Laura L. Watkins

9.6k total citations
45 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Laura L. Watkins is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura L. Watkins has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 17 papers in Instrumentation and 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Laura L. Watkins's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (33 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (18 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (18 papers). Laura L. Watkins is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (33 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (18 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (18 papers). Laura L. Watkins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Laura L. Watkins's co-authors include Roeland P. van der Marel, N. W. Evans, Andrea Bellini, J. An, Glenn van de Ven, Jay Anderson, Gurtina Besla, Chervin F. P. Laporte, Facundo A. Gómez and Paolo Bianchini 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

Laura L. Watkins

37 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Laura L. Watkins United States 20 1.4k 667 105 61 35 45 1.4k
Enrico M. Di Teodoro United States 20 1.2k 0.9× 507 0.8× 162 1.5× 57 0.9× 48 1.4× 43 1.3k
Sangmo Tony Sohn United States 22 1.8k 1.3× 848 1.3× 234 2.2× 49 0.8× 24 0.7× 54 1.8k
Antonino Marasco Italy 25 1.4k 1.0× 553 0.8× 207 2.0× 69 1.1× 46 1.3× 53 1.4k
Nitya Kallivayalil United States 18 1.8k 1.3× 817 1.2× 143 1.4× 44 0.7× 49 1.4× 49 1.8k
M. López‐Corredoira Spain 24 1.6k 1.2× 617 0.9× 186 1.8× 34 0.6× 49 1.4× 93 1.6k
R. Drimmel Italy 15 1.4k 1.0× 606 0.9× 69 0.7× 36 0.6× 78 2.2× 39 1.5k
M. Fellhauer Chile 22 1.5k 1.1× 579 0.9× 133 1.3× 32 0.5× 21 0.6× 57 1.5k
Jieun Choi United States 8 1.8k 1.3× 862 1.3× 58 0.6× 37 0.6× 66 1.9× 12 1.9k
M. Odenkirchen Germany 17 1.8k 1.3× 815 1.2× 95 0.9× 42 0.7× 62 1.8× 34 1.8k
M. Dall’Ora Italy 24 1.4k 1.0× 629 0.9× 128 1.2× 97 1.6× 73 2.1× 89 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laura L. Watkins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura L. Watkins

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All Works

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Marel, Roeland P. van der, Sangmo Tony Sohn, Jorge Peñarrubia, et al.. (2026). HSTPROMO Internal Proper-motion Kinematics of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies. II. Velocity Anisotropy and Dark Matter Cusp Slope of Sculptor. The Astrophysical Journal. 998(2). 206–206.
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Bennet, Paul, Ekta Patel, Sangmo Tony Sohn, et al.. (2025). The Orbits of Isolated Dwarfs in the Local Group from New 3D Kinematics: Constraints on First Infall, Backsplash, and Quenching Mechanisms. The Astrophysical Journal. 993(2). 228–228.
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McKinnon, Kevin, Andrés del Pino, Constance M. Rockosi, et al.. (2024). BP3M: Bayesian Positions, Parallaxes, and Proper Motions Derived from the Hubble Space Telescope and Gaia Data. The Astrophysical Journal. 972(2). 150–150. 3 indexed citations
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Marel, Roeland P. van der, Sangmo Tony Sohn, Mattia Libralato, et al.. (2024). HSTPROMO Internal Proper-motion Kinematics of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies. I. Velocity Anisotropy and Dark Matter Cusp Slope of Draco. The Astrophysical Journal. 970(1). 1–1. 8 indexed citations
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Watkins, Laura L., Roeland P. van der Marel, & Paul Bennet. (2024). The Mass of the Large Magellanic Cloud from the Three-dimensional Kinematics of Its Globular Clusters. The Astrophysical Journal. 963(2). 84–84. 17 indexed citations
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Bennet, Paul, Ekta Patel, Sangmo Tony Sohn, et al.. (2024). Proper Motions and Orbits of Distant Local Group Dwarf Galaxies from a Combination of Gaia and Hubble Data. The Astrophysical Journal. 971(1). 98–98. 11 indexed citations
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Ven, Glenn van de, et al.. (2023). Total mass slopes and enclosed mass constrained by globular cluster system dynamics. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 681. A46–A46. 1 indexed citations
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Wan, Zhen, William H. Oliver, Geraint F. Lewis, et al.. (2022). Dynamics in the outskirts of four Milky Way globular clusters: it’s the tides that dominate. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(1). 192–207. 9 indexed citations
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Bennet, Paul, et al.. (2022). Kinematic Structure of the Large Magellanic Cloud Globular Cluster System from Gaia eDR3 and Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motions. The Astrophysical Journal. 935(2). 149–149. 14 indexed citations
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Libralato, Mattia, Andrea Bellini, Laura L. Watkins, et al.. (2021). Hunting for intermediate-mass black holes in globular clusters: an astrometric study of NGC 6441. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 503(1). 1490–1506. 13 indexed citations
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Pino, Andrés del, et al.. (2021). Internal rotation of Milky Way dwarf spheroidal satellites with Gaia Early Data Release 3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 505(4). 5884–5895. 22 indexed citations
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Read, Justin I., G. A. Mamon, Eugene Vasiliev, et al.. (2020). Breaking beta: a comparison of mass modelling methods for spherical systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 501(1). 978–993. 29 indexed citations
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Watkins, Laura L., Roeland P. van der Marel, Andrea Bellini, Mattia Libralato, & Jay Anderson. (2019). Imprints of evolution on the internal kinematics of Globular Clusters. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 14(S351). 544–548. 1 indexed citations
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Garavito-Camargo, Nicolás, Gurtina Besla, Chervin F. P. Laporte, et al.. (2019). Hunting for the Dark Matter Wake Induced by the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Astrophysical Journal. 884(1). 51–51. 134 indexed citations
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Kamann, Sebastian, E. Dalessandro, N. Bastian, et al.. (2019). The peculiar kinematics of the multiple populations in the globular cluster Messier 80 (NGC 6093). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492(1). 966–977. 19 indexed citations
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Hénault-Brunet, V., Mark Gieles, A. Sollima, et al.. (2018). Mass modelling globular clusters in theGaiaera: a method comparison using mock data from anN-body simulation of M 4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 483(1). 1400–1425. 30 indexed citations
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Sohn, Sangmo Tony, Laura L. Watkins, Mark A. Fardal, et al.. (2018). Absolute Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motion (HSTPROMO) of Distant Milky Way Globular Clusters: Galactocentric Space Velocities and the Milky Way Mass. The Astrophysical Journal. 862(1). 52–52. 49 indexed citations
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Bellini, Andrea, Paolo Bianchini, Anna Lisa Varri, et al.. (2017). Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motion (HSTPROMO) Catalogs of Galactic Globular Clusters. V. The Rapid Rotation of 47 Tuc Traced and Modeled in Three Dimensions*. The Astrophysical Journal. 844(2). 167–167. 52 indexed citations
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Watkins, Laura L., Roeland P. van der Marel, Andrea Bellini, & Jay Anderson. (2015). HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPEPROPER MOTION (HSTPROMO) CATALOGS OF GALACTIC GLOBULAR CLUSTERS. II. KINEMATIC PROFILES AND MAPS. The Astrophysical Journal. 803(1). 29–29. 100 indexed citations

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