M. Hilker

12.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
227 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

M. Hilker is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Hilker has authored 227 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 204 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 136 papers in Instrumentation and 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in M. Hilker's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (161 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (149 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (136 papers). M. Hilker is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (161 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (149 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (136 papers). M. Hilker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Chile and United States. M. Hilker's co-authors include Holger Baumgardt, Steffen Mieske, L. Infante, T. Richtler, M. Kissler‐Patig, Thomas H. Puzia, A. Sollima, T. Richtler, Paul Goudfrooij and Iskren Y. Georgiev and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

M. Hilker

212 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

A catalogue of masses, structural parameters, and velocit... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2018 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. A catalogue of masses, structural parameters, and velocity dispersion profiles of 112 Milky Way globular clusters
    2018 369 citations Holger Baumgardt, M. Hilker profile →
  2. Mean proper motions, space orbits, and velocity dispersion profiles of Galactic globular clusters derived fromGaiaDR2 data
    2018 274 citations Holger Baumgardt, M. Hilker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. Hilker Germany 49 6.7k 3.8k 386 353 224 227 7.1k
M. Baes Belgium 38 5.3k 0.8× 1.9k 0.5× 306 0.8× 676 1.9× 200 0.9× 202 5.5k
Jean P. Brodie United States 45 7.5k 1.1× 4.3k 1.1× 315 0.8× 417 1.2× 147 0.7× 223 7.7k
John Moustakas United States 38 5.7k 0.8× 2.4k 0.6× 169 0.4× 594 1.7× 175 0.8× 108 5.8k
Andrés Jordán Chile 38 5.0k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 130 0.3× 330 0.9× 113 0.5× 134 5.1k
Duncan A. Forbes Australia 50 8.7k 1.3× 5.1k 1.3× 377 1.0× 584 1.7× 216 1.0× 311 8.8k
S. F. Sánchez Mexico 52 8.2k 1.2× 4.0k 1.0× 432 1.1× 690 2.0× 398 1.8× 282 8.6k
M. Barden Germany 22 3.3k 0.5× 1.8k 0.5× 185 0.5× 250 0.7× 227 1.0× 34 3.5k
Daniela Calzetti United States 46 12.0k 1.8× 4.7k 1.2× 338 0.9× 1.1k 3.1× 211 0.9× 186 12.2k
Puragra Guhathakurta United States 54 8.4k 1.3× 4.3k 1.1× 186 0.5× 708 2.0× 195 0.9× 239 8.6k
A. Vazdekis Spain 44 7.3k 1.1× 4.7k 1.2× 236 0.6× 263 0.7× 161 0.7× 140 7.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Hilker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Hilker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of M. Hilker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of M. Hilker 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 M. Hilker. M. Hilker 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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Feldmeier, A., Nadine Neumayer, Anil C. Seth, et al.. (2025). A spectroscopic map of the Galactic centre. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 696. A213–A213. 3 indexed citations
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Buzzo, Maria Luísa, Duncan A. Forbes, Aaron J. Romanowsky, et al.. (2025). A new class of dark matter-free dwarf galaxies?. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 695. A124–A124. 6 indexed citations
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Tonnesen, Stephanie, Greg L. Bryan, Gergö Popping, et al.. (2024). Observational Predictions for the Survival of Atomic Hydrogen in Simulated Fornax-like Galaxy Clusters. The Astrophysical Journal. 969(1). 28–28. 1 indexed citations
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Müller, Oliver, Federico Lelli, Benoît Famaey, et al.. (2022). The Cen A galaxy group: Dynamical mass and missing baryons. univOAK (4 institutions : Université de Strasbourg, Université de Haute Alsace, INSA Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg). 15 indexed citations
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Fahrion, Katja, M. Lyubenova, Glenn van de Ven, et al.. (2021). Diversity of nuclear star cluster formation mechanisms revealed by their star formation histories. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 41 indexed citations
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Raj, M. A., E. Iodice, N. R. Napolitano, et al.. (2020). The Fornax Deep Survey with VST. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 640. A137–A137. 22 indexed citations
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Venhola, A., R. F. Peletier, E. Laurikainen, et al.. (2020). The Fornax Deep Survey (FDS) with VST. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 633. C2–C2. 1 indexed citations
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Fahrion, Katja, M. Lyubenova, Glenn van de Ven, et al.. (2019). Constraining nuclear star cluster formation using MUSE-AO observations of the early-type galaxy FCC 47. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 29 indexed citations
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Müller, Oliver, M. Rejkuba, Marcel S. Pawlowski, et al.. (2019). The dwarf galaxy satellite system of Centaurus A. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 61 indexed citations
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Iodice, E., Marilena Spavone, Michele Cantiello, et al.. (2017). Intracluster patches of baryons in the core of the Fornax cluster. University of Oulu Repository (University of Oulu). 37 indexed citations
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Lamers, H. J. G. L. M., J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, N. Bastian, et al.. (2017). . UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 21 indexed citations
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Nogueras-Lara, F., A. T. Gallego-Calvente, H. Dong, et al.. (2017). GALACTICNUCLEUS: A high angular resolutionJHKsimaging survey of the Galactic centre. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 610. A83–A83. 57 indexed citations
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Sánchez-Janssen, Rubén, Steffen Mieske, F. Selman, et al.. (2014). Revisiting the impact of atmospheric dispersion and differential refraction on widefield multiobject spectroscopic observations. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations
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Mieske, Steffen, et al.. (2013). A normal abundance of faint satellites in the fossil group NGC 6482. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 6 indexed citations
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Lisker, T., et al.. (2012). A deep view on the Virgo cluster core. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 19 indexed citations
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Mieske, Steffen, et al.. (2011). The specific frequencies of ultra-compact dwarf galaxies. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 48 indexed citations
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Mieske, Steffen, et al.. (2008). The early-type dwarf galaxy population of the Hydra I cluster. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 63 indexed citations
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Mieske, Steffen, M. Hilker, Andrés Jordán, et al.. (2008). The nature of UCDs: Internal dynamics from an expanded sample and homogeneous database. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 82 indexed citations
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Hilker, M., Holger Baumgardt, L. Infante, et al.. (2006). Dynamical masses of ultra-compact dwarf galaxies in Fornax. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 60 indexed citations
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Mieske, Steffen, L. Infante, M. Hilker, et al.. (2005). Discovery of two M 32 twins in Abell 1689. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 29 indexed citations

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