J. A. Sellwood

6.4k total citations
86 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

J. A. Sellwood is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. A. Sellwood has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 37 papers in Instrumentation and 15 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in J. A. Sellwood's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (63 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (46 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (37 papers). J. A. Sellwood is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (63 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (46 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (37 papers). J. A. Sellwood collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. J. A. Sellwood's co-authors include R. G. Carlberg, Juntai Shen, F. D. Kahn, David Merritt, E. Athanassoula, R. A. James, Benjamin J. Weiner, R. G. Carlberg, Kristine Spekkens and Hashima Hasan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Reviews of Modern Physics and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

J. A. Sellwood

78 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. A. Sellwood United States 37 3.6k 1.5k 318 223 113 86 3.7k
A. Bosma France 30 3.1k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 258 0.8× 629 2.8× 143 1.3× 83 3.2k
Riccardo Giovanelli United States 30 2.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 178 0.6× 467 2.1× 91 0.8× 81 2.7k
Victor P. Debattista United Kingdom 41 4.3k 1.2× 2.2k 1.5× 191 0.6× 297 1.3× 162 1.4× 177 4.5k
R. Sancisi Netherlands 29 3.6k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 184 0.6× 455 2.0× 122 1.1× 83 3.7k
James M. Schombert United States 30 3.5k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 220 0.7× 707 3.2× 143 1.3× 102 3.6k
Kathryn V. Johnston United States 42 5.4k 1.5× 2.7k 1.8× 184 0.6× 312 1.4× 75 0.7× 121 5.6k
И. Д. Караченцев Russia 36 5.0k 1.4× 2.1k 1.4× 174 0.5× 811 3.6× 119 1.1× 248 5.1k
H. Dejonghe Belgium 28 2.0k 0.6× 899 0.6× 154 0.5× 127 0.6× 55 0.5× 91 2.1k
Isaac Shlosman United States 34 4.4k 1.2× 1.6k 1.1× 170 0.5× 552 2.5× 162 1.4× 87 4.5k
David Burstein United States 28 4.1k 1.2× 2.2k 1.5× 196 0.6× 543 2.4× 132 1.2× 63 4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. A. Sellwood

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sellwood, J. A., Victor P. Debattista, & R. G. Carlberg. (2025). After 54 Yr of Bar Instability Studies: A Fresh Surprise. The Astrophysical Journal. 994(1). 39–39.
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Sellwood, J. A. & R. G. Carlberg. (2020). Spiral instabilities: linear and non-linear effects. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 500(4). 5043–5055. 10 indexed citations
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Sellwood, J. A.. (2020). Spiral instabilities in N-body simulations – II. Emergence from noise. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492(3). 3103–3106. 6 indexed citations
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Sellwood, J. A., et al.. (2019). Discriminating among theories of spiral structure using Gaia DR2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 484(3). 3154–3167. 34 indexed citations
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Sellwood, J. A., Juntai Shen, & Zhi Li. (2019). The global stability of M33: still a puzzle. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 486(4). 4710–4723. 26 indexed citations
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Berrier, Joel C. & J. A. Sellwood. (2015). SMOOTHING ROTATION CURVES AND MASS PROFILES. The Astrophysical Journal. 799(2). 213–213. 9 indexed citations
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Katz, Harley, Stacy McGaugh, J. A. Sellwood, & W. J. G. de Blok. (2014). The formation of spiral galaxies: adiabatic compression with Young's algorithm and the relation of dark matter haloes to their primordial antecedents. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 439(2). 1897–1908. 11 indexed citations
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Sellwood, J. A., et al.. (2012). A TEST FOR RADIAL MIXING USING LOCAL STAR SAMPLES. The Astrophysical Journal. 754(2). 124–124. 8 indexed citations
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Sellwood, J. A.. (2010). A recent Lindblad resonance in the solar neighbourhood. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 409(1). 145–155. 53 indexed citations
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Williams, T. B., et al.. (2007). Photometric Decomposition of Barred Galaxies. The Astronomical Journal. 133(6). 2846–2858. 26 indexed citations
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Shen, Juntai & J. A. Sellwood. (2006). Galactic warps induced by cosmic infall. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 370(1). 2–14. 71 indexed citations
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Merritt, David, J. A. Sellwood, & Monica Valluri. (1999). Galaxy Dynamics : a Rutgers symposium : proceedings of a symposium held at Rutgers university, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA 8 - 12 August 1998. Astronomical Society of the Pacific eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Sellwood, J. A.. (1999). Dynamical Constraints on Disk Masses. CERN Bulletin. 182. 351. 2 indexed citations
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Sellwood, J. A. & L. S. Sparke. (1988). Pattern speeds in barred spiral galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 231(1). 25P–31P. 95 indexed citations
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Inagaki, S., Masakazu Nishida, & J. A. Sellwood. (1984). A check on the non-linear behaviour of galaxy simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 210(3). 589–596. 3 indexed citations
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Sellwood, J. A.. (1983). Quiet starts for galaxy simulations. Journal of Computational Physics. 50(3). 337–359. 23 indexed citations
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Sellwood, J. A.. (1981). Bar instability and rotation curves. 99(2). 362–374. 8 indexed citations
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Sellwood, J. A.. (1980). Why arent all Galaxies Barred. Msngr. 21. 27. 1 indexed citations
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Sellwood, J. A.. (1980). Galaxy models with live halos. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 89(3). 296–307. 4 indexed citations
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Sellwood, J. A. & R. A. James. (1979). Angular momentum redistribution by spiral waves in computer models of disc galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 187(3). 483–496. 3 indexed citations

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