Frank C. van den Bosch

20.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
167 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

Frank C. van den Bosch is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank C. van den Bosch has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 165 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 82 papers in Instrumentation and 29 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Frank C. van den Bosch's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (158 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (82 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (38 papers). Frank C. van den Bosch is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (158 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (82 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (38 papers). Frank C. van den Bosch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Frank C. van den Bosch's co-authors include H. J. Mo, Xiaohu Yang, Aaron A. Dutton, Simone M. Weinmann, A. Pasquali, Andrea V. Macciò, Fangzhou Jiang, Go Ogiya, Andrew Hearin and Marcello Cacciato 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

Frank C. van den Bosch

166 papers receiving 13.2k citations

Hit Papers

Galaxy Groups in the SDSS DR4. I. The Catalog and Basic P... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2008 2008 2013 2017 200 400 600
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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. Galaxy Groups in the SDSS DR4. I. The Catalog and Basic Properties
    2007 627 citations Xiaohu Yang, H. J. Mo et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. Concentration, spin and shape of dark matter haloes as a function of the cosmological model:WMAP1,  WMAP3 andWMAP5 results
    2008 448 citations Aaron A. Dutton, Frank C. van den Bosch et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  3. The Milky Way’s Circular Velocity Curve to 60 kpc and an Estimate of the Dark Matter Halo Mass from the Kinematics of ∼2400 SDSS Blue Horizontal‐Branch Stars
    2008 428 citations Frank C. van den Bosch et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  4. Galaxy evolution in groups and clusters: satellite star formation histories and quenching time-scales in a hierarchical Universe
    2013 399 citations Charlie Conroy, Frank C. van den Bosch et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  5. Disruption of dark matter substructure: fact or fiction?
    2017 226 citations Frank C. van den Bosch et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  6. Dark matter substructure in numerical simulations: a tale of discreteness noise, runaway instabilities, and artificial disruption
    2018 223 citations Frank C. van den Bosch 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
Frank C. van den Bosch United States 66 13.4k 7.3k 2.3k 1.4k 956 167 13.7k
Risa H. Wechsler United States 54 12.1k 0.9× 6.6k 0.9× 2.4k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 621 0.6× 175 12.6k
J. Brinkmann United States 65 20.1k 1.5× 9.9k 1.3× 2.5k 1.1× 1.5k 1.0× 970 1.0× 102 20.5k
Michael R. Blanton United States 45 10.7k 0.8× 5.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 718 0.8× 97 11.1k
R. G. Bower United Kingdom 78 20.0k 1.5× 10.9k 1.5× 3.2k 1.4× 804 0.6× 857 0.9× 256 20.6k
Guinevere Kauffmann Germany 61 22.5k 1.7× 11.4k 1.6× 3.2k 1.4× 1.0k 0.7× 985 1.0× 165 22.9k
C. G. Lacey United Kingdom 56 14.0k 1.0× 7.3k 1.0× 2.7k 1.2× 740 0.5× 575 0.6× 168 14.4k
Avishai Dekel United States 74 20.7k 1.5× 10.7k 1.5× 3.0k 1.3× 720 0.5× 859 0.9× 257 21.1k
C. M. Baugh United Kingdom 58 13.0k 1.0× 6.7k 0.9× 2.6k 1.2× 774 0.5× 529 0.6× 219 13.3k
David J. Schlegel United States 51 19.7k 1.5× 7.6k 1.0× 3.4k 1.5× 840 0.6× 687 0.7× 138 20.4k
Michael A. Strauss United States 67 16.2k 1.2× 5.6k 0.8× 3.5k 1.5× 789 0.6× 467 0.5× 262 16.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bosch, Frank C. van den, et al.. (2025). The Dipole Instability in Gravitational N -body Systems: A Natural Explanation for Lopsidedness and Off-centered Nuclei in Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 993(1). 150–150.
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Aung, Han, Nir Mandelker, Avishai Dekel, et al.. (2024). Entrainment of hot gas into cold streams: the origin of excessive star formation rates at cosmic noon. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 532(3). 2965–2987. 8 indexed citations
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Dokkum, Pieter van, Imad Pasha, Maria Luísa Buzzo, et al.. (2023). A Candidate Runaway Supermassive Black Hole Identified by Shocks and Star Formation in its Wake. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 946(2). L50–L50. 20 indexed citations
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Mandelker, Nir, S. Peng Oh, Avishai Dekel, et al.. (2023). The structure and dynamics of massive high-z cosmic-web filaments: three radial zones in filament cross-sections. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(4). 11256–11287. 12 indexed citations
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Bosch, Frank C. van den, et al.. (2023). On the Dynamical Heating of Dwarf Galaxies in a Fuzzy Dark Matter Halo. The Astrophysical Journal. 949(2). 68–68. 16 indexed citations
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Weinberg, Martin D., et al.. (2022). A Comprehensive Perturbative Formalism for Phase Mixing in Perturbed Disks. I. Phase Spirals in an Infinite, Isothermal Slab. The Astrophysical Journal. 935(2). 135–135. 18 indexed citations
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Bosch, Frank C. van den, et al.. (2022). Dynamical Friction, Buoyancy, and Core-stalling. I. A Nonperturbative Orbit-based Analysis. The Astrophysical Journal. 926(2). 215–215. 21 indexed citations
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Bosch, Frank C. van den, et al.. (2021). A fully general, non-perturbative treatment of impulsive heating. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 502(1). 1441–1455. 9 indexed citations
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Mandelker, Nir, Pieter van Dokkum, Jean P. Brodie, Frank C. van den Bosch, & Daniel Ceverino. (2018). Cold Filamentary Accretion and the Formation of Metal-poor Globular Clusters and Halo Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 861(2). 148–148. 57 indexed citations
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Voort, Freeke van de, Volker Springel, Nir Mandelker, Frank C. van den Bosch, & Rüdiger Pakmor. (2018). Cosmological simulations of the circumgalactic medium with 1 kpc resolution: enhanced H i column densities. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 482(1). L85–L89. 166 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaohu, Huiyuan Wang, Youcai Zhang, et al.. (2017). Mapping the Real Space Distributions of Galaxies in SDSS DR7: II. Measuring the growth rate, linear mass variance and biases of galaxies at redshift 0.1. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations
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Cacciato, Marcello, Frank C. van den Bosch, Surhud More, H. J. Mo, & Xiaohu Yang. (2013). Cosmological constraints from a combination of galaxy clustering and lensing – III. Application to SDSS data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 430(2). 767–786. 121 indexed citations
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Cacciato, Marcello, O. Lahav, Frank C. van den Bosch, Henk Hoekstra, & Avishai Dekel. (2012). On combining galaxy clustering and weak lensing to unveil galaxy biasing via the halo model. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 426(1). 566–587. 45 indexed citations
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More, Surhud, Frank C. van den Bosch, Marcello Cacciato, et al.. (2010). Satellite kinematics - III. Halo masses of central galaxies in SDSS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 410(1). 210–226. 196 indexed citations
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Guo, Yicheng, Daniel H. McIntosh, H. J. Mo, et al.. (2009). Structural properties of central galaxies in groups and clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 398(3). 1129–1149. 81 indexed citations
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Dutton, Aaron A., Frank C. van den Bosch, Avishai Dekel, & Stéphane Courteau. (2006). A Revised Model for the Formation of Disk Galaxies: Quiet History, Low Spin, and Dark-Halo Expansion. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Yu, Xiaohu Yang, H. J. Mo, Frank C. van den Bosch, & Yaoquan Chu. (2004). The three-point correlation function of galaxies: comparing halo occupation models with observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 353(1). 287–300. 49 indexed citations
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Bosch, Frank C. van den. (2002). The impact of cooling and feedback on disc galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 332(2). 456–472. 57 indexed citations
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Bosch, Frank C. van den, Laura Ferrarese, Walter Jaffe, H. C. Ford, & R. W. O’Connell. (1994). Hubble Space Telescope photometry of the central regions of Virgo cluster elliptical galaxies. II: Isophote shapes.. The Astronomical Journal. 108. 1579–1579. 48 indexed citations

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