Barry McKernan

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Barry McKernan is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Barry McKernan has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 3 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Barry McKernan's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (51 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (27 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (25 papers). Barry McKernan is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (51 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (27 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (25 papers). Barry McKernan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Chile. Barry McKernan's co-authors include K. E. Saavik Ford, Jillian Bellovary, C. S. Reynolds, Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low, Bence Kocsis, Wladimir Lyra, Nathan W. C. Leigh, R. O’Shaughnessy, T. Yaqoob and Zoltán Haiman 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

Barry McKernan

54 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Hierarchical Black Hole Mergers in Active Galactic Nuclei

2019 182 citations I. Bartos, K. E. Saavik Ford et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Barry McKernan

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Barry McKernan's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Barry McKernan with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Barry McKernan more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Barry McKernan

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Barry McKernan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Barry McKernan. The network helps show where Barry McKernan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barry McKernan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Barry McKernan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Barry McKernan 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 Barry McKernan. Barry McKernan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Evolution of LISA Observables for Binary Black Holes Lensed by a Supermassive Black Hole 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), K. E. Saavik Ford, (unknown), Barry McKernan, Matthew O’Dowd	0
2	`McFACTS` . II. Mass Ratio–Effective Spin Relationship of Black Hole Mergers in the Active Galactic Nucleus Channel 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), R. O’Shaughnessy	0
3	`McFACTS` I: Testing the LVK AGN Channel with Monte Carlo for AGN Channel Testing and Simulation (`McFACTS`) 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), R. O’Shaughnessy	6
4	An extremely luminous flare recorded from a supermassive black hole 2025 ·Nature Astronomy ·M. J. Graham, Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford, (unknown), Matteo Cantiello, (unknown), (unknown), M. M. Kasliwal, Michael Koss, R. Margutti, (unknown), Jean J. Somalwar, P. Wiseman, S. G. Djorgovski, (unknown), Eric C. Bellm, X. Chen, Steven L. Groom, S. R. Kulkarni, A. Mahabal	0
5	NuSTAR Observations of Candidate Subparsec Binary Supermassive Black Holes 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Murray Brightman, Daniel Stern, Thomas Connor, S. G. Djorgovski, Daniel J. D’Orazio, K. E. Saavik Ford, M. J. Graham, Zoltán Haiman, Hyunsung D. Jun, Elias Kammoun, Ralph Kraft, Barry McKernan, (unknown), D. J. Walton	4
6	Constraining the LVK AGN channel with black hole spins 2024 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford	12
7	Tidal disruption events from three-body scatterings and eccentricity pumping in the discs of active galactic nuclei 2024 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Yihan Wang, Rosalba Perna, K. E. Saavik Ford, Barry McKernan	8
8	A Light in the Dark: Searching for Electromagnetic Counterparts to Black Hole–Black Hole Mergers in LIGO/Virgo O3 with the Zwicky Transient Facility 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·M. J. Graham, Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford, Daniel Stern, S. G. Djorgovski, M. W. Coughlin, Kevin B. Burdge, Eric C. Bellm, G. Hélou, A. Mahabal, Frank J. Masci, Josiah Purdum, P. Rosnet, B. Rusholme	58
9	Effective two-body scatterings around a massive object 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Yihan Wang, K. E. Saavik Ford, Rosalba Perna, Barry McKernan, Zhaohuan Zhu, Bing Zhang	1
10	In-plane tidal disruption of stars in discs of active galactic nuclei 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Taeho Ryu, Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford, Matteo Cantiello, M. J. Graham, Daniel Stern, Nathan W. C. Leigh	15
11	Aligning Retrograde Nuclear Cluster Orbits with an Active Galactic Nucleus Accretion Disc 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Syeda S. Nasim, Gaia Fabj, (unknown), Amy Secunda, K. E. Saavik Ford, Barry McKernan, Jillian Bellovary, Nathan W. C. Leigh, Wladimir Lyra	26
12	Starfall: a heavy rain of stars in ‘turning on’ AGN 2022 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford, Matteo Cantiello, M. J. Graham, Adam S. Jermyn, Nathan W. C. Leigh, Taeho Ryu, Daniel Stern	24
13	LIGO–Virgo correlations between mass ratio and effective inspiral spin: testing the active galactic nuclei channel 2022 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford, T. A. Callister, Will M. Farr, R. O’Shaughnessy, R. J. E. Smith, E. Thrane, A. Vajpeyi	37
14	Binary black hole merger rates in AGN discs versus nuclear star clusters: loud beats quiet 2022 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·K. E. Saavik Ford, Barry McKernan	53
15	Measuring the Properties of Active Galactic Nuclei Disks with Gravitational Waves 2022 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Vajpeyi, E. Thrane, R. J. E. Smith, Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford	29
16	Symmetry Breaking in Dynamical Encounters in the Disks of Active Galactic Nuclei 2021 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Yihan Wang, Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford, Rosalba Perna, Nathan W. C. Leigh, Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low	31
17	Prospects of Gravitational Wave Detections from Common Envelope Evolution with LISA 2021 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Mathieu Renzo, T. A. Callister, Katerina Chatziioannou, L. A. C. van Son, Chiara M. F. Mingarelli, Matteo Cantiello, K. E. Saavik Ford, Barry McKernan, G. Ashton	18
18	Orbital Migration of Interacting Stellar Mass Black Holes in Disks around Supermassive Black Holes. II. Spins and Incoming Objects 2020 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Amy Secunda, Jillian Bellovary, Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low, K. E. Saavik Ford, Barry McKernan, Nathan W. C. Leigh, Wladimir Lyra, Zs. Sándor, (unknown)	60
19	AGN (and other) astrophysics with Gravitational Wave Events 2019 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·K. E. Saavik Ford, I. Bartos, Barry McKernan, Zoltán Haiman, A. Corsi, A. Keivani, Szabolcs Márka, Rosalba Perna, M. J. Graham, Nicholas P. Ross, Daniel Stern, Jillian Bellovary, Emanuele Berti, Matthew O’Dowd, Wladimir Lyra, Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low, Z. Márka	2
20	Constraining Stellar-mass Black Hole Mergers in AGN Disks Detectable with LIGO 2018 ·Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) ·Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford, Jillian Bellovary, Nathan W. C. Leigh, Zoltán Haiman, Bence Kocsis	73

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact