P. Uttley

13.5k citations

130 papers · 7.0k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 43

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.2%
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.5%
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

Papers in ⓘ

Astronomy and Astrophysics 127
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 119
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 56
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 51
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 17
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 8
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 8
Nuclear and High Energy Physics 45
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 43

Co-authors: I. M. McHardy (25 shared papers)S. Vaughan (10 shared papers)P. Arévalo (13 shared papers)Rick Edelson (1 shared paper)R. S. Warwick (1 shared paper)A. C. Fabian (20 shared papers)I. E. Papadakis (14 shared papers)Edward M. Cackett (18 shared papers)
Journals: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (75 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (10 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (8 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters (4 papers)Nature (3 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Netherlands United States

In The Last Decade

P. Uttley

125 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

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False periodicities in quasar time-domain surveys 2016 · 178 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2009 Nature
2006 Nature
2003 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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1	On characterizing the variability properties of X-ray light curves from active galaxies Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·S. Vaughan, Rick Edelson, R. S. Warwick, P. Uttley Hit paper breakdown →	2003	679
2	Broad line emission from iron K- and L-shell transitions in the active galaxy 1H 0707-495 Nature ·A. C. Fabian, Abderahmen Zoghbi, R. R. Ross, P. Uttley, Luigi Gallo, W. N. Brandt, A. J. Blustin, T. Boller, M. D. Caballero‐García, Josefin Larsson, J. M. Mïller, G. Miniutti, G. Ponti, R. C. Reis, C. S. Reynolds, Yasuo Tanaka, A. J. Young Hit paper breakdown →	2009	375
3	Active galactic nuclei as scaled-up Galactic black holes Nature ·I. M. McHardy, E. Koerding, C. Knigge, P. Uttley, R. P. Fender Hit paper breakdown →	2006	374
4	Non-linear X-ray variability in X-ray binaries and active galaxies Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·P. Uttley, I. M. McHardy, S. Vaughan	2005	280
5	Investigating a fluctuating-accretion model for the spectral-timing properties of accreting black hole systems Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·P. Arévalo, P. Uttley	2006	274
6	Combined long and short time-scale X-ray variability of NGC 4051 withRXTEandXMM-Newton Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·I. M. McHardy, I. E. Papadakis, P. Uttley, M. J. Page, K. O. Mason	2004	242
7	False periodicities in quasar time-domain surveys Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·S. Vaughan, P. Uttley, A. Markowitz, D. Huppenkothen, Matthew Middleton, William Alston, J. D. Scargle, Will M. Farr Hit paper breakdown →	2016	178
8	Discovery of a relation between black hole mass and soft X-ray time lags in active galactic nuclei Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Barbara De Marco, G. Ponti, M. Cappi, M. Dadina, P. Uttley, Edward M. Cackett, A. C. Fabian, G. Miniutti	2013	177
9	The corona contracts in a black-hole transient Nature ·Erin Kara, James F. Steiner, A. C. Fabian, Edward M. Cackett, P. Uttley, Ronald A. Remillard, Keith C. Gendreau, Zaven Arzoumanian, D. Altamirano, Stephen S. Eikenberry, Teruaki Enoto, J. Homan, Joey Neilsen, Abigail Stevens	2019	162
10	CAIXA: a catalogue of AGN in theXMM-Newtonarchive Astronomy and Astrophysics ·G. Ponti, I. E. Papadakis, S. Bianchi, M. Guainazzi, G. Matt, P. Uttley, N. Fonseca Bonilla	2011	160
11	FLEXIBLE AND SCALABLE METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING STOCHASTIC VARIABILITY IN THE ERA OF MASSIVE TIME-DOMAIN ASTRONOMICAL DATA SETS The Astrophysical Journal ·Brandon C. Kelly, A. C. Becker, M. Sobolewska, Aneta Siemiginowska, P. Uttley	2014	158
12	The causal connection between disc and power-law variability in hard state black hole X-ray binaries Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters ·P. Uttley, T. J. Wilkinson, Pablo Cassatella, J. Wilms, K. Pottschmidt, Manfred Hanke, M. Böck	2011	144
13	A global look at X-ray time lags in Seyfert galaxies Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Erin Kara, William Alston, A. C. Fabian, Edward M. Cackett, P. Uttley, C. S. Reynolds, Abderahmen Zoghbi	2016	135
14	X‐Ray and Optical Variability in NGC 4051 and the Nature of Narrow‐Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal ·B. M. Peterson, I. M. McHardy, B. J. Wilkes, P. Berlind, R. Bertram, M. Calkins, S. Collier, J. P. Huchra, S. Mathur, I. E. Papadakis, James Peters, Richard W. Pogge, P. Romano, S. Tokarz, P. Uttley, M. Vestergaard, R. M. Wagner	2000	129
15	A quasi-periodic modulation of the iron line centroid energy in the black hole binary H1743−322 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Adam Ingram, M. van der Klis, Matthew Middleton, Chris Done, D. Altamirano, L. Heil, P. Uttley, M. Axelsson	2016	123
16	Timing and Structural Controls on Gold Mineralization at the Bogoso Gold Mine, Ghana, West Africa Economic Geology ·A. Allibone, J. Teasdale, G. Cameron, M. A. Etheridge, P. Uttley, A. Soboh, J. Appiah-Kubi, A. Adanu, R.J. Arthur, J. Mamphey, B. Odoom, John Zuta, A. Tsikata, F. Pataye, S. Famiyeh, E F Lamb	2002	113
17	MCG-6-30-15: long time-scale X-ray variability, black hole mass and active galactic nuclei high states Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·I. M. McHardy, K. F. Gunn, P. Uttley, M. R. Goad	2005	101
18	1H 0707−495 in 2011: an X-ray source within a gravitational radius of the event horizon Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. C. Fabian, Abderahmen Zoghbi, Dan Wilkins, T. Dwelly, P. Uttley, N. Schartel, G. Miniutti, Luigi Gallo, D. Grupe, S. Komossa, M. Santos‐Lleó	2011	94
19	CAIXA: a catalogue of AGN in the XMM-Newton archive III. Excess Variance Analysis UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) ·G. Ponti, I. E. Papadakis, S. Bianchi, M. Guainazzi, G. Matt, P. Uttley, Nf Bonilla, (unknown)	2011	94
20	Discovery of high-frequency iron K lags in Ark 564 and Mrk 335 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Erin Kara, A. C. Fabian, Edward M. Cackett, P. Uttley, Dan Wilkins, Abderahmen Zoghbi	2013	92

About P. Uttley

P. Uttley is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Radiation and Geophysics, having authored 130 papers that have together received 7.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (119 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (56 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (51 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (43 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (17 papers), Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies (14 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (8 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (6.7k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (3.0k citations), Instrumentation (225 citations), Geophysics (484 citations) and Radiation (268 citations). P. Uttley has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Frequent co-authors include I. M. McHardy, S. Vaughan, P. Arévalo, Rick Edelson, R. S. Warwick, A. C. Fabian, I. E. Papadakis, Edward M. Cackett, Erin Kara and Abderahmen Zoghbi. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters and Nature.

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