Joseph Silk

52.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
821 papers, 28.4k citations indexed

About

Joseph Silk is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Silk has authored 821 papers receiving a total of 28.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 731 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 342 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 177 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Joseph Silk's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (377 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (348 papers) and Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (219 papers). Joseph Silk is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (377 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (348 papers) and Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (219 papers). Joseph Silk collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Joseph Silk's co-authors include Dan Hooper, Gianfranco Bertone, Avishai Dekel, A. Melchiorri, Wayne Hu, Paolo Gondolo, Mark Srednicki, Eleonora Di Valentino, Céline Bœhm and Keith A. Olive and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Silk

791 papers receiving 27.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Particle dark matter: evidence, candidates and constraints

2004 2.8k citations Joseph Silk et al. profile →
The origin of dwarf galaxies, cold dark matter, and biased galaxy formation

1986 1.1k citations Joseph Silk et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
How Small Were the First Cosmological Objects?

1997 497 citations Joseph Silk, M. J. Rees et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Dark Matter Annihilation at the Galactic Center

1999 495 citations Joseph Silk et al. profile →
Observational evidence for AGN feedback in early-type galaxies

2007 432 citations Sugata Kaviraj, Sukyoung K. Yi et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
Cosmic Black-Body Radiation and Galaxy Formation

1968 396 citations Joseph Silk The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Kerr Black Holes as Particle Accelerators to Arbitrarily High Energy

2009 361 citations Joseph Silk et al. profile →
Reconciling Planck with the local value of H 0 in extended parameter space

2016 249 citations Joseph Silk et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph Silk United States	75	25.1k	15.2k	4.1k	1.3k	1.3k	821	28.4k
J. Tonry United States	52	24.3k 1.0×	11.4k 0.7×	4.4k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	932 0.7×	219	25.1k
Jeremiah P. Ostriker United States	79	22.8k 0.9×	8.2k 0.5×	5.5k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	353	24.1k
David N. Spergel United States	70	27.0k 1.1×	17.1k 1.1×	3.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.5×	1.4k 1.1×	311	29.5k
E. L. Wright United States	56	22.8k 0.9×	13.0k 0.9×	2.6k 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	370	25.3k
A. V. Filippenko United States	84	41.5k 1.7×	18.6k 1.2×	4.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	618	42.4k
M. M. Phillips Chile	48	22.5k 0.9×	10.6k 0.7×	2.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	670 0.5×	220	23.2k
P. J. E. Peebles United States	58	19.6k 0.8×	11.0k 0.7×	2.9k 0.7×	2.4k 1.8×	704 0.5×	209	20.7k
R. D. Blandford United States	66	24.8k 1.0×	13.6k 0.9×	2.2k 0.6×	416 0.3×	1.6k 1.2×	303	26.2k
C. L. Bennett United States	43	19.0k 0.8×	12.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	548 0.4×	165	20.5k
Abraham Loeb United States	80	21.3k 0.8×	8.9k 0.6×	2.9k 0.7×	618 0.5×	922 0.7×	559	22.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Silk

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ferreras, Ignacio, Marina Trevisan, O. Lahav, R. R. de Carvalho, & Joseph Silk. (2025). Is velocity dispersion the major driver of stellar population properties over sub-galaxy scales? An SDSS MaNGA IFU study. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 540(1). 1069–1083.

Starkman, Glenn D., et al.. (2024). Extremal Kerr black hole dark matter from Hawking evaporation. Physical review. D. 109(10). 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Haowen, Peter Behroozi, Marta Volonteri, et al.. (2024). Trinity – III. Quasar luminosity functions decomposed by halo, galaxy, and black hole masses as well as Eddington ratios from z = 0–10. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 529(3). 2777–2793. 5 indexed citations

Silk, Joseph, et al.. (2024). Microlensing black hole shadows. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(4). 7440–7457.

Délos, M. & Joseph Silk. (2023). Ultradense dark matter haloes accompany primordial black holes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(3). 4370–4375. 14 indexed citations

Sharma, Sanjib, Joss Bland‐Hawthorn, Joseph Silk, & Céline Bœhm. (2023). Can radial motions in the stellar halo constrain the rate of change of mass in the Galaxy?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521(3). 4074–4084. 2 indexed citations

Decoene, Valentin, Kumiko Kotera, & Joseph Silk. (2021). Fast radio burst repeaters produced via Kozai-Lidov feeding of neutron stars in binary systems. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 5 indexed citations

JACKSON, R. A., Sugata Kaviraj, Garreth Martin, et al.. (2021). Dark matter-deficient dwarf galaxies form via tidal stripping of dark matter in interactions with massive companions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 502(2). 1785–1796. 45 indexed citations

Saha, Pankaj, et al.. (2021). Primordial black holes and secondary gravitational waves from ultraslow roll and punctuated inflation. Physical review. D. 103(8). 109 indexed citations

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Kaviraj, Sugata, Garreth Martin, & Joseph Silk. (2019). AGN in dwarf galaxies: frequency, triggering processes and the plausibility of AGN feedback. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 489(1). L12–L16. 46 indexed citations

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Naoz, Smadar & Joseph Silk. (2014). Formation of dark matter tori around supermassive black holes via the eccentric Kozai-Lidov mechanism. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 14 indexed citations

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Silk, Joseph, et al.. (2012). Jet interactions with a giant molecular cloud in the Galactic centre and ejection of hypervelocity stars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 12 indexed citations

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Kaviraj, Sugata, Julien Devriendt, Ignacio Ferreras, Sukyoung K. Yi, & Joseph Silk. (2009). Identifying the progenitor set of present-day early-type galaxies: a view from the standard model. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 10 indexed citations

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Douspis, M., Alain Blanchard, & Joseph Silk. (2001). Bias in matter power spectra?. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Sadat, R., B. Guiderdoni, & Joseph Silk. (2001). Cosmological history of stars and metals. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 6 indexed citations

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Martínez-González, E., R. B. Barreiro, J. M. Diego, et al.. (2000). Tests of Gaussianity of CMB Maps. CERN Bulletin. 37. 335. 2 indexed citations

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Sanz, J. L., R. B. Barreiro, L. Cayón, et al.. (1999). Analysis of CMB maps with 2D wavelets. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 11 indexed citations

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Chardonnet, P., P. Salati, Joseph Silk, I. A. Grenier, & George F. Smoot. (1994). The Gamma-ray Diffuse Background and Cerenkov Telescopes. The Astrophysical Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Silk, Joseph. (1974). Does the galaxy possess a gaseous halo. 6. 1. 1 indexed citations

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Ostriker, Jeremiah P., M. J. Rees, & Joseph Silk. (1970). Some Observable Consequences of Accretion by Defunct Pulsars. 6. 179. 4 indexed citations

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