Sai Iyer

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Sai Iyer is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sai Iyer has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 2 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Sai Iyer's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (11 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (9 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (3 papers). Sai Iyer is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (11 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (9 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (3 papers). Sai Iyer collaborates with scholars based in India, Hong Kong and United States. Sai Iyer's co-authors include Clifford M. Will, Edward Seidel, B. R. Iyer, A. Gopakumar, Wai-Mo Suen, Emanuele Berti, Luciano Rezzolla, Mark Miller, Tom Goodale and José A. Font and has published in prestigious journals such as Classical and Quantum Gravity, Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology and Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields.

In The Last Decade

Sai Iyer

13 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Black-hole normal modes: A WKB approach. I. Foundations a... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Black-hole normal modes: A WKB approach. I. Foundations and application of a higher-order WKB analysis of potential-barrier scattering
    1987 739 citations Sai Iyer, Clifford M. Will Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sai Iyer India 9 1.3k 1.0k 224 158 41 13 1.4k
Edward W. Leaver United States 6 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 252 1.1× 210 1.3× 76 1.9× 6 1.6k
J. M. Salim Brazil 17 1.0k 0.8× 810 0.8× 240 1.1× 269 1.7× 24 0.6× 56 1.1k
S. I. Kruglov Canada 20 919 0.7× 916 0.9× 334 1.5× 266 1.7× 21 0.5× 92 1.1k
Pedro V. P. Cunha Portugal 19 2.1k 1.6× 1.5k 1.5× 184 0.8× 118 0.7× 26 0.6× 29 2.1k
K. K. Nandi India 21 1.4k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 244 1.1× 208 1.3× 42 1.0× 78 1.5k
Marc Casals Ireland 19 1.0k 0.8× 801 0.8× 220 1.0× 196 1.2× 41 1.0× 47 1.1k
Reinaldo J. Gleiser Argentina 19 1.0k 0.8× 891 0.9× 260 1.2× 86 0.5× 35 0.9× 74 1.1k
Ian Vega Philippines 12 882 0.7× 539 0.5× 160 0.7× 109 0.7× 59 1.4× 22 937
H. Dehnen Germany 14 780 0.6× 606 0.6× 147 0.7× 140 0.9× 22 0.5× 110 874
K. S. Virbhadra India 18 2.7k 2.1× 2.0k 1.9× 368 1.6× 237 1.5× 29 0.7× 25 2.8k

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All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Berti, Emanuele, Sai Iyer, & Clifford M. Will. (2008). Post-Newtonian diagnosis of quasiequilibrium configurations of neutron star–neutron star and neutron star–black hole binaries. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 77(2). 29 indexed citations
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Berti, Emanuele, Sai Iyer, & Clifford M. Will. (2006). Eccentricity content of binary black hole initial data. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 74(6). 16 indexed citations
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Iyer, Sai, et al.. (2005). Computational relativistic astrophysics with adaptive mesh refinement: Testbeds. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 71(8). 7 indexed citations
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Gopakumar, A., Philip T. Gressman, Sai Iyer, et al.. (2003). Head-on/near head-on collisions of neutron stars with a realistic equation of state. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 67(10). 2 indexed citations
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Font, José A., Tom Goodale, Sai Iyer, et al.. (2002). Three-dimensional numerical general relativistic hydrodynamics. II. Long-term dynamics of single relativistic stars. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 65(8). 127 indexed citations
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Gupta, A., A. Gopakumar, B. R. Iyer, & Sai Iyer. (2000). Padé approximants for truncated post-Newtonian neutron star models. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 62(4). 4 indexed citations
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Gopakumar, A., B. R. Iyer, & Sai Iyer. (1997). Second post-Newtonian gravitational radiation reaction for two-body systems: Nonspinning bodies. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 55(10). 6030–6053. 47 indexed citations
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Gupta, A., Sai Iyer, & A. R. Prasanna. (1996). Centrifugal force and ellipticity behaviour of a slowly rotating ultra-compact object. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 13(10). 2675–2681. 10 indexed citations
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Iyer, Sai, et al.. (1996). Clusters and Voids in General Galaxy Field. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 168. 523–524. 1 indexed citations
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Seidel, Edward & Sai Iyer. (1990). Black-hole normal modes: A WKB approach. IV. Kerr black holes. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 41(2). 374–382. 105 indexed citations
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Iyer, Sai. (1987). Black-Hole Normal Modes: a WKB Approach. 32 indexed citations
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Iyer, Sai. (1987). Black-hole normal modes: A WKB approach. II. Schwarzschild black holes. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 35(12). 3632–3636. 257 indexed citations
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Iyer, Sai & Clifford M. Will. (1987). Black-hole normal modes: A WKB approach. I. Foundations and application of a higher-order WKB analysis of potential-barrier scattering. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 35(12). 3621–3631. 739 indexed citations breakdown →

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