Colin Norman

18.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
535 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Colin Norman is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Norman has authored 535 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 172 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 45 papers in Instrumentation and 42 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Colin Norman's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (82 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (63 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (50 papers). Colin Norman is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (82 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (63 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (50 papers). Colin Norman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and France. Colin Norman's co-authors include P. Tozzi, P. Rosati, N. Langer, S. Borgani, Sung-Chul Yoon, Donald Kennedy, Ralph E. Pudritz, Joseph Silk, R. Giacconi and R. Gilli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Colin Norman

428 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Chandra Deep Field South: The 1 Ms Catalog

2002 342 citations R. Giacconi, P. Rosati et al. profile →
First Results from the X‐Ray and Optical Survey of theChandraDeep Field South

2001 297 citations R. Giacconi, P. Rosati et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
The Chandra Deep Field–South: The 1 Million Second Exposure

2002 223 citations P. Rosati, P. Tozzi et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colin Norman United States	49	8.0k	2.1k	1.8k	344	239	535	9.7k
R. H. Becker United States	43	9.1k 1.1×	3.8k 1.8×	1.6k 0.9×	273 0.8×	35 0.1×	240	10.0k
Thomas Ott Germany	36	5.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	609 0.3×	489 1.4×	37 0.2×	162	5.7k
M. J. Rees United Kingdom	85	27.4k 3.4×	11.7k 5.5×	3.7k 2.0×	1.4k 3.9×	118 0.5×	407	29.6k
T. A. Weaver United States	30	5.9k 0.7×	2.9k 1.4×	623 0.3×	962 2.8×	22 0.1×	88	8.1k
F. Hoyle United Kingdom	42	7.0k 0.9×	4.5k 2.1×	418 0.2×	1.3k 3.8×	44 0.2×	314	9.7k
K. Werner Germany	33	3.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	904 0.5×	470 1.4×	47 0.2×	399	4.7k
James R. Graham United States	51	7.0k 0.9×	815 0.4×	1.6k 0.9×	757 2.2×	8 0.0×	245	8.5k
D. Thomas United States	51	10.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.6×	5.6k 3.1×	353 1.0×	12 0.1×	251	12.6k
Chris Lintott United Kingdom	43	5.4k 0.7×	448 0.2×	2.8k 1.5×	174 0.5×	23 0.1×	166	8.4k
Robert Brown United States	32	1.2k 0.1×	679 0.3×	479 0.3×	2.8k 8.1×	52 0.2×	129	6.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Colin Norman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Norman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Norman

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chiaberge, M., Anna‐Maria Liphardt, Christine Wang, et al.. (2025). Plyometric training increases thickness and volume of knee articular cartilage in mice. npj Microgravity. 11(1). 5–5. 1 indexed citations

Stiavelli, M., Takahiro Morishita, M. Chiaberge, et al.. (2025). What Can We Learn from the Nitrogen Abundance of High-z Galaxies?. The Astrophysical Journal. 981(2). 136–136. 9 indexed citations

Chiaberge, M., Erini Lambrides, Eileen T. Meyer, et al.. (2024). Powerful Radio-loud Quasars Are Triggered by Galaxy Mergers in the Cosmic Bright Ages. The Astrophysical Journal. 963(2). 91–91. 9 indexed citations

Iwasawa, K., Colin Norman, R. Gilli, P. Gandhi, & M. Á. Pérez-Torres. (2023). Origin of the diffuse 4–8 keV emission in M 82. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674. A77–A77. 1 indexed citations

Signorini, Matilde, Stefano Marchesi, R. Gilli, et al.. (2023). X-ray properties and obscured fraction of AGN in the J1030 Chandra field. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 676. A49–A49. 9 indexed citations

Mascolo, Luca Di, P. Tozzi, E. Churazov, et al.. (2023). Feeding and feedback processes in the Spiderweb proto-intracluster medium. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 682. A186–A186. 6 indexed citations

Gilli, R., Colin Norman, F. Calura, et al.. (2022). Supermassive black holes at high redshift are expected to be obscured by their massive host galaxies’ interstellar medium. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 666. A17–A17. 54 indexed citations

Ishikawa, Yuzo, Takahiro Morishita, M. Stiavelli, et al.. (2022). Unresolved z ∼ 8 Point Sources and Their Impact on the Bright End of the Galaxy Luminosity Function. The Astrophysical Journal. 936(2). 167–167. 5 indexed citations

Morishita, Takahiro, M. Chiaberge, B. Hilbert, et al.. (2022). The Host Galaxy of the Recoiling Black Hole Candidate in 3C 186: An Old Major Merger Remnant at the Center of a z = 1 Cluster. The Astrophysical Journal. 931(2). 165–165. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Ang, P. Tozzi, S. Ettori, et al.. (2020). The chemical evolution of galaxy clusters: Dissecting the iron mass budget of the intracluster medium. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations

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Marchesi, Stefano, R. Gilli, G. Lanzuisi, et al.. (2020). Mock catalogs for the extragalactic X-ray sky: Simulating AGN surveys with ATHENA and with the AXIS probe. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 29 indexed citations

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Götberg, Y., S. E. de Mink, J. H. Groh, Claus Leitherer, & Colin Norman. (2019). . UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 65 indexed citations

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Gilli, R., F. Calura, A. D’Ercole, & Colin Norman. (2017). Exponentially growing bubbles around early supermassive black holes. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 5 indexed citations

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Rhoads, James E., Sangeeta Malhotra, Steve Dawson, et al.. (2004). X-ray nondetection of the Lyα Emitters at z ∼ 4.5. 48 indexed citations

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Rosati, P., C. Lidman, R. Della Ceca, et al.. (2000). The ROSAT Deep Cluster Survey: probing the galaxy cluster population out to z = 1.3.. The Messenger. 99. 26. 2 indexed citations

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Norman, Colin, A. Renzini, M. Tosi, et al.. (1996). IAC volume 156 Cover and Front matter. International Astronomical Union Colloquium. 156. f1–f6. 1 indexed citations

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Norman, Colin. (1994). CO[sub 2] for EOR is plentiful but tied to oil price. Oil & gas journal. 1 indexed citations

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Blades, J. C., David A. Turnshek, & Colin Norman. (1988). QSO absorption lines : probing the universe : proceedings of the QSO Absorption Line Meeting, Baltimore, 1987 May 19-21. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 56 indexed citations

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Achterberg, A. & Colin Norman. (1980). Particle acceleration by shock waves in solar flares. A&A. 89(3). 353–362. 12 indexed citations

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Norman, Colin & S. Gombe. (1975). STIMULATORY EFFECT OF THE LYSOSOMAL STABILIZER, CHLOROQUINE, ON THE RESPIRATION AND MOTILITY OF FRESH AND AGED BOVINE SPERMATOZOA. Reproduction. 44(3). 481–486. 16 indexed citations

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