F. X. Timmes

17.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
121 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

F. X. Timmes is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, F. X. Timmes has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 44 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 11 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in F. X. Timmes's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (59 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (47 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (43 papers). F. X. Timmes is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (59 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (47 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (43 papers). F. X. Timmes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. F. X. Timmes's co-authors include Bill Paxton, Lars Bildsten, R. H. D. Townsend, F. Douglas Swesty, Edward F. Brown, Aaron Dotter, Matteo Cantiello, J. W. Truran, R. Farmer and Μ. H. Montgomery and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Reviews of Modern Physics and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

F. X. Timmes

107 papers receiving 9.5k 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.

MODULES FOR EXPERIMENTS IN STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS (MESA): PLANETS, OSCILLATIONS, ROTATION, AND MASSIVE STARS

2013 2.2k citations Bill Paxton, Matteo Cantiello et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →
FLASH: An Adaptive Mesh Hydrodynamics Code for Modeling Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes

2000 1.6k citations B. Fryxell, K. Olson et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →
Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics ( ): Convective Boundaries, Element Diffusion, and Massive Star Explosions

2018 1.3k citations Bill Paxton, Josiah Schwab et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →
Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Pulsating Variable Stars, Rotation, Convective Boundaries, and Energy Conservation

2019 1.1k citations Bill Paxton, R. Smolec et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →
The Accuracy, Consistency, and Speed of an Electron‐Positron Equation of State Based on Table Interpolation of the Helmholtz Free Energy

2000 548 citations F. X. Timmes et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
F. X. Timmes United States	34	8.8k	2.5k	1.5k	710	516	121	10.3k
J. W. Truran United States	35	3.8k 0.4×	1.8k 0.7×	344 0.2×	427 0.6×	256 0.5×	96	4.9k
D. Q. Lamb United States	26	3.5k 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	837 0.6×	396 0.6×	227 0.4×	77	4.2k
Simon Portegies Zwart Netherlands	58	10.6k 1.2×	739 0.3×	2.0k 1.4×	258 0.4×	319 0.6×	305	11.5k
Michael L. Norman United States	57	9.5k 1.1×	2.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	985 1.4×	123 0.2×	208	10.5k
James M. Stone United States	58	10.5k 1.2×	2.2k 0.9×	472 0.3×	1.4k 2.0×	481 0.9×	212	11.8k
B. D. Wandelt United States	49	8.9k 1.0×	3.2k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	212 0.3×	85 0.2×	195	10.1k
Jeremiah P. Ostriker United States	79	22.8k 2.6×	8.2k 3.3×	5.5k 3.7×	403 0.6×	584 1.1×	353	24.1k
Thomas A. Prince United States	33	2.9k 0.3×	691 0.3×	246 0.2×	162 0.2×	579 1.1×	159	3.8k
Romain Teyssier France	66	14.1k 1.6×	2.9k 1.2×	4.5k 3.0×	609 0.9×	100 0.2×	228	15.0k
K. M. Górski United States	39	8.5k 1.0×	3.9k 1.6×	711 0.5×	192 0.3×	76 0.1×	136	9.5k

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Mumpower, Matthew R., et al.. (2025). Inclusion of Isomers/Astromers in s-process Nucleosynthesis: The Pivotal Case of ⁸⁵Kr. The Astrophysical Journal. 986(1). 107–107.

Best, A., C. R. Brune, A. Chieffi, et al.. (2025). The $$^{12}$$C$$(\alpha ,\gamma )^{16}$$O reaction, in the laboratory and in the stars. The European Physical Journal A. 61(4).

Timmes, F. X., et al.. (2023). Stellar Neutrino Emission across the Mass–Metallicity Plane. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 270(1). 5–5. 3 indexed citations

Jermyn, Adam S. & F. X. Timmes. (2022). Modifying the Free Energy in Skye. Research Notes of the AAS. 6(3). 43–43.

Mehta, A. K., Alessandra Buonanno, J. R. Gair, et al.. (2022). Observing Intermediate-mass Black Holes and the Upper Stellar-mass gap with LIGO and Virgo. The Astrophysical Journal. 924(1). 39–39. 58 indexed citations

Scaringi, Simone, P. Groot, C. Knigge, et al.. (2022). Localized thermonuclear bursts from accreting magnetic white dwarfs. Nature. 604(7906). 447–450. 19 indexed citations

Timmes, F. X., et al.. (2022). On Trapped Modes in Variable White Dwarfs as Probes of the ¹²C(α, γ)¹⁶O Reaction Rate. The Astrophysical Journal. 935(1). 21–21. 13 indexed citations

Blondin, S., Eduardo Bravo, F. X. Timmes, Luc Dessart, & D. J. Hillier. (2022). Stable nickel production in type Ia supernovae: A smoking gun for the progenitor mass?. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 660. A96–A96. 13 indexed citations

Timmes, F. X., Josiah Schwab, R. H. D. Townsend, et al.. (2021). On the Impact of ²²Ne on the Pulsation Periods of Carbon–Oxygen White Dwarfs with Helium-dominated Atmospheres. The Astrophysical Journal. 910(1). 24–24. 15 indexed citations

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Paxton, Bill, R. Smolec, Josiah Schwab, et al.. (2019). Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Pulsating Variable Stars, Rotation, Convective Boundaries, and Energy Conservation. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 243(1). 10–10. 1137 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pignatari, M., P. Höppe, R. Trappitsch, et al.. (2017). The neutron capture process in the He shell in core-collapse supernovae: Presolar silicon carbide grains as a diagnostic tool for nuclear astrophysics. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 221. 37–46. 20 indexed citations

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Lecoanet, Daniel, Josiah Schwab, Eliot Quataert, et al.. (2016). TURBULENT CHEMICAL DIFFUSION IN CONVECTIVELY BOUNDED CARBON FLAMES. The Astrophysical Journal. 832(1). 71–71. 28 indexed citations

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Fryxell, B., K. Olson, P. M. Ricker, et al.. (2010). FLASH: Adaptive Mesh Hydrodynamics Code for Modeling Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes. Astrophysics Source Code Library. 27 indexed citations

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Paxton, Bill, Lars Bildsten, Aaron Dotter, et al.. (2010). MESA: Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics. Astrophysics Source Code Library. 12 indexed citations

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Herwig, Falk, B. Freytag, J. P. Hansen, et al.. (2007). Convective and Non-Convective Mixing in AGB Stars. ASPC. 378. 43. 1 indexed citations

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Iliadis, C., et al.. (2007). The Effects of Changes in Reaction Rates on Simulations of Nova Explosions. AIP conference proceedings. 891. 364–372. 1 indexed citations

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Zingale, M., F. X. Timmes, B. Fryxell, et al.. (2000). Helium Detonations on Neutron Stars. 196. 1 indexed citations

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Ricker, P. M., B. Fryxell, K. Olson, et al.. (1999). FLASH: A Multidimensional Hydrodynamics Code for Modeling Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 195. 1 indexed citations

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Olson, K., P. J. MacNeice, B. Fryxell, et al.. (1999). PARAMESH: A Parallel, Adaptive Mesh Refinement Toolkit and Performance of the ASCI/FLASH code. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 195. 2 indexed citations

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Hartmann, D. H., P. Predehl, J. Greiner, et al.. (1997). On Flamsteed's supernova Cas A. Nuclear Physics A. 621(1-2). 83–91. 18 indexed citations

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