P. N. Best

3.4k total citations
29 papers, 810 citations indexed

About

P. N. Best is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, P. N. Best has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 810 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 16 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 6 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in P. N. Best's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (25 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (16 papers) and Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (15 papers). P. N. Best is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (25 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (16 papers) and Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (15 papers). P. N. Best collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Germany. P. N. Best's co-authors include H. J. A. Röttgering, M. S. Longair, Ian Smail, David Sobral, Andrea Cattaneo, B. Forster, M. D. Lehnert, G. K. Miley, A. M. Swinbank and Tom Theuns and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

In The Last Decade

P. N. Best

28 papers receiving 772 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
P. N. Best United Kingdom 19 760 319 221 25 23 29 810
S. V. White South Africa 14 522 0.7× 260 0.8× 123 0.6× 31 1.2× 20 0.9× 29 561
Enrico Garaldi Germany 16 703 0.9× 225 0.7× 274 1.2× 11 0.4× 13 0.6× 40 821
Simon J. Mutch Australia 18 870 1.1× 171 0.5× 511 2.3× 16 0.6× 18 0.8× 44 911
Khee‐Gan Lee United States 16 670 0.9× 239 0.7× 198 0.9× 9 0.4× 17 0.7× 42 717
Natasha Maddox United Kingdom 17 700 0.9× 232 0.7× 244 1.1× 17 0.7× 15 0.7× 36 723
Nathan Adams United Kingdom 15 762 1.0× 114 0.4× 428 1.9× 17 0.7× 18 0.8× 41 806
Brian R. Kent United States 16 766 1.0× 129 0.4× 347 1.6× 19 0.8× 7 0.3× 30 839
M. Douspis France 19 939 1.2× 423 1.3× 181 0.8× 9 0.4× 17 0.7× 70 984
C. Bonnett France 3 454 0.6× 103 0.3× 168 0.8× 35 1.4× 29 1.3× 3 504
D. Vibert France 13 520 0.7× 76 0.2× 188 0.9× 24 1.0× 19 0.8× 23 548

Countries citing papers authored by P. N. Best

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Fields of papers citing papers by P. N. Best

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. N. Best

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of P. N. Best. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of P. N. Best based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with P. N. Best. P. N. Best is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rivera, G. Calistro, D. M. Alexander, C. M. Harrison, et al.. (2024). Ubiquitous radio emission in quasars: Predominant AGN origin and a connection to jets, dust, and winds. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 691. A191–A191. 6 indexed citations
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Andernach, H., et al.. (2023). Revisiting the alignment of radio galaxies in the ELAIS-N1 field. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 672. A178–A178. 9 indexed citations
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Williams, W. L., F. de Gasperin, M. J. Hardcastle, et al.. (2021). The LOFAR LBA Sky Survey: Deep Fields. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 655. A40–A40. 7 indexed citations
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Duncan, K. J., H. J. A. Röttgering, T. W. Shimwell, et al.. (2021). Low frequency radio properties of thez > 5 quasar population. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 656. A137–A137. 29 indexed citations
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Smith, D. J. B., G. Gürkan, P. N. Best, et al.. (2020). The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Deep Fields. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 648. A6–A6. 57 indexed citations
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Hardcastle, M. J., T. W. Shimwell, C. Tasse, et al.. (2020). The contribution of discrete sources to the sky temperature at 144 MHz. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 648. A10–A10. 20 indexed citations
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Lee, Kyoung-Soo, Arjun Dey, Nicola Malavasi, et al.. (2019). A Census of Galaxy Constituents in a Coma Progenitor Observed at z > 3. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 13 indexed citations
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Eck, Cameron L. Van, M. Haverkorn, M. I. R. Alves, et al.. (2019). Diffuse polarized emission in the LOFAR Two-meter Sky Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 623. A71–A71. 25 indexed citations
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Mooney, S., J. Quinn, J. R. Callingham, et al.. (2018). Blazars in the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey first data release. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 622. A14–A14. 8 indexed citations
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Oteo, I., David Sobral, R. J. Ivison, et al.. (2015). On the nature of Hα emitters atz∼ 2 from the HiZELS survey: physical properties, Lyα escape fraction and main sequence. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 452(2). 2018–2033. 32 indexed citations
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Sabater, J., S. Sánchez–Expósito, Julián Garrido, et al.. (2015). Calibration of radio-astronomical data on the cloud. LOFAR, the pathway to SKA. 840–843.
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Best, P. N., et al.. (2010). The Combined NVSS-FIRST Galaxies (CoNFIG) sample - II. Comparison of space densities in the Fanaroff-Riley dichotomy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 34 indexed citations
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Nesvadba, N. P. H., C. De Breuck, M. D. Lehnert, et al.. (2010). The black holes of radio galaxies during the “Quasar Era”: masses, accretion rates, and evolutionary stage. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 525. A43–A43. 26 indexed citations
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Cattaneo, Andrea & P. N. Best. (2009). On the jet contribution to the active galactic nuclei cosmic energy budget. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 395(1). 518–523. 41 indexed citations
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Almaini, O., et al.. (2007). 0.5 Mpc-scale extended X-ray emission in thez= 2.48 radio galaxy 4C 23.56. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 376(1). 151–156. 16 indexed citations
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Best, P. N., et al.. (2006). CENSORS: A Combined EIS-NVSS Survey of Radio Sources - II. Infrared imaging and the K-z relation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 366(4). 1265–1288. 20 indexed citations
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Best, P. N., M. D. Lehnert, G. K. Miley, & H. J. A. Röttgering. (2003). Red galaxy overdensities and the varied cluster environments of powerful radio sources with z   1.6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 343(1). 1–21. 47 indexed citations
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Cohen, A. S., W. M. Lane, T. Joseph W. Lazio, et al.. (2003). Two low frequency surveys of radio galaxies. New Astronomy Reviews. 47(4-5). 379–384. 1 indexed citations
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Best, P. N., Pieter van Dokkum, Marijn Franx, & H. J. A. Röttgering. (2002). μJy radio sources in the z=0.83 cluster MS1054-03. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 330(1). 17–34. 21 indexed citations
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Best, P. N., H. J. A. Röttgering, M. N. Bremer, et al.. (1998). Dust in 3C 324. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 301(1). L15–L19. 17 indexed citations

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