Rafael Sfair

851 total citations
42 papers, 231 citations indexed

About

Rafael Sfair is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Sfair has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 231 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5 papers in Atmospheric Science and 4 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Rafael Sfair's work include Astro and Planetary Science (41 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (28 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (17 papers). Rafael Sfair is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (41 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (28 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (17 papers). Rafael Sfair collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, Germany and France. Rafael Sfair's co-authors include S. M. Giuliatti Winter, O. C. Winter, E. Vieira Neto, M. R. Showalter, A. F. B. A. Prado, C. Argüelles, P. D. Nicholson, Matthew M. Hedman, Robert French and Christoph Schäfer and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Sfair

36 papers receiving 224 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rafael Sfair Brazil 11 221 30 23 22 8 42 231
A. B. Davis United States 7 163 0.7× 33 1.1× 26 1.1× 37 1.7× 7 0.9× 16 167
S. Jayaraman United States 7 235 1.1× 15 0.5× 19 0.8× 13 0.6× 6 0.8× 24 243
J. Pollock United States 4 160 0.7× 18 0.6× 19 0.8× 29 1.3× 12 1.5× 6 166
M. D. Melita Argentina 10 249 1.1× 13 0.4× 18 0.8× 25 1.1× 8 1.0× 34 259
Harrison Agrusa France 10 210 1.0× 38 1.3× 43 1.9× 51 2.3× 4 0.5× 23 218
Hsing Wen Lin United States 9 211 1.0× 14 0.5× 21 0.9× 16 0.7× 3 0.4× 24 224
S. Renner France 9 190 0.9× 16 0.5× 11 0.5× 13 0.6× 14 1.8× 16 199
Alex J. Meyer United States 8 132 0.6× 25 0.8× 21 0.9× 34 1.5× 2 0.3× 17 137
N. V. Emelyanov Russia 7 237 1.1× 26 0.9× 21 0.9× 11 0.5× 9 1.1× 21 245
M. Landgraf Germany 8 322 1.5× 14 0.5× 18 0.8× 9 0.4× 3 0.4× 16 328

Countries citing papers authored by Rafael Sfair

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rafael Sfair

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Sfair

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rafael Sfair. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rafael Sfair 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 Rafael Sfair. Rafael Sfair 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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Boskovic, Jovan, Rafael Sfair, & Christoph Schäfer. (2025). Particle dynamics in TOI-178 planetary system. The European Physical Journal Special Topics. 234(25). 7739–7749.
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Souami, D., Rafael Sfair, S. Renner, & Maryame El Moutamid. (2025). Stellar occultations: a gateway to advances in planetary science. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 383(2291). 20240202–20240202.
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Sfair, Rafael, et al.. (2025). Dust production through collisions between small bodies: an application to the G-ring arc. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 383(2291). 20240185–20240185. 1 indexed citations
4.
Sfair, Rafael, et al.. (2025). The Moon as a possible source for Earth’s co-orbital bodies. The Open Journal of Astrophysics. 8.
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Sicardy, B., Maryame El Moutamid, S. Renner, Rafael Sfair, & D. Souami. (2025). Origins of rings in the Solar System. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 383(2291). 20240193–20240193. 2 indexed citations
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Carruba, V., et al.. (2025). The invisible threat. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 699. A86–A86. 1 indexed citations
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Roig, F., et al.. (2025). Formation of Mercury by a grazing giant collision involving similar-mass bodies. Nature Astronomy. 9(8). 1158–1166. 1 indexed citations
8.
Sfair, Rafael, et al.. (2024). Machine-learning approach for mapping stable orbits around planets. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 693. A246–A246.
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Winter, O. C., et al.. (2023). (130) Elektra Delta – on the stability of the new third moonlet. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522(4). 6196–6202. 1 indexed citations
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Winter, O. C., et al.. (2023). The dynamical structure of a hypothetical disc of particles around the asteroid 99942 Apophis. The European Physical Journal Special Topics. 232(18-19). 2983–2996. 1 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Christoph, et al.. (2023). Stability of coorbital planets around binaries. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 680. A29–A29. 3 indexed citations
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Andrade, D. P. P., O. C. Winter, Rafael Sfair, et al.. (2023). The Santa Filomena meteorite shower: Trajectory, classification, and opaque phases as indicators of metamorphic conditions. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 58(5). 621–642. 2 indexed citations
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Winter, O. C., et al.. (2022). 2001 SN263 – the contribution of their irregular shapes on the neighbourhood dynamics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 515(1). 606–616. 3 indexed citations
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Sfair, Rafael, et al.. (2022). Lifetime and Dynamics of Natural Orbits around Titan. Symmetry. 14(6). 1243–1243. 5 indexed citations
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Winter, O. C., et al.. (2021). APOPHIS – effects of the 2029 Earth’s encounter on the surface and nearby dynamics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 510(1). 95–109. 9 indexed citations
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Winter, S. M. Giuliatti, et al.. (2020). Neptune’s ring arcs confined by coorbital satellites: dust orbital evolution through solar radiation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 496(1). 590–597. 4 indexed citations
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Winter, O. C., et al.. (2020). Asteroid triple-system 2001 SN263: surface characteristics and dynamical environment. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492(3). 4437–4455. 14 indexed citations
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Winter, O. C., et al.. (2020). Stability and Evolution of Fallen Particles Around the Surface of Asteroid (101955) Bennu. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 126(1). 6 indexed citations
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Winter, S. M. Giuliatti, et al.. (2010). Stable regions for particles in P and S-type orbits at the Pluto-Charon system. cosp. 38. 6. 1 indexed citations
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Showalter, M. R., Robert French, Rafael Sfair, et al.. (2009). The Brightening of Saturn's F Ring. epsc. 317. 1 indexed citations

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