Steve Zepf

865 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 558 citations indexed

About

Steve Zepf is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Steve Zepf has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 558 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4 papers in Instrumentation and 1 paper in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Steve Zepf's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (5 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (4 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (4 papers). Steve Zepf is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (5 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (4 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (4 papers). Steve Zepf collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Steve Zepf's co-authors include Carlos S. Frenk, Julio F. Navarro, Alfonso Aragón‐Salamanca, Shaun Cole, Terry Bridges, K. C. Freeman, Katherine L. Rhode, F. R. Faifer, D. A. Hanes and Duncan A. Forbes and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Astrophysics and Space Science.

In The Last Decade

Steve Zepf

6 papers receiving 545 citations

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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.

A recipe for galaxy formation

1994 505 citations Shaun Cole, Alfonso Aragón‐Salamanca et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steve Zepf United States	3	551	318	75	31	24	6	558
Steve Hatton France	8	377 0.7×	201 0.6×	60 0.8×	49 1.6×	27 1.1×	12	397
S. Maurogordato France	15	565 1.0×	302 0.9×	117 1.6×	31 1.0×	29 1.2×	29	585
Hitomi Yamanoi Japan	6	537 1.0×	308 1.0×	75 1.0×	21 0.7×	27 1.1×	10	553
Roger Davies United Kingdom	3	658 1.2×	401 1.3×	65 0.9×	34 1.1×	31 1.3×	3	671
M. D’Onofrio Italy	7	567 1.0×	324 1.0×	85 1.1×	34 1.1×	36 1.5×	21	620
A. J. Metevier United States	9	568 1.0×	293 0.9×	63 0.8×	21 0.7×	17 0.7×	18	584
A. Khalatyan Germany	11	683 1.2×	343 1.1×	105 1.4×	31 1.0×	16 0.7×	14	706
Prajwal R. Kafle Australia	12	455 0.8×	250 0.8×	64 0.9×	16 0.5×	31 1.3×	20	469
D. G. Bonfield United Kingdom	14	492 0.9×	232 0.7×	110 1.5×	13 0.4×	27 1.1×	22	510
O. Le Fèvre France	13	515 0.9×	249 0.8×	74 1.0×	24 0.8×	40 1.7×	19	529

Countries citing papers authored by Steve Zepf

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steve Zepf

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steve Zepf

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

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Kundu, Arunav, et al.. (2009). Extragalactic globular clusters with Chandra. 42. 1 indexed citations

2.

Bridges, Terry, Katherine L. Rhode, Steve Zepf, & K. C. Freeman. (2007). Spectroscopy of Globular Clusters out to Large Radius in the Sombrero Galaxy. The Astrophysical Journal. 658(2). 980–992. 16 indexed citations

3.

Bridges, Terry, Karl Gebhardt, R. M. Sharples, et al.. (2006). The globular cluster kinematics and galaxy dark matter content of NGC 4649 (M60). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 373(1). 157–166. 33 indexed citations

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Carvalho, R. R. de, et al.. (2003). The Fundamental Plane of E Galaxies in Compact Groups. Astrophysics and Space Science. 285(1). 79–84. 2 indexed citations

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Puzia, Thomas H., M. Kissler‐Patig, Jean P. Brodie, et al.. (2002). Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems in the Near-IR. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 207. 294–300. 1 indexed citations

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Cole, Shaun, Alfonso Aragón‐Salamanca, Carlos S. Frenk, Julio F. Navarro, & Steve Zepf. (1994). A recipe for galaxy formation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 271(4). 781–806. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

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