Elizabeth J. Tasker

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Elizabeth J. Tasker is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Elizabeth J. Tasker has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 6 papers in Computational Mechanics and 3 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Elizabeth J. Tasker's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (26 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (19 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (18 papers). Elizabeth J. Tasker is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (26 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (19 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (18 papers). Elizabeth J. Tasker collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Elizabeth J. Tasker's co-authors include Jonathan C. Tan, Asao Habe, James Wadsley, Yusuke Fujimoto, F. R. Pearce, Kohei Inayoshi, Alex R. Pettitt, Kazuyuki Omukai, Lucio Mayer and A. Gawryszczak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Elizabeth J. Tasker

37 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Fundamental differences between SPH and grid methods 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 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. Fundamental differences between SPH and grid methods
    2007 332 citations F. R. Pearce, Elizabeth J. Tasker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elizabeth J. Tasker Japan 17 1.2k 149 141 105 80 39 1.3k
Blakesley Burkhart United States 24 1.5k 1.2× 48 0.3× 202 1.4× 84 0.8× 204 2.5× 79 1.6k
M. J. Currie United Kingdom 15 715 0.6× 64 0.4× 246 1.7× 114 1.1× 48 0.6× 56 774
Alexei G. Kritsuk United States 20 1.3k 1.1× 256 1.7× 38 0.3× 102 1.0× 118 1.5× 43 1.5k
Andreas Schruba Germany 26 2.0k 1.6× 34 0.2× 424 3.0× 192 1.8× 117 1.5× 54 2.1k
Richard Monier France 15 1.8k 1.5× 157 1.1× 705 5.0× 52 0.5× 203 2.5× 85 2.0k
M. Sauvage France 24 1.7k 1.4× 25 0.2× 316 2.2× 102 1.0× 140 1.8× 99 1.8k
Hugo Martel United States 18 916 0.7× 138 0.9× 240 1.7× 35 0.3× 226 2.8× 58 1.1k
J. E. G. Peek United States 25 1.5k 1.2× 36 0.2× 241 1.7× 91 0.9× 252 3.1× 66 1.5k
Ruobing Dong United States 26 1.9k 1.5× 30 0.2× 67 0.5× 495 4.7× 46 0.6× 86 1.9k
E. J. Alfaro Spain 20 1.5k 1.2× 109 0.7× 629 4.5× 57 0.5× 80 1.0× 130 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elizabeth J. Tasker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elizabeth J. Tasker

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Moss, Vanessa A., Glen A. Rees, A. W. Hotan, et al.. (2025). The main barriers to distributed interaction are not technological. Nature Astronomy. 9(1). 11–15. 1 indexed citations
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Moss, Vanessa A., Glen A. Rees, A. W. Hotan, et al.. (2023). Going beyond being there to bring astronomy to the world. Nature Astronomy. 7(12). 1412–1414. 1 indexed citations
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Enya, Keigo, Akihiko Yamagishi, Kensei Kobayashi, Yoshitaka Yoshimura, & Elizabeth J. Tasker. (2023). A Comparative Study of Methods for Detecting Extraterrestrial Life in Exploration Missions to Mars and the Solar System II: Targeted Characteristics, Detection Techniques, and Their Combination for Survey, Detection, and Analysis. Astrobiology. 23(10). 1099–1117. 2 indexed citations
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Lau, Ryan M., L. Burtscher, C. Packham, et al.. (2022). IR 2022: An infrared-bright future for ground-based IR observatories in the era of JWST. Nature Astronomy. 6(7). 772–773. 3 indexed citations
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Tasker, Elizabeth J., et al.. (2020). Earth-Like: an education & outreach tool for exploring the diversity of planets like our own. International Journal of Astrobiology. 19(3). 264–275. 1 indexed citations
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Tasker, Elizabeth J.. (2020). Planetary Diversity. 2 indexed citations
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Crites, S. T., et al.. (2019). Segmentation Convolutional Neural Networks for Automatic Crater Detection on Mars. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 12(8). 2944–2957. 38 indexed citations
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Fujimoto, M. & Elizabeth J. Tasker. (2019). Unveiling the secrets of a habitable world with JAXA’s small-body missions. Nature Astronomy. 3(4). 284–286. 9 indexed citations
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Crites, S. T., et al.. (2018). Exploration of Machine Learning Methods for Crater Counting on Mars. LPI. 1948. 2 indexed citations
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Pettitt, Alex R., Fumi Egusa, Clare L. Dobbs, et al.. (2018). The changing GMC population in galaxy interactions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 480(3). 3356–3375. 10 indexed citations
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Pettitt, Alex R., Elizabeth J. Tasker, James Wadsley, Ben Keller, & Samantha M. Benincasa. (2017). Star formation and ISM morphology in tidally induced spiral structures. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 468(4). 4189–4204. 31 indexed citations
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Federrath, Christoph, et al.. (2017). On the effective turbulence driving mode of molecular clouds formed in disc galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 469(1). 383–393. 30 indexed citations
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Tasker, Elizabeth J., James Wadsley, & Ralph E. Pudritz. (2015). STAR FORMATION IN DISK GALAXIES. III. DOES STELLAR FEEDBACK RESULT IN CLOUD DEATH?. The Astrophysical Journal. 801(1). 33–33. 24 indexed citations
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Haworth, Thomas J., Elizabeth J. Tasker, Y. Fukui, et al.. (2015). Isolating signatures of major cloud–cloud collisions using position–velocity diagrams. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 450(1). 10–20. 68 indexed citations
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Gnedin, Nickolay Y., Elizabeth J. Tasker, & Yusuke Fujimoto. (2014). EMERGENCE OF THE KENNICUTT-SCHMIDT RELATION FROM THE SMALL-SCALE SFR-DENSITY RELATION. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 787(1). L7–L7. 8 indexed citations
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Tasker, Elizabeth J., et al.. (2014). DO CLOUD-CLOUD COLLISIONS TRIGGER HIGH-MASS STAR FORMATION? I. SMALL CLOUD COLLISIONS. The Astrophysical Journal. 792(1). 63–63. 88 indexed citations
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Benincasa, Samantha M., Elizabeth J. Tasker, Ralph E. Pudritz, & James Wadsley. (2013). GIANT MOLECULAR CLOUD FORMATION IN DISK GALAXIES: CHARACTERIZING SIMULATED VERSUS OBSERVED CLOUD CATALOGS. The Astrophysical Journal. 776(1). 23–23. 22 indexed citations
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Tasker, Elizabeth J. & Greg L. Bryan. (2008). The Effect of the Interstellar Medium Model on Star Formation Properties in Galactic Disks. 396. 105. 1 indexed citations
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Tasker, Elizabeth J., R. Brunino, N. L. Mitchell, et al.. (2008). A test suite for quantitative comparison of hydrodynamic codes in astrophysics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 390(3). 1267–1281. 87 indexed citations

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