David Hobill

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

David Hobill is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, David Hobill has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 17 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 4 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in David Hobill's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (18 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (16 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (16 papers). David Hobill is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (18 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (16 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (16 papers). David Hobill collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. David Hobill's co-authors include Larry Smarr, Edward Seidel, Adrian Burd, A. A. Coley, Peter Anninos, J. Wainwright, Peter K. S. Dunsby, Claes Uggla, G. F. R. Ellis and C. G. Hewitt and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

David Hobill

33 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Dynamical Systems in Cosmology 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Dynamical Systems in Cosmology
    1997 532 citations J. Wainwright, G. F. R. Ellis et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Hobill Canada 14 1.2k 919 235 53 46 34 1.3k
Jean‐Pierre Luminet France 17 1.2k 1.0× 656 0.7× 214 0.9× 117 2.2× 28 0.6× 49 1.3k
Claes Uggla Sweden 19 1.5k 1.3× 1.3k 1.4× 325 1.4× 78 1.5× 84 1.8× 71 1.6k
R. Aldrovandi Brazil 14 1.0k 0.9× 887 1.0× 297 1.3× 149 2.8× 104 2.3× 63 1.2k
Peter K. F. Kuhfittig United States 21 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 306 1.3× 96 1.8× 96 2.1× 57 1.4k
Alberto Saa Brazil 21 902 0.8× 834 0.9× 268 1.1× 120 2.3× 52 1.1× 70 1.1k
M. Demiański Poland 21 1.5k 1.2× 1.0k 1.1× 321 1.4× 101 1.9× 104 2.3× 84 1.6k
David C. Dunbar United Kingdom 20 754 0.6× 2.2k 2.4× 373 1.6× 54 1.0× 13 0.3× 62 2.3k
Ray d’Inverno United Kingdom 15 605 0.5× 480 0.5× 201 0.9× 82 1.5× 21 0.5× 48 823
Raphael Flauger United States 21 1.4k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 201 0.9× 117 2.2× 136 3.0× 32 1.7k
Aaron Held Germany 19 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 430 1.8× 88 1.7× 34 0.7× 44 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by David Hobill

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Hobill

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Hobill

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bell, Robert D., et al.. (2023). Exact solutions for compact stars in general relativity. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2536(1). 12003–12003. 2 indexed citations
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Hobill, David, et al.. (2017). Golden-Ratio-Based Rectangular Tilings. ˜The œFibonacci quarterly. 55(2). 137–146. 1 indexed citations
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Hobill, David, et al.. (2017). The Dynamics of Root Growth: A Geometric Model. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 79(8). 1820–1845. 4 indexed citations
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Runions, Adam, et al.. (2014). Modelling biomechanics of bark patterning in grasstrees. Annals of Botany. 114(4). 629–641. 3 indexed citations
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Gergely, L., et al.. (2013). Weak gravitational lensing by compact objects in fourth order gravity. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 88(6). 7 indexed citations
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Milone, E. F., D. A. Leahy, & David Hobill. (2008). Short-Period Binary Stars: Observations, Analyses, and Results. Astrophysics and space science library. 37 indexed citations
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Kauffman, Stuart, et al.. (2007). Propagating organization: an enquiry. Biology & Philosophy. 23(1). 27–45. 58 indexed citations
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Wainwright, J., G. F. R. Ellis, George Ellis, et al.. (1997). Dynamical Systems in Cosmology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 532 indexed citations breakdown →
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Anninos, Peter, et al.. (1995). Oscillating Apparent Horizons in Numerically Generated Spacetimes. Australian Journal of Physics. 48(6). 1027–1044. 5 indexed citations
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Anninos, Peter, David Hobill, Edward Seidel, Larry Smarr, & Wai-Mo Suen. (1995). Head-on collision of two equal mass black holes. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 52(4). 2044–2058. 67 indexed citations
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Hobill, David. (1994). A Brief Review of “Deterministic Chaos in General Relativity”. NATO ASI series. Series B : Physics. 1–16. 5 indexed citations
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Bernstein, David, David Hobill, Edward Seidel, & Larry Smarr. (1994). Initial data for the black hole plus Brill wave spacetime. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 50(6). 3760–3782. 21 indexed citations
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Anninos, Peter, et al.. (1993). Visualizing black hole space-times. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 13(1). 13–14. 1 indexed citations
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Hobill, David. (1991). Sources of Chaos in Mixmaster Cosmologies. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 631(1). 15–30. 3 indexed citations
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Evans, Charles R., L. S. Finn, & David Hobill. (1989). Frontiers in numerical relativity. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Hobill, David & Larry Smarr. (1989). Supercomputing and numerical relativity: a look at the past, present and future.. 1–17. 1 indexed citations
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Anderson, James L. & David Hobill. (1988). A study of nonlinear radiation damping by matching analytic and numerical solutions. Journal of Computational Physics. 75(2). 283–299. 10 indexed citations
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Anderson, James L. & David Hobill. (1987). Mixed analytic-numerical solutions for a simple radiating system. General Relativity and Gravitation. 19(6). 563–580. 8 indexed citations
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Hobill, David. (1987). On integrating Einstein's equations using the Bondi metric. General Relativity and Gravitation. 19(2). 121–133. 3 indexed citations
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Cooperstock, F. I. & David Hobill. (1982). Gravitational radiation and the motion of bodies in general relativity. General Relativity and Gravitation. 14(4). 361–378. 3 indexed citations

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