Francisco Prada

35.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
89 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Francisco Prada is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Francisco Prada has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 38 papers in Instrumentation and 16 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Francisco Prada's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (63 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (38 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (25 papers). Francisco Prada is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (63 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (38 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (25 papers). Francisco Prada collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Germany. Francisco Prada's co-authors include Anatoly Klypin, Andrey V. Kravtsov, O. Valenzuela, Chia-Hsun Chuang, Antonio D. Montero-Dorta, R. F. Peletier, Gustavo Yepes, Santiago G. Patiri, A. Vazdekis and G. A. Mamon and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

Francisco Prada

83 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Where Are the Missing Galactic Satellites? 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2021 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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. Where Are the Missing Galactic Satellites?
    1999 1.7k citations Anatoly Klypin, Francisco Prada et al. profile →
  2. The Uchuu simulations: Data Release 1 and dark matter halo concentrations
    2021 162 citations Tomoaki Ishiyama, Francisco Prada et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francisco Prada Spain 29 4.0k 1.6k 1.3k 265 173 89 4.2k
L. Moscardini Italy 39 5.2k 1.3× 1.9k 1.2× 1.6k 1.2× 358 1.4× 202 1.2× 182 5.4k
Rupert A. C. Croft United States 34 3.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 217 0.8× 122 0.7× 116 3.8k
C. Porciani Germany 31 4.0k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 1.0k 0.8× 384 1.4× 201 1.2× 77 4.2k
Daisuke Nagai United States 37 5.7k 1.4× 2.0k 1.2× 1.6k 1.3× 254 1.0× 179 1.0× 147 5.9k
Aaron D. Ludlow United Kingdom 28 3.9k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 1.7k 1.3× 325 1.2× 118 0.7× 56 4.2k
Nikhil Padmanabhan United States 33 4.0k 1.0× 961 0.6× 1.7k 1.3× 276 1.0× 126 0.7× 77 4.3k
Joel R. Brownstein United States 32 3.5k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 852 0.7× 194 0.7× 110 0.6× 100 3.7k
Neal Dalal United States 30 3.4k 0.8× 962 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 196 0.7× 107 0.6× 49 3.5k
Robert J. Thacker Canada 18 3.6k 0.9× 1.7k 1.0× 629 0.5× 284 1.1× 250 1.4× 32 3.9k
Alexander Knebe Spain 40 5.5k 1.4× 2.8k 1.7× 1.3k 1.0× 459 1.7× 228 1.3× 153 5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Francisco Prada

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francisco Prada

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francisco Prada

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Francisco Prada. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Francisco Prada 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 Francisco Prada. Francisco Prada 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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Ravoux, C., et al.. (2025). DESI DR1 Lya 1D power spectrum: the Fast Fourier Transform estimator measurement. DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)).
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Prada, Francisco, Robert Content, Gabriel Gómez, et al.. (2024). The construction of the MAAT IFU for the GTC OSIRIS spectrograph. 280–280.
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Smith, A. G., J. Ereza, César Hernández‐Aguayo, et al.. (2024). The Uchuu–SDSS galaxy light-cones: a clustering, redshift space distortion and baryonic acoustic oscillation study. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(4). 7236–7255. 6 indexed citations
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Oogi, Taira, Tomoaki Ishiyama, Francisco Prada, et al.. (2023). Uchuu–ν2GC galaxies and AGN: cosmic variance forecasts of high-redshift AGN for JWST, Euclid, and LSST. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 525(3). 3879–3895. 8 indexed citations
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Moliné, Ángeles, M. Sánchez‐Conde, Tomoaki Ishiyama, et al.. (2022). ΛCDM halo substructure properties revealed with high-resolution and large-volume cosmological simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 518(1). 157–173. 23 indexed citations
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Hernández‐Aguayo, César, Baojiu Li, Christian Arnold, et al.. (2022). Fast full N-body simulations of generic modified gravity: conformal coupling models. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2022(5). 18–18. 28 indexed citations
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Aung, Han, Daisuke Nagai, Anatoly Klypin, et al.. (2022). The Uchuu-universe machine data set: galaxies in and around clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(2). 1648–1656. 10 indexed citations
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Pérez-García, M. Ángeles, L. Izzo, Mattia Bulla, et al.. (2022). Hubble constant and nuclear equation of state from kilonova spectro-photometric light curves. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 666. A67–A67. 9 indexed citations
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Seppi, R., Johan Comparat, K. Nandra, et al.. (2021). The mass function dependence on the dynamical state of dark matter haloes. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations
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Ishiyama, Tomoaki, Francisco Prada, Anatoly Klypin, et al.. (2021). The Uchuu simulations: Data Release 1 and dark matter halo concentrations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 506(3). 4210–4231. 162 indexed citations breakdown →
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Montero-Dorta, Antonio D., E. Pérez, Francisco Prada, et al.. (2017). The Dependence of Galaxy Clustering on Stellar-mass Assembly History for LRGs. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 848(1). L2–L2. 37 indexed citations
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Prada, Francisco, Claudia G. Scóccola, Chia-Hsun Chuang, et al.. (2016). Hunting down systematics in baryon acoustic oscillations after cosmic high noon. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 458(1). 613–623. 19 indexed citations
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Kitaura, Francisco-Shu, M. Ata, Raúl E. Angulo, et al.. (2016). Bayesian redshift-space distortions correction from galaxy redshift surveys. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 457(1). L113–L117. 9 indexed citations
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Guo, Hong, Zheng Zheng, Idit Zehavi, et al.. (2015). Redshift-space clustering of SDSS galaxies – luminosity dependence, halo occupation distribution, and velocity bias. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 453(4). 4369–4384. 85 indexed citations
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Wojtak, Radosław, Ewa L. Łokas, G. A. Mamon, et al.. (2007). Interloper treatment in dynamical modelling of galaxy clusters. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 466(2). 437–449. 46 indexed citations
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Manchado, A., Francisco Prada, Carlos Domı́nguez, et al.. (2003). LIRIS (long-slit intermediate resolution infrared spectrograph) project status. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 16. 43–45. 1 indexed citations
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Pentericci, L., Hans‐Walter Rix, Francisco Prada, et al.. (2003). The near-IR properties and continuum shapes of high redshift quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 410(1). 75–82. 20 indexed citations
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García–Hernández, D. A., et al.. (2002). Near-IR spectroscopy of planetary nebulae precursors. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 29 indexed citations
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Richer, M. G., G. Tovmassian, G. Stasińska, et al.. (2002). The α-element abundances in the most oxygen-poor planetary nebula PNG 135.9+55.9. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 395(3). 929–941. 7 indexed citations
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Bettoni, D., G. Galletta, & Francisco Prada. (2001). The visible environment of galaxies with counterrotation. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 7 indexed citations

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