Ryan M. O’Leary

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ryan M. O’Leary is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan M. O’Leary has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3 papers in Instrumentation and 2 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Ryan M. O’Leary's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (7 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (7 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (5 papers). Ryan M. O’Leary is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (7 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (7 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (5 papers). Ryan M. O’Leary collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Ryan M. O’Leary's co-authors include Abraham Loeb, Bence Kocsis, Michael McCourt, Ann-Marie Madigan, S. Peng Oh, Eliot Quataert, Matthew McQuinn, Jason Dexter, Frederic A. Rasio and R. O’Shaughnessy and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ryan M. O’Leary

15 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Gravitational waves from scattering of stellar-mass black holes in galactic nuclei

2009 340 citations Ryan M. O’Leary, Bence Kocsis et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan M. O’Leary United States	13	1.1k	219	94	51	50	15	1.1k
J. P. D. Mittaz United Kingdom	14	982 0.9×	320 1.5×	119 1.3×	23 0.5×	55 1.1×	22	1.1k
N. P. M. Kuin United Kingdom	18	1.1k 1.0×	337 1.5×	73 0.8×	56 1.1×	44 0.9×	110	1.1k
Suvi Gezari United States	20	1.3k 1.2×	362 1.7×	98 1.0×	21 0.4×	36 0.7×	66	1.3k
T. Y. Steiman-Cameron United States	16	717 0.7×	106 0.5×	132 1.4×	22 0.4×	47 0.9×	47	772
Sebastian T. Ohlmann Germany	18	1.1k 1.1×	209 1.0×	212 2.3×	38 0.7×	38 0.8×	31	1.2k
L. A. Nelson Canada	17	985 0.9×	78 0.4×	213 2.3×	25 0.5×	120 2.4×	34	1.0k
J. R. Herrnstein United States	13	1.2k 1.1×	396 1.8×	113 1.2×	22 0.4×	17 0.3×	20	1.2k
S. D. Vrtilek United States	17	1.0k 1.0×	249 1.1×	95 1.0×	62 1.2×	171 3.4×	63	1.1k
F. J. Lockman Australia	3	917 0.8×	358 1.6×	54 0.6×	23 0.5×	43 0.9×	4	959
D. E. Harris United States	13	814 0.8×	365 1.7×	84 0.9×	26 0.5×	24 0.5×	46	865

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15 of 15 papers shown

McCourt, Michael, S. Peng Oh, Ryan M. O’Leary, & Ann-Marie Madigan. (2017). A characteristic scale for cold gas. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 473(4). 5407–5431. 196 indexed citations

Shporer, Avi, Jim Fuller, Howard Isaacson, et al.. (2016). RADIAL VELOCITY MONITORING OF KEPLER HEARTBEAT STARS*. The Astrophysical Journal. 829(1). 34–34. 42 indexed citations

Madigan, Ann-Marie, Michael McCourt, & Ryan M. O’Leary. (2016). Using gas clouds to probe the accretion flow around Sgr A*: G2's delayed pericentre passage. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 465(2). 2310–2316. 11 indexed citations

Lecoanet, Daniel, Michael McCourt, Eliot Quataert, et al.. (2015). A validated non-linear Kelvin–Helmholtz benchmark for numerical hydrodynamics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 455(4). 4274–4288. 59 indexed citations

Tanaka, Takamitsu, Ryan M. O’Leary, & Rosalba Perna. (2015). The imprint of the cosmic supermassive black hole growth history on the 21 cm background radiation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 455(3). 2619–2626. 12 indexed citations

McCourt, Michael, Ryan M. O’Leary, Ann-Marie Madigan, & Eliot Quataert. (2015). Magnetized gas clouds can survive acceleration by a hot wind. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 449(1). 2–7. 159 indexed citations

O’Leary, Ryan M., Steven W. Stahler, & Chung‐Pei Ma. (2014). Two paths of cluster evolution: global expansion versus core collapse. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 444(1). 80–92. 9 indexed citations

Dexter, Jason & Ryan M. O’Leary. (2014). THE PECULIAR PULSAR POPULATION OF THE CENTRAL PARSEC. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 783(1). L7–L7. 48 indexed citations

O’Leary, Ryan M., et al.. (2014). It takes a village to raise a tide: non-linear multiple-mode coupling and mode identification in KOI-54. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 440(4). 3036–3050. 27 indexed citations

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Guillochon, James, et al.. (2013). TURBOVELOCITY STARS: KICKS RESULTING FROM THE TIDAL DISRUPTION OF SOLITARY STARS. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 771(2). L28–L28. 47 indexed citations

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O’Leary, Ryan M. & Matthew McQuinn. (2012). THE FORMATION OF THE FIRST COSMIC STRUCTURES AND THE PHYSICS OF THEz∼ 20 UNIVERSE. The Astrophysical Journal. 760(1). 4–4. 67 indexed citations

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O’Leary, Ryan M., Bence Kocsis, & Abraham Loeb. (2009). Gravitational waves from scattering of stellar-mass black holes in galactic nuclei. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 395(4). 2127–2146. 340 indexed citations breakdown →

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O’Leary, Ryan M. & Abraham Loeb. (2009). Star clusters around recoiled black holes in the Milky Way halo. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 395(2). 781–786. 35 indexed citations

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O’Leary, Ryan M. & Abraham Loeb. (2007). Production of hypervelocity stars through encounters with stellar-mass black holes in the Galactic Centre. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 383(1). 86–92. 37 indexed citations

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O’Leary, Ryan M., R. O’Shaughnessy, & Frederic A. Rasio. (2007). Dynamical interactions and the black-hole merger rate of the Universe. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 76(6). 42 indexed citations

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