Leonidas A. Moustakas

21.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Leonidas A. Moustakas is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonidas A. Moustakas has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 54 papers in Instrumentation and 16 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Leonidas A. Moustakas's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (76 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (54 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (27 papers). Leonidas A. Moustakas is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (76 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (54 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (27 papers). Leonidas A. Moustakas collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Leonidas A. Moustakas's co-authors include Tommaso Treu, A. Bolton, L. V. E. Koopmans, Scott Burles, R. Gavazzi, James S. Bullock, Philip J. Marshall, Matthew W. Auger, Annika H. G. Peter and Miguel Rocha and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

Leonidas A. Moustakas

86 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Cosmological simulations with self-interacting dark matte... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2013 2010 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Cosmological simulations with self-interacting dark matter – I. Constant-density cores and substructure
    2013 517 citations James S. Bullock, Leonidas A. Moustakas et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  2. THE SLOAN LENS ACS SURVEY. X. STELLAR, DYNAMICAL, AND TOTAL MASS CORRELATIONS OF MASSIVE EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES
    2010 389 citations Matthew W. Auger, Tommaso Treu et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leonidas A. Moustakas United States 43 6.3k 3.1k 1.3k 767 182 90 6.5k
Shude Mao China 42 6.6k 1.0× 3.0k 1.0× 949 0.8× 590 0.8× 273 1.5× 226 6.8k
M. Nonino Italy 42 7.0k 1.1× 3.4k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 335 0.4× 159 0.9× 167 7.2k
R. Gavazzi France 35 4.7k 0.7× 2.5k 0.8× 635 0.5× 748 1.0× 135 0.7× 73 4.9k
Matthew W. Auger United States 40 5.0k 0.8× 2.2k 0.7× 862 0.7× 808 1.1× 131 0.7× 79 5.1k
Johan Richard France 56 8.1k 1.3× 3.6k 1.2× 1.2k 1.0× 735 1.0× 92 0.5× 245 8.3k
P. Rosati Germany 53 9.1k 1.4× 3.9k 1.3× 2.1k 1.7× 464 0.6× 237 1.3× 242 9.3k
S. Dye United Kingdom 33 4.7k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 669 0.5× 407 0.5× 114 0.6× 87 4.8k
L. Wisotzki Germany 50 7.4k 1.2× 3.6k 1.2× 1.0k 0.8× 458 0.6× 118 0.6× 189 7.6k
P. Capak United States 51 7.5k 1.2× 3.6k 1.2× 1.3k 1.0× 423 0.6× 242 1.3× 148 7.7k
H. C. Ford United States 49 7.6k 1.2× 3.1k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 429 0.6× 145 0.8× 203 7.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nadler, Ethan O., Vera Gluscevic, Risa H. Wechsler, et al.. (2024). Forecasts for Galaxy Formation and Dark Matter Constraints from Dwarf Galaxy Surveys. The Astrophysical Journal. 967(1). 61–61. 16 indexed citations
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Lazar, Alexandres, James S. Bullock, Anna Nierenberg, Leonidas A. Moustakas, & Michael Boylan-Kolchin. (2024). An analytic surface density profile for ΛCDM haloes and gravitational lensing studies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(1). 444–458. 2 indexed citations
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Gültekin, Kayhan, Sarah Burke-Spolaor, Tod R. Lauer, et al.. (2021). Chandra Observations of Abell 2261 Brightest Cluster Galaxy, a Candidate Host to a Recoiling Black Hole. The Astrophysical Journal. 906(1). 48–48. 7 indexed citations
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Lazar, Alexandres, James S. Bullock, Michael Boylan-Kolchin, et al.. (2021). Out of sight, out of mind? The impact of correlated clustering in substructure lensing. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 502(4). 6064–6079. 8 indexed citations
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Siegel, Seth R., Jack Sayers, Andisheh Mahdavi, et al.. (2018). Constraints on the Mass, Concentration, and Nonthermal Pressure Support of Six CLASH Clusters from a Joint Analysis of X-Ray, SZ, and Lensing Data. The Astrophysical Journal. 861(1). 71–71. 16 indexed citations
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Boroson, Todd A., Leonidas A. Moustakas, A. Romero‐Wolf, & C. McCully. (2016). Using the LCOGT Network To Measure a High-Precision Time Delay in the Four-Image Gravitational Lens HE0435-1223. 227. 1 indexed citations
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Stewart, Kyle R., Alyson Brooks, James S. Bullock, et al.. (2013). Angular momentum acquisition in galaxy halos. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 118 indexed citations
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Sayers, Jack, Tony Mroczkowski, Nicole G. Czakon, et al.. (2013). THE CONTRIBUTION OF RADIO GALAXY CONTAMINATION TO MEASUREMENTS OF THE SUNYAEV-ZEL'DOVICH DECREMENT IN MASSIVE GALAXY CLUSTERS AT 140 GHz WITH BOLOCAM. The Astrophysical Journal. 764(2). 152–152. 16 indexed citations
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Moustakas, Leonidas A.. (2012). The Master Lens Database and The Orphan Lenses Project. 12833. 5 indexed citations
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Merten, Julian, Dan Coe, Renato A. Dupke, et al.. (2011). Creation of cosmic structure in the complex galaxy cluster merger Abell 2744. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 417(1). 333–347. 150 indexed citations
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Comerford, Julia M., Leonidas A. Moustakas, & Priyamvada Natarajan. (2010). OBSERVED SCALING RELATIONS FOR STRONG LENSING CLUSTERS: CONSEQUENCES FOR COSMOLOGY AND CLUSTER ASSEMBLY. The Astrophysical Journal. 715(1). 162–171. 7 indexed citations
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Coppi, P., L. Bassani, R. Della Ceca, et al.. (2009). Lifting the Veil on the Black Hole-Galaxy Connection: Opportunities for 2010-2020. 2010. 55. 1 indexed citations
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Koopmans, L. V. E., A. Bolton, Tommaso Treu, et al.. (2009). THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF MASSIVE EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES: ON HOMOLOGY, ISOTHERMALITY, AND ISOTROPY INSIDE ONE EFFECTIVE RADIUS. The Astrophysical Journal. 703(1). L51–L54. 242 indexed citations
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Surace, J., et al.. (2009). A PILOT SEARCH FOR POPULATION III SUPERNOVA CANDIDATES IN THE SPITZER /IRAC DARK FIELD. The Astrophysical Journal. 698(1). L68–L71. 9 indexed citations
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Bolton, A., Tommaso Treu, L. V. E. Koopmans, et al.. (2008). The Sloan Lens ACS Survey. VII. Elliptical Galaxy Scaling Laws from Direct Observational Mass Measurements. The Astrophysical Journal. 684(1). 248–259. 126 indexed citations
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Gavazzi, R., Tommaso Treu, Jason Rhodes, et al.. (2007). The Sloan Lens ACS Survey. IV. The Mass Density Profile of Early‐Type Galaxies out to 100 Effective Radii. The Astrophysical Journal. 667(1). 176–190. 285 indexed citations
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Marshall, Philip J., Leonidas A. Moustakas, David W. Hogg, et al.. (2005). An Automated Search for Gravitational Lenses in the HST Imaging Archive. AAS. 207.
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Simmons, Brooke, C. M. Urry, Swara Ravindranath, et al.. (2004). Morphological Simulations of GOODS AGN Host Galaxies. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 205. 1 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Emily, Paul Allen, Gavin Dalton, et al.. (2004). The Oxford-Dartmouth Thirty Degree Survey - I. Observations and calibration of a wide-field multiband survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 352(4). 1255–1272. 11 indexed citations
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Frye, Brenda, Jill Bechtold, Leonidas A. Moustakas, & A. Dobrzycki. (1993). Absorption spectra of Q 0000 - 263 and 1442 + 101. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 263(3). 575–588. 4 indexed citations

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