Paola Pinilla

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Paola Pinilla is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Paola Pinilla has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 43 papers in Spectroscopy and 4 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Paola Pinilla's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (93 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (72 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (47 papers). Paola Pinilla is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (93 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (72 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (47 papers). Paola Pinilla collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Paola Pinilla's co-authors include T. Birnstiel, C. P. Dullemond, M. Benisty, L. Testi, Luca Ricci, Nienke van der Marel, A. Natta, E. F. van Dishoeck, Mihkel Kama and Gregory J. Herczeg and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Paola Pinilla

92 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

A Major Asymmetric Dust Trap in a Transition Disk 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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. A Major Asymmetric Dust Trap in a Transition Disk
    2013 314 citations T. Birnstiel, Paola Pinilla et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paola Pinilla United States 30 2.8k 1.0k 133 61 61 100 2.9k
Giovanni Rosotti United Kingdom 33 2.9k 1.0× 970 1.0× 137 1.0× 102 1.7× 77 1.3× 127 3.0k
Marco Tazzari United Kingdom 28 2.6k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 174 1.3× 74 1.2× 63 1.0× 53 2.7k
Laura M. Pérez United States 27 2.6k 0.9× 1000 1.0× 207 1.6× 62 1.0× 44 0.7× 63 2.6k
A. Meredith Hughes United States 30 3.3k 1.2× 942 0.9× 152 1.1× 118 1.9× 52 0.9× 75 3.4k
Sebastián Pérez Chile 28 2.1k 0.8× 691 0.7× 85 0.6× 56 0.9× 33 0.5× 78 2.2k
Á. Kóspál Hungary 27 2.3k 0.8× 479 0.5× 135 1.0× 137 2.2× 54 0.9× 145 2.3k
Antonio Hales Chile 26 1.9k 0.7× 561 0.6× 119 0.9× 74 1.2× 30 0.5× 68 1.9k
A. Miotello Germany 27 2.6k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 265 2.0× 74 1.2× 72 1.2× 55 2.7k
Lucas A. Cieza United States 33 2.9k 1.0× 996 1.0× 137 1.0× 207 3.4× 44 0.7× 96 3.0k
Nienke van der Marel Netherlands 33 3.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.5× 341 2.6× 83 1.4× 69 1.1× 80 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paola Pinilla

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paola Pinilla

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paola Pinilla. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paola Pinilla 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 Paola Pinilla. Paola Pinilla 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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Ruíz-Rodríguez, Dary, Camilo González-Ruilova, Lucas A. Cieza, et al.. (2025). The ALMA Survey of Gas Evolution of PROtoplanetary Disks (AGE-PRO). II. Dust and Gas Disk Properties in the Ophiuchus Star-forming Region. The Astrophysical Journal. 989(1). 2–2. 1 indexed citations
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Long, Feng, Gregory J. Herczeg, D. Harsono, et al.. (2024). Small and Large Dust Cavities in Disks around Mid-M Stars in Taurus. The Astrophysical Journal. 966(1). 59–59. 10 indexed citations
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Banzatti, Andrea, Karin I. Öberg, K. M. Pontoppidan, et al.. (2024). Retrieval of Thermally Resolved Water Vapor Distributions in Disks Observed with JWST-MIRI. The Astrophysical Journal. 975(1). 78–78. 12 indexed citations
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Ginski, C., A. Garufi, C. Dominik, et al.. (2024). Disk Evolution Study Through Imaging of Nearby Young Stars (DESTINYS): The SPHERE view of the Orion star-forming region. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 685. A54–A54. 6 indexed citations
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Harsono, D., Feng Long, Paola Pinilla, et al.. (2024). Dual-band Observations of the Asymmetric Ring around CIDA 9A: Dead or Alive?. The Astrophysical Journal. 961(1). 28–28. 5 indexed citations
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Pinilla, Paola, M. Benisty, Rens Waters, Jaehan Bae, & Stefano Facchini. (2024). Survival of the long-lived inner disk of PDS70. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 686. A135–A135. 13 indexed citations
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Kalyaan, Anusha, Paola Pinilla, Sebastiaan Krijt, et al.. (2023). The Effect of Dust Evolution and Traps on Inner Disk Water Enrichment. The Astrophysical Journal. 954(1). 66–66. 33 indexed citations
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Pascucci, Ilaria, Feng Long, K. M. Pontoppidan, et al.. (2023). Water-rich Disks around Late M Stars Unveiled: Exploring the Remarkable Case of Sz 114. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 959(2). L25–L25. 18 indexed citations
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Stadler, Jochen, M. Benisty, Andrés F. Izquierdo, et al.. (2023). A kinematically detected planet candidate in a transition disk. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 670. L1–L1. 17 indexed citations
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Ren, Bin, M. Benisty, C. Ginski, et al.. (2023). Protoplanetary disks in Ks-band total intensity and polarized light. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 680. A114–A114. 18 indexed citations
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Okuzumi, Satoshi, Chao‐Chin Yang, Paola Pinilla, et al.. (2023). The impact of dust evolution on the dead zone outer edge in magnetized protoplanetary disks. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674. A190–A190. 7 indexed citations
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Ginski, C., C. Dominik, Jaehan Bae, et al.. (2022). Disk Evolution Study Through Imaging of Nearby Young Stars (DESTINYS): Scattered light detection of a possible disk wind in RY Tau. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 668. A25–A25. 4 indexed citations
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Stadler, Jochen, Paola Pinilla, Christian Lenz, et al.. (2022). The impact of dynamic pressure bumps on the observational properties of protoplanetary disks. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 668. A104–A104. 15 indexed citations
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Weber, Philipp, Sebastián Pérez, Greta Guidi, et al.. (2022). The SPHERE view of three interacting twin disc systems in polarized light. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 518(4). 5620–5642. 14 indexed citations
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Pinilla, Paola, Christian Lenz, & Sebastian Markus Stammler. (2021). Growing and trapping pebbles with fragile collisions of particles in protoplanetary disks. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 33 indexed citations
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Kurtovic, N. T., et al.. (2021). Constraining the properties of the potential embedded planets in the disk around HD 100546. arXiv (Cornell University). 9 indexed citations
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Manara, C. F., Marco Tazzari, Feng Long, et al.. (2019). Observational constraints on dust disk sizes in tidally truncated protoplanetary disks in multiple systems in the Taurus region. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 628. A95–A95. 61 indexed citations
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Bayo, A., V. Joergens, Yao Liu, et al.. (2017). First Millimeter Detection of the Disk around a Young, Isolated, Planetary-mass Object. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 841(1). L11–L11. 19 indexed citations
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Banzatti, Andrea, Paola Pinilla, Luca Ricci, et al.. (2015). DIRECT IMAGING OF THE WATER SNOW LINE AT THE TIME OF PLANET FORMATION USING TWO ALMA CONTINUUM BANDS. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 815(1). L15–L15. 62 indexed citations
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Pinilla, Paola, M. Benisty, & T. Birnstiel. (2012). Ring shaped dust accumulation in transition disks. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 137 indexed citations

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