D. J. Champion

15.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
94 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

D. J. Champion is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, D. J. Champion has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 25 papers in Oceanography and 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in D. J. Champion's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (79 papers), Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (30 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (27 papers). D. J. Champion is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (79 papers), Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (30 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (27 papers). D. J. Champion collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. D. J. Champion's co-authors include M. Krämer, M. Bailes, P. C. C. Freire, B. W. Stappers, N. D. R. Bhat, Sarah Burke-Spolaor, W. van Straten, M. J. Keith, Andrea Possenti and Alan M. Sear and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

D. J. Champion

86 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

A Population of Fast Radio Bursts at Cosmological Distances

2013 577 citations D. Thornton, B. W. Stappers et al. profile →
Formation of Double Neutron Star Systems

2017 397 citations Thomas M. Tauris, M. Krämer 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
D. J. Champion Germany	24	2.7k	641	366	334	209	94	2.9k
P. C. C. Freire Germany	36	5.3k 1.9×	1.1k 1.8×	1.0k 2.8×	806 2.4×	389 1.9×	145	5.5k
D. Bhattacharya India	24	2.1k 0.8×	590 0.9×	168 0.5×	515 1.5×	151 0.7×	159	2.4k
N. Rea Spain	32	3.9k 1.4×	902 1.4×	276 0.8×	1.4k 4.2×	230 1.1×	220	4.1k
Joseph D. Romano United States	24	2.3k 0.8×	887 1.4×	467 1.3×	168 0.5×	235 1.1×	66	2.5k
J. Veitch United Kingdom	27	2.5k 0.9×	478 0.7×	351 1.0×	330 1.0×	166 0.8×	86	2.6k
Will M. Farr United States	37	4.4k 1.6×	946 1.5×	242 0.7×	308 0.9×	175 0.8×	93	4.7k
J. M. Weisberg United States	27	2.9k 1.1×	837 1.3×	619 1.7×	385 1.2×	386 1.8×	77	3.1k
Michael Boyle United States	31	3.5k 1.3×	961 1.5×	411 1.1×	609 1.8×	100 0.5×	66	3.7k
Ehud Nakar Israel	41	5.3k 1.9×	2.2k 3.5×	64 0.2×	82 0.2×	70 0.3×	115	5.5k
D. F. Torres Spain	33	3.8k 1.4×	2.7k 4.2×	177 0.5×	373 1.1×	194 0.9×	220	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by D. J. Champion

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. J. Champion

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20 of 20 papers shown

Goncharov, B., Alberto Sesana, John Antoniadis, et al.. (2025). Reading signatures of supermassive binary black holes in pulsar timing array observations. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9692–9692.

Levin, L., B. W. Stappers, E D Barr, et al.. (2024). The TRAPUM Small Magellanic Cloud pulsar survey with MeerKAT – I. Discovery of seven new pulsars and two Pulsar Wind Nebula associations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 531(2). 2835–2863. 6 indexed citations

Nathan, Rowina S, E. Thrane, D. J. Champion, et al.. (2024). The MeerKAT Pulsar Timing Array: Maps of the gravitational wave sky with the 4.5-yr data release. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 536(2). 1501–1517. 4 indexed citations

Meng, Lingqi, Weiwei Zhu, M. Krämer, et al.. (2024). The Relativistic Spin Precession in the Compact Double Neutron Star System PSR J1946+2052. The Astrophysical Journal. 966(1). 46–46. 3 indexed citations

Barausse, Enrico, B. Goncharov, Diana López Nacir, et al.. (2024). Constraints on conformal ultralight dark matter couplings from the European Pulsar Timing Array. Physical review. D. 110(4). 7 indexed citations

Niţu, I. C., M. J. Keith, D. J. Champion, et al.. (2024). Periodicity search in the timing of the 25 millisecond pulsars from the second data release of the European Pulsar Timing Array. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 534(3). 1753–1762. 1 indexed citations

Bailes, M., E. F. Keane, M. Krämer, et al.. (2024). Eighteen new fast radio bursts in the High Time Resolution Universe survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 690. A204–A204.

Liu, Y., Robert Main, J. P. W. Verbiest, et al.. (2023). Periodic interstellar scintillation variations of PSRs J0613–0200 and J0636+5128 associated with the Local Bubble shell. Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy. 66(11). 4 indexed citations

Cameron, A D, M. Bailes, D. J. Champion, et al.. (2023). New constraints on the kinematic, relativistic, and evolutionary properties of the PSR J1757−1854 double neutron star system. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 523(4). 5064–5085. 9 indexed citations

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Shamohammadi, Mohsen, M. Bailes, P. C. C. Freire, et al.. (2023). Searches for Shapiro delay in seven binary pulsars using the MeerKAT telescope. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(2). 1789–1806. 12 indexed citations

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Desvignes, G., I. Cognard, D. A. Smith, et al.. (2022). The SPAN512 mid-latitude pulsar survey at the Nançay Radio Telescope. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 667. A79–A79. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Y., J. P. W. Verbiest, Robert Main, et al.. (2022). Long-term scintillation studies of EPTA pulsars. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 664. A116–A116. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, J., G. Shaifullah, J. P. W. Verbiest, et al.. (2021). A comparative analysis of pulse time-of-arrival creation methods. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 658. A181–A181. 6 indexed citations

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Xu, Heng, Yaohuan Huang, M. Burgay, et al.. (2021). A sustained pulse shape change in PSR J1713+0747 possibly associated with timing and DM events. The astronomer's telegram. 14642. 1. 2 indexed citations

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Janssen, G. H., G. Shaifullah, J. P. W. Verbiest, et al.. (2020). Timing stability of three black widow pulsars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 494(2). 2591–2599. 9 indexed citations

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Lazarus, P., R. Karuppusamy, E. Graikou, et al.. (2020). CoastGuard: Automated timing data reduction pipeline. Astrophysics Source Code Library. 2 indexed citations

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Eatough, Ralph P., et al.. (2013). Polarisation profiles and rotation measure of PSR J1745-2900 measured at Effelsberg. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 5064. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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Eatough, Ralph P., R. Karuppusamy, M. Krämer, et al.. (2013). Detection of radio pulsations from the direction of the NuSTAR 3.76 second X-ray pulsar at 8.35 GHz. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 5040. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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Levin, L., M. Bailes, Benjamin R. Barsdell, et al.. (2013). The High Time Resolution Universe Pulsar Survey –VIII. The Galactic millisecond pulsar population. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 434(2). 1387–1397. 43 indexed citations

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Hobbs, G., R. N. Manchester, J. P. W. Verbiest, et al.. (2006). A millisecond pulsar timing array. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 456. 1 indexed citations

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