J. Read

58.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

J. Read is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Read has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 8 papers in Oceanography and 5 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in J. Read's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (21 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (13 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (8 papers). J. Read is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (21 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (13 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (8 papers). J. Read collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. J. Read's co-authors include B. D. Lackey, Tanja Hinderer, John L. Friedman, R. N. Lang, B. J. Owen, C. Messenger, J. D. E. Creighton, C. Markakis, Masaru Shibata and Luciano Rezzolla and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Physical review. D.

In The Last Decade

J. Read

21 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Tidal deformability of neutron stars with realistic equations of state and their gravitational wave signatures in binary inspiral

2010 681 citations Tanja Hinderer, B. D. Lackey et al. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology profile →
Constraints on a phenomenologically parametrized neutron-star equation of state

2009 555 citations J. Read, B. D. Lackey et al. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Read United States	15	2.5k	648	612	559	229	22	2.6k
B. D. Lackey United States	13	2.0k 0.8×	616 1.0×	394 0.6×	525 0.9×	186 0.8×	17	2.1k
John Sarkissian Australia	17	2.1k 0.8×	334 0.5×	505 0.8×	438 0.8×	210 0.9×	49	2.1k
Sharon M. Morsink Canada	22	1.8k 0.7×	622 1.0×	493 0.8×	349 0.6×	238 1.0×	39	2.0k
Katerina Chatziioannou United States	31	2.7k 1.1×	661 1.0×	648 1.1×	513 0.9×	178 0.8×	70	2.8k
G. H. Janssen Netherlands	24	2.2k 0.9×	388 0.6×	627 1.0×	437 0.8×	187 0.8×	49	2.3k
P. D. Lasky Australia	31	2.6k 1.0×	455 0.7×	658 1.1×	295 0.5×	173 0.8×	103	2.6k
Kostas Glampedakis Germany	29	2.3k 0.9×	475 0.7×	879 1.4×	259 0.5×	286 1.2×	55	2.4k
David J. Nice United States	24	2.1k 0.9×	433 0.7×	548 0.9×	479 0.9×	278 1.2×	52	2.2k
M. Bejger Poland	20	1.4k 0.6×	492 0.8×	377 0.6×	287 0.5×	151 0.7×	63	1.5k
Timothy T. Pennucci United States	9	2.9k 1.2×	871 1.3×	1.2k 2.0×	494 0.9×	433 1.9×	12	3.1k

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All Works

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Legred, Isaac, et al.. (2025). Inferring the neutron star equation of state with nuclear-physics informed semiparametric models. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 42(20). 205008–205008.

Chen, Hsin-Yu, Philippe Landry, J. Read, & Daniel M. Siegel. (2025). Inference of Multichannel r-process Element Enrichment in the Milky Way Using Binary Neutron Star Merger Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 985(2). 154–154. 4 indexed citations

Corsi, A., L. Barsotti, Emanuele Berti, et al.. (2024). Multi-messenger astrophysics of black holes and neutron stars as probed by ground-based gravitational wave detectors: from present to future. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. 11. 7 indexed citations

Read, J.. (2023). Waveform uncertainty quantification and interpretation for gravitational-wave astronomy. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 40(13). 135002–135002. 32 indexed citations

Wofford, J. K., A. B. Yelikar, E. Champion, et al.. (2023). Improving performance for gravitational-wave parameter inference with an efficient and highly-parallelized algorithm. Physical review. D. 107(2). 14 indexed citations

Markakis, C., et al.. (2020). Parametrized equation of state for neutron star matter with continuous sound speed. Physical review. D. 102(8). 51 indexed citations

Gamba, Rossella, J. Read, & L. E. Wade. (2019). The impact of the crust equation of state on the analysis of GW170817. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 37(2). 25008–25008. 33 indexed citations

Cullen, T. J., I. W. Harry, J. Read, & E. Flynn. (2017). Matter effects on LIGO/Virgo searches for gravitational waves from merging neutron stars. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 34(24). 245003–245003. 13 indexed citations

Read, J., Luca Baiotti, J. D. E. Creighton, et al.. (2013). Matter effects on binary neutron star waveforms. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 88(4). 186 indexed citations

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Tsang, David, J. Read, Tanja Hinderer, Anthony L. Piro, & R. Bondarescu. (2012). Resonant Shattering of Neutron Star Crusts. Physical Review Letters. 108(1). 11102–11102. 150 indexed citations

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Messenger, C. & J. Read. (2012). Measuring a Cosmological Distance-Redshift Relationship Using Only Gravitational Wave Observations of Binary Neutron Star Coalescences. Physical Review Letters. 108(9). 91101–91101. 148 indexed citations

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Pani, Paolo, Vítor Cardoso, Emanuele Berti, J. Read, & Marcelo Salgado. (2011). Vacuum revealed: The final state of vacuum instabilities in compact stars. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 83(8). 39 indexed citations

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Pani, Paolo, Emanuele Berti, Vítor Cardoso, & J. Read. (2011). Compact stars in alternative theories of gravity: Einstein-Dilaton-Gauss-Bonnet gravity. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 84(10). 112 indexed citations

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Pannarale, F., Luciano Rezzolla, F. Ohme, & J. Read. (2011). Will black hole-neutron star binary inspirals tell us about the neutron star equation of state?. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 84(10). 84 indexed citations

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Andersson, Nils, Valeria Ferrari, D. I. Jones, et al.. (2010). Gravitational waves from neutron stars: promises and challenges. General Relativity and Gravitation. 43(2). 409–436. 89 indexed citations

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Hinderer, Tanja, B. D. Lackey, R. N. Lang, & J. Read. (2010). Tidal deformability of neutron stars with realistic equations of state and their gravitational wave signatures in binary inspiral. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 81(12). 681 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hinderer, Tanja, B. D. Lackey, R. N. Lang, & J. Read. (2009). Tidal deformability of neutron stars with realistic equations of state and their gravitational wave signatures in binary inspiral. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 12 indexed citations

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Read, J., B. D. Lackey, B. J. Owen, & John L. Friedman. (2009). Constraints on a phenomenologically parametrized neutron-star equation of state. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 79(12). 555 indexed citations breakdown →

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Read, J.. (2008). Neutron stars in compact binary systems: From the equation of state to gravitational radiation. 1 indexed citations

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Siemens, X., et al.. (2006). Gravitational wave bursts from cosmic (super)strings: Quantitative analysis and constraints. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 73(10). 86 indexed citations

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