A. Moitinho

34.9k citations

67 papers · 2.4k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 21

Impact in

Instrumentation top 0.5%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 1%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Papers in ⓘ

Instrumentation 38
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 38
Astronomy and Astrophysics 59
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 57
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 38
- Astro and Planetary Science 12
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 9
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 4

Co-authors: W. S. Dias (11 shared papers)J. R. D. Lépine (6 shared papers)B. S. Alessi (6 shared papers)G. Carraro (20 shared papers)T. Cantat-Gaudin (6 shared papers)C. Soubiran (5 shared papers)A. Bragaglia (5 shared papers)C. Jordi (5 shared papers)
Journals: Astronomy and Astrophysics (23 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (10 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (4 papers)The Astronomical Journal (2 papers)Journal of Cheminformatics (1 paper)
Partner nations: Portugal Chile Italy

In The Last Decade

A. Moitinho

65 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Updated parameters of 1743 open clusters based on Gaia DR2 2021 · 183 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.

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
2002 Astronomy and Astrophysics

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1	New catalogue of optically visible open clusters and candidates Astronomy and Astrophysics ·W. S. Dias, B. S. Alessi, A. Moitinho, J. R. D. Lépine Hit paper breakdown →	2002	595
2	Painting a portrait of the Galactic disc with its stellar clusters Astronomy and Astrophysics ·T. Cantat-Gaudin, F. Anders, A. Castro-Ginard, C. Jordi, M. Romero-Gómez, C. Soubiran, L. Casamiquela, Y. Tarricq, A. Moitinho, A. Vallenari, A. Bragaglia, A. Krone-Martins, Marina Kounkel Hit paper breakdown →	2020	333
3	Updated parameters of 1743 open clusters based on Gaia DR2 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·W. S. Dias, H. Monteiro, A. Moitinho, J. R. D. Lépine, G. Carraro, E. Paunzen, B. S. Alessi, L. Villela Hit paper breakdown →	2021	183
4	Age determination for 269 Gaia DR2 open clusters Astronomy and Astrophysics ·D. Bossini, A. Vallenari, A. Bragaglia, T. Cantat-Gaudin, R. Sordo, L. Balaguer-Núñez, C. Jordi, A. Moitinho, C. Soubiran, L. Casamiquela, R. Carrera, U. Heiter	2019	172
5	Open cluster kinematics with Gaia DR2 Astronomy and Astrophysics ·C. Soubiran, T. Cantat-Gaudin, M. Romero-Gómez, L. Casamiquela, C. Jordi, A. Vallenari, T. Antoja, L. Balaguer-Núñez, D. Bossini, A. Bragaglia, R. Carrera, A. Castro-Ginard, F. Figueras, U. Heiter, D. Katz, A. Krone-Martins, J.-F. Le Campion, A. Moitinho, R. Sordo	2018	125
6	3D kinematics and age distribution of the open cluster population Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Y. Tarricq, C. Soubiran, L. Casamiquela, T. Cantat-Gaudin, L. Chemin, F. Anders, T. Antoja, M. Romero-Gómez, F. Figueras, C. Jordi, A. Bragaglia, L. Balaguer-Núñez, R. Carrera, A. Castro-Ginard, A. Moitinho, P. Ramos, D. Bossini	2021	91
7	Spiral Structure in the Outer Galactic Disk. I. The Third Galactic Quadrant The Astrophysical Journal ·Rubén A. Vázquez, J. May, G. Carraro, L. Bronfman, A. Moitinho, G. Baume	2008	58
8	uvby-βphotometry of high-velocity and metal-poor stars Astronomy and Astrophysics ·W. J. Schuster, A. Moitinho, A. Márquez, L. Parrao, E Covarrubias	2006	49
9	uvby-βphotometry of high-velocity and metal-poor stars XI. Ages of halo and old disk stars arXiv (Cornell University) ·W. J. Schuster, A. Moitinho, A. Márquez, L. Parrao, E Covarrubias	2005	47
10	Detection of a Young Stellar Population in the Background of Open Clusters in the Third Galactic Quadrant The Astrophysical Journal ·G. Carraro, Rubén A. Vázquez, A. Moitinho, G. Baume	2005	46
11	VISION − Vienna survey in Orion Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Stefan Meingast, J. Alves, Diego Mardones, P. S. Teixeira, M. Lombardi, Josefa E. Großschedl, Joana Ascenso, H. Bouy, Jan Forbrich, Alyssa Goodman, A. Hacar, Birgit Hasenberger, J. Kainulainen, Karolina Kubiak, C. J. Lada, Elizabeth A. Lada, A. Moitinho, M. G. Petr-Gotzens, Lara Rodrigues, C. Román-Zúñiga	2016	45
12	pyUPMASK: an improved unsupervised clustering algorithm Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·M. S. Pera, G. I. Perren, A. Moitinho, H. D. Navone, R. Vázquez	2021	41
13	Fundamental parameters for 45 open clusters with Gaia DR2, an improved extinction correction and a metallicity gradient prior Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·H. Monteiro, W. S. Dias, A. Moitinho, T. Cantat-Gaudin, J. R. D. Lépine, G. Carraro, E. Paunzen	2020	41
14	NGC 2362: A Template for Early Stellar Evolution The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Moitinho, J. Alves, N. Huélamo, C. J. Lada	2001	38
15	On the difference between nuclear and contraction ages Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Wladimir Lyra, A. Moitinho, N. S. van der Bliek, J. Alves	2006	37
16	Open clusters in the third galactic quadrant Astronomy and Astrophysics ·A. Moitinho	2001	34
17	Evidence of tidal distortions and mass-loss from the old open cluster NGC 6791 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·E. Dalessandro, P. Miocchi, G. Carraro, L. Jílková, A. Moitinho	2015	33
18	THE EDGE OF THE YOUNG GALACTIC DISK The Astrophysical Journal ·G. Carraro, Rubén A. Vázquez, E. Costa, G. I. Perren, A. Moitinho	2010	29
19	GALExtin: an alternative online tool to determine the interstellar extinction in the Milky Way Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·E. B. Amôres, Ricardo M Jesus, A. Moitinho, V. Arsenijevic, R. S. Levenhagen, D. J. Marshall, L. O. Kerber, Roseli Künzel, Rodrigo Andrade Moura	2021	28
20	VISION - Vienna survey in Orion I. VISTA Orion A Survey Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee) ·Stefan Meingast, J. Alves, Diego Mardones, P. S. Teixeira, M. Lombardi, Josefa E. Großschedl, Joana Ascenso, H. Bouy, Jan Forbrich, Alyssa Goodman, A. Hacar, Birgit Hasenberger, J. Kainulainen, Karolina Kubiak, C. J. Lada, Elizabeth A. Lada, A. Moitinho, M. G. Petr-Gotzens, Lara Rodrigues, C. Román-Zúñiga	2016	26

About A. Moitinho

A. Moitinho is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics and Signal Processing, having authored 67 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (57 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (38 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (38 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (12 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (9 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (5 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (4 papers) and Astronomical and nuclear sciences (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (1.3k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.3k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (59 citations), Computational Mechanics (88 citations) and Spectroscopy (64 citations). A. Moitinho has collaborated with scholars based in Portugal, Chile and Italy. Frequent co-authors include W. S. Dias, J. R. D. Lépine, B. S. Alessi, G. Carraro, T. Cantat-Gaudin, C. Soubiran, A. Bragaglia, C. Jordi, L. Casamiquela and A. Vallenari. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal and Journal of Cheminformatics.

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