J. Read

58.0k citations

22 papers · 2.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 15

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 1%
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Geophysics top 2%
- High-pressure geophysics and materials
- Seismic Waves and Analysis

Papers in ⓘ

Astronomy and Astrophysics 22
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 21
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 13
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories 4
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 3
Oceanography 8
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements 8

Co-authors: B. D. Lackey (3 shared papers)Tanja Hinderer (3 shared papers)John L. Friedman (4 shared papers)R. N. Lang (2 shared papers)B. J. Owen (2 shared papers)C. Messenger (1 shared paper)J. D. E. Creighton (3 shared papers)C. Markakis (3 shared papers)
Journals: Classical and Quantum Gravity (5 papers)Physical review. D (2 papers)Physical Review Letters (2 papers)Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences (1 paper)The Astrophysical Journal (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Germany United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

J. Read

21 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Tidal deformability of neutron stars with realistic equations of state and their gravitational wave signatures in binary inspiral 2010 · 681 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2010 Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology
2009 Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology

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1	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 ·Tanja Hinderer, B. D. Lackey, R. N. Lang, J. Read Hit paper breakdown →	2010	681
2	Constraints on a phenomenologically parametrized neutron-star equation of state Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology ·J. Read, B. D. Lackey, B. J. Owen, John L. Friedman Hit paper breakdown →	2009	555
3	Measuring the neutron star equation of state with gravitational wave observations Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology ·J. Read, C. Markakis, Masaru Shibata, Kōji Uryū, J. D. E. Creighton, John L. Friedman	2009	246
4	Matter effects on binary neutron star waveforms Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology ·J. Read, Luca Baiotti, J. D. E. Creighton, John L. Friedman, Bruno Giacomazzo, Koutarou Kyutoku, C. Markakis, Luciano Rezzolla, Masaru Shibata, Keisuke Taniguchi	2013	186
5	Resonant Shattering of Neutron Star Crusts Physical Review Letters ·David Tsang, J. Read, Tanja Hinderer, Anthony L. Piro, R. Bondarescu	2012	150
6	Measuring a Cosmological Distance-Redshift Relationship Using Only Gravitational Wave Observations of Binary Neutron Star Coalescences Physical Review Letters ·C. Messenger, J. Read	2012	148
7	Compact stars in alternative theories of gravity: Einstein-Dilaton-Gauss-Bonnet gravity Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology ·Paolo Pani, Emanuele Berti, Vítor Cardoso, J. Read	2011	112
8	Gravitational waves from neutron stars: promises and challenges General Relativity and Gravitation ·Nils Andersson, Valeria Ferrari, D. I. Jones, Kostas D. Kokkotas, B. Krishnan, J. Read, Luciano Rezzolla, Burkhard Zink	2010	89
9	Gravitational wave bursts from cosmic (super)strings: Quantitative analysis and constraints Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology ·X. Siemens, J. D. E. Creighton, Irit Maor, Saikat Ray Majumder, K. C. Cannon, J. Read	2006	86
10	Will black hole-neutron star binary inspirals tell us about the neutron star equation of state? Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology ·F. Pannarale, Luciano Rezzolla, F. Ohme, J. Read	2011	84
11	Parametrized equation of state for neutron star matter with continuous sound speed Physical review. D ·Michael F. O’Boyle, C. Markakis, Nikolaos Stergioulas, J. Read	2020	51
12	Vacuum revealed: The final state of vacuum instabilities in compact stars Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology ·Paolo Pani, Vítor Cardoso, Emanuele Berti, J. Read, Marcelo Salgado	2011	39
13	The impact of the crust equation of state on the analysis of GW170817 Classical and Quantum Gravity ·Rossella Gamba, J. Read, L. E. Wade	2019	33
14	Waveform uncertainty quantification and interpretation for gravitational-wave astronomy Classical and Quantum Gravity ·J. Read	2023	32
15	Models of helically symmetric binary systems Classical and Quantum Gravity ·S. Yoshida, Benjamin C. Bromley, J. Read, Kōji Uryū, John L. Friedman	2006	14
16	Improving performance for gravitational-wave parameter inference with an efficient and highly-parallelized algorithm Physical review. D ·J. K. Wofford, A. B. Yelikar, Hannah Gallagher, E. Champion, D. M. Wysocki, Vera Delfavero, J. Lange, C. A. Rose, V. Valsan, S. Morisaki, J. Read, C. Henshaw, R. O’Shaughnessy	2023	14
17	Matter effects on LIGO/Virgo searches for gravitational waves from merging neutron stars Classical and Quantum Gravity ·T. J. Cullen, I. W. Harry, J. Read, E. Flynn	2017	13
18	Tidal deformability of neutron stars with realistic equations of state and their gravitational wave signatures in binary inspiral DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·Tanja Hinderer, B. D. Lackey, R. N. Lang, J. Read	2009	12
19	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 ·A. Corsi, L. Barsotti, Emanuele Berti, M. Evans, Ish Gupta, Konstantinos Kritos, K. Kuns, A. Nitz, B. J. Owen, (unknown), J. Read, B. S. Sathyaprakash, D. H. Shoemaker, J. R. Smith, S. Vitale	2024	7
20	Inference of Multichannel r-process Element Enrichment in the Milky Way Using Binary Neutron Star Merger Observations The Astrophysical Journal ·Hsin-Yu Chen, Philippe Landry, J. Read, Daniel M. Siegel	2025	4

About J. Read

J. Read is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Geophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Ocean Engineering, having authored 22 papers that have together received 2.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (21 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (13 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (8 papers), Geophysics and Sensor Technology (4 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (4 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (4 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (3 papers) and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.5k citations), Geophysics (648 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (612 citations), Oceanography (559 citations) and Ocean Engineering (125 citations). J. Read has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Classical and Quantum Gravity, Physical review. D, Physical Review Letters, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences and The Astrophysical Journal.

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