Michael Jura

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 967 citations indexed

About

Michael Jura is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Jura has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 967 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2 papers in Atmospheric Science and 1 paper in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Michael Jura's work include Astro and Planetary Science (7 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (6 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (4 papers). Michael Jura is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (7 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (6 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (4 papers). Michael Jura collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Michael Jura's co-authors include Lyman Spitzer, Dong‐Woo Kim, Puragra Guhathakurta, G. R. Knapp, Siyi Xu, I. Hawkins, Christine Chen, Paul S. Smith, F. J. Low and Dean C. Hines and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Physics Today and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Michael Jura

7 papers receiving 943 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.

Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium

1978 636 citations Lyman Spitzer, Michael Jura Physics Today profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Jura United States	7	941	111	108	85	64	9	967
D. van Buren United States	15	778 0.8×	87 0.8×	119 1.1×	57 0.7×	53 0.8×	45	834
R. J. Cohen United Kingdom	17	744 0.8×	90 0.8×	68 0.6×	140 1.6×	48 0.8×	56	790
Jr. Thronson H. A. United States	18	983 1.0×	186 1.7×	73 0.7×	129 1.5×	62 1.0×	76	1.0k
A. Damineli Brazil	24	1.7k 1.8×	219 2.0×	118 1.1×	78 0.9×	42 0.7×	79	1.7k
Stephan M. Birkmann United States	14	586 0.6×	122 1.1×	198 1.8×	68 0.8×	65 1.0×	57	668
Francis P. Wilkin United States	7	1.2k 1.3×	38 0.3×	153 1.4×	143 1.7×	35 0.5×	13	1.2k
J. F. Lightfoot United Kingdom	9	665 0.7×	105 0.9×	104 1.0×	103 1.2×	47 0.7×	34	701
R. P. J. Tilanus United States	18	1.1k 1.2×	191 1.7×	199 1.8×	165 1.9×	58 0.9×	56	1.2k
José Franco Mexico	20	1.3k 1.4×	137 1.2×	118 1.1×	114 1.3×	60 0.9×	46	1.3k
J. A. Yates United Kingdom	16	853 0.9×	96 0.9×	125 1.2×	93 1.1×	45 0.7×	36	871

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Jura

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Jura

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Jura

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Klein, B., P. Dufour, Carl Melis, et al.. (2023). New Chondritic Bodies Identified in Eight Oxygen-bearing White Dwarfs. The Astrophysical Journal. 950(2). 93–93. 24 indexed citations

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Rogers, Laura K., Siyi Xu, Amy Bonsor, et al.. (2020). Near-infrared variability in dusty white dwarfs: tracing the accretion of planetary material. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 494(2). 2861–2874. 15 indexed citations

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Xu, Siyi, P. Dufour, B. Klein, et al.. (2019). Compositions of Planetary Debris around Dusty White Dwarfs. The Astronomical Journal. 158(6). 242–242. 58 indexed citations

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Jura, Michael, Jay Farihi, & B. Zuckerman. (2008). Six White Dwarfs with Circumstellar Silicates. UCL Discovery (University College London). 213.

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Low, F. J., Paul S. Smith, M. W. Werner, et al.. (2005). Exploring Terrestrial Planet Formation in the TW Hydrae Association. The Astrophysical Journal. 631(2). 1170–1179. 75 indexed citations

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Knapp, G. R., Puragra Guhathakurta, Dong‐Woo Kim, & Michael Jura. (1989). Interstellar matter in early-type galaxies. I - IRAS flux densities. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 70. 329–329. 134 indexed citations

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Hawkins, I. & Michael Jura. (1987). The C-12/C-13 isotope ratio of the interstellar medium in the neighborhood of the sun. The Astrophysical Journal. 317. 926–926. 23 indexed citations

8.

Spitzer, Lyman & Michael Jura. (1978). Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium. Physics Today. 31(7). 48–49. 636 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jura, Michael. (1971). Models of the Interstellar Gas.. PhDT. 2 indexed citations

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