John F. Hawley

16.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
79 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

John F. Hawley is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, John F. Hawley has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 16 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 14 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in John F. Hawley's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (41 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (37 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (14 papers). John F. Hawley is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (41 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (37 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (14 papers). John F. Hawley collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. John F. Hawley's co-authors include Steven A. Balbus, Julian H. Krolik, Charles F. Gammie, Charles R. Evans, James M. Stone, Jacob B. Simon, Peter Teuben, Thomas Gardiner, Kris Beckwith and Scott C. Noble and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

John F. Hawley

77 papers receiving 9.8k 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.

A powerful local shear instability in weakly magnetized disks. I - Linear analysis. II - Nonlinear evolution

1991 2.6k citations Steven A. Balbus, John F. Hawley The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Instability, turbulence, and enhanced transport in accretion disks

1998 1.5k citations Steven A. Balbus, John F. Hawley profile →
Simulation of magnetohydrodynamic flows - A constrained transport method

1988 725 citations Charles R. Evans, John F. Hawley The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Local Three-dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Accretion Disks

1995 674 citations John F. Hawley, Charles F. Gammie et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Athena: A New Code for Astrophysical MHD

2008 611 citations James M. Stone, Thomas Gardiner et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John F. Hawley United States	37	9.4k	2.2k	1.2k	707	431	79	10.2k
James M. Stone United States	58	10.5k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	481 0.7×	444 1.0×	212	11.8k
Steven A. Balbus United States	35	8.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	563 0.5×	619 0.9×	473 1.1×	109	9.0k
F. X. Timmes United States	34	8.8k 0.9×	2.5k 1.1×	710 0.6×	516 0.7×	458 1.1×	121	10.3k
M. Mayor Switzerland	74	21.0k 2.2×	855 0.4×	536 0.5×	522 0.7×	964 2.2×	386	21.6k
J. C. B. Papaloizou United Kingdom	52	8.8k 0.9×	522 0.2×	324 0.3×	554 0.8×	146 0.3×	205	9.1k
G. P. Garmire United States	55	9.5k 1.0×	3.6k 1.7×	282 0.2×	457 0.6×	423 1.0×	281	10.0k
Russell M. Kulsrud United States	45	6.9k 0.7×	4.9k 2.3×	390 0.3×	300 0.4×	943 2.2×	157	8.5k
D. Queloz Switzerland	68	16.4k 1.8×	464 0.2×	528 0.4×	458 0.6×	1.0k 2.4×	314	17.0k
Mitchell C. Begelman United States	67	15.7k 1.7×	7.5k 3.4×	300 0.3×	808 1.1×	580 1.3×	238	16.4k
W. Schmidt Germany	39	5.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	393 0.3×	83 0.1×	752 1.7×	265	6.7k

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Hawley, John F. & Julian H. Krolik. (2018). Sound Speed Dependence of Alignment in Accretion Disks Subjected to Lense–Thirring Torques. The Astrophysical Journal. 866(1). 5–5. 11 indexed citations

Hawley, John F., Christian Fendt, M. J. Hardcastle, E. E. Nokhrina, & Alexander Tchekhovskoy. (2015). Disks and Jets. Space Science Reviews. 191(1-4). 441–469. 38 indexed citations

Hawley, John F., et al.. (2012). VH-1: Multidimensional ideal compressible hydrodynamics code. ascl. 1 indexed citations

Stone, James M., Thomas Gardiner, Peter Teuben, John F. Hawley, & Jacob B. Simon. (2010). Athena: Grid-based code for astrophysical magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). Astrophysics Source Code Library. 1 indexed citations

Hawley, John F., Julian H. Krolik, Andrei M. Beloborodov, et al.. (2009). Engineering Einstein: Astrophysical Black Holes. 2010(10). 116–8. 1 indexed citations

Stone, James M., Thomas Gardiner, Peter Teuben, John F. Hawley, & Jacob B. Simon. (2008). Athena: A New Code for Astrophysical MHD. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 178(1). 137–177. 611 indexed citations breakdown →

Beckwith, Kris, John F. Hawley, & Julian H. Krolik. (2008). The Influence of Magnetic Field Geometry on the Evolution of Black Hole Accretion Flows: Similar Disks, Drastically Different Jets. The Astrophysical Journal. 678(2). 1180–1199. 160 indexed citations

Krolik, Julian H., John F. Hawley, & Shigenobu Hirose. (2007). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACCRETION DISKS AND JETS. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 27. 1–7. 5 indexed citations

Hawley, John F. & Julian H. Krolik. (2001). Global MHD Simulation of the Inner Accretion Disk in a Pseudo‐Newtonian Potential. The Astrophysical Journal. 548(1). 348–367. 149 indexed citations

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Stone, James M., Charles F. Gammie, Steven A. Balbus, & John F. Hawley. (2000). Transport Processes in Protostellar Disks. 589. 15 indexed citations

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Balbus, Steven A. & John F. Hawley. (1997). Instability, Turbulence, and Enhanced Transport in Accretion Disks. International Astronomical Union Colloquium. 163. 90–100. 10 indexed citations

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Balbus, Steven A. & John F. Hawley. (1996). The origin of turbulent viscosity in accretion disks.. 279–284.

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Hawley, John F., Charles F. Gammie, & Steven A. Balbus. (1995). Local Three-dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Accretion Disks. The Astrophysical Journal. 440. 742–742. 674 indexed citations breakdown →

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Balbus, Steven A., Charles F. Gammie, & John F. Hawley. (1994). Fluctuations, dissipation and turbulence in accretion discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 271(1). 197–201. 22 indexed citations

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Hawley, John F. & Steven A. Balbus. (1992). Anomalous Viscosity in Accretion Disks^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 675(1). 9–21. 2 indexed citations

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Balbus, Steven A. & John F. Hawley. (1990). A Powerful Local Shear Instability in Weakly Magnetized Disks: I. Linear Analysis. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 22. 1209. 98 indexed citations

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Hawley, John F., James M. Stone, & Michael L. Norman. (1989). The Development of a Finite-difference Magnetohydrodynamics Code: Convergence Testing. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 21. 1153. 1 indexed citations

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Evans, Charles R. & John F. Hawley. (1988). Simulation of magnetohydrodynamic flows - A constrained transport method. The Astrophysical Journal. 332. 659–659. 725 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hawley, John F.. (1984). A Numerical Study of Nonspherical Black Hole Accretion. Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). 10 indexed citations

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Hawley, John F., J. R. Wilson, & Larry Smarr. (1984). A numerical study of nonspherical black hole accretion. II - Finite differencing and code calibration. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 55. 211–211. 103 indexed citations

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