Daniela D. Doneva

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Daniela D. Doneva is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniela D. Doneva has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 39 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 31 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Daniela D. Doneva's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (80 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (58 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (38 papers). Daniela D. Doneva is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (80 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (58 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (38 papers). Daniela D. Doneva collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Bulgaria and Greece. Daniela D. Doneva's co-authors include Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev, Kostas D. Kokkotas, Kalin V. Staykov, Jutta Kunz, José Luis Blázquez-Salcedo, C. Krüger, Lucas G. Collodel, Nikolaos Stergioulas, Petya Nedkova and Erich Gaertig and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Daniela D. Doneva

85 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

New Gauss-Bonnet Black Holes with Curvature-Induced Scala... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2024 100 200 300
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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. New Gauss-Bonnet Black Holes with Curvature-Induced Scalarization in Extended Scalar-Tensor Theories
    2018 398 citations Daniela D. Doneva, Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev profile →
  2. Spontaneous scalarization
    2024 65 citations Daniela D. Doneva, Fethi M. Ramazanoğlu et al. Reviews of Modern Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniela D. Doneva Germany 28 2.7k 1.6k 460 126 97 90 2.7k
Andrea Maselli Italy 32 2.7k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 242 0.5× 173 1.4× 174 1.8× 69 2.8k
Xavier Siemens United States 19 1.5k 0.6× 704 0.4× 238 0.5× 65 0.5× 120 1.2× 36 1.6k
Jan Steinhoff Germany 31 2.6k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 317 0.7× 342 2.7× 201 2.1× 66 2.8k
Sylvain Marsat France 23 1.7k 0.6× 538 0.3× 182 0.4× 216 1.7× 68 0.7× 37 1.8k
Justin Vines Germany 24 1.7k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 150 0.3× 241 1.9× 149 1.5× 36 1.8k
William E. East Canada 30 2.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 129 0.3× 156 1.2× 188 1.9× 53 2.1k
Leo C. Stein United States 26 1.8k 0.7× 994 0.6× 142 0.3× 131 1.0× 71 0.7× 53 1.9k
P. Ajith India 23 2.1k 0.8× 419 0.3× 254 0.6× 345 2.7× 78 0.8× 48 2.1k
Hector O. Silva United States 25 2.1k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 206 0.4× 91 0.7× 132 1.4× 48 2.2k
A. Gopakumar India 22 1.3k 0.5× 423 0.3× 140 0.3× 173 1.4× 66 0.7× 40 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniela D. Doneva

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wojnar, Aneta, et al.. (2025). Crystallized white dwarf stars in scalar-tensor gravity. Physical review. D. 111(8). 2 indexed citations
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Sagun, Violetta, et al.. (2025). Rapidly spinning dark matter-admixed neutron stars. Physical review. D. 111(12). 2 indexed citations
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Saló, Llibert Aresté, Daniela D. Doneva, Katy Clough, Pau Figueras, & Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev. (2025). Challenges in the nonlinear evolution of unequal mass binaries in scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity. Physical review. D. 112(8). 1 indexed citations
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Staykov, Kalin V., et al.. (2024). Neutron stars in extended scalar-Gauss–Bonnet gravity: the richness of the solution spectrum. The European Physical Journal C. 84(12).
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Doneva, Daniela D., Llibert Aresté Saló, & Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev. (2024). 3+1 nonlinear evolution of Ricci-coupled scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity. Physical review. D. 110(2). 7 indexed citations
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Doneva, Daniela D., Fethi M. Ramazanoğlu, Hector O. Silva, Thomas P. Sotiriou, & Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev. (2024). Spontaneous scalarization. Reviews of Modern Physics. 96(1). 65 indexed citations breakdown →
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Luna, Raimon, et al.. (2024). Quasinormal modes in modified gravity using physics-informed neural networks. Physical review. D. 109(12). 5 indexed citations
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Saló, Llibert Aresté, et al.. (2024). GRFolres: A code for modified gravity simulations instrong gravity. The Journal of Open Source Software. 9(98). 6369–6369. 6 indexed citations
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Pombo, Alexandre M. & Daniela D. Doneva. (2023). Effects of mass and self-interaction on nonlinear scalarization of scalar-Gauss-Bonnet black holes. Physical review. D. 108(12). 5 indexed citations
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Doneva, Daniela D., Llibert Aresté Saló, Katy Clough, Pau Figueras, & Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev. (2023). Testing the limits of scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity through nonlinear evolutions of spin-induced scalarization. Physical review. D. 108(8). 14 indexed citations
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Bayle, Jean-Baptiste, Béatrice Bonga, Chiara Caprini, et al.. (2022). Overview and progress on the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna mission. Nature Astronomy. 6(12). 1334–1338. 30 indexed citations
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Doneva, Daniela D., Alex Vañó-Viñuales, & Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev. (2022). Dynamical descalarization with a jump during a black hole merger. Physical review. D. 106(6). 27 indexed citations
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Doneva, Daniela D. & Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev. (2021). Dynamics of the nonrotating and rotating black hole scalarization. Physical review. D. 103(6). 37 indexed citations
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Collodel, Lucas G., et al.. (2021). Thick toroidal configurations around scalarized Kerr black holes. Physical review. D. 104(12). 11 indexed citations
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Collodel, Lucas G., Daniela D. Doneva, & Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev. (2021). Circular Orbit Structure and Thin Accretion Disks around Kerr Black Holes with Scalar Hair. The Astrophysical Journal. 910(1). 52–52. 26 indexed citations
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Krüger, C. & Daniela D. Doneva. (2021). Oscillation dynamics of scalarized neutron stars. Physical review. D. 103(12). 11 indexed citations
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Doneva, Daniela D., et al.. (2021). Nonlinear evolution and nonuniqueness of scalarized neutron stars. Physical review. D. 104(12). 8 indexed citations
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Doneva, Daniela D. & Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev. (2020). Nontopological spontaneously scalarized neutron stars in tensor-multiscalar theories of gravity. Physical review. D. 101(10). 14 indexed citations
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Doneva, Daniela D. & Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev. (2020). Topological neutron stars in tensor-multi-scalar theories of gravity. Physical review. D. 101(6). 14 indexed citations
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Doneva, Daniela D., Lucas G. Collodel, C. Krüger, & Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev. (2020). Black hole scalarization induced by the spin: 2+1 time evolution. Physical review. D. 102(10). 55 indexed citations

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