N. W. Evans

13.9k citations

82 papers · 4.1k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 34

Impact in

Instrumentation top 0.5%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Astro and Planetary Science

Papers in

Instrumentation 39
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 39
Astronomy and Astrophysics 76
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 62
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 42
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 18
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 10
- Astro and Planetary Science 9

Co-authors: Vasily Belokurov S. E. Koposov G. Gilmore M. I. Wilkinson Jan Kleyna Alis J. Deason Denis Erkal E. K. Grebel
Journals: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (46 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (13 papers)The Astronomical Journal (3 papers)Physical Review Letters (3 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters (2 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Russia

In The Last Decade

N. W. Evans

81 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Co-formation of the disc and the stellar halo★ 2018 · 635 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2015 The Astrophysical Journal
2009 The Astrophysical Journal

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside N. W. Evans, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Blind source separation of the stellar halo Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Elliot Y Davies, Vasily Belokurov, Andrey V. Kravtsov, Stephanie Monty, GyuChul Myeong, N. W. Evans, Sarah G. Kane	2025	1
2	Deciphering the Milky Way disc formation time encrypted in the bar chrono-kinematics Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Hanyuan Zhang, Vasily Belokurov, N. W. Evans, Zhao‐Yu Li, Jason L. Sanders, Anke Arentsen	2024	6
3	VIRAC2: NIR astrometry and time series photometry for 500M+ stars from the VVV and VVVX surveys Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Leigh C. Smith, P. W. Lucas, S. E. Koposov, C. Gónzalez-Fernández, J. Alonso-García, D. Minniti, Jason L. Sanders, L. R. Bedin, Vasily Belokurov, N. W. Evans, M. Hempel, V. D. Ivanov, R. Kurtev, R. K. Saito	2024	5
4	Spatially resolved microlensing time-scale distributions across the Galactic bulge with the VVV survey Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Zofia Kaczmarek, Peter McGill, N. W. Evans, Leigh C. Smith, Nathan Golovich, E. Kerins, D Specht, William A. Dawson	2024	4
5	Peeking beneath the precision floor − II. Probing the chemo-dynamical histories of the potential globular cluster siblings, NGC 288 and NGC 362 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Stephanie Monty, David Yong, D. Massari, Madeleine McKenzie, GyuChul Myeong, Sven Buder, Amanda I. Karakas, K. C. Freeman, A. F. Marino, Vasily Belokurov, N. W. Evans	2023	8
6	Astrometric Identification of Nearby Binary Stars I: Predicted Astrometric Signals arXiv (Cornell University) ·Zephyr Penoyre, Vasily Belokurov, N. W. Evans	2021	51
7	Binary deviations from single object astrometry Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Zephyr Penoyre, Vasily Belokurov, N. W. Evans, Andrew Everall, S. E. Koposov	2020	60
8	Near-Gaussian distributions for modelling discrete stellar velocity data with heteroskedastic uncertainties Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Jason L. Sanders, N. W. Evans	2020	4
9	BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD: DISCOVERY OF NINE ULTRA FAINT SATELLITES IN THE VICINITY OF THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS The Astrophysical Journal ·S. E. Koposov, Vasily Belokurov, G. Torrealba, N. W. Evans Hit paper breakdown →	2015	311
10	Indication of Gamma-Ray Emission from the Newly Discovered Dwarf Galaxy Reticulum II Physical Review Letters ·Alex Geringer-Sameth, Matthew G. Walker, Savvas M. Koushiappas, S. E. Koposov, Vasily Belokurov, G. Torrealba, N. W. Evans	2015	90
11	On multiple Einstein rings Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Marcus C. Werner, J. An, N. W. Evans	2008	6
12	Probing the dark matter content of Local Group dwarf spheroidal galaxies with FLAMES Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University) ·M. I. Wilkinson, Jan Kleyna, G. Gilmore, N. W. Evans, Andreas Koch, E. K. Grebel, Rosemary F. Ġ. Wyse, Daniel Harbeck	2006	1
13	A simple model for lensing by black holes in galactic nuclei Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Marcus C. Werner, N. W. Evans	2006	4
14	Possible Evidence for MeV Dark Matter in Dwarf Spheroidals Physical Review Letters ·Dan Hooper, Francesc Ferrer, Céline Bœhm, Joseph Silk, Jacques Paul, N. W. Evans, Michel Cassé	2004	53
15	The POINT-AGAPE Survey - I. The variable stars in M31 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·J. An, N. W. Evans, P. C. Hewett, P. Baillon, S. Calchi Novati, B. J. Carr, M. Crézé, Y. Giraud–Héraud, Andrew Gould, Ph. Jetzer, J. Kaplan, E. Kerins, S. Paulin‐Henriksson, S. J. Smartt, C. S. Stalin, Y. Tsapras	2004	41
16	MeV Dark Matter In Dwarf Spheroidals: A Smoking Gun? arXiv (Cornell University) ·Dan Hooper, Francesc Ferrer, Céline Bœhm, Joseph Silk, Jacques Paul, N. W. Evans, Michel Cassé	2003	6
17	Taxonomy for comet-like bodies Jonathan Horner, N. W. Evans	2002	1
18	Dark matter in dwarf spheroidals I. Models Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·M. I. Wilkinson, Jan Kleyna, N. W. Evans, G. Gilmore	2002	60
19	Theory of Exploring the Dark Halo with Microlensing. I. Power-Law Models The Astrophysical Journal ·C. Alcock, R. A. Allsman, T. S. Axelrod, D. P. Bennett, K. H. Cook, N. W. Evans, K. C. Freeman, K. Griest, J. Jijina, M. J. Lehner, S. L. Marshall, S. Perlmutter, B. A. Peterson, M. R. Pratt, P. J. Quinn, A. W. Rodgers, C. W. Stubbs, William J. Sutherland	1995	26
20	The flattened isochrone Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·N. W. Evans, P. T. de Zeeuw, D. Lynden–Bell	1990	16

About N. W. Evans

N. W. Evans is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Computational Mechanics, having authored 82 papers that have together received 4.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (62 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (42 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (39 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (18 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (10 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (9 papers), Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (6 papers) and Scientific Research and Discoveries (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (1.7k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.9k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (739 citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (164 citations) and Computational Mechanics (97 citations). N. W. Evans has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Russia. Frequent co-authors include Vasily Belokurov, S. E. Koposov, G. Gilmore, M. I. Wilkinson, Jan Kleyna, Alis J. Deason, Denis Erkal, E. K. Grebel, G. Torrealba and Matthew G. Walker. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal, Physical Review Letters and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters.

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