A. Cimatti

22.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
143 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

A. Cimatti is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Cimatti has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 89 papers in Instrumentation and 22 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in A. Cimatti's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (124 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (89 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (51 papers). A. Cimatti is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (124 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (89 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (51 papers). A. Cimatti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United States. A. Cimatti's co-authors include E. Daddi, A. Renzini, L. Pozzetti, M. Moresco, M. Mignoli, G. Zamorani, Claudia Maraston, A. Fontana, Licia Verde and Mark Dickinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

A. Cimatti

138 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

2016 695 citations M. Moresco, L. Pozzetti et al. RECERCAT (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) profile →
Submillimeter Galaxies atz∼ 2: Evidence for Major Mergers and Constraints on Lifetimes, IMF, and CO‐H₂Conversion Factor

2008 369 citations A. Cimatti, E. Daddi et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Toward a Better Understanding of Cosmic Chronometers: A New Measurement of H(z) at z ∼ 0.7

2022 139 citations Nicola Borghi, M. Moresco et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →
A massive quiescent galaxy at redshift 4.658

2023 96 citations Adam C. Carnall, R. J. McLure et al. Nature profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
A. Cimatti	5.9k	3.0k	1.3k	220	157	143	6.0k
L. Pozzetti	5.4k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	177 0.8×	153 1.0×	93	5.5k
T. Shanks	5.5k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	275 1.3×	164 1.0×	205	5.7k
R. G. Carlberg	5.5k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	784 0.6×	247 1.1×	148 0.9×	121	5.6k
Francisco Prada	4.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	265 1.2×	142 0.9×	89	4.2k
Aaron A. Dutton	6.3k 1.1×	3.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	291 1.3×	245 1.6×	89	6.5k
S. M. Croom	5.4k 0.9×	2.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	161 0.7×	183 1.2×	183	5.6k
S. Ettori	5.7k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	1.8k 1.4×	201 0.9×	165 1.1×	178	5.8k
Mark Seibert	5.5k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	697 0.6×	103 0.5×	169 1.1×	67	5.6k
Oleg Y. Gnedin	4.2k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	941 0.8×	150 0.7×	201 1.3×	80	4.4k
Chung‐Pei Ma	6.2k 1.0×	3.2k 1.1×	977 0.8×	219 1.0×	301 1.9×	86	6.3k

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Belli, Sirio, Minjung Park, R. L. Davies, et al.. (2025). Active Galactic Nucleus Feedback in Quiescent Galaxies at Cosmic Noon Traced by Ionized Gas Emission. The Astrophysical Journal. 981(1). 25–25. 5 indexed citations

Borghi, Nicola, Michele Mancarella, M. Moresco, et al.. (2024). Cosmology and Astrophysics with Standard Sirens and Galaxy Catalogs in View of Future Gravitational Wave Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 964(2). 191–191. 13 indexed citations

Gentile, Fabrizio, M. Talia, G. Zamorani, et al.. (2024). Illuminating the Dark Side of Cosmic Star Formation. III. Building the Largest Homogeneous Sample of Radio-selected Dusty Star-forming Galaxies in COSMOS with PhoEBO. The Astrophysical Journal. 962(1). 26–26. 4 indexed citations

Carnall, Adam C., R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, et al.. (2023). A massive quiescent galaxy at redshift 4.658. Nature. 619(7971). 716–719. 96 indexed citations breakdown →

Talia, M., A. Cimatti, Andrea Lapi, et al.. (2023). Illuminating the Dark Side of Cosmic Star Formation. II. A Second Date with RS-NIRdark Galaxies in COSMOS. The Astrophysical Journal. 957(2). 63–63. 6 indexed citations

Enia, A, M. Talia, F. Pozzi, et al.. (2022). A New Estimate of the Cosmic Star Formation Density from a Radio-selected Sample, and the Contribution of H-dark Galaxies at z ≥ 3. The Astrophysical Journal. 927(2). 204–204. 23 indexed citations

Borghi, Nicola, et al.. (2022). Toward a Better Understanding of Cosmic Chronometers: Stellar Population Properties of Passive Galaxies at Intermediate Redshift. The Astrophysical Journal. 927(2). 164–164. 21 indexed citations

Talia, M., A. Cimatti, G. Zamorani, et al.. (2021). Illuminating the Dark Side of Cosmic Star Formation Two Billion Years after the Big Bang. The Astrophysical Journal. 909(1). 23–23. 31 indexed citations

Daddi, E., R. Gobat, V. Strazzullo, et al.. (2021). HST grism spectroscopy of z ∼ 3 massive quiescent galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 653. A32–A32. 28 indexed citations

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Delvecchio, I., E. Daddi, James Aird, et al.. (2020). The Evolving AGN Duty Cycle in Galaxies Since z ∼ 3 as Encoded in the X-Ray Luminosity Function. The Astrophysical Journal. 892(1). 17–17. 20 indexed citations

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Saxena, Aayush, L. Pentericci, D. Schaerer, et al.. (2020). X-ray properties of He ii λ 1640 emitting galaxies in VANDELS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 496(3). 3796–3807. 19 indexed citations

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Delvecchio, I., E. Daddi, Francesco Shankar, et al.. (2019). The galaxy’s gas content regulated by the dark matter halo mass results in a superlinear M BH–M ⋆ Relation. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 11 indexed citations

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Bolzonella, M., et al.. (2019). Massive and old quiescent galaxies at high redshift. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 28 indexed citations

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Citro, Annalisa, L. Pozzetti, S Quai, et al.. (2017). A methodology to select galaxies just after the quenching of star formation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 469(3). 3108–3124. 7 indexed citations

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Moresco, M., L. Pozzetti, A. Cimatti, et al.. (2016). . RECERCAT (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya). 695 indexed citations breakdown →

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Strazzullo, V., E. Daddi, R. Gobat, et al.. (2016). THE RED SEQUENCE AT BIRTH IN THE GALAXY CLUSTER Cl J1449+0856 AT z = 2. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 833(2). L20–L20. 20 indexed citations

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Talia, M., M. Mignoli, A. Cimatti, et al.. (2012). GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2. VI. Star formation, extinction, and gas outflows from UV spectra. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 14 indexed citations

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Cimatti, A., E. Daddi, P. Cassata, et al.. (2003). The manifold spectra and morphologies of EROs. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 33 indexed citations

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Lazzati, Davide, S. Covino, G. Ghisellini, et al.. (2001). The optical afterglow of GRB 000911: Evidence for an associated supernova?. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 378(3). 996–1002. 38 indexed citations

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Padovani, P., R. Morganti, J. Siebert, F. Vagnetti, & A. Cimatti. (1999). BeppoSAX observations of 2-Jy lobe-dominated broad-line sources -- I. The discovery of a hard X-ray component. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 304(4). 829–838. 6 indexed citations

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