M. Modjaz

6.9k citations

72 papers · 2.0k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 24

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 1%
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Instrumentation top 5%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Papers in ⓘ

Astronomy and Astrophysics 70
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 62
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 28
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 23
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 14
- Astro and Planetary Science 8
Instrumentation 9
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 9

Co-authors: A. V. Filippenko (22 shared papers)R. Kirshner (23 shared papers)R. Chornock (13 shared papers)Weidong Li (6 shared papers)R. J. Foley (11 shared papers)Nathan Smith (6 shared papers)M. Ganeshalingam (5 shared papers)D. Poznanski (9 shared papers)
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (19 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (6 papers)Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (3 papers)The Astronomical Journal (3 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States France Israel

In The Last Decade

M. Modjaz

58 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Nearby supernova rates from the Lick Observatory Supernova Search - II. The observed luminosity functions and fractions of supernovae in a complete sample 2011 · 390 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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1	Nearby supernova rates from the Lick Observatory Supernova Search - II. The observed luminosity functions and fractions of supernovae in a complete sample Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Weidong Li, Jesse Leaman, R. Chornock, A. V. Filippenko, D. Poznanski, M. Ganeshalingam, Xiaofeng Wang, M. Modjaz, Saurabh W. Jha, R. J. Foley, Nathan Smith Hit paper breakdown →	2011	390
2	MEASURED METALLICITIES AT THE SITES OF NEARBY BROAD-LINED TYPE Ic SUPERNOVAE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SUPERNOVAE GAMMA-RAY BURST CONNECTION The Astronomical Journal ·M. Modjaz, Lisa J. Kewley, R. Kirshner, K. Z. Stanek, P. Challis, P. Garnavich, Jenny E. Greene, Patrick L. Kelly, J. L. Prieto	2008	178
3	SN 2008ha: AN EXTREMELY LOW LUMINOSITY AND EXCEPTIONALLY LOW ENERGY SUPERNOVA The Astronomical Journal ·R. J. Foley, R. Chornock, A. V. Filippenko, M. Ganeshalingam, R. Kirshner, Weidong Li, S. B. Cenko, Peter Challis, Andrew S. Friedman, M. Modjaz, J. M. Silverman, W. M. Wood‐Vasey	2009	106
4	Revisiting the Lick Observatory Supernova Search Volume-limited Sample: Updated Classifications and Revised Stripped-envelope Supernova Fractions Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·I. Shivvers, M. Modjaz, WeiKang Zheng, Yuqian Liu, A. V. Filippenko, J. M. Silverman, T. Matheson, A. Pastorello, Or Graur, R. J. Foley, R. Chornock, Nathan Smith, Jesse Leaman, S. Benetti	2017	94
5	OPTICAL SPECTRA OF 73 STRIPPED-ENVELOPE CORE-COLLAPSE SUPERNOVAE The Astronomical Journal ·M. Modjaz, S. Blondin, R. Kirshner, T. Matheson, P. Berlind, Federica Bianco, M. Calkins, P. Challis, P. Garnavich, M. Hicken, Saurabh W. Jha, Y. Q. Liu, G. H. Marion	2014	82
6	IMPROVED STANDARDIZATION OF TYPE II-P SUPERNOVAE: APPLICATION TO AN EXPANDED SAMPLE The Astrophysical Journal ·D. Poznanski, N. Butler, A. V. Filippenko, M. Ganeshalingam, Weidong Li, J. S. Bloom, R. Chornock, R. J. Foley, P. Nugent, J. M. Silverman, S. B. Cenko, E. L. Gates, Douglas C. Leonard, Adam A. Miller, M. Modjaz, F. J. D. Serduke, Nathan Smith, Brandon Swift, D. S. Wong	2009	80
7	A SECOND CASE OF VARIABLE Na I D LINES IN A HIGHLY REDDENED TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA The Astrophysical Journal ·S. Blondin, J. L. Prieto, F. Patat, Peter Challis, M. Hicken, R. Kirshner, T. Matheson, M. Modjaz	2009	79
8	Using Quantitative Spectroscopic Analysis to Determine the Properties and Distances of Type II Plateau Supernovae: SN 2005cs and SN 2006bp The Astrophysical Journal ·Luc Dessart, S. Blondin, P. J. Brown, M. Hicken, D. J. Hillier, S. T. Holland, S. Immler, R. Kirshner, Peter Milne, M. Modjaz, Peter W. A. Roming	2008	74
9	THE EXCEPTIONALLY LUMINOUS TYPE II-LINEAR SUPERNOVA 2008es The Astrophysical Journal ·Adam A. Miller, R. Chornock, D. A. Perley, M. Ganeshalingam, W. Li, N. Butler, J. S. Bloom, Nathan Smith, M. Modjaz, D. Poznanski, A. V. Filippenko, C. V. Griffith, J. Shiode, J. M. Silverman	2008	72
10	Type Ia Supernovae Are Good Standard Candles in the Near Infrared: Evidence from PAIRITEL The Astrophysical Journal ·W. M. Wood‐Vasey, Andrew S. Friedman, J. S. Bloom, M. Hicken, M. Modjaz, R. Kirshner, D. Starr, Cullen H. Blake, E. Falco, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, P. Challis, S. Blondin, Kaisey S. Mandel, A. Rest	2008	71
11	LOSS Revisited. II. The Relative Rates of Different Types of Supernovae Vary between Low- and High-mass Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal ·Or Graur, Federica Bianco, M. Modjaz, I. Shivvers, A. V. Filippenko, Weidong Li, Nathan Smith	2017	67
12	A sample of Type II-L supernovae Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·T. Faran, D. Poznanski, A. V. Filippenko, R. Chornock, R. J. Foley, M. Ganeshalingam, Douglas C. Leonard, Wenyu Li, M. Modjaz, F. J. D. Serduke, J. M. Silverman	2014	65
13	Double-Peaked Oxygen Lines Are Not Rare in Nebular Spectra of Core-Collapse Supernovae The Astrophysical Journal ·M. Modjaz, R. Kirshner, S. Blondin, Peter Challis, T. Matheson	2008	60
14	GRBâ090426: the environment of a rest-frame 0.35-s gamma-ray burst at a redshift of 2.609 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Emily M. Levesque, J. S. Bloom, N. Butler, D. A. Perley, S. B. Cenko, J. X. Prochaska, Lisa J. Kewley, Andrew J. Bunker, Hsiao‐Wen Chen, R. Chornock, A. V. Filippenko, Karl Glazebrook, Sebastián López, J. Masiero, M. Modjaz, Adam Morgan, D. Poznanski	2009	57
15	The Lick Observatory Supernova Search with the Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope International Astronomical Union Colloquium ·A. V. Filippenko, W. D. Li, R. R. Treffers, M. Modjaz	2001	57
16	Probing the Magnetic Field at Subparsec Radii in the Accretion Disk of NGC 4258 The Astrophysical Journal ·M. Modjaz, J. M. Moran, P. T. Kondratko, L. J. Greenhill	2005	42
17	The Subluminous Type Ia Supernova 1998de in NGC 252 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·M. Modjaz, Weidong Li, A. V. Filippenko, Jennifer Y. King, Douglas C. Leonard, T. Matheson, R. R. Treffers, Adam G. Riess	2001	39
18	A GRB and Broad-lined Type Ic Supernova from a Single Central Engine The Astrophysical Journal ·Jennifer Barnes, Paul C. Duffell, Yuqian Liu, M. Modjaz, Federica Bianco, Daniel Kasen, Andrew MacFadyen	2018	37
19	Limits on radioactive powered emission associated with a short-hard GRB 070724A in a star-forming galaxy Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·D. Kocevski, C. C. Thöne, E. Ramírez-Ruiz, J. S. Bloom, Jonathan Granot, N. Butler, D. A. Perley, M. Modjaz, William H. Lee, B. E. Cobb, A. J. Levan, N. R. Tanvir, S. Covino	2010	36
20	A unified explanation for the supernova rate-galaxy mass dependence based on supernovae detected in Sloan galaxy spectra Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Or Graur, Federica Bianco, M. Modjaz	2015	33

About M. Modjaz

M. Modjaz is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics and Clinical Biochemistry, having authored 72 papers that have together received 2.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (62 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (28 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (23 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (14 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (14 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (9 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (8 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.0k citations), Instrumentation (183 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (662 citations), Biophysics (11 citations) and Computational Mechanics (15 citations). M. Modjaz has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Israel. Frequent co-authors include A. V. Filippenko, R. Kirshner, R. Chornock, Weidong Li, R. J. Foley, Nathan Smith, M. Ganeshalingam, D. Poznanski, T. Matheson and S. Blondin. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, The Astronomical Journal and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

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