Andrea Isella

8.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
76 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Andrea Isella is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrea Isella has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 26 papers in Spectroscopy and 4 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Andrea Isella's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (73 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (62 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (38 papers). Andrea Isella is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (73 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (62 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (38 papers). Andrea Isella collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Andrea Isella's co-authors include John M. Carpenter, Luca Ricci, Laura M. Pérez, Sean M. Andrews, Anneila I. Sargent, David J. Wilner, Zhaohuan Zhu, A. Natta, M. Benisty and T. Birnstiel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Andrea Isella

71 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

RINGED SUBSTRUCTURE AND A GAP AT 1 au IN THE NEAREST PROT... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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. RINGED SUBSTRUCTURE AND A GAP AT 1 au IN THE NEAREST PROTOPLANETARY DISK
    2016 276 citations Sean M. Andrews, David J. Wilner et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →
  2. The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). V. Interpreting ALMA Maps of Protoplanetary Disks in Terms of a Dust Model
    2018 221 citations T. Birnstiel, C. P. Dullemond et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →

Peers

Andrea Isella
A. Meredith Hughes United States
Laura M. Pérez United States
Simón Casassus Chile
M. Benisty France
Lucas A. Cieza United States
J.‐C. Augereau France
Antonio Hales Chile
W. R. F. Dent United Kingdom
R. van Boekel Germany
Sascha P. Quanz Switzerland
A. Meredith Hughes United States
Andrea Isella
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Countries citing papers authored by Andrea Isella

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andrea Isella

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrea Isella

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Andrea Isella. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Andrea Isella 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 Andrea Isella. Andrea Isella 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
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Sierra, Anibal, M. Benisty, Paola Pinilla, et al.. (2025). Leaky dust trap in the PDS 70 disc revealed by ALMA Band 9 observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 541(4). 3101–3112.
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Pérez, Laura M., Anibal Sierra, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, et al.. (2024). A Dust-trapping Ring in the Planet-hosting Disk of Elias 2-24. The Astrophysical Journal. 971(2). 129–129. 4 indexed citations
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Facchini, Stefano, L. Testi, E. M. L. Humphreys, et al.. (2024). Resolved ALMA observations of water in the inner astronomical units of the HL Tau disk. Nature Astronomy. 8(5). 587–595. 9 indexed citations
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Law, Charles J., M. Benisty, Stefano Facchini, et al.. (2024). Mapping the Vertical Gas Structure of the Planet-hosting PDS 70 Disk. The Astrophysical Journal. 964(2). 190–190. 11 indexed citations
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Carpenter, John M., Richard A Booth, Jeff Jennings, et al.. (2023). High-resolution ALMA observations of compact discs in the wide-binary system Sz 65 and Sz 66. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 682. A55–A55. 7 indexed citations
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Campbell-White, J., C. F. Manara, M. Benisty, et al.. (2023). A Magnetically Driven Disk Wind in the Inner Disk of PDS 70*. The Astrophysical Journal. 956(1). 25–25. 13 indexed citations
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Long, Feng, Sean M. Andrews, Shangjia Zhang, et al.. (2022). ALMA Detection of Dust Trapping around Lagrangian Points in the LkCa 15 Disk. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 937(1). L1–L1. 27 indexed citations
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Izidoro, André, Hilke E. Schlichting, Andrea Isella, et al.. (2022). The Exoplanet Radius Valley from Gas-driven Planet Migration and Breaking of Resonant Chains. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 939(2). L19–L19. 37 indexed citations
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Hartigan, Patrick, et al.. (2022). ALMA Data Cubes and Continuum Maps of the Irradiated Western Wall in Carina. The Astronomical Journal. 164(6). 257–257. 1 indexed citations
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Boehler, Yann, F. Ménard, Andrea Isella, et al.. (2021). Vortex-like kinematic signal, spirals, and beam smearing effect in the HD 142527 disk. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 650. A59–A59. 22 indexed citations
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Dullemond, C. P., et al.. (2020). Midplane temperature and outer edge of the protoplanetary disk around HD 163296. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 34 indexed citations
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Harries, Tim J., Benjamin R. Setterholm, John D. Monnier, et al.. (2019). Irregular Dust Features around Intermediate-mass Young Stars with GPI: Signs of Youth or Misaligned Disks?. The Astrophysical Journal. 888(1). 7–7. 18 indexed citations
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Boehler, Yann, Luca Ricci, Erik Weaver, et al.. (2018). The Complex Morphology of the Young Disk MWC 758: Spirals and Dust Clumps around a Large Cavity. The Astrophysical Journal. 853(2). 162–162. 54 indexed citations
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Audard, M., F. Fontani, Á. Sánchez-Monge, et al.. (2016). Ongoing star formation in the protocluster IRAS 22134+5834. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 4 indexed citations
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Ricci, Luca, et al.. (2015). ALMA Observations Of The Debris Disk Around The Young Solar Analog HD 107146. Wesleyan University Digital Collections (Wesleyan University). 44 indexed citations
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Pinilla, Paola, J. de Boer, M. Benisty, et al.. (2015). . Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 28 indexed citations
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Testi, L., Laura M. Pérez, Izaskun Jiménez-Serra, et al.. (2015). Protoplanetary disks and the dawn of planets with SKA. 117–117. 1 indexed citations
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Ricci, Luca, Francesco Trotta, L. Testi, et al.. (2012). The effect of local optically thick regions in the long-wave emission of young circumstellar disks. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 29 indexed citations
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Benisty, M., Stéphanie Renard, A. Natta, et al.. (2011). A low optical depth region in the inner disk of the Herbig Ae star HR 5999. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 8 indexed citations
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Isella, Andrea, E. Tatulli, A. Natta, & L. Testi. (2008). Gas and dust in the inner disk of the Herbig Ae star MWC 758\n. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 22 indexed citations

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