Frank Bigiel

13.5k citations

79 papers · 4.6k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Instrumentation top 0.5%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 76
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 61
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 60
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 48
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 7
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 6
Instrumentation 10
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 10

Co-authors: Fabian Walter Adam K. Leroy W. J. G. de Blok E. Brinks M. D. Thornley Barry F. Madore Robert C. Kennicutt A. Usero
Journals: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (17 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (16 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (13 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (6 papers)The Astronomical Journal (6 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Frank Bigiel

72 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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HERACLES: THE HERA CO LINE EXTRAGALACTIC SURVEY 2009 · 354 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2009 The Astronomical Journal
2008 The Astronomical Journal
2008 The Astronomical Journal

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1	The EDGE-CALIFA survey: Star formation relationships for galaxies at different stages of their evolution Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Dario Colombo, V. Kalinova, Lars M. Alfes, S. F. Sánchez, Densaburo INABA, Tony Wong, Vicente Villanueva, Erik Rosolowsky, A. Weiß, K. Decker French, Delmy Aracely MejÃÂÃÂa Mejia, J. K. Barrera-Ballesteros, Yury Gryazin, Frank Bigiel, A. Tripathi, Daniyar Kushaliev	2025	1
2	The PHANGS–MUSE nebular catalogue Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Brent Groves, Kathryn Kreckel, Francesco Santoro, Francesco Belfiore, BCS, Enrico Congiu, Oleg V. Egorov, Éric Emsellem, Kathryn Grasha, Adam K. Leroy, Fabian Scheuermann, Eva Schinnerer, Elizabeth J. Watkins, Ashley T. Barnes, Frank Bigiel, Daniel A. Dale, Simon C. O. Glover, Ismael Pessa, P. Sánchez–Blázquez, Thomas G. Williams	2023	33
3	PHANGS-MUSE: Detection and Bayesian classification of ~40 000 ionised nebulae in nearby spiral galaxies Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Enrico Congiu, Guillermo A. Blanc, Francesco Belfiore, Francesco Santoro, Fabian Scheuermann, Kathryn Kreckel, Éric Emsellem, Brent Groves, Hsi-An Pan, Frank Bigiel, Daniel A. Dale, Simon C. O. Glover, Kathryn Grasha, Oleg V. Egorov, Adam K. Leroy, Eva Schinnerer, Elizabeth J. Watkins, Thomas G. Williams	2023	14
4	Surveying the Whirlpool at Arcseconds with NOEMA (SWAN) Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Sophia K. Stuber, J. Pety, Eva Schinnerer, Frank Bigiel, A. Usero, Ivana Bešlić, Miguel Querejeta, María J. Jiménez-Donaire, Adam K. Leroy, 勝徳榎木, Lukas Neumann, Cosima Eibensteiner, Yu-Hsuan Teng, Ashley T. Barnes, Mélanie Chevance, Joseph R. Jehl, Daniel A. Dale, Simon C. O. Glover, Daizhong Liu, Hsi-An Pan	2023	5
5	Spectral stacking of radio-interferometric data Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Lukas Neumann, Jakob S. den Brok, Frank Bigiel, Adam K. Leroy, A. Usero, Ashley T. Barnes, Ivana Bešlić, Cosima Eibensteiner, Marc Yorker, María J. Jiménez-Donaire, J. Pety, Erik Rosolowsky, Eva Schinnerer, Thomas G. Williams	2023	3
6	WALLABY Pilot Survey: hydra cluster galaxies UV and H imorphometrics Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Benne W. Holwerda, Frank Bigiel, A. Bosma, H. M. Courtois, Nathan Deg, Helga Dénes, Ahmed Elagali, Bi‐Qing For, B. Koribalski, D. A. Leahy, K. Lee-Waddell, Á. R. López-Sánchez, Se–Heon Oh, T. Reynolds, J. Rhee, Kristine Spekkens, Jing Wang, T. Westmeier, O. Ivy Wong	2023	5
7	Frequency and nature of central molecular outflows in nearby star-forming disk galaxies Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Sophia K. Stuber, Toshiki Saito, Eva Schinnerer, Éric Emsellem, Miguel Querejeta, Thomas G. Williams, Ashley T. Barnes, Frank Bigiel, Guillermo A. Blanc, Daniel A. Dale, Kathryn Grasha, Ralf S. Klessen, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Adam K. Leroy, Sharon E. Meidt, Hsi-An Pan, Erik Rosolowsky, Andreas Schruba, Jiayi Sun, A. Usero	2021	25
8	ALMA resolves giant molecular clouds in a tidal dwarf galaxy Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Miguel Querejeta, Federico Lelli, Eva Schinnerer, Dario Colombo, U. Lisenfeld, C. G. Mundell, Frank Bigiel, S. García‐Burillo, Cinthya N. Herrera, Annie Hughes, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Sharon E. Meidt, T. J. T. Moore, J. Pety, A. J. Rigby	2021	8
9	Molecular gas and star formation activity in luminous infrared galaxies in clusters at intermediate redshifts Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·G. Castignani, P. Jablonka, F. Combes, C. P. Haines, Tim Rawle, Mathilde Jauzac, Eiichi Egami, M. Krips, O. K. M., M. Arnaud, S. García‐Burillo, Eva Schinnerer, Frank Bigiel	2020	9
10	Radio continuum emission in the northern Galactic plane: Sources and spectral indices from the THOR survey Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Y. Wang, S. Bihr, M. R. Rugel, H. Beuther, K. Johnston, J. Ott, J. D. Soler, A. Brunthaler, L. D. Anderson, J. S. Urquhart, Ralf S. Klessen, H. Linz, N. M. McClure‐Griffiths, Simon C. O. Glover, K. M. Menten, Frank Bigiel, M. G. Hoare, Steven N. Longmore	2020	19
11	Atomic and molecular gas properties during cloud formation Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Heba H. Elsalahy, Y. Wang, H. Beuther, J. D. Soler, M. R. Rugel, J. Ott, A. Brunthaler, J. Kerp, M. H. Heyer, Ralf S. Klessen, Th. Henning, Simon C. O. Glover, P. F. Goldsmith, H. Linz, J. S. Urquhart, S. E. Ragan, K. Johnston, Frank Bigiel	2020	10
12	Which feedback mechanisms dominate in the high-pressure environment of the central molecular zone? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Ashley T. Barnes, Steven N. Longmore, J. E. Dale, Mark R. Krumholz, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Frank Bigiel	2020	35
13	Dense gas in a giant molecular filament Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Y. Wang, H. Beuther, N. Schneider, Sharon E. Meidt, H. Linz, S. E. Ragan, Catherine Zucker, Cara Battersby, J. D. Soler, Eva Schinnerer, Frank Bigiel, Dario Colombo, Th. Henning	2020	12
14	Strong Excess Faraday Rotation on the Inside of the Sagittarius Spiral Arm The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Victor José Mendes Cardoso, H. Kampmann, J. M. Stil, H. Beuther, Y. Wang, J. D. Soler, L. D. Anderson, Frank Bigiel, Simon C. O. Glover, P. F. Goldsmith, Ralf S. Klessen, N. M. McClure‐Griffiths, Stefan Reißl, M. R. Rugel, Rowan J. Smith	2019	21
15	Dense gas is not enough: environmental variations in the star formation efficiency of dense molecular gas at 100 pc scales in M 51 Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Miguel Querejeta, Eva Schinnerer, Andreas Schruba, E. J. Murphy, Sharon E. Meidt, A. Usero, Adam K. Leroy, J. Pety, Frank Bigiel, Mélanie Chevance, Christopher M. Faesi, Molly Gallagher, S. García‐Burillo, Simon C. O. Glover, A. P. S. Hygate, María J. Jiménez-Donaire, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Emmanuel Momjian, Erik Rosolowsky, Dyas Utomo	2019	29
16	EMPIRE: The IRAM 30 m Dense Gas Survey of Nearby Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal ·María J. Jiménez-Donaire, Frank Bigiel, Adam K. Leroy, A. Usero, D. Cormier, Johannes Puschnig, Molly Gallagher, Amanda A. Kepley, Alberto D. Bolatto, S. García‐Burillo, Annie Hughes, C. Krämer, J. Pety, Eva Schinnerer, Andreas Schruba, K. Schüster, Fabian Walter	2019	62
17	A 50 pc Scale View of Star Formation Efficiency across NGC 628 The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Kathryn Kreckel, Christopher M. Faesi, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Andreas Schruba, Brent Groves, Adam K. Leroy, Frank Bigiel, Guillermo A. Blanc, Mélanie Chevance, Cinthya N. Herrera, Annie Hughes, Rebecca McElroy, J. Pety, Miguel Querejeta, Erik Rosolowsky, Eva Schinnerer, Jiayi Sun, A. Usero, Dyas Utomo	2018	45
18	¹³CO/C¹⁸O Gradients across the Disks of Nearby Spiral Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·María J. Jiménez-Donaire, D. Cormier, Frank Bigiel, Adam K. Leroy, Molly Gallagher, Mark R. Krumholz, A. Usero, Annie Hughes, C. Krämer, David S. Meier, E. J. Murphy, J. Pety, Eva Schinnerer, Andreas Schruba, K. Schüster, Kazimierz Sliwa, Neven Tomičić	2017	21
19	Cloud-scale ISM Structure and Star Formation in M51 The Astrophysical Journal ·Adam K. Leroy, Eva Schinnerer, Annie Hughes, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Sharon E. Meidt, Andreas Schruba, Jiayi Sun, Frank Bigiel, G. Aniano, Guillermo A. Blanc, Alberto D. Bolatto, Mélanie Chevance, Dario Colombo, Molly Gallagher, S. García‐Burillo, C. Krämer, Miguel Querejeta, J. Pety, Todd A. Thompson, A. Usero	2017	81
20	THE EMPIRE SURVEY: SYSTEMATIC VARIATIONS IN THE DENSE GAS FRACTION AND STAR FORMATION EFFICIENCY FROM FULL-DISK MAPPING OF M51 The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Frank Bigiel, Adam K. Leroy, María J. Jiménez-Donaire, J. Pety, A. Usero, D. Cormier, Alberto D. Bolatto, S. García‐Burillo, Dario Colombo, Yan Ln, Annie Hughes, Amanda A. Kepley, C. Krämer, Karin Sandström, Eva Schinnerer, Andreas Schruba, K. Schuster, Neven Tomičić, Laura K. Zschaechner	2016	63

About Frank Bigiel

Frank Bigiel is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Spectroscopy, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atmospheric Science, having authored 79 papers that have together received 4.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (61 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (60 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (48 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (10 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (9 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (7 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (6 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (1.1k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (4.6k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (434 citations), Spectroscopy (293 citations) and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (56 citations). Frank Bigiel has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Fabian Walter, Adam K. Leroy, W. J. G. de Blok, E. Brinks, M. D. Thornley, Barry F. Madore, Robert C. Kennicutt, A. Usero, C. Krämer and K. Schüster. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Letters and The Astronomical Journal.

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