Richard B. Larson

16.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
79 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Richard B. Larson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard B. Larson has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 20 papers in Instrumentation and 9 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Richard B. Larson's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (41 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (34 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (22 papers). Richard B. Larson is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (41 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (34 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (22 papers). Richard B. Larson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Italy. Richard B. Larson's co-authors include B. M. Tinsley, Volker Bromm, P. Coppi, Christy Caldwell, Andrés Escala, Diego Mardones, Andrea Ferrara, Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low, Ralf S. Klessen and Yan Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

Richard B. Larson

72 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Turbulence and star formation in molecular clouds

1981 1.4k citations Richard B. Larson Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
The evolution of disk galaxies and the origin of S0 galaxies

1980 966 citations Richard B. Larson, B. M. Tinsley et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Numerical Calculations of the Dynamics of a Collapsing Proto-Star*

1969 887 citations Richard B. Larson Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
The Formation of the First Stars. I. The Primordial Star‐forming Cloud

2002 638 citations Volker Bromm, Richard B. Larson et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Evolution of galaxies and stellar populations

1977 590 citations B. M. Tinsley, Richard B. Larson profile →
The First Stars

2004 529 citations Volker Bromm, Richard B. Larson profile →
Effects of Supernovae on the Early Evolution of Galaxies

1974 455 citations Richard B. Larson Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
Star formation rates in normal and peculiar galaxies

1978 354 citations Richard B. Larson, B. M. Tinsley The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard B. Larson United States	37	9.5k	2.5k	793	763	431	79	9.7k
Leo Blitz United States	39	5.9k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	733 0.9×	639 0.8×	401 0.9×	148	6.1k
N. Z. Scoville United States	68	14.1k 1.5×	4.2k 1.6×	1.8k 2.3×	1.2k 1.6×	497 1.2×	302	14.4k
Andreas Burkert Germany	57	10.0k 1.1×	2.7k 1.1×	1.8k 2.3×	454 0.6×	332 0.8×	270	10.4k
G. Neugebauer United States	50	11.0k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	1.7k 2.1×	693 0.9×	505 1.2×	322	11.5k
John S. Mathis United States	26	10.5k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	697 0.9×	555 1.3×	58	10.8k
Adam K. Leroy United States	42	8.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	840 1.1×	641 0.8×	317 0.7×	146	8.5k
Mark R. Krumholz United States	58	9.9k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	817 1.0×	954 1.3×	562 1.3×	219	10.2k
Peter Bodenheimer United States	48	9.0k 0.9×	948 0.4×	450 0.6×	729 1.0×	302 0.7×	165	9.1k
F. Combes France	64	13.0k 1.4×	3.8k 1.5×	2.0k 2.5×	783 1.0×	395 0.9×	568	13.6k
Frank H. Shu United States	57	13.0k 1.4×	645 0.3×	697 0.9×	2.3k 3.1×	1.0k 2.3×	148	13.3k

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Jappsen, Anne‐Katharina, Ralf S. Klessen, Richard B. Larson, Yan Li, & Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low. (2005). The stellar mass spectrum from non-isothermal gravoturbulent fragmentation. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 435(2). 611–623. 165 indexed citations

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Larson, Richard B.. (2003). The Stellar Initial Mass Function and Beyond (Invited Review). ASPC. 287. 65–80.

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Larson, Richard B. & Volker Bromm. (2001). The First Stars in the Universe. Scientific American. 285(6). 64–71. 21 indexed citations

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Meyer, M. R., Fred C. Adams, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, John M. Carpenter, & Richard B. Larson. (2000). The Stellar Initial Mass Function: Constraints from Young Clusters, and Theoretical Perspectives. CERN Bulletin. 121. 2 indexed citations

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Larson, Richard B.. (1995). Star formation in groups. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 272(1). 213–220. 147 indexed citations

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Larson, Richard B.. (1990). Non-linear acoustic waves in discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 243(4). 588–592. 18 indexed citations

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Larson, Richard B.. (1987). Dark matter - Dead stars?. 11(6). 273–282. 1 indexed citations

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Larson, Richard B.. (1987). Star Formation, Luminous Stars, and Dark Matter. American Scientist. 75(4). 376–385.

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Larson, Richard B.. (1983). Angular momentum and protostellar disks. 7. 219–227. 2 indexed citations

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Larson, Richard B.. (1980). Star formation in young galaxies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 296(1419). 299–302. 2 indexed citations

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Larson, Richard B.. (1980). Turbulence and Star Formation in Molecular Clouds. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 12. 447. 1 indexed citations

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Larson, Richard B.. (1980). The FU Orionis mechanism. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 190(2). 321–335. 23 indexed citations

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Larson, Richard B.. (1979). Stellar kinematics and interstellar turbulence. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 186(3). 479–490. 63 indexed citations

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Larson, Richard B.. (1978). The Stellar State: Formation of Solar-Type Stars. 43. 6 indexed citations

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Tinsley, B. M. & Richard B. Larson. (1978). Chemical evolution and the formation of galactic disks. The Astrophysical Journal. 221. 554–554. 66 indexed citations

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Larson, Richard B. & B. M. Tinsley. (1978). Star formation rates in normal and peculiar galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 219. 46–46. 354 indexed citations breakdown →

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Larson, Richard B.. (1974). Effects of Supernovae on the Early Evolution of Galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 169(2). 229–245. 455 indexed citations breakdown →

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Larson, Richard B.. (1972). Effect of Infalling Matter on the Heavy Element Content of a Galaxy. Nature Physical Science. 236(62). 7–8. 47 indexed citations

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Larson, Richard B. & S. Starrfield. (1971). On the formation of massive stars and the upper limit of stellar masses.. 13. 190. 7 indexed citations

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Larson, Richard B.. (1969). A Model for the Formation of a Spherical Galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 145(4). 405–422. 72 indexed citations

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