Robert Main

5.2k total citations
70 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Robert Main is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Dermatology and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Main has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 14 papers in Dermatology and 13 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Robert Main's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (31 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (17 papers) and Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (12 papers). Robert Main is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (31 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (17 papers) and Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (12 papers). Robert Main collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Canada. Robert Main's co-authors include B. R. McNamara, A. N. Vantyghem, H. R. Russell, Dongzi Li, A. C. Edge, M. T. Hogan, Ue‐Li Pen, P. E. J. Nulsen, M. H. van Kerkwijk and R.A. Marsden and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Robert Main

65 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Robert Main 788 245 145 82 60 70 1.2k
Shoji Kato 1.5k 1.9× 464 1.9× 60 0.4× 7 0.1× 79 1.3× 113 1.7k
P. Jovanović 565 0.7× 341 1.4× 25 0.2× 25 0.3× 1 0.0× 130 1.6k
Chian-Chou Chen 1.1k 1.4× 173 0.7× 60 0.4× 9 0.1× 64 1.1× 59 1.2k
P. André 3.3k 4.1× 52 0.2× 227 1.6× 14 0.2× 37 0.6× 81 3.6k
C. Gall 772 1.0× 204 0.8× 7 0.0× 27 0.3× 7 0.1× 67 1.5k
Francesco Bajardi 430 0.5× 361 1.5× 11 0.1× 34 0.4× 5 0.1× 68 750
S. Horiuchi 718 0.9× 307 1.3× 2 0.0× 19 0.2× 9 0.1× 105 1.4k
Katsuaki Asano 625 0.8× 527 2.2× 6 0.0× 34 0.4× 91 1.4k
B. Thomsen 518 0.7× 152 0.6× 11 0.1× 101 1.2× 1 0.0× 66 1.7k
Michiko Ohkubo 371 0.5× 28 0.1× 78 0.5× 78 1.0× 25 857

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Main

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Main

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Main. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Main 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 Robert Main. Robert Main 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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Spitler, L. G., et al.. (2025). Rotation Measure study of FRB 20180916B with the uGMRT. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 694. A75–A75. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Dongzi, et al.. (2025). Constraining the origin of the long-term periodicity of FRB 20180916B with polarization position angle. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 702. A248–A248.
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Niţu, I. C., M. J. Keith, D. J. Champion, et al.. (2024). Periodicity search in the timing of the 25 millisecond pulsars from the second data release of the European Pulsar Timing Array. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 534(3). 1753–1762. 1 indexed citations
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Grießmeier, J.‐M., I. Cognard, Robert Main, et al.. (2024). The NenuFAR Pulsar Blind Survey (NPBS): I. Survey overview, expectations, and first redetections. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 693. A96–A96.
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Liu, Y., Robert Main, J. P. W. Verbiest, et al.. (2023). Periodic interstellar scintillation variations of PSRs J0613–0200 and J0636+5128 associated with the Local Bubble shell. Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy. 66(11). 4 indexed citations
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Main, Robert, et al.. (2023). Modelling annual scintillation velocity variations of FRB 20201124A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 522(1). L36–L41. 5 indexed citations
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Song, X, P. Weltevrede, Andrzej Szary, et al.. (2023). The Thousand-Pulsar-Array programme on MeerKAT – VIII. The subpulse modulation of 1198 pulsars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(3). 4562–4581. 24 indexed citations
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Main, Robert, A. Parthasarathy, S. Johnston, et al.. (2022). The Thousand Pulsar Array programme on MeerKAT – X. Scintillation arcs of 107 pulsars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 518(1). 1086–1097. 13 indexed citations
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Posselt, B., A. Karastergiou, S. Johnston, et al.. (2022). The Thousand Pulsar Array program on MeerKAT – IX. The time-averaged properties of the observed pulsar population. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(3). 4582–4600. 28 indexed citations
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Liu, Y., J. P. W. Verbiest, Robert Main, et al.. (2022). Long-term scintillation studies of EPTA pulsars. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 664. A116–A116. 7 indexed citations
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Wu, Ziwei, J. P. W. Verbiest, Robert Main, et al.. (2022). Pulsar scintillation studies with LOFAR. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 663. A116–A116. 17 indexed citations
12.
Brisken, Walter, et al.. (2021). Interstellar Interferometry: Precise Curvature Measurement from Pulsar Secondary Spectra. arXiv (Cornell University). 12 indexed citations
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Main, Robert, et al.. (2021). Discovery and modelling of broad-scale plasma lensing in black-widow pulsar J2051 − 0827. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 506(2). 2824–2835. 18 indexed citations
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Geyer, M., M. Serylak, Federico Abbate, et al.. (2021). The Thousand-Pulsar-Array programme on MeerKAT – III. Giant pulse characteristics of PSR J0540−6919. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 505(3). 4468–4482. 25 indexed citations
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Johnston, S., A. Parthasarathy, Robert Main, et al.. (2021). The thousand-pulsar-array programme on MeerKAT VII: polarisation properties of pulsars in the Magellanic Clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 509(4). 5209–5217. 5 indexed citations
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Simard, Dana, Robert Main, Ue‐Li Pen, et al.. (2021). Scintillation of PSR B1508+55 – the view from a 10 000-km baseline. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 506(4). 5160–5169. 6 indexed citations
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Wharton, Robert, T. Gautam, Dongzi Li, et al.. (2021). uGMRT detection of a persistent radio source coincident with FRB20201124A. The astronomer's telegram. 14529. 1. 2 indexed citations
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Gautam, T., Dongzi Li, Hsiu-Hsien Lin, et al.. (2020). Detection of 15 bursts from the fast radio burst 180916.J0158+65 with the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 499(1). L16–L20. 20 indexed citations
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Hogan, M. T., B. R. McNamara, P. E. J. Nulsen, et al.. (2017). Mass Distribution in Galaxy Cluster Cores. The Astrophysical Journal. 837(1). 51–51. 28 indexed citations
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Russell, H. R., B. R. McNamara, A. C. Edge, et al.. (2013). Radiative efficiency, variability and Bondi accretion on to massive black holes: the transition from radio AGN to quasars in brightest cluster galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 432(1). 530–553. 121 indexed citations

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