L. Zappacosta

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

L. Zappacosta is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Zappacosta has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 19 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 9 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in L. Zappacosta's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (51 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (40 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (19 papers). L. Zappacosta is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (51 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (40 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (19 papers). L. Zappacosta collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. L. Zappacosta's co-authors include David A. Buote, Philip J. Humphrey, F. Gastaldello, F. Fiore, E. Piconcelli, R. Maiolino, Fabrizio Brighenti, William G. Mathews, James S. Bullock and A. Bongiorno and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

In The Last Decade

L. Zappacosta

52 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

AGN wind scaling relations and the co-evolution of black ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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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.

  1. AGN wind scaling relations and the co-evolution of black holes and galaxies
    2017 347 citations F. Fiore, C. Feruglio et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics 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. Zappacosta Italy 22 1.7k 595 410 37 28 54 1.8k
Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo Canada 22 1.2k 0.7× 390 0.7× 284 0.7× 40 1.1× 22 0.8× 67 1.3k
Fabrizio Arrigoni Battaia Germany 19 1.2k 0.7× 388 0.7× 387 0.9× 31 0.8× 38 1.4× 55 1.2k
N. Cappelluti United States 28 2.0k 1.2× 721 1.2× 563 1.4× 51 1.4× 22 0.8× 90 2.1k
Dominika Wylezalek Germany 23 1.8k 1.1× 394 0.7× 744 1.8× 29 0.8× 34 1.2× 88 1.9k
Y. Krongold Mexico 22 1.4k 0.8× 546 0.9× 213 0.5× 64 1.7× 28 1.0× 77 1.5k
Daniel J. Whalen United States 23 1.6k 0.9× 429 0.7× 287 0.7× 38 1.0× 14 0.5× 62 1.7k
Simonetta Puccetti Italy 22 1.3k 0.8× 526 0.9× 251 0.6× 36 1.0× 18 0.6× 51 1.4k
M. Villar-Martı́n Spain 26 1.9k 1.1× 586 1.0× 506 1.2× 28 0.8× 34 1.2× 99 2.0k
Henrique R. Schmitt United States 23 1.4k 0.8× 288 0.5× 462 1.1× 33 0.9× 32 1.1× 57 1.5k
Davidé Martizzi United States 19 1.3k 0.8× 332 0.6× 466 1.1× 32 0.9× 26 0.9× 31 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by L. Zappacosta

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Fields of papers citing papers by L. Zappacosta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. Zappacosta

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of L. Zappacosta. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of L. Zappacosta 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 L. Zappacosta. L. Zappacosta 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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Salvestrini, Francesco, C. Feruglio, Fabio Fontanot, et al.. (2025). Molecular gas and dust properties in z > 7 quasar hosts. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 695. A23–A23. 4 indexed citations
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Vietri, G., Paola Rodríguez Hidalgo, L. Zappacosta, et al.. (2025). An extremely high-velocity outflow in SMSS J2157-3602, the most luminous quasar in the first 1.3 Gyr. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 704. A166–A166.
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Zappacosta, L., M. Ginolfi, F. Ricci, et al.. (2025). A deep X-ray look to the most obscured quasar at z   ∼  3.6 and its environment. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 705. A90–A90.
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Laurenti, Marco, Francesco Tombesi, F. Vagnetti, et al.. (2024). Investigating the nuclear properties of highly accreting active galactic nuclei with XMM-Newton. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 689. A337–A337. 3 indexed citations
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Scholtz, Jan, R. Maiolino, Stefano Carniani, et al.. (2023). HYPERION. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 682. A54–A54. 3 indexed citations
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Feruglio, C., F. Kemper, F. Civano, et al.. (2023). Accurate Dust Temperature and Star Formation Rate in the Most Luminous z > 6 Quasar in the Hyperluminous Quasars at the Epoch of Reionization (HYPERION) Sample. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 946(2). L45–L45. 8 indexed citations
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Nicastro, F., Y. Krongold, Taotao Fang, et al.. (2023). X-Ray Detection of the Galaxy’s Missing Baryons in the Circumgalactic Medium of L* Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 955(1). L21–L21. 9 indexed citations
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Feruglio, C., Umberto Maio, J. M. Winters, et al.. (2023). First Constraints on Dense Molecular Gas at z = 7.5149 from the Quasar Pōniuā‘ena. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 954(1). L10–L10. 5 indexed citations
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Luminari, A., F. Nicastro, M. Elvis, et al.. (2021). Speed limits for radiation-driven SMBH winds. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 12 indexed citations
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Luminari, A., Francesco Tombesi, E. Piconcelli, et al.. (2020). The importance of special relativistic effects in modelling ultra-fast outflows. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations
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Travascio, A., L. Zappacosta, Sebastiano Cantalupo, et al.. (2020). The WISSH quasars project: VIII. Outflows and metals in the circum-galactic medium around the hyper-luminous z ∼ 3.6 quasar J1538+08. arXiv (Cornell University). 26 indexed citations
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Zappacosta, L., E. Piconcelli, M. Giustini, et al.. (2020). The WISSH quasars project. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 635. L5–L5. 5 indexed citations
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Travascio, A., L. Zappacosta, Sebastiano Cantalupo, et al.. (2020). The WISSH quasars project - VIII. Outflows and metals in the circum-galactic medium around the hyper-luminous z  ∼  3.6 quasar J1538+08. ArTS Archivio della ricerca di Trieste (University of Trieste https://www.units.it/). 6 indexed citations
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Bischetti, M., E. Piconcelli, C. Feruglio, et al.. (2019). The gentle monster PDS 456. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 628. A118–A118. 54 indexed citations
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Bischetti, M., E. Piconcelli, C. Feruglio, et al.. (2018). The WISSH quasars project. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 617. A82–A82. 18 indexed citations
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Gallerani, S., L. Zappacosta, E. Piconcelli, et al.. (2017). X-ray spectroscopy of the z = 6.4 quasar SDSS J1148+5251. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 467(3). 3590–3597. 15 indexed citations
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Lamastra, A., F. Fiore, D. Guetta, et al.. (2016). Galactic outflow driven by the active nucleus and the origin of the gamma-ray emission in NGC 1068. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 33 indexed citations
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Feruglio, C., F. Fiore, Stefano Carniani, et al.. (2015). The multi-phase winds of Markarian 231: from the hot, nuclear, ultra-fast wind to the galaxy-scale, molecular outflow. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 108 indexed citations
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Feruglio, C., A. Bongiorno, F. Fiore, et al.. (2014). Gas reservoir of a hyper-luminous quasar atz= 2.6. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 565. A91–A91. 13 indexed citations
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Zappacosta, L., F. Mannucci, R. Maiolino, et al.. (2002). Warm-hot intergalactic baryons revealed. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 30 indexed citations

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