Phil Arras

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Phil Arras is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Phil Arras has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 8 papers in Geophysics and 7 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Phil Arras's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (29 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (17 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (17 papers). Phil Arras is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (29 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (17 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (17 papers). Phil Arras collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Chile. Phil Arras's co-authors include Lars Bildsten, Bill Paxton, Christopher Mankovich, Dennis Stello, F. X. Timmes, R. H. D. Townsend, Μ. H. Montgomery, Matteo Cantiello, Aaron Dotter and Edward F. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

Phil Arras

44 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

MODULES FOR EXPERIMENTS IN STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS (MESA): P... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. MODULES FOR EXPERIMENTS IN STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS (MESA): PLANETS, OSCILLATIONS, ROTATION, AND MASSIVE STARS
    2013 2.2k citations Phil Arras, Lars Bildsten et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Phil Arras United States 23 3.4k 755 332 270 125 46 3.5k
Pablo Marchant Belgium 27 4.5k 1.3× 1.0k 1.3× 346 1.0× 255 0.9× 94 0.8× 61 4.7k
Hideyuki Saio Japan 36 4.1k 1.2× 1.3k 1.8× 265 0.8× 211 0.8× 195 1.6× 175 4.2k
Josiah Schwab United States 16 2.9k 0.9× 660 0.9× 307 0.9× 151 0.6× 63 0.5× 25 3.1k
Anne Thoul Belgium 17 3.6k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 318 1.0× 163 0.6× 72 0.6× 36 3.7k
Jared A. Goldberg United States 9 2.6k 0.8× 655 0.9× 233 0.7× 128 0.5× 53 0.4× 21 2.7k
S. D. Kawaler United States 28 2.7k 0.8× 1000 1.3× 206 0.6× 174 0.6× 50 0.4× 88 2.8k
Christopher Mankovich United States 11 2.6k 0.8× 654 0.9× 179 0.5× 182 0.7× 40 0.3× 23 2.7k
A. Wolszczan United States 27 2.6k 0.8× 407 0.5× 416 1.3× 276 1.0× 318 2.5× 92 2.7k
Lilia Ferrario Australia 28 2.3k 0.7× 215 0.3× 252 0.8× 254 0.9× 49 0.4× 90 2.5k
S. P. Littlefair United Kingdom 33 3.5k 1.0× 753 1.0× 225 0.7× 197 0.7× 44 0.4× 147 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Phil Arras

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Fields of papers citing papers by Phil Arras

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Phil Arras

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Phil Arras. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Phil Arras 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 Phil Arras. Phil Arras 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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Yagi, Kent, et al.. (2025). Astrophysical systematics on testing general relativity with gravitational waves from Galactic double white dwarfs. Physical review. D. 111(2). 3 indexed citations
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Yu, Hang, Phil Arras, & Nevin N. Weinberg. (2024). Dynamical tides during the inspiral of rapidly spinning neutron stars: Solutions beyond mode resonance. Physical review. D. 110(2). 13 indexed citations
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Arras, Phil, et al.. (2023). Refraction of Line and Continuum Light in Exoplanet Atmospheres. The Astrophysical Journal. 957(2). 93–93.
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Weinberg, Nevin N., et al.. (2023). Orbital Decay of Hot Jupiters due to Weakly Nonlinear Tidal Dissipation. The Astrophysical Journal. 960(1). 50–50. 17 indexed citations
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Anguiano, Borja, et al.. (2023). The surface mass density of the Milky Way: does the traditional KZ approach work in the context of new surveys?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(1). 959–976. 6 indexed citations
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Yu, Hang, Nevin N. Weinberg, & Phil Arras. (2022). Tidal Evolution and Diffusive Growth During High-eccentricity Planet Migration: Revisiting the Eccentricity Distribution of Hot Jupiters. The Astrophysical Journal. 928(2). 140–140. 8 indexed citations
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Yagi, Kent, et al.. (2022). Periastron precession effect of f-mode dynamical tides on gravitational waves from eccentric double white dwarfs. Physical review. D. 106(10). 3 indexed citations
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Arras, Phil, et al.. (2022). Dust Accretion onto Exoplanets. The Astrophysical Journal. 932(2). 90–90. 5 indexed citations
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Taylor, Andrew, Kent Yagi, & Phil Arras. (2019). I–Love–Q relations for realistic white dwarfs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492(1). 978–992. 9 indexed citations
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Arras, Phil & Nevin N. Weinberg. (2019). Urca reactions during neutron star inspiral. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 486(1). 1424–1436. 24 indexed citations
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Arras, Phil, et al.. (2017). Tidal Dissipation in WASP-12. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 47 indexed citations
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Quataert, Eliot, et al.. (2013). Tidal resonance locks in inspiraling white dwarf binaries. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 433(1). 332–352. 38 indexed citations
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Arras, Phil, et al.. (2012). The radial velocity signature of tides raised in stars hosting exoplanets. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 422(2). 1761–1766. 21 indexed citations
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Quataert, Eliot, et al.. (2012). The stability of massive main-sequence stars as a function of metallicity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 423(4). 3397–3404. 9 indexed citations
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Carlberg, Joleen K., Steven R. Majewski, Phil Arras, et al.. (2011). The Fate of Exoplanets and the Red Giant Rapid Rotator Connection. AIP conference proceedings. 33–40. 1 indexed citations
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Bildsten, Lars, et al.. (2010). PULSATIONS IN HYDROGEN BURNING LOW-MASS HELIUM WHITE DWARFS. The Astrophysical Journal. 718(1). 441–445. 28 indexed citations
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Blaes, Omer, Phil Arras, & P. Chris Fragile. (2006). Oscillation modes of relativistic slender tori. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 369(3). 1235–1252. 63 indexed citations
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Arras, Phil. (2005). Gravitational Waves and the Maximum Spin Rate of Accreting Neutron Stars. ASPC. 328. 317. 1 indexed citations
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Adelsberg, Matthew van, Dong Lai, A. Y. Potekhin, & Phil Arras. (2005). Radiation from Condensed Surface of Magnetic Neutron Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 628(2). 902–913. 51 indexed citations
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Pen, Ue‐Li, Phil Arras, & Shing-Kwong Wong. (2003). A Free, Fast, Simple, and Efficient Total Variation Diminishing Magnetohydrodynamic Code. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 149(2). 447–455. 35 indexed citations

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