Rodrigo Ibata

20.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
265 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

Rodrigo Ibata is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rodrigo Ibata has authored 265 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 261 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 110 papers in Instrumentation and 9 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Rodrigo Ibata's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (235 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (185 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (115 papers). Rodrigo Ibata is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (235 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (185 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (115 papers). Rodrigo Ibata collaborates with scholars based in France, Australia and United Kingdom. Rodrigo Ibata's co-authors include M. J. Irwin, Geraint F. Lewis, Nicolas F. Martin, G. Gilmore, N. R. Tanvir, A. M. N. Ferguson, Alan W. McConnachie, S. C. Chapman, M. Bellazzini and Khyati Malhan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Rodrigo Ibata

258 papers receiving 10.8k citations

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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.

A dwarf satellite galaxy in Sagittarius

1994 769 citations Rodrigo Ibata, M. J. Irwin et al. profile →
A vast, thin plane of corotating dwarf galaxies orbiting the Andromeda galaxy

2013 320 citations Rodrigo Ibata, Geraint F. Lewis et al. profile →
The Global Dynamical Atlas of the Milky Way Mergers: Constraints from Gaia EDR3–based Orbits of Globular Clusters, Stellar Streams, and Satellite Galaxies

2022 109 citations Khyati Malhan, Rodrigo Ibata et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Pristine-UNIONS view on the Galaxy: Kinematics of the distant spur feature of the Sagittarius stream traced by blue horizontal branch stars 2025 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), Else Starkenburg, Guillaume F. Thomas, Nicolas F. Martin, A. Helmi, (unknown), Thomas de Boer, Emma Fernández-Alvar, Stephen Gwyn, Rodrigo Ibata, P. Jablonka, (unknown), Tadafumi Matsuno, Alan W. McConnachie, G. E. Medina, (unknown), Rubén Sánchez-Janssen, Federico Sestito, Anand Viswanathan	3
2	The Pristine survey 2025 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Zhen Yuan, Tadafumi Matsuno, T. Sitnova, Nicholas G. Martin, Rodrigo Ibata, Anke Arentsen, R. G. Carlberg, (unknown), Erika M. Holmbeck, G. Kordopatis, (unknown), Khyati Malhan, Julio F. Navarro, Federico Sestito, Kim A. Venn, Akshara Viswanathan, Sara Vitali	1
3	Asymmetries in stellar streams induced by a galactic merger 2025 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Christian Guillaume, Florent Renaud, Nicolas F. Martin, Benoît Famaey, P. Di Matteo, Guillaume F. Thomas, Salvatore Ferrone, Rodrigo Ibata, (unknown)	0
4	Reassessing the proper motions of M31/M33 with Gaia DR3 2024 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), Nicolas F. Martin, Else Starkenburg, Rodrigo Ibata	5
5	One stream or two – exploring Andromeda’s North West stream 2024 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Denis Erkal, Michelle Collins, R. Michael Rich, Rodrigo Ibata, (unknown)	1
6	Deep Symbolic Regression for Physics Guided by Units Constraints: Toward the Automated Discovery of Physical Laws 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Rodrigo Ibata, Foivos I. Diakogiannis	57
7	Perturbed distribution functions with accurate action estimates for the Galactic disc 2022 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·(unknown), (unknown), A. Siebert, Benoît Famaey, G. Monari, (unknown), P. Ramos, Rodrigo Ibata, (unknown), C. Rivière, Douglas Spolyar	3
8	The PAndAS View of the Andromeda Satellite System. III. Dwarf Galaxy Detection Limits 2022 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Nicolas F. Martin, Guillaume F. Thomas, A. M. N. Ferguson, Rodrigo Ibata, Geraint F. Lewis, Dougal Mackey, Alan W. McConnachie, Zhen Yuan	10
9	The Pristine Inner Galaxy Survey (PIGS) – IV. A photometric metallicity analysis of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy 2022 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Sara Vitali, Anke Arentsen, Else Starkenburg, P. Jofré, Nicolas F. Martin, David S. Aguado, R. G. Carlberg, J. I. Gónzalez Hernández, Rodrigo Ibata, G. Kordopatis, Khyati Malhan, P. Ramos, Federico Sestito, Zhen Yuan, Sven Buder, Geraint F. Lewis, Zhen Wan, D. B. Zucker	10
10	The Complexity of the Cetus Stream Unveiled from the Fusion of STREAMFINDER and StarGO 2022 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Zhen Yuan, Khyati Malhan, Federico Sestito, Rodrigo Ibata, Nicolas F. Martin, Jiang Chang, Ting S. Li, E. Caffau, P. Bonifacio, M. Bellazzini, Yang Huang, Karina Voggel, Nicolas Longeard, Anke Arentsen, (unknown), Julio F. Navarro, Benoît Famaey, Else Starkenburg, David S. Aguado	25
11	Uncovering fossils of the distant Milky Way with UNIONS: NGC 5466 and its stellar stream 2021 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Guillaume F. Thomas, Alan W. McConnachie, Else Starkenburg, Khyati Malhan, Julio F. Navarro, Nicolas F. Martin, Benoît Famaey, Rodrigo Ibata, S. C. Chapman, Jean‐Charles Cuillandre, Stephen Gwyn	13
12	Andromeda XXI – a dwarf galaxy in a low-density dark matter halo 2021 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Michelle Collins, Justin I. Read, Rodrigo Ibata, R. Michael Rich, Nicolas F. Martin, Jorge Peñarrubia, S. C. Chapman, Erik Tollerud, Daniel R. Weisz	32
13	Detection of Strong Epicyclic Density Spikes in the GD-1 Stellar Stream: An Absence of Evidence for the Influence of Dark Matter Subhalos? 2020 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Rodrigo Ibata, Guillaume F. Thomas, Benoît Famaey, Khyati Malhan, Nicolas F. Martin, G. Monari	33
14	The dwarf galaxy satellite system of Centaurus A 2019 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Oliver Müller, M. Rejkuba, Marcel S. Pawlowski, Rodrigo Ibata, Federico Lelli, M. Hilker, Helmut Jerjen	61
15	The Streams of the Gaping Abyss: A Population of Entangled Stellar Streams Surrounding the Inner Galaxy 2019 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Rodrigo Ibata, Khyati Malhan, Nicolas F. Martin	104
16	Butterfly in a Cocoon, Understanding the Origin and Morphology of Globular Cluster Streams: The Case of GD-1 2019 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Khyati Malhan, Rodrigo Ibata, R. G. Carlberg, Monica Valluri, Katherine Freese	33
17	Feeling the Pull: A Study of Natural Galactic Accelerometers. II. Kinematics and Mass of the Delicate Stellar Stream of the Palomar 5 Globular Cluster^* 2017 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Rodrigo Ibata, Geraint F. Lewis, Guillaume F. Thomas, Nicolas F. Martin, S. C. Chapman	25
18	AAOmega spectroscopy of 29 351 stars in fields centered on ten Galactic globular clusters 2011 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Richard R. Lane, L. L. Kiss, Geraint F. Lewis, Rodrigo Ibata, A. Siebert, T. R. Bedding, P. Székely, Gyula M. Szabó	33
19	DENSITY AND KINEMATIC CUSPS IN M54 AT THE HEART OF THE SAGITTARIUS DWARF GALAXY: EVIDENCE FOR A 10 ⁴ M _☉ BLACK HOLE? 2009 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Rodrigo Ibata, M. Bellazzini, S. C. Chapman, E. Dalessandro, F. R. Ferraro, M. J. Irwin, B. Lanzoni, Geraint F. Lewis, Dougal Mackey, P. Miocchi, (unknown)	55
20	Spectroscopic classification of red high proper motion objects in the Southern Sky 2005 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·N. Lodieu, R. D. Scholz, M. J. McCaughrean, Rodrigo Ibata, M. J. Irwin, H. Zinnecker	39

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