C. McCully

18.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

C. McCully is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, C. McCully has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 27 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 11 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in C. McCully's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (67 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (35 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (26 papers). C. McCully is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (67 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (35 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (26 papers). C. McCully collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Israel. C. McCully's co-authors include D. A. Howell, I. Arcavi, S. Valenti, G. Hosseinzadeh, Ann I. Zabludoff, Jennifer Barnes, Daniel Kasen, Charles R. Keeton, Kenneth C. Wong and D. Poznanski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

C. McCully

66 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Optical emission from a kilonova following a gravitationa... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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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. Optical emission from a kilonova following a gravitational-wave-detected neutron-star merger
    2017 314 citations I. Arcavi, G. Hosseinzadeh et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. McCully United States 20 1.3k 424 153 56 27 82 1.4k
K. Wiersema United Kingdom 24 2.0k 1.5× 549 1.3× 153 1.0× 30 0.5× 56 2.1× 133 2.0k
S. Valenti United States 32 2.7k 2.0× 921 2.2× 199 1.3× 28 0.5× 35 1.3× 111 2.7k
O. Wucknitz Germany 18 710 0.5× 233 0.5× 96 0.6× 86 1.5× 14 0.5× 45 746
S. Komossa Germany 22 1.3k 1.0× 549 1.3× 89 0.6× 49 0.9× 13 0.5× 74 1.4k
K. E. Heintz Denmark 17 899 0.7× 214 0.5× 227 1.5× 35 0.6× 10 0.4× 63 990
T. P. Downes Ireland 17 943 0.7× 276 0.7× 111 0.7× 59 1.1× 11 0.4× 47 994
Wen‐fai Fong United States 26 2.1k 1.6× 657 1.5× 99 0.6× 26 0.5× 45 1.7× 61 2.2k
Thomas L. Aldcroft United States 21 1.1k 0.8× 513 1.2× 77 0.5× 44 0.8× 21 0.8× 41 1.1k
D. A. Perley United States 27 2.2k 1.6× 617 1.5× 232 1.5× 24 0.4× 16 0.6× 179 2.2k
A. Lamberts United States 18 780 0.6× 247 0.6× 127 0.8× 54 1.0× 24 0.9× 35 859

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. McCully

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. McCully

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of C. McCully. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of C. McCully 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 C. McCully. C. McCully 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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Farah, Joseph, D. A. Howell, G. Terreran, et al.. (2025). Shock-cooling Constraints via Early-time Observations of the Type IIb SN 2022hnt. The Astrophysical Journal. 984(1). 60–60. 2 indexed citations
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Hiramatsu, D., Tatsuya Matsumoto, E. Berger, et al.. (2024). Multiple Peaks and a Long Precursor in the Type IIn Supernova 2021qqp: An Energetic Explosion in a Complex Circumstellar Environment. The Astrophysical Journal. 964(2). 181–181. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaofeng, C. McCully, Ali Esamdin, et al.. (2024). SN 2021wuf: A transitional type Ia supernova with a low-velocity gradient. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 691. A90–A90.
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McCully, C., et al.. (2023). Cosmic-CoNN: A Cosmic-Ray Detection Deep-learning Framework, Data Set, and Toolkit. The Astrophysical Journal. 942(2). 73–73. 1 indexed citations
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Gonzalez, Estefania Padilla, D. A. Howell, J. Burke, et al.. (2023). Peculiar Spectral Evolution of the Type I Supernova 2019eix: A Possible Double Detonation from a Helium Shell on a Sub-Chandrasekhar-mass White Dwarf. The Astrophysical Journal. 953(1). 25–25. 2 indexed citations
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Pellegrino, C., D. A. Howell, J. Vinkó, et al.. (2022). Circumstellar Interaction Powers the Light Curves of Luminous Rapidly Evolving Optical Transients. The Astrophysical Journal. 926(2). 125–125. 32 indexed citations
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Gangopadhyay, Anjasha, Kuntal Misra, G. Hosseinzadeh, et al.. (2022). Evolution of a Peculiar Type Ibn Supernova SN 2019wep. The Astrophysical Journal. 930(2). 127–127. 3 indexed citations
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Singh, Mridweeka, Kuntal Misra, D. K. Sahu, et al.. (2022). Optical studies of a bright Type Iax supernova SN 2020rea. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 517(4). 5617–5626. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Lifan, N. B. Suntzeff, Lei Hu, et al.. (2022). Using 1991T/1999aa-like Type Ia Supernovae as Standardizable Candles. The Astrophysical Journal. 938(1). 83–83. 4 indexed citations
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McCully, C., Saurabh W. Jha, R. Scalzo, et al.. (2022). Still Brighter than Pre-explosion, SN 2012Z Did Not Disappear: Comparing Hubble Space Telescope Observations a Decade Apart. The Astrophysical Journal. 925(2). 138–138. 20 indexed citations
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Johansson, J., S. B. Cenko, Ori D. Fox, et al.. (2021). Near-infrared Supernova Ia Distances: Host Galaxy Extinction and Mass-step Corrections Revisited. The Astrophysical Journal. 923(2). 237–237. 23 indexed citations
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Guillén, C. Cardona, N. Lodieu, V. J. S. Béjar, et al.. (2021). A young spectroscopic binary in a quintuple system part of the Local Association. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 654. A134–A134. 2 indexed citations
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Dastidar, Raya, Kuntal Misra, S. Valenti, et al.. (2019). SN 2015an: a normal luminosity type II supernova with low expansion velocity at early phases. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 490(2). 1605–1619. 4 indexed citations
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Arcavi, I., C. McCully, D. Hiramatsu, et al.. (2019). LIGO/Virgo S190426c: Nemo is Unrelated.. GCN. 24251. 1.
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Wyatt, S., A. Tohuvavohu, I. Arcavi, et al.. (2019). Announcing the GW Treasure Map. GRB Coordinates Network. 26244. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Hosseinzadeh, G., S. Valenti, C. McCully, et al.. (2018). Short-lived Circumstellar Interaction in the Low-luminosity Type IIP SN 2016bkv. The Astrophysical Journal. 861(1). 63–63. 34 indexed citations
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Arcavi, I., G. Hosseinzadeh, P. J. Brown, et al.. (2017). Constraints on the Progenitor of SN 2016gkg from Its Shock-cooling Light Curve. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 837(1). L2–L2. 30 indexed citations
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Huang, Fang, Xiaofeng Wang, L. Zampieri, et al.. (2016). OPTICAL AND ULTRAVIOLET OBSERVATIONS OF THE VERY YOUNG TYPE IIP SN 2014cx IN NGC 337. The Astrophysical Journal. 832(2). 139–139. 15 indexed citations
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Boroson, Todd A., Leonidas A. Moustakas, A. Romero‐Wolf, & C. McCully. (2016). Using the LCOGT Network To Measure a High-Precision Time Delay in the Four-Image Gravitational Lens HE0435-1223. 227. 1 indexed citations
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Strolger, Louis-Gregory, T. Dahlén, S. Rodney, et al.. (2015). THE RATE OF CORE COLLAPSE SUPERNOVAE TO REDSHIFT 2.5 FROM THE CANDELS AND CLASH SUPERNOVA SURVEYS. The Astrophysical Journal. 813(2). 93–93. 60 indexed citations

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