P. Capak

41.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
148 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

P. Capak is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, P. Capak has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 84 papers in Instrumentation and 17 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in P. Capak's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (134 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (84 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (38 papers). P. Capak is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (134 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (84 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (38 papers). P. Capak collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. P. Capak's co-authors include N. Z. Scoville, O. Ilbert, M. Salvato, L. L. Cowie, Anton M. Koekemoer, D. B. Sanders, A. J. Barger, H. J. McCracken, Bahram Mobasher and Kartik Sheth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

P. Capak

141 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

IDENTIFYING LUMINOUS ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI IN DEEP SURVE... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2015 2016 100 200 300
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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.

  1. IDENTIFYING LUMINOUS ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI IN DEEP SURVEYS: REVISED IRAC SELECTION CRITERIA
    2012 348 citations Anton M. Koekemoer, P. Capak et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. Galaxies at redshifts 5 to 6 with systematically low dust content and high [C ii] emission
    2015 249 citations P. Capak, C. L. Carilli et al. profile →
  3. ISM MASSES AND THE STAR FORMATION LAW AT Z = 1 TO 6: ALMA OBSERVATIONS OF DUST CONTINUUM IN 145 GALAXIES IN THE COSMOS SURVEY FIELD
    2016 245 citations N. Z. Scoville, Kartik Sheth et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
P. Capak United States 51 7.5k 3.6k 1.3k 423 303 148 7.7k
Casey Papovich United States 50 8.8k 1.2× 5.0k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 363 0.9× 236 0.8× 176 9.0k
C. M. Carollo Switzerland 50 7.9k 1.1× 4.4k 1.2× 999 0.8× 349 0.8× 269 0.9× 122 8.2k
Roberto Abraham Canada 42 6.0k 0.8× 3.5k 1.0× 669 0.5× 331 0.8× 333 1.1× 157 6.2k
Ivo Labbé United States 54 9.1k 1.2× 6.0k 1.7× 926 0.7× 370 0.9× 290 1.0× 144 9.3k
S. Cristiani Italy 45 7.1k 1.0× 3.3k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 380 0.9× 220 0.7× 215 7.5k
L. Wisotzki Germany 50 7.4k 1.0× 3.6k 1.0× 1.0k 0.8× 458 1.1× 206 0.7× 189 7.6k
S. J. Lilly Switzerland 42 6.7k 0.9× 3.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 271 0.6× 220 0.7× 148 6.9k
Karl Glazebrook Australia 45 7.7k 1.0× 4.5k 1.2× 775 0.6× 376 0.9× 466 1.5× 190 7.9k
Claudio Dalla Vecchia United Kingdom 46 8.4k 1.1× 4.3k 1.2× 1.6k 1.2× 240 0.6× 238 0.8× 92 8.5k
Kazuhiro Shimasaku Japan 46 8.1k 1.1× 3.8k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 336 0.8× 386 1.3× 123 8.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Menéndez‐Delmestre, Karín, Thiago S. Gonçalves, F. Almeida-Fernandes, et al.. (2025). Identifying a Protocluster Formation at z ∼ 4.5 in the COSMOS Field: An Extension of the Taralay Protocluster, Traced by Lyα Emitters Surrounding a Submillimeter Galaxy. The Astrophysical Journal. 991(1). 35–35. 1 indexed citations
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Taamoli, Sina, Bahram Mobasher, Nima Chartab, et al.. (2024). Large-scale Structures in COSMOS2020: Evolution of Star Formation Activity in Different Environments at 0.4 < z < 4. The Astrophysical Journal. 966(1). 18–18. 10 indexed citations
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Taamoli, Sina, Bahram Mobasher, Nima Chartab, et al.. (2024). COSMOS2020: Disentangling the Role of Mass and Environment in Star Formation Activity of Galaxies at 0.4 < z < 4. The Astrophysical Journal. 977(2). 263–263. 1 indexed citations
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Weaver, John R., L. Zalesky, Vasily Kokorev, et al.. (2023). The Farmer: A Reproducible Profile-fitting Photometry Package for Deep Galaxy Surveys. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 269(1). 20–20. 11 indexed citations
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Faisst, Andreas L., Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Pascal A. Oesch, et al.. (2020). ALMA characterizes the dust temperature of z ∼ 5.5 star-forming galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 498(3). 4192–4204. 50 indexed citations
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Riechers, Dominik A., Riccardo Pavesi, Chelsea E. Sharon, et al.. (2019). COLDz: shape of the CO luminosity function at high redshift sand the cold gas history of the universe. Figshare. 32 indexed citations
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Laigle, C., I. Davidzon, O. Ilbert, et al.. (2019). Horizon-AGN virtual observatory – 1. SED-fitting performance and forecasts for future imaging surveys. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 486(4). 5104–5123. 38 indexed citations
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Thilker, David A., Janice Lee, P. Capak, et al.. (2019). The Nature of Low-Density Star Formation. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology).
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Teplitz, Harry I., G. Hélou, Jason Rhodes, et al.. (2019). Supporting Archival Research with Euclid and SPHEREx Data. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 51(7). 36.
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Pavesi, Riccardo, Chelsea E. Sharon, Dominik A. Riechers, et al.. (2018). The CO Luminosity Density at High-z (COLDz) Survey: A Sensitive, Large-area Blind Search for Low-J CO Emission from Cold Gas in the Early Universe with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. The Astrophysical Journal. 864(1). 49–49. 53 indexed citations
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Suh, Hyewon, F. Civano, G. Hasinger, et al.. (2017). Type 2 AGN Host Galaxies in the Chandra-COSMOS Legacy Survey: No Evidence of AGN-driven Quenching. The Astrophysical Journal. 841(2). 102–102. 23 indexed citations
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Onodera, Masato, C. M. Carollo, S. J. Lilly, et al.. (2016). ISM EXCITATION AND METALLICITY OF STAR-FORMING GALAXIES AT Z ≃ 3.3 FROM NEAR-IR SPECTROSCOPY. The Astrophysical Journal. 822(1). 42–42. 76 indexed citations
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Speagle, Joshua S., P. Capak, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Daniel Masters, & Charles L. Steinhardt. (2016). Exploring photometric redshifts as an optimization problem: an ensemble MCMC and simulated annealing-driven template-fitting approach. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 461(4). 3432–3442. 12 indexed citations
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Ikeda, Hiroyuki, Tohru Nagao, Yoshiaki Taniguchi, et al.. (2015). THE QUASAR-LBG TWO-POINT ANGULAR CROSS-CORRELATION FUNCTION ATz∼ 4 IN THE COSMOS FIELD. The Astrophysical Journal. 809(2). 138–138. 6 indexed citations
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Masters, Daniel, P. Capak, Daniel Stern, et al.. (2015). MAPPING THE GALAXY COLOR–REDSHIFT RELATION: OPTIMAL PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFT CALIBRATION STRATEGIES FOR COSMOLOGY SURVEYS. The Astrophysical Journal. 813(1). 53–53. 91 indexed citations
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Navarrete, Felipe, Manuel Aravena, O. Ilbert, et al.. (2012). Quest for COSMOS submillimeter galaxy counterparts using CARMA and VLA: Identifying three high-redshift starburst galaxies. ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 12 indexed citations
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Fauré, C., T. Anguita, D. Alloin, et al.. (2011). On the evolution of environmental and mass properties of strong lens galaxies in COSMOS. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 18 indexed citations
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Ilbert, O., M. Salvato, E. Le Floc’h, et al.. (2010). Galaxy stellar mass assembly between 0.2 < z < 2 from the S-COSMOS survey. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 355. 3 indexed citations
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Jouvel, S., Jean‐Paul Kneib, O. Ilbert, et al.. (2009). Designing Future Dark Energy Space Missions: I. Building Realistic Galaxy Spectro-Photometric Catalogs and their first applications. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 34 indexed citations
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Ilbert, O., M. Salvato, P. Capak, et al.. (2008). Photometric Redshifts and Stellar Mass Assembly in the 2-deg^2 COSMOS Field. ASPC. 399. 169.

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