Christine M. Simpson

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Christine M. Simpson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christine M. Simpson has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 16 papers in Instrumentation and 13 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Christine M. Simpson's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (36 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (21 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (21 papers). Christine M. Simpson is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (36 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (21 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (21 papers). Christine M. Simpson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Christine M. Simpson's co-authors include Rüdiger Pakmor, Volker Springel, Robert J. J. Grand, Facundo A. Gómez, Federico Marinacci, Carlos S. Frenk, Christoph Pfrommer, Adrian Jenkins, Azadeh Fattahi and Mark Vogelsberger and has published in prestigious journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Icarus and Review of Scientific Instruments.

In The Last Decade

Christine M. Simpson

44 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

The milky way total mass profile as inferred from Gaia DR2 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200
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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 milky way total mass profile as inferred from Gaia DR2
    2020 225 citations Alis J. Deason, Carlos S. Frenk et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christine M. Simpson United States 27 2.1k 691 682 84 33 48 2.2k
É. Pointecouteau France 25 2.8k 1.3× 962 1.4× 783 1.1× 105 1.3× 50 1.5× 79 2.9k
Elena Rasia Italy 28 2.5k 1.2× 508 0.7× 1.0k 1.5× 131 1.6× 58 1.8× 81 2.6k
Evan Scannapieco United States 27 2.1k 1.0× 550 0.8× 426 0.6× 71 0.8× 64 1.9× 91 2.1k
L. Christensen Germany 30 2.8k 1.3× 742 1.1× 758 1.1× 47 0.6× 44 1.3× 115 2.9k
Cameron Hummels United States 22 2.2k 1.1× 609 0.9× 635 0.9× 63 0.8× 95 2.9× 43 2.3k
D. L. Clements United Kingdom 27 2.2k 1.1× 467 0.7× 674 1.0× 66 0.8× 49 1.5× 111 2.3k
G. W. Pratt France 22 2.9k 1.4× 891 1.3× 996 1.5× 117 1.4× 52 1.6× 54 3.0k
P. N. Appleton United States 27 2.4k 1.2× 398 0.6× 621 0.9× 54 0.6× 21 0.6× 109 2.4k
Sijing Shen United States 27 2.5k 1.2× 535 0.8× 912 1.3× 62 0.7× 94 2.8× 51 2.6k
D. H. Hughes United States 28 2.8k 1.3× 933 1.4× 937 1.4× 54 0.6× 31 0.9× 83 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christine M. Simpson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christine M. Simpson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pakmor, Rüdiger, Francesca Fragkoudi, Robert J. J. Grand, et al.. (2025). Auriga Superstars : Improving the resolution and fidelity of stellar dynamics in cosmological galaxy simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 543(4). 4355–4368.
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Pakmor, Rüdiger, Rebekka Bieri, Francesca Fragkoudi, et al.. (2025). Quantifying the intrinsic variability due to randomness of the Auriga galaxy formation model. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 543(2). 1761–1774. 1 indexed citations
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Riley, A. H., Nora Shipp, Christine M. Simpson, et al.. (2025). Auriga Streams – I: disrupting satellites surrounding Milky Way-mass haloes at multiple resolutions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 542(3). 2443–2463. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, S. P., S. S. Denk, O. Meneghini, et al.. (2024). Expediting Higher Fidelity Plasma State Reconstructions for the DIII-D National Fusion Facility Using Leadership Class Computing Resources. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2118–2126. 2 indexed citations
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Grand, Robert J. J., Rüdiger Pakmor, Francesca Fragkoudi, et al.. (2023). An ever-present Gaia snail shell triggered by a dark matter wake. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 524(1). 801–816. 20 indexed citations
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Simpson, Christine M., Andrey V. Kravtsov, Facundo A. Gómez, et al.. (2022). Colour and infall time distributions of satellite galaxies in simulated Milky-Way analogues. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(3). 4499–4513. 8 indexed citations
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Pakmor, Rüdiger, Christine M. Simpson, Freeke van de Voort, et al.. (2022). Formation and fate of low-metallicity stars in TNG50. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512(3). 3602–3615. 6 indexed citations
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Simpson, Christine M., Rüdiger Pakmor, Christoph Pfrommer, Simon C. O. Glover, & Rowan J. Smith. (2022). How cosmic rays mediate the evolution of the interstellar medium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(3). 4621–4645. 16 indexed citations
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Tissera, P. B., Facundo A. Gómez, Robert J. J. Grand, et al.. (2022). Machine Learning for Galactic Archaeology: A chemistry-based neural network method for identification of accreted disc stars. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Pfrommer, Christoph, Maria Werhahn, Rüdiger Pakmor, Philipp Girichidis, & Christine M. Simpson. (2022). Simulating radio synchrotron emission in star-forming galaxies: small-scale magnetic dynamo and the origin of the far-infrared–radio correlation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 515(3). 4229–4264. 41 indexed citations
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Karunakaran, Ananthan, Kristine Spekkens, Kyle A. Oman, et al.. (2021). Satellites around Milky Way Analogs: Tension in the Number and Fraction of Quiescent Satellites Seen in Observations versus Simulations. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 32 indexed citations
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Pakmor, Rüdiger, Freeke van de Voort, Rebekka Bieri, et al.. (2020). Magnetizing the circumgalactic medium of disc galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 498(3). 3125–3137. 63 indexed citations
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Fattahi, Azadeh, Alis J. Deason, Carlos S. Frenk, et al.. (2020). A tale of two populations: surviving and destroyed dwarf galaxies and the build-up of the Milky Way’s stellar halo. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 497(4). 4459–4471. 42 indexed citations
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Simpson, Christine M., Ignacio D. Gargiulo, Facundo A. Gómez, et al.. (2019). Simulating cosmological substructure in the solar neighbourhood. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 490(1). L32–L37. 16 indexed citations
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Simpson, Christine M., Robert J. J. Grand, Facundo A. Gómez, et al.. (2018). Quenching and ram pressure stripping of simulated Milky Way satellite galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 478(1). 548–567. 150 indexed citations
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Pakmor, Rüdiger, et al.. (2017). The dependence of cosmic ray-driven galactic winds on halo mass. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 475(1). 570–584. 67 indexed citations
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Pfrommer, Christoph, Rüdiger Pakmor, Kevin Schaal, Christine M. Simpson, & Volker Springel. (2016). Simulating cosmic ray physics on a moving mesh. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 465(4). 4500–4529. 143 indexed citations
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Simpson, Christine M.. (2004). Rotation period and lightcurve of asteroid 1635 Bohrmann. 31(1). 2. 1 indexed citations
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Jayaraman, S., et al.. (1990). IRAS Observations of the "Ten-Degree" Solar System Dust Bands. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 22. 1123.

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