L. J. Greenhill

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

L. J. Greenhill is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, L. J. Greenhill has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 25 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 9 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in L. J. Greenhill's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (49 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (36 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (35 papers). L. J. Greenhill is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (49 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (36 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (35 papers). L. J. Greenhill collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. L. J. Greenhill's co-authors include J. M. Moran, J. R. Herrnstein, Naomasa Nakai, P. J. Diamond, Makoto Miyoshi, Makoto Inoue, C. Henkel, C. R. Gwinn, M. J. Reid and W. C. Danchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

L. J. Greenhill

81 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Evidence for a black hole... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 1999 100 200 300 400 500
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. Evidence for a black hole from high rotation velocities in a sub-parsec region of NGC4258
    1995 559 citations J. M. Moran, J. R. Herrnstein et al. profile →
  2. A geometric distance to the galaxy NGC4258 from orbital motions in a nuclear gas disk
    1999 238 citations J. R. Herrnstein, J. M. Moran 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
L. J. Greenhill United States 32 3.3k 1.0k 324 244 138 88 3.4k
Tim Jenness United States 21 2.7k 0.8× 506 0.5× 659 2.0× 250 1.0× 136 1.0× 116 2.8k
R. Srianand India 38 4.4k 1.3× 997 1.0× 667 2.1× 153 0.6× 268 1.9× 192 4.6k
M. C. H. Wright United States 29 3.0k 0.9× 831 0.8× 194 0.6× 619 2.5× 206 1.5× 142 3.1k
C. J. Lonsdale United States 28 2.6k 0.8× 826 0.8× 499 1.5× 178 0.7× 121 0.9× 128 2.7k
J. E. Carlstrom United States 36 4.3k 1.3× 1.4k 1.4× 435 1.3× 530 2.2× 266 1.9× 109 4.4k
Nissim Kanekar India 30 2.2k 0.7× 739 0.7× 345 1.1× 131 0.5× 170 1.2× 102 2.4k
P. Petitjean France 41 4.2k 1.3× 928 0.9× 751 2.3× 168 0.7× 375 2.7× 148 4.5k
N. M. McClure‐Griffiths Australia 34 4.3k 1.3× 1.7k 1.6× 208 0.6× 246 1.0× 138 1.0× 140 4.6k
P. Bunclark United Kingdom 7 2.9k 0.9× 644 0.6× 711 2.2× 101 0.4× 120 0.9× 21 3.0k
C. Ledoux Chile 45 4.7k 1.5× 724 0.7× 826 2.5× 126 0.5× 218 1.6× 165 4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by L. J. Greenhill

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Fields of papers citing papers by L. J. Greenhill

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. J. Greenhill

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Monnier, John D., Yinuo Han, M. F. Corcoran, et al.. (2025). Revealing the Accelerating Wind in the Inner Region of Colliding-wind Binary WR 112. The Astronomical Journal. 170(4). 218–218.
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Cranmer, Miles, Benjamin R. Barsdell, Danny C. Price, et al.. (2017). Bifrost: A Python/C++ Framework for High-Throughput Stream Processing in Astronomy. Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation. 6(4). 27 indexed citations
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Hallinan, Gregg, S. Bourke, Michael Eastwood, et al.. (2015). Monitoring All the Sky All the Time with the Owens Valley Long Wavelength Array. 225. 3 indexed citations
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Greenhill, L. J., et al.. (2014). The Cosmological Dark Age and High-throughput Real-time Computing (LEDA). 2. 10301. 1 indexed citations
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Greenhill, L. J., et al.. (2012). Masers in AGN environments. 1 indexed citations
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Reid, M. J., J. A. Braatz, J. J. Condon, et al.. (2009). The megamaser cosmology project. I. very long baseline interferometric observations of UGC 3789. The Astrophysical Journal. 695(1). 287–291. 74 indexed citations
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Reid, M. J., L. J. Greenhill, J. J. Condon, et al.. (2008). Investigating Dark Energy with Observations of H 2 O Megamasers. 395. 103. 1 indexed citations
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Schneps, M. H., et al.. (2007). Dyslexia and Astronomy. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 211. 1 indexed citations
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Pellegrini, Silvia, Aneta Siemiginowska, G. Fabbiano, et al.. (2007). A DeepChandra, Very Large Array, andSpitzerInfrared Array Camera Study of the Very Low Luminosity Nucleus of the Elliptical NGC 821. The Astrophysical Journal. 667(2). 749–759. 22 indexed citations
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Greenhill, L. J., et al.. (2005). Parsec-Scale Water Maser Structure in TXS 2226-184. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 340. 235. 1 indexed citations
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Henkel, C., J. A. Braatz, A. Tarchi, et al.. (2005). H_2O Megamasers: Accretion Disks, Jet Interaction, Outflows or Massive Star Formation?. Astrophysics and Space Science. 295(1-2). 107–116. 13 indexed citations
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Brunthaler, A., M. J. Reid, H. Falcke, L. J. Greenhill, & C. Henkel. (2005). The Geometric Distance and Proper Motion of the Triangulum Galaxy (M33). Science. 307(5714). 1440–1443. 88 indexed citations
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Madejski, G., Chris Done, P. T. Życki, & L. J. Greenhill. (2005). X‐Ray Emission from Megamaser Galaxy IC 2560. The Astrophysical Journal. 636(1). 75–82. 18 indexed citations
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Greenhill, L. J., M. J. Reid, C. J. Chandler, P. J. Diamond, & Moshe Elitzur. (2004). The Most Detailed Picture Yet of an Embedded High Mass YSO. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 221. 155–160. 13 indexed citations
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Henkel, C., J. A. Braatz, L. J. Greenhill, & A. S. Wilson. (2002). Discovery of water vapor megamaser emission from Mrk 1419 (NGC 2960):\n An analogue of NGC 4258?. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 26 indexed citations
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Ransom, S. M., L. J. Greenhill, J. R. Herrnstein, et al.. (2001). A Binary Millisecond Pulsar in Globular Cluster NGC 6544. The Astrophysical Journal. 546(1). L25–L28. 24 indexed citations
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Argon, A. L., L. J. Greenhill, J. M. Moran, M. J. Reid, & K. M. Menten. (1998). Proper Motions and the Distance to a Water Vapor Maser in the Galaxy M33. International Astronomical Union Colloquium. 164. 235–236. 2 indexed citations
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Trotter, A., J. M. Moran, & L. J. Greenhill. (1998). Water Maser Emission and the Parsec–Scale Jet in NGC 3079. International Astronomical Union Colloquium. 164. 239–240.
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Greenhill, L. J., C. Henkel, R. H. Becker, T. L. Wilson, & J. G. A. Wouterloot. (1995). Centripetal acceleration within the subparsec nuclear maser disk of NGC4258.. A&A. 304. 21. 3 indexed citations
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Greenhill, L. J., J. M. Moran, M. J. Reid, et al.. (1990). First images of water vapor masers in the galaxy M33. The Astrophysical Journal. 364. 513–513. 22 indexed citations

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