Adam Burrows

34.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
287 papers, 17.5k citations indexed

About

Adam Burrows is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Adam Burrows has authored 287 papers receiving a total of 17.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 253 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 99 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 43 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Adam Burrows's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (133 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (109 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (103 papers). Adam Burrows is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (133 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (109 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (103 papers). Adam Burrows collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Adam Burrows's co-authors include J. I. Lunine, W. B. Hubbard, David Vartanyan, James M. Lattimer, D. Sudarsky, James Liebert, C. M. Sharp, I. Hubený, Christian D. Ott and David Charbonneau and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Adam Burrows

270 papers receiving 16.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

A Nongray Theory of Extrasolar Giant Planets and Brown Dwarfs

1997 763 citations Adam Burrows, Mark S. Marley et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Development of a minimum data set-based depression rating scale for use in nursing homes

2000 591 citations Adam Burrows profile →
The birth of neutron stars

1986 520 citations Adam Burrows, James M. Lattimer The Astrophysical Journal profile →
The theory of brown dwarfs and extrasolar giant planets

2001 451 citations Adam Burrows, W. B. Hubbard et al. profile →
The overarching framework of core-collapse supernova explosions as revealed by 3D fornax simulations

2019 192 citations Adam Burrows et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
Physical Correlations and Predictions Emerging from Modern Core-collapse Supernova Theory

2024 52 citations Adam Burrows, Tianshu Wang et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adam Burrows United States	79	14.7k	5.3k	2.7k	1.2k	1.0k	287	17.5k
Gang Zhao China	37	5.1k 0.3×	621 0.1×	2.4k 0.9×	133 0.1×	618 0.6×	440	7.4k
D. J. Hollenbach United States	63	15.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.3×	938 0.3×	2.1k 1.7×	1.7k 1.6×	186	16.6k
C. W. Stubbs United States	40	15.5k 1.1×	8.9k 1.7×	1.5k 0.5×	502 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	196	17.2k
Christopher F. McKee United States	73	20.1k 1.4×	4.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	206	21.2k
Michael Burton Australia	46	6.4k 0.4×	807 0.2×	267 0.1×	881 0.7×	674 0.6×	340	8.1k
Donald P. Schneider United States	86	27.8k 1.9×	6.0k 1.1×	9.5k 3.5×	96 0.1×	896 0.9×	456	28.5k
Benjamin J. Fulton United Kingdom	36	2.7k 0.2×	2.4k 0.5×	740 0.3×	217 0.2×	1.3k 1.2×	226	5.3k
James M. Stone United States	58	10.5k 0.7×	2.2k 0.4×	472 0.2×	516 0.4×	444 0.4×	212	11.8k
Simon D. M. White Germany	99	49.9k 3.4×	10.7k 2.0×	23.7k 8.6×	128 0.1×	1.3k 1.3×	358	52.0k
S. E. Woosley United States	77	24.7k 1.7×	11.5k 2.2×	1.9k 0.7×	194 0.2×	1.1k 1.1×	291	28.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adam Burrows

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Sur, A., et al.. (2025). The Evolution of Jupiter and Saturn as a Function of the R _ρ Parameter. The Astrophysical Journal. 994(2). 186–186.

Wang, Tianshu & Adam Burrows. (2024). Supernova Explosions of the Lowest-mass Massive Star Progenitors. The Astrophysical Journal. 969(2). 74–74. 20 indexed citations

Burrows, Adam, et al.. (2023). Self-consistent Models of Y Dwarf Atmospheres with Water Clouds and Disequilibrium Chemistry. The Astrophysical Journal. 950(1). 8–8. 30 indexed citations

Wang, Tianshu & Adam Burrows. (2023). Effects of Different Closure Choices in Core-collapse Supernova Simulations. The Astrophysical Journal. 943(2). 78–78. 7 indexed citations

Deming, Drake, Avi M. Mandell, Heather A. Knutson, et al.. (2019). Arizona State University Library Digital Repository (Arizona State University). 61 indexed citations

Daemgen, S., Kamen Todorov, Thayne Currie, et al.. (2017). . UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 4 indexed citations

Sing, David K., Hannah R. Wakeford, A. P. Showman, et al.. (2014). HST hot-Jupiter transmission spectral survey: detection of potassium in WASP-31b along with a cloud deck and Rayleigh scattering. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 446(3). 2428–2443. 106 indexed citations

Kreidberg, Laura, Jacob L. Bean, Jean-Michel Désert, et al.. (2014). A PRECISE WATER ABUNDANCE MEASUREMENT FOR THE HOT JUPITER WASP-43b. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 793(2). L27–L27. 203 indexed citations

Sing, David K., A. Lecavelier des Étangs, Jonathan J. Fortney, et al.. (2013). HST hot-Jupiter transmission spectral survey: evidence for aerosols and lack of TiO in the atmosphere of WASP-12b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 436(4). 2956–2973. 122 indexed citations

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Deming, Drake, Ashlee Wilkins, Nikku Madhusudhan, et al.. (2012). Infrared Spectroscopy of the Transiting Exoplanets HD189733b and XO-1 Using Hubble WFC3 in Spatial Scan Mode. 219. 1 indexed citations

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Budaj, J., I. Hubený, & Adam Burrows. (2012). Day and night side core cooling of a strongly irradiated giant planet. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 8 indexed citations

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Lewis, Nikole K., A. P. Showman, Jonathan J. Fortney, et al.. (2011). Analysis of HAT-P-2b Warm Spitzer Full Orbit Light Curve. 218.

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McCullough, P. R., Christopher J. Burke, Adam Burrows, et al.. (2008). Thermal Inversion in the atmosphere of XO-3b. 525.

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Ott, Christian D., et al.. (2005). One-armed Spiral Instability in a Slowly Rotating, Post-Bounce Supernova Core. Max Planck Digital Library. 1 indexed citations

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Trauger, John T., Tony Hull, Karl Stapelfeldt, et al.. (2002). The Eclipse Mission: A Direct Imaging Survey of Nearby Planetary Systems. AAS. 201. 1 indexed citations

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Trauger, John T., D. E. Backman, Robert A. Brown, et al.. (2000). Eclipse, A Direct Imaging Investigation of Nearby Planetary Systems. AAS. 197. 1 indexed citations

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Burrows, Adam, T. Young, Philip A. Pinto, R. G. Eastman, & Todd A. Thompson. (1999). Supernova Neutrinos and a New Algorithm for Neutrino Transport. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Burrows, Adam, Mark S. Marley, W. B. Hubbard, et al.. (1998). The Spectral Character of Giant Planets and Brown Dwarfs. CERN Bulletin. 154. 27. 2 indexed citations

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Hubbard, W. B., J. I. Lunine, D. Saumon, & Adam Burrows. (1994). Ignition of Deuterium in Low-mass Brown Dwarfs. AAS. 185.

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Lattimer, James M. & Adam Burrows. (1990). Effects of the equation of state in neutron stars and in stellar collapse. European Southern Observatory Conference and Workshop Proceedings. 37. 69. 1 indexed citations

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