N. Bastian

13.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
196 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

N. Bastian is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, N. Bastian has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 193 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 97 papers in Instrumentation and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in N. Bastian's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (181 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (147 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (97 papers). N. Bastian is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (181 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (147 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (97 papers). N. Bastian collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. N. Bastian's co-authors include C. Lardo, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Mark Gieles, H. J. G. L. M. Lamers, S. P. Goodwin, Joel Pfeffer, Robert A. Crain, I. Cabrera-Ziri, S. S. Larsen and Marta Reina-Campos 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

N. Bastian

193 papers receiving 8.0k citations

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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.

Multiple Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters

2018 443 citations N. Bastian, C. Lardo profile →
The formation and assembly history of the Milky Way revealed by its globular cluster population

2018 259 citations J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, N. Bastian et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
Kraken reveals itself – the merger history of the Milky Way reconstructed with the E-MOSAICS simulations

2020 173 citations J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Mélanie Chevance et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
N. Bastian United Kingdom	52	8.2k	3.5k	235	186	98	196	8.3k
J. M. Diederik Kruijssen Germany	45	5.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	296 1.3×	436 2.3×	82 0.8×	161	6.1k
J. M. Vı́lchez Spain	40	5.1k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	311 1.3×	122 0.7×	62 0.6×	221	5.3k
G. Stasińska France	32	4.6k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	379 1.6×	111 0.6×	96 1.0×	147	4.8k
F. Matteuccí Italy	49	8.6k 1.0×	2.8k 0.8×	821 3.5×	117 0.6×	91 0.9×	257	8.8k
Kartik Sheth United States	31	4.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	332 1.4×	166 0.9×	34 0.3×	79	4.6k
C. Soubiran France	39	5.3k 0.6×	2.7k 0.8×	299 1.3×	102 0.5×	284 2.9×	111	5.5k
Harry I. Teplitz United States	37	4.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	505 2.1×	205 1.1×	59 0.6×	125	4.7k
Steven R. Majewski United States	57	9.2k 1.1×	4.7k 1.3×	479 2.0×	100 0.5×	249 2.5×	218	9.4k
C. Chiappini Germany	40	5.2k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	419 1.8×	59 0.3×	97 1.0×	158	5.4k
John Moustakas United States	38	5.7k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	594 2.5×	139 0.7×	60 0.6×	108	5.8k

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Niederhofer, Florian, D. Massari, Fernando Aguado Agelet, et al.. (2025). Cluster Ages to Reconstruct the Milky Way Assembly (CARMA). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 704. A257–A257.

Niederhofer, Florian, Andrea Bellini, V. Kozhurina-Platais, et al.. (2024). Hubble Space Telescope proper motions of Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 689. A162–A162. 4 indexed citations

Longmore, Steven N., J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Andreas Schruba, et al.. (2021). The centres of M83 and the Milky Way: opposite extremes of a common star formation cycle. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 505(3). 4310–4337. 16 indexed citations

Kamann, Sebastian, Christopher Usher, Holger Baumgardt, et al.. (2020). The WAGGS project-III. Discrepant mass-to-light ratios of Galactic globular clusters at high metallicity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492(3). 3859–3871. 12 indexed citations

Kalari, V. M., J. S. Vink, W. J. de Wit, N. Bastian, & R. A. Méndez. (2019). The origin of very massive stars around NGC 3603. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 6 indexed citations

Georgy, C., C. Charbonnel, Louis Amard, et al.. (2019). Disappearance of the extended main sequence turn-off in intermediate age clusters as a consequence of magnetic braking. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 21 indexed citations

Latour, M., Tim-Oliver Husser, Benjamin Giesers, et al.. (2019). A stellar census in globular clusters with MUSE: multiple populations chemistry in NGC 2808. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 20 indexed citations

Kamann, Sebastian, E. Dalessandro, N. Bastian, et al.. (2019). The peculiar kinematics of the multiple populations in the globular cluster Messier 80 (NGC 6093). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492(1). 966–977. 19 indexed citations

Dalessandro, E., C. Lardo, Mario Cadelano, et al.. (2018). IC 4499 revised: Spectro-photometric evidence of small light-element variations. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 13 indexed citations

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Lardo, C., M. Salaris, N. Bastian, et al.. (2018). Chemical inhomogeneities amongst first population stars in globular clusters. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 20 indexed citations

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Lamers, H. J. G. L. M., J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, N. Bastian, et al.. (2017). . UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 21 indexed citations

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Piatti, Andrés E. & N. Bastian. (2016). Extended main sequence turn-offs in low mass intermediate-age clusters. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 21 indexed citations

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Rathborne, J. M., Steven N. Longmore, James M. Jackson, et al.. (2015). A CLUSTER IN THE MAKING: ALMA REVEALS THE INITIAL CONDITIONS FOR HIGH-MASS CLUSTER FORMATION. The Astrophysical Journal. 802(2). 125–125. 62 indexed citations

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Adamo, Angela, et al.. (2013). 赤方偏移1.5でのLENSED SPIRALにおける星団複合体の高分解能研究: バルジ形成および円盤進化に関する制約. The Astrophysical Journal. 766. 1–105. 1 indexed citations

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Doran, E., P. A. Crowther, A. de Koter, et al.. (2013). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 558. A134–A134. 91 indexed citations

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Ovelar, M. de Juan, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, E. Bressert, et al.. (2012). Can habitable planets form in clustered environments?. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 42 indexed citations

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Kruijssen, J. M. Diederik, et al.. (2011). The dynamical state of stellar structure in star-forming regions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 419(1). 841–853. 114 indexed citations

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Bastian, N., R. P. Saglia, Paul Goudfrooij, et al.. (2006). Dynamical mass estimates for two luminous star clusters in galactic merger remnants. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 56 indexed citations

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Gieles, Mark, S. S. Larsen, R. A. Scheepmaker, et al.. (2006). Observational evidence for a truncation of the star cluster initial mass function at the high mass end. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 44 indexed citations

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Bastian, N., Mark Gieles, Yu. N. Efremov, & H. J. G. L. M. Lamers. (2005). Hierarchical star formation in M 51: star/cluster complexes. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 71 indexed citations

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