T. Bensby

11.5k citations

61 papers · 3.7k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 28

Impact in

Instrumentation top 0.5%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Papers in

Instrumentation 24
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 24
Astronomy and Astrophysics 60
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 57
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 41
- Astro and Planetary Science 18
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 11
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 7
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 5

Co-authors: S. Feltzing M. S. Oey Ingemar Lundström J. Meléndez M. Asplund I. Ramírez L. Casagrande S. Cassisi
Journals: Astronomy and Astrophysics (21 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (10 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (4 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2 papers)The Astronomical Journal (2 papers)
Partner nations: Sweden United States Germany

In The Last Decade

T. Bensby

61 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

VINTERGATAN – I. The origins of chemically, kinematically, and structurally distinct discs in a simulated Milky Way-mass galaxy 2021 · 121 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2014 Astronomy and Astrophysics
2013 arXiv (Cornell University)
2011 Scientific Electronic Library Online (São Paulo Research Foundation, Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico)
2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside T. Bensby, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	The Gaia-ESO Survey: No sign of multiple stellar populations in open clusters from their sodium and oxygen abundances Astronomy and Astrophysics ·A. Bragaglia, V. D’Orazi, L. Magrini, M. Baratella, T. Bensby, Sarah L. Martell, S. Randich, G. Tautvaišienė, E. J. Alfaro, L. Morbidelli, R. Smiljanić, S. Zaggia	2024	3
2	The Gaia-ESO Survey: Chemical evolution of Mg and Al in the Milky Way with machine learning Astronomy and Astrophysics ·WU Meng-xian, G. Guiglion, Š. Mikolaitis, C. Chiappini, G. Tautvaišienė, ANA KARINE DE SOUSA DA SILVA, G. Gilmore, S. Randich, T. Bensby, A. Bayo, M. Bergemann, L. Morbidelli, E. Pancino, G. G. Sacco, R. Smiljanić, S. Zaggia, P. Jofré, F. Jiménez-Esteban	2023	9
3	TheGaia-ESO Survey: Probing the lithium abundances in old metal-rich dwarf stars in the solar vicinity Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. L. L. Dantas, G. Guiglion, R. Smiljanić, D. Romano, L. Magrini, T. Bensby, C. Chiappini, E. Franciosini, ANA KARINE DE SOUSA DA SILVA, G. Tautvaišienė, G. Gilmore, S. Randich, A. C. Lanzafame, U. Heiter, L. Morbidelli, L. Prisinzano, S. Zaggia	2022	5
4	TheGaia-ESO Survey: Old super-metal-rich visitors from the inner Galaxy Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. L. L. Dantas, R. Smiljanić, T Shomuyiwa, H. J. Rocha–Pinto, L. Magrini, G. Guiglion, G. Tautvaišienė, G. Gilmore, S. Randich, T. Bensby, A. Bragaglia, M. Bergemann, G. Carraro, P. Jofré, S. Zaggia	2022	13
5	VINTERGATAN – I. The origins of chemically, kinematically, and structurally distinct discs in a simulated Milky Way-mass galaxy Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Oscar Agertz, Florent Renaud, S. Feltzing, Justin I. Read, N. Ryde, Eric P. Andersson, Martin P. Rey, T. Bensby, Diane Feuillet Hit paper breakdown →	2021	121
6	VINTERGATAN – II. The history of the Milky Way told by its mergers Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Florent Renaud, Oscar Agertz, Justin I. Read, N. Ryde, Eric P. Andersson, T. Bensby, Martin P. Rey, Diane Feuillet	2021	55
7	VINTERGATAN III: how to reset the metallicity of the Milky Way Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Florent Renaud, Oscar Agertz, Eric P. Andersson, Justin I. Read, N. Ryde, T. Bensby, Martin P. Rey, Diane Feuillet	2021	43
8	Probabilistic ﬁbre-to-target assignment algorithm for multi-object spectroscopic surveys Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Elmo Tempel, P. Norberg, T. Tuvikene, T. Bensby, C. Chiappini, N. Christlieb, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Johan Comparat, L. J. M. Davies, G. Guiglion, Andreas Koch, G. Kordopatis, M. Krumpe, A. Merloni, (unknown)	2020	3
9	The HR 1614 moving group is not a dissolving cluster Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Bartosz Wojewoda, T. Bensby, S. Feltzing, C. Sahlholdt, Diane Feuillet, L. Casagrande	2020	12
10	Disentangling the Arcturus stream Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Bartosz Wojewoda, T. Bensby	2019	10
11	The origin and evolution of the odd-Z iron-peak elements Sc, V, Mn, and Co in the Milky Way stellar disk Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·C. Battistini, T. Bensby	2015	79
12	Chemical constraints on the formation of the Galactic thick disk Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·T. Bensby, S. Feltzing	2012	2
13	The peculiar nova V1309 Scorpii/nova Scorpii 2008 A candidate twin of V838 Monocerotis Scientific Electronic Library Online (São Paulo Research Foundation, Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) ·E. Mason, Marcos P. Diaz, R. E. Williams, George W. Preston, T. Bensby	2012	40
14	MOA 2012 BLG-320: Discovery and Observations of a Nova Candidate Towards the Galactic Bulge ATel ·R. M. Wagner, Subo Dong, T. Bensby, J. L. Prieto, I. A. Bond, P. J. Tristram, D. P. Bennett, Keiichi Wada, T. Sumi, A. Gould, S. Starrfield	2012	1
15	UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) ·F. Patat, S. Moehler, K. O’Brien, E. Pompei, T. Bensby, G. Carraro, A. de Ugarte Postigo, Andrew J. Fox, I. Gavignaud, G. James, H. Korhonen, C. Ledoux, S. K. Randall, H. Sana, J. V. Smoker, Christian Kevin Sidharta, T. Szeifert	2011	53
16	A possible signature of terrestrial planet formation in the chemical composition of solar analogs Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·I. Ramírez, M. Asplund, Patrick Baumann, J. Meléndez, T. Bensby	2010	74
17	Chemical evolution of the Galactic bulge as traced by microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars. II. Ages, metallicities, detailed elemental abundances, and connections to the Galactic thick disc UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) ·T. Bensby, S. Feltzing, Jennifer A. Johnson, Andrew Gould, Anna C. Ronfani, M. Asplund, J. Meléndez, A. Gal‐Yam, S. Lucatello, H. Sana, T. Sumi, N. Miyake, Daisuke Suzuki, Cheongho Han, I. A. Bond, A. Udalski	2009	50
18	Old open clusters in the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy tidal stream - kith or kin? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters ·G. Carraro, T. Bensby	2009	15
19	Oxygen trends in the Galactic thin and thick disks Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·T. Bensby, S. Feltzing, Ingemar Lundström	2004	130
20	Signatures of SN Ia in the galactic thick disk. Observational evidence from alpha -elements in 67 dwarf stars in the solar neighbourhood Lund University Publications (Lund University) ·S. Feltzing, T. Bensby, Ingemar Lundström	2003	66

About T. Bensby

T. Bensby is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics and Analytical Chemistry, having authored 61 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (57 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (41 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (24 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (18 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (11 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (7 papers), Astronomical and nuclear sciences (7 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (1.5k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.6k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (262 citations), Computational Mechanics (93 citations) and Geophysics (50 citations). T. Bensby has collaborated with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include S. Feltzing, M. S. Oey, Ingemar Lundström, J. Meléndez, M. Asplund, I. Ramírez, L. Casagrande, S. Cassisi, Ralph Schönrich and C. Battistini. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Letters and The Astronomical Journal.

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