M. Vestergaard

15.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
89 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

M. Vestergaard is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Vestergaard has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 21 papers in Instrumentation and 15 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in M. Vestergaard's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (71 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (50 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (32 papers). M. Vestergaard is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (71 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (50 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (32 papers). M. Vestergaard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and United Kingdom. M. Vestergaard's co-authors include B. M. Peterson, Richard W. Pogge, H. Netzer, B. J. Wilkes, S. Kaspi, Dan Maoz, Christopher A. Onken, Misty C. Bentz, Laura Ferrarese and Amri Wandel 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. Vestergaard

88 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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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.

Central Masses and Broad‐Line Region Sizes of Active Galactic Nuclei. II. A Homogeneous Analysis of a Large Reverberation‐Mapping Database

2004 1.0k citations B. M. Peterson, Laura Ferrarese et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Spectral Energy Distributions and Multiwavelength Selection of Type 1 Quasars

2006 717 citations Xiaohui Fan, M. Vestergaard et al. profile →
The Relationship between Luminosity and Broad‐Line Region Size in Active Galactic Nuclei

2005 485 citations B. M. Peterson, M. Vestergaard et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
THE LOW-LUMINOSITY END OF THE RADIUS-LUMINOSITY RELATIONSHIP FOR ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI

2013 459 citations Misty C. Bentz, K. D. Denney 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						Papers	Cites
M. Vestergaard United States	35	6.8k	1.6k	1.4k	320	181	89	6.9k
Richard W. Pogge United States	40	7.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	455 1.4×	194 1.1×	171	7.3k
Aaron J. Barth United States	40	4.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	227 0.7×	124 0.7×	128	4.8k
Dan Maoz Israel	32	5.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	939 0.7×	236 0.7×	100 0.6×	97	5.1k
Brent Groves Australia	36	5.8k 0.8×	766 0.5×	1.9k 1.4×	153 0.5×	169 0.9×	143	6.0k
M. D. Lehnert France	48	7.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	2.8k 2.0×	257 0.8×	144 0.8×	213	8.0k
Jenny E. Greene United States	51	8.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	2.9k 2.1×	441 1.4×	267 1.5×	230	9.2k
F. E. Bauer United States	48	8.7k 1.3×	2.6k 1.6×	2.4k 1.7×	231 0.7×	103 0.6×	233	8.8k
Eva Schinnerer Germany	47	7.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	2.3k 1.6×	175 0.5×	155 0.9×	253	7.6k
M. Brusa Italy	41	5.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	118 0.4×	91 0.5×	150	5.3k
John S. Mulchaey United States	40	4.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.3×	129 0.4×	186 1.0×	99	4.7k

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Raimundo, S. I., Matthew A. Malkan, & M. Vestergaard. (2023). An increase in black hole activity in galaxies with kinematically misaligned gas. Nature Astronomy. 7(4). 463–472. 18 indexed citations

Wang, Shu, Linhua Jiang, Yue Shen, et al.. (2022). Metallicity in Quasar Broad-line Regions at Redshift ∼ 6. The Astrophysical Journal. 925(2). 121–121. 30 indexed citations

Vestergaard, M., S. I. Raimundo, Jun Yi Koay, et al.. (2022). Flares in the changing look AGN Mrk 590 – I. The UV response to X-ray outbursts suggests a more complex reprocessing geometry than a standard disc. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(3). 3903–3922. 9 indexed citations

Zou, Siwei, Linhua Jiang, Yue Shen, et al.. (2021). Strong Mg ii and Fe ii Absorbers at 2.2 < z < 6.0. The Astrophysical Journal. 906(1). 32–32. 11 indexed citations

Yuan, Wenlong, Lucas M. Macri, B. M. Peterson, et al.. (2021). The Cepheid Distance to the Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4051. The Astrophysical Journal. 913(1). 3–3. 11 indexed citations

Raimundo, S. I., M. Vestergaard, M. R. Goad, et al.. (2020). Modelling the AGN broad-line region using single-epoch spectra − II. Nearby AGNs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 493(1). 1227–1248. 11 indexed citations

Raimundo, S. I., et al.. (2019). MUSE observations of a changing-look AGN – I. The reappearance of the broad emission lines. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 486(1). 123–140. 20 indexed citations

Shen, Yue, Jin Wu, Linhua Jiang, et al.. (2019). Gemini GNIRS Near-infrared Spectroscopy of 50 Quasars at z ≳ 5.7. The Astrophysical Journal. 873(1). 35–35. 94 indexed citations

Scollan, N.D., et al.. (2017). ANM volume 11 issue 4 Cover and Front matter. animal. 11(4). f1–f4. 1 indexed citations

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Scollan, N.D., et al.. (2017). ANM volume 11 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. animal. 11(2). f1–f4. 1 indexed citations

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Scollan, N.D., et al.. (2017). ANM volume 11 issue 3 Cover and Front matter. animal. 11(3). f1–f4. 1 indexed citations

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Bentz, Misty C., et al.. (2017). Recalibration of the M_BH–σ_⋆ Relation for AGN. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 838(1). L10–L10. 37 indexed citations

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Scollan, N.D., et al.. (2016). ANM volume 11 issue 1 Cover and Front matter. animal. 11(1). f1–f4. 1 indexed citations

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Heintz, K. E., J. P. U. Fynbo, P. Møller, et al.. (2016). Determining the fraction of reddened quasars in COSMOS with multiple selection techniques from X-ray to radio wavelengths. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 7 indexed citations

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Simianer, Henner, Jan Erik Lindberg, Christine Fourichon, et al.. (2013). Book of Abstracts of the 64nd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science. citaREA (Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón). 4 indexed citations

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Schmidt, M., et al.. (2012). Constraints on the relative sizes of intervening Mg II-absorbing clouds and quasar emitting regions. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 6 indexed citations

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Denney, K. D., et al.. (2012). Using Quasars as Standard Candles for Studying Dark Energy. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 219. 1 indexed citations

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Vestergaard, M., K. D. Denney, Xiaohui Fan, et al.. (2011). Black hole mass estimations: limitations and uncertainties. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 38–38. 5 indexed citations

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Vestergaard, M.. (2004). Black-Hole Mass Measurements. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 311. 69. 3 indexed citations

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Dietrich, M., I. Appenzeller, Fred Hamann, et al.. (2003). . Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 24 indexed citations

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