Anatoly Spitkovsky

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Anatoly Spitkovsky is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Anatoly Spitkovsky has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 61 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Anatoly Spitkovsky's work include Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (41 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (38 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (30 papers). Anatoly Spitkovsky is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (41 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (38 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (30 papers). Anatoly Spitkovsky collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Anatoly Spitkovsky's co-authors include Damiano Caprioli, Alexander Philippov, Jonathan Arons, Mario Riquelme, Alexander Tchekhovskoy, Lorenzo Sironi, Xue‐Ning Bai, Benoît Cerutti, Dmitri Uzdensky and Jason Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Anatoly Spitkovsky

77 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

SIMULATIONS OF ION ACCELERATION AT NON-RELATIVISTIC SHOCK... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
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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.

  1. SIMULATIONS OF ION ACCELERATION AT NON-RELATIVISTIC SHOCKS. I. ACCELERATION EFFICIENCY
    2014 326 citations Damiano Caprioli, Anatoly Spitkovsky The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anatoly Spitkovsky United States 36 3.3k 2.5k 482 228 204 80 3.7k
Jonathan Arons United States 37 4.2k 1.3× 2.9k 1.1× 887 1.8× 1000 4.4× 174 0.9× 99 5.1k
George G. Pavlov United States 35 3.3k 1.0× 1.3k 0.5× 840 1.7× 223 1.0× 218 1.1× 175 3.5k
J. P. Halpern United States 44 6.4k 1.9× 2.1k 0.8× 721 1.5× 182 0.8× 195 1.0× 221 6.5k
Andrei M. Beloborodov United States 33 3.4k 1.0× 1.5k 0.6× 572 1.2× 192 0.8× 100 0.5× 89 3.6k
Alexander Tchekhovskoy United States 45 6.9k 2.1× 4.1k 1.6× 405 0.8× 116 0.5× 168 0.8× 95 7.1k
Alexander Philippov United States 27 2.0k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 302 0.6× 75 0.3× 139 0.7× 71 2.2k
E. V. Gotthelf United States 35 3.6k 1.1× 1.9k 0.8× 632 1.3× 159 0.7× 280 1.4× 123 3.7k
Maxim Lyutikov United States 30 2.8k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 455 0.9× 141 0.6× 146 0.7× 111 2.9k
E. S. Phinney United States 32 4.7k 1.4× 1.4k 0.6× 364 0.8× 232 1.0× 308 1.5× 82 4.8k
C. O. Loustó United States 43 6.0k 1.8× 2.6k 1.0× 389 0.8× 247 1.1× 237 1.2× 135 6.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kunz, Matthew W., et al.. (2025). Collisionless conduction in a high-beta plasma: a collision operator for whistler turbulence. Journal of Plasma Physics. 91(1). 4 indexed citations
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Fiúza, Frederico, et al.. (2024). Electron-Ion Temperature Ratio in Transrelativistic Unmagnetized Shock Waves. arXiv (Cornell University). 11–11. 1 indexed citations
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Sironi, Lorenzo, et al.. (2024). Long-term Evolution of Relativistic Unmagnetized Collisionless Shocks. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 963(2). L44–L44. 14 indexed citations
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Cruz, F., et al.. (2024). Particle-in-cell simulations of pulsar magnetospheres: Transition between electrosphere and force-free regimes. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 690. A229–A229. 5 indexed citations
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Spitkovsky, Anatoly, et al.. (2024). Safety First: Stability and Dissipation of Line-tied Force-free Flux Tubes in Magnetized Coronae. The Astrophysical Journal. 966(2). 173–173. 1 indexed citations
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Spitkovsky, Anatoly, et al.. (2024). Microphysics of Particle Reflection in Weibel-mediated Shocks. The Astrophysical Journal. 971(1). 18–18. 3 indexed citations
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Spitkovsky, Anatoly, et al.. (2024). Spindown of Pulsars Interacting with Companion Winds: The Impact of Magnetospheric Compression. The Astrophysical Journal. 973(2). 147–147. 3 indexed citations
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Riquelme, Mario, et al.. (2024). Particle-in-cell simulations of the magnetorotational instability in stratified shearing boxes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 530(2). 1866–1884. 4 indexed citations
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Grassi, A., H. G. Rinderknecht, G. F. Swadling, et al.. (2023). Electron Injection via Modified Diffusive Shock Acceleration in High-Mach-number Collisionless Shocks. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 958(2). L32–L32. 4 indexed citations
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Philippov, Alexander, et al.. (2022). Electromagnetic Fireworks: Fast Radio Bursts from Rapid Reconnection in the Compressed Magnetar Wind. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 932(2). L20–L20. 37 indexed citations
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Kuzichev, Ilya, I. Y. Vasko, Yuguang Tong, et al.. (2019). Nonlinear Evolution of the Whistler Heat Flux Instability. The Astrophysical Journal. 882(2). 81–81. 26 indexed citations
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Fox, W., et al.. (2017). Astrophysical particle acceleration mechanisms in colliding magnetized laser-produced plasmas. Physics of Plasmas. 24(9). 92901–92901. 21 indexed citations
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Park, Jaehong, Damiano Caprioli, & Anatoly Spitkovsky. (2015). Simultaneous Acceleration of Protons and Electrons at Nonrelativistic Quasiparallel Collisionless Shocks. Physical Review Letters. 114(8). 85003–85003. 140 indexed citations
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Caprioli, Damiano, et al.. (2014). Ion Injection at Non-relativistic Collisionless Shocks. arXiv (Cornell University).
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Sironi, Lorenzo, Anatoly Spitkovsky, & Jonathan Arons. (2013). THE MAXIMUM ENERGY OF ACCELERATED PARTICLES IN RELATIVISTIC COLLISIONLESS SHOCKS. The Astrophysical Journal. 771(1). 54–54. 253 indexed citations
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Kagan, Daniel, Miloš Milosavljević, & Anatoly Spitkovsky. (2012). Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection in Pair Plasmas in Three Dimensions. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Giannios, Dimitrios & Anatoly Spitkovsky. (2009). Signatures of a Thermal Component in Shock-Accelerated Electrons in GRBs. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Riquelme, Mario & Anatoly Spitkovsky. (2008). KINETIC SIMULATIONS OF THE CURRENT-DRIVEN INSTABILITY IN COSMIC RAY MODIFIED RELATIVISTIC SHOCKS. International Journal of Modern Physics D. 17(10). 1803–1809. 2 indexed citations
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Spitkovsky, Anatoly & Jonathan Arons. (2002). Simulations of pulsar wind formation. CERN Bulletin. 271. 81. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Pisin & Anatoly Spitkovsky. (1999). Optimal laser pulse shaping in Laser Wakefield Accelerators. AIP conference proceedings. 321–332. 2 indexed citations

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