S. J. Smartt

32.8k citations

170 papers · 7.3k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 47

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.2%
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Astro and Planetary Science
Instrumentation top 0.5%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Papers in

Instrumentation 42
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 42
Astronomy and Astrophysics 151
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 106
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 93
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 45
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 32
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 29
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 22

Co-authors: Justyn R. Maund J. J. Eldridge D. J. Lennon R. M. Crockett C. J. Evans K. Smith J. Tonry B. Stalder
Journals: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (37 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (20 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (20 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters (7 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (7 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Spain

In The Last Decade

S. J. Smartt

147 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

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ATLAS: A High-cadence All-sky Survey System 2018 · 518 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
2015 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
2009 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2009 Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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All Works

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1	Results from the Pan-STARRS search for kilonovae: contamination by massive stellar outbursts Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·M. Fulton, S. J. Smartt, M. E. Huber, K. Smith, K. C. Chambers, M. Nicholl, Shubham Srivastav, D. R. Young, E. A. Magnier, Chien-Cheng Lin, Ala Al-Deen H. J awad, (unknown), T. Lowe, R. J. Wainscoat	2025	0
2	Textual interpretation of transient image classifications from large language models Nature Astronomy ·Haji Bamsi, Rifky Haekal, S. Bloemen, S. J. Smartt, P. Groot, P. M. Vreeswijk, K. Smith	2025	0
3	Testing and combining transient spectral classification tools on 4MOST-like blended spectra Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Mei-Fang Lin, I. Hook, C. Frohmaier, J. J. de Hollander, G. Dimitriadis, Young-Lo Kim, K. Maguire, A. Möller, M. Nicholl, S. J. Smartt, J. Storm, M. Sullivan, Elmo Tempel, P. Wiseman, L. P. Cassará, R. Demarco, Alexander Fritz, Jiachen Jiang	2025	0
4	Training a convolutional neural network for real–bogus classification in the ATLAS survey Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) ·M E Vergelin, K. Smith, S. J. Smartt, J. Tonry, H. F. Stevance	2024	4
5	The Luminous Type Ia Supernova 2022ilv and Its Early Excess Emission The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Shubham Srivastav, S. J. Smartt, M. E. Huber, G. Dimitriadis, K. C. Chambers, M. Fulton, T. Moore, Atefeh Shamosi, J. H. Gillanders, K. Maguire, M. Nicholl, Luke J. Shingles, Stuart Sim, K. Smith, J. P. Anderson, Thomas de Boer, T. W. Chen, Hua Gao, D. R. Young	2023	12
6	Modelling the spectra of the kilonova AT2017gfo – II. Beyond the photospheric epochs Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·J. H. Gillanders, Stuart Sim, S. J. Smartt, S. Goriely, Andreas Bauswein	2023	16
7	A detailed non-LTE analysis of LB-1: Revised parameters and surface abundances Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·S. Simón‐Díaz, J. Maíz Apellániz, D. J. Lennon, J. I. Gónzalez Hernández, Carlos Allende Prieto, N. Castro, A. de Burgos, P. L. Dufton, A. Herrero, B. Toledo-Padrón, S. J. Smartt	2020	20
8	A progenitor candidate for the type II-P supernova SN 2018aoq in NGC 4151 Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·D. O’Neill, R. Kotak, M. Fraser, Stuart Sim, S. Benetti, S. J. Smartt, S. Mattila, C. Ashall, E. Callis, N. Elias–Rosa, M. Gromadzki, S. Prentice	2019	22
9	The ATLAS All-Sky Stellar Reference Catalog The Astrophysical Journal ·J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Flewelling, A. Heinze, Christopher A. Onken, S. J. Smartt, B. Stalder, H. Weiland, Christian Wolf	2018	130
10	Discovery of supernova candidate AT 2018ec in NGC 3256 with HAWK-I/GRAAL ATel ·E. Kankare, S. Mattila, S. D. Ryder, Erik C. Kool, R. Kotak, Jari Kotilainen, H. Kuncarayakti, M. A. P. Torres, Zara Randriamanakoto, T. Reynolds, Cristina Romero-Cañizales, S. J. Smartt, P. Väisänen	2018	0
11	OGLE-2014-SN-131: A long-rising Type Ibn supernova from a massive progenitor Astronomy and Astrophysics ·E. Karamehmetoglu, F. Taddia, J. Sollerman, Ł. Wyrzykowski, S. Schmidl, M. Fraser, C. Fremling, J. Greiner, C. Inserra, Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, K. Maguire, S. J. Smartt, M. Sullivan, D. R. Young	2017	12
12	Constraints on the Progenitor of SN 2016gkg from Its Shock-cooling Light Curve The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·I. Arcavi, G. Hosseinzadeh, P. J. Brown, S. J. Smartt, S. Valenti, L. Tartaglia, Anthony L. Piro, José Luis Sánchez de la Rosa, B. Nicholls, Berto Monard, D. A. Howell, C. McCully, David J. Sand, J. Tonry, L. Denneau, B. Stalder, Kynlee Giesie, A. Rest, K. Smith, Xia Tianxi	2017	30
13	Spatially Resolved MaNGA Observations of the Host Galaxy of Superluminous Supernova 2017egm The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·T. W. Chen, P. Schady, Lin Xiao, J. J. Eldridge, T. Schweyer, Chien‐Hsiu Lee, Po‐Chieh Yu, S. J. Smartt, C. Inserra	2017	15
14	SN 2011fu: a type IIb supernova with a luminous double-peaked light curve Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. Morales-Garoffolo, N. Elias–Rosa, Melina C. Bersten, Anders Jerkstrand, S. Taubenberger, S. Benetti, E. Cappellaro, R. Kotak, A. Pastorello, F. Bufano, Rosa M. Domínguez, M. Ergon, M. Fraser, Xing Gao, E. Garcı́a, D. A. Howell, J. Isern, S. J. Smartt, L. Tomasella, S. Valenti	2015	20
15	Nebular spectra of pair-instability supernovae Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Anders Jerkstrand, S. J. Smartt, Alexander Heger	2015	37
16	A comparison between star formation rate diagnostics and rate of core collapse supernovae within 11 Mpc Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·M. T. Botticella, S. J. Smartt, Robert C. Kennicutt, E. Cappellaro, M. Sereno, Janice Lee	2012	50
17	The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: Nitrogen abundances for Be-type stars in the Magellanic Clouds Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·P. R. Dunstall, I. Brott, P. L. Dufton, D. J. Lennon, C. J. Evans, S. J. Smartt, I. Hunter	2011	10
18	The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: surface chemical compositions of B-type stars in the Magellanic Clouds Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·I. Hunter, P. L. Dufton, S. J. Smartt, R. S. I. Ryans, C. J. Evans, D. J. Lennon, C. Trundle, I. Hubený, T. Lanz	2007	102
19	Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·M. R. Mokiem, A. de Koter, J. S. Vink, J. Puls, C. J. Evans, S. J. Smartt, P. A. Crowther, A. Herrero, N. Langer, D. J. Lennon, F. Najarro, M. R. Villamariz	2007	139
20	Chemical abundances in the inner 5 kpc of the Galactic disk Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·S. J. Smartt, Kim A. Venn, P. L. Dufton, D. J. Lennon, W. R. J. Rolleston, F. P. Keenan	2001	41

About S. J. Smartt

S. J. Smartt is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics and General Social Sciences, having authored 170 papers that have together received 7.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (106 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (93 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (45 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (42 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (32 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (29 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (24 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (7.1k citations), Instrumentation (1.5k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.7k citations), Computational Mechanics (201 citations) and Geophysics (93 citations). S. J. Smartt has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Justyn R. Maund, J. J. Eldridge, D. J. Lennon, R. M. Crockett, C. J. Evans, K. Smith, J. Tonry, B. Stalder, L. Denneau and H. Weiland. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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