P. A. Mazzali

29.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
198 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

P. A. Mazzali is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, P. A. Mazzali has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 192 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 40 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 12 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in P. A. Mazzali's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (186 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (69 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (62 papers). P. A. Mazzali is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (186 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (69 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (62 papers). P. A. Mazzali collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and United Kingdom. P. A. Mazzali's co-authors include S. Benetti, K. Nomoto, Keiichi Maeda, E. Pian, Masaomi Tanaka, E. Cappellaro, M. Turatto, W. Hillebrandt, F. Patat and Nozomu Tominaga and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

P. A. Mazzali

186 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Identification of strontium in the merger of two neutron stars

2019 281 citations J. Selsing, D. Malesani et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
P. A. Mazzali Germany	46	6.1k	1.9k	301	56	49	198	6.3k
Keiichi Maeda Japan	38	4.9k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	454 1.5×	37 0.7×	46 0.9×	205	5.0k
A. Gal‐Yam United States	46	5.8k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	554 1.8×	37 0.7×	56 1.1×	200	5.9k
S. Benetti Italy	42	4.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	295 1.0×	31 0.6×	37 0.8×	198	4.9k
M. Kromer Germany	30	3.5k 0.6×	932 0.5×	256 0.9×	36 0.6×	28 0.6×	71	3.5k
S. B. Cenko United States	46	6.2k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	481 1.6×	27 0.5×	65 1.3×	266	6.3k
Peter Höflich United States	39	4.3k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	208 0.7×	16 0.3×	67 1.4×	125	4.5k
Ralph Kraft United States	34	3.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	475 1.6×	39 0.7×	102 2.1×	213	3.7k
E. Pian Italy	36	4.3k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	247 0.8×	14 0.3×	48 1.0×	159	4.4k
R. A. M. J. Wijers Netherlands	34	4.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	186 0.6×	18 0.3×	40 0.8×	163	4.0k
A. J. Levan United Kingdom	36	4.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	339 1.1×	17 0.3×	70 1.4×	249	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by P. A. Mazzali

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. A. Mazzali

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mazzali, P. A., et al.. (2025). The nebular spectra of SN 2023ixf: a lower mass, partially stripped progenitor may be the result of binary interaction. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 539(2). 633–649. 4 indexed citations

Tanaka, Masaomi, et al.. (2024). On the Formation of the W-shaped O ii Lines in Spectra of Type I Superluminous Supernovae. The Astrophysical Journal. 967(1). 13–13. 2 indexed citations

Williams, S. C., R. Kotak, Peter Lundqvist, et al.. (2024). Observations of type Ia supernova SN 2020nlb up to 600 days after explosion, and the distance to M85. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 685. A135–A135. 1 indexed citations

Gall, C., J. Hjorth, L. Christensen, et al.. (2024). Origin of the Strong Sodium Absorption of the Lensed Supernova 2016geu at z = 0.4. The Astrophysical Journal. 972(1). 114–114.

Vasylyev, Sergiy S., C. Vogl, Yi Yang, et al.. (2023). Early-time Ultraviolet and Optical Hubble Space Telescope Spectroscopy of the Type II Supernova 2022wsp. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 959(2). L26–L26. 2 indexed citations

Reguitti, A., A. Pastorello, G. Pignata, et al.. (2022). SN 2021foa, a transitional event between a Type IIn (SN 2009ip-like) and a Type Ibn supernova. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 662. L10–L10. 6 indexed citations

Mazzali, P. A., et al.. (2022). Flat-topped NIR profiles originating from an unmixed helium shell in the Type IIb SN 2020acat. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 518(1). L40–L44. 2 indexed citations

Mazzali, P. A., et al.. (2022). A massive, energetic model for the luminous transitional Type Ib/IIb SN 2020cpg. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 517(4). 5678–5686. 1 indexed citations

Taddia, F., J. Sollerman, A. Rubin, et al.. (2016). Metallicity from Type II supernovae from the (i)PTF. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 5 indexed citations

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Ishida, Émille E. O., Michele Sasdelli, Ricardo Vilalta, et al.. (2016). Exploring the spectroscopic diversity of type Ia supernovae with Deep Learning and Unsupervised Clustering. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 12(S325). 247–252. 2 indexed citations

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Corsi, A., A. Gal‐Yam, S. R. Kulkarni, et al.. (2016). RADIO OBSERVATIONS OF A SAMPLE OF BROAD-LINE TYPE IC SUPERNOVAE DISCOVERED BY PTF/IPTF: A SEARCH FOR RELATIVISTIC EXPLOSIONS. The Astrophysical Journal. 830(1). 42–42. 20 indexed citations

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Jerkstrand, Anders, S. J. Smartt, J. Sollerman, et al.. (2015). Supersolar Ni/Fe production in the Type IIP SN 2012ec. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 448(3). 2482–2494. 34 indexed citations

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Mazzali, P. A., M. Sullivan, Stephan Hachinger, et al.. (2014). Hubble Space Telescope spectra of the Type Ia supernova SN 2011fe: a tail of low-density, high-velocity material with Z < Z⊙. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 439(2). 1959–1979. 73 indexed citations

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Inserra, C., R. Scalzo, M. Fraser, et al.. (2013). SN2012ca: a stripped envelope core-collapse SN interacting with dense circumstellar medium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 437(1). L51–L55. 13 indexed citations

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Elias–Rosa, N., A. Pastorello, L. Zampieri, et al.. (2009). Explosion of a massive, He-rich star at z = 0.16. AIP conference proceedings. 448–451. 1 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Masaomi, Keiichi Maeda, P. A. Mazzali, et al.. (2008). Multi-Dimensional Simulations of Radiative Transfer in Aspherical Core-Collapse Supernovae. AIP conference proceedings. 1016. 249–254. 1 indexed citations

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Ferrero, P., Д. А. Канн, A. Zeh, et al.. (2006). The GRB 060218/SN 2006aj Event in the Context of other Gamma-Ray Burst Supernovae. TigerPrints (Clemson University). 35 indexed citations

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Pastorello, A., Daniel Sauer, S. Taubenberger, et al.. (2006). SN 2005cs in M51 - I. The first month of evolution of a subluminous SN II plateau. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 370(4). 1752–1762. 71 indexed citations

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Sauer, Daniel, P. A. Mazzali, J. Deng, et al.. (2006). The properties of the ‘standard’ Type Ic supernova 1994I from spectral models. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 369(4). 1939–1948. 50 indexed citations

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Valle, M. Della, D. Malesani, S. Benetti, et al.. (2003). Evidence for supernova signatures in the spectrum of the late-time bump of the optical afterglow of GRB 021211. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 56 indexed citations

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