N. J. Wright

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

N. J. Wright is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, N. J. Wright has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 28 papers in Instrumentation and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in N. J. Wright's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (75 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (64 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (28 papers). N. J. Wright is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (75 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (64 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (28 papers). N. J. Wright collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. N. J. Wright's co-authors include J. J. Drake, Eric E. Mamajek, Gregory W. Henry, J. E. Drew, R. J. Parker, S. P. Goodwin, J. S. Vink, Michael R. Meyer, M. Mohr-Smith and Elisabeth Newton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

N. J. Wright

94 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

THE STELLAR-ACTIVITY-ROTATION RELATIONSHIP AND THE EVOLUTION OF STELLAR DYNAMOS

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
N. J. Wright United Kingdom	28	2.5k	680	190	130	93	98	2.7k
P. W. Lucas United Kingdom	36	3.8k 1.5×	1.4k 2.0×	332 1.7×	211 1.6×	125 1.3×	156	4.1k
Tetsuya Nagata Japan	30	2.6k 1.1×	409 0.6×	401 2.1×	199 1.5×	165 1.8×	172	2.9k
K. Y. L. Su United States	36	3.6k 1.5×	526 0.8×	170 0.9×	108 0.8×	50 0.5×	138	4.0k
M. G. Hauser United States	19	1.8k 0.7×	330 0.5×	105 0.6×	128 1.0×	271 2.9×	32	2.0k
Jean Schneider France	21	1.5k 0.6×	363 0.5×	73 0.4×	201 1.5×	72 0.8×	99	1.8k
W. C. Danchi United States	32	2.8k 1.1×	360 0.5×	472 2.5×	517 4.0×	77 0.8×	171	3.1k
Lisa Kaltenegger United States	22	1.7k 0.7×	240 0.4×	143 0.8×	95 0.7×	30 0.3×	86	1.9k
Dominic J. Benford United States	26	2.5k 1.0×	434 0.6×	386 2.0×	383 2.9×	220 2.4×	180	2.9k
R. Claudi Italy	19	2.1k 0.8×	987 1.5×	60 0.3×	132 1.0×	207 2.2×	92	2.2k
Anja C. Andersen Denmark	20	1.4k 0.6×	204 0.3×	55 0.3×	77 0.6×	268 2.9×	56	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of N. J. Wright

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wright, N. J., et al.. (2025). A census of OB stars within 1 kpc and the star formation and core collapse supernova rates of the Milky Way. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 538(3). 1367–1383. 6 indexed citations

Gossage, Seth, Rocio Kiman, J. J. Drake, et al.. (2025). On Convective Turnover Times and Dynamos in Low-mass Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 988(1). 102–102. 3 indexed citations

Vázquez, C. Viscasillas, L. Magrini, N. Miret-Roig, et al.. (2024). Gaia DR3 reveals the complex dynamical evolution within star clusters. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 689. A268–A268. 2 indexed citations

Wright, N. J., J. J. Drake, M. G. Guarcello, V. Kashyap, & A. Zezas. (2023). Simulating the Sensitivity to Stellar Point Sources of Chandra X-Ray Observations. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 269(1). 8–8. 7 indexed citations

Jeffries, R. D., R. J. Jackson, N. J. Wright, et al.. (2023). The Gaia-ESO Survey: empirical estimates of stellar ages from lithium equivalent widths (eagles). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 523(1). 802–824. 38 indexed citations

Kashyap, V., M. G. Guarcello, N. J. Wright, et al.. (2023). Classification of Chandra X-Ray Sources in Cygnus OB2. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 269(1). 10–10. 6 indexed citations

Albacete-Colombo, J. F., E. Flaccomio, J. J. Drake, et al.. (2023). The Statistical Uncertainties on X-Ray Flux and Spectral Parameters from Chandra ACIS-I Observations of Faint Sources: Application to the Cygnus OB2 Association. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 269(1). 11–11. 2 indexed citations

Guarcello, M. G., J. J. Drake, N. J. Wright, et al.. (2023). Photoevaporation and Close Encounters: How the Environment around Cygnus OB2 Affects the Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 269(1). 13–13. 9 indexed citations

Flaccomio, E., J. F. Albacete-Colombo, J. J. Drake, et al.. (2023). X-Ray Spectral Characterization of the Young Cygnus OB2 Population. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 269(1). 12–12. 5 indexed citations

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Guarcello, M. G., K. Biazzo, J. J. Drake, et al.. (2021). Dispersal timescale of protoplanetary disks in the low-metallicity young cluster Dolidze 25. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 9 indexed citations

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Antoniou, Vallia, A. Zezas, J. J. Drake, et al.. (2019). Deep Chandra Survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud. III. Formation Efficiency of High-mass X-Ray Binaries. The Astrophysical Journal. 887(1). 20–20. 27 indexed citations

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Wright, N. J., et al.. (2018). Showing the dynamics of student thinking as measured by the FMCE. Rowan Digitals Works (Rowan University). 380–383. 4 indexed citations

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Beccari, G., H. M. J. Boffin, Tereza Jeřabková, et al.. (2018). A sextet of clusters in the Vela OB2 region revealed by Gaia. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 481(1). L11–L15. 28 indexed citations

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Wright, N. J. & J. J. Drake. (2016). Solar-type dynamo behaviour in fully convective stars without a tachocline. Nature. 535(7613). 526–528. 113 indexed citations

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Wright, N. J., et al.. (2016). A Multi-faceted Approach to Measuring Student Understanding. The Physics Video Demonstration Database (Cornell University). 132–135. 2 indexed citations

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Sabin, L., Q. A. Parker, M. E. Contreras, et al.. (2013). New Galactic supernova remnants discovered with IPHAS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 431(1). 279–291. 43 indexed citations

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Wright, N. J.. (2013). Evolution of the techniques used in studying associative olfactory learning and memory in adult Drosophila in vivo: a historical and technical perspective. Invertebrate Neuroscience. 14(1). 1–11. 3 indexed citations

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Acker, A., Q. A. Parker, D. J. Frew, et al.. (2010). PAS volume 27 issue 2 Front matter. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 27(2). f1–f1. 1 indexed citations

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Wright, N. J., et al.. (2009). Dopamine modulation of the In vivo acetylcholine response in the Drosophila mushroom body. Developmental Neurobiology. 69(11). 705–714. 6 indexed citations

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Wright, N. J.. (2006). An in vivo technique for pharmacological manipulation of Drosophila brain during optical recording. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 155(1). 77–80. 3 indexed citations

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