A. Sollima

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
99 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

A. Sollima is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Sollima has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 51 papers in Instrumentation and 3 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in A. Sollima's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (98 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (70 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (51 papers). A. Sollima is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (98 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (70 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (51 papers). A. Sollima collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Australia and Germany. A. Sollima's co-authors include M. Bellazzini, Holger Baumgardt, F. R. Ferraro, M. Hilker, R. Gratton, E. Carretta, S. Lucatello, A. Bragaglia, V. D’Orazi and E. Pancino and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

A. Sollima

96 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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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.

Mean proper motions, space orbits, and velocity dispersion profiles of Galactic globular clusters derived fromGaiaDR2 data

2018 274 citations Holger Baumgardt, A. Sollima et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
What is a globular cluster? An observational perspective

2019 185 citations R. Gratton, A. Bragaglia et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Sollima Italy	37	3.4k	1.7k	246	90	55	99	3.5k
E. Pancino Italy	34	3.8k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	295 1.2×	79 0.9×	59 1.1×	90	3.8k
G. Battaglia Spain	34	3.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	337 1.4×	62 0.7×	66 1.2×	106	3.7k
D. B. Zucker Australia	31	2.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	238 1.0×	51 0.6×	83 1.5×	81	2.8k
G. Clementini Italy	32	3.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	267 1.1×	83 0.9×	161 2.9×	117	3.2k
Brian Chaboyer United States	28	3.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	347 1.4×	124 1.4×	66 1.2×	83	3.4k
Evan N. Kirby United States	34	3.7k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	505 2.1×	77 0.9×	45 0.8×	92	3.8k
S. Villanova Chile	28	3.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	311 1.3×	84 0.9×	60 1.1×	131	3.1k
E. Dalessandro Italy	34	3.5k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	253 1.0×	155 1.7×	72 1.3×	143	3.7k
Daniel R. Weisz United States	36	4.5k 1.3×	2.3k 1.4×	361 1.5×	93 1.0×	69 1.3×	133	4.6k
Rachael L. Beaton United States	28	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	358 1.5×	135 1.5×	67 1.2×	100	2.6k

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All Works

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Carini, R., A. Sollima, E. Brocato, & K. Biazzo. (2023). He abundance in NGC 1850 A and B: Are we observing the early stage of the formation of multiple populations in a stellar cluster?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(1). 909–918. 1 indexed citations

Sollima, A., Carlo Nipoti, F. Calura, R. Pascale, & Holger Baumgardt. (2023). Testing quasi-linear modified Newtonian dynamics theory with Galactic globular clusters in a weak external field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 524(4). 5291–5308. 1 indexed citations

Baumgardt, Holger, et al.. (2023). Evidence for a bottom-light initial mass function in massive star clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521(3). 3991–4008. 35 indexed citations

Wan, Zhen, William H. Oliver, Geraint F. Lewis, et al.. (2022). Dynamics in the outskirts of four Milky Way globular clusters: it’s the tides that dominate. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(1). 192–207. 9 indexed citations

Sollima, A.. (2020). The eye of Gaia on globular clusters structure: tidal tails. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 495(2). 2222–2233. 38 indexed citations

Iorio, Giuliano, Carlo Nipoti, G. Battaglia, & A. Sollima. (2019). The effect of tides on the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 487(4). 5692–5710. 15 indexed citations

Hénault-Brunet, V., Mark Gieles, A. Sollima, et al.. (2018). Mass modelling globular clusters in theGaiaera: a method comparison using mock data from anN-body simulation of M 4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 483(1). 1400–1425. 30 indexed citations

Lanzoni, B., F. R. Ferraro, A. Mucciarelli, et al.. (2018). The ESO Multi-instrument Kinematic Survey (MIKiS) of Galactic Globular Clusters: Solid-body Rotation and Anomalous Velocity Dispersion Profile in NGC 5986^∗. The Astrophysical Journal. 865(1). 11–11. 20 indexed citations

Bragaglia, A., E. Carretta, V. D’Orazi, et al.. (2017). NGC 6535: the lowest mass Milky Way globular cluster with a Na-O anti-correlation?. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 607. A44–A44. 38 indexed citations

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Lucatello, S., A. Sollima, R. Gratton, et al.. (2015). The incidence of binaries in globular cluster stellar populations. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 40 indexed citations

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D’Orazi, V., R. Gratton, George C. Angelou, et al.. (2015). Lithium abundances in globular cluster giants: NGC 1904, NGC 2808, and NGC 362★. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 449(4). 4038–4047. 32 indexed citations

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Beccari, G., M. Bellazzini, Filippo Fraternali, et al.. (2014). The extended structure of the dwarf irregular galaxy Sagittarius. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 9 indexed citations

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Gratton, R., S. Lucatello, A. Sollima, et al.. (2014). The Na-O anticorrelation in horizontal branch stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 563. A13–A13. 24 indexed citations

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Bellazzini, M., G. Beccari, Filippo Fraternali, et al.. (2014). The extended structure of the dwarf irregular galaxies Sextans A and Sextans B. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 566. A44–A44. 27 indexed citations

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Gratton, R., S. Villanova, S. Lucatello, et al.. (2012). Spectroscopic analysis of the two subgiant branches of the globular cluster NGC 1851. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 31 indexed citations

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Ibata, Rodrigo, A. Sollima, Carlo Nipoti, et al.. (2011). THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 2419: A CRUCIBLE FOR THEORIES OF GRAVITY. The Astrophysical Journal. 738(2). 186–186. 73 indexed citations

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Bellazzini, M., G. Beccari, Tom Oosterloo, et al.. (2010). An optical and H i study of the dwarf Local Group galaxy VV124 = UGC4879. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 527. A58–A58. 19 indexed citations

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Sollima, A., B. Lanzoni, G. Beccari, F. R. Ferraro, & F. Fusi Pecci. (2008). The correlation between blue straggler and binary fractions in the core of Galacticglobular clusters. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 481(3). 701–704. 38 indexed citations

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Sollima, A., G. Beccari, F. R. Ferraro, F. Fusi Pecci, & Ata Sarajedini. (2007). The fraction of binary systems in the core of 13 low-density Galactic globular clusters*. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 380(2). 781–791. 101 indexed citations

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Bellazzini, M., F. R. Ferraro, A. Sollima, E. Pancino, & L. Origlia. (2004). The calibration of the RGB Tip as a Standard Candle. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 424(1). 199–211. 86 indexed citations

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