A. Cumming

14.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
170 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

A. Cumming is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Cumming has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 54 papers in Geophysics and 18 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in A. Cumming's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (88 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (69 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (52 papers). A. Cumming is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (88 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (69 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (52 papers). A. Cumming collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. A. Cumming's co-authors include Lars Bildsten, Geoffrey W. Marcy, R. Paul Butler, H. Schatz, Pierre Wiltzius, Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos, M. Wiescher, Ellen G. Zweibel, C. Bassa and V. M. Kaspi and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

A. Cumming

156 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

  1. The Keck Planet Search: Detectability and the Minimum Mass and Orbital Period Distribution of Extrasolar Planets
    2008 443 citations A. Cumming, R. Paul Butler et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
A. Cumming 4.1k 1.4k 970 465 405 170 5.3k
P. Morel 1.7k 0.4× 423 0.3× 591 0.6× 266 0.6× 1.0k 2.5× 146 4.1k
Kazuo Makishima 6.2k 1.5× 896 0.6× 2.3k 2.4× 373 0.8× 352 0.9× 334 7.2k
И. В. Соколов 3.9k 1.0× 510 0.4× 1.4k 1.5× 155 0.3× 1.1k 2.7× 176 5.7k
Harald Pfeiffer 7.9k 1.9× 1.1k 0.8× 2.5k 2.6× 354 0.8× 603 1.5× 191 9.2k
Xiaohua Deng 4.3k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 664 0.7× 316 0.7× 614 1.5× 291 5.6k
B. I. Cohen 2.1k 0.5× 341 0.2× 4.0k 4.2× 710 1.5× 1.5k 3.7× 162 5.3k
S. Sridhar 2.4k 0.6× 139 0.1× 646 0.7× 273 0.6× 1.4k 3.5× 136 5.7k
D. H. Hartmann 4.1k 1.0× 90 0.1× 2.5k 2.6× 120 0.3× 395 1.0× 252 5.2k
D. B. Melrose 5.6k 1.4× 959 0.7× 2.6k 2.7× 74 0.2× 1.1k 2.8× 309 6.6k
M. A. Pomerantz 1.9k 0.5× 303 0.2× 459 0.5× 205 0.4× 237 0.6× 156 3.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zingale, M., et al.. (2024). Hydrodynamical Simulations of Proton Ingestion Flashes in Type I X-Ray Bursts. The Astrophysical Journal. 975(2). 250–250. 1 indexed citations
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Cumming, A., et al.. (2023). The Imprint of Convection on Type I X-Ray Bursts: Pauses in Photospheric Radius Expansion Lightcurves. The Astrophysical Journal. 954(1). 54–54. 3 indexed citations
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Charbonneau, Paul, et al.. (2023). Magnetohydrodynamical Torsional Oscillations from Thermoresistive Instability in Hot Jupiters. The Astrophysical Journal. 959(1). 41–41. 2 indexed citations
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Müller, Simon, Ravit Helled, & A. Cumming. (2020). The challenge of forming a fuzzy core in Jupiter. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 638. A121–A121. 63 indexed citations
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Graber, Vanessa, A. Cumming, & Nils Andersson. (2018). Rapid crust coupling and glitch rises in superfluid neutron stars. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Li, Vittorio De Falco, M. Falanga, et al.. (2018). Mixed H/He bursts in SAX J1748.9–2021 during the spectral change of its 2015 outburst. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 620. A114–A114. 10 indexed citations
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Kajava, J. J. E., Joonas Nättilä, S. Motta, et al.. (2017). Flux decay during thermonuclear X-ray bursts analysed with the dynamic power-law index method. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 4 indexed citations
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Berardo, David, A. Cumming, & Gabriel-Dominique Marleau. (2017). THE EVOLUTION OF GAS GIANT ENTROPY DURING FORMATION BY RUNAWAY ACCRETION. The Astrophysical Journal. 834(2). 149–149. 37 indexed citations
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Kuulkers, E., J. J. M. in ’t Zand, J. L. Atteia, et al.. (2010). What ignites on the neutron star of 4U 0614+091?. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 514. A65–A65. 48 indexed citations
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Zand, J. J. M. in’t, L. Keek, A. Cumming, et al.. (2009). Long tails on thermonuclear X-ray bursts from neutron stars: a signature of inward heating?. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 497(2). 469–480. 18 indexed citations
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Zhu, Weiwei, V. M. Kaspi, Peter Woods, et al.. (2008). The Long-term Radiative Evolution of Anomalous X-ray Pulsar 1E 2259+586 after its 2002 Outburst. AIP conference proceedings. 983. 277–279. 1 indexed citations
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Breton, R. P., V. M. Kaspi, M. Krämer, et al.. (2008). Using the Double Pulsar Eclipses to Probe Fundamental Physics. AIP conference proceedings. 983. 469–473. 1 indexed citations
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Livingstone, Margaret A., S. M. Ransom, F. Camilo, et al.. (2008). Timing the Young Pulsar at the Centre of SNR 3C 58. AIP conference proceedings. 983. 160–162.
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Mignani, R., S. Zaggia, D. Dobrzycka, et al.. (2008). VLT observations of Compact Central Objects. AIP conference proceedings. 983. 325–327. 1 indexed citations
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Ray, Paul S., M. T. Wolff, Paul Demorest, et al.. (2008). X-ray and Radio Timing of PSR B1821–24. AIP conference proceedings. 983. 157–159. 2 indexed citations
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Bassa, C., et al.. (2008). 40 Years of Pulsars : Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars and More. McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 12-17 August 2007. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS).
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Keek, L., J. J. M. in ’t Zand, E. Kuulkers, et al.. (2007). First superburst from a classical low-mass X-ray binary transient. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 34 indexed citations
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Keek, L., J. J. M. in ’t Zand, & A. Cumming. (2006). The superburst recurrence time in luminous persistent LMXBs. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 455(3). 1031–1036. 4 indexed citations
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Zand, J. J. M. in ’t, R. Cornelisse, & A. Cumming. (2004). Superbursts at near-Eddington mass accretion rates. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 426(1). 257–265. 32 indexed citations
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Cumming, A., Geoffrey W. Marcy, R. Paul Butler, & Steven S. Vogt. (2002). The Statistics of Extrasolar Planets: Results from the Keck Survey. CERN Bulletin. 294. 27–30. 2 indexed citations

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