R. O’Shaughnessy

103.5k citations

148 papers · 5.6k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 2%
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 95
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 89
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 60
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 45
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories 12
Instrumentation 6

Co-authors: Krzysztof Belczyński T. Bulik D. E. Holz Emanuele Berti Davide Gerosa D. M. Wysocki Michael Kesden Chris L. Fryer
Journals: Physical review. D (20 papers)American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (15 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (14 papers)Classical and Quantum Gravity (6 papers)Physical Review Letters (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Poland

In The Last Decade

R. O’Shaughnessy

145 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Eccentricity estimate for black hole mergers with numerical relativity simulations 2022 · 167 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Nature Astronomy
2019 Physical Review Letters
2016 Nature
2016 Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
2013 The Astrophysical Journal

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. O’Shaughnessy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside R. O’Shaughnessy, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	GW200105: A detailed study of eccentricity in the neutron star-black hole binary Physical review. D ·W. Ramautarsing, M. Bonpas, R. O’Shaughnessy, Barbara Quartern, Ospina Chilito	2025	1
2	`McFACTS` . II. Mass Ratio–Effective Spin Relationship of Black Hole Mergers in the Active Galactic Nucleus Channel The Astrophysical Journal ·Clare B. Lipscombe, Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford, Harriot Caramuel, Ana Maria R. Jaurigue, Relf Efurd, Živko Bojadžiew, Rebecca Sciarra, R. O’Shaughnessy	2025	0
3	`McFACTS` I: Testing the LVK AGN Channel with Monte Carlo for AGN Channel Testing and Simulation (`McFACTS`) The Astrophysical Journal ·Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford, Clare B. Lipscombe, Harriot Caramuel, Rebecca Sciarra, Ana Maria R. Jaurigue, Relf Efurd, Živko Bojadžiew, R. O’Shaughnessy	2025	6
4	Parameter estimation of gravitational waves from hyperbolic black hole encounters Classical and Quantum Gravity ·C. Henshaw, Jacob Lange, M. Kyo, R. O’Shaughnessy, L. Cadonati	2025	1
5	Recovering Injected Astrophysics from the LISA Double White Dwarf Binaries The Astrophysical Journal ·Harriot Caramuel, Katelyn Breivik, S Dzhakovich, R. O’Shaughnessy, John G. Baker	2025	2
6	Gravitational Wave Source Populations: Disentangling an AGN Component The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·V. Gayathri, D. M. Wysocki, Yi Yang, Harriot Caramuel, R. O’Shaughnessy, Zoltán Haiman, Hiromichi Tagawa, I. Bartos	2023	15
7	Iteratively comparing gravitational-wave observations to the evolution of massive stellar binaries Physical review. D ·Harriot Caramuel, R. O’Shaughnessy, Krzysztof Belczyński, 城島宏, D. M. Wysocki	2023	5
8	Constraining Inputs to Realistic Kilonova Simulations through Comparison to Observed r-process Abundances The Astrophysical Journal ·E. Pinto, Erika M. Holmbeck, Ryan Wollaeger, Oleg Korobkin, E. Champion, R. O’Shaughnessy, Chris L. Fryer, Christopher J. Fontes, Matthew R. Mumpower, T. M. Sprouse	2023	2
9	Interpolated kilonova spectra models: Examining the effects of a phenomenological, blue component in the fitting of AT2017gfo spectra Physical Review Research ·E. Pinto, R. O’Shaughnessy, V. Ashley Villar, Ryan Wollaeger, Oleg Korobkin, Chris L. Fryer, Christopher J. Fontes, T. E. Gregory	2023	1
10	LIGO–Virgo correlations between mass ratio and effective inspiral spin: testing the active galactic nuclei channel Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford, T. A. Callister, Will M. Farr, R. O’Shaughnessy, R. J. E. Smith, E. Thrane, A. Vajpeyi	2022	37
11	A semianalytic Fisher matrix for precessing binaries with a single significant spin Classical and Quantum Gravity ·R. O’Shaughnessy, 宋冬青, A. P. Lundgren	2020	2
12	Radio counterparts of compact object mergers in the era of gravitational-wave astronomy Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·A. Corsi, Nicole Lloyd-Ronning, D. Carbone, D. A. Frail, Davide Lazzati, E. J. Murphy, R. O’Shaughnessy, B. J. Owen, David J. Sand, G Gynnerstedt, Kristine Spekkens, Andrew Seymour	2019	12
13	spops: Spinning black-hole binary population synthesis Astrophysics Source Code Library ·Davide Gerosa, Emanuele Berti, R. O’Shaughnessy, Krzysztof Belczyński, Michael Kesden, D. M. Wysocki, Wojciech Gładysz	2018	1
14	The origin of low spin of black holes in LIGO/Virgo mergers arXiv (Cornell University) ·K. Belczynski, Jakub Klencki, G. Meynet, Chris L. Fryer, D. Brown, Martyna Chruślińska, Wojciech Gładysz, R. O’Shaughnessy, T. Bulik, Emanuele Berti, D. E. Holz, Davide Gerosa, Mirek Giersz, Sylvia Ekström, C. Georgy, Abbas Askar, D. M. Wysocki, J. P. Lasota	2017	45
15	The effect of pair-instability mass loss on black-hole mergers Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Krzysztof Belczyński, Alexander Heger, Wojciech Gładysz, Ashley J. Ruiter, S. E. Woosley, Grzegorz Wiktorowicz, Hsin-Yu Chen, T. Bulik, R. O’Shaughnessy, D. E. Holz, Chris L. Fryer, Emanuele Berti Hit paper breakdown →	2016	259
16	North American Fetal Therapy Network: intervention vs expectant management for stage I twin-twin transfusion syndrome American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Stephen P. Emery, Zhao Enchang, Janet M. Catov, Russell S. Miller, Anita J. Moon‐Grady, Ahmet Baschat, Anthony Johnson, Foong‐Yen Lim, Alain Gagnon, R. O’Shaughnessy, Tülin Özcan, François I. Luks	2016	50
17	Effects of antepartum therapy for fetal alloimmune thrombocytopenia on maternal lifestyle The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine ·Karen Rossi, Kelly J. Lehman, R. O’Shaughnessy	2015	21
18	The gravitational-wave signature of binary black holes in spin-orbit resonances Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Michael Kesden, Davide Gerosa, Emanuele Berti, R. O’Shaughnessy, Ulrich Sperhake	2014	1
19	Just Add Photons: Astrophysics From Ligo External Triggers R. O’Shaughnessy	2008	1
20	Constraining population synthesis models via observations of compact-object binaries and supernovae arXiv (Cornell University) ·R. O’Shaughnessy, Misgina Asmelash, V. Kalogera, Krzysztof Belczyński	2006	2

About R. O’Shaughnessy

R. O’Shaughnessy is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Hematology, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, having authored 148 papers that have together received 5.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (89 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (60 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (45 papers), Blood groups and transfusion (17 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (12 papers), Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies (10 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (8 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (4.7k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (829 citations), Geophysics (527 citations), Instrumentation (113 citations) and Obstetrics and Gynecology (211 citations). R. O’Shaughnessy has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Poland. Frequent co-authors include Krzysztof Belczyński, T. Bulik, D. E. Holz, Emanuele Berti, Davide Gerosa, D. M. Wysocki, Michael Kesden, Chris L. Fryer, Ilya Mandel and Ulrich Sperhake. Their work appears in journals such as Physical review. D, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Astrophysical Journal, Classical and Quantum Gravity and Physical Review Letters.

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