Chris Done

16.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
243 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Chris Done is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Done has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 231 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 75 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 37 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chris Done's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (222 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (82 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (73 papers). Chris Done is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (222 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (82 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (73 papers). Chris Done collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Chris Done's co-authors include Marek Gierliński, M. J. Ward, D. A. Smith, P. T. Życki, Aya Kubota, Chichuan Jin, Matthew Middleton, T. P. Roberts, R. F. Mushotzky and Jeanette C. Gladstone and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Chris Done

237 papers receiving 8.1k 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. Intrinsic disc emission and the soft X-ray excess in active galactic nuclei
    2012 426 citations Chris Done, Shane W. Davis et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Chris Done 8.2k 3.5k 934 681 287 243 8.5k
A. A. Zdziarski 7.3k 0.9× 3.7k 1.1× 790 0.8× 696 1.0× 90 0.3× 204 7.6k
G. Matt 8.4k 1.0× 3.6k 1.0× 457 0.5× 296 0.4× 460 1.6× 313 8.6k
Jeffrey E. McClintock 7.1k 0.9× 2.6k 0.7× 1.3k 1.4× 877 1.3× 105 0.4× 113 7.2k
M. Guainazzi 6.5k 0.8× 2.8k 0.8× 337 0.4× 367 0.5× 299 1.0× 201 6.6k
Ronald A. Remillard 7.4k 0.9× 2.7k 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 1.1k 1.6× 83 0.3× 177 7.6k
G. Ponti 4.6k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 489 0.5× 330 0.5× 188 0.7× 190 4.7k
T. R. Kallman 5.8k 0.7× 1.8k 0.5× 569 0.6× 770 1.1× 202 0.7× 216 6.6k
J. P. Lasota 5.7k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 454 0.5× 872 1.3× 177 0.6× 184 5.9k
J. N. Reeves 7.0k 0.9× 3.2k 0.9× 348 0.4× 152 0.2× 246 0.9× 174 7.1k
E. Churazov 8.5k 1.0× 3.3k 1.0× 223 0.2× 437 0.6× 904 3.1× 343 8.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Done

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Done

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

All Works

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Ludlam, R. M., Ralf Ballhausen, Priyanka Chakraborty, et al.. (2025). The structure of the relativistic Fe line in GX 340+0 as viewed with XRISM/Resolve, NICER, and NuSTAR. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 77(Supplement_1). S117–S130.
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Done, Chris, et al.. (2025). Systematic collapse of the accretion disc in AGN confirmed by UV photometry and broad-line spectra. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 538(1). 121–131. 4 indexed citations
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Mïller, J. M., Ehud Behar, Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin, et al.. (2025). XRISM Spectroscopy of Accretion-driven Wind Feedback in NGC 4151. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 988(2). L54–L54. 2 indexed citations
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Done, Chris, et al.. (2024). What drives the variability in AGN? Explaining the UV-Xray disconnect through propagating fluctuations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 530(4). 4850–4867. 17 indexed citations
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Done, Chris, et al.. (2024). Making the Invisible Visible: Magnetic Fields in Accretion Flows Revealed by X-Ray Polarization. The Astrophysical Journal. 977(2). 201–201. 5 indexed citations
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Kawamurа, T., Chris Done, M. Axelsson, & Tadayuki Takahashi. (2023). MAXI J1820+070 X-ray spectral-timing reveals the nature of the accretion flow in black hole binaries. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(3). 4434–4453. 19 indexed citations
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Porquet, D., N. Grosso, A. Lobban, et al.. (2023). Probing the face-on disc-corona system of the bare AGN Mrk 110 from UV to hard X-rays: A moderate changing-state AGN?. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 681. A40–A40. 9 indexed citations
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Tomaru, Ryota, Chris Done, & Hirokazu Odaka. (2023). X-ray polarization properties of thermal-radiative disc winds in binary systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(3). 7047–7054. 16 indexed citations
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Done, Chris, et al.. (2023). The SOUX AGN sample: optical/UV/X-ray SEDs and the nature of the disc. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 524(2). 1796–1825. 25 indexed citations
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Scaringi, Simone, P. Groot, C. Knigge, et al.. (2022). Localized thermonuclear bursts from accreting magnetic white dwarfs. Nature. 604(7906). 447–450. 19 indexed citations
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Ursini, F., Michal Dovčiak, Wenda Zhang, et al.. (2020). Estimating the size of X-ray lamppost coronae in active galactic nuclei. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations
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Done, Chris, et al.. (2020). Looking for the underlying cause of black hole X-ray variability in GRMHD simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 496(3). 3808–3828. 14 indexed citations
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Dubus, G., Chris Done, B. E. Tetarenko, & J. M. Hameury. (2019). The impact of thermal winds on the outburst lightcurves of black hole X-ray binaries. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations
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Ueda, Yoshihiro, et al.. (2018). Evolution of Thermally Driven Disk Wind in the Black Hole Binary 4U 1630–47 Observed with Suzaku and NuSTAR. The Astrophysical Journal. 869(2). 183–183. 4 indexed citations
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Finn, Charles W., S. L. Morris, Neil H. M. Crighton, et al.. (2014). A compact, metal-rich, kpc-scale outflow in FBQS J0209−0438: detailed diagnostics from HST/COS extreme UV observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 440(4). 3317–3340. 21 indexed citations
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Jin, Chichuan, Michael J. Ward, Chris Done, & J. M. Gelbord. (2011). An Optical and X-ray Spectral Study of Unobscured AGN: The SED Model Fits. 218. 1 indexed citations
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Done, Chris, et al.. (2010). Quasi-periodic oscillations under wavelet microscope: the application ofMatching Pursuit algorithm. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 14 indexed citations
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Curran, P. A., Phil Evans, M. Still, C. Brocksopp, & Chris Done. (2010). Swift Pointed Observations of XTE J1752-223. ATel. 2424. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Middleton, Matthew, Chris Done, Marek Gierliński, & Shane W. Davis. (2006). The Spin of GRS 1915+105: Why do we Kerr?. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Shanks, T., O. Almaini, R. Della Ceca, et al.. (1996). The faint galaxy contribution to the X-ray background.. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 341–343. 1 indexed citations

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