James M. Schombert

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
102 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

James M. Schombert is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, James M. Schombert has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 57 papers in Instrumentation and 7 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in James M. Schombert's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (68 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (57 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (55 papers). James M. Schombert is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (68 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (57 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (55 papers). James M. Schombert collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. James M. Schombert's co-authors include Stacy McGaugh, Federico Lelli, G. D. Bothun, W. J. G. de Blok, K. D. Rakos, Pengfei Li, J. Eder, Harley Katz, Alister W. Graham and Stephen E. Schneider and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

James M. Schombert

99 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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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.

The Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation

2000 494 citations Stacy McGaugh, James M. Schombert et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Radial Acceleration Relation in Rotationally Supported Galaxies

2016 348 citations Stacy McGaugh, Federico Lelli et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James M. Schombert United States	30	3.5k	1.5k	707	220	143	102	3.6k
Francisco Prada Spain	29	4.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.8×	265 1.2×	141 1.0×	89	4.2k
И. Д. Караченцев Russia	36	5.0k 1.4×	2.1k 1.4×	811 1.1×	174 0.8×	119 0.8×	248	5.1k
David Burstein United States	28	4.1k 1.2×	2.2k 1.4×	543 0.8×	196 0.9×	132 0.9×	63	4.2k
Riccardo Giovanelli United States	30	2.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	467 0.7×	178 0.8×	91 0.6×	81	2.7k
L. Danese Italy	35	3.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	841 1.2×	112 0.5×	67 0.5×	121	3.9k
G. L. Granato Italy	36	5.7k 1.6×	2.6k 1.7×	700 1.0×	137 0.6×	104 0.7×	110	5.8k
L. Pozzetti Italy	36	5.4k 1.5×	2.6k 1.7×	1.1k 1.6×	177 0.8×	122 0.9×	93	5.5k
Victor P. Debattista United Kingdom	41	4.3k 1.2×	2.2k 1.4×	297 0.4×	191 0.9×	162 1.1×	177	4.5k
T. H. Reiprich Germany	31	4.3k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	1.6k 2.2×	159 0.7×	84 0.6×	90	4.4k
C. Giocoli Italy	29	2.2k 0.6×	948 0.6×	702 1.0×	132 0.6×	79 0.6×	77	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James M. Schombert

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schombert, James M., et al.. (2025). The Baryonic Tully–Fisher Relation. II. Stellar Mass Models. The Astronomical Journal. 169(3). 186–186. 1 indexed citations

Lelli, Federico, et al.. (2025). The baryonic mass–size relation of galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 703. A223–A223.

Lelli, Federico, et al.. (2025). A new uncertainty scheme for galaxy distances from flow models. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 696. A185–A185.

Li, Pengfei, Marcel S. Pawlowski, Federico Lelli, et al.. (2023). Measuring galaxy cluster mass profiles into the low-acceleration regime with galaxy kinematics. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 677. A24–A24. 15 indexed citations

Das, Mousumi, et al.. (2023). Estimating the Oblateness of Dark Matter Halos Using Neutral Hydrogen Velocity Dispersion. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 946(1). L8–L8. 4 indexed citations

Lelli, Federico, Zhi-Yu Zhang, Thomas G. Bisbas, et al.. (2023). Cold gas disks in main-sequence galaxies at cosmic noon: Low turbulence, flat rotation curves, and disk-halo degeneracy. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 672. A106–A106. 29 indexed citations

Li, Pengfei, Stacy McGaugh, Federico Lelli, James M. Schombert, & Marcel S. Pawlowski. (2022). Incorporating baryon-driven contraction of dark matter halos in rotation curve fits. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 665. A143–A143. 10 indexed citations

Das, Mousumi, et al.. (2021). Comparing the Inner and Outer Star-forming Complexes in the Nearby Spiral Galaxies NGC 628, NGC 5457, and NGC 6946 Using UVIT Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 914(1). 54–54. 11 indexed citations

Li, Pengfei, Federico Lelli, Stacy McGaugh, James M. Schombert, & Kyu‐Hyun Chae. (2021). A cautionary tale in fitting galaxy rotation curves with Bayesian techniques. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 646. L13–L13. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Pengfei, Federico Lelli, Stacy McGaugh, & James M. Schombert. (2018). Fitting the radial acceleration relation to individual SPARC galaxies. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 107 indexed citations

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McGaugh, Stacy, Federico Lelli, & James M. Schombert. (2016). Radial Acceleration Relation in Rotationally Supported Galaxies. Physical Review Letters. 117(20). 201101–201101. 348 indexed citations breakdown →

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Katz, Harley, Federico Lelli, Stacy McGaugh, et al.. (2016). Testing feedback-modified dark matter haloes with galaxy rotation curves: estimation of halo parameters and consistency with ΛCDM scaling relations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 466(2). 1648–1668. 86 indexed citations

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Paunzen, E., H. M. Maitzen, K. D. Rakos, & James M. Schombert. (2003). Strömgren uvby photometry of the open clusters NGC 6192 and NGC 6451. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 403(3). 937–941. 8 indexed citations

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O’Neil, K., G. D. Bothun, James M. Schombert, Mark E. Cornell, & C. D. Impey. (1997). A Wide Field CCD Survey for Low Surface Brightness Galaxies.II.Color Distributions, Stellar Populations, and Missing Baryons. The Astronomical Journal. 114. 2448–2448. 45 indexed citations

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Rakos, K. D., Thomas I. Maindl, & James M. Schombert. (1996). Photometric Signatures of Starbursts in Interacting Galaxies and the Butcher-Oemler Effect. The Astrophysical Journal. 466. 122–122. 15 indexed citations

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Schombert, James M., G. D. Bothun, Stephen E. Schneider, & Stacy McGaugh. (1992). A catalog of low surface brightness galaxies - List II. The Astronomical Journal. 103. 1107–1107. 84 indexed citations

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Mateo, Mario, et al.. (1988). Variable Blue Stragglers in the Globular Clusters NGC 5053 and NGC 5466. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 20(2). 717. 1 indexed citations

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Helin, E. F., et al.. (1987). Development and Application of New Digital Image Processing Techniques to Groundbased Observations. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 19. 851. 6 indexed citations

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Schombert, James M.. (1986). A Catalog of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 18. 996. 1 indexed citations

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Schombert, James M.. (1983). The Structure of Brightest Cluster Members. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 15. 933. 1 indexed citations

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