Robert Kirshner
Impact in
- Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.05%
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.5%
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Papers in
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- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 328
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 123
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 76
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 65
- Astro and Planetary Science 61
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 57
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- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 108
- Co-authors
- Adam G. Riess (21 shared papers)Saurabh W. Jha (19 shared papers)Alexei Filippenko (33 shared papers)BRUNO LEIBUNDGUT (18 shared papers)P. Challis (37 shared papers)Peter Garnavich (32 shared papers)John L. Tonry (3 shared papers)Mark M. Phillips (23 shared papers)
- Journals
- The Astrophysical Journal (193 papers)The Astronomical Journal (37 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (20 papers)Nature (12 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (11 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesChileGermany
In The Last Decade
Robert Kirshner
390 papers receiving 47.9k citations
Robert Kirshner's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 152
- Astronomy and Astrophysics 48.4k
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics 24.6k
- Instrumentation 5.6k
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2.3k
- Oceanography 1.6k
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 12697 |
| 2 | Type Ia Supernova Discoveries at z > 1 from the Hubble Space Telescope : Evidence for Past Deceleration and Constraints on Dark Energy Evolution Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 2884 |
| 3 | The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed SNe Ia from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from the Combined Pantheon Sample Hit paper breakdown → | 2018 | 2030 |
| 4 | CANDELS: THE COSMIC ASSEMBLY NEAR-INFRARED DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC LEGACY SURVEY Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 1567 |
| 5 | CANDELS: THE COSMIC ASSEMBLY NEAR-INFRARED DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC LEGACY SURVEY—THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS, IMAGING DATA PRODUCTS, AND MOSAICS Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 1507 |
| 6 | Cosmological Results from High‐zSupernovae Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 1212 |
| 7 | NewHubble Space TelescopeDiscoveries of Type Ia Supernovae atz≥ 1: Narrowing Constraints on the Early Behavior of Dark Energy Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 1179 |
| 8 | The High‐Z Supernova Search: Measuring Cosmic Deceleration and Global Curvature of the Universe Using Type Ia Supernovae Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 997 |
| 9 | The Pantheon+ Analysis: Cosmological Constraints Hit paper breakdown → | 2022 | 962 |
| 10 | The Pantheon+ Analysis: The Full Data Set and Light-curve Release Hit paper breakdown → | 2022 | 662 |
| 11 | Supernova 1987A Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 656 |
| 12 | Observational Constraints on the Nature of Dark Energy: First Cosmological Results from the ESSENCE Supernova Survey Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 586 |
| 13 | IMPROVED DARK ENERGY CONSTRAINTS FROM ∼100 NEW CfA SUPERNOVA TYPE Ia LIGHT CURVES Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 585 |
| 14 | Supernova Limits on the Cosmic Equation of State Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 551 |
| 15 | [ITAL]BVRI[/ITAL] Light Curves for 22 Type I[CLC]a[/CLC] Supernovae Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 512 |
| 16 | A Precise Distance Indicator: Type Ia Supernova Multicolor Light‐Curve Shapes Hit paper breakdown → | 1996 | 500 |
| 17 | Improved Distances to Type Ia Supernovae with Multicolor Light‐Curve Shapes: MLCS2k2 Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 482 |
| 18 | 1998 | 467 | |
| 19 | 2007 | 381 | |
| 20 | 2009 | 357 |
About Robert Kirshner
Robert Kirshner is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics and Oceanography, having authored 397 papers that have together received 50.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (328 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (123 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (108 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (76 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (75 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (65 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (61 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (57 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (48.4k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (24.6k citations), Instrumentation (5.6k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (2.3k citations) and Oceanography (1.6k citations). Robert Kirshner has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Chile and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Adam G. Riess, Saurabh W. Jha, Alexei Filippenko, BRUNO LEIBUNDGUT, P. Challis, Peter Garnavich, John L. Tonry, Mark M. Phillips, Brian P. Schmidt and Nicholas B. Suntzeff. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Nature and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.
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