J. X. Prochaska

43.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
435 papers, 18.0k citations indexed

About

J. X. Prochaska is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. X. Prochaska has authored 435 papers receiving a total of 18.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 398 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 99 papers in Instrumentation and 72 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in J. X. Prochaska's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (274 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (155 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (145 papers). J. X. Prochaska is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (274 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (155 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (145 papers). J. X. Prochaska collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. J. X. Prochaska's co-authors include Arthur M. Wolfe, John M. O’Meara, Joseph F. Hennawi, Eric Gawiser, Michele Fumagalli, Hsiao‐Wen Chen, M. T. Murphy, G. Worseck, J. S. Bloom and Jessica K. Werk and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

J. X. Prochaska

412 papers receiving 17.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Further Evidence for Cosmological Evolution of the Fine Structure Constant

2001 534 citations M. T. Murphy, J. X. Prochaska et al. profile →
DAMPED LYα SYSTEMS

2005 461 citations J. X. Prochaska et al. profile →
UBIQUITOUS OUTFLOWS IN DEEP2 SPECTRA OF STAR-FORMING GALAXIES ATz= 1.4

2009 363 citations Benjamin J. Weiner, J. X. Prochaska et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
The Large, Oxygen-Rich Halos of Star-Forming Galaxies Are a Major Reservoir of Galactic Metals

2011 351 citations Jason Tumlinson, Jessica K. Werk et al. profile →
A census of baryons in the Universe from localized fast radio bursts

2020 339 citations Jean‐Pierre Macquart, J. X. Prochaska et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. X. Prochaska

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A [C ii] 158 μm Survey of Damped Lyα Absorber Galaxies at z ∼ 4: Observations of Dense and Metal-enriched Neutral Gas within the Circumgalactic Medium of Star-forming Galaxies 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Marcel Neeleman, Nissim Kanekar, J. X. Prochaska, Marc Rafelski, (unknown)	1
2	The Qz5 Survey. I. How the H i Mass Density of the Universe Evolves with Cosmic Time 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Grecco A. Oyarzún, Marc Rafelski, L. Christensen, (unknown), Regina A. Jorgenson, Marcel Neeleman, Michele Fumagalli, J. X. Prochaska, G. Worseck, (unknown), George D. Becker, Sebastián López	0
3	The COS-Holes Survey: Connecting Galaxy Black Hole Mass with the State of the CGM 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Jessica K. Werk, Benjamin D. Oppenheimer, Kirill Tchernyshyov, (unknown), (unknown), Kate H. R. Rubin, Misty C. Bentz, J. Davies, Joseph N. Burchett, Robert A. Crain, J. X. Prochaska	2
4	A Survey of Lyα Emission around Damped Lyα Absorbers at z ≈ 2 with the Keck Cosmic Web Imager 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Grecco A. Oyarzún, Marc Rafelski, Nissim Kanekar, J. X. Prochaska, Marcel Neeleman, Regina A. Jorgenson	6
5	The Environments of Fast Radio Bursts Viewed Using Adaptive Optics 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), J. X. Prochaska, S. D. Ryder, Lachlan Marnoch, Regina A. Jorgenson, Sunil Simha, Nicolás Tejos, Alexa C. Gordon, Wen‐fai Fong, C. D. Kilpatrick, Adam T. Deller, Marcin Glowacki	2
6	The Dragonfly Galaxy. III. Jet Brightening of a High-redshift Radio Source Caught in a Violent Merger of Disk Galaxies 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Bjorn Emonts, D. M. Terndrup, Joseph N. Burchett, J. X. Prochaska, G. Drouart, M. Villar-Martı́n, M. D. Lehnert, C. De Breuck, J. Vernet, Katherine Alatalo	6
7	An X-Ray Census of Fast Radio Burst Host Galaxies: Constraints on Active Galactic Nuclei and X-Ray Counterparts 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Tarraneh Eftekhari, Wen‐fai Fong, Alexa C. Gordon, Navin Sridhar, C. D. Kilpatrick, Shivani Bhandari, Adam T. Deller, Yuxin 雨欣 Dong 董, Alicia Rouco Escorial, K. E. Heintz, Joel Leja, Ben Margalit, Brian D. Metzger, Aaron B. Pearlman, J. X. Prochaska, S. D. Ryder, Paul Scholz, R. M. Shannon, Nicolás Tejos	6
8	A Nonrepeating Fast Radio Burst in a Dwarf Host Galaxy 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Shivani Bhandari, Alexa C. Gordon, D. R. Scott, Lachlan Marnoch, Navin Sridhar, Pravir Kumar, C. James, Hao Qiu, K. W. Bannister, Adam T. Deller, Tarraneh Eftekhari, Wen‐fai Fong, Marcin Glowacki, J. X. Prochaska, S. D. Ryder, R. M. Shannon, Sunil Simha	40
9	Searching for the Sources of Excess Extragalactic Dispersion of FRBs 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Sunil Simha, Khee‐Gan Lee, J. X. Prochaska, (unknown), (unknown), Nicolás Tejos, Lachlan Marnoch, M. Ata, (unknown), Shivani Bhandari, Jeff Cooke, Adam T. Deller, S. D. Ryder, Jielai Zhang	12
10	The CGM² Survey: Quenching and the Transformation of the Circumgalactic Medium 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Kirill Tchernyshyov, Jessica K. Werk, Matthew C. Wilde, J. X. Prochaska, Todd M. Tripp, Joseph N. Burchett, Rongmon Bordoloi, J. Christopher Howk, Nicolas Lehner, John M. O’Meara, Nicolás Tejos, Jason Tumlinson	14
11	Assessing Predictability of Marine Heatwaves With Random Forests 2022 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Claudie Beaulieu, J. X. Prochaska	22
12	Estimating the Contribution of Foreground Halos to the FRB 180924 Dispersion Measure 2021 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·Sunil Simha, Nicolás Tejos, J. X. Prochaska, Khee‐Gan Lee, S. D. Ryder, Sebastiano Cantalupo, K. W. Bannister, Shivani Bhandari, R. M. Shannon	10
13	Discovery of a Protocluster Core Associated with an Enormous Lya Nebula at z = 2.3 2021 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Qiong Li, Ran Wang, H. Dannerbauer, Zheng Cai, Bjorn Emonts, J. X. Prochaska, Fabrizio Arrigoni Battaia, R. Neri, (unknown), Xiaohui Fan, Shuowen Jin, Ilsang Yoon, (unknown)	8
14	Quasar Sightline and Galaxy Evolution (QSAGE) survey – II. Galaxy overdensities around UV luminous quasars at z = 1–2 2020 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·J. P. Stott, R. M. Bielby, Fergus Cullen, Joseph N. Burchett, Nicolás Tejos, Michele Fumagalli, Robert A. Crain, S. L. Morris, (unknown), R. G. Bower, J. X. Prochaska	10
15	High Molecular Gas Masses in Absorption-selected Galaxies at z ≈ 2 2020 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Nissim Kanekar, J. X. Prochaska, Marcel Neeleman, L. Christensen, P. Møller, M. A. Zwaan, J. P. U. Fynbo, M. Dessauges‐Zavadsky	16
16	Disentangling the Cosmic Web toward FRB 190608 2020 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Sunil Simha, Joseph N. Burchett, J. X. Prochaska, (unknown), (unknown), Nicolás Tejos, Regina A. Jorgenson, K. W. Bannister, Shivani Bhandari, Cherie K. Day, Adam T. Deller, Angus G. Forbes, Jean‐Pierre Macquart, S. D. Ryder, R. M. Shannon	29
17	A search for supernova-like optical counterparts to ASKAP-localised fast radio bursts 2020 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Lachlan Marnoch, S. D. Ryder, K. W. Bannister, Shivani Bhandari, Cherie K. Day, Adam T. Deller, Jean‐Pierre Macquart, Richard M. McDermid, J. X. Prochaska, Hao Qiu, E. M. Sadler, R. M. Shannon, Nicolás Tejos	10
18	Imprints of the first billion years: Lyman limit systems atz∼ 5 2018 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Neil H. M. Crighton, J. X. Prochaska, M. T. Murphy, John M. O’Meara, G. Worseck, Britton Smith	15
19	PROBING THE INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM/GALAXY CONNECTION. V. ON THE ORIGIN OF Lyα AND O VI ABSORPTION AT z < 0.2 2015 ·DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·J. X. Prochaska, Benjamin J. Weiner, Hsiao‐Wen Chen, J. Mulchaey, Kathy L. Cooksey	146
20	Highly ionized region surrounding SN Refsdal revealed by MUSE 2015 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·W. Karman, C. Grillo, I. Balestra, P. Rosati, K. I. Caputi, Enrico M. Di Teodoro, Filippo Fraternali, R. Gavazzi, (unknown), J. X. Prochaska, S. Rodney, Tommaso Treu	10

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