Stacy McGaugh

11.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
129 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Stacy McGaugh is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stacy McGaugh has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 57 papers in Instrumentation and 20 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Stacy McGaugh's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (107 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (58 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (57 papers). Stacy McGaugh is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (107 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (58 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (57 papers). Stacy McGaugh collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Stacy McGaugh's co-authors include W. J. G. de Blok, James M. Schombert, Federico Lelli, G. D. Bothun, Vera Rubin, Benoît Famaey, A. Bosma, J. M. van der Hulst, Rachel Kuzio de Naray and Marcel S. Pawlowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Stacy McGaugh

122 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation

2000 494 citations Stacy McGaugh, James M. Schombert et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
H II region abundances - Model oxygen line ratios

1991 401 citations Stacy McGaugh The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Radial Acceleration Relation in Rotationally Supported Galaxies

2016 348 citations Stacy McGaugh, Federico Lelli et al. profile →
Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND): Observational Phenomenology and Relativistic Extensions

2012 336 citations Benoît Famaey, Stacy McGaugh SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stacy McGaugh United States	44	7.0k	2.6k	2.0k	549	275	129	7.2k
W. J. G. de Blok United States	41	9.0k 1.3×	2.8k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	527 1.0×	296 1.1×	125	9.2k
Matthew Colless Australia	42	6.3k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	270 0.5×	142 0.5×	160	6.6k
L. Moscardini Italy	39	5.2k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	358 0.7×	156 0.6×	182	5.4k
R. Brent Tully United States	47	6.6k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	285 0.5×	189 0.7×	161	6.8k
G. Tormen Italy	33	7.2k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	574 1.0×	286 1.0×	59	7.4k
Andrea V. Macciò Germany	48	7.8k 1.1×	3.6k 1.4×	2.3k 1.1×	365 0.7×	233 0.8×	161	8.1k
Ortwin Gerhard Germany	54	9.6k 1.4×	4.4k 1.7×	896 0.4×	359 0.7×	181 0.7×	207	9.8k
Shude Mao China	42	6.6k 0.9×	3.0k 1.2×	949 0.5×	273 0.5×	200 0.7×	226	6.8k
A. Vikhlinin United States	46	9.1k 1.3×	2.1k 0.8×	3.2k 1.6×	252 0.5×	142 0.5×	168	9.4k
Dennis Zaritsky United States	48	8.6k 1.2×	4.2k 1.6×	1.3k 0.7×	316 0.6×	227 0.8×	227	8.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Stacy McGaugh

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stacy McGaugh

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stacy McGaugh

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All Works

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Schombert, James M., et al.. (2025). The Baryonic Tully–Fisher Relation. II. Stellar Mass Models. The Astronomical Journal. 169(3). 186–186. 1 indexed citations

Li, Pengfei, Marcel S. Pawlowski, Federico Lelli, et al.. (2023). Measuring galaxy cluster mass profiles into the low-acceleration regime with galaxy kinematics. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 677. A24–A24. 15 indexed citations

Das, Mousumi, et al.. (2023). Estimating the Oblateness of Dark Matter Halos Using Neutral Hydrogen Velocity Dispersion. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 946(1). L8–L8. 4 indexed citations

McGaugh, Stacy, et al.. (2023). Aether scalar tensor theory confronted with weak lensing data at small accelerations. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 676. A100–A100. 14 indexed citations

McGaugh, Stacy & Pieter van Dokkum. (2021). Dark Matter Halo Masses from Abundance Matching and Kinematics: Tensions for the Milky Way and M31. Research Notes of the AAS. 5(2). 23–23. 10 indexed citations

Cheng, Han, et al.. (2021). Mass–Velocity Dispersion Relation in MaNGA Brightest Cluster Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 917(2). L24–L24. 7 indexed citations

Das, Mousumi, et al.. (2021). Comparing the Inner and Outer Star-forming Complexes in the Nearby Spiral Galaxies NGC 628, NGC 5457, and NGC 6946 Using UVIT Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 914(1). 54–54. 11 indexed citations

Schmidt, Thomas, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Florian Niederhofer, et al.. (2019). IAU volume 14 issue 353 Cover and Front matter. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 14(S353). f1–f25. 1 indexed citations

Li, Pengfei, Federico Lelli, Stacy McGaugh, & James M. Schombert. (2018). Fitting the radial acceleration relation to individual SPARC galaxies. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 107 indexed citations

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Miller, Bryan W., Tomás Ahumada, Thomas H. Puzia, et al.. (2017). The Extended Baryonic Halo of NGC 3923. Galaxies. 5(3). 29–29. 3 indexed citations

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Katz, Harley, Stacy McGaugh, J. A. Sellwood, & W. J. G. de Blok. (2014). The formation of spiral galaxies: adiabatic compression with Young's algorithm and the relation of dark matter haloes to their primordial antecedents. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 439(2). 1897–1908. 11 indexed citations

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Famaey, Benoît & Stacy McGaugh. (2013). Challenges for ΛCDM and MOND. univOAK (4 institutions : Université de Strasbourg, Université de Haute Alsace, INSA Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg). 15 indexed citations

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Famaey, Benoît & Stacy McGaugh. (2012). Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND): Observational Phenomenology and Relativistic Extensions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 336 indexed citations breakdown →

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Famaey, Benoît & Stacy McGaugh. (2011). Modified Newtonian Dynamics: A Review. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Coccato, L., Robert A. Swaters, Vera Rubin, S. D’Odorico, & Stacy McGaugh. (2008). VIMOS-VLT integral field kinematics of the giant low surface\n brightness galaxy ESO 323-G064. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 8 indexed citations

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Gurovich, S., Stacy McGaugh, K. C. Freeman, et al.. (2004). The Baryonic Tully–Fisher Relation. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 21(4). 412–414. 30 indexed citations

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Verheijen, Marc & Stacy McGaugh. (2000). Star Formation and Tidal Encounters with the Low Surface Brightness Galaxy UGC 12695 and Companions. 4 indexed citations

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Blok, W. J. G. de & Stacy McGaugh. (1997). The dark and visible matter content of low surface brightness disk galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 477(2). 1 indexed citations

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McGaugh, Stacy, W. J. G. de Blok, & J. M. van der Hulst. (1996). Reverse Baryon Catastrophe in Extremely Dark Matter Dominated Galaxies. AAS. 189. 1 indexed citations

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Schombert, James M., G. D. Bothun, Stephen E. Schneider, & Stacy McGaugh. (1992). A catalog of low surface brightness galaxies - List II. The Astronomical Journal. 103. 1107–1107. 84 indexed citations

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