G. Hobbs

26.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
150 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

G. Hobbs is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Hobbs has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 44 papers in Oceanography and 30 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in G. Hobbs's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (131 papers), Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (65 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (44 papers). G. Hobbs is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (131 papers), Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (65 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (44 papers). G. Hobbs collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and China. G. Hobbs's co-authors include R. N. Manchester, Mark Hobbs, Roderick Edwards, M. Krämer, A. G. Lyne, I. H. Stairs, Andrea Possenti, M. A. McLaughlin, F. Camilo and D. R. Lorimer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

G. Hobbs

134 papers receiving 7.7k 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.

The Australia Telescope National Facility Pulsar Catalogue

2005 1.9k citations R. N. Manchester, G. Hobbs et al. profile →
tempo2, a new pulsar-timing package - I. An overview

2006 569 citations G. Hobbs, R. N. Manchester et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
Tests of General Relativity from Timing the Double Pulsar

2006 512 citations R. N. Manchester, Andrea Possenti et al. profile →
Gravitational Wave Astronomy with the SKA

2015 274 citations G. Hobbs, B. W. Stappers et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
G. Hobbs Australia	39	7.8k	2.4k	1.9k	946	940	150	8.1k
D. R. Lorimer United States	51	9.3k 1.2×	2.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	782 0.8×	208	9.6k
M. Bailes Australia	47	7.5k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	854 0.9×	639 0.7×	212	7.7k
B. W. Stappers United Kingdom	46	7.2k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	594 0.6×	278	7.5k
I. H. Stairs Canada	46	7.7k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	697 0.7×	141	7.9k
F. Camilo United States	50	9.6k 1.2×	2.9k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.7×	731 0.8×	224	9.9k
J. M. Cordes United States	48	7.3k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	966 0.5×	848 0.9×	737 0.8×	199	7.6k
V. M. Kaspi United States	52	9.3k 1.2×	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	2.4k 2.6×	652 0.7×	251	9.6k
S. M. Ransom United States	39	7.7k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.9×	733 0.8×	188	8.0k
J. W. T. Hessels Netherlands	34	6.3k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	770 0.4×	1.6k 1.7×	553 0.6×	132	6.6k
M. Burgay Italy	31	4.9k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	839 0.4×	763 0.8×	339 0.4×	157	5.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Shuangqiang, Na Wang, Shi Dai, et al.. (2025). Polarization studies of black widows PSRs B1957+20, J2055+3829, and J1544+4937. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 541(1). 85–92.

Zhang, Songbo, Jun-Jie Wei, Shi Dai, et al.. (2025). Searching for Radio Pulsars in Old Open Clusters from the Parkes Archive. The Astrophysical Journal. 988(1). 21–21. 1 indexed citations

Rogers, Axl F., W. van Straten, Sergei Gulyaev, et al.. (2024). Reducing Instrumental Errors in Parkes Pulsar Timing Array Data. The Astrophysical Journal. 973(2). 94–94. 1 indexed citations

Toomey, Lawrence, G. Hobbs, Danny C. Price, et al.. (2024). SDHDF: A new file format for spectral-domain radio astronomy data. Astronomy and Computing. 47. 100804–100804.

Lower, M. E., S. Johnston, Maxim Lyutikov, et al.. (2024). Linear to circular conversion in the polarized radio emission of a magnetar. Nature Astronomy. 8(5). 606–616. 10 indexed citations

Curyło, M., Timothy T. Pennucci, M. Bailes, et al.. (2023). Wide-band Timing of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array UWL Data. The Astrophysical Journal. 944(2). 128–128. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Shuangqiang, Jingbo Wang, Jumei Yao, et al.. (2023). Change of Rotation Measure during the Eclipse of a Black Widow PSR J2051−0827. The Astrophysical Journal. 955(1). 36–36. 5 indexed citations

Li, Di, G. Hobbs, Pei Wang, et al.. (2023). Single-pulse behaviours and fast radio burst-like micropulses in FAST wide-band observations of eight pulsars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521(2). 2298–2325. 1 indexed citations

Hobbs, G., Minh Huynh, Vivien Rolland, et al.. (2022). SPARKESX: Single-dish PARKES data sets for finding the uneXpected – a data challenge. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 516(4). 5832–5848. 2 indexed citations

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Dai, Shi, J. G. Lu, Chen Wang, et al.. (2021). On the Circular Polarization of Repeating Fast Radio Bursts. The Astrophysical Journal. 920(1). 46–46. 9 indexed citations

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Reardon, Daniel J., R. M. Shannon, A D Cameron, et al.. (2021). The Parkes pulsar timing array second data release: timing analysis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 507(2). 2137–2153. 41 indexed citations

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Zhang, C., Chen Wang, G. Hobbs, et al.. (2020). Applying saliency-map analysis in searches for pulsars and fast radio bursts. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 9 indexed citations

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Goncharov, B., Daniel J. Reardon, R. M. Shannon, et al.. (2020). Identifying and mitigating noise sources in precision pulsar timing data sets. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 502(1). 478–493. 52 indexed citations

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Dang, S. J., J. P. Yuan, R. N. Manchester, et al.. (2020). Results of 12 yr of Pulsar Timing at Nanshan. I.. The Astrophysical Journal. 896(2). 140–140. 17 indexed citations

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Zhang, Songbo, G. Hobbs, Craig Russell, et al.. (2020). Parkes Transient Events. I. Database of Single Pulses, Initial Results, and Missing Fast Radio Bursts. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 249(1). 14–14. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Songbo, G. Hobbs, Shi Dai, et al.. (2019). A new fast radio burst in the data sets containing the Lorimer burst. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 484(1). L147–L150. 15 indexed citations

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Reardon, Daniel J., W. A. Coles, G. Hobbs, et al.. (2019). Modelling annual and orbital variations in the scintillation of the relativistic binary PSR J1141−6545. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 485(3). 4389–4403. 28 indexed citations

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Tiburzi, C., G. Hobbs, M. Kerr, et al.. (2015). A study of spatial correlations in pulsar timing array data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 455(4). 4339–4350. 57 indexed citations

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Pestalozzi, M., Ulf Torkelsson, G. Hobbs, & Á. R. López-Sánchez. (2009). Radio emission from the high-mass X-ray binary BP Crucis. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 6 indexed citations

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Manchester, R. N., et al.. (2006). Timing of Young Pulsars. 262.

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