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

Hit Papers

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David J. Wilner United States	59	11.1k	4.4k	1.3k	547	454	277	11.4k
Nuria Calvet United States	59	13.6k 1.2×	4.3k 1.0×	665 0.5×	310 0.6×	447 1.0×	195	13.7k
L. Testi Italy	63	13.1k 1.2×	4.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	609 1.1×	599 1.3×	336	13.3k
James M. Jackson United States	40	4.4k 0.4×	1.0k 0.2×	640 0.5×	235 0.4×	326 0.7×	153	5.1k
Sean M. Andrews United States	43	6.4k 0.6×	2.6k 0.6×	523 0.4×	270 0.5×	234 0.5×	150	6.6k
Karl Stapelfeldt United States	50	7.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.3×	448 0.3×	387 0.7×	968 2.1×	211	8.0k
Barbara Ercolano Germany	38	5.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.3×	324 0.3×	168 0.3×	312 0.7×	145	5.3k
F. Ménard France	45	5.7k 0.5×	1.7k 0.4×	392 0.3×	256 0.5×	200 0.4×	220	6.0k
A. Vidal‐Madjar France	49	7.6k 0.7×	745 0.2×	1.3k 1.0×	482 0.9×	1.5k 3.3×	245	8.0k
A. A. Stark United States	29	3.4k 0.3×	538 0.1×	358 0.3×	252 0.5×	355 0.8×	102	3.5k
Shu‐ichiro Inutsuka Japan	41	5.0k 0.5×	997 0.2×	554 0.4×	315 0.6×	91 0.2×	158	5.4k

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Painter, C. A., Sean M. Andrews, C. J. Chandler, et al.. (2025). Detailed Microwave Continuum Spectra from Bright Protoplanetary Disks in Taurus. The Open Journal of Astrophysics. 8.

Andrews, Sean M., et al.. (2025). ALMA Reveals an Eccentricity Gradient in the Fomalhaut Debris Disk. The Astrophysical Journal. 990(2). 145–145. 2 indexed citations

Kastner, Joel H., et al.. (2024). The Molecular Exoskeleton of the Ring-like Planetary Nebula NGC 3132. The Astrophysical Journal. 965(1). 21–21. 4 indexed citations

Grimes, Paul, Garrett K. Keating, R. Blundell, et al.. (2024). Upgrading the submillimeter array: wSMA and beyond. 122–122.

Pérez, Laura M., Anibal Sierra, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, et al.. (2024). A Dust-trapping Ring in the Planet-hosting Disk of Elias 2-24. The Astrophysical Journal. 971(2). 129–129. 4 indexed citations

Keating, Garrett K., David J. Wilner, Sean M. Andrews, et al.. (2024). SMA Detection of an Extreme Millimeter Flare from the Young Class III Star HD 283572. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 962(1). L12–L12. 4 indexed citations

Sierra, Anibal, Laura M. Pérez, M. Benisty, et al.. (2024). Constraints on the Physical Origin of Large Cavities in Transition Disks from Multiwavelength Dust Continuum Emission. The Astrophysical Journal. 974(2). 306–306. 8 indexed citations

Cleeves, L. Ilsedore, Ryan A. Loomis, Yuri Aikawa, et al.. (2023). MAPS: Constraining Serendipitous Time Variability in Protoplanetary Disk Molecular Ion Emission. The Astrophysical Journal. 956(2). 103–103. 4 indexed citations

Carpenter, John M., Richard A Booth, Jeff Jennings, et al.. (2023). High-resolution ALMA observations of compact discs in the wide-binary system Sz 65 and Sz 66. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 682. A55–A55. 7 indexed citations

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Long, Feng, Sean M. Andrews, Giovanni Rosotti, et al.. (2022). Gas Disk Sizes from CO Line Observations: A Test of Angular Momentum Evolution. The Astrophysical Journal. 931(1). 6–6. 44 indexed citations

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Teague, Richard, Jaehan Bae, Sean M. Andrews, et al.. (2022). Mapping the Complex Kinematic Substructure in the TW Hya Disk. The Astrophysical Journal. 936(2). 163–163. 25 indexed citations

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Scheltinga, J. Terwisscha van, M. R. Hogerheijde, L. Ilsedore Cleeves, et al.. (2021). White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 15 indexed citations

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Paneque-Carreño, Teresa, Laura M. Pérez, M. Benisty, et al.. (2021). Spiral Arms and a Massive Dust Disk with Non-Keplerian Kinematics: Possible Evidence for Gravitational Instability in the Disk of Elias 2–27. The Astrophysical Journal. 914(2). 88–88. 47 indexed citations

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Hughes, A. Meredith, Kevin Flaherty, K. Y. L. Su, et al.. (2021). Resolving Structure in the Debris Disk around HD 206893 with ALMA. The Astrophysical Journal. 917(1). 5–5. 12 indexed citations

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Harries, Tim J., Benjamin R. Setterholm, John D. Monnier, et al.. (2019). Irregular Dust Features around Intermediate-mass Young Stars with GPI: Signs of Youth or Misaligned Disks?. The Astrophysical Journal. 888(1). 7–7. 18 indexed citations

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Kraus, Stefan, J. Kluska, John D. Monnier, et al.. (2018). Imaging the disc rim and a moving close-in companion candidate in the pre-transitional disc of V1247 Orionis. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 621. A7–A7. 6 indexed citations

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Principe, David A., G. G. Sacco, Joel H. Kastner, et al.. (2017). The multiple young stellar objects of HBC 515: An X-ray and millimeter-wave imaging study in (pre-main sequence) diversity. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Ricci, Luca, Francesco Trotta, L. Testi, et al.. (2012). The effect of local optically thick regions in the long-wave emission of young circumstellar disks. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 29 indexed citations

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Panić, Olja, M. R. Hogerheijde, David J. Wilner, & Chunhua Qi. (2009). A break in the gas and dust surface density of the disc around the T Tauri star IM Lupi. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 67 indexed citations

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Testi, L., et al.. (2007). Millimeter imaging of HD 163296: probing the disk structure and kinematics. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 89 indexed citations

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