James Wadsley

18.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
154 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

James Wadsley is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, James Wadsley has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 40 papers in Instrumentation and 16 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in James Wadsley's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (119 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (73 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (66 papers). James Wadsley is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (119 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (73 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (66 papers). James Wadsley collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Switzerland. James Wadsley's co-authors include Thomas Quinn, Lucio Mayer, Joachim Stadel, H. M. P. Couchman, G. S. Stinson, Fabio Governato, Chris B. Brook, Sijing Shen, Gregory S. Stinson and Ben Keller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

James Wadsley

148 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

Bulgeless dwarf galaxies and dark matter cores from super... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2010 2003 2013 2007 2012 200 400 600
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.

  1. Bulgeless dwarf galaxies and dark matter cores from supernova-driven outflows
    2010 684 citations Fabio Governato, Chris B. Brook et al. Nature profile →
  2. Gasoline: a flexible, parallel implementation of TreeSPH
    2003 463 citations James Wadsley, Joachim Stadel et al. profile →
  3. The dependence of dark matter profiles on the stellar-to-halo mass ratio: a prediction for cusps versus cores
    2013 344 citations Chris B. Brook, G. S. Stinson et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  4. Fundamental differences between SPH and grid methods
    2007 332 citations Ben Moore, Joachim Stadel et al. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) profile →
  5. Making Galaxies In a Cosmological Context: the need for early stellar feedback
    2012 324 citations Gregory S. Stinson, Chris B. Brook et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  6. NIHAO project – I. Reproducing the inefficiency of galaxy formation across cosmic time with a large sample of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations
    2015 288 citations Gregory S. Stinson, Ben Keller et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  7. Gasoline2: a modern smoothed particle hydrodynamics code
    2017 193 citations James Wadsley, Ben Keller et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Wadsley Canada 62 11.6k 4.4k 1.9k 421 380 154 12.0k
Dušan Kereš United States 72 13.9k 1.2× 5.6k 1.3× 2.7k 1.4× 327 0.8× 407 1.1× 149 14.4k
Debora Sijacki United Kingdom 48 11.0k 1.0× 4.8k 1.1× 2.1k 1.1× 345 0.8× 606 1.6× 99 11.5k
Claude‐André Faucher‐Giguère United States 73 14.6k 1.3× 5.0k 1.1× 3.2k 1.6× 338 0.8× 364 1.0× 229 15.3k
Lucio Mayer Switzerland 63 12.7k 1.1× 4.4k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 255 0.6× 331 0.9× 241 13.2k
R. Maiolino Italy 76 18.9k 1.6× 5.6k 1.3× 3.4k 1.7× 222 0.5× 377 1.0× 405 19.3k
Matthieu Schaller Netherlands 55 9.5k 0.8× 5.0k 1.1× 2.0k 1.0× 344 0.8× 371 1.0× 169 9.9k
Thorsten Naab Germany 56 10.2k 0.9× 4.6k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 349 0.8× 320 0.8× 177 10.5k
Norman Murray Canada 63 12.2k 1.0× 2.9k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 552 1.3× 254 0.7× 161 12.7k
Barry F. Madore United States 50 9.6k 0.8× 3.2k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 213 0.5× 190 0.5× 234 10.0k
Pavel Kroupa Germany 62 17.8k 1.5× 6.3k 1.4× 1.5k 0.8× 455 1.1× 165 0.4× 330 18.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brooks, Alyson, Annika H. G. Peter, Ben Keller, et al.. (2025). Predictions for detecting a turndown in the baryonic Tully–Fisher relation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 541(3). 2180–2196. 2 indexed citations
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Brooks, Alyson, Ferah Munshi, Charlotte Christensen, et al.. (2024). Testable Predictions of Outside-in Age Gradients in Dwarf Galaxies of All Types. The Astrophysical Journal. 977(1). 20–20. 6 indexed citations
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Wadsley, James, et al.. (2024). Regulating star formation in a magnetized disc galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 534(2). 1420–1432. 6 indexed citations
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Shen, Sijing, et al.. (2024). Spectral reconstruction for radiation hydrodynamic simulations of galaxy evolution. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 691. A219–A219. 1 indexed citations
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Wadsley, James, et al.. (2024). TREVR2: illuminating fast N log2N radiative transfer. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(2). 3767–3781. 2 indexed citations
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Wadsley, James, et al.. (2023). Planetesimal formation via the streaming instability with multiple grain sizes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 526(2). 1757–1772. 7 indexed citations
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Shen, Sijing, et al.. (2021). The baryon cycle of Seven Dwarfs with superbubble feedback. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 14 indexed citations
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Shen, Sijing, et al.. (2021). Magnetorotational instability with smoothed particle hydrodynamics. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 659. A91–A91. 12 indexed citations
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Tasker, Elizabeth J., James Wadsley, & Ralph E. Pudritz. (2015). STAR FORMATION IN DISK GALAXIES. III. DOES STELLAR FEEDBACK RESULT IN CLOUD DEATH?. The Astrophysical Journal. 801(1). 33–33. 24 indexed citations
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Mayer, Lucio, Davide Fiacconi, Silvia Bonoli, et al.. (2015). Direct formation of supermassive black holes in metal-enriched gas at the heart of high-redshift galaxy mergers. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 66 indexed citations
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Calura, F., B. K. Gibson, L. Michel-Dansac, et al.. (2012). The stellar metallicity distribution of disc galaxies and bulges in cosmological simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 427(2). 1401–1417. 23 indexed citations
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Pilkington, K., C. G. Few, B. K. Gibson, et al.. (2012). Metallicity gradients in disks. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 540. A56–A56. 146 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Sarah, G. S. Stinson, H. M. P. Couchman, Jeremy Bailin, & James Wadsley. (2011). Mechanisms of baryon loss for dark satellites in cosmological smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 415(1). 257–270. 28 indexed citations
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Governato, Fabio, Chris B. Brook, Lucio Mayer, et al.. (2010). Bulgeless dwarf galaxies and dark matter cores from supernova-driven outflows. Nature. 463(7278). 203–206. 684 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mayer, Lucio, Stelios Kazantzidis, C. Mastropietro, & James Wadsley. (2007). Early gas stripping as the origin of the darkest galaxies in the Universe. Nature. 445(7129). 738–740. 90 indexed citations
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Stinson, Gregory S., Tobias Kaufmann, Thomas Quinn, et al.. (2006). Star Formation and Supernova Feedback in Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic Simulations of Galaxy Formation. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 209. 1 indexed citations
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Kaufmann, Tobias, Lucio Mayer, James Wadsley, Joachim Stadel, & Ben Moore. (2006). Cooling flows within galactic haloes: the kinematics and properties of infalling multiphase gas. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 80 indexed citations
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Poole, Gregory B., Mark A. Fardal, Arif Babul, et al.. (2006). The impact of mergers on relaxed X-ray clusters – I. Dynamical evolution and emergent transient structures. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 373(3). 881–905. 200 indexed citations
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Mastropietro, C., Ben Moore, Lucio Mayer, James Wadsley, & Joachim Stadel. (2005). The gravitational and hydrodynamical interaction between the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 363(2). 509–520. 104 indexed citations
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Davidson, Noel E., James Wadsley, Kamal Puri, Kazuo Kurihara, & Mitsuru Ueno. (1993). Implementation of the JMA Typhoon Bogus in the BMRC Tropical Prediction System. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 71(4). 437–467. 21 indexed citations

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