Seán Moran

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Seán Moran is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Seán Moran has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 27 papers in Instrumentation and 4 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Seán Moran's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (33 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (27 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (19 papers). Seán Moran is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (33 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (27 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (19 papers). Seán Moran collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Seán Moran's co-authors include Barbara Catinella, Richard S. Ellis, David Schiminovich, Tommaso Treu, Timothy M. Heckman, G. P. Smith, Jing Wang, Guinevere Kauffmann, Ian Smail and A. C. Edge and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Seán Moran

50 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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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.

THE IMPACT OF INTERACTIONS, BARS, BULGES, AND ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI ON STAR FORMATION EFFICIENCY IN LOCAL MASSIVE GALAXIES

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Seán Moran United States	24	2.0k	1.1k	180	159	96	52	2.2k
D. G. York United States	16	1.6k 0.8×	669 0.6×	180 1.0×	96 0.6×	55 0.6×	49	1.6k
Alan Stockton United States	26	2.0k 1.0×	740 0.7×	379 2.1×	110 0.7×	37 0.4×	102	2.2k
S. N. Vogel United States	34	2.7k 1.4×	669 0.6×	219 1.2×	174 1.1×	69 0.7×	100	2.8k
R. Claudi Italy	19	2.1k 1.0×	987 0.9×	207 1.1×	132 0.8×	13 0.1×	92	2.2k
S. L. Lumsden United Kingdom	31	3.2k 1.6×	485 0.5×	336 1.9×	90 0.6×	23 0.2×	105	3.2k
P. Figueira Portugal	26	2.0k 1.0×	752 0.7×	98 0.5×	134 0.8×	13 0.1×	106	2.1k
Damien Hutsemékers Belgium	26	2.0k 1.0×	275 0.3×	323 1.8×	221 1.4×	12 0.1×	135	2.1k
D. Massa United States	23	2.3k 1.2×	608 0.6×	118 0.7×	153 1.0×	69 0.7×	111	2.5k
N. Ysard France	26	2.0k 1.0×	172 0.2×	204 1.1×	172 1.1×	50 0.5×	65	2.0k
Lars A. Buchhave Denmark	29	2.7k 1.3×	954 0.9×	94 0.5×	97 0.6×	11 0.1×	83	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Seán Moran

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Fields of papers citing papers by Seán Moran

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seán Moran

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

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Fabricant, Daniel G., Sagi Ben-Ami, Igor Chilingarian, et al.. (2025). An Integral Field Unit for the Binospec Spectrograph. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 137(1). 15002–15002.

Chilingarian, Igor, D. I. Makarov, Л. Н. Макарова, et al.. (2023). KDG 64: a large dwarf spheroidal or a small ultradiffuse satellite of Messier 81. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(4). 6312–6321. 3 indexed citations

Lutz, Katharina, A. Saintonge, Barbara Catinella, et al.. (2021). xCOLD GASS and xGASS: Radial metallicity gradients and global properties on the star-forming main sequence. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 7 indexed citations

Mink, Jessica, Warren R. Brown, Igor Chilingarian, et al.. (2020). Center for Astrophysics Optical Infrared Science Archive. I. FAST Spectrograph. The Astronomical Journal. 161(1). 3–3. 2 indexed citations

Conroy, Charlie, Ana Bonaca, Phillip A. Cargile, et al.. (2019). Mapping the Stellar Halo with the H3 Spectroscopic Survey. The Astrophysical Journal. 883(1). 107–107. 95 indexed citations

Moran, Seán, et al.. (2016). Pseudo fluid modelling used in the design of continuous flow supercritical water oxidation reactors with improved corrosion resistance. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids. 120. 355–365. 9 indexed citations

Borthakur, Sanchayeeta, Timothy M. Heckman, Jason Tumlinson, et al.. (2015). CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CIRCUMGALACTIC MEDIUM AND THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM OF GALAXIES: RESULTS FROM THE COS-GASS SURVEY. The Astrophysical Journal. 813(1). 46–46. 77 indexed citations

Law, David R., Renbin Yan, Matthew A. Bershady, et al.. (2015). OBSERVING STRATEGY FOR THE SDSS-IV/MaNGA IFU GALAXY SURVEY. The Astronomical Journal. 150(1). 19–19. 260 indexed citations

Kauffmann, Guinevere, Mei Ling Huang, Seán Moran, & Timothy M. Heckman. (2015). A systematic study of the inner rotation curves of galaxies observed as part of the GASS and COLD GASS surveys. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 451(1). 878–887. 8 indexed citations

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Moran, Seán, Eric R. Pardyjak, & John M. Veranth. (2013). Understanding the role of grid turbulence in enhancing PM10 deposition: Scaling the Stokes number with Rλ. Physics of Fluids. 25(11). 8 indexed citations

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Carmo‐Silva, Elizabete, et al.. (2012). Steady-state chlorophyll fluorescence (Fs) as a tool to monitor plant heat and drought stress. AGUFM. 2012. 2 indexed citations

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Moran, Seán, M. A. Nearing, Alfredo Huete, et al.. (2012). Extreme precipitation patterns reduced terrestrial ecosystem production across biomes. AGUFM. 2012. 3 indexed citations

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Catinella, Barbara, David Schiminovich, Guinevere Kauffmann, et al.. (2012). The GALEX Arecibo SDSS Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 544. A65–A65. 67 indexed citations

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Moran, Seán, Guinevere Kauffmann, Timothy M. Heckman, et al.. (2010). UGC8802: A MASSIVE DISK GALAXY IN FORMATION. The Astrophysical Journal. 720(2). 1126–1135. 16 indexed citations

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Pereira, Maria João, C. P. Haines, G. P. Smith, et al.. (2010). LoCuSS: AHerschelview of obscured star formation in Abell 1835. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 518. L40–L40. 16 indexed citations

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Haines, C. P., G. P. Smith, Maria João Pereira, et al.. (2010). LoCuSS: Shedding new light on the massive lensing cluster Abell 1689 – the view fromHerschel. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 518. L19–L19. 14 indexed citations

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Smith, G. P., C. P. Haines, Maria João Pereira, et al.. (2010). LoCuSS: Probing galaxy transformation physics withHerschel. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 518. L18–L18. 22 indexed citations

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Natarajan, Priyamvada, Jean‐Paul Kneib, Ian Smail, et al.. (2009). THE SURVIVAL OF DARK MATTER HALOS IN THE CLUSTER Cl 0024+16. The Astrophysical Journal. 693(1). 970–983. 71 indexed citations

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MacArthur, Lauren A., Richard S. Ellis, Tommaso Treu, et al.. (2008). The Evolutionary History of Galactic Bulges: Photometric and Spectroscopic Studies of Distant Spheroids in the GOODS Fields. The Astrophysical Journal. 680(1). 70–91. 24 indexed citations

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Smith, G. P., Tommaso Treu, Richard S. Ellis, Seán Moran, & Alan Dressler. (2005). Evolution sincez= 1 of the Morphology‐Density Relation for Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 620(1). 78–87. 124 indexed citations

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