J. Alves

44.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
189 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

J. Alves is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Alves has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 33 papers in Instrumentation and 29 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in J. Alves's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (131 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (131 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (52 papers). J. Alves is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (131 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (131 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (52 papers). J. Alves collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Germany. J. Alves's co-authors include C. J. Lada, M. Lombardi, Elizabeth A. Lada, Stefan Meingast, August Muench, H. Bouy, A. Hacar, Alyssa Goodman, J. M. Rathborne and Catherine Zucker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

J. Alves

168 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

ON THE STAR FORMATION RATES IN MOLECULAR CLOUDS 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2022 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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. ON THE STAR FORMATION RATES IN MOLECULAR CLOUDS
    2010 432 citations C. J. Lada, M. Lombardi et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. Star formation near the Sun is driven by expansion of the Local Bubble
    2022 132 citations Catherine Zucker, Alyssa Goodman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. Alves United States 46 6.2k 1.4k 842 672 303 189 6.5k
Erik Rosolowsky Canada 36 4.3k 0.7× 738 0.5× 386 0.5× 630 0.9× 144 0.5× 134 4.4k
Mark R. Krumholz United States 58 9.9k 1.6× 954 0.7× 562 0.7× 1.5k 2.3× 332 1.1× 219 10.2k
Matthew R. Bate United Kingdom 48 7.7k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 441 0.5× 626 0.9× 256 0.8× 118 7.9k
Adam K. Leroy United States 42 8.3k 1.3× 641 0.5× 317 0.4× 1.6k 2.4× 112 0.4× 146 8.5k
Christoph Federrath Australia 41 6.3k 1.0× 696 0.5× 622 0.7× 351 0.5× 437 1.4× 186 6.6k
Stefanie Walch Germany 39 3.9k 0.6× 451 0.3× 477 0.6× 279 0.4× 129 0.4× 111 4.2k
J. M. Diederik Kruijssen Germany 45 5.9k 1.0× 436 0.3× 193 0.2× 1.7k 2.5× 144 0.5× 161 6.1k
Michael R. Meyer United States 39 4.4k 0.7× 806 0.6× 263 0.3× 669 1.0× 39 0.1× 146 4.7k
Gaspard Duchêne United States 38 4.9k 0.8× 889 0.6× 191 0.2× 638 0.9× 49 0.2× 135 5.0k
Stefano Facchini Germany 35 3.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 225 0.3× 94 0.1× 96 0.3× 116 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. Alves

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Alves

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of J. Alves. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of J. Alves 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 J. Alves. J. Alves 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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Alves, J., et al.. (2025). Eruptive lentiginosis in resolving plaque psoriasis associated with methotrexate therapy. Dermatology Online Journal. 31(4).
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Zucker, Catherine, D. P. Clemens, Vincent Pelgrims, et al.. (2025). The magnetic field of the Radcliffe wave: Starlight polarization at the nearest approach to the Sun. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 694. A97–A97. 3 indexed citations
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Alves, J., Cameren Swiggum, Josefa E. Großschedl, et al.. (2025). The Solar System’s passage through the Radcliffe wave during the middle Miocene. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 694. A167–A167. 2 indexed citations
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Opher, M., Abraham Loeb, Catherine Zucker, et al.. (2024). The Passage of the Solar System through the Edge of the Local Bubble. The Astrophysical Journal. 972(2). 201–201. 3 indexed citations
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Teixeira, P. S., A. Scholz, & J. Alves. (2020). A wide survey for circumstellar disks in the Lupus complex. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 8 indexed citations
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Zucker, Catherine, Joshua S. Speagle, Edward F. Schlafly, et al.. (2020). A compendium of distances to molecular clouds in the Star Formation Handbook. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 132 indexed citations
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Meingast, Stefan, M. Lombardi, & J. Alves. (2017). Estimating extinction using unsupervised machine learning. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations
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Lombardi, M., C. J. Lada, & J. Alves. (2017). A new method to unveil embedded stellar clusters. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Kainulainen, J., A. Hacar, J. Alves, et al.. (2016). Gravitational fragmentation caught in the act: the filamentary Musca molecular cloud. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 52 indexed citations
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Hacar, A., et al.. (2016). APOGEE strings: A fossil record of the gas kinematic structure. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 22 indexed citations
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Hacar, A., J. Alves, Andreas Burkert, & P. F. Goldsmith. (2016). Opacity broadening and interpretation of suprathermal CO linewidths: Macroscopic turbulence and tangled molecular clouds. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 55 indexed citations
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Spezzi, L., M. G. Petr-Gotzens, J. M. Alcalá, et al.. (2015). . Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 19 indexed citations
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Forbrich, Jan, C. J. Lada, M. Lombardi, C. Román-Zúñiga, & J. Alves. (2015). Smoke in the Pipe Nebula: dust emission and grain growth in the starless core FeSt 1-457. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 12 indexed citations
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Ascenso, Joana, C. J. Lada, J. Alves, C. Román-Zúñiga, & M. Lombardi. (2013). The mid-infrared extinction law in the darkest cores of the\n Pipe Nebula. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 21 indexed citations
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Ascenso, Joana, M. Lombardi, C. J. Lada, & J. Alves. (2012). The extinction law from photometric data: linear regression methods. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations
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Kainulainen, J., J. Alves, Y. Beletsky, et al.. (2009). Uncovering the kiloparsec-scale stellar ring of NGC 5128. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 9 indexed citations
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Kainulainen, J., C. J. Lada, J. M. Rathborne, & J. Alves. (2009). The fidelity of the core mass functions derived from dust column density data. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 26 indexed citations
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Alves, J., M. Lombardi, & C. J. Lada. (2006). The mass function of dense molecular cores and the origin of the IMF. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 231 indexed citations
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Homeier, N. & J. Alves. (2005). Massive star formation in the W49 giant molecular cloud: Implications for the formation of massive star clusters. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 20 indexed citations
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Lombardi, M. & J. Alves. (2001). Mapping the interstellar dust with near-infrared observations: An optimized multi-band technique. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 139 indexed citations

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