A. Sollima

4.9k citations

99 papers · 3.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

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

Papers in ⓘ

Instrumentation 51
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 51
Astronomy and Astrophysics 98
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 98
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 70
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 34
- Astro and Planetary Science 17
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 10
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 3
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 2

Co-authors: M. Bellazzini (27 shared papers)Holger Baumgardt (14 shared papers)F. R. Ferraro (21 shared papers)M. Hilker (6 shared papers)R. Gratton (24 shared papers)S. Lucatello (23 shared papers)E. Carretta (22 shared papers)A. Bragaglia (22 shared papers)
Journals: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (53 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (18 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (13 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters (1 paper)Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (1 paper)
Partner nations: Italy Australia Germany

In The Last Decade

A. Sollima

96 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What is a globular cluster? An observational perspective 2019 · 185 citations

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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.

2019 The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
2018 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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1	Mean proper motions, space orbits, and velocity dispersion profiles of Galactic globular clusters derived fromGaiaDR2 data Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Holger Baumgardt, M. Hilker, A. Sollima, Andrea Bellini Hit paper breakdown →	2018	274
2	What is a globular cluster? An observational perspective The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review ·R. Gratton, A. Bragaglia, E. Carretta, V. D’Orazi, S. Lucatello, A. Sollima Hit paper breakdown →	2019	185
3	The fraction of binary systems in the core of 13 low-density Galactic globular clusters* Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. Sollima, G. Beccari, F. R. Ferraro, F. Fusi Pecci, Ata Sarajedini	2007	101
4	Metallicities, Relative Ages, and Kinematics of Stellar Populations in ω Centauri The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Sollima, E. Pancino, F. R. Ferraro, M. Bellazzini, O. Straniero, L. Pasquini	2005	87
5	The calibration of the RGB Tip as a Standard Candle Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. Bellazzini, F. R. Ferraro, A. Sollima, E. Pancino, L. Origlia	2004	86
6	Deep FORS1 Observations of the Double Main Sequence of ω Centauri The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Sollima, F. R. Ferraro, M. Bellazzini, L. Origlia, O. Straniero, E. Pancino	2007	83
7	Do globular clusters possess dark matter haloes? A case study in NGC 2419 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Rodrigo Ibata, Carlo Nipoti, A. Sollima, M. Bellazzini, S. C. Chapman, E. Dalessandro	2012	83
8	The Na-O anticorrelation in horizontal branch stars Astronomy and Astrophysics ·R. Gratton, S. Lucatello, A. Sollima, E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, Y. Momany, V. D’Orazi, S. Cassisi, A. Pietrinferni, M. Salaris	2012	75
9	THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 2419: A CRUCIBLE FOR THEORIES OF GRAVITY The Astrophysical Journal ·Rodrigo Ibata, A. Sollima, Carlo Nipoti, M. Bellazzini, S. C. Chapman, E. Dalessandro	2011	73
10	The calibration of the RGB Tip as a Standard Candle: Extension to Near Infrared colors and higher metallicity ArXiv.org ·M. Bellazzini, F. R. Ferraro, A. Sollima, E. Pancino, L. Origlia	2004	67
11	The eye of Gaia on globular clusters kinematics: internal rotation Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. Sollima, Holger Baumgardt, M. Hilker	2019	66
12	No evidence for intermediate-mass black holes in the globular clusters ω Cen and NGC 6624 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Holger Baumgardt, Chuan He, Sarah M. Sweet, M. J. Drinkwater, A. Sollima, Jarrod R. Hurley, Christopher Usher, Sebastian Kamann, Hannah Dalgleish, S. Dreizler, T-O Husser	2019	61
13	Globular cluster number density profiles using Gaia DR2 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Mark Gieles, E. Balbinot, V. Hénault-Brunet, A. Sollima, Laura L. Watkins, Ian Claydon	2019	61
14	The Discovery of an Anomalous Subgiant Branch in the Color-Magnitude Diagram of Centauri The Astrophysical Journal ·F. R. Ferraro, A. Sollima, E. Pancino, M. Bellazzini, O. Straniero, L. Origlia, A. M. Cool	2004	60
15	Outer density profiles of 19 Galactic globular clusters from deep and wide-field imaging Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·J. A. Carballo-Bello, Mark Gieles, A. Sollima, S. E. Koposov, David Martínez‐Delgado, Jorge Peñarrubia	2011	59
16	The global mass functions of 35 Galactic globular clusters: I. Observational data and correlations with cluster parameters Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. Sollima, Holger Baumgardt	2017	57
17	On the discrete nature of the red giant branch of ω Centauri Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. Sollima, F. R. Ferraro, E. Pancino, M. Bellazzini	2005	57
18	The Pure Noncollisional Blue Straggler Population in the Giant Stellar System ω Centauri The Astrophysical Journal ·F. R. Ferraro, A. Sollima, Robert T. Rood, L. Origlia, E. Pancino, M. Bellazzini	2006	56
19	The RR Lyrae period-K-luminosity relation for globular clusters: an observational approach Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. Sollima, C. Cacciari, E. Valenti	2006	55
20	NGC 362: another globular cluster with a split red giant branch Astronomy and Astrophysics ·E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, R. Gratton, S. Lucatello, V. D’Orazi, M. Bellazzini, G. Catanzaro, F. Leone, Y. Momany, A. Sollima	2013	54

About A. Sollima

A. Sollima is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Spectroscopy and Oceanography, having authored 99 papers that have together received 3.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (98 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (70 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (51 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (34 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (17 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (10 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (3 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (1.7k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.4k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (246 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (90 citations) and Computational Mechanics (55 citations). A. Sollima has collaborated with scholars based in Italy, Australia and Germany. Frequent co-authors include M. Bellazzini, Holger Baumgardt, F. R. Ferraro, M. Hilker, R. Gratton, S. Lucatello, E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, E. Pancino and V. D’Orazi. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters and Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia.

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