J. Shaham

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

J. Shaham is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Shaham has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 19 papers in Geophysics and 15 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in J. Shaham's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (32 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (20 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (15 papers). J. Shaham is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (32 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (20 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (15 papers). J. Shaham collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Türkiye. J. Shaham's co-authors include M. A. Alpar, M. Ruderman, Juhan Frank, A. R. King, David Pines, A. F. Cheng, Tsvi Piran, M. Tavani, Phil Anderson and N. Shibazaki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

J. Shaham

68 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Accretion Power in Astrophysics

1986 950 citations Juhan Frank, A. R. King et al. Physics Today profile →
A new class of radio pulsars

1982 643 citations M. A. Alpar, M. Ruderman et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Shaham United States	23	3.4k	1.1k	737	402	377	71	3.6k
P. G. Sutherland United States	21	3.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	1.5k 2.1×	382 1.0×	600 1.6×	54	3.9k
M. A. Alpar Türkiye	28	3.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	436 0.6×	657 1.6×	690 1.8×	83	3.3k
M. Coleman Miller United States	46	5.6k 1.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.6k 2.2×	315 0.8×	324 0.9×	154	6.0k
E. P. J. van den Heuvel Netherlands	34	4.0k 1.2×	683 0.6×	823 1.1×	226 0.6×	162 0.4×	133	4.2k
Jonathan Arons United States	37	4.2k 1.2×	887 0.8×	2.9k 3.9×	174 0.4×	1000 2.7×	99	5.1k
Dimitrios Psaltis United States	37	4.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	1.6k 2.2×	312 0.8×	184 0.5×	94	4.7k
J. M. Weisberg United States	27	2.9k 0.8×	385 0.4×	837 1.1×	619 1.5×	386 1.0×	77	3.1k
H. Gursky United States	28	3.1k 0.9×	602 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	76 0.2×	213 0.6×	151	3.6k
George G. Pavlov United States	35	3.3k 1.0×	840 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	218 0.5×	223 0.6×	175	3.5k
Tod E. Strohmayer United States	40	5.7k 1.6×	2.0k 1.9×	1.4k 1.9×	172 0.4×	306 0.8×	183	5.9k

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Ruderman, M., et al.. (1993). Formation of Planets around Pulsars. The Astrophysical Journal. 415. 779–779. 12 indexed citations

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Shaham, J., et al.. (1992). Orbital angular momentum loss in PSR 1957 + 20. The Astrophysical Journal. 388. L19–L19. 4 indexed citations

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Alpar, M. A., G. Hasinger, J. Shaham, & Sophia Yancopoulos. (1992). 6 Hz quasiperiodic oscillations from low-mass X-ray binaries - The sound of an accretion disk?. OpenMETU (Middle East Technical University). 257(2). 627–631.

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Shaham, J.. (1991). Galactic halo gamma rays. Nature. 354(6353). 439–439. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai, et al.. (1989). Does supernova 1987A contain a rapidly vibrating neutron star?. Nature. 338(6213). 319–320. 10 indexed citations

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Ruderman, M., J. Shaham, & M. Tavani. (1989). Accretion turnoff and rapid evaporation of very light secondaries in low-mass X-ray binaries. The Astrophysical Journal. 336. 507–507. 107 indexed citations

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Cheng, K. S., David Pines, M. A. Alpar, & J. Shaham. (1988). Spontaneous superfluid unpinning and the inhomogeneous distribution of vortex lines in neutron stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 330. 835–835. 34 indexed citations

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Kluźniak, W., M. Ruderman, J. Shaham, & M. Tavani. (1988). Low-energy Galactic-Centre γ-rays from low-mass X-ray binaries. Nature. 336(6199). 558–560. 5 indexed citations

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Frank, Juhan, et al.. (1986). Accretion Power in Astrophysics. Physics Today. 39(10). 124–126. 950 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ruderman, M. & J. Shaham. (1985). Disruption of light He companions in accreting neutron star binaries. The Astrophysical Journal. 289. 244–244. 23 indexed citations

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Piran, Tsvi, et al.. (1984). Line locking and SS 433. The Astrophysical Journal. 283. 295–295. 2 indexed citations

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Alpar, M. A., Philip W. Anderson, David Pines, & J. Shaham. (1984). Vortex creep and the internal temperature of neutron stars. II - VELA pulsar. The Astrophysical Journal. 278. 791–791. 85 indexed citations

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Helfand, D. J., M. Ruderman, & J. Shaham. (1983). X-ray emission and spin-up evolution of the 6.1-ms pulsar. Nature. 304(5925). 423–425. 25 indexed citations

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Ruderman, M. & J. Shaham. (1983). Fate of very low-mass secondaries in accreting binaries and the 1.5-ms pulsar. Nature. 304(5925). 425–427. 20 indexed citations

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Pines, David, J. Shaham, & Michael J. Cohen. (1977). Elastic energy and tectonic surface movements on Mars.. 1. 563–571. 3 indexed citations

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Piran, Tsvi & J. Shaham. (1977). Upper bounds on collisional Penrose processes near rotating black-hole horizons. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 16(6). 1615–1635. 94 indexed citations

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Piran, Tsvi, J. Shaham, & J. I. Katz. (1975). High Efficiency of the Penrose Mechanism for Particle Collisions. The Astrophysical Journal. 196. L107–L107. 110 indexed citations

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Rosenbluth, M. N., M. Ruderman, Frank Watson Dyson, et al.. (1973). Nuclear Fusion in Accreting Neutron Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 184. 907–907. 20 indexed citations

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Shaham, J., David Pines, & M. Ruderman. (1973). NEUTRON STAR STRUCTURE FROM PULSAR OBSERVATIONS*. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 224(1). 190–205. 13 indexed citations

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Pines, David & J. Shaham. (1972). Microquakes and Macroquakes in Neutron Stars. Nature Physical Science. 235(55). 43–49. 41 indexed citations

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