Peter Behroozi

15.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
105 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Peter Behroozi is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Behroozi has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 64 papers in Instrumentation and 18 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Peter Behroozi's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (92 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (64 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (17 papers). Peter Behroozi is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (92 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (64 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (17 papers). Peter Behroozi collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Peter Behroozi's co-authors include Risa H. Wechsler, Charlie Conroy, Andrew Hearin, Joel R. Primack, Anatoly Klypin, Michael T. Busha, Hao‐Yi Wu, Aldo Rodríguez-Puebla, Rachel S. Somerville and Doug Hellinger and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Peter Behroozi

99 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

THE AVERAGE STAR FORMATIO... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2013 2019 2010 2012 2022 400 800 1.2k
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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. THE AVERAGE STAR FORMATION HISTORIES OF GALAXIES IN DARK MATTER HALOS FROMz= 0-8
    2013 1.4k citations Peter Behroozi, Risa H. Wechsler et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. UniverseMachine: The correlation between galaxy growth and dark matter halo assembly from z = 0−10
    2019 796 citations Peter Behroozi, Risa H. Wechsler et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  3. A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF UNCERTAINTIES AFFECTING THE STELLAR MASS-HALO MASS RELATION FOR 0 <z< 4
    2010 627 citations Peter Behroozi, Charlie Conroy et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  4. GRAVITATIONALLY CONSISTENT HALO CATALOGS AND MERGER TREES FOR PRECISION COSMOLOGY
    2012 424 citations Peter Behroozi, Risa H. Wechsler et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  5. GOLDRUSH. IV. Luminosity Functions and Clustering Revealed with ∼4,000,000 Galaxies at z ∼ 2–7: Galaxy–AGN Transition, Star Formation Efficiency, and Implication for Evolution at z > 10
    2022 127 citations Yuichi Harikane, Yoshiaki Ono et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Peter Behroozi 6.4k 3.8k 1.0k 426 306 105 6.7k
Jill Naiman 8.2k 1.3× 4.0k 1.1× 1.4k 1.4× 323 0.8× 325 1.1× 31 8.6k
O. Ilbert 5.7k 0.9× 3.1k 0.8× 816 0.8× 358 0.8× 173 0.6× 143 5.9k
Claudio Dalla Vecchia 8.4k 1.3× 4.3k 1.1× 1.6k 1.5× 238 0.6× 282 0.9× 92 8.5k
Jeffrey A. Newman 5.9k 0.9× 3.0k 0.8× 757 0.7× 401 0.9× 174 0.6× 118 6.1k
Yipeng Jing 5.0k 0.8× 2.5k 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 373 0.9× 464 1.5× 137 5.2k
Simon P. Driver 6.1k 1.0× 3.6k 0.9× 685 0.7× 540 1.3× 235 0.8× 169 6.4k
G. De Lucia 6.4k 1.0× 4.1k 1.1× 696 0.7× 383 0.9× 267 0.9× 104 6.5k
Alison L. Coil 7.4k 1.1× 3.6k 1.0× 998 1.0× 341 0.8× 181 0.6× 165 7.5k
Karl Glazebrook 7.7k 1.2× 4.5k 1.2× 775 0.8× 466 1.1× 234 0.8× 190 7.9k
Charlie Conroy 11.7k 1.8× 6.7k 1.8× 1.1k 1.0× 418 1.0× 321 1.0× 165 12.1k

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All Works

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Diemer, Benedikt, et al.. (2024). Haunted haloes: tracking the ghosts of subhaloes lost by halo finders. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 533(4). 3811–3827. 7 indexed citations
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Rodríguez-Puebla, Aldo, Joel R. Primack, S. M. Faber, et al.. (2024). Star-forming and quiescent central galaxies cluster similarly: implications for the galaxy–halo connection. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 533(3). 3585–3610. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Haowen, Peter Behroozi, Marta Volonteri, et al.. (2024). Trinity – III. Quasar luminosity functions decomposed by halo, galaxy, and black hole masses as well as Eddington ratios from z = 0–10. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 529(3). 2777–2793. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Yunchong, Ethan O. Nadler, Yao-Yuan Mao, et al.. (2024). The SAGA Survey. V. Modeling Satellite Systems around Milky Way–Mass Galaxies with Updated UniverseMachine. The Astrophysical Journal. 976(1). 119–119. 5 indexed citations
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Yung, L. Y. Aaron, Rachel S. Somerville, Tri Nguyên, et al.. (2024). Characterizing ultra-high-redshift dark matter halo demographics and assembly histories with the gureft simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 530(4). 4868–4886. 13 indexed citations
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Zaritsky, Dennis & Peter Behroozi. (2023). Correction to: Photometric mass estimation and the stellar mass–halo mass relation for low mass galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522(2). 2696–2696. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Song, Alexie Leauthaud, Andrew Hearin, et al.. (2022). The outer stellar mass of massive galaxies: a simple tracer of halo mass with scatter comparable to richness and reduced projection effects. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 515(4). 4722–4752. 8 indexed citations
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Yung, L. Y. Aaron, Rachel S. Somerville, Steven L. Finkelstein, et al.. (2022). Semi-analytic forecasts for Roman – the beginning of a new era of deep-wide galaxy surveys. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(1). 1578–1600. 19 indexed citations
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Zaritsky, Dennis & Peter Behroozi. (2022). Photometric mass estimation and the stellar mass–halo mass relation for low mass galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(1). 871–883. 12 indexed citations
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Harikane, Yuichi, Yoshiaki Ono, Masami Ouchi, et al.. (2022). GOLDRUSH. IV. Luminosity Functions and Clustering Revealed with ∼4,000,000 Galaxies at z ∼ 2–7: Galaxy–AGN Transition, Star Formation Efficiency, and Implication for Evolution at z > 10. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 259(1). 20–20. 127 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Yunchong, Ethan O. Nadler, Yao-Yuan Mao, et al.. (2021). UniverseMachine: Predicting Galaxy Star Formation over Seven Decades of Halo Mass with Zoom-in Simulations. The Astrophysical Journal. 915(2). 116–116. 18 indexed citations
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Somerville, Rachel S., L. Y. Aaron Yung, Camilla Pacifici, et al.. (2021). Mock light-cones and theory friendly catalogues for the CANDELS survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 502(4). 4858–4876. 31 indexed citations
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Zhang, Huanian, Dennis Zaritsky, Karen P. Olsen, et al.. (2021). An Empirical Determination of the Dependence of the Circumgalactic Mass Cooling Rate and Feedback Mass Loading Factor on Galactic Stellar Mass. The Astrophysical Journal. 916(2). 101–101. 7 indexed citations
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Yung, L. Y. Aaron, Rachel S. Somerville, Steven L. Finkelstein, et al.. (2020). Semi-analytic forecasts for JWST – IV. Implications for cosmic reionization and LyC escape fraction. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 496(4). 4574–4592. 44 indexed citations
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Zhang, Huanian, Xiaohu Yang, Dennis Zaritsky, Peter Behroozi, & Jessica K. Werk. (2020). Hα Emission and the Dependence of the Circumgalactic Cool Gas Fraction on Halo Mass. The Astrophysical Journal. 888(1). 33–33. 8 indexed citations
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Behroozi, Peter, Charlie Conroy, Risa H. Wechsler, et al.. (2020). The Universe at z &gt; 10: predictions for JWST from the universemachine DR1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 499(4). 5702–5718. 90 indexed citations
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Leauthaud, Alexie, et al.. (2020). Physical correlations of the scatter between galaxy mass, stellar content, and halo mass. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 493(1). 337–350. 22 indexed citations
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Zhang, Huanian, Taotao Fang, Dennis Zaritsky, et al.. (2020). Observing the Effects of Galaxy Interactions on the Circumgalactic Medium. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 893(1). L3–L3. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Huanian, Dennis Zaritsky, & Peter Behroozi. (2018). Emission from the Ionized Gaseous Halos of Low-redshift Galaxies and Their Neighbors. The Astrophysical Journal. 861(1). 34–34. 18 indexed citations
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Loeb, Abraham, et al.. (2018). A Model Connecting Galaxy Masses, Star Formation Rates, and Dust Temperatures across Cosmic Time. The Astrophysical Journal. 854(1). 36–36. 19 indexed citations

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