Simone Callegari

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Simone Callegari is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Simone Callegari has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 6 papers in Instrumentation and 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Simone Callegari's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (15 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (7 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (6 papers). Simone Callegari is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (15 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (7 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (6 papers). Simone Callegari collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Italy. Simone Callegari's co-authors include Lucio Mayer, Stelios Kazantzidis, Javiera Guedes, Piero Madau, Andrés Escala, Jillian Bellovary, Ewa L. Łokas, Leonidas A. Moustakas, Monica Colpi and David H. Weinberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Simone Callegari

20 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

FORMING REALISTIC LATE-TYPE SPIRALS IN A ΛCDM UNIVERSE: T... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300
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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.

  1. FORMING REALISTIC LATE-TYPE SPIRALS IN A ΛCDM UNIVERSE: THE ERIS SIMULATION
    2011 361 citations Javiera Guedes, Simone Callegari 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Simone Callegari Switzerland 15 1.3k 480 158 55 39 20 1.4k
J. M. Gabor France 17 1.2k 0.9× 464 1.0× 121 0.8× 37 0.7× 29 0.7× 21 1.2k
Ludwig Oser Germany 11 960 0.7× 633 1.3× 67 0.4× 41 0.7× 31 0.8× 13 983
Eyal Neistein Germany 9 1.4k 1.1× 687 1.4× 165 1.0× 62 1.1× 36 0.9× 9 1.4k
D. Pierini Germany 25 1.5k 1.2× 725 1.5× 166 1.1× 50 0.9× 53 1.4× 72 1.6k
Olivier Hernandez Canada 18 907 0.7× 451 0.9× 111 0.7× 40 0.7× 52 1.3× 44 977
Chris W. Purcell United States 13 1.0k 0.8× 475 1.0× 157 1.0× 27 0.5× 40 1.0× 16 1.0k
Silvia Bonoli Spain 24 1.2k 1.0× 533 1.1× 217 1.4× 40 0.7× 37 0.9× 56 1.3k
Madeleine Mumcuoglu Israel 3 1.0k 0.8× 496 1.0× 109 0.7× 42 0.8× 22 0.6× 8 1.0k
L. M. Young United States 22 1.3k 1.0× 470 1.0× 143 0.9× 30 0.5× 41 1.1× 43 1.5k
L. M. Buson Italy 19 1.2k 0.9× 569 1.2× 93 0.6× 43 0.8× 28 0.7× 57 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Simone Callegari

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simone Callegari

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simone Callegari

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Theuretzbacher, Ursula, Enrico Baraldi, Francesco Ciabuschi, & Simone Callegari. (2022). Challenges and shortcomings of antibacterial discovery projects. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 29(5). 610–615. 17 indexed citations
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Petersen, W. P., et al.. (2017). Individual-based modelling of population growth and diffusion in discrete time. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0176101–e0176101. 6 indexed citations
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Callegari, Simone, et al.. (2017). A Stable Finite-Difference Scheme for Population Growth and Diffusion on a Map. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0167514–e0167514. 1 indexed citations
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Kazantzidis, Stelios, Lucio Mayer, Simone Callegari, Massimo Dotti, & Leonidas A. Moustakas. (2017). The Effects of Ram-pressure Stripping and Supernova Winds on the Tidal Stirring of Disky Dwarfs: Enhanced Transformation into Dwarf Spheroidals. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 25 indexed citations
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Callegari, Simone, et al.. (2013). AN AGENT-BASED MODEL OF HUMAN DISPERSALS AT A GLOBAL SCALE. Advances in Complex Systems. 16(04n05). 1350023–1350023. 15 indexed citations
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Bird, Jonathan C., Stelios Kazantzidis, David H. Weinberg, et al.. (2013). INSIDE OUT AND UPSIDE DOWN: TRACING THE ASSEMBLY OF A SIMULATED DISK GALAXY USING MONO-AGE STELLAR POPULATIONS. The Astrophysical Journal. 773(1). 43–43. 183 indexed citations
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Bonoli, Silvia, Lucio Mayer, & Simone Callegari. (2013). Massive black hole seeds born via direct gas collapse in galaxy mergers: their properties, statistics and environment. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 437(2). 1576–1592. 49 indexed citations
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Khan, Fazeel Mahmood, I. Berentzen, Peter Berczik, et al.. (2012). FORMATION AND HARDENING OF SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE BINARIES IN MINOR MERGERS OF DISK GALAXIES. The Astrophysical Journal. 756(1). 30–30. 43 indexed citations
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Wassenhove, Sandor Van, Marta Volonteri, Lucio Mayer, et al.. (2012). OBSERVABILITY OF DUAL ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI IN MERGING GALAXIES. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 748(1). L7–L7. 112 indexed citations
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Kazantzidis, Stelios, Ewa L. Łokas, Simone Callegari, Lucio Mayer, & Leonidas A. Moustakas. (2011). On the Efficiency of the Tidal Stirring Mechanism for the Origin of Dwarf Spheroidals: Dependence on the Orbital and Structural Parameters of the Progenitor Disky Dwarfs. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 108 indexed citations
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Callegari, Simone, Stelios Kazantzidis, Lucio Mayer, et al.. (2011). GROWING MASSIVE BLACK HOLE PAIRS IN MINOR MERGERS OF DISK GALAXIES. The Astrophysical Journal. 729(2). 85–85. 83 indexed citations
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Guedes, Javiera, Simone Callegari, Piero Madau, & Lucio Mayer. (2011). FORMING REALISTIC LATE-TYPE SPIRALS IN A ΛCDM UNIVERSE: THE ERIS SIMULATION. The Astrophysical Journal. 742(2). 76–76. 361 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guedes, Javiera, Piero Madau, Lucio Mayer, & Simone Callegari. (2011). Recoiling massive black holes in gas-rich galaxy mergers. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 39 indexed citations
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Mayer, Lucio, Stelios Kazantzidis, Andrés Escala, & Simone Callegari. (2010). Direct formation of supermassive black holes via multi-scale gas inflows in galaxy mergers. Nature. 466(7310). 1082–1084. 166 indexed citations
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Colpi, Monica, Simone Callegari, Massimo Dotti, & Lucio Mayer. (2009). Massive black hole binary evolution in gas-rich mergers. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 5 indexed citations
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Callegari, Simone, Lucio Mayer, Stelios Kazantzidis, et al.. (2009). PAIRING OF SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES IN UNEQUAL-MASS GALAXY MERGERS. The Astrophysical Journal. 696(1). L89–L92. 98 indexed citations
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Łokas, Ewa L., et al.. (2009). THE STELLAR STRUCTURE AND KINEMATICS OF DWARF SPHEROIDAL GALAXIES FORMED BY TIDAL STIRRING. The Astrophysical Journal. 708(2). 1032–1047. 29 indexed citations
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Volonteri, Marta, Simone Callegari, Monica Colpi, Massimo Dotti, & Lucio Mayer. (2008). Massive black holes and their hosts .. MmSAI. 79. 1231. 1 indexed citations
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Mapelli, Michela, Ben Moore, Lucio Mayer, et al.. (2008). Intermediate-mass black holes and ultraluminous X-ray sources in the Cartwheel ring galaxy. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 19 indexed citations
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Colpi, M., Simone Callegari, Massimo Dotti, Stelios Kazantzidis, & Lucio Mayer. (2007). On the inspiral of massive black holes in gas‐rich galaxy mergers. AIP conference proceedings. 705–714. 3 indexed citations

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