Michael Koss

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
115 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Koss is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Koss has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 25 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 16 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Michael Koss's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (70 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (64 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (44 papers). Michael Koss is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (70 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (64 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (44 papers). Michael Koss collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Switzerland. Michael Koss's co-authors include Kevin Schawinski, R. F. Mushotzky, Cláudio Ricci, Benny Trakhtenbrot, Lia F. Sartori, Kyuseok Oh, Ezequiel Treister, Sylvain Veilleux, Simon Berney and F. E. Bauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Michael Koss

109 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Active galactic nuclei flicker: an observational estimate of the duration of black hole growth phases of ∼10⁵yr

2015 245 citations Kevin Schawinski, Michael Koss et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
The 105-Month Swift-BAT All-sky Hard X-Ray Survey

2018 216 citations Kyuseok Oh, Michael Koss et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Koss United States	30	2.6k	854	521	158	134	115	2.9k
F. Lacombe France	20	1.6k 0.6×	209 0.2×	397 0.8×	32 0.2×	80 0.6×	66	2.1k
M. A. Shure United States	19	1.2k 0.5×	58 0.1×	293 0.6×	82 0.5×	108 0.8×	60	1.5k
A. Robinson United States	23	1.1k 0.4×	625 0.7×	160 0.3×	3 0.0×	245 1.8×	102	1.8k
Jeff J. Andrews United States	19	894 0.3×	89 0.1×	177 0.3×	35 0.2×	41 0.3×	69	1.2k
Jonathan Granot United States	37	3.8k 1.5×	1.7k 2.0×	148 0.3×	3 0.0×	52 0.4×	119	3.9k
Eric S. Perlman United States	38	3.3k 1.3×	2.3k 2.7×	269 0.5×	1 0.0×	181 1.4×	142	3.7k
E. Berger United States	48	7.0k 2.7×	2.0k 2.4×	407 0.8×	3 0.0×	51 0.4×	272	7.2k
A. Buffington United States	23	1.4k 0.5×	406 0.5×	44 0.1×	9 0.1×	26 0.2×	106	2.1k
N. Kawai Japan	26	1.8k 0.7×	838 1.0×	137 0.3×	4 0.0×	64 0.5×	262	2.3k
M. Á. Aloy Spain	33	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.6×	40 0.1×	79 0.5×	90 0.7×	87	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Koss

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Koss

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Koss

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Lien, A. Y., H. A. Krimm, C. B. Markwardt, et al.. (2025). The 157 Month Swift/BAT All-sky Hard X-Ray Survey. The Astrophysical Journal. 989(2). 161–161. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Krista Lynne, O. Ivy Wong, R. F. Mushotzky, et al.. (2025). BASS. XLVII. 22 GHz Radio Atlas of Swift-BAT Selected AGN. The Astrophysical Journal. 981(2). 202–202. 3 indexed citations

Trakhtenbrot, Benny, Cláudio Ricci, F. E. Bauer, et al.. (2025). BASS. XLVIII. [Ne V] λ3427 Emission in Powerful Nearby Active Galactic Nuclei. The Astrophysical Journal. 989(1). 88–88.

Cappelluti, N., Adi Foord, Stefano Marchesi, et al.. (2024). Surveying the Onset and Evolution of Supermassive Black Holes at High-z with AXIS. Universe. 10(7). 276–276. 6 indexed citations

Arcodia, R., F. E. Bauer, S. B. Cenko, et al.. (2024). Prospects for Time-Domain and Multi-Messenger Science with AXIS. Universe. 10(8). 316–316. 3 indexed citations

Mïller, J. M., Ehud Behar, W. N. Brandt, et al.. (2024). Fierce Feedback in an Obscured, Sub-Eddington State of the Seyfert 1.2 Markarian 817. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 962(1). L1–L1. 1 indexed citations

Foord, Adi, N. Cappelluti, Tingting Liu, et al.. (2024). Tracking Supermassive Black Hole Mergers from kpc to sub-pc Scales with AXIS. Universe. 10(6). 237–237. 5 indexed citations

Harvey, Thomas, W. Peter Maksym, William C. Keel, et al.. (2023). Signatures of feedback in the spectacular extended emission region of NGC 5972. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 526(3). 4174–4191. 2 indexed citations

Sanders, D. B., Ezequiel Treister, C. M. Urry, et al.. (2023). The Accretion History of AGN: The Spectral Energy Distributions of X-Ray-luminous Active Galactic Nuclei. The Astrophysical Journal. 957(1). 19–19. 6 indexed citations

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Ricci, Cláudio, Chin-Shin Chang, T. Kawamuro, et al.. (2023). A Tight Correlation between Millimeter and X-Ray Emission in Accreting Massive Black Holes from <100 mas Resolution ALMA Observations. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 952(2). L28–L28. 18 indexed citations

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Powell, Meredith C., S. W. Allen, Turgay Çağlar, et al.. (2022). BASS. XXXVI. Constraining the Local Supermassive Black Hole–Halo Connection with BASS DR2 AGNs. The Astrophysical Journal. 938(1). 77–77. 10 indexed citations

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Temple, Matthew J., Cláudio Ricci, Michael Koss, et al.. (2022). BASS XXXIX: Swift-BAT AGN with changing-look optical spectra. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 518(2). 2938–2953. 23 indexed citations

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Treister, Ezequiel, F. E. Bauer, William C. Keel, et al.. (2022). Detailed Accretion History of the Supermassive Black Hole in NGC 5972 over the Past ≳10⁴ yr through the Extended Emission-line Region. The Astrophysical Journal. 936(1). 88–88. 9 indexed citations

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Pfeifle, Ryan W., Cláudio Ricci, Peter Boorman, et al.. (2022). BASS. XXIII. A New Mid-infrared Diagnostic for Absorption in Active Galactic Nuclei. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 261(1). 3–3. 11 indexed citations

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Brightman, Murray, Fiona A. Harrison, Daniel Stern, et al.. (2022). X-Ray Coronal Properties of Swift/BAT-selected Seyfert 1 Active Galactic Nuclei. The Astrophysical Journal. 927(1). 42–42. 33 indexed citations

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Lamperti, Isabella, A. Saintonge, Michael Koss, et al.. (2020). The CO(3–2)/CO(1–0) Luminosity Line Ratio in Nearby Star-forming Galaxies and Active Galactic Nuclei from xCOLD GASS, BASS, and SLUGS. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 30 indexed citations

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Paliya, Vaidehi S., Michael Koss, Benny Trakhtenbrot, et al.. (2019). BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey. XVI. General Physical Characteristics of BAT Blazars. The Astrophysical Journal. 881(2). 154–154. 15 indexed citations

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Oh, Kyuseok, Michael Koss, C. B. Markwardt, et al.. (2018). The 105-Month Swift-BAT All-sky Hard X-Ray Survey. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 235(1). 4–4. 216 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brightman, Murray, Mislav Baloković, Michael Koss, et al.. (2018). A Long Hard-X-Ray Look at the Dual Active Galactic Nuclei of M51 with NuSTAR. The Astrophysical Journal. 867(2). 110–110. 11 indexed citations

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Ricci, Cláudio, F. E. Bauer, P. Arévalo, et al.. (2016). IC 751: A New Changing Look AGN Discovered By <i>NuSTAR</i>. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 53 indexed citations

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