Andrew N. Youdin

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Andrew N. Youdin is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew N. Youdin has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3 papers in Spectroscopy and 2 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Andrew N. Youdin's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (37 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (37 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (34 papers). Andrew N. Youdin is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (37 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (37 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (34 papers). Andrew N. Youdin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Andrew N. Youdin's co-authors include Anders Johansen, Yoram Lithwick, Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low, Rixin Li, Frank H. Shu, Thomas Henning, Jeffrey S. Oishi, Hubert Klahr, Jacob B. Simon and Ana-Maria Piso and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Andrew N. Youdin

43 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Rapid planetesimal formation in turbulent circumstellar d... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2007 250 500 750
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. Rapid planetesimal formation in turbulent circumstellar disks
    2007 750 citations Anders Johansen, Jeffrey S. Oishi et al. Nature profile →
  2. Particle stirring in turbulent gas disks: Including orbital oscillations
    2007 394 citations Andrew N. Youdin, Yoram Lithwick Icarus profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andrew N. Youdin United States 22 3.4k 388 160 156 137 43 3.6k
Chris W. Ormel Netherlands 35 3.9k 1.2× 609 1.6× 181 1.1× 279 1.8× 115 0.8× 73 4.1k
W. Kley Germany 36 4.2k 1.2× 505 1.3× 135 0.8× 84 0.5× 123 0.9× 134 4.3k
Hubert Klahr Germany 45 6.6k 1.9× 1.0k 2.6× 227 1.4× 229 1.5× 187 1.4× 115 6.8k
Xue‐Ning Bai United States 32 3.5k 1.0× 679 1.8× 174 1.1× 205 1.3× 83 0.6× 82 3.7k
Satoshi Okuzumi Japan 24 1.8k 0.5× 421 1.1× 56 0.3× 137 0.9× 64 0.5× 74 2.0k
C. Güttler Germany 18 1.4k 0.4× 140 0.4× 102 0.6× 75 0.5× 134 1.0× 36 1.6k
Philip J. Armitage United States 47 5.4k 1.6× 666 1.7× 227 1.4× 102 0.7× 100 0.7× 124 5.5k
Shigeru Ida Japan 44 7.0k 2.1× 408 1.1× 311 1.9× 372 2.4× 76 0.6× 153 7.1k
S. Fromang France 30 2.6k 0.8× 376 1.0× 78 0.5× 242 1.6× 148 1.1× 60 2.8k
T. Birnstiel Germany 35 4.9k 1.4× 1.7k 4.3× 64 0.4× 281 1.8× 71 0.5× 96 5.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew N. Youdin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Simon, Jacob B., Rixin Li, Daniel Carrera, et al.. (2025). Probing Conditions for Strong Clumping by the Streaming Instability: Small Dust Grains and Low Dust-to-gas Density Ratio. The Astrophysical Journal. 981(2). 160–160. 5 indexed citations
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Simon, Jacob B., Rixin Li, Philip J. Armitage, et al.. (2024). Streaming Instability and Turbulence: Conditions for Planetesimal Formation. The Astrophysical Journal. 969(2). 130–130. 25 indexed citations
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Simon, Jacob B., Daniel Carrera, Geoffroy Lesur, et al.. (2024). Magnetically Driven Turbulence in the Inner Regions of Protoplanetary Disks. The Astrophysical Journal. 972(1). 128–128. 5 indexed citations
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Wu, Yingzhou, et al.. (2024). Dust Dynamics in Hall-effected Protoplanetary Disks. I. Background Drift Hall Instability. The Astrophysical Journal. 962(2). 173–173. 7 indexed citations
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Lyra, Wladimir, Chao‐Chin Yang, Jacob B. Simon, O. M. Umurhan, & Andrew N. Youdin. (2024). Rapid Protoplanet Formation in Vortices: Three-dimensional Local Simulations with Self-gravity. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 970(1). L19–L19. 7 indexed citations
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Kratter, Kaitlin M., et al.. (2024). A Thermodynamic Criterion for the Formation of Circumplanetary Disks. The Astrophysical Journal. 973(2). 153–153. 18 indexed citations
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Li, Rixin & Andrew N. Youdin. (2021). Thresholds for Particle Clumping by the Streaming Instability. The Astrophysical Journal. 919(2). 107–107. 108 indexed citations
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Coughlin, Eric R., et al.. (2021). Dynamical stability of giant planets: the critical adiabatic index in the presence of a solid core. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Lyra, Wladimir, Andrew N. Youdin, & Anders Johansen. (2020). Evolution of MU69 from a binary planetesimal into contact by Kozai-Lidov oscillations and nebular drag. Icarus. 356. 113831–113831. 13 indexed citations
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Pinilla, Paola, Marco Tazzari, Ilaria Pascucci, et al.. (2018). Homogeneous Analysis of the Dust Morphology of Transition Disks Observed with ALMA: Investigating Dust Trapping and the Origin of the Cavities. The Astrophysical Journal. 859(1). 32–32. 57 indexed citations
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Komacek, Thaddeus D. & Andrew N. Youdin. (2017). Structure and Evolution of Internally Heated Hot Jupiters. The Astrophysical Journal. 844(2). 94–94. 34 indexed citations
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Simon, Jacob B., Philip J. Armitage, Andrew N. Youdin, & Rixin Li. (2017). Evidence for Universality in the Initial Planetesimal Mass Function. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 847(2). L12–L12. 79 indexed citations
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Simon, Jacob B., Philip J. Armitage, Rixin Li, & Andrew N. Youdin. (2016). THE MASS AND SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF PLANETESIMALS FORMED BY THE STREAMING INSTABILITY. I. THE ROLE OF SELF-GRAVITY. The Astrophysical Journal. 822(1). 55–55. 201 indexed citations
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Piso, Ana-Maria & Andrew N. Youdin. (2014). ON THE MINIMUM CORE MASS FOR GIANT PLANET FORMATION AT WIDE SEPARATIONS. The Astrophysical Journal. 786(1). 21–21. 145 indexed citations
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Youdin, Andrew N.. (2011). ON THE FORMATION OF PLANETESIMALS VIA SECULAR GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITIES WITH TURBULENT STIRRING. The Astrophysical Journal. 731(2). 99–99. 96 indexed citations
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Johansen, Anders, Andrew N. Youdin, & Yoram Lithwick. (2011). Adding particle collisions to the formation of asteroids and Kuiper belt objects via streaming instabilities. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 537. A125–A125. 96 indexed citations
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Youdin, Andrew N.. (2010). From Grains to Planetesimals. EAS Publications Series. 41. 187–207. 18 indexed citations
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Johansen, Anders, Andrew N. Youdin, & Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low. (2009). PARTICLE CLUMPING AND PLANETESIMAL FORMATION DEPEND STRONGLY ON METALLICITY. The Astrophysical Journal. 704(2). L75–L79. 248 indexed citations
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Johansen, Anders, Jeffrey S. Oishi, Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low, et al.. (2007). Rapid planetesimal formation in turbulent circumstellar disks. Nature. 448(7157). 1022–1025. 750 indexed citations breakdown →
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Youdin, Andrew N.. (2004). Obstacles to the Collisional Growth of Planetesimals. CERN Bulletin. 323. 319. 4 indexed citations

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