Steven R. Majewski

35.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
218 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Steven R. Majewski is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven R. Majewski has authored 218 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 209 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 121 papers in Instrumentation and 12 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Steven R. Majewski's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (199 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (121 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (108 papers). Steven R. Majewski is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (199 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (121 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (108 papers). Steven R. Majewski collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Spain. Steven R. Majewski's co-authors include James C. Ostheimer, Kathryn V. Johnston, M. H. Siegel, David L. Nidever, Richard J. Patterson, David R. Law, Martin D. Weinberg, M. F. Skrutskie, I. Neill Reid and Puragra Guhathakurta and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Steven R. Majewski

196 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

A Two Micron All Sky Survey View of the Sagittarius Dwarf... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2011 2018 200 400 600
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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. A Two Micron All Sky Survey View of the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy. I. Morphology of the Sagittarius Core and Tidal Arms
    2003 617 citations Steven R. Majewski et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. The ACS survey of Galactic globular clusters
    2011 315 citations Steven R. Majewski, M. H. Siegel et al. profile →
  3. The origin of accreted stellar halo populations in the Milky Way using APOGEE,Gaia, and the EAGLE simulations
    2018 201 citations J. Ted Mackereth, Ricardo P. Schiavon et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steven R. Majewski United States 57 9.2k 4.7k 479 266 249 218 9.4k
E. K. Grebel Germany 55 10.2k 1.1× 4.7k 1.0× 848 1.8× 210 0.8× 222 0.9× 291 10.3k
Aaron Dotter United States 35 9.4k 1.0× 4.0k 0.9× 518 1.1× 231 0.9× 263 1.1× 101 9.7k
Jon A. Holtzman United States 49 6.9k 0.8× 2.8k 0.6× 664 1.4× 319 1.2× 173 0.7× 150 7.2k
C. Chiosi Italy 36 6.9k 0.8× 3.4k 0.7× 333 0.7× 189 0.7× 187 0.8× 189 7.0k
Judith G. Cohen United States 49 7.3k 0.8× 3.6k 0.8× 755 1.6× 282 1.1× 133 0.5× 180 7.5k
Claus Leitherer United States 55 8.2k 0.9× 2.8k 0.6× 815 1.7× 257 1.0× 126 0.5× 186 8.3k
Mario Mateo United States 50 6.6k 0.7× 3.0k 0.6× 716 1.5× 252 0.9× 190 0.8× 211 6.8k
Evan D. Skillman United States 58 9.9k 1.1× 4.1k 0.9× 1.3k 2.7× 218 0.8× 117 0.5× 239 10.3k
Stephen A. Shectman United States 40 5.4k 0.6× 2.5k 0.5× 688 1.4× 380 1.4× 204 0.8× 142 5.8k
Holger Baumgardt Germany 47 7.0k 0.8× 2.6k 0.6× 717 1.5× 337 1.3× 143 0.6× 163 7.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Povick, Joshua, David L. Nidever, Steven R. Majewski, et al.. (2025). Revealing the chemical structure of the Magellanic Clouds with APOGEE. II. Abundance gradients of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 544(1). 457–482.
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Cunha, Kátia, Verne V. Smith, O. Kochukhov, et al.. (2024). Magnetic Fields in a Sample of Planet-hosting M Dwarf Stars from Kepler, K2, and TESS Observed by APOGEE. The Astrophysical Journal. 975(1). 109–109. 2 indexed citations
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Cunha, Kátia, O. Kochukhov, Verne V. Smith, et al.. (2024). Magnetic Fields in M-dwarf Members of the Pleiades Open Cluster Using APOGEE Spectra. The Astrophysical Journal. 971(1). 112–112. 6 indexed citations
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Schiavon, Ricardo P., Natalie Myers, Danny Horta, et al.. (2023). The APOGEE value-added catalogue of Galactic globular cluster stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(2). 1393–1407. 23 indexed citations
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Zasowski, Gail, Anil C. Seth, Sten Hasselquist, et al.. (2023). The Chemodynamics of the Stellar Populations in M31 from APOGEE Integrated-light Spectroscopy. The Astrophysical Journal. 952(1). 23–23. 5 indexed citations
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Wojno, Jennifer, Karoline M. Gilbert, Evan N. Kirby, et al.. (2023). Elemental Abundances in M31: Individual and Coadded Spectroscopic [Fe/H] and [α/Fe] throughout the M31 Halo with SPLASH. The Astrophysical Journal. 951(1). 12–12. 8 indexed citations
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Tayar, Jamie, Peter M. Frinchaboy, Kátia Cunha, et al.. (2022). The Open Cluster Chemical Abundances and Mapping Survey. VII. APOGEE DR17 [C/N]–Age Calibration. The Astronomical Journal. 163(5). 229–229. 16 indexed citations
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Wilson, Robert F., Caleb I. Cañas, Steven R. Majewski, et al.. (2022). The Influence of 10 Unique Chemical Elements in Shaping the Distribution of Kepler Planets. The Astronomical Journal. 163(3). 128–128. 12 indexed citations
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Fernández-Trincado, José G., Timothy C. Beers, A. B. A. Queiroz, et al.. (2021). APOGEE-2 Discovery of a Large Population of Relatively High-metallicity Globular Cluster Debris. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 918(2). L37–L37. 10 indexed citations
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Lewis, Hannah M., Borja Anguiano, Steven R. Majewski, et al.. (2021). Close substellar-mass companions in stellar wide binaries: discovery and characterization with APOGEE and Gaia DR2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 509(3). 3355–3370. 3 indexed citations
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Price-Jones, Natalie, Jo Bovy, Jeremy J. Webb, et al.. (2020). Strong chemical tagging with APOGEE: 21 candidate star clusters that have dissolved across the Milky Way disc. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 496(4). 5101–5115. 27 indexed citations
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Horta, Danny, J. Ted Mackereth, Ricardo P. Schiavon, et al.. (2020). The contribution of N-rich stars to the Galactic stellar halo using APOGEE red giants. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 500(4). 5462–5478. 36 indexed citations
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Zasowski, Gail, M. Schultheis, Sten Hasselquist, et al.. (2019). APOGEE DR14/DR15 Abundances in the Inner Milky Way. The Astrophysical Journal. 870(2). 138–138. 42 indexed citations
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Chojnowski, S. Drew, S. Hubrig, Sten Hasselquist, et al.. (2019). Discovery of Resolved Magnetically Split Lines in SDSS/APOGEE Spectra of 157 Ap/Bp Stars. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 873(1). L5–L5. 23 indexed citations
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Mackereth, J. Ted, Ricardo P. Schiavon, Joel Pfeffer, et al.. (2018). The origin of accreted stellar halo populations in the Milky Way using APOGEE,Gaia, and the EAGLE simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 482(3). 3426–3442. 201 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sohn, Sangmo Tony, Roeland P. van der Marel, Nitya Kallivayalil, et al.. (2016). HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE PROPER MOTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL STARS IN STELLAR STREAMS: ORPHAN, SAGITTARIUS, LETHE, AND THE NEW “PARALLEL STREAM”. The Astrophysical Journal. 833(2). 235–235. 12 indexed citations
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Feuillet, Diane, Jo Bovy, Jon A. Holtzman, et al.. (2016). DETERMINING AGES OF APOGEE GIANTS WITH KNOWN DISTANCES. The Astrophysical Journal. 817(1). 40–40. 35 indexed citations
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Hamren, Katherine, Rachael L. Beaton, Puragra Guhathakurta, et al.. (2016). CARBON STARS IN THE SATELLITES AND HALO OF M31. The Astrophysical Journal. 828(1). 15–15. 12 indexed citations
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Bovy, Jo, Jonathan C. Bird, A. E. García Pérez, et al.. (2015). THE POWER SPECTRUM OF THE MILKY WAY: VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS IN THE GALACTIC DISK. The Astrophysical Journal. 800(2). 83–83. 59 indexed citations
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Cassinelli, J. P., E. Churchwell, S. E. Thorsett, et al.. (1997). IAC volume 159 Cover and Front matter. International Astronomical Union Colloquium. 159. f1–f20. 1 indexed citations

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