Shane W. Davis

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Shane W. Davis is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Shane W. Davis has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Shane W. Davis's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (33 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (16 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (11 papers). Shane W. Davis is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (33 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (16 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (11 papers). Shane W. Davis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Shane W. Davis's co-authors include James M. Stone, Yan-Fei Jiang, Ari Laor, Omer Blaes, Chris Done, Chichuan Jin, M. J. Ward, Jeffrey E. McClintock, Ramesh Narayan and Martín E. Pessah and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Shane W. Davis

41 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Intrinsic disc emission and the soft X-ray excess in active galactic nuclei

2012 426 citations Chris Done, Shane W. Davis et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
A GLOBAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL RADIATION MAGNETO-HYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATION OF SUPER-EDDINGTON ACCRETION DISKS

2014 278 citations Yan-Fei Jiang, James M. Stone et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shane W. Davis United States	24	2.3k	760	227	141	89	48	2.4k
Omer Blaes United States	32	3.5k 1.5×	985 1.3×	236 1.0×	315 2.2×	153 1.7×	82	3.6k
Sergei Nayakshin United Kingdom	31	3.2k 1.4×	605 0.8×	157 0.7×	153 1.1×	258 2.9×	116	3.3k
Daniel Proga United States	30	3.3k 1.4×	883 1.2×	141 0.6×	140 1.0×	235 2.6×	85	3.4k
Daniel P. Marrone United States	30	2.5k 1.1×	779 1.0×	92 0.4×	102 0.7×	320 3.6×	111	2.5k
Kinwah Wu United Kingdom	29	2.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	120 0.5×	269 1.9×	77 0.9×	173	2.9k
M. Ehle Germany	23	2.9k 1.3×	1.1k 1.5×	177 0.8×	200 1.4×	135 1.5×	70	3.0k
N. D. Kylafis Greece	27	2.6k 1.1×	473 0.6×	112 0.5×	181 1.3×	266 3.0×	83	2.6k
D. R. Ballantyne United States	32	2.9k 1.3×	916 1.2×	257 1.1×	331 2.3×	177 2.0×	111	2.9k
Insu Yi United States	17	3.9k 1.7×	1.6k 2.2×	244 1.1×	451 3.2×	92 1.0×	51	4.0k
M. Wardle Australia	30	2.6k 1.1×	806 1.1×	57 0.3×	97 0.7×	116 1.3×	116	2.7k

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Schrøder, Sophie L., et al.. (2025). Disk Draining in LIGO Progenitor Black Hole Binaries and Its Significance to Electromagnetic Counterparts. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 982(1). L11–L11. 1 indexed citations

Davis, Shane W., et al.. (2025). Radiation-magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Accretion Flow Formation After a Tidal Disruption Event. The Astrophysical Journal. 993(1). 57–57.

Zhang, Lizhong, et al.. (2025). Radiation GRMHD Models of Accretion onto Stellar-mass Black Holes. I. Survey of Eddington Ratios. The Astrophysical Journal. 995(1). 26–26. 1 indexed citations

Davis, Shane W., et al.. (2024). Pre-peak Emission in Tidal Disruption Events. The Astrophysical Journal. 974(2). 165–165. 5 indexed citations

Dyda, Sergei, Shane W. Davis, & Daniel Proga. (2024). Time-dependent AGN disc winds – I. X-ray irradiation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 530(4). 5143–5154. 7 indexed citations

Davis, Shane W., et al.. (2024). Spectral Calculations of 3D Radiation Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Super-Eddington Accretion onto a Stellar-mass Black Hole. The Astrophysical Journal. 974(2). 166–166. 5 indexed citations

Arras, Phil, et al.. (2023). Refraction of Line and Continuum Light in Exoplanet Atmospheres. The Astrophysical Journal. 957(2). 93–93.

Davis, Shane W., et al.. (2023). A Bright First Day for Tidal Disruption Events. The Astrophysical Journal. 953(1). 117–117. 10 indexed citations

Jiang, Yan-Fei, et al.. (2023). Global 3D Radiation Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Accretion onto a Stellar-mass Black Hole at Sub- and Near-critical Accretion Rates. The Astrophysical Journal. 945(1). 57–57. 17 indexed citations

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White, Christopher J., Yan-Fei Jiang, Shane W. Davis, et al.. (2023). An Extension of the Athena++ Code Framework for Radiation-magnetohydrodynamics in General Relativity Using a Finite-solid-angle Discretization. The Astrophysical Journal. 949(2). 103–103. 22 indexed citations

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Bu, Qingcui, A. Santangelo, Lian Tao, et al.. (2023). Spin measurement of 4U 1543–47 with Insight-HXMT and NICER from its 2021 outburst. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 677. A79–A79. 4 indexed citations

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Jin, M., M. K. McClure, J. Terwisscha van Scheltinga, et al.. (2022). Ice Age: Chemodynamical Modeling of Cha-MMS1 to Predict New Solid-phase Species for Detection with JWST. The Astrophysical Journal. 935(2). 133–133. 4 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yan-Fei, et al.. (2022). Cosmic-Ray-driven Multiphase Gas Formed via Thermal Instability. The Astrophysical Journal. 931(2). 140–140. 20 indexed citations

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Li, Zhi‐Yun, et al.. (2021). Combined hydrodynamic and gas-grain chemical modeling of hot cores. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 651. A43–A43. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dong & Shane W. Davis. (2017). Radiation Hydrodynamic Simulations of Dust-driven Winds. The Astrophysical Journal. 839(1). 54–54. 31 indexed citations

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Scott, Thomas B., et al.. (2015). An investigation into heterogeneity in a single vein-type uranium ore deposit: Implications for nuclear forensics. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 150. 75–85. 8 indexed citations

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Laor, Ari & Shane W. Davis. (2014). Line-driven winds and the UV turnover in AGN accretion discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 438(4). 3024–3038. 73 indexed citations

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Davis, Shane W. & Ari Laor. (2011). THE RADIATIVE EFFICIENCY OF ACCRETION FLOWS IN INDIVIDUAL ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI. The Astrophysical Journal. 728(2). 98–98. 210 indexed citations

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Gou, Lijun, Jeffrey E. McClintock, Jifeng Liu, et al.. (2009). A DETERMINATION OF THE SPIN OF THE BLACK HOLE PRIMARY IN LMC X-1. The Astrophysical Journal. 701(2). 1076–1090. 87 indexed citations

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Middleton, Matthew, Chris Done, Marek Gierliński, & Shane W. Davis. (2006). The Spin of GRS 1915+105: Why do we Kerr?. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

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