Marc Freitag

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Marc Freitag is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc Freitag has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 3 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Marc Freitag's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (14 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (13 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (11 papers). Marc Freitag is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (14 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (13 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (11 papers). Marc Freitag collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Marc Freitag's co-authors include Frederic A. Rasio, M. Atakan Gürkan, Pau Amaro‐Seoane, W. Benz, M. Coleman Miller, Ilya Mandel, J. R. Gair, S. Babak, Curt Cutler and Carlos F. Sopuerta and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

In The Last Decade

Marc Freitag

20 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Intermediate and extreme mass-ratio inspirals—astrophysic... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300
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.

  1. Intermediate and extreme mass-ratio inspirals—astrophysics, science applications and detection using LISA
    2007 356 citations Pau Amaro‐Seoane, J. R. Gair et al. Classical and Quantum Gravity profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marc Freitag United States 13 1.1k 203 114 47 41 22 1.2k
F. De Paolis Italy 17 1.0k 1.0× 468 2.3× 114 1.0× 5 0.1× 77 1.9× 108 1.1k
Ben Anderson United Kingdom 13 385 0.4× 134 0.7× 36 0.3× 87 1.9× 37 0.9× 34 578
Alexander A. Kaurov United States 9 270 0.3× 115 0.6× 48 0.4× 9 0.2× 26 0.6× 19 298
A. Savage United Kingdom 14 642 0.6× 300 1.5× 150 1.3× 8 0.2× 35 0.9× 66 722
Kelly Holley‐Bockelmann United States 21 887 0.8× 131 0.6× 223 2.0× 4 0.1× 31 0.8× 60 953
T. A. Callister United States 15 739 0.7× 201 1.0× 24 0.2× 9 0.2× 32 0.8× 27 830
Zhongli Zhang China 12 267 0.2× 159 0.8× 27 0.2× 33 0.7× 15 0.4× 37 358
Michiko S. Fujii Japan 21 947 0.9× 71 0.3× 210 1.8× 6 0.1× 28 0.7× 49 1.0k
Aayush Saxena United Kingdom 16 536 0.5× 147 0.7× 182 1.6× 12 0.3× 20 0.5× 46 717
Tilman Hartwig Japan 18 875 0.8× 115 0.6× 254 2.2× 15 0.3× 41 1.0× 40 965

Countries citing papers authored by Marc Freitag

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marc Freitag

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marc Freitag

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marc Freitag. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marc Freitag 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 Marc Freitag. Marc Freitag 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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Amaro‐Seoane, Pau, Carlos F. Sopuerta, & Marc Freitag. (2013). The role of the supermassive black hole spin in the estimation of the EMRI event rate. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 429(4). 3155–3165. 41 indexed citations
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Davies, M. B., et al.. (2010). The Impact of Stellar Collisions in the Galactic Center. arXiv (Cornell University). 439. 212–221. 2 indexed citations
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Amaro‐Seoane, Pau, M. Coleman Miller, & Marc Freitag. (2009). GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FROM ECCENTRIC INTERMEDIATE-MASS BLACK HOLE BINARIES. The Astrophysical Journal. 692(1). L50–L53. 19 indexed citations
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Amaro‐Seoane, Pau, J. R. Gair, Marc Freitag, et al.. (2007). Astrophysics, detection and science applications of intermediate- and extreme mass-ratio inspirals. arXiv (Cornell University). 15 indexed citations
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Freitag, Marc, et al.. (2006). Runaway collisions in young star clusters - I. Methods and tests. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 368(1). 121–140. 52 indexed citations
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Davies, M. B., Pau Amaro‐Seoane, C. Bassa, et al.. (2006). The MODEST questions: Challenges and future directions in stellar cluster research. New Astronomy. 12(3). 201–214. 7 indexed citations
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Freitag, Marc, M. Atakan Gürkan, & Frederic A. Rasio. (2006). Runaway collisions in young star clusters - II. Numerical results. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 368(1). 141–161. 150 indexed citations
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Freitag, Marc, Pau Amaro‐Seoane, & V. Kalogera. (2006). Models of mass segregation at the Galactic Centre. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 54. 252–258. 4 indexed citations
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Spurzem, Rainer, Peter Berczik, G. Hensler, et al.. (2004). Physical Processes in Star–Gas Systems. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 21(2). 188–191. 5 indexed citations
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Gürkan, M. Atakan, Marc Freitag, & Frederic A. Rasio. (2004). Formation of Massive Black Holes in Dense Star Clusters. I. Mass Segregation and Core Collapse. The Astrophysical Journal. 604(2). 632–652. 236 indexed citations
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Freitag, Marc, M. Atakan Gürkan, & Frederic A. Rasio. (2004). Run-away IMBH formation in dense star clusters. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 2004(IAUS222). 167–168.
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Rasio, Frederic A., Marc Freitag, & M. Atakan Gürkan. (2004). Formation of Massive Black Holes in Dense Star Clusters. CERN Bulletin. 138. 4 indexed citations
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Freitag, Marc. (2003). Captures of stars by a massive black hole: Investigations in numerical stellar dynamics. AIP conference proceedings. 686. 109–114. 2 indexed citations
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Sills, Alison, P. P. Eggleton, Marc Freitag, et al.. (2003). MODEST-2: a summary. New Astronomy. 8(6). 605–628. 24 indexed citations
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Freitag, Marc. (2003). Beyond Tocqueville: The Origins of Social Capital in Switzerland. European Sociological Review. 19(2). 217–232. 54 indexed citations
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Freitag, Marc. (2002). Gravitational waves from stars orbiting the massive black hole at the Galactic center. arXiv (Cornell University).
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Freitag, Marc & W. Benz. (2002). A new Monte Carlo code for star cluster simulations. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 394(1). 345–374. 59 indexed citations
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Freitag, Marc & W. Benz. (2002). A new Monte Carlo code for star cluster simulations: II. Central black hole and stellar collisions. ArXiv.org. 44 indexed citations
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Freitag, Marc & W. Benz. (2001). A new Monte Carlo code for star cluster simulations. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 375(2). 711–738. 47 indexed citations
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Freitag, Marc. (2001). Monte Carlo cluster simulations to determine the rate of compact star inspiralling to a central galactic black hole. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 18(19). 4033–4038. 43 indexed citations

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