Leigh C. Smith

1.7k total citations
65 papers, 982 citations indexed

About

Leigh C. Smith is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Leigh C. Smith has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 982 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 33 papers in Instrumentation and 8 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Leigh C. Smith's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (60 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (34 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (33 papers). Leigh C. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (60 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (34 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (33 papers). Leigh C. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Chile. Leigh C. Smith's co-authors include P. W. Lucas, Jason L. Sanders, N. W. Evans, D. Minniti, R. L. Smart, H. R. A. Jones, J. Borissova, Carlos Contreras Peña, R. Kurtev and Ortwin Gerhard 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

Leigh C. Smith

56 papers receiving 874 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leigh C. Smith United Kingdom 18 950 407 64 42 34 65 982
O. L. Creevey France 13 754 0.8× 391 1.0× 47 0.7× 43 1.0× 33 1.0× 31 771
T. Arentoft Denmark 18 991 1.0× 474 1.2× 54 0.8× 51 1.2× 39 1.1× 65 1.0k
D. Bossini Italy 16 1.1k 1.1× 668 1.6× 51 0.8× 27 0.6× 23 0.7× 35 1.1k
Sarah L. Martell Australia 21 1.2k 1.3× 643 1.6× 36 0.6× 20 0.5× 45 1.3× 67 1.2k
Mikkel N. Lund Denmark 19 944 1.0× 546 1.3× 46 0.7× 33 0.8× 18 0.5× 48 977
Jamie Tayar United States 17 1.1k 1.1× 492 1.2× 68 1.1× 32 0.8× 33 1.0× 49 1.1k
A. Sota Spain 19 1.1k 1.2× 490 1.2× 111 1.7× 26 0.6× 53 1.6× 53 1.2k
Christian Nıtschelm Chile 18 920 1.0× 377 0.9× 33 0.5× 22 0.5× 40 1.2× 55 959
S. L. Casewell United Kingdom 20 942 1.0× 346 0.9× 45 0.7× 72 1.7× 26 0.8× 89 974
Mattia Libralato United States 19 1.0k 1.1× 558 1.4× 63 1.0× 65 1.5× 34 1.0× 73 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leigh C. Smith

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Peña, Carlos Contreras, Jeong‐Eun Lee, Gregory J. Herczeg, et al.. (2025). “Oh FUors, Where Art Thou?”: A Search for Long-lasting Young Stellar Object Outbursts Hiding in Infrared Surveys. The Astrophysical Journal. 987(1). 23–23. 1 indexed citations
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Coldwell, Georgina, et al.. (2025). Enlightening the Universe behind the Milky Way bulge. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 698. A214–A214.
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Smith, Leigh C., P. W. Lucas, S. E. Koposov, et al.. (2024). VIRAC2: NIR astrometry and time series photometry for 500M+ stars from the VVV and VVVX surveys. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 536(4). 3707–3738. 5 indexed citations
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Schultheis, M., Mattia C. Sormani, Francesca Fragkoudi, et al.. (2024). Orbital analysis of stars in the nuclear stellar disc of the Milky Way. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 685. A93–A93. 6 indexed citations
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Sanders, Jason L., Daisuke Kawata, Noriyuki Matsunaga, et al.. (2024). The epoch of the Milky Way’s bar formation: dynamical modelling of Mira variables in the nuclear stellar disc. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 530(3). 2972–2993. 35 indexed citations
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Saito, R. K., D. Minniti, C. Cáceres, et al.. (2023). A benchmark white dwarf–ultracool dwarf wide field binary. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(4). 10737–10747. 1 indexed citations
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Saito, R. K., B. Stecklum, D. Minniti, et al.. (2023). VVV-WIT-12 and Its Fashionable Nebula: A 4 yr Long-period Young Stellar Object with a Light Echo?. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 958(1). L1–L1.
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Sormani, Mattia C., Jason L. Sanders, T. K. Fritz, et al.. (2022). Self-consistent modelling of the Milky Way's nuclear stellar disc. IrInSubria (University of Insubria). 55 indexed citations
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Sanders, Jason L., Leigh C. Smith, C. Gónzalez-Fernández, P. W. Lucas, & D. Minniti. (2022). The extinction law in the inner 3 × 3 deg² of the Milky Way and the red clump absolute magnitude in the inner bar-bulge. UCL Discovery (University College London). 17 indexed citations
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McGill, Peter, Jay Anderson, Stefano Casertano, et al.. (2022). First semi-empirical test of the white dwarf mass–radius relationship using a single white dwarf via astrometric microlensing. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(1). 259–280. 21 indexed citations
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Caselden, Dan, Aaron Meisner, Adam J. Burgasser, et al.. (2022). VVV J165507.19-421755.5: A Nearby T Dwarf Hidden in the Galactic Plane. Research Notes of the AAS. 6(9). 189–189. 2 indexed citations
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Everall, Andrew, et al.. (2021). Completeness of the Gaia-verse – IV. The astrometry spread function of Gaia DR2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 502(2). 1908–1924. 25 indexed citations
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Minniti, D., M. Gómez, Joyce Pullen, et al.. (2020). Impossible Survivors: New Star Cluster Candidates in the Galactic Bulge. Research Notes of the AAS. 4(12). 218–218. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Z. H., Adam J. Burgasser, & Leigh C. Smith. (2019). Primeval very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs – V. A halo L3 subdwarf with prograde eccentric orbit in the Galactic plane. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 486(2). 1840–1846. 4 indexed citations
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Saito, R. K., et al.. (2019). The asymptotic evolution of the stellar merger V1309 Sco: a Blue Straggler in the making?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 486(1). 1220–1224. 21 indexed citations
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Saito, R. K., D. Minniti, V. D. Ivanov, et al.. (2019). VVV-WIT-04: an extragalactic variable source caught by the VVV Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 490(1). 1171–1178. 4 indexed citations
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Kumar, M. S. N., Leigh C. Smith, P. W. Lucas, et al.. (2018). Photometric variability of massive young stellar objects. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 11 indexed citations
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Minniti, D., Edward F. Schlafly, T. Palma, et al.. (2018). Confirmation of a New Metal-poor Globular Cluster in the Galactic Bulge∗. The Astrophysical Journal. 866(1). 12–12. 14 indexed citations
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Smith, Leigh C., P. W. Lucas, R. Kurtev, et al.. (2017). VIRAC: the VVV Infrared Astrometric Catalogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 474(2). 1826–1849. 93 indexed citations
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Cardoso, C., Ben Burningham, R. L. Smart, et al.. (2015). 49 new T dwarfs identified using methane imaging. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 450(3). 2486–2499. 6 indexed citations

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