Aaron Dotter

17.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
101 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Aaron Dotter is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron Dotter has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 56 papers in Instrumentation and 5 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Aaron Dotter's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (93 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (59 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (56 papers). Aaron Dotter is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (93 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (59 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (56 papers). Aaron Dotter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Aaron Dotter's co-authors include Bill Paxton, Matteo Cantiello, Charlie Conroy, Jieun Choi, F. X. Timmes, Lars Bildsten, R. H. D. Townsend, Benjamin D. Johnson, Dennis Stello and Μ. H. Montgomery and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Aaron Dotter

99 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

MODULES FOR EXPERIMENTS IN STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS (MESA): P... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2013 2016 2019 2016 2011 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
What are hit papers?

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. MODULES FOR EXPERIMENTS IN STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS (MESA): PLANETS, OSCILLATIONS, ROTATION, AND MASSIVE STARS
    2013 2.2k citations Bill Paxton, Matteo Cantiello et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →
  2. MESA ISOCHRONES AND STELLAR TRACKS (MIST). I. SOLAR-SCALED MODELS
    2016 1.5k citations Aaron Dotter, Charlie Conroy et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  3. Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Pulsating Variable Stars, Rotation, Convective Boundaries, and Energy Conservation
    2019 1.1k citations Bill Paxton, R. Smolec et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →
  4. MESA ISOCHRONES AND STELLAR TRACKS (MIST) 0: METHODS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STELLAR ISOCHRONES
    2016 1.0k citations Aaron Dotter The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →
  5. The ACS survey of Galactic globular clusters
    2011 315 citations A. P. Milone, Ata Sarajedini et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aaron Dotter United States 35 9.4k 4.0k 518 263 231 101 9.7k
M. Salaris United Kingdom 47 8.3k 0.9× 4.6k 1.2× 590 1.1× 171 0.7× 317 1.4× 215 8.5k
Matteo Cantiello United States 32 8.5k 0.9× 2.6k 0.7× 560 1.1× 252 1.0× 145 0.6× 78 8.7k
Paola Marigo Italy 42 10.5k 1.1× 5.2k 1.3× 453 0.9× 285 1.1× 273 1.2× 113 10.7k
Christopher A. Tout United Kingdom 46 9.3k 1.0× 2.5k 0.6× 684 1.3× 192 0.7× 154 0.7× 211 9.5k
Bill Paxton United States 24 7.3k 0.8× 2.2k 0.6× 626 1.2× 220 0.8× 148 0.6× 30 7.6k
Jay Anderson United States 54 9.0k 1.0× 4.4k 1.1× 862 1.7× 232 0.9× 576 2.5× 200 9.3k
G. Meynet Switzerland 64 14.1k 1.5× 4.6k 1.1× 1.6k 3.0× 292 1.1× 228 1.0× 340 14.4k
B. T. Gänsicke United Kingdom 60 13.0k 1.4× 3.1k 0.8× 686 1.3× 612 2.3× 229 1.0× 422 13.3k
J. Meléndez Brazil 48 7.2k 0.8× 2.9k 0.7× 691 1.3× 164 0.6× 228 1.0× 155 7.4k
Marc H. Pinsonneault United States 51 6.7k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 1.5k 2.9× 280 1.1× 299 1.3× 156 7.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Aaron Dotter

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Aaron Dotter's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Aaron Dotter with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Aaron Dotter more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Aaron Dotter

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Aaron Dotter. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Aaron Dotter. The network helps show where Aaron Dotter may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aaron Dotter

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Aaron Dotter. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Aaron Dotter based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Aaron Dotter. Aaron Dotter is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Park, Minjung, Charlie Conroy, Benjamin D. Johnson, et al.. (2025). α -MC: Self-consistent α -enhanced Stellar Population Models Covering a Wide Range of Age, Metallicity, and Wavelength. The Astrophysical Journal. 994(2). 165–165.
2.
Marino, A. F., A. P. Milone, M. V. Legnardi, et al.. (2024). A JWST Project on 47 Tucanae. Overview, Photometry, and Early Spectroscopic Results of M Dwarfs and Observations of Brown Dwarfs*. The Astrophysical Journal. 965(2). 189–189. 11 indexed citations
3.
Seth, Anil C., Aaron Dotter, Nadine Neumayer, et al.. (2024). oMEGACat. IV. Constraining the Ages of Omega Centauri Subgiant Branch Stars with HST and MUSE. The Astrophysical Journal. 977(1). 14–14. 6 indexed citations
4.
Marino, A. F., A. P. Milone, A. Renzini, et al.. (2024). A JWST Project on 47 Tucanae: NIRSpec Spectroscopy of Multiple Populations among M Dwarfs*. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 969(1). L8–L8. 4 indexed citations
5.
Liu, Fan, Yuan-Sen Ting, David Yong, et al.. (2024). At least one in a dozen stars shows evidence of planetary ingestion. Nature. 627(8004). 501–504. 19 indexed citations
6.
D’Antona, F., F. Dell’Agli, M. Tailo, et al.. (2023). On the role of dust and mass-loss in the extended main sequence turnoff of star clusters: the case of NGC 1783. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521(3). 4462–4472. 13 indexed citations
7.
Milone, A. P., A. F. Marino, Aaron Dotter, et al.. (2023). Multiple stellar populations in globular clusters with JWST: an NIRCam view of 47 Tucanae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522(2). 2429–2447. 19 indexed citations
8.
Simunovic, Mirko, Thomas H. Puzia, Bryan W. Miller, et al.. (2023). The GeMS/GSAOI Galactic Globular Cluster Survey (G4CS). II. Characterization of 47 Tuc with Bayesian Statistics. The Astrophysical Journal. 950(2). 135–135. 2 indexed citations
9.
Misra, Devina, Konstantinos Kovlakas, Tassos Fragos, et al.. (2023). Exploring the nature of ultra-luminous X-ray sources across stellar population ages using detailed binary evolution calculations. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 682. A69–A69. 7 indexed citations
10.
Neumayer, Nadine, Anil C. Seth, Tim-Oliver Husser, et al.. (2023). oMEGACat. I. MUSE Spectroscopy of 300,000 Stars within the Half-light Radius of ω Centauri. The Astrophysical Journal. 958(1). 8–8. 15 indexed citations
11.
Rocha, Kyle A., Jeff J. Andrews, C. P. L. Berry, et al.. (2022). Active Learning for Computationally Efficient Distribution of Binary Evolution Simulations. The Astrophysical Journal. 938(1). 64–64. 4 indexed citations
12.
Różyczka, M., I. B. Thompson, Aaron Dotter, et al.. (2022). The Cluster Ages Experiment (CASE) – IX. Analysis of four detached eclipsing binaries in the globular cluster NGC 3201. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 517(2). 2485–2501. 2 indexed citations
13.
Román-Garza, Jaime, Simone S. Bavera, Tassos Fragos, et al.. (2021). The Role of Core-collapse Physics in the Observability of Black Hole Neutron Star Mergers as Multimessenger Sources. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 912(2). L23–L23. 23 indexed citations
14.
Paxton, Bill, R. Smolec, Josiah Schwab, et al.. (2019). Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Pulsating Variable Stars, Rotation, Convective Boundaries, and Energy Conservation. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 243(1). 10–10. 1137 indexed citations breakdown →
15.
Conroy, Charlie, Ana Bonaca, Rohan P. Naidu, et al.. (2018). They Might Be Giants: An Efficient Color-based Selection of Red Giant Stars. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 861(2). L16–L16. 6 indexed citations
16.
Monty, Stephanie, Thomas H. Puzia, Bryan W. Miller, et al.. (2018). The GeMS/GSAOI Galactic Globular Cluster Survey (G4CS). I. A Pilot Study of the Stellar Populations in NGC 2298 and NGC 3201. The Astrophysical Journal. 865(2). 160–160. 11 indexed citations
17.
Kałużny, J., I. B. Thompson, Aaron Dotter, et al.. (2014). The Clusters AgeS Experiment (CASE). VI. Analysis of Two Detached Eclipsing Binaries in the Globular Cluster M55. Acta Astronomica. 64(1). 11–26. 1 indexed citations
18.
Różyczka, M., et al.. (2014). The Clusters AgeS Experiment (CASE). Analysis of the detached eclipsing binary V15 in the metal-rich open cluster NGC 6253. Acta Astronomica. 64. 233. 1 indexed citations
19.
Calura, F., B. K. Gibson, L. Michel-Dansac, et al.. (2012). The stellar metallicity distribution of disc galaxies and bulges in cosmological simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 427(2). 1401–1417. 23 indexed citations
20.
Paxton, Bill, Lars Bildsten, Aaron Dotter, et al.. (2010). MESA: Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics. Astrophysics Source Code Library. 12 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by M. Salaris Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Matteo Cantiello Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Paola Marigo Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Christopher A. Tout Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Bill Paxton Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jay Anderson Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by G. Meynet Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by B. T. Gänsicke Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by J. Meléndez Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Marc H. Pinsonneault
Rankless by CCL
2026