I. Balestra

6.2k total citations
40 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

I. Balestra is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, I. Balestra has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 12 papers in Instrumentation and 8 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in I. Balestra's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (36 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (18 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (12 papers). I. Balestra is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (36 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (18 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (12 papers). I. Balestra collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United States. I. Balestra's co-authors include P. Rosati, C. Grillo, P. Tozzi, A. Mercurio, G. B. Caminha, E. Vanzella, M. Nonino, S. Ettori, K. I. Caputi and S. Borgani 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

I. Balestra

40 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
I. Balestra Italy 21 1.3k 497 276 116 41 40 1.3k
Kentaro Aoki Japan 20 1.4k 1.1× 472 0.9× 313 1.1× 70 0.6× 41 1.0× 67 1.5k
Takatoshi Shibuya Japan 18 1.5k 1.1× 655 1.3× 287 1.0× 81 0.7× 65 1.6× 36 1.5k
K. Boutsia Italy 18 1.1k 0.8× 521 1.0× 167 0.6× 65 0.6× 62 1.5× 49 1.1k
Torsten Böker United States 25 1.9k 1.5× 758 1.5× 144 0.5× 92 0.8× 36 0.9× 85 2.0k
Alexander B. Rogers United Kingdom 11 1.4k 1.0× 697 1.4× 221 0.8× 94 0.8× 103 2.5× 16 1.4k
G. B. Caminha Italy 22 1.2k 0.9× 624 1.3× 129 0.5× 185 1.6× 69 1.7× 67 1.3k
Hanae Inami United States 25 1.5k 1.2× 671 1.4× 272 1.0× 81 0.7× 70 1.7× 55 1.6k
J. S. Dunlop United Kingdom 16 1.3k 1.0× 607 1.2× 304 1.1× 51 0.4× 47 1.1× 26 1.3k
Emma Curtis-Lake United Kingdom 16 1.4k 1.1× 738 1.5× 194 0.7× 83 0.7× 92 2.2× 32 1.4k
Ikuru Iwata Japan 15 854 0.7× 362 0.7× 126 0.5× 96 0.8× 78 1.9× 49 899

Countries citing papers authored by I. Balestra

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Fields of papers citing papers by I. Balestra

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of I. Balestra

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of I. Balestra. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of I. Balestra 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 I. Balestra. I. Balestra 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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Grillo, C., S. Ettori, G. B. Caminha, et al.. (2018). Dissection of the Collisional and Collisionless Mass Components in a Mini Sample of CLASH and HFF Massive Galaxy Clusters at z ≈ 0.4. The Astrophysical Journal. 864(1). 98–98. 26 indexed citations
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Vanzella, E., M. Nonino, G. Cupani, et al.. (2018). Direct Lyman continuum and Ly α escape observed at redshift 4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 476(1). L15–L19. 123 indexed citations
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Suyu, S. H., C. Grillo, A. Halkola, et al.. (2018). MACS J0416.1–2403: Impact of line-of-sight structures on strong gravitational lensing modelling of galaxy clusters. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 614. A8–A8. 31 indexed citations
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Zitrin, Adi, S. Seitz, A. Monna, et al.. (2017). A Very Large (θE ≳ 40″) Strong Gravitational Lens Selected with the Sunyaev–Zel’dovich Effect: PLCK G287.0+32.9 (z = 0.38). The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 839(1). L11–L11. 7 indexed citations
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Pizzuti, Lorenzo, B. Sartoris, Luca Amendola, et al.. (2017). CLASH-VLT: constraints onf(R) gravity models with galaxy clusters using lensing and kinematic analyses. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2017(7). 23–23. 24 indexed citations
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Maier, C., Ulrike Kuchner, B. Ziegler, et al.. (2016). CLASH-VLT: Strangulation of cluster galaxies in MACS J0416.1-2403 as seen from their chemical enrichment. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 17 indexed citations
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Karman, W., K. I. Caputi, G. B. Caminha, et al.. (2016). MUSE integral-field spectroscopy towards the Frontier Fields cluster Abell S1063. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 599. A28–A28. 49 indexed citations
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Karman, W., C. Grillo, I. Balestra, et al.. (2015). Highly ionized region surrounding SN Refsdal revealed by MUSE. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 10 indexed citations
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Meyer, Sven, Matthias Bartelmann, I. Balestra, et al.. (2015). The projected gravitational potential of the galaxy cluster MACS J1206 derived from galaxy kinematics. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 584. A63–A63. 7 indexed citations
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Tozzi, P., F. Gastaldello, S. Molendi, et al.. (2015). NewXMM-Newtonobservation of the Phoenix cluster: properties of the cool core. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 580. A6–A6. 15 indexed citations
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Rosati, P., I. Balestra, C. Grillo, et al.. (2014). CLASH-VLT: A VIMOS Large Programme to Map the Dark Matter Mass Distribution in Galaxy Clusters and Probe Distant Lensed Galaxies. Institutional Research Information System University of Ferrara (University of Ferrara). 158. 48–53. 35 indexed citations
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Bristow, Paul, I. Balestra, C. E. García Dabó, et al.. (2012). PILMOS: Pre-Image-Less Multi-Object Spectroscopy for VIMOS. ˜The œMessenger. 148. 13–16. 1 indexed citations
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Georgantopoulos, I., E. Rovilos, A. Akylas, et al.. (2011). On theLx–L6 μmratio as a diagnostic for Compton-thick AGN. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 534. A23–A23. 16 indexed citations
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Gastaldello, F., S. Ettori, I. Balestra, et al.. (2010). Apparent high metallicity in 3–4 keV galaxy clusters: the inverse iron-bias in action in the case of the merging cluster Abell 2028. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 522. A34–A34. 20 indexed citations
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Balestra, I., V. Mainieri, P. Popesso, et al.. (2010). The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 512. A12–A12. 127 indexed citations
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Ettori, S., Andrea Morandi, P. Tozzi, et al.. (2009). The cluster gas mass fraction as a cosmological probe: a revised study. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 501(1). 61–73. 120 indexed citations
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Böller, Thomas, I. Balestra, & W. Kollatschny. (2007). XMM-Newton observation of Mrk 110. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 465(1). 87–93. 18 indexed citations
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Balestra, I., et al.. (2006). Tracing the evolution in the iron content of the intra-cluster medium. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 462(2). 429–442. 77 indexed citations
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Bianchi, S., G. Matt, I. Balestra, M. Guainazzi, & G. C. Perola. (2004). X-ray reprocessing in Seyfert galaxies: Simultaneous XMM-Newton/BeppoSAX observations. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 422(1). 65–76. 60 indexed citations
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Bianchi, S., I. Balestra, G. Matt, M. Guainazzi, & G. C. Perola. (2003). The recent X–ray history of NGC 5506. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 402(1). 141–149. 39 indexed citations

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