B. T. Draine

46.1k total citations · 15 hit papers
189 papers, 24.0k citations indexed

About

B. T. Draine is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, B. T. Draine has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 24.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 31 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 22 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in B. T. Draine's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (123 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (80 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (50 papers). B. T. Draine is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (123 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (80 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (50 papers). B. T. Draine collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. B. T. Draine's co-authors include Piotr J. Flatau, Aigen Li, Joseph C. Weingartner, E. E. Salpeter, Ari Laor, Jeremy Goodman, F. Bertoldi, Christopher F. McKee, W. G. Roberge and Brandon S. Hensley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

B. T. Draine

185 papers receiving 22.9k citations

Hit Papers

Discrete-Dipole Approxima... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1994 1984 2001 1988 2007 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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. Discrete-Dipole Approximation For Scattering Calculations
    1994 2.8k citations B. T. Draine et al. profile →
  2. Optical properties of interstellar graphite and silicate grains
    1984 2.0k citations B. T. Draine et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  3. Dust Grain–Size Distributions and Extinction in the Milky Way, Large Magellanic Cloud, and Small Magellanic Cloud
    2001 1.6k citations B. T. Draine et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  4. The discrete-dipole approximation and its application to interstellar graphite grains
    1988 1.2k citations B. T. Draine The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  5. Infrared Emission from Interstellar Dust. IV. The Silicate‐Graphite‐PAH Model in the Post‐SpitzerEra
    2007 1.1k citations B. T. Draine, Aigen Li The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  6. Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium
    2011 1.0k citations B. T. Draine profile →
  7. Photoelectric heating of interstellar gas
    1978 848 citations B. T. Draine profile →
  8. Infrared Emission from Interstellar Dust. II. The Diffuse Interstellar Medium
    2001 812 citations Aigen Li, B. T. Draine The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  9. Spectroscopic constraints on the properties of dust in active galactic nuclei
    1993 678 citations B. T. Draine et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  10. The Mid‐Infrared Spectrum of Star‐forming Galaxies: Global Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission
    2007 557 citations J. D. Smith, B. T. Draine et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  11. Dust Masses, PAH Abundances, and Starlight Intensities in the SINGS Galaxy Sample
    2007 548 citations B. T. Draine, Daniel A. Dale et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  12. On the physics of dust grains in hot gas
    1979 515 citations B. T. Draine et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  13. Structure of Stationary Photodissociation Fronts
    1996 508 citations B. T. Draine et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  14. Discrete-dipole approximation for periodic targets: theory and tests
    2008 391 citations B. T. Draine et al. profile →
  15. Beyond Clausius-Mossotti - Wave propagation on a polarizable point lattice and the discrete dipole approximation
    1993 349 citations B. T. Draine et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
B. T. Draine 17.8k 3.2k 3.0k 3.0k 2.4k 189 24.0k
H. Netzer 11.1k 0.6× 4.4k 1.4× 518 0.2× 1.1k 0.4× 333 0.1× 447 18.4k
Paul J. Steinhardt 26.3k 1.5× 3.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 911 0.4× 307 37.8k
P. Thomas 9.3k 0.5× 3.0k 0.9× 181 0.1× 370 0.1× 235 0.1× 338 15.1k
A. G. G. M. Tielens 26.3k 1.5× 9.1k 2.8× 6.5k 2.2× 333 0.1× 73 0.0× 503 31.3k
H. C. van de Hulst 1.3k 0.1× 2.4k 0.8× 2.5k 0.9× 2.8k 1.0× 911 0.4× 64 12.0k
Donald R. Huffman 1.7k 0.1× 4.4k 1.4× 2.5k 0.8× 6.0k 2.0× 4.2k 1.7× 48 24.0k
H. W. Moos 4.8k 0.3× 1.6k 0.5× 918 0.3× 177 0.1× 329 0.1× 241 7.9k
Th. Henning 11.9k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 1.6k 0.5× 222 0.1× 47 0.0× 431 13.3k
Joshua N. Winn 6.5k 0.4× 2.3k 0.7× 319 0.1× 706 0.2× 532 0.2× 163 9.2k
J. S. Gallagher 10.1k 0.6× 658 0.2× 240 0.1× 1.1k 0.4× 63 0.0× 402 12.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Draine, B. T.. (2025). The Spheroidal Analog Method for Modeling Irregular Porous Aggregates. The Astrophysical Journal. 985(1). 10–10. 3 indexed citations
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Hunt, L. K., B. T. Draine, Alessandra Aloisi, et al.. (2025). The Interstellar Medium in I Zw 18 Seen with JWST/MIRI. II. Warm Molecular Hydrogen and Warm Dust. The Astrophysical Journal. 993(1). 84–84.
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Draine, B. T.. (2024). Sensitivity of Polarization to Grain Shape. II. Aggregates. The Astrophysical Journal. 969(2). 92–92. 3 indexed citations
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Draine, B. T.. (2024). Sensitivity of Polarization to Grain Shape. I. Convex Shapes. The Astrophysical Journal. 961(1). 103–103. 6 indexed citations
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Smith, J. D., B. T. Draine, Aditya Togi, et al.. (2024). The Impact of an Active Galactic Nucleus on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission in Galaxies: The Case of Ring Galaxy NGC 4138. The Astrophysical Journal. 965(1). 75–75. 2 indexed citations
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Hensley, Brandon S. & B. T. Draine. (2023). The Astrodust+PAH Model: A Unified Description of the Extinction, Emission, and Polarization from Dust in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium. The Astrophysical Journal. 948(1). 55–55. 74 indexed citations
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Sterken, Veerle, B. T. Draine, Konstantin Herbst, et al.. (2022). Dust in and Around the Heliosphere and Astrospheres. Space Science Reviews. 218(8). 71–71. 7 indexed citations
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Draine, B. T., Aigen Li, Brandon S. Hensley, et al.. (2021). Excitation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission: Dependence on Size Distribution, Ionization, and Starlight Spectrum and Intensity. The Astrophysical Journal. 917(1). 3–3. 59 indexed citations
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Draine, B. T. & Brandon S. Hensley. (2021). The Dielectric Function of “Astrodust” and Predictions for Polarization in the 3.4 and 10 μm Features. The Astrophysical Journal. 909(1). 94–94. 58 indexed citations
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Crocker, Alison, E. Pellegrini, J. D. Smith, et al.. (2019). [C i](1–0) and [C i](2–1) in Resolved Local Galaxies*. The Astrophysical Journal. 887(1). 105–105. 17 indexed citations
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Draine, B. T. & Christina D. Kreisch. (2018). Electron Energy Distributions in H ii Regions and Planetary Nebulae: κ-distributions Do Not Apply. The Astrophysical Journal. 862(1). 30–30. 12 indexed citations
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Croxall, K. V., J. D. Smith, E. Pellegrini, et al.. (2017). The Origins of [C ii] Emission in Local Star-forming Galaxies. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 27 indexed citations
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Kapala, Maria, Brent Groves, Karin Sandström, et al.. (2017). The Survey of Lines in M31 (SLIM): The Drivers of the [C ii]/TIR Variation. The Astrophysical Journal. 842(2). 128–128. 10 indexed citations
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Hensley, Brandon S. & B. T. Draine. (2017). Modeling the Anomalous Microwave Emission with Spinning Nanoparticles: No PAHs Required. The Astrophysical Journal. 836(2). 179–179. 42 indexed citations
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Boquien, M., Robert C. Kennicutt, Daniela Calzetti, et al.. (2016). Towards universal hybrid star formation rate estimators. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 57 indexed citations
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Hensley, Brandon S., B. T. Draine, & Aaron Meisner. (2016). A CASE AGAINST SPINNING PAHS AS THE SOURCE OF THE ANOMALOUS MICROWAVE EMISSION. The Astrophysical Journal. 827(1). 45–45. 36 indexed citations
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Draine, B. T.. (2016). GRAPHITE REVISITED. The Astrophysical Journal. 831(1). 109–109. 24 indexed citations
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Smith, J. D., K. V. Croxall, B. T. Draine, et al.. (2016). THE SPATIALLY RESOLVED COOLING LINE DEFICIT IN GALAXIES. The Astrophysical Journal. 834(1). 5–5. 58 indexed citations
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Armus, L., P. Beirão, Karin Sandström, et al.. (2015). Heating and cooling of the neutral ISM in the NGC 4736 circumnuclear ring. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 11 indexed citations
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Cuzzi, Jeffrey N., et al.. (2011). Radiative transfer in closely packed realistic regoliths. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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