Sharon M. Morsink

4.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
39 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Sharon M. Morsink is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Sharon M. Morsink has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13 papers in Geophysics and 6 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Sharon M. Morsink's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (31 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (24 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (13 papers). Sharon M. Morsink is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (31 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (24 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (13 papers). Sharon M. Morsink collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Sharon M. Morsink's co-authors include John L. Friedman, B. J. Owen, Lee Lindblom, D. A. Leahy, Anna L. Watts, L. Stella, Deepto Chakrabarty, Sébastien Guillot, Zaven Arzoumanian and Robert B. Mann and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Sharon M. Morsink

37 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Colloquium: Measuring the neutron star equation of state using x-ray timing

2016 244 citations Anna L. Watts, Deepto Chakrabarty et al. profile →
A NICER View of PSR J0030+0451: Implications for the Dense Matter Equation of State

2019 171 citations G. Raaijmakers, Thomas E. Riley et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →
An Updated Mass–Radius Analysis of the 2017–2018 NICER Data Set of PSR J0030+0451

2024 109 citations S. Vinciguerra, Tuomo Salmi et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
The Radius of the High-mass Pulsar PSR J0740+6620 with 3.6 yr of NICER Data

2024 83 citations Tuomo Salmi, Devarshi Choudhury et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
A More Precise Measurement of the Radius of PSR J0740+6620 Using Updated NICER Data

2024 51 citations Alexander J. Dittmann, M. Coleman Miller et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sharon M. Morsink Canada	22	1.8k	622	493	349	238	39	2.0k
J. Read United States	15	2.5k 1.4×	648 1.0×	612 1.2×	559 1.6×	229 1.0×	22	2.6k
John Sarkissian Australia	17	2.1k 1.1×	334 0.5×	505 1.0×	438 1.3×	210 0.9×	49	2.1k
B. D. Lackey United States	13	2.0k 1.1×	616 1.0×	394 0.8×	525 1.5×	186 0.8×	17	2.1k
G. H. Janssen Netherlands	24	2.2k 1.2×	388 0.6×	627 1.3×	437 1.3×	187 0.8×	49	2.3k
M. Bejger Poland	20	1.4k 0.8×	492 0.8×	377 0.8×	287 0.8×	151 0.6×	63	1.5k
Kostas Glampedakis Germany	29	2.3k 1.2×	475 0.8×	879 1.8×	259 0.7×	286 1.2×	55	2.4k
I. Cognard France	26	1.7k 0.9×	280 0.5×	494 1.0×	313 0.9×	176 0.7×	99	1.8k
P. Schmidt United Kingdom	23	1.9k 1.0×	388 0.6×	450 0.9×	275 0.8×	127 0.5×	70	2.2k
David J. Nice United States	24	2.1k 1.2×	433 0.7×	548 1.1×	479 1.4×	278 1.2×	52	2.2k
Katerina Chatziioannou United States	31	2.7k 1.5×	661 1.1×	648 1.3×	513 1.5×	178 0.7×	70	2.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Morsink, Sharon M., et al.. (2025). Gravitational Redshift for Rapidly Rotating Neutron Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 994(2). 163–163.

Vinciguerra, S., Tuomo Salmi, Anna L. Watts, et al.. (2024). An Updated Mass–Radius Analysis of the 2017–2018 NICER Data Set of PSR J0030+0451. The Astrophysical Journal. 961(1). 62–62. 109 indexed citations breakdown →

Salmi, Tuomo, J. S. Deneva, Paul S. Ray, et al.. (2024). A NICER View of PSR J1231−1411: A Complex Case. The Astrophysical Journal. 976(1). 58–58. 39 indexed citations

Dittmann, Alexander J., M. Coleman Miller, Frederick K. Lamb, et al.. (2024). A More Precise Measurement of the Radius of PSR J0740+6620 Using Updated NICER Data. The Astrophysical Journal. 974(2). 295–295. 51 indexed citations breakdown →

Salmi, Tuomo, Devarshi Choudhury, Yves Kini, et al.. (2024). The Radius of the High-mass Pulsar PSR J0740+6620 with 3.6 yr of NICER Data. The Astrophysical Journal. 974(2). 294–294. 83 indexed citations breakdown →

Choudhury, Devarshi, Anna L. Watts, Alexander J. Dittmann, et al.. (2024). Exploring Waveform Variations among Neutron Star Ray-tracing Codes for Complex Emission Geometries. The Astrophysical Journal. 975(2). 202–202. 2 indexed citations

Fernández, Rodrigo, et al.. (2023). Secular outflows from 3D MHD hypermassive neutron star accretion disc systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 526(1). 952–965. 4 indexed citations

Salmi, Tuomo, S. Vinciguerra, Devarshi Choudhury, et al.. (2023). Atmospheric Effects on Neutron Star Parameter Constraints with NICER. The Astrophysical Journal. 956(2). 138–138. 20 indexed citations

Salmi, Tuomo, S. Vinciguerra, Devarshi Choudhury, et al.. (2022). The Radius of PSR J0740+6620 from NICER with NICER Background Estimates. The Astrophysical Journal. 941(2). 150–150. 69 indexed citations

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Morsink, Sharon M., et al.. (2022). Universal Relations for the Increase in the Mass and Radius of a Rotating Neutron Star. arXiv (Cornell University). 30 indexed citations

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Chakrabarty, Deepto, Frederick K. Lamb, Simin Mahmoodifar, et al.. (2019). UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 32 indexed citations

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Raaijmakers, G., Thomas E. Riley, Anna L. Watts, et al.. (2019). A NICER View of PSR J0030+0451: Implications for the Dense Matter Equation of State. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 887(1). L22–L22. 171 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fiege, Jason, et al.. (2017). VizieR Online Data Catalog: Pulse profiles for simulated thermonuclear bursts (Stevens+, 2016).

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Bogdanov, Slavko, Zaven Arzoumanian, Deepto Chakrabarty, et al.. (2017). Neutron Star Dense Matter Equation of State Constraints with NICER. 1 indexed citations

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Stevens, Abigail, Jason Fiege, D. A. Leahy, & Sharon M. Morsink. (2016). NEUTRON STAR MASS–RADIUS CONSTRAINTS USING EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATION. The Astrophysical Journal. 833(2). 244–244. 11 indexed citations

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Özel, Feryal, Dimitrios Psaltis, Zaven Arzoumanian, Sharon M. Morsink, & Michi Bauböck. (2016). MEASURING NEUTRON STAR RADII VIA PULSE PROFILE MODELING WITH NICER. The Astrophysical Journal. 832(1). 92–92. 44 indexed citations

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Morsink, Sharon M.. (2002). Nonlinear Couplings betweenr‐Modes of Rotating Neutron Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 571(1). 435–446. 8 indexed citations

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Cumming, A., Sharon M. Morsink, Lars Bildsten, John L. Friedman, & D. E. Holz. (2002). Hydrostatic Expansion and Spin Changes during Type I X‐Ray Bursts. The Astrophysical Journal. 564(1). 343–352. 24 indexed citations

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Friedman, John L. & Sharon M. Morsink. (1998). Axial Instability of Rotating Relativistic Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 502(2). 714–720. 250 indexed citations

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Lindblom, Lee, B. J. Owen, & Sharon M. Morsink. (1998). Gravitational Radiation Instability in Hot Young Neutron Stars. Physical Review Letters. 80(22). 4843–4846. 264 indexed citations

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