James Binney

30.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
212 papers, 16.0k citations indexed

About

James Binney is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, James Binney has authored 212 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 81 papers in Instrumentation and 36 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in James Binney's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (126 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (91 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (81 papers). James Binney is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (126 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (91 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (81 papers). James Binney collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. James Binney's co-authors include Scott Tremaine, Ralph Schönrich, Walter Dehnen, Ortwin Gerhard, A. J. Fisher, M. R. Merrifield, Carlo Nipoti, Jason L. Sanders, Michael Aumer and Gavin Tabor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

James Binney

202 papers receiving 15.2k citations

Hit Papers

Galactic Dynamics 1992 2026 2003 2014 2008 2010 1992 2002 2009 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Binney United Kingdom 59 14.2k 4.9k 2.1k 1.6k 818 212 16.0k
D. Lynden–Bell Russia 46 12.1k 0.9× 2.6k 0.5× 2.4k 1.2× 2.2k 1.3× 747 0.9× 189 13.8k
Scott Tremaine United States 66 20.8k 1.5× 4.5k 0.9× 4.2k 2.0× 1.5k 1.0× 1.0k 1.2× 206 22.4k
M. Fukugita Japan 64 15.8k 1.1× 5.9k 1.2× 10.5k 5.1× 595 0.4× 1.0k 1.3× 342 22.8k
Philip F. Hopkins United States 92 25.3k 1.8× 9.6k 2.0× 4.5k 2.2× 944 0.6× 1.2k 1.5× 374 27.0k
E. L. Wright United States 56 22.8k 1.6× 2.6k 0.5× 13.0k 6.3× 1.5k 0.9× 1.7k 2.1× 370 25.3k
Jeremiah P. Ostriker United States 79 22.8k 1.6× 5.5k 1.1× 8.2k 3.9× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 353 24.1k
P. J. E. Peebles United States 58 19.6k 1.4× 2.9k 0.6× 11.0k 5.3× 2.4k 1.5× 704 0.9× 209 20.7k
A. R. King United Kingdom 54 11.6k 0.8× 649 0.1× 3.0k 1.4× 420 0.3× 1.3k 1.6× 378 13.9k
Edward J. Wollack United States 35 17.3k 1.2× 1.4k 0.3× 11.2k 5.4× 1.2k 0.7× 637 0.8× 283 18.8k
David N. Spergel United States 70 27.0k 1.9× 3.2k 0.7× 17.1k 8.3× 2.0k 1.2× 1.4k 1.8× 311 29.5k

Countries citing papers authored by James Binney

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Binney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Binney

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Binney, James, Roya Mohayaee, J. A. Peacock, & S. Sarkar. (2025). Manifesto: challenging the standard cosmological model. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 383(2290). 20240036–20240036.
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Binney, James. (2024). Disc distortion revisited. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 535(2). 1898–1912. 2 indexed citations
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Binney, James & M. R. Merrifield. (2021). Galactic Astronomy. Princeton University Press eBooks.
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McMillan, P. J., G. Kordopatis, Andrea Kunder, et al.. (2017). Improved distances to stars common to TGAS and RAVE. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Binney, James. (2016). Astrophysics: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Gilmore, G., S. Randich, M. Asplund, et al.. (2012). The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey. Nova Science Publishers (Nova Science Publishers, Inc.). 147. 25–31. 328 indexed citations breakdown →
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Binney, James, Carlo Nipoti, & Filippo Fraternali. (2009). On the origin of high-velocity clouds. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Binney, James. (2004). Discreteness effects in cosmologicalN-body simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 350(3). 939–948. 39 indexed citations
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Binney, James. (2004). On the origin of the galaxy luminosity function. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 347(4). 1093–1096. 85 indexed citations
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Binney, James & N. W. Evans. (2001). Cuspy dark matter haloes and the Galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 327(2). L27–L31. 100 indexed citations
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Murray, C. A., et al.. (1997). The Luminosity Function of Main Sequence Stars within 80 Parsecs. ESASP. 402. 485–488. 1 indexed citations
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Binney, James, N J Dowrick, Arne Fisher, & M. E. J. Newman. (1992). The Theory of Critical Phenomena: An Introduction to the Renormalization Group. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 338 indexed citations
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Binney, James, et al.. (1990). Torus construction in general gravitational potentials. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 244(4). 634–645. 28 indexed citations
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Jenkins, Adrian & James Binney. (1990). Spiral Heating of Galactic Discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 146(2). 305–317. 79 indexed citations
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Binney, James & Scott Tremaine. (1988). Book-Review - Galactic Dynamics. Observatory. 109. 219. 1 indexed citations
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Binney, James, et al.. (1982). Morphology and dynamics of galaxies : twelfth advanced course of the Swiss Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics (member society of the Swiss National Academy of Science). 4 indexed citations
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Mihalas, Dimitri, James Binney, & Julia Barrow. (1982). Book-Review - Galactic Astronomy - ED.2. Nature. 295. 440.
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Binney, James. (1980). The dynamics, shapes and origins of elliptical galaxies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 296(1419). 329–338. 3 indexed citations
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Binney, James. (1978). Elliptical galaxies: prolate, oblate or triaxial?. 8(2). 27–36. 2 indexed citations
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Binney, James. (1976). Is the Flattening of Elliptical Galaxies Necessarily Due to Rotation?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 177(1). 19–29. 40 indexed citations

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