A. Belfiore

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 501 citations indexed

About

A. Belfiore is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Belfiore has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 501 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 19 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 3 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in A. Belfiore's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (23 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (23 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (17 papers). A. Belfiore is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (23 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (23 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (17 papers). A. Belfiore collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. A. Belfiore's co-authors include A. De Luca, R. Salvaterra, M. Marelli, G. L. Israel, J. Greiner, A. Tiengo, P. Esposito, G. A. Rodríguez Castillo, L. Zampieri and L. Stella and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

In The Last Decade

A. Belfiore

32 papers receiving 474 citations

Hit Papers

Discovery of a 0.42-s pulsar in the ultraluminous X-ray s... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 50 100 150 200
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Discovery of a 0.42-s pulsar in the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 7793 P13
    2016 225 citations G. L. Israel, Alessandro Papitto et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. Belfiore Italy 11 473 175 77 24 20 35 501
G. A. Rodríguez Castillo Italy 12 498 1.1× 100 0.6× 121 1.6× 32 1.3× 25 1.3× 23 512
Ş. Balman Türkiye 13 573 1.2× 165 0.9× 127 1.6× 18 0.8× 48 2.4× 57 587
Ryan Urquhart Australia 11 348 0.7× 92 0.5× 39 0.5× 30 1.3× 14 0.7× 29 357
S. Carpano Germany 12 537 1.1× 125 0.7× 87 1.1× 39 1.6× 27 1.4× 36 549
G. V. Lipunova Russia 9 523 1.1× 127 0.7× 116 1.5× 76 3.2× 18 0.9× 28 536
J. M. Bonnet-Bidaud France 16 679 1.4× 220 1.3× 151 2.0× 34 1.4× 52 2.6× 64 694
Christian Malacaria United States 13 488 1.0× 132 0.8× 140 1.8× 51 2.1× 24 1.2× 59 502
L. Ducci Germany 16 684 1.4× 111 0.6× 131 1.7× 56 2.3× 74 3.7× 93 699
A. Pellizzoni Italy 13 576 1.2× 269 1.5× 110 1.4× 9 0.4× 15 0.8× 79 604
K. I. I. Koljonen Finland 14 428 0.9× 202 1.2× 61 0.8× 52 2.2× 13 0.7× 37 449

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Belfiore

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Israel, G. L., et al.. (2025). The hunt for new pulsating ultraluminous X-ray sources: A clustering approach. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 701. A96–A96. 1 indexed citations
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Belfiore, A., R. Salvaterra, L. Sidoli, et al.. (2024). The Orbit of NGC 5907 ULX-1. The Astrophysical Journal. 965(1). 78–78. 3 indexed citations
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Wolter, A., et al.. (2023). The largest bright ULX population in a galaxy: X-ray variability and luminosity function in the Cartwheel ring galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522(1). 1377–1393. 3 indexed citations
4.
Luca, A. De, M. Marelli, S. Mereghetti, et al.. (2022). A puzzling 2-hour X-ray periodicity in the 1.5-hour orbital period black widow PSR J1311−3430. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 667. L7–L7. 1 indexed citations
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Kovačević, M., Mario Pasquato, M. Marelli, et al.. (2022). Exploring X-ray variability with unsupervised machine learning. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 659. A66–A66. 7 indexed citations
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Corongiu, A., R. Mignani, A. S. Seyffert, et al.. (2020). Radio pulsations from the γ-ray millisecond pulsar PSR J2039–5617. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 502(1). 935–952. 12 indexed citations
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Luca, A. De, B. Stelzer, Adam J. Burgasser, et al.. (2020). EXTraS discovery of an X-ray superflare from an L dwarf. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 13 indexed citations
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Mignani, R., A. Belfiore, M. Marelli, et al.. (2020). A multiwavelength search for black widow and redback counterparts of candidate γ-ray millisecond pulsars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 497(4). 5364–5382. 5 indexed citations
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Belfiore, A., P. Esposito, Fabio Pintore, et al.. (2020). Diffuse X-ray emission around an ultraluminous X-ray pulsar. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 13 indexed citations
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Ray, Paul S., Emil Polisensky, P. M. Saz Parkinson, et al.. (2020). Radio Discovery of and Gamma-Ray Pulsations from PSR J2339-0533. Research Notes of the AAS. 4(3). 37–37. 3 indexed citations
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Sidoli, L., К. А. Постнов, A. Belfiore, et al.. (2019). Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients uncovered by the EXTraS project: flares reveal the development of magnetospheric instability in accreting neutron stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 487(1). 420–434. 8 indexed citations
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Poretti, E., G. Micela, A. Belfiore, et al.. (2019). Activity and rotation of the X-ray emittingKeplerstars. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 628. A41–A41. 17 indexed citations
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Mereghetti, S., A. De Luca, D. Salvetti, et al.. (2018). EXTraS discovery of a peculiar flaring X-ray source in the Galactic globular cluster NGC 6540. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 616. A36–A36. 1 indexed citations
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Pintore, Fabio, A. Belfiore, G. Novara, et al.. (2018). A new ultraluminous X-ray source in the galaxy NGC 5907. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 477(1). L90–L95. 16 indexed citations
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Parkinson, P. M. Saz, A. Belfiore, D. Fidalgo, et al.. (2017). On the highest energy emission from millisecond pulsars. 8–8. 2 indexed citations
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Salvetti, D., R. Mignani, A. De Luca, et al.. (2015). MULTI-WAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS OF 3FGL J2039.6–5618: A CANDIDATE REDBACK MILLISECOND PULSAR. The Astrophysical Journal. 814(2). 88–88. 26 indexed citations
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Paladini, R., A. Tiengo, Gianni Lisini, et al.. (2015). Results from DROXO. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 587. A36–A36. 2 indexed citations
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Ray, Paul S., A. Belfiore, P. M. Saz Parkinson, et al.. (2014). Discovery of the radio and gamma-ray pulsar PSR J2339-0533 associated with the Fermi LAT bright source 0FGL J2339.8-0530. 223. 2 indexed citations
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Parkinson, P. M. Saz, A. Belfiore, P. A. Caraveo, A. De Luca, & M. Marelli. (2014). X‐ray observations and the search for Fermi ‐LAT γ‐ray pulsars. Astronomische Nachrichten. 335(3). 291–295.
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Belfiore, A., et al.. (2011). Fermi LAT Pulsars in the Carina Region. AIP conference proceedings. 44–47. 1 indexed citations

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