Pratika Dayal

5.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
43 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Pratika Dayal is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Pratika Dayal has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 21 papers in Instrumentation and 10 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Pratika Dayal's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (40 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (21 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (10 papers). Pratika Dayal is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (40 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (21 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (10 papers). Pratika Dayal collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Italy and Germany. Pratika Dayal's co-authors include Andrea Ferrara, J. S. Dunlop, Fabio Pacucci, Tirthankar Roy Choudhury, A. Pallottini, R. Salvaterra, Anne Hutter, Raffaella Schneider, Umberto Maio and B. Ciardi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Physics Reports and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Pratika Dayal

42 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Early galaxy formation and its large-scale effects 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2022 2023 50 100 150 200 250
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. Early galaxy formation and its large-scale effects
    2018 259 citations Pratika Dayal, Andrea Ferrara profile →
  2. Discovery and properties of ultra-high redshift galaxies (9 < z < 12) in the JWST ERO SMACS 0723 Field
    2022 153 citations Pratika Dayal et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  3. On the stunning abundance of super-early, luminous galaxies revealed by JWST
    2023 107 citations Andrea Ferrara, A. Pallottini et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers

Pratika Dayal
Ian D. McGreer United States
Emma Ryan‐Weber Australia
Kyle Dawson United States
Erik Zackrisson Sweden
B. Semelin France
Göran Östlin Sweden
Anson D’Aloisio United States
Fuyan Bian United States
Fergus Cullen United Kingdom
James D. Lowenthal United States
Ian D. McGreer United States
Pratika Dayal
Citations per year, relative to Pratika Dayal Pratika Dayal (= 1×) peers Ian D. McGreer

Countries citing papers authored by Pratika Dayal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pratika Dayal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pratika Dayal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pratika Dayal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pratika Dayal 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 Pratika Dayal. Pratika Dayal 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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Fumagalli, Michele, Matteo Fossati, Alejandro Benítez-Llambay, et al.. (2025). High-definition imaging of a filamentary connection between a close quasar pair at z = 3. Nature Astronomy. 9(4). 577–588. 2 indexed citations
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Dayal, Pratika & R. Maiolino. (2025). The properties of primordially-seeded black holes and their hosts in the first billion years: implications for JWST. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 706. A72–A72.
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Dayal, Pratika. (2024). Exploring a primordial solution for early black holes detected with JWST. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 690. A182–A182. 9 indexed citations
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Viswanathan, Anand, et al.. (2024). Exoplanets across galactic stellar populations with PLATO. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 692. A150–A150. 5 indexed citations
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Dutta, Rajeshwari, Matteo Fossati, Michele Fumagalli, et al.. (2023). Metal line emission from galaxy haloes at z ≈ 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522(1). 535–558. 22 indexed citations
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Barrufet, Laia, Pascal A. Oesch, R. J. Bouwens, et al.. (2023). The ALMA REBELS Survey: the first infrared luminosity function measurement at z  ∼ 7. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522(3). 3926–3934. 13 indexed citations
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Ferrara, Andrea, A. Pallottini, & Pratika Dayal. (2023). On the stunning abundance of super-early, luminous galaxies revealed by JWST. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522(3). 3986–3991. 107 indexed citations breakdown →
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Legrand, L., Pratika Dayal, Anne Hutter, et al.. (2022). Astraeus VII: the environmental-dependent assembly of galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(3). 4564–4580. 4 indexed citations
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Trebitsch, Maxime, Anne Hutter, Pratika Dayal, et al.. (2022). Astraeus – VI. Hierarchical assembly of AGN and their large-scale effect during the Epoch of Reionization. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 518(3). 3576–3592. 14 indexed citations
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Sommovigo, Laura, Andrea Ferrara, Stefano Carniani, et al.. (2022). A new look at the infrared properties of z ∼ 5 galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 517(4). 5930–5941. 19 indexed citations
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Hutter, Anne, Pratika Dayal, L. Legrand, Stefan Gottlöber, & Gustavo Yepes. (2021). Astraeus – III. The environment and physical properties of reionization sources. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 506(1). 215–228. 9 indexed citations
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Hutter, Anne, et al.. (2021). Astraeus I: the interplay between galaxy formation and reionization. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 503(3). 3698–3723. 81 indexed citations
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Dayal, Pratika, Anne Hutter, Gustavo Yepes, et al.. (2021). Astraeus – II. Quantifying the impact of cosmic variance during the Epoch of Reionization. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 506(1). 202–214. 12 indexed citations
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Legrand, L., et al.. (2021). Astraeus IV: quantifying the star formation histories of galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 509(1). 595–613. 16 indexed citations
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Dayal, Pratika, et al.. (2021). The impact of black hole feedback on the UV luminosity and stellar mass assembly of high-redshift galaxies. arXiv (Cornell University). 11 indexed citations
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Zackrisson, Erik, Suman Majumdar, Rajesh Mondal, et al.. (2020). Bubble mapping with the Square Kilometre Array – I. Detecting galaxies with Euclid, JWST, WFIRST, and ELT within ionized bubbles in the intergalactic medium at z > 6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 493(1). 855–870. 10 indexed citations
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Dayal, Pratika, et al.. (2020). A hint on the metal-free star formation rate density from 21-cm-EDGES data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 496(2). 1445–1452. 23 indexed citations
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Lusso, Elisabeta, Michele Fumagalli, Matteo Fossati, et al.. (2019). The MUSE Ultra Deep Field (MUDF) – I. Discovery of a group of Lyα nebulae associated with a bright z ≈ 3.23 quasar pair. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 485(1). L62–L67. 24 indexed citations
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Hutter, Anne, et al.. (2019). The 21 cm bispectrum during reionization: a tracer of the ionization topology. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492(1). 653–667. 44 indexed citations
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Dayal, Pratika, J. S. Dunlop, Umberto Maio, & B. Ciardi. (2013). Simulating the assembly of galaxies at redshifts z = 6–12. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 434(2). 1486–1504. 46 indexed citations

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