Stephen M. West

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Stephen M. West is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen M. West has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 15 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 2 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Stephen M. West's work include Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (15 papers), Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (15 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (14 papers). Stephen M. West is often cited by papers focused on Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (15 papers), Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (15 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (14 papers). Stephen M. West collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Chile. Stephen M. West's co-authors include John March-Russell, Joseph Silk, Máximo Bañados, Dan Hooper, Karsten Jedamzik, Lawrence J. Hall, Daniel T. Cumberbatch, Edward Hardy, James Unwin and Ningqiang Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nuclear Physics B and Physics Letters B.

In The Last Decade

Stephen M. West

20 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Kerr Black Holes as Particle Accelerators to Arbitrarily ... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2016 100 200 300
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.

  1. Kerr Black Holes as Particle Accelerators to Arbitrarily High Energy
    2009 361 citations Máximo Bañados, Joseph Silk et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Freeze-In Production of FIMP Dark Matter
    2016 302 citations Lawrence J. Hall, Karsten Jedamzik et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen M. West United Kingdom 13 1.4k 1.2k 119 116 11 20 1.5k
Diego Harari Argentina 15 709 0.5× 573 0.5× 81 0.7× 75 0.6× 7 0.6× 34 815
Brooks Thomas United States 19 1.0k 0.8× 761 0.6× 59 0.5× 62 0.5× 15 1.4× 57 1.1k
Nicolás Bernal Colombia 24 1.6k 1.2× 1.4k 1.2× 113 0.9× 65 0.6× 3 0.3× 70 1.8k
Zuowei Liu United States 21 1.6k 1.2× 1.2k 1.0× 107 0.9× 46 0.4× 25 2.3× 52 1.7k
Yuta Hamada Japan 21 1.1k 0.8× 942 0.8× 58 0.5× 206 1.8× 16 1.5× 56 1.2k
Houwen Wu China 18 633 0.5× 748 0.6× 127 1.1× 196 1.7× 5 0.5× 38 833
Hongwan Liu United States 17 775 0.6× 691 0.6× 80 0.7× 53 0.5× 7 0.6× 32 865
Alfredo Herrera–Aguilar Mexico 14 564 0.4× 577 0.5× 59 0.5× 205 1.8× 6 0.5× 72 666
Michel H. G. Tytgat Belgium 21 1.7k 1.2× 1.3k 1.1× 106 0.9× 23 0.2× 19 1.7× 24 1.8k
G. Landsberg United States 11 922 0.7× 746 0.6× 106 0.9× 183 1.6× 10 0.9× 21 963

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen M. West

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen M. West

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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West, Stephen M., et al.. (2023). Dark matter and neutrino masses in a Portalino-like model. The European Physical Journal C. 83(5). 2 indexed citations
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Gorghetto, Marco, Edward Hardy, John March-Russell, Ningqiang Song, & Stephen M. West. (2022). Dark photon stars: formation and role as dark matter substructure. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2022(8). 18–18. 59 indexed citations
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March-Russell, John, et al.. (2020). Reproductive freeze-in of self-interacting dark matter. Physical review. D. 102(8). 8 indexed citations
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Hall, Lawrence J., Karsten Jedamzik, John March-Russell, & Stephen M. West. (2016). Freeze-In Production of FIMP Dark Matter. 302 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hindmarsh, Mark, et al.. (2015). Dark matter with topological defects in the Inert Doublet Model. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2015(5). 48–48. 5 indexed citations
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Hardy, Edward, Robert Lasenby, John March-Russell, & Stephen M. West. (2015). Signatures of large composite Dark Matter states. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2015(7). 44 indexed citations
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March-Russell, John, James Unwin, & Stephen M. West. (2012). Closing in on asymmetric dark matter I: model independent limits for interactions with quarks. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2012(8). 42 indexed citations
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Williams, A., Céline Bœhm, Stephen M. West, & D. Albornoz Vásquez. (2012). Regenerating WIMPs in the light of direct and indirect detection. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 86(5). 12 indexed citations
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Bañados, Máximo, et al.. (2011). Emergent flux from particle collisions near a Kerr black hole. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 83(2). 88 indexed citations
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Cumberbatch, Daniel T., et al.. (2010). Light WIMPs in the Sun: Constraints from helioseismology. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 82(10). 43 indexed citations
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Bañados, Máximo, Joseph Silk, & Stephen M. West. (2009). Kerr Black Holes as Particle Accelerators to Arbitrarily High Energy. Physical Review Letters. 103(11). 111102–111102. 361 indexed citations breakdown →
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March-Russell, John & Stephen M. West. (2009). WIMPonium and boost factors for indirect dark matter detection. Physics Letters B. 676(4-5). 133–139. 134 indexed citations
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March-Russell, John, Stephen M. West, Daniel T. Cumberbatch, & Dan Hooper. (2008). Heavy dark matter through the Higgs portal. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2008(7). 58–58. 148 indexed citations
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Gripaios, Ben & Stephen M. West. (2007). Anomaly holography. Nuclear Physics B. 789(1-2). 362–381. 10 indexed citations
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Riva, Francesco, et al.. (2007). Nonperturbative flat direction decay. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 76(6). 10 indexed citations
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Gripaios, Ben & Stephen M. West. (2006). Improved Higgs naturalness with or without supersymmetry. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 74(7). 10 indexed citations
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West, Stephen M.. (2006). NEUTRINO MASSES AND TeV SCALE RESONANT LEPTOGENESIS FROM SUPERSYMMETRY BREAKING. Modern Physics Letters A. 21(21). 1629–1646. 13 indexed citations
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West, Stephen M.. (2005). Naturally degenerate right-handed neutrinos. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 71(1). 10 indexed citations
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March-Russell, John & Stephen M. West. (2004). A simple model of neutrino masses from supersymmetry breaking. Physics Letters B. 593(1-4). 181–188. 26 indexed citations
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Hooper, Dan, John March-Russell, & Stephen M. West. (2004). Asymmetric sneutrino dark matter and the Ωb/ΩDM puzzle. Physics Letters B. 605(3-4). 228–236. 153 indexed citations

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