David Yong

12.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
157 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

David Yong is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Yong has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 147 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 63 papers in Instrumentation and 21 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in David Yong's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (147 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (92 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (64 papers). David Yong is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (147 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (92 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (64 papers). David Yong collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Germany. David Yong's co-authors include M. Asplund, J. Meléndez, John E. Norris, Amanda I. Karakas, I. Ramírez, Bruce W. Carney, F. Grundahl, M. S. Bessell, Anna Frebel and David L. Lambert and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

David Yong

152 papers receiving 6.7k citations

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TheHubble Space TelescopeUV Legacy Survey of Galactic globular clusters – IX. The Atlas of multiple stellar populations

2016 322 citations A. P. Milone, G. Piotto et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Fluorine abundances in CEMP stars at the lowest metallicity: hints on the nature of the first stars 2025 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), David Yong, Chiaki Kobayashi, Nozomu Tominaga, (unknown), R. Salinas, Gregory N. Mace, Hwihyun Kim, D. B. Zucker	1
2	At least one in a dozen stars shows evidence of planetary ingestion 2024 ·Nature ·Fan Liu, Yuan-Sen Ting, David Yong, Bertram Bitsch, Amanda I. Karakas, M. T. Murphy, Meridith Joyce, Aaron Dotter, Fei Dai	19
3	C3PO: towards a complete census of co-moving pairs of stars – I. High precision stellar parameters for 250 stars 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·David Yong, Fan Liu, Yuan-Sen Ting, Meridith Joyce, Bertram Bitsch, Fei Dai, Aaron Dotter, Amanda I. Karakas, M. T. Murphy	12
4	Multiple stellar populations in globular clusters with JWST: an NIRCam view of 47 Tucanae 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. P. Milone, A. F. Marino, Aaron Dotter, (unknown), E. Dondoglio, G. Cordoni, Sohee Jang, E. P. Lagioia, M. V. Legnardi, A. Mohandasan, M. Tailo, David Yong, (unknown), M. Carlos	19
5	Correction to ‘The impact of carbon and oxygen abundances on the metal-poor initial mass function' 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Piyush Sharda, A. M. Amarsi, Kathryn Grasha, Mark R. Krumholz, David Yong, Gen Chiaki, A.B. Roy, Thomas Nordlander	2
6	The complex stellar system M 22: constraining the chemical enrichment from AGB stars using magnesium isotope ratios 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), David Yong, Amanda I. Karakas, (unknown), Stephanie Monty, A. F. Marino, A. P. Milone, Thomas Nordlander, (unknown), Sarah L. Martell, M. Carlos	1
7	The Metallicity Variations Along the Chromosome Maps: The Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae* 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·A. F. Marino, A. P. Milone, E. Dondoglio, A. Renzini, G. Cordoni, Helmut Jerjen, Amanda I. Karakas, E. P. Lagioia, M. V. Legnardi, (unknown), A. Mohandasan, M. Tailo, David Yong, (unknown)	13
8	The complex stellar system M 22: confirming abundance variations with high precision differential measurements 2022 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), David Yong, A. F. Marino, Stephanie Monty, (unknown), Amanda I. Karakas, A. P. Milone, M. V. Legnardi, Ian U. Roederer, Sarah L. Martell, Danny Horta	26
9	Evidence of globular cluster abundance anomalies in the SMC intermediate-age cluster Kron 3 2022 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), G. S. Da Costa, David Yong, R. Salinas, John E. Norris, Dougal Mackey, A. F. Marino, A. P. Milone	6
10	r-Process elements from magnetorotational hypernovae 2021 ·Nature ·David Yong, Chiaki Kobayashi, G. S. Da Costa, M. S. Bessell, Anirudh Chiti, Anna Frebel, K. Lind, Dougal Mackey, Thomas Nordlander, M. Asplund, Andrew R. Casey, A. F. Marino, Simon J. Murphy, B. Schmidt	41
11	Keck HIRES spectroscopy of SkyMapper commissioning survey candidate extremely metal-poor stars 2019 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. F. Marino, G. S. Da Costa, Andrew R. Casey, M. Asplund, M. S. Bessell, Anna Frebel, S. Keller, K. Lind, Dougal Mackey, Simon J. Murphy, Thomas Nordlander, John E. Norris, B. Schmidt, David Yong	13
12	Multiple populations in globular clusters and their parent galaxies 2019 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. P. Milone, A. F. Marino, G. S. Da Costa, E. P. Lagioia, F. D’Antona, Paul Goudfrooij, Helmut Jerjen, D. Massari, A. Renzini, David Yong, Holger Baumgardt, G. Cordoni, E. Dondoglio, Chengyuan Li, M. Tailo, (unknown), (unknown)	73
13	Metallicity Variations in the Type II Globular Cluster NGC 6934* 2018 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·A. F. Marino, David Yong, A. P. Milone, G. Piotto, M. Lundquist, L. R. Bedin, (unknown), G. S. Da Costa, M. Asplund, Helmut Jerjen	31
14	Spectroscopy and Photometry of Multiple Populations along the Asymptotic Giant Branch of NGC 2808 and NGC 6121 (M4)* 2017 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·A. F. Marino, A. P. Milone, David Yong, G. S. Da Costa, M. Asplund, L. R. Bedin, Helmut Jerjen, D. Nardiello, G. Piotto, A. Renzini, Matthew Shetrone	34
15	HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF EXTREMELY METAL-POOR STAR CANDIDATES FROM THE SKYMAPPER SURVEY 2015 ·DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·Stefan Keller, Andrew R. Casey, M. Asplund, M. S. Bessell, (unknown), K. Lind, A. F. Marino, John E. Norris, B. Schmidt, P. Tisserand, (unknown), David Yong, Heather R. Jacobson, Anna Frebel, José Martínez Peña, Qinqin Yu	81
16	HIP 10725: The first solar twin/analogue field blue straggler 2015 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·(unknown), J. Meléndez, Amanda I. Karakas, I. Ramírez, M. Castro, (unknown), Maria Lugaro, M. Asplund, Marcelo Tucci Maia, David Yong, L. M. Howes, J.-D. do Nascimento	12
17	NUCLEOSYNTHESIS IN A PRIMORDIAL SUPERNOVA: CARBON AND OXYGEN ABUNDANCES IN SMSS J031300.36–670839.3 2015 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·M. S. Bessell, R. Collet, Stefan Keller, Anna Frebel, Alexander Heger, Andrew R. Casey, T. Masseron, M. Asplund, Heather R. Jacobson, K. Lind, A. F. Marino, John E. Norris, David Yong, G. S. Da Costa, Conrad Chan, Z. Magic, B. Schmidt, P. Tisserand	60
18	CNO and F abundances in the globular cluster M 22 (NGC 6656) 2012 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Alan Alves-Brito, David Yong, J. Meléndez, S. Vásquez, Amanda I. Karakas	33
19	CNO and F abundances in the barium star HD 123396 2011 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Alan Alves-Brito, Amanda I. Karakas, David Yong, J. Meléndez, S. Vásquez	9
20	Mg isotopic ratios in giant stars of the globular cluster NGC 6752 2003 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·David Yong, (unknown), (unknown), P. E. Nissen, Matthew Shetrone	82

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