D. A. Howell

35.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
131 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

D. A. Howell is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, D. A. Howell has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 38 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 22 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in D. A. Howell's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (116 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (51 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (47 papers). D. A. Howell is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (116 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (51 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (47 papers). D. A. Howell collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. D. A. Howell's co-authors include M. Sullivan, P. Nugent, I. Arcavi, Lifan Wang, J. C. Wheeler, Peter Höflich, S. Valenti, C. McCully, G. Hosseinzadeh and Daniel Kasen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

D. A. Howell

109 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Optical emission from a kilonova following a gravitational-wave-detected neutron-star merger

2017 314 citations I. Arcavi, G. Hosseinzadeh et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. A. Howell United States	33	3.4k	1.1k	316	40	38	131	3.4k
S. Benetti Italy	42	4.9k 1.5×	1.5k 1.3×	295 0.9×	26 0.7×	37 1.0×	198	4.9k
E. Cappellaro Italy	36	3.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	279 0.9×	27 0.7×	37 1.0×	185	3.8k
R. J. Foley United States	43	5.3k 1.6×	1.8k 1.6×	475 1.5×	33 0.8×	38 1.0×	185	5.4k
S. Taubenberger Germany	34	3.2k 0.9×	970 0.9×	262 0.8×	30 0.8×	49 1.3×	102	3.3k
G. Ghirlanda Italy	38	4.0k 1.2×	1.8k 1.6×	306 1.0×	34 0.8×	34 0.9×	136	4.1k
Ashley J. Ruiter Australia	28	3.3k 1.0×	817 0.7×	289 0.9×	83 2.1×	37 1.0×	65	3.4k
R. A. M. J. Wijers Netherlands	34	4.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	186 0.6×	115 2.9×	40 1.1×	163	4.0k
Luc Dessart United States	37	4.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	349 1.1×	68 1.7×	58 1.5×	133	4.2k
A. Gal‐Yam United States	46	5.8k 1.7×	1.9k 1.7×	554 1.8×	29 0.7×	56 1.5×	200	5.9k
I. R. Seitenzahl Australia	31	3.1k 0.9×	927 0.8×	334 1.1×	71 1.8×	55 1.4×	105	3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. A. Howell

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Farah, Joseph, D. A. Howell, G. Terreran, et al.. (2025). Shock-cooling Constraints via Early-time Observations of the Type IIb SN 2022hnt. The Astrophysical Journal. 984(1). 60–60. 2 indexed citations

Hiramatsu, D., Tatsuya Matsumoto, E. Berger, et al.. (2024). Multiple Peaks and a Long Precursor in the Type IIn Supernova 2021qqp: An Energetic Explosion in a Complex Circumstellar Environment. The Astrophysical Journal. 964(2). 181–181. 9 indexed citations

Makrygianni, L., Benny Trakhtenbrot, I. Arcavi, et al.. (2023). AT 2021loi: A Bowen Fluorescence Flare with a Rebrightening Episode Occurring in a Previously Known AGN. The Astrophysical Journal. 953(1). 32–32. 15 indexed citations

Dyk, Schuyler D. Van, K. Azalee Bostroem, WeiKang Zheng, et al.. (2023). Identifying the SN 2022acko progenitor with JWST. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 524(2). 2186–2194. 11 indexed citations

Arcavi, I., et al.. (2023). Needle in a Haystack: Finding Supermassive Black Hole-related Flares in the Zwicky Transient Facility Public Survey. The Astrophysical Journal. 957(1). 57–57. 3 indexed citations

McCully, C., et al.. (2023). Cosmic-CoNN: A Cosmic-Ray Detection Deep-learning Framework, Data Set, and Toolkit. The Astrophysical Journal. 942(2). 73–73. 1 indexed citations

Gonzalez, Estefania Padilla, D. A. Howell, J. Burke, et al.. (2023). Peculiar Spectral Evolution of the Type I Supernova 2019eix: A Possible Double Detonation from a Helium Shell on a Sub-Chandrasekhar-mass White Dwarf. The Astrophysical Journal. 953(1). 25–25. 2 indexed citations

Pellegrino, C., D. A. Howell, J. Vinkó, et al.. (2022). Circumstellar Interaction Powers the Light Curves of Luminous Rapidly Evolving Optical Transients. The Astrophysical Journal. 926(2). 125–125. 32 indexed citations

Gangopadhyay, Anjasha, Kuntal Misra, G. Hosseinzadeh, et al.. (2022). Evolution of a Peculiar Type Ibn Supernova SN 2019wep. The Astrophysical Journal. 930(2). 127–127. 3 indexed citations

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Singh, Mridweeka, Kuntal Misra, D. K. Sahu, et al.. (2022). Optical studies of a bright Type Iax supernova SN 2020rea. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 517(4). 5617–5626. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Lifan, N. B. Suntzeff, Lei Hu, et al.. (2022). Using 1991T/1999aa-like Type Ia Supernovae as Standardizable Candles. The Astrophysical Journal. 938(1). 83–83. 4 indexed citations

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Johansson, J., S. B. Cenko, Ori D. Fox, et al.. (2021). Near-infrared Supernova Ia Distances: Host Galaxy Extinction and Mass-step Corrections Revisited. The Astrophysical Journal. 923(2). 237–237. 23 indexed citations

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Dastidar, Raya, Kuntal Misra, S. Valenti, et al.. (2019). SN 2015an: a normal luminosity type II supernova with low expansion velocity at early phases. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 490(2). 1605–1619. 4 indexed citations

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Arcavi, I., C. McCully, D. Hiramatsu, et al.. (2019). LIGO/Virgo S190426c: Nemo is Unrelated.. GCN. 24251. 1.

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Hosseinzadeh, G., S. Valenti, C. McCully, et al.. (2018). Short-lived Circumstellar Interaction in the Low-luminosity Type IIP SN 2016bkv. The Astrophysical Journal. 861(1). 63–63. 34 indexed citations

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Jaeger, Thomas de, S. González–Gaitán, M. Hamuy, et al.. (2017). A Type II Supernova Hubble Diagram from the CSP-I, SDSS-II, and SNLS Surveys. Americanae (AECID Library). 11 indexed citations

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Arcavi, I., G. Hosseinzadeh, P. J. Brown, et al.. (2017). Constraints on the Progenitor of SN 2016gkg from Its Shock-cooling Light Curve. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 837(1). L2–L2. 30 indexed citations

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Huang, Fang, Xiaofeng Wang, L. Zampieri, et al.. (2016). OPTICAL AND ULTRAVIOLET OBSERVATIONS OF THE VERY YOUNG TYPE IIP SN 2014cx IN NGC 337. The Astrophysical Journal. 832(2). 139–139. 15 indexed citations

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Sand, David J., S. Valenti, D. A. Howell, & M. L. Graham. (2013). Spectroscopic classification for PSN J04213820-1755414 with FLOYDS at Faulkes Telescope South. ATel. 5262. 1.

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Baumont, S., C. Balland, P. Astier, et al.. (2008). PHotometry Assisted Spectral Extraction (PHASE) and identification of SNLS supernovae. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 5 indexed citations

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