C. O. Heinke

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
201 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

C. O. Heinke is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, C. O. Heinke has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 196 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 32 papers in Geophysics and 29 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in C. O. Heinke's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (162 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (97 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (62 papers). C. O. Heinke is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (162 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (97 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (62 papers). C. O. Heinke collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. C. O. Heinke's co-authors include J. E. Grindlay, Wynn C. G. Ho, P. D. Edmonds, G. R. Sivakoff, Arash Bahramian, R. Wijnands, H. N. Cohn, P. M. Lugger, Slavko Bogdanov and Jeanette C. Gladstone and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

C. O. Heinke

180 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

THE DENSE MATTER EQUATION OF STATE FROM NEUTRON STAR RADIUS AND MASS MEASUREMENTS

2016 248 citations C. O. Heinke, Sébastien Guillot et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. O. Heinke United States	42	5.1k	1.1k	1.0k	318	276	201	5.2k
D. Steeghs United Kingdom	35	5.1k 1.0×	900 0.8×	571 0.6×	481 1.5×	425 1.5×	245	5.1k
J. Casares Spain	37	4.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	641 0.6×	733 2.3×	140 0.5×	190	4.7k
F. Verbunt Netherlands	35	4.7k 0.9×	583 0.5×	699 0.7×	177 0.6×	458 1.7×	158	4.8k
Ronald E. Taam United States	36	5.1k 1.0×	786 0.7×	796 0.8×	194 0.6×	425 1.5×	141	5.3k
S. Mereghetti Italy	38	5.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.5×	181 0.6×	79 0.3×	352	5.6k
G. L. Israel Italy	36	4.4k 0.9×	803 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	182 0.6×	63 0.2×	240	4.5k
К. А. Постнов Russia	28	3.0k 0.6×	715 0.6×	657 0.6×	128 0.4×	90 0.3×	188	3.1k
F. Haberl Germany	36	5.5k 1.1×	1.7k 1.5×	1.0k 1.0×	384 1.2×	146 0.5×	348	5.6k
Rosalba Perna United States	39	4.6k 0.9×	999 0.9×	676 0.7×	73 0.2×	160 0.6×	174	4.7k
Q. Daniel Wang United States	36	4.2k 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	278 0.3×	91 0.3×	390 1.4×	194	4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. O. Heinke

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Heinke, C. O., et al.. (2025). Catalog of Outbursts of Neutron Star Low-mass X-Ray Binaries. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 279(2). 57–57. 1 indexed citations

Heinke, C. O., et al.. (2025). Verification of Cas A Neutron Star Cooling Rate Using Chandra HRC-S Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 991(2). 136–136.

Heinke, C. O.. (2024). A Brief, Biased View of Neutron Star Cooling. Astronomische Nachrichten. 346(1). 1 indexed citations

Berg, M. van den, J. Homan, C. O. Heinke, et al.. (2024). Discovery of a Second Eclipsing, Bursting Neutron Star Low-mass X-Ray Binary in the Globular Cluster Terzan 6. The Astrophysical Journal. 966(2). 217–217. 3 indexed citations

Eijnden, J. van den, N. Degenaar, T. D. Russell, et al.. (2021). A new radio census of neutron star X-ray binaries. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 507(3). 3899–3922. 41 indexed citations

Strader, Jay, Laura Chomiuk, Evangelia Tremou, et al.. (2020). The MAVERIC Survey: Radio Catalogs and Source Counts from Deep Very Large Array Imaging of 25 Galactic Globular Clusters. The Astrophysical Journal. 903(1). 73–73. 14 indexed citations

Goodwin, A J, D. M. Russell, D. K. Galloway, et al.. (2020). Enhanced optical activity 12 d before X-ray activity, and a 4 d X-ray delay during outburst rise, in a low-mass X-ray binary. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 498(3). 3429–3439. 13 indexed citations

Zhao, Yue, C. O. Heinke, H. N. Cohn, et al.. (2020). A deep Chandra survey for faint X-ray sources in the Galactic globular cluster M30, and searches for optical and radio counterparts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 499(3). 3338–3355. 11 indexed citations

Heinke, C. O., Eric W. Koch, Robert C. Andrews, et al.. (2020). The X-ray emissivity of low-density stellar populations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492(4). 5684–5708. 12 indexed citations

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Heinke, C. O., et al.. (2019). X-ray spectroscopy of the candidate AGNs in Henize 2–10 and NGC 4178: likely supernova remnants. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 485(4). 5604–5615. 8 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yue, C. O. Heinke, Sergey S. Tsygankov, et al.. (2019). Soft excess in the quiescent Be/X-ray pulsar RX J0812.4–3114. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 488(3). 4427–4439. 6 indexed citations

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Shaw, A. W., John A. Tomsick, K. Mukai, et al.. (2018). Measuring the masses of intermediate polars with NuSTAR. cosp. 42. 1 indexed citations

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Eijnden, J. van den, N. Degenaar, R. Wijnands, et al.. (2018). VLA radio detection of the very-faint X-ray transient IGR J17285-2922. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 11487. 1.

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Tetarenko, B. E., Arash Bahramian, J. C. A. Miller‐Jones, et al.. (2016). THE FIRST LOW-MASS BLACK HOLE X-RAY BINARY IDENTIFIED IN QUIESCENCE OUTSIDE OF A GLOBULAR CLUSTER. The Astrophysical Journal. 825(1). 10–10. 36 indexed citations

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Homan, J., G. R. Sivakoff, D. Pooley, et al.. (2016). Chandra identification of the X-ray transient MAXI J0911-635/Swift J0911.9-6452 in NGC 2808. ATel. 8971. 1. 1 indexed citations

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Ponti, G., S. Bianchi, T. Muñoz‐Darias, et al.. (2014). On the Fe K absorption – accretion state connection in the Galactic Centre neutron star X-ray binary AX J1745.6-2901. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 446(2). 1536–1550. 32 indexed citations

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Bahramian, Arash, C. O. Heinke, G. R. Sivakoff, et al.. (2013). No indication of X-ray activity in Terzan 1 from a short Swift/XRT observation. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 5116. 1.

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Gladstone, Jeanette C., et al.. (2011). Optical counterparts to ultraluminous x-ray sources. 77. 1 indexed citations

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Sivakoff, G. R., C. O. Heinke, J. C. A. Miller‐Jones, et al.. (2011). Chandra HRC confirms that M15 X-2 is the currently flaring source in M15. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 3393. 1.

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Patruno, Alessandro, D. Altamirano, Anna L. Watts, et al.. (2010). Detection of pulsations and identification of SAX J1748.9-2021 as the X-ray transient in NGC 6440.. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 2407. 1.

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