitors of Type II-P supernovae Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·S. J. Smartt, J. J. Eldridge, R. M. Crockett, Justyn R. Maund Hit paper breakdown →	2009	469
4	Observational Constraints on the Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae: The Case for Missing High-Mass Stars Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia ·S. J. Smartt Hit paper breakdown →	2015	360
5	The massive binary companion star to the progenitor of supernova 1993J Nature ·Justyn R. Maund, S. J. Smartt, Rolf P. Kudritzki, Philipp Podsiadlowski, G. Gilmore	2004	206
6	A First Catalog of Variable Stars Measured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) The Astronomical Journal ·A. Heinze, J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Flewelling, B. Stalder, A. Rest, K. Smith, S. J. Smartt, H. Weiland Hit paper breakdown →	2018	205
7	The death of massive stars - II. Observational constraints on the progenitors of Type Ibc supernovae Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·J. J. Eldridge, M. Fraser, S. J. Smartt, Justyn R. Maund, R. M. Crockett	2013	190
8	The binary progenitor of Tycho Brahe's 1572 supernova Nature ·P. Ruiz‐Lapuente, F. Comerón, Javier Méndez, R. Canal, S. J. Smartt, A. V. Filippenko, Robert L. Kurucz, R. Chornock, R. J. Foley, V. Stanishev, Rodrigo Ibata	2004	156
9	The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: constraints on stellar evolution from the chemical compositions of rapidly rotating Galactic and Magellanic Cloud B-type stars Astronomy and Astrophysics ·I. Hunter, I. Brott, N. Langer, D. J. Lennon, P. L. Dufton, Ian D. Howarth, R. S. I. Ryans, C. Trundle, C. J. Evans, A. de Koter, S. J. Smartt	2009	146
10	Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·M. R. Mokiem, A. de Koter, J. S. Vink, J. Puls, C. J. Evans, S. J. Smartt, P. A. Crowther, A. Herrero, N. Langer, D. J. Lennon, F. Najarro, M. R. Villamariz	2007	143
11	The ATLAS All-Sky Stellar Reference Catalog The Astrophysical Journal ·J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Flewelling, A. Heinze, Christopher A. Onken, S. J. Smartt, B. Stalder, H. Weiland, Christian Wolf	2018	142
12	The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: evolution of surface N abundances and effective temperature scales in the Galaxy and Magellanic Clouds Astronomy and Astrophysics ·C. Trundle, P. L. Dufton, I. Hunter, C. J. Evans, D. J. Lennon, S. J. Smartt, R. S. I. Ryans	2007	141
13	Constraints on the neutron star equation of state from AT2017gfo using radiative transfer simulations Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·M. W. Coughlin, Tim Dietrich, Z. Doctor, Daniel Kasen, S. B. Coughlin, Anders Jerkstrand, G. Leloudas, O. Mcbrien, Brian D. Metzger, R. O’Shaughnessy, S. J. Smartt	2018	140
14	The VLT FLAMES Survey of Massive Stars: Rotation and Nitrogen Enrichment as the Key to Understanding Massive Star Evolution The Astrophysical Journal ·I. Hunter, I. Brott, D. J. Lennon, N. Langer, P. L. Dufton, C. Trundle, S. J. Smartt, A. de Koter, C. J. Evans, R. S. I. Ryans	2008	140
15	The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: atmospheric parameters androtational velocity distributions forB-type stars in the Magellanic Clouds Astronomy and Astrophysics ·I. Hunter, D. J. Lennon, P. L. Dufton, C. Trundle, S. Simón‐Díaz, S. J. Smartt, R. S. I. Ryans, C. J. Evans	2008	129
16	Detection of a Red Supergiant Progenitor Star of a Type II-Plateau Supernova Science ·S. J. Smartt, Justyn R. Maund, M. A. Hendry, Christopher A. Tout, G. Gilmore, S. Mattila, Chris Benn	2004	120
17	The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: mass loss and rotation of early-type stars in the SMC Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. R. Mokiem, A. de Koter, C. J. Evans, J. Puls, S. J. Smartt, P. A. Crowther, A. Herrero, N. Langer, D. J. Lennon, F. Najarro, M. R. Villamariz, S.‐C. Yoon	2006	109
18	The progenitor mass of the Type IIP supernova SN 2004et from late-time spectral modeling Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Anders Jerkstrand, Claes Fransson, K. Maguire, S. J. Smartt, M. Ergon, J. Spyromilio	2012	108
19	The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: surface chemical compositions of B-type stars in the Magellanic Clouds Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·I. Hunter, P. L. Dufton, S. J. Smartt, R. S. I. Ryans, C. J. Evans, D. J. Lennon, C. Trundle, I. Hubený, T. Lanz	2007	105
20	The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: wind properties and evolution of hot massive stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. R. Mokiem, A. de Koter, C. J. Evans, J. Puls, S. J. Smartt, P. A. Crowther, A. Herrero, N. Langer, D. J. Lennon, F. Najarro, M. R. Villamariz, J. S. Vink	2007	105

About S. J. Smartt

S. J. Smartt is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, having authored 183 papers that have together received 7.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (115 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (96 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (49 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (44 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (34 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (33 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (26 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (7.7k citations), Instrumentation (1.5k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.8k citations), Computational Mechanics (207 citations) and Geophysics (94 citations). S. J. Smartt has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Justyn R. Maund, J. J. Eldridge, R. M. Crockett, D. J. Lennon, C. J. Evans, K. Smith, J. Tonry, M. Fraser, L. Denneau and B. Stalder. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal Letters and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters.

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