A. Vazdekis

12.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
140 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

A. Vazdekis is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Vazdekis has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 95 papers in Instrumentation and 8 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in A. Vazdekis's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (110 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (94 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (92 papers). A. Vazdekis is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (110 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (94 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (92 papers). A. Vazdekis collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and Netherlands. A. Vazdekis's co-authors include J. Falcón‐Barroso, R. F. Peletier, A. J. Cenarro, J. Gorgas, N. Cardiel, P. Sánchez–Blázquez, E. Ricciardelli, F. La Barbera, Ignacio Ferreras and Michael A. Beasley 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. Vazdekis

126 papers receiving 7.2k 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.

Medium-resolution Isaac Newton Telescope library of empirical spectra

2006 923 citations P. Sánchez–Blázquez, R. F. Peletier et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
Evolutionary stellar population synthesis with MILES - I. The base models and a new line index system

2010 574 citations A. Vazdekis, P. Sánchez–Blázquez et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
An updated MILES stellar library and stellar population models

2011 461 citations J. Falcón‐Barroso, P. Sánchez–Blázquez et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →
UV-extended E-MILES stellar population models: young components in massive early-type galaxies

2016 310 citations A. Vazdekis, J. Falcón‐Barroso et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Vazdekis Spain	44	7.3k	4.7k	334	263	236	140	7.5k
Éric Emsellem France	50	8.9k 1.2×	5.0k 1.0×	515 1.5×	513 2.0×	380 1.6×	153	9.1k
Ortwin Gerhard Germany	54	9.6k 1.3×	4.4k 0.9×	433 1.3×	896 3.4×	181 0.8×	207	9.8k
Andrés Jordán Chile	38	5.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.5×	229 0.7×	330 1.3×	130 0.6×	134	5.1k
Richard M. McDermid United Kingdom	38	6.1k 0.8×	3.8k 0.8×	389 1.2×	341 1.3×	291 1.2×	135	6.2k
F. Bournaud France	48	6.8k 0.9×	3.3k 0.7×	154 0.5×	461 1.8×	228 1.0×	112	6.9k
H. Kuntschner Germany	37	6.4k 0.9×	4.2k 0.9×	393 1.2×	338 1.3×	284 1.2×	135	6.5k
E. K. Grebel Germany	55	10.2k 1.4×	4.7k 1.0×	210 0.6×	848 3.2×	162 0.7×	291	10.3k
Duncan A. Forbes Australia	50	8.7k 1.2×	5.1k 1.1×	267 0.8×	584 2.2×	377 1.6×	311	8.8k
Niv Drory United States	39	4.9k 0.7×	2.9k 0.6×	254 0.8×	329 1.3×	209 0.9×	174	5.1k
Alan W. McConnachie Canada	40	6.0k 0.8×	3.3k 0.7×	270 0.8×	533 2.0×	139 0.6×	177	6.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Martín-Navarro, Ignacio & A. Vazdekis. (2024). Counting stars from the integrated spectra of galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 691. L10–L10.

Riffel, Rogério, T. V. Ricci, Rogemar A. Riffel, et al.. (2024). Digging deeper into NGC 6868 II: ionized gas and excitation mechanism. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 534(1). 400–414. 1 indexed citations

Cerviño, M., et al.. (2024). Modelling of surface brightness fluctuation measurements. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 686. A62–A62. 1 indexed citations

Riffel, Rogério, L G Dahmer-Hahn, A. Vazdekis, et al.. (2024). Observational constraints on the stellar recycled gas in active galactic nuclei feeding. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 531(1). 554–574. 8 indexed citations

Sansom, A. E., et al.. (2023). sMILES SSPs: a library of semi-empirical MILES stellar population models with variable [α/Fe] abundances. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 523(3). 3450–3470. 12 indexed citations

Trager, S. C., R. F. Peletier, A. Lançon, et al.. (2022). Modelling simple stellar populations in the near-ultraviolet to near-infrared with the X-shooter Spectral Library (XSL). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 661. A50–A50. 29 indexed citations

Peletier, R. F., et al.. (2022). Non-solar abundance ratios trends of dEs in Fornax Cluster using newly defined high resolution indices. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations

Ferré-Mateu, Anna, et al.. (2022). Lessons from the massive relic NGC 1277: Remaining in situstar formation in the cores of massive galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 515(3). 4514–4519. 6 indexed citations

Pérez, A. E. García, P. Sánchez–Blázquez, A. Vazdekis, et al.. (2021). An extension of the MILES library with derived Teff, log g, [Fe/H], and [α/Fe]. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 505(3). 4496–4514. 5 indexed citations

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Yan, Zhiqiang, Tereza Jeřabková, Pavel Kroupa, & A. Vazdekis. (2019). Chemical evolution of elliptical galaxies with a variable IMF. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 24 indexed citations

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Zhu, Ling, J. Falcón‐Barroso, J. Méndez‐Abreu, et al.. (2019). NGC 7457: evidence for merger-driven cylindrical rotation in disc galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 488(1). 1012–1025. 4 indexed citations

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Ruiz-Lara, T., Michael A. Beasley, Carme Gallart, et al.. (2018). Full-spectral fitting techniques to characterise the stellar content of ultra diffuse galaxies. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 14(S344). 408–412.

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López‐Corredoira, M. & A. Vazdekis. (2018). Impact of young stellar components on quiescent galaxies: deconstructing cosmic chronometers. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 27 indexed citations

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Borlaff, Alejandro, M. C. Eliche‐Moral, J. E. Beckman, et al.. (2018). Evolution of the anti-truncated stellar profiles of S0 galaxies since z = 0.6 in the SHARDS survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 615. A26–A26. 5 indexed citations

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Peletier, R. F., A. Boselli, Mark den Brok, et al.. (2017). Abundance ratios in dwarf elliptical galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 475(3). 3453–3466. 9 indexed citations

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Ferré-Mateu, Anna, Ignacio Trujillo, Ignacio Martín-Navarro, et al.. (2017). Two new confirmed massive relic galaxies: red nuggets in the present-day Universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. stx171–stx171. 64 indexed citations

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Meneses-Goytia, S., et al.. (2015). . Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 14 indexed citations

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Martín-Navarro, Ignacio, A. Vazdekis, F. La Barbera, et al.. (2015). IMF–METALLICITY: A TIGHT LOCAL RELATION REVEALED BY THE CALIFA SURVEY. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 806(2). L31–L31. 91 indexed citations

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Vazdekis, A., P. Sánchez–Blázquez, J. Falcón‐Barroso, et al.. (2010). Evolutionary stellar population synthesis with MILES - I. The base models and a new line index system. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 574 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mármol-Queraltó, E., N. Cardiel, A. J. Cenarro, et al.. (2008). A new stellar library in the region of the CO index at 2.3 mu m - New index definition and empirical fitting functions. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 20 indexed citations

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