F. La Franca

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

F. La Franca is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, F. La Franca has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 31 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 29 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in F. La Franca's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (75 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (62 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (32 papers). F. La Franca is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (75 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (62 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (32 papers). F. La Franca collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. F. La Franca's co-authors include F. Fiore, R. Maiolino, C. Vignali, A. Comastri, G. Matt, M. Brusa, S. Cristiani, P. Ciliegi, P. Severgnini and M. Mignoli and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

In The Last Decade

F. La Franca

99 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

  1. Universal bolometric corrections for active galactic nuclei over seven luminosity decades
    2020 170 citations F. Duras, A. Bongiorno et al. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
F. La Franca 3.3k 1.1k 748 76 50 103 3.4k
C. Ramos Almeida 3.0k 0.9× 672 0.6× 660 0.9× 60 0.8× 45 0.9× 145 3.1k
A. Evans 3.1k 0.9× 910 0.9× 528 0.7× 128 1.7× 81 1.6× 131 3.1k
P. A. Shaver 2.4k 0.7× 854 0.8× 616 0.8× 90 1.2× 64 1.3× 90 2.5k
Norbert Werner 3.7k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 558 0.7× 110 1.4× 32 0.6× 131 3.8k
C. S. Crawford 3.6k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 629 0.8× 87 1.1× 26 0.5× 81 3.7k
David A. Turnshek 3.8k 1.1× 786 0.7× 851 1.1× 139 1.8× 43 0.9× 105 3.8k
Steven Janowiecki 2.4k 0.7× 515 0.5× 798 1.1× 61 0.8× 52 1.0× 41 2.5k
S. Gallerani 3.1k 0.9× 489 0.5× 954 1.3× 79 1.0× 65 1.3× 94 3.2k
D. H. Hughes 2.8k 0.8× 933 0.9× 937 1.3× 84 1.1× 40 0.8× 83 2.8k
William G. Mathews 3.0k 0.9× 769 0.7× 597 0.8× 160 2.1× 42 0.8× 112 3.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by F. La Franca

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by F. La Franca. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by F. La Franca. The network helps show where F. La Franca may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. La Franca

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of F. La Franca. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of F. La Franca 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 F. La Franca. F. La Franca 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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Zappacosta, L., M. Ginolfi, F. Ricci, et al.. (2025). A deep X-ray look to the most obscured quasar at z   ∼  3.6 and its environment. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 705. A90–A90.
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Dell’Agli, F., et al.. (2025). A study of Andromeda to improve our knowledge of the evolution and dust production by AGB stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 699. A23–A23. 1 indexed citations
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Peña-Herazo, H. A., F. Massaro, V. Chavushyan, et al.. (2023). Optical Spectroscopic Observations of Gamma-Ray Blazar Candidates. XII. Follow-up Observations from SOAR, Blanco, NTT, and OAN-SPM. The Astronomical Journal. 165(3). 127–127. 3 indexed citations
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Peña-Herazo, H. A., A. Paggi, F. Massaro, et al.. (2021). Optical Spectroscopic Observations of Gamma-ray Blazar Candidates. XI. Optical Observations from SOAR, Blanco, NTT and OAN-SPM. The Story So Far. The Astronomical Journal. 162(5). 177–177. 10 indexed citations
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Shankar, Francesco, Mariangela Bernardi, K. M. Richardson, et al.. (2019). Black hole scaling relations of active and quiescent galaxies: Addressing selection effects and constraining virial factors. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 485(1). 1278–1292. 54 indexed citations
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Duras, F., A. Bongiorno, E. Piconcelli, et al.. (2017). The WISSH quasars project. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 604. A67–A67. 56 indexed citations
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Carniani, Stefano, A. Marconi, R. Maiolino, et al.. (2016). Fast outflows and star formation quenching in quasar host galaxies. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 90 indexed citations
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Ricci, F., F. La Franca, F. Onori, & S. Bianchi. (2016). Novel calibrations of virial black hole mass estimators in active galaxies based on X-ray luminosity and optical/near-infrared emission lines. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 598. A51–A51. 15 indexed citations
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Feruglio, C., F. Fiore, F. La Franca, et al.. (2008). The XMM-Newton survey of the ELAIS-S1 field. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 488(1). 417–428. 10 indexed citations
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Civano, F., M. Mignoli, A. Comastri, et al.. (2007). The HELLAS2XMM survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 476(3). 1223–1233. 29 indexed citations
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Franca, F. La, Simonetta Puccetti, N. Sacchi, et al.. (2007). AGN counts at 15$\mu{\rm m}$. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 472(3). 797–803. 2 indexed citations
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Pozzi, F., C. Vignali, A. Comastri, et al.. (2007). The HELLAS2XMM survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 468(2). 603–612. 26 indexed citations
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Berta, S., Stefano Rubele, A. Franceschini, et al.. (2006). The ESO-Spitzer Imaging extragalactic Survey (ESIS). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 451(3). 881–900. 33 indexed citations
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Maiolino, R., M. Mignoli, L. Pozzetti, et al.. (2005). The HELLAS2XMM survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 445(2). 457–463. 16 indexed citations
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Mignoli, M., L. Pozzetti, A. Comastri, et al.. (2004). The HELLAS2XMM survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 418(3). 827–840. 33 indexed citations
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Perola, G. C., Simonetta Puccetti, F. Fiore, et al.. (2004). The HELLAS2XMM survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 421(2). 491–501. 58 indexed citations
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Brusa, M., A. Comastri, M. Mignoli, et al.. (2003). The HELLAS2XMM survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 409(1). 65–78. 31 indexed citations
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Fiore, F., M. Brusa, F. Cocchia, et al.. (2003). The HELLAS2XMM survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 409(1). 79–90. 131 indexed citations
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Maiolino, R., A. Marconi, M. Salvati, et al.. (2001). Dust in active nuclei. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 365(2). 28–36. 243 indexed citations
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Cristiani, S., C. Barbieri, A. Iovino, F. La Franca, & A. Nota. (1989). Quasars in the Field of SA94 III. A Colour Survey. Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series. 77(134). 161–207. 1 indexed citations

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