J. A. Pons

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
113 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

J. A. Pons is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. A. Pons has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 45 papers in Geophysics and 25 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in J. A. Pons's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (98 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (39 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (39 papers). J. A. Pons is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (98 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (39 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (39 papers). J. A. Pons collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Italy. J. A. Pons's co-authors include J. A. Miralles, Daniele Viganò, N. Rea, Rosalba Perna, James M. Lattimer, Madappa Prakash, Sanjay Reddy, U. Geppert, D. N. Aguilera and Valeria Ferrari and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

J. A. Pons

110 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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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.

Unifying the observational diversity of isolated neutron stars via magneto-thermal evolution models

2013 302 citations Daniele Viganò, N. Rea et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. A. Pons Spain	35	3.9k	1.3k	1.3k	456	387	113	4.2k
Fridolin Weber United States	34	3.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	701 1.5×	459 1.2×	125	3.4k
J. W. T. Hessels Netherlands	34	6.3k 1.6×	2.1k 1.6×	1.6k 1.3×	553 1.2×	770 2.0×	132	6.6k
Wolfgang Tichy United States	30	2.8k 0.7×	876 0.7×	465 0.4×	202 0.4×	403 1.0×	54	3.0k
R. Turolla Italy	34	3.4k 0.9×	745 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	255 0.6×	155 0.4×	168	3.5k
Wynn C. G. Ho United States	37	3.6k 0.9×	794 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	457 1.0×	561 1.4×	118	3.8k
Paul Demorest United States	22	3.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	511 1.1×	623 1.6×	75	4.0k
M. A. Alpar Türkiye	28	3.1k 0.8×	436 0.3×	1.4k 1.1×	690 1.5×	657 1.7×	83	3.3k
Silvia Zane United Kingdom	31	3.2k 0.8×	659 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	227 0.5×	130 0.3×	158	3.4k
P. G. Sutherland United States	21	3.6k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	600 1.3×	382 1.0×	54	3.9k
Anna L. Watts Netherlands	31	2.9k 0.7×	583 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	313 0.7×	449 1.2×	101	3.0k

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Suvorov, Arthur G. & J. A. Pons. (2025). Magnetar structure in non-linear electrodynamics with mixed poloidal–toroidal fields. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 539(4). 3655–3668. 1 indexed citations

Rea, N., Konstantinos Kovlakas, F. Coti Zelati, et al.. (2025). Magnetar outburst models with cooling simulations. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 701. A229–A229. 1 indexed citations

Pons, J. A., et al.. (2025). Magnetar field dynamics shaped by chiral anomalies and helicity. Physical Review Research. 7(3).

Suvorov, Arthur G., et al.. (2025). Universality of gravitational radiation from magnetar magnetospheres. Physical review. D. 112(8).

Davis, Philip, et al.. (2024). One- and two-argument equation of state parametrizations with continuous sound speed for neutron star simulations. Physical review. D. 109(10). 3 indexed citations

Marino, A., et al.. (2024). Constraints on the dense matter equation of state from young and cold isolated neutron stars. Nature Astronomy. 8(8). 1020–1030. 8 indexed citations

Pons, J. A., et al.. (2023). Modelling force-free neutron star magnetospheres using physics-informed neural networks. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 524(1). 32–42. 9 indexed citations

Rea, N., F. Coti Zelati, N. Hurley‐Walker, et al.. (2022). Constraining the Nature of the 18 min Periodic Radio Transient GLEAM-X J162759.5-523504.3 via Multiwavelength Observations and Magneto-thermal Simulations. The Astrophysical Journal. 940(1). 72–72. 20 indexed citations

Pons, J. A., et al.. (2022). How bright can old magnetars be? Assessing the impact of magnetized envelopes and field topology on neutron star cooling. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 520(1). L42–L47. 4 indexed citations

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Zelati, F. Coti, A. Borghese, N. Rea, et al.. (2020). The long-term enhanced brightness of the magnetar 1E 1547.0–5408. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 6 indexed citations

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Esposito, P., N. Rea, Davide Lazzati, et al.. (2018). Can a Bright and Energetic X-Ray Pulsar Be Hiding Amid the Debris of SN 1987A?. The Astrophysical Journal. 857(1). 58–58. 9 indexed citations

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Israel, G. L., P. Esposito, N. Rea, et al.. (2016). The discovery, monitoring and environment of SGR J1935+2154. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 457(4). 3448–3456. 71 indexed citations

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Aguilera, D. N., et al.. (2015). Quiescent thermal emission from neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 25 indexed citations

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Pons, J. A., Daniele Viganò, & U. Geppert. (2012). Pulsar timing irregularities and the imprint of magnetic field evolution. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 26 indexed citations

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Rea, N., P. G. Jonker, G. Nelemans, et al.. (2011). 高速J195509.6+261406 (GRB 070610)のX線休止: 光学バーストX線連星?. The Astrophysical Journal. 729. 1–21. 1 indexed citations

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Pons, J. A. & J. A. Miralles. (2011). Force-free twisted magnetospheres of neutron stars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 12 indexed citations

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Pons, J. A. & U. Geppert. (2010). Confirmation of the occurrence of the Hall instability in the non-linear regime. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 18 indexed citations

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Pons, J. A. & U. Geppert. (2007). Magnetic field dissipation in neutron star crusts: from magnetars to isolated neutron stars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 91 indexed citations

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Perez, J. Fernando, J. A. Miralles, & J. A. Pons. (2006). Anisotropic thermal emission from magnetized neutron stars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 36 indexed citations

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Pons, J. A., Andrew W. Steiner, Madappa Prakash, & James M. Lattimer. (2001). Evolution of Proto-Neutron Stars with Quarks. Physical Review Letters. 86(23). 5223–5226. 109 indexed citations

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