D. J. Hillier

13.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
224 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

D. J. Hillier is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, D. J. Hillier has authored 224 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 211 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 59 papers in Instrumentation and 23 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in D. J. Hillier's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (182 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (120 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (82 papers). D. J. Hillier is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (182 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (120 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (82 papers). D. J. Hillier collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. D. J. Hillier's co-authors include Luc Dessart, Doug Miller, J.‐C. Bouret, T. Lanz, F. Martins, S. Blondin, Roni Waldman, Eli Livne, Kris Davidson and Douglas L. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

D. J. Hillier

211 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Treatment of Non‐LTE Line Blanketing in Spherically E... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 200 400 600
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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 Treatment of Non‐LTE Line Blanketing in Spherically Expanding Outflows
    1998 720 citations D. J. Hillier 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
D. J. Hillier United States 51 7.7k 1.8k 811 232 181 224 7.8k
Rolf‐Peter Kudritzki United States 39 4.9k 0.6× 1.9k 1.1× 361 0.4× 205 0.9× 166 0.9× 130 5.0k
Douglas R. Gies United States 36 4.6k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 332 0.4× 341 1.5× 222 1.2× 185 4.8k
Kátia Cunha United States 37 3.8k 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 351 0.4× 96 0.4× 142 0.8× 151 4.0k
N. Morrell Chile 35 4.8k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 686 0.8× 281 1.2× 87 0.5× 235 4.9k
George W. Preston United States 39 5.3k 0.7× 2.1k 1.2× 490 0.6× 333 1.4× 166 0.9× 130 5.5k
I. Hubený United States 34 4.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.7× 273 0.3× 142 0.6× 159 0.9× 114 4.3k
F. Najarro Spain 41 4.6k 0.6× 1.6k 0.9× 243 0.3× 168 0.7× 148 0.8× 144 4.7k
S. P. Owocki United States 49 6.5k 0.9× 894 0.5× 473 0.6× 354 1.5× 102 0.6× 200 6.7k
M. S. Oey United States 33 4.7k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 714 0.9× 96 0.4× 112 0.6× 94 4.8k
Kris Davidson United States 36 4.2k 0.5× 607 0.3× 537 0.7× 149 0.6× 223 1.2× 127 4.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Massey, Philip, Kathryn F. Neugent, N. Morrell, D. J. Hillier, & Laura R. Penny. (2024). The Nature of a Recently Discovered Wolf–Rayet Binary: Archetype of Stripping?*. The Astrophysical Journal. 977(1). 82–82. 1 indexed citations
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Lykou, F., Q. A. Parker, Andreas Ritter, et al.. (2023). A New Study on a Type Iax Stellar Remnant and its Probable Association with SN 1181. The Astrophysical Journal. 944(2). 120–120. 12 indexed citations
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Blondin, S., Eduardo Bravo, F. X. Timmes, Luc Dessart, & D. J. Hillier. (2022). Stable nickel production in type Ia supernovae: A smoking gun for the progenitor mass?. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 660. A96–A96. 13 indexed citations
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Massey, Philip, et al.. (2022). WO-type Wolf–Rayet Stars: The Last Hurrah of Massive Star Evolution*. The Astrophysical Journal. 931(2). 157–157. 24 indexed citations
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Dessart, Luc, D. J. Hillier, & Douglas C. Leonard. (2021). Polarization signatures of a high-velocity scatterer in nebular-phase spectra of Type II supernovae. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 5 indexed citations
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Hillier, D. J. & Luc Dessart. (2019). Photometric and spectroscopic diversity of Type II supernovae. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 28 indexed citations
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Dessart, Luc & D. J. Hillier. (2019). The difficulty of inferring progenitor masses from type-II-Plateau supernova light curves. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 27 indexed citations
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Dessart, Luc, et al.. (2018). Impact of clumping on core-collapse supernova radiation. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 20 indexed citations
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Dessart, Luc, D. J. Hillier, Sung-Chul Yoon, Roni Waldman, & Eli Livne. (2017). Radiative-transfer models for explosions from rotating and non-rotating single WC stars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 15 indexed citations
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Neugent, Kathryn F., Philip Massey, D. J. Hillier, & N. Morrell. (2017). The Evolution and Physical Parameters of WN3/O3s: A New Type of Wolf–Rayet Star*. The Astrophysical Journal. 841(1). 20–20. 26 indexed citations
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Dessart, Luc, D. J. Hillier, & E. Audit. (2017). Explosion of red-supergiant stars: Influence of the atmospheric structure on shock breakout and early-time supernova radiation. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 20 indexed citations
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Pignata, G., Luc Dessart, D. J. Hillier, et al.. (2013). SN 2013ej is a Highly Polarized Type II-Plateau Supernova. ATel. 5275. 1. 2 indexed citations
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Marcolino, W. L. F., et al.. (2009). Analysis of Galactic late-type O dwarfs: more constraints on the weak wind problem. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 94 indexed citations
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Dessart, Luc & D. J. Hillier. (2007). Time‐dependence Effects in Photospheric‐Phase Type II Supernova Spectra. AIP conference proceedings. 441–448. 2 indexed citations
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Dessart, Luc & D. J. Hillier. (2006). Quantitative spectroscopic analysis of and distance to SN1999em. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 36 indexed citations
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Sonneborn, G., et al.. (2006). Detection of a Hot Binary Companion of eta Carinae. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 37(4).
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Dessart, Luc & D. J. Hillier. (2005). Quantitative spectroscopy of photospheric-phasetype II supernovae. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 56 indexed citations
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Hillier, D. J., et al.. (1999). Eta Carinae: The Central Star. ASPC. 195. 15. 2 indexed citations
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Crowther, P. A., L. J. Smith, D. J. Hillier, & W. Schmütz. (1995). Fundamental parameters of Wolf-Rayet stars. III. The evolutionary status of WNL stars.. A&A. 293. 427–445. 1 indexed citations
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Allen, D. A., A. R. Hyland, & D. J. Hillier. (1990). The source of luminosity at the Galactic Centre. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 244(4). 706–713. 70 indexed citations

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