C. Vignali

18.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
264 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

C. Vignali is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Vignali has authored 264 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 255 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 100 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 40 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in C. Vignali's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (231 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (220 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (99 papers). C. Vignali is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (231 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (220 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (99 papers). C. Vignali collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. C. Vignali's co-authors include A. Comastri, W. N. Brandt, Donald P. Schneider, F. Fiore, R. Gilli, M. Brusa, D. M. Alexander, F. La Franca, M. Mignoli and G. Matt 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. Vignali

255 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

  1. The Chandra Deep Field North Survey. XIII. 2 Ms Point-Source Catalogs
    2003 447 citations D. M. Alexander, F. E. Bauer et al. profile →
  2. Universal bolometric corrections for active galactic nuclei over seven luminosity decades
    2020 170 citations F. Duras, A. Bongiorno et al. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
C. Vignali 6.6k 2.3k 1.3k 170 78 264 6.8k
V. Mainieri 4.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 130 0.8× 54 0.7× 107 5.0k
M. Brusa 5.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 1.6k 1.2× 118 0.7× 54 0.7× 150 5.3k
A. Comastri 7.1k 1.1× 3.6k 1.5× 1.1k 0.8× 172 1.0× 136 1.7× 253 7.4k
Yoshihiro Ueda 5.6k 0.8× 2.1k 0.9× 835 0.6× 131 0.8× 77 1.0× 186 5.8k
S. Ettori 5.7k 0.9× 1.8k 0.8× 1.7k 1.3× 165 1.0× 40 0.5× 178 5.8k
Robert Antonucci 7.0k 1.1× 2.7k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 181 1.1× 54 0.7× 125 7.2k
Buell T. Jannuzi 6.6k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 2.5k 1.9× 207 1.2× 129 1.7× 147 6.7k
J. Bergeron 4.5k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 158 0.9× 69 0.9× 112 4.6k
M. Vestergaard 6.8k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 320 1.9× 44 0.6× 89 6.9k
Min S. Yun 5.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 1.6k 1.2× 148 0.9× 63 0.8× 168 5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by C. Vignali

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. Vignali

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by C. Vignali. 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 C. Vignali. The network helps show where C. Vignali may publish in the future.

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of C. Vignali. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of C. Vignali 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. Vignali. C. Vignali 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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Brandt, W. N., A. Comastri, F. E. Bauer, et al.. (2025). Intervening nuclear obscuration changing the X-ray look of the z ≈ 6 quasi-stellar object CFHQS J164121+375520. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 694. L16–L16.
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Ruiz, A., I. Georgantopoulos, Fabio Vito, et al.. (2024). Active galactic nucleus X-ray luminosity function and absorption function in the Early Universe (3 ≤ z ≤ 6). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 685. A97–A97. 12 indexed citations
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Zou, Fan, W. N. Brandt, Qingling Ni, et al.. (2023). Identification and Characterization of a Large Sample of Distant Active Dwarf Galaxies in XMM-SERVS. The Astrophysical Journal. 950(2). 136–136. 13 indexed citations
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Cicone, C., P. Severgnini, V. Braito, et al.. (2023). Another X-ray UFO without a momentum-boosted molecular outflow. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 673. A46–A46. 2 indexed citations
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Piconcelli, E., L. Zappacosta, Francesco Tombesi, et al.. (2022). X-ray spectroscopic survey of highly accreting AGN. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 26 indexed citations
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Longinotti, A. L., Y. Krongold, C. Vignali, et al.. (2021). X-ray sources in the 1.75 Ms Ultra Narrow Deep Field observed by XMM-Newton. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Chartas, G., M. Cappi, C. Vignali, et al.. (2021). Multiphase Powerful Outflows Detected in High-z Quasars. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 27 indexed citations
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Salvestrini, Francesco, C. Gruppioni, F. Pozzi, et al.. (2020). Molecular gas in the central region of NGC 7213. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 5 indexed citations
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Travascio, A., L. Zappacosta, Sebastiano Cantalupo, et al.. (2020). The WISSH quasars project - VIII. Outflows and metals in the circum-galactic medium around the hyper-luminous z  ∼  3.6 quasar J1538+08. ArTS Archivio della ricerca di Trieste (University of Trieste https://www.units.it/). 6 indexed citations
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Bertola, E., M. Dadina, M. Cappi, et al.. (2020). X-raying winds in distant quasars: The first high-redshift wind duty cycle. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 4 indexed citations
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Decarli, Roberto, M. Mignoli, R. Gilli, et al.. (2019). Testing the paradigm: First spectroscopic evidence of a quasar–galaxy Mpc-scale association at cosmic dawn. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 7 indexed citations
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Iwasawa, K., C. Vignali, A. Comastri, et al.. (2014). The XMM deep survey in the CDF-S VIII. X-ray properties of the two brightest sources. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations
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Castelló-Mor, N., F. J. Carrera, A. Alonso‐Herrero, et al.. (2013). The XMM deep survey in the CDF-S VI. Obscured AGN selected as infrared power-law galaxies. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 3 indexed citations
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Iwasawa, K., R. Gilli, C. Vignali, et al.. (2013). The XMM deep survey in the CDF-S II. A 9–20 keV selection of heavily obscured active galaxies at z > 1.7. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 30 indexed citations
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Lanzuisi, G., M. Giustini, M. Cappi, et al.. (2012). HS 1700+6416: the first high-redshift unlensed narrow absorption line-QSO showing variable high-velocity outflows. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 22 indexed citations
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Iwasawa, K., V. Mainieri, M. Brusa, et al.. (2012). Fe K emission from active galaxies in the COSMOS field. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 23 indexed citations
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Piconcelli, E., S. Bianchi, C. Vignali, E. Jiménez‐Bailón, & F. Fiore. (2011). X-ray spectroscopy of the Compton-thick Seyfert 2 ESO 138 − G1. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 14 indexed citations
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Gandhi, P., H. Horst, A. Smette, et al.. (2009). Resolving the mid-infrared cores of local Seyferts. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 190 indexed citations
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Fedorova, E., В. И. Жданов, C. Vignali, & G. G. C. Palumbo. (2008). Q2237+0305 in X-rays: spectra and variability with XMM-Newton. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 6 indexed citations
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Malizia, A., G. Malaguti, L. Bassani, et al.. (2002). BeppoSAX/PDS identification of the true counterpart of the Piccinotti source H0917-074. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 8 indexed citations

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