David J. Wilner

24.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
277 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

David J. Wilner is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Wilner has authored 277 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 269 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 94 papers in Spectroscopy and 27 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in David J. Wilner's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (248 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (191 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (102 papers). David J. Wilner is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (248 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (191 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (102 papers). David J. Wilner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Chile. David J. Wilner's co-authors include Sean M. Andrews, Chunhua Qi, A. Meredith Hughes, Karin I. Öberg, Philip C. Myers, Katherine Rosenfeld, M. R. Hogerheijde, Paola D’Alessio, Paul T. P. Ho and Adam L. Kraus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

David J. Wilner

266 papers receiving 10.9k citations

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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.

THE MASS DEPENDENCE BETWEEN PROTOPLANETARY DISKS AND THEIR STELLAR HOSTS

2013 403 citations Sean M. Andrews, David J. Wilner et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
RINGED SUBSTRUCTURE AND A GAP AT 1 au IN THE NEAREST PROTOPLANETARY DISK

2016 276 citations Sean M. Andrews, David J. Wilner et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →
The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). V. Interpreting ALMA Maps of Protoplanetary Disks in Terms of a Dust Model

2018 221 citations T. Birnstiel, Zhaohuan Zhu et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David J. Wilner

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Detailed Microwave Continuum Spectra from Bright Protoplanetary Disks in Taurus 2025 ·The Open Journal of Astrophysics ·C. A. Painter, Sean M. Andrews, C. J. Chandler, Takahiro Ueda, David J. Wilner, Feng Long, Enrique Macías, Carlos Carrasco‐González, (unknown), Hauyu Baobab Liu, T. Birnstiel, A. Meredith Hughes	0
2	ALMA Reveals an Eccentricity Gradient in the Fomalhaut Debris Disk 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sean M. Andrews, Grant M. Kennedy, Meredith A. MacGregor, David J. Wilner, M. C. Wyatt	2
3	The Molecular Exoskeleton of the Ring-like Planetary Nebula NGC 3132 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Joel H. Kastner, David J. Wilner, (unknown), (unknown), Orsola De Marco, R. Sahai, A. Wootten	4
4	Upgrading the submillimeter array: wSMA and beyond 2024 ·Paul Grimes, Garrett K. Keating, R. Blundell, Robert D. Christensen, Mark Gurwell, A. Kovács, Timothy Norton, Scott Paine, Ramprasad Rao, Edward Tong, Jonathan Weintroub, David J. Wilner, (unknown), Lingzhen Zeng, Qizhou Zhang	0
5	A Dust-trapping Ring in the Planet-hosting Disk of Elias 2-24 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Laura M. Pérez, Anibal Sierra, (unknown), Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Sean M. Andrews, M. Benisty, T. Birnstiel, John M. Carpenter, Viviana V. Guzmán, Jane Huang, Andrea Isella, N. T. Kurtovic, Luca Ricci, David J. Wilner	4
6	SMA Detection of an Extreme Millimeter Flare from the Young Class III Star HD 283572 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·(unknown), Garrett K. Keating, David J. Wilner, Sean M. Andrews, Meredith A. MacGregor, (unknown), Ramprasad Rao, Jonathan P. Williams	4
7	Constraints on the Physical Origin of Large Cavities in Transition Disks from Multiwavelength Dust Continuum Emission 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Anibal Sierra, Laura M. Pérez, (unknown), M. Benisty, C. J. Chandler, Sean M. Andrews, John M. Carpenter, Thomas Henning, L. Testi, Luca Ricci, David J. Wilner	8
8	MAPS: Constraining Serendipitous Time Variability in Protoplanetary Disk Molecular Ion Emission 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), L. Ilsedore Cleeves, Ryan A. Loomis, Yuri Aikawa, Jaehan Bae, Jennifer B. Bergner, Alice S. Booth, Jenny K. Calahan, Gianni Cataldi, Charles J. Law, Romane Le Gal, Feng Long, Karin I. Öberg, Richard Teague, David J. Wilner	4
9	High-resolution ALMA observations of compact discs in the wide-binary system Sz 65 and Sz 66 2023 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), John M. Carpenter, Richard A Booth, Jeff Jennings, Thomas J. Haworth, Miguel Vioque, Sean M. Andrews, David J. Wilner, M. Benisty, Jane Huang, Laura M. Pérez, Viviana V. Guzmán, Luca Ricci, Andrea Isella	7
10	Gas Disk Sizes from CO Line Observations: A Test of Angular Momentum Evolution 2022 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Feng Long, Sean M. Andrews, Giovanni Rosotti, D. Harsono, Paola Pinilla, David J. Wilner, Karin I. Öberg, Richard Teague, Leon Trapman, Benoît Tabone	44
11	Mapping the Complex Kinematic Substructure in the TW Hya Disk 2022 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Richard Teague, Jaehan Bae, Sean M. Andrews, M. Benisty, Edwin A. Bergin, Stefano Facchini, Jane Huang, Cristiano Longarini, David J. Wilner	25
12	2021 ·White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) ·J. Terwisscha van Scheltinga, M. R. Hogerheijde, L. Ilsedore Cleeves, Ryan A. Loomis, Catherine Walsh, Karin I. Öberg, Edwin A. Bergin, Jennifer B. Bergner, Geoffrey A. Blake, Jenny K. Calahan, P. Cazzoletti, E. F. van Dishoeck, Viviana V. Guzmán, Jane Huang, Mihkel Kama, Chunhua Qi, Richard Teague, David J. Wilner	15
13	Spiral Arms and a Massive Dust Disk with Non-Keplerian Kinematics: Possible Evidence for Gravitational Instability in the Disk of Elias 2–27 2021 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Teresa Paneque-Carreño, Laura M. Pérez, M. Benisty, Cassandra Hall, (unknown), Giuseppe Lodato, Anibal Sierra, John M. Carpenter, Sean M. Andrews, Jaehan Bae, Th. Henning, Woojin Kwon, H. Linz, Laurent Loinard, C. Pinte, Luca Ricci, Marco Tazzari, L. Testi, David J. Wilner	47
14	Resolving Structure in the Debris Disk around HD 206893 with ALMA 2021 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), A. Meredith Hughes, (unknown), Kevin Flaherty, K. Y. L. Su, A. Moór, Eugene Chiang, Sean M. Andrews, David J. Wilner, Sebastián Marino	12
15	Irregular Dust Features around Intermediate-mass Young Stars with GPI: Signs of Youth or Misaligned Disks? 2019 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Tim J. Harries, Benjamin R. Setterholm, John D. Monnier, Evan A. Rich, Alicia Aarnio, Fred C. Adams, Sean M. Andrews, Jaehan Bae, Nuria Calvet, Catherine Espaillat, Lee Hartmann, Sasha Hinkley, Andrea Isella, Stefan Kraus, David J. Wilner, Zhaohuan Zhu	18
16	Imaging the disc rim and a moving close-in companion candidate in the pre-transitional disc of V1247 Orionis 2018 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), Stefan Kraus, J. Kluska, John D. Monnier, M. Curé, M. L. Sitko, Alicia Aarnio, Michael Ireland, Aaron C. Rizzuto, (unknown), Alexander Kreplin, Sean M. Andrews, Nuria Calvet, Catherine Espaillat, Misato Fukagawa, Tim J. Harries, Sasha Hinkley, S. Kanaan, Takayuki Muto, David J. Wilner	6
17	The multiple young stellar objects of HBC 515: An X-ray and millimeter-wave imaging study in (pre-main sequence) diversity 2017 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·David A. Principe, G. G. Sacco, Joel H. Kastner, David J. Wilner, B. Stelzer, G. Micela	2
18	The effect of local optically thick regions in the long-wave emission of young circumstellar disks 2012 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Luca Ricci, Francesco Trotta, L. Testi, A. Natta, Andrea Isella, David J. Wilner	29
19	A break in the gas and dust surface density of the disc around the T Tauri star IM Lupi 2009 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Olja Panić, M. R. Hogerheijde, David J. Wilner, Chunhua Qi	67
20	Millimeter imaging of HD 163296: probing the disk structure and kinematics 2007 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·(unknown), L. Testi, A. Natta, R. Neri, David J. Wilner, Chunhua Qi	89

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