Samantha Chappell

473 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 231 citations indexed

About

Samantha Chappell is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Samantha Chappell has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 231 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Samantha Chappell's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (3 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (2 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (2 papers). Samantha Chappell is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (3 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (2 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (2 papers). Samantha Chappell collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Samantha Chappell's co-authors include A. M. Ghez, Tuan Do, Jessica R. Lu, Smadar Naoz, Gunther Witzel, K. Matthews, M. Morris, A. Boehle, Aurélien Hees and Gregory D. Martinez and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

In The Last Decade

Samantha Chappell

6 papers receiving 225 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Testing General Relativity with Stellar Orbits around the Supermassive Black Hole in Our Galactic Center

2017 110 citations Aurélien Hees, Tuan Do et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samantha Chappell United States	4	225	93	13	10	10	6	231
S. von Fellenberg Germany	6	199 0.9×	107 1.2×	16 1.2×	3 0.3×	9 0.9×	6	206
Niel Brandt United States	3	217 1.0×	48 0.5×	12 0.9×	3 0.3×	5 0.5×	7	220
S. Ronchini Italy	7	165 0.7×	62 0.7×	13 1.0×	3 0.3×	4 0.4×	11	174
Ole König Germany	9	195 0.9×	62 0.7×	24 1.8×	4 0.4×	9 0.9×	20	203
Luciano Combi Argentina	9	249 1.1×	92 1.0×	18 1.4×	4 0.4×	11 1.1×	20	273
U. Dupletsa Italy	6	144 0.6×	34 0.4×	6 0.5×	4 0.4×	8 0.8×	12	157
Zachary Gelles United States	5	130 0.6×	80 0.9×	6 0.5×	5 0.5×	6 0.6×	7	135
Idel Waisberg Israel	8	188 0.8×	62 0.7×	12 0.9×	6 0.6×	13 1.3×	29	196
Paul A. Draghis United States	7	188 0.8×	59 0.6×	26 2.0×	2 0.2×	6 0.6×	18	194

Countries citing papers authored by Samantha Chappell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samantha Chappell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Samantha Chappell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Samantha Chappell 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 Samantha Chappell. Samantha Chappell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Chu, Devin S., Tuan Do, Aurélien Hees, et al.. (2018). Investigating the Binarity of S0-2: Implications for Its Origins and Robustness as a Probe of the Laws of Gravity around a Supermassive Black Hole. The Astrophysical Journal. 854(1). 12–12. 29 indexed citations

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Witzel, Gunther, Breann Sitarski, A. M. Ghez, et al.. (2017). The Post-periapsis Evolution of Galactic Center Source G1: The Second Case of a Resolved Tidal Interaction with a Supermassive Black Hole. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 29 indexed citations

3.

Hees, Aurélien, Tuan Do, A. M. Ghez, et al.. (2017). Testing General Relativity with Stellar Orbits around the Supermassive Black Hole in Our Galactic Center. Physical Review Letters. 118(21). 211101–211101. 110 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chappell, Samantha, A. M. Ghez, Tuan Do, et al.. (2016). The late-type stellar density profile in the Galactic Center: A statistical approach. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

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Do, Tuan, A. M. Ghez, M. Morris, et al.. (2016). Observational constraints on the formation and evolution of the Milky Way nuclear star cluster with Keck and Gemini. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 11(S322). 222–230. 2 indexed citations

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Witzel, Gunther, A. M. Ghez, M. Morris, et al.. (2014). DETECTION OF GALACTIC CENTER SOURCE G2 AT 3.8 μm DURING PERIAPSE PASSAGE. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 796(1). L8–L8. 60 indexed citations

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