Colin Littlefield

1.1k total citations
52 papers, 342 citations indexed

About

Colin Littlefield is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Littlefield has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 342 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 8 papers in Geophysics and 4 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Colin Littlefield's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (36 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (35 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (18 papers). Colin Littlefield is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (36 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (35 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (18 papers). Colin Littlefield collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ireland. Colin Littlefield's co-authors include P. Garnavich, Mark Kennedy, Simone Scaringi, Paula Szkody, P. J. Callanan, Krystian Iłkiewicz, C. Knigge, Paul Mason, Enrico J. Kotze and Charlotte M. Wood and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Colin Littlefield

45 papers receiving 317 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Colin Littlefield United States 11 329 42 38 32 26 52 342
L. E. Rivera Sandoval United States 9 221 0.7× 15 0.4× 35 0.9× 21 0.7× 9 0.3× 24 233
C. Bartolini Italy 8 201 0.6× 20 0.5× 41 1.1× 19 0.6× 17 0.7× 40 219
A. Marino Italy 10 251 0.8× 11 0.3× 49 1.3× 28 0.9× 26 1.0× 39 266
Enrico J. Kotze South Africa 8 194 0.6× 16 0.4× 30 0.8× 17 0.5× 27 1.0× 13 198
Ole König Germany 9 195 0.6× 13 0.3× 62 1.6× 11 0.3× 24 0.9× 20 203
V. Neustroev Russia 12 289 0.9× 23 0.5× 39 1.0× 54 1.7× 20 0.8× 36 292
D. L. Coppejans United Kingdom 12 333 1.0× 17 0.4× 142 3.7× 25 0.8× 11 0.4× 33 346
Lauren Rhodes United Kingdom 9 242 0.7× 12 0.3× 106 2.8× 13 0.4× 19 0.7× 31 263
I. Traulsen Germany 8 162 0.5× 22 0.5× 52 1.4× 13 0.4× 9 0.3× 17 171
S. Kiyota Japan 10 355 1.1× 35 0.8× 62 1.6× 32 1.0× 11 0.4× 27 357

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Littlefield

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Littlefield

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Scaringi, Simone, Colin Littlefield, D. de Martino, et al.. (2025). DW Cnc: a micronova with a negative superhump and a flickering spin. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 539(3). 2424–2434. 2 indexed citations
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Garnavich, P., Colin Littlefield, A. Schwope, et al.. (2024). An Eccentric Planet Orbiting the Polar V808 Aurigae. The Astrophysical Journal. 967(2). 81–81. 1 indexed citations
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Littlefield, Colin, Paul Mason, P. Garnavich, et al.. (2023). SDSS J134441.83+204408.3: A Highly Asynchronous Short-period Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable with a 56 MG Field Strength. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 943(2). L24–L24. 7 indexed citations
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Garnavich, P., Colin Littlefield, Mark Kennedy, et al.. (2023). A Surprising Periodicity Detected during a Super-outburst of V844 Herculis by TESS. The Astrophysical Journal. 955(2). 150–150. 1 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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Hill, Katherine, Colin Littlefield, P. Garnavich, et al.. (2022). Hitting a New Low: The Unique 28 hr Cessation of Accretion in the TESS Light Curve of YY Dra (DO Dra). The Astronomical Journal. 163(6). 246–246. 8 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Mark, Colin Littlefield, & P. Garnavich. (2022). Transient two-pole accretion in the polar V496 UMa. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 513(2). 2930–2941. 3 indexed citations
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Littlefield, Colin, et al.. (2021). Searching for Diamagnetic Blob Accretion in the 74 day K2 Observation of V2400 Ophiuchi. The Astronomical Journal. 163(1). 4–4. 3 indexed citations
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Iłkiewicz, Krystian, Simone Scaringi, Thomas J. Maccarone, et al.. (2021). Exploring the tilted accretion disc of AQ Men with TESS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 503(3). 4050–4060. 13 indexed citations
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Scaringi, Simone, D. de Martino, D. A. H. Buckley, et al.. (2021). An accreting white dwarf displaying fast transitional mode switching. Nature Astronomy. 6(1). 98–102. 13 indexed citations
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Littlefield, Colin, et al.. (2021). Kepler K2 Measurement of the Rotational Period of the Intermediate Polar 1RXS J180431.1-273932. Research Notes of the AAS. 5(6). 132–132. 1 indexed citations
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Scaringi, Simone, Colin Littlefield, Noel Castro Segura, et al.. (2020). EX draconis: using eclipses to separate outside-in and inside-out outbursts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 494(4). 4656–4664. 6 indexed citations
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Mason, Paul, John Morales, Colin Littlefield, et al.. (2020). TESS photometry of the asynchronous polar CD Ind: A short period analog of BY Cam. Advances in Space Research. 66(5). 1123–1138. 5 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Mark, P. Garnavich, Colin Littlefield, et al.. (2020). Optical spectra of FO Aquarii during low and high accretion rates. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 495(4). 4445–4462. 7 indexed citations
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Scaringi, Simone, S. Rappaport, Zhuchang Zhan, et al.. (2019). The eclipsing accreting white dwarf Z chameleontis as seen with TESS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 488(3). 4149–4160. 10 indexed citations
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Littlefield, Colin, Franz-Josef Hambsch, B. J. Shappee, et al.. (2018). FO Aquarii begins its 2018 observing season with its third low state in two years. ATel. 11844. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Littlefield, Colin. (2018). Fast optical flaring in the suspected black-hole binary MAXI J1820+070 (ASASSN-18ey). ATel. 11421. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Littlefield, Colin, et al.. (2016). Doubling Down: A Dominant, 11.26-Minute Photometric Period in FO Aqr. ATel. 9225. 1.
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Littlefield, Colin, et al.. (2015). High-Amplitude, Rapid Photometric Variation of the New Polar MASTER OT J132104.04+560957.8. IBVS. 6129. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Littlefield, Colin. (2010). Observing Exoplanet Transits with Digital SLR Cameras. 38(2). 212. 1 indexed citations

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