S. Komossa

4.3k total citations
74 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

S. Komossa is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Komossa has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 35 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 8 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in S. Komossa's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (61 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (35 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (32 papers). S. Komossa is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (61 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (35 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (32 papers). S. Komossa collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Spain. S. Komossa's co-authors include D. Grupe, Luigi Gallo, N. Schartel, M. Santos‐Lleó, M. L. Parker, A. C. Fabian, Dan Wilkins, R. D. Saxton, A. M. Read and P. Predehl and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

S. Komossa

66 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S. Komossa Germany 22 1.3k 549 89 57 49 74 1.4k
Chichuan Jin China 20 1.2k 0.9× 474 0.9× 127 1.4× 69 1.2× 38 0.8× 62 1.3k
M. Capalbi Italy 13 1.1k 0.8× 473 0.9× 61 0.7× 36 0.6× 24 0.5× 47 1.1k
Thomas L. Aldcroft United States 21 1.1k 0.8× 513 0.9× 77 0.9× 20 0.4× 44 0.9× 41 1.1k
Mislav Baloković United States 21 1.1k 0.8× 551 1.0× 76 0.9× 16 0.3× 34 0.7× 49 1.1k
E. Jiménez‐Bailón Mexico 23 1.7k 1.3× 865 1.6× 135 1.5× 39 0.7× 35 0.7× 64 1.8k
Jimmy A. Irwin United States 22 1.3k 1.0× 411 0.7× 161 1.8× 23 0.4× 48 1.0× 71 1.3k
F. Panessa Italy 20 1.8k 1.4× 963 1.8× 176 2.0× 21 0.4× 38 0.8× 72 1.9k
A. J. Blustin United Kingdom 16 1.3k 0.9× 521 0.9× 73 0.8× 78 1.4× 71 1.4× 38 1.3k
Daniel R. Wik United States 18 854 0.6× 619 1.1× 43 0.5× 22 0.4× 27 0.6× 55 980
Rodrigo Nemmen Brazil 14 915 0.7× 452 0.8× 102 1.1× 15 0.3× 21 0.4× 37 957

Countries citing papers authored by S. Komossa

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. Komossa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Komossa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S. Komossa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S. Komossa 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 S. Komossa. S. Komossa 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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Weilbacher, P., W. Kollatschny, Doron Chelouche, et al.. (2025). Double-peaked Ca II traces a relativistic broad-line region disk in NGC 4593. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 697. L5–L5.
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Mingarelli, Chiara M. F., Tamara Bogdanović, Siyuan Chen, et al.. (2025). Insights into supermassive black hole mergers from the gravitational wave background. Nature Astronomy. 9(2). 183–184. 2 indexed citations
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Komossa, S. & D. Grupe. (2024). The extremes of continuum and emission-line variability of AGN: Changing-look events and binary SMBHS. Serbian Astronomical Journal. 1–24. 1 indexed citations
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Komossa, S., D. Grupe, A. Kraus, et al.. (2023). Absence of the predicted 2022 October outburst of OJ 287 and implications for binary SMBH scenarios. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 522(1). L84–L88. 22 indexed citations
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Yao, Su & S. Komossa. (2023). Multiwavelength variability of γ-ray emitting narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 523(1). 441–452. 6 indexed citations
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Gallagher, S. C., Karen M. Leighly, D. Grupe, et al.. (2023). Investigating the Origin of the Absorption-line Variability in the Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxy WPVS 007. The Astrophysical Journal. 953(2). 186–186. 5 indexed citations
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Hampel, Justyna J., S. Komossa, J. Greiner, et al.. (2022). A New X-Ray Tidal Disruption Event Candidate with Fast Variability. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 22(5). 55004–55004. 9 indexed citations
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Rosa, Alessandra De, C. Vignali, P. Severgnini, et al.. (2022). The X-ray view of optically selected dual AGN. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(4). 5149–5160. 13 indexed citations
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Komossa, S., D. Grupe, Luigi Gallo, et al.. (2020). Lifting the curtain: The Seyfert galaxy Mrk 335 emerges from deep low-state in a sequence of rapid flare events. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Kollatschny, W., D. Grupe, M. L. Parker, et al.. (2020). Optical and X-ray discovery of the changing-look AGN IRAS 23226-3843 showing extremely broad and double-peaked Balmer profiles. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations
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Komossa, S. & D. Grupe. (2020). Multiple flares during the April-June 2020 outburst of the blazar OJ 287. The astronomer's telegram. 13785. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Berton, M., S. Ciroi, Enrico Congiu, et al.. (2019). Spectroscopic observations of the flaring gamma-ray narrow-line Seyfert 1 PKS 2004-447. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 13259. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Saxton, R. D., A. M. Read, S. Komossa, et al.. (2019). XMMSL2 J144605.0+685735: a slow tidal disruption event. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 630. A98–A98. 21 indexed citations
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Komossa, S., I. Myserlis, E. Angelakis, et al.. (2015). Effelsberg radio follow-up observations of the optical outburst of the blazar OJ 287: flux density and polarization. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 8411. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Grupe, D., et al.. (2014). Discovery of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy RX J2317.8-4422 in a very deep X-ray Low State by Swift. ATel. 6607. 1.
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Iwasawa, K., J. M. Mazzarella, J. Surace, et al.. (2011). The location of an active nucleus and a shadow of a tidal tail in the ULIRG Mrk 273. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 15 indexed citations
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Esquej, P., R. D. Saxton, S. Komossa, et al.. (2008). Evolution of tidal disruption candidates discovered by XMM-Newton. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 489(2). 543–554. 98 indexed citations
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Komossa, S.. (2000). Warm absorbers in Narrow-Line Seyfert1 galaxies. 3 indexed citations
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Komossa, S., H. Böhringer, & J. P. Huchra. (1999). Soft X-ray properties of LINERs. Astronomische Nachrichten. 320(4-5). 301–301.

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