Avery Meiksin

42.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
82 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Avery Meiksin is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Avery Meiksin has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 30 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 26 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Avery Meiksin's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (68 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (29 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (26 papers). Avery Meiksin is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (68 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (29 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (26 papers). Avery Meiksin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Avery Meiksin's co-authors include Piero Madau, M. J. Rees, Martin White, J. Brinkmann, Donald P. Schneider, Michael R. Blanton, David W. Hogg, Neta A. Bahcall, J. Loveday and Max Tegmark and has published in prestigious journals such as Reviews of Modern Physics, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Avery Meiksin

80 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Galaxy Luminosity Function and Luminosity Density at ... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2003 1997 200 400 600
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. The Galaxy Luminosity Function and Luminosity Density at Redshiftz= 0.1
    2003 613 citations Michael R. Blanton, David W. Hogg et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. 21 Centimeter Tomography of the Intergalactic Medium at High Redshift
    1997 506 citations Avery Meiksin et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers

Avery Meiksin
Cullen H. Blake Australia
O. Lahav United Kingdom
Yehuda Hoffman Israel
M. J. Jarvis United Kingdom
Asantha Cooray United States
Gustavo Yepes Spain
E. Gaztañaga Spain
H. M. P. Couchman Canada
L. Moscardini Italy
Joseph F. Hennawi United States
Cullen H. Blake Australia
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Citations per year, relative to Avery Meiksin Avery Meiksin (= 1×) peers Cullen H. Blake

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Fields of papers citing papers by Avery Meiksin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Avery Meiksin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Meiksin, Avery, et al.. (2023). A comparison of numerical methods for computing the reionization of intergalactic hydrogen and helium by a central radiating source. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(4). 5743–5759. 2 indexed citations
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Puchwein, Ewald, James S. Bolton, Laura C. Keating, et al.. (2022). The Sherwood–Relics simulations: overview and impact of patchy reionization and pressure smoothing on the intergalactic medium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(4). 6162–6183. 46 indexed citations
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Meiksin, Avery. (2022). Using the SEIR model to constrain the role of contaminated fomites in spreading an epidemic: An application to COVID-19 in the UK. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering. 19(4). 3564–3590. 5 indexed citations
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Whalen, Daniel J., et al.. (2021). Radio Power from Direct-collapse Black Holes. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 922(2). L39–L39. 10 indexed citations
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Meiksin, Avery. (2021). Intergalactic Heating by Lyα Photons Including Hyperfine Structure Corrections. Research Notes of the AAS. 5(5). 126–126. 6 indexed citations
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Meiksin, Avery. (2020). Dynamics of COVID-19 transmission including indirect transmission mechanisms: a mathematical analysis. Epidemiology and Infection. 148. e257–e257. 27 indexed citations
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Zheng, Wei, Avery Meiksin, G. A. Kriss, et al.. (2015). CHARACTERISTICS OF He ii PROXIMITY PROFILES. The Astrophysical Journal. 806(1). 142–142. 12 indexed citations
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Lukić, Zarija, et al.. (2014). The Lyman α forest in optically thin hydrodynamical simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 446(4). 3697–3724. 123 indexed citations
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Chongchitnan, Sirichai & Avery Meiksin. (2013). The effect of cosmic magnetic fields on the metagalactic ionization background inferred from the Lyman α forest. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 437(4). 3639–3646. 14 indexed citations
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Meiksin, Avery & Eric Tittley. (2012). The impact of helium reionization on the structure of the intergalactic medium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 423(1). 7–25. 31 indexed citations
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Meiksin, Avery, et al.. (2009). Helium reionization and the thermal proximity effect. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 401(1). 77–87. 19 indexed citations
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Zehavi, Idit, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Robert C. Nichol, et al.. (2005). The Intermediate‐Scale Clustering of Luminous Red Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 621(1). 22–31. 128 indexed citations
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Tytler, David, David Kirkman, John M. O’Meara, et al.. (2004). Mean amount of Absorption from the Intergalactic Medium. AAS. 205.
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Meiksin, Avery. (2004). Constraints on the ionization sources of the high-redshift intergalactic medium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 356(2). 596–606. 62 indexed citations
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Meiksin, Avery. (2000). Spectral analysis of the Ly  forest using wavelets. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 314(3). 566–572. 23 indexed citations
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Norman, Colin & Avery Meiksin. (1996). Two-Phase Cooling Flows with Magnetic Reconnection. The Astrophysical Journal. 468. 97–97. 10 indexed citations
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Meiksin, Avery. (1994). The structure and evolution of Lyman-alpha forest clouds in the minihalo model. The Astrophysical Journal. 431. 109–109. 27 indexed citations
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Calzetti, Daniela, Mauro Giavalisco, & Avery Meiksin. (1992). The shape of the two-point correlation function - Evidence for a double power law. The Astrophysical Journal. 398. 429–429. 2 indexed citations
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Meiksin, Avery. (1988). Cooling Flows in Clusters of Galaxies.. PhDT. 1 indexed citations
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Bertschinger, Edmund & Avery Meiksin. (1986). The role of heat conduction in the cooling flows of galaxy clusters. The Astrophysical Journal. 306. L1–L1. 47 indexed citations

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