Simon Mitton

628 total citations
41 papers, 244 citations indexed

About

Simon Mitton is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Mitton has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 244 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4 papers in Computational Mechanics and 4 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Simon Mitton's work include History and Developments in Astronomy (10 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (5 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (4 papers). Simon Mitton is often cited by papers focused on History and Developments in Astronomy (10 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (5 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (4 papers). Simon Mitton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and South Sudan. Simon Mitton's co-authors include Werner Nahm, M. O’Keeffe, C. Hazard, M. Ryle, Michael Reinhardt, J. A. J. Whelan, D. J. Southwood, S. W. H. Cowley, P. P. Eggleton and Jeremiah P. Ostriker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Simon Mitton

36 papers receiving 222 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Mitton United Kingdom	10	193	75	19	17	14	41	244
G. Westerhout United States	7	162 0.8×	37 0.5×	8 0.4×	7 0.4×	22 1.6×	32	184
G. S. Shostak United States	9	276 1.4×	35 0.5×	10 0.5×	10 0.6×	83 5.9×	39	298
R. R. Burman Australia	9	307 1.6×	107 1.4×	25 1.3×	16 0.9×	6 0.4×	26	325
Joshua Ott Gundersen United States	10	257 1.3×	149 2.0×	12 0.6×	24 1.4×	17 1.2×	17	274
F. Praderie France	9	228 1.2×	17 0.2×	18 0.9×	5 0.3×	42 3.0×	46	250
Vincent Pelgrims Greece	10	251 1.3×	101 1.3×	12 0.6×	13 0.8×	25 1.8×	23	264
A. G. de Bruyn Netherlands	7	283 1.5×	219 2.9×	10 0.5×	6 0.4×	6 0.4×	7	303
Nicholas Loutrel United States	12	454 2.4×	128 1.7×	10 0.5×	14 0.8×	22 1.6×	20	467
S. Howard United States	7	296 1.5×	54 0.7×	5 0.3×	13 0.8×	56 4.0×	15	307
Douglas Gough United Kingdom	6	233 1.2×	29 0.4×	6 0.3×	10 0.6×	24 1.7×	7	251

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Mitton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Mitton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Mitton

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mitton, Simon. (2025). Carbon: A Biography. Ambix. 72(2). 201–202. 1 indexed citations

Mitton, Simon, et al.. (2023). George Gamow and Ralph Alpher: a review of their cosmological collaboration as mentor and protégé 1942–1955. The European Physical Journal H. 48(1).

Mitton, Simon. (2022). A Short History of Panspermia from Antiquity Through the Mid-1970s. Astrobiology. 22(12). 1379–1391. 5 indexed citations

O’Keeffe, M., et al.. (2018). One hundred years of the cosmological constant: from “superfluous stunt” to dark energy. The European Physical Journal H. 43(1). 73–117. 26 indexed citations

Mitton, Simon. (2015). Fred Hoyle's birth centennial. Astronomy & Geophysics. 56(6). 6.10–6.14. 1 indexed citations

Cowley, S. W. H., D. J. Southwood, & Simon Mitton. (2015). Magnetospheric Plasma Physics: The Impact of Jim Dungey’s Research. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 11 indexed citations

Ostriker, Jeremiah P. & Simon Mitton. (2013). Heart of Darkness: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Invisible Universe. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 5 indexed citations

Holder, Rodney & Simon Mitton. (2012). Georges Lemaître: Life, Science and Legacy. Astrophysics and space science library. 5 indexed citations

Mitton, Simon. (2006). Astroparticle physics and cosmology. The Lancet. 367(9523). 1692–1697. 9 indexed citations

10.

Mitton, Simon. (2001). Fred Hoyle's biggest bang. The Lancet. 358(9284). 780–780. 2 indexed citations

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Noyes, R. W. & Simon Mitton. (1983). The Sun Our Star. Nature. 302. 768. 4 indexed citations

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Mitton, Simon. (1981). Daytime star, the story of our sun. Medical Entomology and Zoology.

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Hazard, C., Simon Mitton, & P. B. Byrne. (1979). Book-Review - Active Galactic Nuclei - NATO Summer School - Cambridge 1977. 14. 103. 4 indexed citations

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Hazard, C. & Simon Mitton. (1979). Active galactic nuclei. Based on the proceedings of a NATO advanced study institute held at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, August 1977.. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 16 indexed citations

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Eggleton, P. P., Simon Mitton, & J. Whelan. (1976). Structure and evolution of close binary systems : symposium no. 73 held in Cambridge, England, 28 July-1 August, 1975. 73. 3 indexed citations

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Eggleton, P. P., Simon Mitton, & J. A. J. Whelan. (1976). Editors' Foreword. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 73. vii–vii. 7 indexed citations

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Lin, D. N. C., Simon Mitton, & J. A. J. Whelan. (1975). The Optical Properties of Binary Star Systems with Accretion Discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 170(2). 379–392. 3 indexed citations

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Mitton, Simon. (1972). NEWEST PROBE OF THE RADIO UNIVERSE.. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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Mitton, Simon. (1971). Observations of the Distribution of Polarized Emission of Cygnus A at 6-cm Wavelength. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 153(2). 133–143. 4 indexed citations

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Mitton, Simon & M. Ryle. (1969). High Resolution Observations of Cygnus A at 2.7 GHz and 5 GHz. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 146(3). 221–233. 13 indexed citations

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