S. M. Ransom

41.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
188 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

S. M. Ransom is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, S. M. Ransom has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 178 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 40 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 33 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in S. M. Ransom's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (157 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (63 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (47 papers). S. M. Ransom is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (157 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (63 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (47 papers). S. M. Ransom collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. S. M. Ransom's co-authors include J. W. T. Hessels, Paul Demorest, M. S. Roberts, Timothy T. Pennucci, F. Camilo, I. H. Stairs, P. C. C. Freire, V. M. Kaspi, J. P. Halpern and M. A. McLaughlin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

S. M. Ransom

172 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

A two-solar-mass neutron star measured using Shapiro delay 2006 2026 2012 2019 2010 2006 2016 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
What are hit papers?

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. A two-solar-mass neutron star measured using Shapiro delay
    2010 2.5k citations Paul Demorest, Timothy T. Pennucci et al. profile →
  2. A Radio Pulsar Spinning at 716 Hz
    2006 438 citations J. W. T. Hessels, S. M. Ransom et al. profile →
  3. THE NANOGRAV NINE-YEAR DATA SET: MASS AND GEOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF BINARY MILLISECOND PULSARS
    2016 420 citations Emmanuel Fonseca, Timothy T. Pennucci et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers

S. M. Ransom
I. H. Stairs Canada
F. Camilo United States
V. M. Kaspi United States
J. W. T. Hessels Netherlands
J. M. Cordes United States
M. Bailes Australia
G. Hobbs Australia
Dong Lai United States
Roger W. Romani United States
M. Burgay Italy
I. H. Stairs Canada
S. M. Ransom
Citations per year, relative to S. M. Ransom S. M. Ransom (= 1×) peers I. H. Stairs

Countries citing papers authored by S. M. Ransom

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. M. Ransom

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. M. Ransom

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S. M. Ransom. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S. M. Ransom 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. M. Ransom. S. M. Ransom 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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Zhang, Lei, Federico Abbate, Di Li, et al.. (2025). Probing globular cluster with MeerKAT and FAST: a pulsar polarization census. Science Bulletin. 70(10). 1568–1571. 3 indexed citations
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Saffer, Alexander, Emmanuel Fonseca, S. M. Ransom, et al.. (2025). A Lower Mass Estimate for PSR J0348+0432 Based on CHIME/Pulsar Precision Timing. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 983(1). L20–L20. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Pei, S. M. Ransom, Di Li, et al.. (2025). PrestoZL: A GPU-accelerated High-throughput Jerk Search Toolkit for Binary Pulsars. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 280(1). 36–36.
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Maccarone, Thomas J., S. M. Ransom, T. E. Clarke, et al.. (2024). A VLITE Search for Millisecond Pulsars in Globular Clusters: Discovery of a Pulsar in GLIMPSE-C01. The Astrophysical Journal. 969(1). 30–30. 3 indexed citations
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Kremer, Kyle, Claire S. Ye, C. O. Heinke, et al.. (2024). Can Slow Pulsars in Milky Way Globular Clusters Form via Partial Recycling?. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 977(2). L42–L42. 4 indexed citations
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Stinebring, Daniel R., B. J. Rickett, Anthony H. Minter, et al.. (2022). A Scintillation Arc Survey of 22 Pulsars with Low to Moderate Dispersion Measures. The Astrophysical Journal. 941(1). 34–34. 22 indexed citations
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Deneva, J. S., Paul S. Ray, F. Camilo, et al.. (2021). Timing of Eight Binary Millisecond Pulsars Found with Arecibo in Fermi-LAT Unidentified Sources. The Astrophysical Journal. 909(1). 6–6. 21 indexed citations
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Bhattacharyya, Bhaswati, Jayanta Roy, T. J. Johnson, et al.. (2021). Discovery and Timing of Three Millisecond Pulsars in Radio and Gamma-Rays with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope and Fermi Large Area Telescope. The Astrophysical Journal. 910(2). 160–160. 11 indexed citations
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Pan, Zhichen, Lei Qian, Kuo Liu, et al.. (2021). FAST Globular Cluster Pulsar Survey: Twenty-four Pulsars Discovered in 15 Globular Clusters. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 915(2). L28–L28. 49 indexed citations
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Behrens, Erica, S. M. Ransom, Dustin R. Madison, et al.. (2020). The NANOGrav 11 yr Data Set: Constraints on Planetary Masses Around 45 Millisecond Pulsars. Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences). 2 indexed citations
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Bower, Geoffrey C., Soumya Chatterjee, J. M. Cordes, et al.. (2020). ngVLAKey Science Goal 4: Fundamental Physics with Galactic Center Pulsars. AAS. 1 indexed citations
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Bahramian, Arash, Jay Strader, Laura Chomiuk, et al.. (2018). The MAVERIC Survey: A Transitional Millisecond Pulsar Candidate in Terzan 5. The Astrophysical Journal. 864(1). 28–28. 12 indexed citations
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Gelfand, Joseph D., S. M. Ransom, C. Kouveliotou, et al.. (2017). The High-frequency Radio Emission of the Galactic Center Magnetar SGR J1745–29 during a Transitional Period. The Astrophysical Journal. 850(1). 53–53. 1 indexed citations
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Chawla, Pragya, V. M. Kaspi, Alexander Josephy, et al.. (2017). A Search for Fast Radio Bursts with the GBNCC Pulsar Survey. The Astrophysical Journal. 844(2). 140–140. 27 indexed citations
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Fonseca, Emmanuel, Timothy T. Pennucci, Justin A. Ellis, et al.. (2016). THE NANOGRAV NINE-YEAR DATA SET: MASS AND GEOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF BINARY MILLISECOND PULSARS. The Astrophysical Journal. 832(2). 167–167. 420 indexed citations breakdown →
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Eatough, Ralph P., T. Joseph W. Lazio, Shami Chatterjee, et al.. (2015). Observing Radio Pulsars in the Galactic Centre with the Square Kilometre Array. Proceedings Of Science. 45–45. 13 indexed citations
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Hessels, J. W. T., M. S. Roberts, M. A. McLaughlin, et al.. (2011). A 350-MHz GBT Survey of 50 Faint Fermi γ-ray Sources for Radio Millisecond Pulsars. AIP conference proceedings. 40–43. 24 indexed citations
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Breton, R. P., V. M. Kaspi, M. Krämer, et al.. (2008). Using the Double Pulsar Eclipses to Probe Fundamental Physics. AIP conference proceedings. 983. 469–473. 1 indexed citations
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McSwain, M. V., S. M. Ransom, Tabetha S. Boyajian, Erika D. Grundstrom, & M. S. Roberts. (2007). Runaway massive binaries and cluster ejection scenarios. Civil War Book Review. 3 indexed citations
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Ransom, S. M., L. J. Greenhill, J. R. Herrnstein, et al.. (2001). A Binary Millisecond Pulsar in Globular Cluster NGC 6544. The Astrophysical Journal. 546(1). L25–L28. 24 indexed citations

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