Luis A. Núñez

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Luis A. Núñez is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, Luis A. Núñez has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 31 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 17 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in Luis A. Núñez's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (28 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (17 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (12 papers). Luis A. Núñez is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (28 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (17 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (12 papers). Luis A. Núñez collaborates with scholars based in Venezuela, Colombia and Spain. Luis A. Núñez's co-authors include Héctor Hernández, H. Abreu, L. Herrera, Miguel A. Herrero, Juan Carlos López Alfonso, H. Asorey, Guillermo González, Alberto Patiño-Vanegas, Dirk Drasdo and Nick Jagiella and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Luis A. Núñez

91 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Sound speeds, cracking and the stability of self-gravitat... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 200 400 600
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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. Sound speeds, cracking and the stability of self-gravitating anisotropic compact objects
    2007 638 citations Luis A. Núñez et al. profile →

Peers

Luis A. Núñez
M. Castellano Italy
D. Whiteson United States
Robert J. Nemiroff United States
Weiqun Zhang United States
R. J. Hanisch United States
T. Villela Brazil
C. Hansen United States
B. Hoyle Germany
V. S. Dhillon United Kingdom
Ernest Anderson United States
M. Castellano Italy
Luis A. Núñez
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luis A. Núñez

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Núñez, Luis A., et al.. (2024). MUYSC: an end-to-end muography simulation toolbox. Geophysical Journal International. 237(1). 540–556. 1 indexed citations
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Becerra, L., et al.. (2023). The physical acceptability conditions and the strategies to obtain anisotropic compact objects. The European Physical Journal C. 83(11). 4 indexed citations
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Sierra-Porta, D., et al.. (2023). Linking PM10 and PM2.5 Pollution Concentration through Tree Coverage in Urban Areas. CLEAN - Soil Air Water. 51(5). 4 indexed citations
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Miranda, David A., et al.. (2022). Modelo de presencialidad remota para Física I, II y III. 1 indexed citations
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Asorey, H., et al.. (2018). Hardware-level calibration of the Chitaga Water Cherenkov Detector in the GUANE array for space weather study. Scientia et technica. 23(4). 563–568. 3 indexed citations
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Asorey, H., Luis A. Núñez, & Mauricio Suárez‐Durán. (2018). Preliminary Results From the Latin American Giant Observatory Space Weather Simulation Chain. Space Weather. 16(5). 461–475. 20 indexed citations
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Asorey, H., Luis A. Núñez, Jose Sanabria Gomez, et al.. (2017). Astroparticle Techniques: Colombia Active Volcano Candidates for Muon Telescope Observation Sites. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 49. 54–54. 1 indexed citations
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Asorey, H., et al.. (2017). Muon Telescope (MuTe): A first study using Geant4. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 49. 144. 1 indexed citations
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Núñez, Luis A., et al.. (2016). Data Accessibility, Reproducibility and Trustworthiness with LAGO Data Repositories. Proceedings of The 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2015). 672–672. 3 indexed citations
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Suárez‐Durán, Mauricio, et al.. (2016). The LAGO Space Weather Program: Directional Geomagnetic Effects, Background Fluence Calculations and Multi-Spectral Data Anal. Proceedings of The 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2015). 142–142. 12 indexed citations
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Sarmiento‐Cano, C., et al.. (2016). Analysis of Background Cosmic Ray Rate in the 2010-2012 Period from the LAGO-Chacaltaya Detectors. Proceedings of The 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2015). 414–414. 5 indexed citations
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Alfonso, Juan Carlos López, Nick Jagiella, Luis A. Núñez, Miguel A. Herrero, & Dirk Drasdo. (2014). Estimating Dose Painting Effects in Radiotherapy: A Mathematical Model. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e89380–e89380. 53 indexed citations
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Núñez, Luis A., et al.. (2014). Segmentación de volúmenes tumorales en imágenes PET mediante un método iterativo basado en valor umbral. Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular. 33(6). 331–339. 2 indexed citations
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González‐Castaño, Diego M., F. Gómez, Luis A. Núñez, et al.. (2012). Correction factors for A1SL ionization chamber dosimetry in TomoTherapy: Machine‐specific, plan‐class, and clinical fields. Medical Physics. 39(4). 1964–1970. 23 indexed citations
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Escudero, María del Mar Espinosa, et al.. (2011). Postal dosimetry audit test for small photon beams. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 102(1). 135–141. 10 indexed citations
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Núñez, Luis A., et al.. (2008). Desarrollo de la red bioclimática del estado mérida, Venezuela: Estrategias de captura, manejo y preservación de datos ambientales. Interciencia. 33(11). 795–801. 1 indexed citations
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Núñez, Luis A., et al.. (2006). Nonlocal equation of state in anisotropic static fluid spheres in general relativity. Actualidad Contable FACES. 34 indexed citations
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Núñez, Luis A.. (2006). Soluciones conformemente planas con ecuación de estado no local. Revista Mexicana de Física. 52(3). 112–115. 2 indexed citations
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Núñez, Luis A., et al.. (2006). www.saber.ula.ve: Un ejemplo de repositorio institucional universitario. Interciencia. 31(1). 29–36. 2 indexed citations
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Núñez, Luis A.. (2002). La reconquista digital de la biblioteca pública. Interciencia. 27(4). 195–200. 4 indexed citations

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