Max Pettini

32.5k total citations · 10 hit papers
231 papers, 19.1k citations indexed

About

Max Pettini is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Max Pettini has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 19.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 216 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 78 papers in Instrumentation and 29 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Max Pettini's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (143 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (119 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (109 papers). Max Pettini is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (143 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (119 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (109 papers). Max Pettini collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Max Pettini's co-authors include Charles C. Steidel, Kurt L. Adelberger, Alice E. Shapley, Mark Dickinson, Mauro Giavalisco, Dawn K. Erb, Naveen A. Reddy, B. E. J. Pagel, Ryan Cooke and Sara L. Ellison and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Max Pettini

225 papers receiving 18.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Max Pettini 18.8k 7.2k 3.2k 609 564 231 19.1k
Henry C. Ferguson 15.7k 0.8× 6.7k 0.9× 4.0k 1.2× 469 0.8× 643 1.1× 243 16.0k
Mauro Giavalisco 15.9k 0.8× 6.9k 1.0× 3.9k 1.2× 574 0.9× 596 1.1× 149 16.2k
Ian Smail 18.3k 1.0× 8.9k 1.2× 3.0k 0.9× 324 0.5× 682 1.2× 332 18.6k
G. D. Illingworth 15.0k 0.8× 8.5k 1.2× 1.7k 0.5× 487 0.8× 729 1.3× 265 15.3k
Piero Madau 15.8k 0.8× 4.6k 0.6× 5.2k 1.6× 337 0.6× 553 1.0× 189 16.6k
Charles C. Steidel 24.1k 1.3× 8.9k 1.2× 5.9k 1.8× 804 1.3× 753 1.3× 238 24.5k
Anton M. Koekemoer 13.1k 0.7× 6.2k 0.9× 2.7k 0.8× 449 0.7× 722 1.3× 340 13.5k
Alice E. Shapley 12.9k 0.7× 5.6k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 509 0.8× 382 0.7× 154 13.1k
S. Charlot 15.9k 0.8× 8.1k 1.1× 1.7k 0.5× 480 0.8× 511 0.9× 178 16.3k
Timothy M. Heckman 25.5k 1.4× 9.4k 1.3× 4.5k 1.4× 417 0.7× 589 1.0× 326 25.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Max Pettini

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

All Works

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Shapley, Alice E., Evan D. Skillman, Erik Aver, et al.. (2025). The AURORA Survey: Robust Helium Abundances at High Redshift Reveal a Subpopulation of Helium-enhanced Galaxies in the Early Universe. The Astrophysical Journal. 996(1). 68–68.
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Topping, Michael W., Ryan L. Sanders, Alice E. Shapley, et al.. (2025). The AURORA survey: the evolution of multiphase electron densities at high redshift. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 541(2). 1707–1721. 11 indexed citations
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Cooke, Ryan, P. Noterdaeme, James W. Johnson, et al.. (2022). Primordial Helium-3 Redux: The Helium Isotope Ratio of the Orion Nebula* \n \n. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 4 indexed citations
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Péroux, Céline, Ramona Augustin, Varsha P. Kulkarni, et al.. (2022). MUSE-ALMA Haloes – VIII. Statistical study of circumgalactic medium gas. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(1). 931–947. 12 indexed citations
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Péroux, Céline, Ramona Augustin, Varsha P. Kulkarni, et al.. (2022). MUSE–ALMA haloes VII: survey science goals & design, data processing and final catalogues. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 516(4). 5618–5636. 12 indexed citations
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Krogager, Jens-Kristian, J. P. U. Fynbo, P. Møller, et al.. (2019). The effect of dust bias on the census of neutral gas and metals in the high-redshift Universe due to SDSS-II quasar colour selection. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 486(3). 4377–4397. 21 indexed citations
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Becker, George D., Max Pettini, Marc Rafelski, et al.. (2019). The Evolution of O i over 3.2 < z < 6.5: Reionization of the Circumgalactic Medium. The Astrophysical Journal. 883(2). 163–163. 50 indexed citations
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Berg, Danielle A., Dawn K. Erb, Matthew W. Auger, Max Pettini, & Gabriel Brammer. (2018). A Window on the Earliest Star Formation: Extreme Photoionization Conditions of a High-ionization, Low-metallicity Lensed Galaxy at z ∼ 2*. The Astrophysical Journal. 859(2). 164–164. 83 indexed citations
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Skúladóttir, Á., Eline Tolstoy, Stefania Salvadori, V. Hill, & Max Pettini. (2017). Zinc abundances in the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 35 indexed citations
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Díaz, C., et al.. (2016). Tracking the chemical history of the Universe: the density of CIV at z~6. Americanae (AECID Library). 58. 54–56. 2 indexed citations
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Cooke, Ryan & Max Pettini. (2013). A New, Precise Measurement of the Primordial Abundance of Deuterium. AAS. 221. 1 indexed citations
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Nissen, P. E., M. Asplund, D. Fabbian, et al.. (2007). Sulphur and zinc abundances in Galactic halo stars revisited. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 75 indexed citations
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Hamann, Frederick, et al.. (2007). Physical properties of absorbers in high redshift quasars. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 3 indexed citations
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Nissen, P. E., M. Asplund, D. Fabbian, et al.. (2007). Sulphur Abundances in Metal-Poor Stars First Result from CRIRES Science Verification. ˜The œMessenger. 128. 38. 1 indexed citations
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Pettini, Max. (2006). Deuterium at High Redshifts: Recent Advances and Open Issues. CERN Bulletin. 348. 19. 1 indexed citations
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Pettini, Max. (2006). Low (and High) Metallicity Galaxies at High Redshift. ASPC. 353. 363. 1 indexed citations
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Carigi, Leticia, et al.. (2004). The evolution of the C/O ratio in metal-poor halo stars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 112 indexed citations
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Pettini, Max, Charles C. Steidel, Kurt L. Adelberger, et al.. (1998). The Discovery of Primeval Galaxies and the Epoch of Galaxy Formation. CERN Bulletin. 148. 67. 1 indexed citations
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Cumming, Robert, W. P. S. Meikle, T. R. Geballe, et al.. (1994). Supernova 1994D in NGC 4526. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 5950. 1.
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Pettini, Max, et al.. (1990). The Lyman-alpha forest at 6 KM s-1 resolution.. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 246(4). 545–564. 19 indexed citations

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