Nathan Smith

18.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
236 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Nathan Smith is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathan Smith has authored 236 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 223 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 38 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 27 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Nathan Smith's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (137 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (135 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (96 papers). Nathan Smith is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (137 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (135 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (96 papers). Nathan Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and United Kingdom. Nathan Smith's co-authors include A. V. Filippenko, Weidong Li, R. Chornock, R. D. Gehrz, R. J. Foley, Kris Davidson, John Bally, J. M. Silverman, Jon C. Mauerhan and Jon A. Morse and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Nathan Smith

229 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Nearby supernova rates from the Lick Observatory Supernova Search - II. The observed luminosity functions and fractions of supernovae in a complete sample

2011 390 citations R. Chornock, A. V. Filippenko et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
Observed fractions of core-collapse supernova types and initial masses of their single and binary progenitor stars

2011 304 citations Nathan Smith, A. V. Filippenko et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
The Red Supergiant Progenitor Luminosity Problem

2025 26 citations Emma R. Beasor, Nathan Smith et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Nathan Smith	8.0k	1.8k	904	217	158	236	8.3k
D. J. Axon	5.2k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	721 0.8×	108 0.5×	152 1.0×	194	5.4k
Volker Bromm	9.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.0×	1.8k 2.0×	174 0.8×	299 1.9×	182	9.7k
Ari Laor	5.4k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	607 0.7×	75 0.3×	165 1.0×	97	5.6k
You‐Hua Chu	4.4k 0.5×	932 0.5×	589 0.7×	221 1.0×	108 0.7×	259	4.5k
Dean C. Hines	5.6k 0.7×	675 0.4×	1.2k 1.3×	296 1.4×	207 1.3×	144	5.7k
J. J. Hester	3.4k 0.4×	770 0.4×	673 0.7×	198 0.9×	164 1.0×	76	3.5k
M. J. Page	3.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	599 0.7×	107 0.5×	118 0.7×	125	3.4k
Richard G. Arendt	3.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	597 0.7×	107 0.5×	159 1.0×	116	3.6k
W. B. Burton	5.4k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	393 0.4×	166 0.8×	171 1.1×	91	5.6k
D. J. Hillier	7.7k 1.0×	811 0.5×	1.8k 1.9×	91 0.4×	181 1.1×	224	7.8k

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Zheng, WeiKang, Schuyler D. Van Dyk, A. V. Filippenko, et al.. (2024). A Snapshot Survey of Nearby Supernovae with the Hubble Space Telescope. The Astrophysical Journal. 964(2). 172–172. 2 indexed citations

Beasor, Emma R., G. Hosseinzadeh, Nathan Smith, et al.. (2024). JWST Reveals a Luminous Infrared Source at the Position of the Failed Supernova Candidate N6946-BH1. The Astrophysical Journal. 964(2). 171–171. 13 indexed citations

Smith, Nathan, Jennifer E. Andrews, Peter Milne, et al.. (2024). SN 2015da: late-time observations of a persistent superluminous Type IIn supernova with post-shock dust formation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 530(1). 405–423. 8 indexed citations

Smith, Nathan, et al.. (2023). The superluminous Type IIn supernova ASASSN-15ua: part of a continuum in extreme precursor mass-loss. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(3). 7767–7780. 4 indexed citations

Smith, Nathan, Jeniveve Pearson, David J. Sand, et al.. (2023). High-resolution Spectroscopy of SN 2023ixf’s First Week: Engulfing the Asymmetric Circumstellar Material. The Astrophysical Journal. 956(1). 46–46. 37 indexed citations

Smith, Nathan, Peter Milne, Jennifer E. Andrews, et al.. (2023). Repeating periodic eruptions of the supernova impostor SN 2000ch. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521(2). 1941–1957. 8 indexed citations

Jencson, J., David J. Sand, Jennifer E. Andrews, et al.. (2022). An Exceptional Dimming Event for a Massive, Cool Supergiant in M51. The Astrophysical Journal. 930(1). 81–81. 9 indexed citations

Nugent, Anya E., Wen‐fai Fong, Yuxin 雨欣 Dong 董, et al.. (2022). Short GRB Host Galaxies. II. A Legacy Sample of Redshifts, Stellar Population Properties, and Implications for Their Neutron Star Merger Origins. The Astrophysical Journal. 940(1). 57–57. 46 indexed citations

Matheson, T., Chien‐Hsiu Lee, Abhijit Saha, et al.. (2022). Optical Rebrightening of Extragalactic Transients from the Zwicky Transient Facility. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 926(2). L11–L11. 4 indexed citations

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Andrews, Jennifer E., Jeniveve Pearson, M. Lundquist, et al.. (2022). High-Cadence TESS and Ground-based Data of SN 2019esa, the Less Energetic Sibling of SN 2006gy ^∗. The Astrophysical Journal. 938(1). 19–19.

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Dyk, Schuyler D. Van, WeiKang Zheng, A. V. Filippenko, et al.. (2022). The disappearances of six supernova progenitors. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(1). 471–482. 18 indexed citations

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Fox, Ori D., Schuyler D. Van Dyk, Benjamin F. Williams, et al.. (2022). The Candidate Progenitor Companion Star of the Type Ib/c SN 2013ge. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 929(1). L15–L15. 13 indexed citations

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Rastinejad, Jillian, Wen‐fai Fong, C. D. Kilpatrick, et al.. (2021). Probing Kilonova Ejecta Properties Using a Catalog of Short Gamma-Ray Burst Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 916(2). 89–89. 27 indexed citations

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Fox, Ori D., Claes Fransson, Nathan Smith, et al.. (2020). The slow demise of the long-lived SN 2005ip. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 498(1). 517–531. 15 indexed citations

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Zapartas, Emmanouil, S. E. de Mink, Stephen Justham, et al.. (2020). Effect of binary evolution on the inferred initial and final core masses of hydrogen-rich, Type II supernova progenitors. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 645. A6–A6. 31 indexed citations

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Chornock, R., et al.. (2019). The Type II superluminous SN 2008es at late times: near-infrared excess and circumstellar interaction. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 488(3). 3783–3793. 5 indexed citations

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Jencson, J., M. M. Kasliwal, S. M. Adams, et al.. (2018). . Liverpool John Moores University. 5 indexed citations

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Dwek, E., Richard G. Arendt, Ori D. Fox, et al.. (2017). Constraints on the Progenitor of SN 2010jl and Pre-existing Hot Dust in its Surrounding Medium. The Astrophysical Journal. 847(2). 91–91. 10 indexed citations

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Fox, O., Schuyler D. Van Dyk, E. Dwek, et al.. (2017). The Candidate Progenitor of the Type IIn SN 2010jl Is Not an Optically Luminous Star. The Astrophysical Journal. 836(2). 222–222. 16 indexed citations

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Fong, Wen‐fai, R. Margutti, R. Chornock, et al.. (2016). THE AFTERGLOW AND EARLY-TYPE HOST GALAXY OF THE SHORT GRB 150101B AT z = 0.1343. The Astrophysical Journal. 833(2). 151–151. 41 indexed citations

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