Megan Ansdell

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
51 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Megan Ansdell is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Megan Ansdell has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 20 papers in Spectroscopy and 6 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Megan Ansdell's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (40 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (39 papers) and Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (19 papers). Megan Ansdell is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (40 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (39 papers) and Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (19 papers). Megan Ansdell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Megan Ansdell's co-authors include Jonathan P. Williams, A. Miotello, C. F. Manara, L. Testi, Nienke van der Marel, E. F. van Dishoeck, Marco Tazzari, M. R. Hogerheijde, Andrew W. Mann and Greta Guidi 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

Megan Ansdell

48 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

ALMA SURVEY OF LUPUS PROTOPLANETARY DISKS. I. DUST AND GA... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2018 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. ALMA SURVEY OF LUPUS PROTOPLANETARY DISKS. I. DUST AND GAS MASSES
    2016 399 citations Megan Ansdell, Jonathan P. Williams et al. Apollo (University of Cambridge) profile →
  2. ALMA Survey of Lupus Protoplanetary Disks II: Gas Disk Radii
    2018 246 citations Megan Ansdell, Jonathan P. Williams et al. Apollo (University of Cambridge) profile →

Peers

Megan Ansdell
Lucas A. Cieza United States
Á. Kóspál Hungary
Andrea Isella United States
Antonio Hales Chile
Kaitlin M. Kratter United States
Marco Tazzari United Kingdom
Laura M. Pérez United States
A. Miotello Germany
A. Crida France
D. W. Koerner United States
Lucas A. Cieza United States
Megan Ansdell
Citations per year, relative to Megan Ansdell Megan Ansdell (= 1×) peers Lucas A. Cieza

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Fields of papers citing papers by Megan Ansdell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Megan Ansdell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Megan Ansdell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Megan Ansdell 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 Megan Ansdell. Megan Ansdell 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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Maucó, Karina, C. F. Manara, Thomas J. Haworth, et al.. (2024). A tell-tale tracer for externally irradiated protoplanetary disks: Comparing the [C I] 8727 Å line and ALMA observations in proplyds. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 692. A137–A137. 5 indexed citations
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Huang, Jane, Megan Ansdell, T. Birnstiel, et al.. (2024). High-resolution ALMA Observations of Richly Structured Protoplanetary Disks in σ Orionis. The Astrophysical Journal. 976(1). 132–132. 6 indexed citations
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Maucó, Karina, C. F. Manara, J. Hernández, et al.. (2024). A new look at disk winds and external photoevaporation in the σ-Orionis cluster. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 693. A87–A87. 5 indexed citations
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O’Meara, John M., Megan Ansdell, Julie A. Crooke, et al.. (2024). The Habitable Worlds Observatory science view: status, plans, and opportunities. 58–58. 1 indexed citations
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Maucó, Karina, C. F. Manara, Megan Ansdell, et al.. (2023). Testing external photoevaporation in the σ-Orionis cluster with spectroscopy and disk mass measurements (Corrigendum). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 680. C1–C1. 2 indexed citations
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Stadler, Jochen, M. Benisty, Andrés F. Izquierdo, et al.. (2023). A kinematically detected planet candidate in a transition disk. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 670. L1–L1. 17 indexed citations
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Tazzari, Marco, L. Testi, A. Natta, et al.. (2021). The first ALMA survey of protoplanetary discs at 3 mm: demographics of grain growth in the Lupus region. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 506(4). 5117–5128. 31 indexed citations
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Trapman, Leon, Megan Ansdell, M. R. Hogerheijde, et al.. (2020). . UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 16 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Grant M., Sebastián Marino, M. C. Wyatt, et al.. (2020). Rapid CO gas dispersal from NO Lup’s class III circumstellar disc. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 502(1). L66–L71. 6 indexed citations
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Zurlo, A., Lucas A. Cieza, Megan Ansdell, et al.. (2020). The effect of stellar multiplicity on protoplanetary discs: a near-infrared survey of the Lupus star-forming region. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 501(2). 2305–2315. 32 indexed citations
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Wyatt, M. C., Megan Ansdell, Mihkel Kama, et al.. (2020). ALMA survey of Lupus class III stars: Early planetesimal belt formation and rapid disc dispersal. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 500(4). 4878–4900. 18 indexed citations
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Marel, Nienke van der, Jonathan P. Williams, Megan Ansdell, et al.. (2018). New Insights into the Nature of Transition Disks from a Complete Disk Survey of the Lupus Star-forming Region. The Astrophysical Journal. 854(2). 177–177. 69 indexed citations
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Ansdell, Megan, Jonathan P. Williams, C. F. Manara, et al.. (2017). An ALMA Survey of Protoplanetary Disks in the σ Orionis Cluster. The Astronomical Journal. 153(5). 240–240. 216 indexed citations
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Mann, Andrew W., Trent J. Dupuy, Philip S. Muirhead, et al.. (2017). The Gold Standard: Accurate Stellar and Planetary Parameters for Eight Kepler M Dwarf Systems Enabled by Parallaxes. The Astronomical Journal. 153(6). 267–267. 11 indexed citations
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Mann, Andrew W., Eric Gaidos, Andrew Vanderburg, et al.. (2017). ZODIACAL EXOPLANETS IN TIME (ZEIT). IV. SEVEN TRANSITING PLANETS IN THE PRAESEPE CLUSTER. The Astronomical Journal. 153(2). 64–64. 59 indexed citations
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Tazzari, Marco, L. Testi, A. Natta, et al.. (2017). Physical properties of dusty protoplanetary disks in Lupus: evidence for viscous evolution?. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 606. A88–A88. 88 indexed citations
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Ansdell, Megan, Eric Gaidos, Thomas L. Jacobs, et al.. (2016). YOUNG "dIPPER" STARS in UPPER SCO and OPH OBSERVED by K2. Civil War Book Review. 80 indexed citations
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Ansdell, Megan, Jonathan P. Williams, Nienke van der Marel, et al.. (2016). ALMA SURVEY OF LUPUS PROTOPLANETARY DISKS. I. DUST AND GAS MASSES. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 399 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ansdell, Megan, Jonathan P. Williams, & Lucas A. Cieza. (2015). A SCUBA-2 850 MICRON SURVEY OF CIRCUMSTELLAR DISKS IN THEλORIONIS CLUSTER. The Astrophysical Journal. 806(2). 221–221. 6 indexed citations
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Ansdell, Megan, et al.. (2009). Non-lawyers' perspectives on the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition: Recommendations to promote space law education. International Institute of Space Law. 52. 3. 1 indexed citations

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