R. Piffaretti

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

R. Piffaretti is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Piffaretti has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3 papers in Instrumentation and 2 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in R. Piffaretti's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (11 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (6 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (5 papers). R. Piffaretti is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (11 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (6 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (5 papers). R. Piffaretti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Austria and United Kingdom. R. Piffaretti's co-authors include G. W. Pratt, M. Arnaud, É. Pointecouteau, J. H. Croston, R. Valdarnini, J. S. Kaastra, Ph. Jetzer, H. Böhringer, Takayuki Tamura and S. Borgani and has published in prestigious journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union and Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology).

In The Last Decade

R. Piffaretti

12 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

The universal galaxy cluster pressure profile from a representative sample of nearby systems (REXCESS) and theY_SZ–M₅₀₀relation

2010 491 citations M. Arnaud, G. W. Pratt et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →
The MCXC: a meta-catalogue of x-ray detected clusters of galaxies

2011 312 citations R. Piffaretti, M. Arnaud et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Piffaretti Italy	8	1.3k	410	353	55	26	12	1.4k
K. Dolag Germany	22	1.5k 1.1×	738 1.8×	281 0.8×	64 1.2×	38 1.5×	40	1.6k
Eyal Kazin United States	9	1.2k 0.9×	418 1.0×	346 1.0×	71 1.3×	28 1.1×	11	1.2k
A.M.C Le Brun France	13	1.3k 1.0×	407 1.0×	491 1.4×	71 1.3×	25 1.0×	19	1.3k
Erik D. Reese United States	18	1.5k 1.1×	552 1.3×	264 0.7×	54 1.0×	32 1.2×	31	1.5k
D. Fabjan Italy	15	1.1k 0.8×	247 0.6×	472 1.3×	68 1.2×	18 0.7×	18	1.2k
M. Roncarelli Italy	22	1.2k 0.9×	441 1.1×	337 1.0×	36 0.7×	24 0.9×	38	1.2k
Robert P. C. Wiersma Netherlands	12	1.6k 1.2×	294 0.7×	685 1.9×	54 1.0×	32 1.2×	14	1.6k
Alejandro Benítez-Llambay United Kingdom	20	1.4k 1.0×	401 1.0×	597 1.7×	66 1.2×	48 1.8×	38	1.4k
M. Rossetti Italy	23	1.4k 1.1×	552 1.3×	377 1.1×	61 1.1×	30 1.2×	63	1.5k
Davidé Martizzi United States	19	1.3k 1.0×	332 0.8×	466 1.3×	27 0.5×	32 1.2×	31	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by R. Piffaretti

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Piffaretti

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12 of 12 papers shown

Piffaretti, R., et al.. (2011). The MCXC: a meta-catalogue of x-ray detected clusters of galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 534. A109–A109. 312 indexed citations breakdown →

Arnaud, M., et al.. (2010). The universal galaxy cluster pressure profile from a representative sample of nearby systems (REXCESS) and theY_SZ–M₅₀₀relation. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 517. A92–A92. 491 indexed citations breakdown →

Valdarnini, R., R. Piffaretti, A. Comastri, L. Angelini, & M. Cappi. (2010). A Study of Total Mass Biases in X-ray Clusters through N-Body∕SPH simulations. AIP conference proceedings. 304–305. 2 indexed citations

Pratt, G. W., M. Arnaud, R. Piffaretti, et al.. (2009). Gas entropy in a representative sample of nearby X-ray galaxy clusters (REXCESS): relationship to gas mass fraction. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 511. A85–A85. 186 indexed citations

Piffaretti, R. & R. Valdarnini. (2008). Total mass biases in X-ray galaxy clusters. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 491(1). 71–87. 123 indexed citations

Hansen, Steen H. & R. Piffaretti. (2007). Measuring the dark matter velocity anisotropy in galaxy clusters. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 10 indexed citations

Gitti, Myriam, et al.. (2007). Mass distribution in the most X-ray-luminous galaxy cluster RX J1347.5-1145 studied with XMM-Newton. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 475(2). 441–441. 1 indexed citations

Piffaretti, R. & J. S. Kaastra. (2006). Effervescent heating: constraints from nearby cooling flow clusters observed with XMM-Newton. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 453(2). 423–431. 3 indexed citations

Piffaretti, R., Ph. Jetzer, J. S. Kaastra, & Takayuki Tamura. (2005). Temperature and entropy profiles of nearby cooling flow clusters observed with XMM-Newton. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 433(1). 101–111. 81 indexed citations

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Mastropietro, C., Ben Moore, Lucio Mayer, et al.. (2005). Detailed kinematics and morphological features in tidally heated disks. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 1(C198). 244–248. 2 indexed citations

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Kaastra, J. S., Takayuki Tamura, J. R. Peterson, et al.. (2003). Spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy of cooling clusters of galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 413(2). 415–439. 113 indexed citations

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Piffaretti, R., et al.. (2003). Aspherical galaxy clusters: Effects on cluster masses and gas mass fractions. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 398(1). 41–48. 37 indexed citations

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