A. Comastri

29.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
253 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

A. Comastri is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Comastri has authored 253 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 233 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 111 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 33 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in A. Comastri's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (209 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (162 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (98 papers). A. Comastri is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (209 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (162 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (98 papers). A. Comastri collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. A. Comastri's co-authors include R. Gilli, C. Vignali, G. Ghisellini, G. Fossati, L. Maraschi, A. Celotti, M. Brusa, G. Hasinger, F. Fiore and G. Matt and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

A. Comastri

229 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

A unifying view of the spectral energy distributions of blazars

1998 724 citations A. Comastri et al. profile →
A theoretical unifying scheme for gamma-ray bright blazars

1998 501 citations A. Comastri et al. profile →
The synthesis of the cosmic X-ray background in the Chandra and XMM-Newton era

2006 471 citations R. Gilli, A. Comastri et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
A. Comastri	7.1k	3.6k	1.1k	172	136	253	7.4k
Yoshihiro Ueda	5.6k 0.8×	2.1k 0.6×	835 0.7×	131 0.8×	77 0.6×	186	5.8k
Robert Antonucci	7.0k 1.0×	2.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	181 1.1×	54 0.4×	125	7.2k
Francesco Haardt	6.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	865 0.8×	213 1.2×	56 0.4×	114	6.8k
C. Vignali	6.6k 0.9×	2.3k 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	170 1.0×	78 0.6×	264	6.8k
S. Molendi	4.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.6×	749 0.7×	105 0.6×	62 0.5×	144	5.0k
F. E. Bauer	8.7k 1.2×	2.6k 0.7×	2.4k 2.2×	231 1.3×	111 0.8×	233	8.8k
G. Risaliti	6.6k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	979 0.9×	174 1.0×	31 0.2×	142	6.7k
P. Padovani	7.0k 1.0×	6.1k 1.7×	515 0.5×	125 0.7×	234 1.7×	135	7.8k
Nathan Smith	8.0k 1.1×	1.8k 0.5×	904 0.8×	158 0.9×	45 0.3×	236	8.3k
B. J. Wilkes	5.1k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	802 0.7×	165 1.0×	49 0.4×	132	5.2k

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

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Brandt, W. N., A. Comastri, F. E. Bauer, et al.. (2025). Intervening nuclear obscuration changing the X-ray look of the z ≈ 6 quasi-stellar object CFHQS J164121+375520. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 694. L16–L16.

Signorini, Matilde, Stefano Marchesi, R. Gilli, et al.. (2023). X-ray properties and obscured fraction of AGN in the J1030 Chandra field. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 676. A49–A49. 9 indexed citations

Marchesi, Stefano, C. Vignali, N. Torres-Albà, et al.. (2023). Compton-thick AGN in the NuSTAR Era X: Analysing seven local CT-AGN candidates. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 676. A103–A103. 6 indexed citations

Torres-Albà, N., X. Zhao, Stefano Marchesi, et al.. (2022). Chandra Follow-up Observations of Swift-BAT-selected AGNs II. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 3 indexed citations

Marchesi, Stefano, R. Gilli, G. Lanzuisi, et al.. (2020). Mock catalogs for the extragalactic X-ray sky: Simulating AGN surveys with ATHENA and with the AXIS probe. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 29 indexed citations

Zappacosta, L., E. Piconcelli, M. Giustini, et al.. (2020). The WISSH quasars project. VII. The impact of extreme radiative field in the accretion disc and X-ray corona interplay. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 23 indexed citations

Decarli, Roberto, M. Mignoli, R. Gilli, et al.. (2019). Testing the paradigm: First spectroscopic evidence of a quasar–galaxy Mpc-scale association at cosmic dawn. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 7 indexed citations

Carniani, Stefano, A. Marconi, R. Maiolino, et al.. (2016). Fast outflows and star formation quenching in quasar host galaxies. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 90 indexed citations

Ranalli, P., E. Koulouridis, I. Georgantopoulos, et al.. (2016). The 2–10 keV unabsorbed luminosity function of AGN from the LSS, CDFS, and COSMOS surveys. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 15 indexed citations

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Comastri, A., R. Gilli, A. Marconi, G. Risaliti, & M. Salvati. (2015). Mass without radiation: Heavily obscured AGNs, the X-ray background, and the black hole mass density. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 24 indexed citations

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Iwasawa, K., C. Vignali, A. Comastri, et al.. (2014). The XMM deep survey in the CDF-S VIII. X-ray properties of the two brightest sources. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations

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Castelló-Mor, N., F. J. Carrera, A. Alonso‐Herrero, et al.. (2013). The XMM deep survey in the CDF-S VI. Obscured AGN selected as infrared power-law galaxies. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 3 indexed citations

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Iwasawa, K., R. Gilli, C. Vignali, et al.. (2013). The XMM deep survey in the CDF-S II. A 9–20 keV selection of heavily obscured active galaxies at z > 1.7. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 30 indexed citations

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Iwasawa, K., V. Mainieri, M. Brusa, et al.. (2012). Fe K emission from active galaxies in the COSMOS field. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 23 indexed citations

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Lusso, Elisabeta, A. Comastri, C. Vignali, et al.. (2011). The bolometric output and host-galaxy properties of obscured AGN in the XMM-COSMOS survey. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 34 indexed citations

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Gilli, R., C. Vignali, M. Mignoli, et al.. (2010). The X-ray to [Ne V]3426 flux ratio: discovering heavily obscured AGN in the distant Universe. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 52 indexed citations

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Gandhi, P., H. Horst, A. Smette, et al.. (2009). Resolving the mid-infrared cores of local Seyferts. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 190 indexed citations

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Piconcelli, E., F. Fiore, F. Nicastro, et al.. (2007). The XMM-Newton view of IRAS 09104+4109: evidence for a changing-look Type 2 quasar?. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 11 indexed citations

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Comastri, A., et al.. (2003). Unconventional AGN in hard X‐ray surveys. Astronomische Nachrichten. 324(1-2). 28–31. 5 indexed citations

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Malizia, A., G. Malaguti, L. Bassani, et al.. (2002). BeppoSAX/PDS identification of the true counterpart of the Piccinotti source H0917-074. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 8 indexed citations

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