M. P. Hobson

4.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
60 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

M. P. Hobson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. P. Hobson has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 32 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 10 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in M. P. Hobson's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (46 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (29 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (20 papers). M. P. Hobson is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (46 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (29 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (20 papers). M. P. Hobson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Russia. M. P. Hobson's co-authors include A. Lasenby, Will Handley, Farhan Feroz, Ewan Cameron, A. N. Pettitt, G. Efstathiou, Edward Higson, Philip J. Marshall, S. H. Suyu and R. D. Blandford and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

M. P. Hobson

57 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Importance Nested Sampling and the MultiNest Algorithm

2019 452 citations M. P. Hobson et al. profile →
polychord: next-generation nested sampling

2015 294 citations Will Handley, M. P. Hobson et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
polychord: nested sampling for cosmology

2015 294 citations Will Handley, M. P. Hobson et al. profile →

Peers

M. P. Hobson

AA

NHEP

INSTR

SNP

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Will Handley United Kingdom

T. A. Enßlin Germany

Andrew H. Jaffe United States

D. Mortlock United Kingdom

V. Petrosian United States

Francisco-Shu Kitaura Germany

Benjamin Joachimi United Kingdom

F. Feroz United Kingdom

F. R. Bouchet France

Cullen H. Blake Australia

Will Handley United Kingdom

M. P. Hobson

1.9k ×0.9

AA

1.1k ×0.9

NHEP

194 ×0.8

INSTR

135 ×0.6

SNP

162 ×1.0

AI

Citations per year, relative to M. P. Hobson M. P. Hobson (= 1×) peers Will Handley

Countries citing papers authored by M. P. Hobson

Since Specialization

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. P. Hobson

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by M. P. Hobson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by M. P. Hobson. The network helps show where M. P. Hobson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. P. Hobson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of M. P. Hobson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of M. P. Hobson 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. P. Hobson. M. P. Hobson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Shumaylov, Zakhar, et al.. (2024). Quantum initial conditions for curved inflating universes. Physical review. D. 109(12). 3 indexed citations

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Hobson, M. P., et al.. (2024). Manifestly covariant variational principle for gauge theories of gravity. Physical review. D. 109(2). 1 indexed citations

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Lasenby, A., et al.. (2023). Gravitomagnetism and galaxy rotation curves: a cautionary tale. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 40(21). 215014–215014. 7 indexed citations

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Hobson, M. P.. (2023). New form of the Kerr-Newman solution. Physical review. D. 107(2). 3 indexed citations

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Hobson, M. P., et al.. (2023). Comment on Eur. Phys. J. C 77, 412 (2017) and Eur. Phys. J. C 81, 213 (2021). The European Physical Journal C. 83(7). 1 indexed citations

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Hobson, M. P. & A. Lasenby. (2021). Fresh perspective on gauging the conformal group. Physical review. D. 103(10). 3 indexed citations

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Lasenby, A., et al.. (2020). Systematic study of background cosmology in unitary Poincaré gauge theories with application to emergent dark radiation and H0 tension. Physical review. D. 102(2). 36 indexed citations

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Hobson, M. P., et al.. (2020). Power-counting renormalizable, ghost-and-tachyon-free Poincaré gauge theories. Physical review. D. 101(6). 22 indexed citations

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Handley, Will, A. Lasenby, Hiranya V. Peiris, & M. P. Hobson. (2019). Bayesian inflationary reconstructions from Planck 2018 data. Physical review. D. 100(10). 28 indexed citations

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Hergt, L. T., Will Handley, M. P. Hobson, & A. Lasenby. (2019). Case for kinetically dominated initial conditions for inflation. Physical review. D. 100(2). 19 indexed citations

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Higson, Edward, Will Handley, M. P. Hobson, & A. Lasenby. (2018). nestcheck: diagnostic tests for nested sampling calculations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 483(2). 2044–2056. 24 indexed citations

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Hee, S., J. Alberto Vázquez, Will Handley, M. P. Hobson, & A. Lasenby. (2016). Constraining the dark energy equation of state using Bayes theorem and the Kullback–Leibler divergence. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 466(1). 369–377. 28 indexed citations

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Handley, Will, M. P. Hobson, & A. Lasenby. (2015). PolyChord: nested sampling for cosmology. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

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Lasenby, A., et al.. (2013). The effect of an expanding universe on massive objects. 42 indexed citations

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Lasenby, A., et al.. (2013). Dynamics of a spherical object of uniform density in an expanding universe. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 88(4). 6 indexed citations

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Lasenby, A., et al.. (2012). The effect of a massive object on an expanding universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 422(4). 2931–2944. 54 indexed citations

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Scott, Paul F., Pedro Carreira, Kieran Cleary, et al.. (2008). First results from the VSA – III. The CMB power spectrum. 1 indexed citations

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Withington, S., et al.. (2008). Simulations of astronomical imaging phased arrays. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 25(4). 958–958. 4 indexed citations

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Efstathiou, G., et al.. (1999). Constraints on and m from distant Type Ia supernovae and cosmic microwave background anisotropies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 303(3). L47–L52. 60 indexed citations

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Scott, Paul F., Richard Saunders, G. G. Pooley, et al.. (1996). Measurements of Structure in the Cosmic Background Radiation with the Cambridge Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope. The Astrophysical Journal. 461(1). 46 indexed citations

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