R. B. Metcalf

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

R. B. Metcalf is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, R. B. Metcalf has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 19 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 16 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in R. B. Metcalf's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (52 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (26 papers) and Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (18 papers). R. B. Metcalf is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (52 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (26 papers) and Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (18 papers). R. B. Metcalf collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. R. B. Metcalf's co-authors include Piero Madau, Hongsheng Zhao, Joseph Silk, C. Giocoli, Margarita Petkova, N Tessore, E. Timothy Wallin, Brenda J. Buck, Alkistis Pourtsidou and A. Amara and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

R. B. Metcalf

78 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Uchuu simulations: Data Release 1 and dark matter halo concentrations

2021 162 citations Tomoaki Ishiyama, Francisco Prada et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. B. Metcalf Italy	28	1.9k	620	514	228	197	80	2.5k
V. S. Dhillon United Kingdom	37	4.6k 2.5×	437 0.7×	895 1.7×	417 1.8×	250 1.3×	265	5.0k
W. S. Pačiesas United States	41	7.9k 4.2×	2.6k 4.3×	368 0.7×	544 2.4×	57 0.3×	260	8.3k
S. Levin United States	36	4.1k 2.2×	575 0.9×	48 0.1×	150 0.7×	123 0.6×	178	4.5k
James Green Australia	26	1.9k 1.0×	605 1.0×	134 0.3×	26 0.1×	120 0.6×	124	2.9k
E. P. Ney United States	26	1.7k 0.9×	360 0.6×	84 0.2×	119 0.5×	87 0.4×	111	2.2k
R. P. Weaver United States	23	634 0.3×	430 0.7×	29 0.1×	158 0.7×	96 0.5×	62	1.7k
Miao Li China	27	3.6k 1.9×	2.8k 4.5×	114 0.2×	37 0.2×	113 0.6×	97	4.0k
P. C. Frisch United States	34	3.0k 1.6×	346 0.6×	60 0.1×	47 0.2×	87 0.4×	96	3.2k
И. Г. Митрофанов Russia	24	2.5k 1.4×	258 0.4×	26 0.1×	133 0.6×	49 0.2×	274	2.8k
Michael P. Hobson United Kingdom	10	1.0k 0.6×	407 0.7×	166 0.3×	37 0.2×	83 0.4×	14	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. B. Metcalf

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Peter, Annika H. G., Xiaolong Du, Shengqi Yang, et al.. (2025). Evolution and properties of self-interacting dark matter subhalos until core collapse. Physical review. D. 111(6). 5 indexed citations

Bom, Clécio R., Manuel Blanco Valentín, Cristina Furlanetto, et al.. (2022). Developing a victorious strategy to the second strong gravitational lensing data challenge. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 6 indexed citations

Moliné, Ángeles, M. Sánchez‐Conde, Tomoaki Ishiyama, et al.. (2022). ΛCDM halo substructure properties revealed with high-resolution and large-volume cosmological simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 518(1). 157–173. 23 indexed citations

He, Qiuhan, J.W Nightingale, Andrew Robertson, et al.. (2022). Testing strong lensing subhalo detection with a cosmological simulation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 518(1). 220–239. 19 indexed citations

Serjeant, S., et al.. (2022). Detecting gravitational lenses using machine learning: exploring interpretability and sensitivity to rare lensing configurations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512(3). 3464–3479. 19 indexed citations

Ishiyama, Tomoaki, Francisco Prada, Anatoly Klypin, et al.. (2021). The Uchuu simulations: Data Release 1 and dark matter halo concentrations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 506(3). 4210–4231. 162 indexed citations breakdown →

Chuang, Chia-Hsun, Gustavo Yepes, Francisco-Shu Kitaura, et al.. (2019). UNIT project: Universe N-body simulations for the Investigation of Theoretical models from galaxy surveys. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 487(1). 48–59. 56 indexed citations

Metcalf, R. B., Rupert A. C. Croft, & Alessandro B. Romeo. (2018). Noise estimates for measurements of weak lensing from the Ly α forest. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 477(2). 2841–2847. 6 indexed citations

Pfau, Jean C., et al.. (2017). Comparative health effects in mice of Libby amphibole asbestos and a fibrous amphibole from Arizona. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 334. 24–34. 6 indexed citations

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Paraficz, D., F. Courbin, A. Tramacere, et al.. (2016). The PCA Lens-Finder: application to CFHTLS. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 23 indexed citations

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Comparat, Johan, Chia-Hsun Chuang, Sergio Rodríguez-Torres, et al.. (2016). The Low Redshift survey at Calar Alto (LoRCA). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 458(3). 2940–2952. 2 indexed citations

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Tessore, N & R. B. Metcalf. (2016). The elliptical power law profile lens. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 44 indexed citations

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Santos, Mário G., Philip Bull, David Alonso, et al.. (2015). UCL Discovery (University College London). 93 indexed citations

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Metcalf, R. B. & Simon D. M. White. (2009). Cosmological information in the gravitational lensing of pregalactic H i. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 394(2). 704–714. 13 indexed citations

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Metcalf, R. B. & Joseph Silk. (2007). New Constraints on Macroscopic Compact Objects as Dark Matter Candidates from Gravitational Lensing of Type Ia Supernovae. Physical Review Letters. 98(7). 71302–71302. 27 indexed citations

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Metcalf, R. B.. (2005). The Importance of Intergalactic Structure to Gravitationally Lensed Quasars. The Astrophysical Journal. 629(2). 673–679. 54 indexed citations

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Metcalf, R. B.. (2001). Probing the structure of dark matter in Galaxy haloes and clusters using supernovae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 327(1). 115–125. 5 indexed citations

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Metcalf, R. B.. (1999). Gravitational lensing of high-redshift Type Ia supernovae: a probe of medium-scale structure. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 305(4). 746–754. 39 indexed citations

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Faulds, James E., et al.. (1995). The Mount Perkins block, northwestern Arizona: An exposed cross section of an evolving, preextensional to synextensional magmatic system. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 100(B8). 15249–15266. 33 indexed citations

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Metcalf, R. B., et al.. (1993). Isotopic evidence of source variations in commingled magma systems: Colorado River extensional corridor, Arizona and Nevada. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States). 5 indexed citations

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