P. G. Sutherland

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
54 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

P. G. Sutherland is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, P. G. Sutherland has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 10 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 9 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in P. G. Sutherland's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (17 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (14 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (14 papers). P. G. Sutherland is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (17 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (14 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (14 papers). P. G. Sutherland collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. P. G. Sutherland's co-authors include C. J. Pethick, Gordon Baym, M. Ruderman, M. C. Weisskopf, Ronald F. Elsner, E. G. Flowers, W. Darbro, J. E. Grindlay, S. M. Kahn and D. A. Leahy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment.

In The Last Decade

P. G. Sutherland

52 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Theory of pulsars - Polar caps, sparks, and coherent microwave radiation

1975 1.3k citations P. G. Sutherland et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
The Ground State of Matter at High Densities: Equation of State and Stellar Models

1971 1.2k citations Gordon Baym, C. J. Pethick et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
On searches for pulsed emission with application to four globular cluster X-ray sources - NGC 1851, 6441, 6624, and 6712

1983 423 citations D. A. Leahy, W. Darbro et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
P. G. Sutherland United States	21	3.6k	1.5k	1.1k	600	382	54	3.9k
Jonathan Arons United States	37	4.2k 1.2×	2.9k 1.9×	887 0.8×	1000 1.7×	174 0.5×	99	5.1k
D. G. Yakovlev Russia	31	2.4k 0.7×	991 0.7×	994 0.9×	815 1.4×	232 0.6×	102	2.9k
M. Coleman Miller United States	46	5.6k 1.6×	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	324 0.5×	315 0.8×	154	6.0k
George G. Pavlov United States	35	3.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	840 0.8×	223 0.4×	218 0.6×	175	3.5k
Roger W. Romani United States	42	5.3k 1.5×	2.8k 1.8×	572 0.5×	415 0.7×	441 1.2×	170	5.6k
J. P. Halpern United States	44	6.4k 1.8×	2.1k 1.4×	721 0.7×	182 0.3×	195 0.5×	221	6.5k
E. P. J. van den Heuvel Netherlands	34	4.0k 1.1×	823 0.5×	683 0.6×	162 0.3×	226 0.6×	133	4.2k
Frederick K. Lamb United States	35	4.2k 1.2×	744 0.5×	1.6k 1.5×	151 0.3×	233 0.6×	91	4.4k
S. Rappaport United States	45	6.7k 1.8×	710 0.5×	827 0.8×	253 0.4×	186 0.5×	209	6.9k
J. A. Pons Spain	35	3.9k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	456 0.8×	387 1.0×	113	4.2k

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Welch, D. L., et al.. (2013). ASYMMETRY IN THE OUTBURST OF SN 1987A DETECTED USING LIGHT ECHO SPECTROSCOPY. The Astrophysical Journal. 767(1). 45–45. 12 indexed citations

Sutherland, P. G., et al.. (1988). Gamma-ray spectra and energy deposition for type IA supernovae. The Astrophysical Journal. 325. 820–820. 34 indexed citations

McCray, Richard, J. Michael Shull, & P. G. Sutherland. (1987). Inside supernova 1987A. The Astrophysical Journal. 317. L73–L73. 20 indexed citations

Sutherland, P. G., et al.. (1986). Attaining mandibular stability following repositioning splint therapy. Case report. Australian Dental Journal. 31(6). 440–444. 1 indexed citations

Elsner, Ronald F., M. C. Weisskopf, W. Darbro, et al.. (1986). Observations of quasi-periodic oscillations from GX 5 - 1 and Cygnus X-2 with the Einstein (HEAO 2) Observatory. The Astrophysical Journal. 308. 655–655. 5 indexed citations

Elsner, Ronald F., M. C. Weisskopf, W. Darbro, et al.. (1985). Observations of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations from GX 5-1 with the Einstein (HEAO-2) Observatory. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 17. 854.

Weisskopf, Martin C., P. G. Sutherland, Ronald F. Elsner, & Brian D. Ramsey. (1985). On the viability of exploiting L-shell fluorescence for X-ray polarimetry. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 236(2). 371–374. 3 indexed citations

Weisskopf, Martin C., Ronald F. Elsner, D. A. Leahy, et al.. (1983). The period history of the X-ray pulsar in MSH 15-52. The Astrophysical Journal. 267. 711–711. 6 indexed citations

Leahy, D. A., W. Darbro, Ronald F. Elsner, et al.. (1983). On searches for pulsed emission with application to four globular cluster X-ray sources - NGC 1851, 6441, 6624, and 6712. The Astrophysical Journal. 266. 160–160. 423 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ghosh, Pranab, Ronald F. Elsner, Martin C. Weisskopf, & P. G. Sutherland. (1981). The asymmetric 4.8 hour X-ray modulation of Cygnus X-3 - Model light curves and inferred orbital parameters. The Astrophysical Journal. 251. 230–230. 17 indexed citations

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Weisskopf, M. C., W. Darbro, Pranab Ghosh, P. G. Sutherland, & J. E. Grindlay. (1980). High time resolution observation of the transient event of 5 March 1979. STIN. 80. 25268. 1 indexed citations

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Grindlay, J. E., H. L. Marshall, P. Hertz, et al.. (1980). Time-resolved imaging and spectral studies of an X-ray burst from the globular cluster Terzan. The Astrophysical Journal. 240. L121–L121. 28 indexed citations

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Weisskopf, Miriam, P. G. Sutherland, C. R. Canizares, & J. I. Katz. (1978). Short-term time variability of Cygnus X-1. III. The Astrophysical Journal. 223. L17–L17. 3 indexed citations

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Novick, R., M. C. Weisskopf, J. R. P. Angel, & P. G. Sutherland. (1977). The effect of vacuum birefringence on the polarization of X-ray binaries and pulsars. The Astrophysical Journal. 215. L117–L117. 22 indexed citations

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Flowers, E. G. & P. G. Sutherland. (1977). Neutrino-pair bremsstrahlung in collisions between neutrons and nuclei in neutron star matter. Astrophysics and Space Science. 48(1). 159–164. 2 indexed citations

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Cheng, A. F., M. Ruderman, & P. G. Sutherland. (1976). Current flow in pulsar magnetospheres. The Astrophysical Journal. 203. 209–209. 40 indexed citations

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Sutherland, P. G., et al.. (1974). Structure of Solid Iron in Superstrong Neutron-Star Magnetic Fields. The Astrophysical Journal. 191. 473–473. 29 indexed citations

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Sutherland, P. G.. (1972). White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars. PhDT. 1 indexed citations

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Baym, Gordon, C. J. Pethick, & P. G. Sutherland. (1971). The Ground State of Matter at High Densities: Equation of State and Stellar Models. The Astrophysical Journal. 170. 299–299. 1165 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sutherland, P. G., Gordon Baym, C. J. Pethick, & David Pines. (1970). Can Pulsar Masses be Determined ?. Nature. 225(5230). 353–354. 7 indexed citations

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