Juhan Frank

7.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
64 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Juhan Frank is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Juhan Frank has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 10 papers in Geophysics and 8 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Juhan Frank's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (30 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (23 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (16 papers). Juhan Frank is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (30 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (23 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (16 papers). Juhan Frank collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Juhan Frank's co-authors include A. R. King, Derek Raine, J. Shaham, Mitchell C. Begelman, Isaac Shlosman, M. J. Rees, Andrew P. King, W. J. Duschl, H. G. Ritter and Patrick M. Motl and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Juhan Frank

62 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Accretion Power in Astrophysics 1986 2026 1999 2012 2002 1986 1989 2002 400 800 1.2k
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. Accretion Power in Astrophysics
    2002 1.5k citations Juhan Frank, A. R. King et al. profile →
  2. Accretion Power in Astrophysics
    1986 950 citations Juhan Frank, A. R. King et al. Physics Today profile →
  3. Bars within bars: a mechanism for fuelling active galactic nuclei
    1989 409 citations Isaac Shlosman, Juhan Frank et al. Nature profile →
  4. Accretion Power in Astrophysics: Third Edition
    2002 342 citations Juhan Frank, Andrew P. King et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Juhan Frank United States 19 4.4k 789 534 355 343 64 4.5k
Shin Mineshige Japan 31 4.3k 1.0× 1.4k 1.8× 493 0.9× 131 0.4× 261 0.8× 177 4.5k
B. Czerny Poland 30 3.8k 0.9× 1.3k 1.6× 303 0.6× 253 0.7× 255 0.7× 174 3.9k
S. Gillessen Germany 32 4.3k 1.0× 1.2k 1.6× 208 0.4× 615 1.7× 236 0.7× 96 4.5k
M. Gilfanov Russia 37 5.0k 1.1× 2.0k 2.5× 381 0.7× 326 0.9× 276 0.8× 275 5.1k
Yoshihiro Ueda Japan 39 5.6k 1.3× 2.1k 2.6× 267 0.5× 835 2.4× 347 1.0× 186 5.8k
A. M. Ghez United States 46 7.2k 1.6× 1.1k 1.4× 203 0.4× 831 2.3× 223 0.7× 197 7.4k
F. Eisenhauer Germany 35 4.4k 1.0× 1.0k 1.3× 141 0.3× 818 2.3× 209 0.6× 94 4.6k
G. Ponti Italy 34 4.6k 1.0× 1.8k 2.3× 330 0.6× 188 0.5× 489 1.4× 190 4.7k
Francesco Haardt Italy 41 6.7k 1.5× 2.1k 2.7× 172 0.3× 865 2.4× 247 0.7× 114 6.8k
Felix J. Lockman United States 31 5.4k 1.2× 2.1k 2.6× 154 0.3× 366 1.0× 112 0.3× 107 5.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Juhan Frank

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Juhan Frank

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Juhan Frank. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Juhan Frank based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Juhan Frank. Juhan Frank is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chatzopoulos, E., et al.. (2024). Betelgeuse as a Merger of a Massive Star with aCompanion. The Astrophysical Journal. 962(2). 168–168. 5 indexed citations
2.
Marco, Orsola De, Patrick M. Motl, Juhan Frank, et al.. (2024). Hydrodynamic simulations of white dwarf–white dwarf mergers and the origin of R Coronae Borealis stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 535(2). 1914–1943. 1 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Bradley E., D. Boyd, Geoffrey C. Clayton, et al.. (2019). Precise measures of orbital period, before and after nova eruption for QZ Aurigae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 487(1). 1120–1139. 11 indexed citations
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Chatzopoulos, E., et al.. (2019). Evolving R Coronae Borealis stars with mesa. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 488(1). 438–450. 18 indexed citations
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Clayton, Geoffrey C., et al.. (2017). Numerical Simulations of Close and Contact Binary Systems Having Bipolytropic Equation of State. AAS. 229. 3 indexed citations
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Motl, Patrick M., et al.. (2016). A numerical method for generating rapidly rotating bipolytropic structures in equilibrium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 462(2). 2237–2245. 12 indexed citations
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Motl, Patrick M., et al.. (2013). Numerical Simulations of the Onset and Stability of Dynamical Mass transfer in Binaries. 37 indexed citations
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Frank, Juhan, et al.. (2009). STATE TRANSITIONS IN LOW-MASS X-RAY BINARIES. The Astrophysical Journal. 704(1). 25–37. 4 indexed citations
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Motl, Patrick M., Joel E. Tohline, & Juhan Frank. (2006). Angular Momentum Transport in Double White Dwarf Binaries. AIP conference proceedings. 873. 422–428. 1 indexed citations
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Frank, Juhan, Andrew P. King, & Derek Raine. (2002). Accretion Power in Astrophysics: Third Edition. 398. 342 indexed citations breakdown →
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King, A. R., Juhan Frank, & R. Whitehurst. (1990). Synchronous rotation in AM Herculis systems-I. Equilibrium configurations.. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 244(4). 731–737. 16 indexed citations
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Shlosman, Isaac, Mitchell C. Begelman, & Juhan Frank. (1990). The fuelling of active galactic nuclei. Nature. 345(6277). 679–686. 285 indexed citations
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Duschl, W. J., et al.. (1989). Theory of Accretion Disks. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 104 indexed citations
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Frank, Juhan, A. R. King, & J. P. Lasota. (1987). The light curves of low-mass X-ray binaries.. 178. 137–142. 7 indexed citations
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Frank, Juhan, et al.. (1986). Accretion Power in Astrophysics. Physics Today. 39(10). 124–126. 950 indexed citations breakdown →
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Frank, Juhan & A. R. King. (1984). Column accretion onto white dwarfs: non-local electron transport and the soft X-ray excess. 134(2). 328–332. 3 indexed citations
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Jameson, R. F., et al.. (1982). UV observations of TT Arietis and the magnetic rotator hypothesis. Nature. 300(5888). 152–155. 16 indexed citations
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Frank, Juhan, et al.. (1981). Infrared and optical light curves of UX Ursae Majoris and U Geminorum. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 195(3). 505–516. 8 indexed citations
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Frank, Juhan & A. R. King. (1981). The sizes and edge temperatures of optically thick accretion discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 196(3). 507–515. 1 indexed citations
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Frank, Juhan. (1976). Supermassive black holes dethroned. Observatory. 96. 198–200. 4 indexed citations

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