Robert Nikutta

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Robert Nikutta is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Nikutta has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4 papers in Instrumentation and 4 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Robert Nikutta's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (19 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (19 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (14 papers). Robert Nikutta is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (19 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (19 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (14 papers). Robert Nikutta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and United Kingdom. Robert Nikutta's co-authors include Moshe Elitzur, Željko Ivezić, Maia Nenkova, M. M. Sirocky, M. Krumpe, A. Markowitz, Mark Lacy, R. Davies, C. P. O’Dea and R. Maiolino and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Robert Nikutta

33 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

AGN Dusty Tori. II. Observational Implications of Clumpiness 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. AGN Dusty Tori. II. Observational Implications of Clumpiness
    2008 459 citations Maia Nenkova, Robert Nikutta et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Nikutta United States 14 1.0k 310 162 22 18 34 1.1k
Enrico Congiu Italy 15 576 0.6× 268 0.9× 148 0.9× 17 0.8× 25 1.4× 42 619
P. Ranalli Italy 18 804 0.8× 304 1.0× 154 1.0× 36 1.6× 15 0.8× 35 831
Gisella De Rosa United States 11 959 0.9× 179 0.6× 215 1.3× 54 2.5× 11 0.6× 17 978
M. Berton Italy 17 805 0.8× 504 1.6× 135 0.8× 16 0.7× 22 1.2× 68 856
F. Vagnetti Italy 17 617 0.6× 273 0.9× 87 0.5× 18 0.8× 16 0.9× 51 644
George C. Privon United States 19 899 0.9× 182 0.6× 264 1.6× 37 1.7× 21 1.2× 50 940
W. Ishibashi Switzerland 14 898 0.9× 184 0.6× 206 1.3× 23 1.0× 9 0.5× 33 928
Michele Perna Italy 17 801 0.8× 136 0.4× 242 1.5× 16 0.7× 19 1.1× 43 843
Felipe Andrade-Santos United States 17 697 0.7× 314 1.0× 173 1.1× 20 0.9× 8 0.4× 35 718
Aleksandar M. Diamond‐Stanic United States 22 1.3k 1.2× 305 1.0× 314 1.9× 25 1.1× 9 0.5× 40 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Nikutta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Nikutta

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Nikutta. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Nikutta 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 Nikutta. Robert Nikutta is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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López-Rodríguez, Enrique, et al.. (2026). JWST interferometric imaging reveals the dusty torus obscuring the supermassive black hole of Circinus galaxy. Nature Communications. 17(1). 42–42.
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Juneau, S., Knut Olsen, Robert Nikutta, Alice Jacques, & S. Bailey. (2021). Jupyter-Enabled Astrophysical Analysis Using Data-Proximate Computing Platforms. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations
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Nikutta, Robert, Enrique López-Rodríguez, Kohei Ichikawa, et al.. (2021). Hypercubes of AGN Tori (HYPERCAT). I. Models and Image Morphology. The Astrophysical Journal. 919(2). 136–136. 8 indexed citations
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Jankov, Isidora, Andjelka B. Kovačević, D. Ilić, et al.. (2021). Photoreverberation mapping of quasars in the context of Legacy Survey of Space and Time observing strategies. Astronomische Nachrichten. 343(1-2). 2 indexed citations
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Nikutta, Robert, Enrique López-Rodríguez, Kohei Ichikawa, et al.. (2021). Hypercubes of AGN Tori (HYPERCAT). II. Resolving the Torus with Extremely Large Telescopes. The Astrophysical Journal. 923(1). 127–127. 7 indexed citations
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Kovačević, Andjelka B., D. Ilić, Luka Č. Popović, et al.. (2021). Conditional Neural Process for nonparametric modeling of active galactic nuclei light curves. Astronomische Nachrichten. 343(1-2). 3 indexed citations
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Robinson, A., et al.. (2020). Modeling the Infrared Reverberation Response of the Circumnuclear Dusty Torus in AGNs: An Investigation of Torus Response Functions. The Astrophysical Journal. 891(1). 26–26. 14 indexed citations
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Nikutta, Robert, et al.. (2020). Data Lab—A community science platform. Astronomy and Computing. 33. 100411–100411. 13 indexed citations
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Büchner, Johannes, Murray Brightman, K. Nandra, Robert Nikutta, & F. E. Bauer. (2019). X-ray spectral and eclipsing model of the clumpy obscurer in active galactic nuclei. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 11 indexed citations
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López-Rodríguez, Enrique, Robert Nikutta, N. A. Levenson, et al.. (2019). Tracing the feeding and feedback of active galaxies. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 51(3). 138. 2 indexed citations
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Olsen, Knut, et al.. (2019). The NOAO Data Lab: Design, Capabilities, and Community Development. 523. 233. 2 indexed citations
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López-Rodríguez, Enrique, A. Alonso‐Herrero, T. Díaz-Santos, et al.. (2018). The origin of the mid-infrared nuclear polarization of active galactic nuclei. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 478(2). 2350–2358. 7 indexed citations
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Gallimore, J. F., Moshe Elitzur, R. Maiolino, et al.. (2016). HIGH-VELOCITY BIPOLAR MOLECULAR EMISSION FROM AN AGN TORUS. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 829(1). L7–L7. 66 indexed citations
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Nikutta, Robert & C. Agliozzo. (2016). RHOCUBE: 3D density distributions modeling code. ascl. 1 indexed citations
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López-Rodríguez, Enrique, C. Packham, P. F. Roche, et al.. (2016). Mid-infrared imaging- and spectro-polarimetric subarcsecond observations of NGC 1068. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 458(4). 3851–3866. 15 indexed citations
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López-Rodríguez, Enrique, C. Packham, T. J. Jones, et al.. (2015). Near-infrared polarimetric adaptive optics observations of NGC 1068: a torus created by a hydromagnetic outflow wind. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 452(2). 1902–1913. 17 indexed citations
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Nikutta, Robert, et al.. (2014). The meaning of WISE colours – I. The Galaxy and its satellites. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 442(4). 3361–3379. 37 indexed citations
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Perlman, Eric S., Robert Nikutta, C. Packham, et al.. (2014). SUBARU SPECTROSCOPY AND SPECTRAL MODELING OF CYGNUS A. The Astrophysical Journal. 788(1). 6–6. 7 indexed citations
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Deo, R. P., Gordon T. Richards, Robert Nikutta, et al.. (2011). DUSTY TORI OF LUMINOUS TYPE 1 QUASARS ATz∼ 2. The Astrophysical Journal. 729(2). 108–108. 30 indexed citations
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Feldmeier, A. & Robert Nikutta. (2006). Nonlocal radiative coupling in non monotonic stellar winds. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 446(2). 661–668. 5 indexed citations

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