Philip Massey

11.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
184 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Philip Massey is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip Massey has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 114 papers in Instrumentation and 41 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Philip Massey's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (159 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (114 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (79 papers). Philip Massey is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (159 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (114 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (79 papers). Philip Massey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Canada. Philip Massey's co-authors include K. DeGioia‐Eastwood, Peter S. Conti, C. D. Garmany, Deidre A. Hunter, Emily M. Levesque, G. Meynet, Knut Olsen, Kelsey E. Johnson, N. Morrell and B. Plez and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Philip Massey

169 papers receiving 6.7k citations

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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.

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1988 354 citations Philip Massey et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers

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Suzanne L. Hawley United States

C. A. Pilachowski United States

C. Soubiran France

M. A. T. Groenewegen Belgium

Guillermo Torres United States

X. Delfosse France

Timothy M. Brown United States

Christopher A. Tout United Kingdom

H.‐G. Ludwig Germany

A. Collier Cameron United Kingdom

Suzanne L. Hawley United States

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144 ×0.4

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219 ×1.2

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Countries citing papers authored by Philip Massey

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Fields of papers citing papers by Philip Massey

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philip Massey

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Massey, Philip, et al.. (2025). A New Determination of the Mass of NGC 3603-A1: The Most Massive Binary Known?. The Astrophysical Journal. 990(1). 52–52.

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Massey, Philip, Kathryn F. Neugent, N. Morrell, D. J. Hillier, & Laura R. Penny. (2024). The Nature of a Recently Discovered Wolf–Rayet Binary: Archetype of Stripping?*. The Astrophysical Journal. 977(1). 82–82. 1 indexed citations

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Massey, Philip, et al.. (2024). The Discovery of Three Galactic Wolf–Rayet Stars. The Astronomical Journal. 168(4). 167–167. 1 indexed citations

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Neugent, Kathryn F. & Philip Massey. (2023). Newly Discovered Wolf–Rayet Stars in M31. The Astronomical Journal. 166(2). 68–68. 2 indexed citations

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Massey, Philip, Kathryn F. Neugent, & N. Morrell. (2023). Constraints on the Binarity of the WN3/O3 Class of Wolf–Rayet Stars*. The Astrophysical Journal. 947(2). 77–77. 1 indexed citations

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Massey, Philip, et al.. (2022). WO-type Wolf–Rayet Stars: The Last Hurrah of Massive Star Evolution*. The Astrophysical Journal. 931(2). 157–157. 24 indexed citations

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Benvenuto, O. G., R. Gamen, N. Morrell, et al.. (2021). Fundamental parameters of the massive eclipsing binary HM1 8. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 508(2). 2179–2193. 1 indexed citations

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Williams, P. M., N. Morrell, K. Boutsia, & Philip Massey. (2021). The episodic dust-making Wolf-Rayet star HD 38030 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 505(4). 5029–5037. 3 indexed citations

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Margon, B., Philip Massey, Kathryn F. Neugent, & N. Morrell. (2020). A Survey for C II Emission-line Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Astrophysical Journal. 898(1). 85–85. 4 indexed citations

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Neugent, Kathryn F., et al.. (2020). Locating Red Supergiants in the Galaxy IC10. Research Notes of the AAS. 4(7). 107–107. 1 indexed citations

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Neugent, Kathryn F., Philip Massey, C. Georgy, et al.. (2020). The Luminosity Function of Red Supergiants in M31. The Astrophysical Journal. 889(1). 44–44. 25 indexed citations

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Neugent, Kathryn F., Philip Massey, & N. Morrell. (2018). A Modern Search for Wolf-Rayet Stars in the Magellanic Clouds. IV. A Final Census*. The Astrophysical Journal. 863(2). 181–181. 42 indexed citations

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Neugent, Kathryn F., Philip Massey, D. J. Hillier, & N. Morrell. (2017). The Evolution and Physical Parameters of WN3/O3s: A New Type of Wolf–Rayet Star^*. The Astrophysical Journal. 841(1). 20–20. 26 indexed citations

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Massey, Philip, Kathryn F. Neugent, & N. Morrell. (2017). A Modern Search for Wolf–Rayet Stars in the Magellanic Clouds. III. A Third Year of Discoveries*. The Astrophysical Journal. 837(2). 122–122. 14 indexed citations

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Massey, Philip, et al.. (2016). The Red Supergiant Content of the Local Group. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 12(S329). 161–165. 1 indexed citations

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Massey, Philip, Kathryn F. Neugent, & N. Morrell. (2015). A MODERN SEARCH FOR WOLF–RAYET STARS IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS. II. A SECOND YEAR OF DISCOVERIES. The Astrophysical Journal. 807(1). 81–81. 18 indexed citations

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Massey, Philip, Thomas A. Bida, Peter L. Collins, et al.. (2013). As Big and As Good As It Gets: The Large Monolithic Imager for Lowell Observatory's 4.3-m Discovery Channel Telescope. 221. 2 indexed citations

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Penny, Laura R., et al.. (2001). Orbits of Four Very Massive Binaries in the R136 Cluster. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 199. 1 indexed citations

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Massey, Philip. (1996). Numbers and distribution of Wolf-Rayet stars in local group galaxies : clues to massive star evolution. 33. 361. 1 indexed citations

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Armandroff, T. E., et al.. (1993). Hydra - Kitt Peak Multi-Object Spectroscopic System. ASPC. 37. 185. 2 indexed citations

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