Sergio Contreras

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Sergio Contreras is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sergio Contreras has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 30 papers in Instrumentation and 11 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Sergio Contreras's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (50 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (30 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (22 papers). Sergio Contreras is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (50 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (30 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (22 papers). Sergio Contreras collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Chile and United Kingdom. Sergio Contreras's co-authors include Raúl E. Angulo, Matteo Zennaro, Nelson Padilla, Giovanni Aricò, Marcos Pellejero-Ibáñez, Idit Zehavi, P. Norberg, C. M. Baugh, Claudia del P. Lagos and Jens Stücker and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical review. B, Condensed matter, The Astrophysical Journal and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Sergio Contreras

62 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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The BACCO simulation project: exploiting the full power of large-scale structure for cosmology

2021 124 citations Raúl E. Angulo, Matteo Zennaro et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sergio Contreras Spain	26	1.7k	861	335	134	112	67	1.8k
Chia-Hsun Chuang United States	26	2.2k 1.3×	683 0.8×	784 2.3×	173 1.3×	81 0.7×	66	2.4k
Adi Nusser Israel	28	2.3k 1.4×	599 0.7×	894 2.7×	222 1.7×	31 0.3×	97	2.4k
Yao-Yuan Mao United States	23	1.2k 0.7×	633 0.7×	392 1.2×	75 0.6×	50 0.4×	58	1.4k
E. Pérez Spain	32	2.6k 1.6×	942 1.1×	296 0.9×	42 0.3×	34 0.3×	132	2.9k
M. Einasto Estonia	29	2.5k 1.5×	1.4k 1.6×	449 1.3×	269 2.0×	52 0.5×	108	2.6k
V. de Lapparent France	17	885 0.5×	355 0.4×	210 0.6×	138 1.0×	27 0.2×	34	1.0k
É. Pointecouteau France	25	2.8k 1.7×	783 0.9×	962 2.9×	105 0.8×	25 0.2×	79	2.9k
Takahiko Matsubara Japan	27	2.3k 1.4×	531 0.6×	736 2.2×	292 2.2×	51 0.5×	72	2.4k
Andrew Hearin United States	25	2.5k 1.5×	1.3k 1.6×	383 1.1×	136 1.0×	95 0.8×	48	2.6k
Hume A. Feldman United States	22	1.6k 1.0×	335 0.4×	531 1.6×	182 1.4×	37 0.3×	51	1.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sergio Contreras

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Contreras, Sergio, et al.. (2025). Investigating the galaxy–halo connection of DESI emission-line galaxies with SHAMe-SF. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 697. A226–A226. 3 indexed citations

Mahony, Constance, et al.. (2025). Cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and galaxy–galaxy lensing with extended SubHalo Abundance Matching. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 545(4).

Montero-Dorta, Antonio D., et al.. (2025). Exploring the physical origins of halo assembly bias from early times. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 695. A159–A159. 3 indexed citations

Zennaro, Matteo, Giovanni Aricò, Raúl E. Angulo, et al.. (2025). A 1-per cent-accurate method to include baryonic effects in galaxy–galaxy lensing models. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 544(4). 3512–3532.

Rosas-Guevara, Yetli, Silvia Bonoli, Ewald Puchwein, Massimo Dotti, & Sergio Contreras. (2025). Galaxy formation physics behind bar formation: A view from cosmological hydrodynamical simulations. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 698. A20–A20. 3 indexed citations

Contreras, Sergio, et al.. (2024). Validating the clustering predictions of empirical models with the FLAMINGO simulations. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 690. A311–A311. 4 indexed citations

Contreras, Sergio, et al.. (2024). SHAMe-SF: Predicting the clustering of star-forming galaxies with an enhanced abundance matching model. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 689. A66–A66. 4 indexed citations

Salamanca, Marco, et al.. (2024). Estatus ecológico del bentos de la zona costera del Golfo de Arauco: patrones espacio-temporales de índices bióticos de la macrofauna. Gayana. 88(2). 236–258.

Contreras, Sergio, Raúl E. Angulo, Volker Springel, et al.. (2023). The MillenniumTNG Project: inferring cosmology from galaxy clustering with accelerated N-body scaling and subhalo abundance matching. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 524(2). 2489–2506. 25 indexed citations

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Hadzhiyska, Boryana, Lars Hernquist, Daniel J. Eisenstein, et al.. (2023). The MillenniumTNG Project: refining the one-halo model of red and blue galaxies at different redshifts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 524(2). 2524–2538. 24 indexed citations

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Pellejero-Ibáñez, Marcos, Raúl E. Angulo, Matteo Zennaro, et al.. (2023). The bacco simulation project: bacco hybrid Lagrangian bias expansion model in redshift space. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(3). 3725–3741. 28 indexed citations

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Aricò, Giovanni, Raúl E. Angulo, Matteo Zennaro, et al.. (2023). DES Y3 cosmic shear down to small scales: Constraints on cosmology and baryons. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 678. A109–A109. 48 indexed citations

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Hadzhiyska, Boryana, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Lars Hernquist, et al.. (2023). The MillenniumTNG Project: an improved two-halo model for the galaxy–halo connection of red and blue galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 524(2). 2507–2523. 26 indexed citations

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Favole, Ginevra, et al.. (2021). Subhalo abundance matching through the lens of a hydrodynamical simulation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 509(2). 1614–1625. 16 indexed citations

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Angulo, Raúl E., Matteo Zennaro, Sergio Contreras, et al.. (2021). The BACCO simulation project: exploiting the full power of large-scale structure for cosmology. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 507(4). 5869–5881. 124 indexed citations breakdown →

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Contreras, Sergio, et al.. (2019). The evolution of assembly bias. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 484(1). 1133–1148. 50 indexed citations

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Contreras, Sergio, et al.. (2017). Influencia del grado de internacionalización sobre los resultados empresariales. Revista Digital Palabra (Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana). 24(35). 53–71.

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Padilla, Nelson, Salvador Salazar-Albornoz, Sergio Contreras, S. A. Cora, & Andrés N. Ruiz. (2014). Stochastic angular momentum slews and flips and their effect on discs in galaxy formation models. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 443(3). 2801–2814. 25 indexed citations

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Contreras, Sergio, et al.. (2004). EVALUACIÓN DE LOS FACTORES QUE INFLUYEN EN EL GRADO DE SATISFACCIÓN DE LOS APODERADOS EN UNA INSTITUCIÓN EDUCACIONAL. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 1 indexed citations

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Sepúlveda, Luis & Sergio Contreras. (1976). Decomposition of butyl dixanthogen in the presence of cationic micelles. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 54(1). 66–69. 13 indexed citations

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