Timothy C. Beers

67.3k citations

417 papers · 21.6k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 77

Impact in

Instrumentation top 0.01%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.01%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Papers in

Instrumentation 249
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 249
Astronomy and Astrophysics 393
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 377
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 192
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 104
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 63
- Astro and Planetary Science 62

Co-authors: John E. Norris N. Christlieb Sean G. Ryan Young Sun Lee Masashi Chiba Karl Gebhardt V. Hill Wako Aoki
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (142 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (43 papers)The Astronomical Journal (43 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (32 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (23 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Australia

In The Last Decade

Timothy C. Beers

394 papers receiving 20.9k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

THE SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF MONO-ABUNDANCE SUB-POPULATIONS OF THE MILKY WAY DISK 2012 · 283 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.

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
2008 The Astrophysical Journal
2005 Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
2000 The Astronomical Journal
1990 The Astronomical Journal

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1	The S-PLUS Ultra-short Survey: Photometric Recalibration with the Best Star Database The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Xiaolu Li, Kai Xiao, Yang Huang, Haibo Yuan, Yan-Ke Tang, Timothy C. Beers, Bowen Huang, Mingyang Ma, P. K. Humire, A. Álvarez-Candal, Federico Sestito, Ning Gai, Yongna Mao, Hongrui Gu, Zhen-Zhao Tao, Lin Yang, Shuai Xu, Rong Hu	2025	3
2	Estimating Fe and Mg Abundances in the Milky Way Dwarf Galaxies Using Subaru/HSC and DEIMOS The Astrophysical Journal ·J. Hong, Evan N. Kirby, Tiffany M. Tang, Masashi Chiba, Yutaka Komiyama, Lauren E. Henderson, Itsuki Ogami, Timothy C. Beers	2025	0
3	The R-Process Alliance: 2MASS J22132050–5137385, the Star with the Highest-known r-process Enhancement at [Eu/Fe] = +2.45* The Astrophysical Journal ·Ian U. Roederer, Timothy C. Beers, Kohei Hattori, Vinicius M. Placco, Terese T. Hansen, Rana Ezzeddine, Anna Frebel, Erika M. Holmbeck, Charli M. Sakari	2024	11
4	Stellar Loci. VII. Photometric Metallicities of 5 Million FGK Stars Based on GALEX GR6+7 AIS and Gaia EDR3 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·X. M. Lu, Haibo Yuan, Shuai Xu, Ruoyi Zhang, Kai Xiao, Yang Huang, Timothy C. Beers, J. Hong	2024	8
5	A Blueprint for the Milky Way’s Stellar Populations. V. 3D Local Dust Extinction The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Deokkeun An, Timothy C. Beers, Anirudh Chiti	2024	5
6	The R-process Alliance: Fifth Data Release from the Search for R-process-enhanced Metal-poor Stars in the Galactic Halo with the GTC* The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Avrajit Bandyopadhyay, Rana Ezzeddine, Carlos Allende Prieto, Nima Aria, Shivani Shah, Timothy C. Beers, Anna Frebel, Terese T. Hansen, Erika M. Holmbeck, Vinicius M. Placco, Ian U. Roederer, Charli M. Sakari	2024	7
7	Candidate Members of the VMP/EMP Disk System of the Galaxy from the SkyMapper and SAGES Surveys The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·J. Hong, Timothy C. Beers, Young Sun Lee, Yang Huang, Yutaka Hirai, Jonathan Cabrera Garcia, Derek Shank, Shuai Xu, Haibo Yuan, Mohammad K. Mardini, Thomas Catapano, Gang Zhao, Zhou Fan, Jie Zheng, Wei Wang, Kefeng Tan, Jingkun Zhao, Chun Li	2024	6
8	Probing the Galactic halo with RR Lyrae stars – IV. On the Oosterhoff dichotomy of RR Lyrae stars Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Shan Zhang, Gaochao Liu, Yang Huang, Zhiqiang Lv, Sarah Bird, Bingqiu Chen, Huawei Zhang, Timothy C. Beers, Xinyi Li, Hai-Jun Tian, Peng Zhang	2023	5
9	Carbon-enhanced metal-poor star candidates from BP/RP spectra in Gaia DR3 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Madeline Lucey, Nariman Al Kharusi, Keith Hawkins, Yuan-Sen Ting, Nesar Ramachandra, Adrian M. Price-Whelan, Timothy C. Beers, Young Sun Lee, Jinmi Yoon	2023	16
10	Stellar Loci. V. Photometric Metallicities of 27 Million FGK Stars Based on Gaia Early Data Release 3 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Shuai Xu, Haibo Yuan, Zexi Niu, Lin Yang, Timothy C. Beers, Yang Huang	2022	22
11	Stellar Loci. VI. An Updated Catalog of the Best and Brightest Metal-poor Stars The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Shuai Xu, Haibo Yuan, Ruoyi Zhang, Haining Li, Timothy C. Beers, Yang Huang	2022	5
12	Two Populations of Carbon-enhanced Metal-poor Stars in the Disk System of the Milky Way The Astrophysical Journal ·Sarah Dietz, Jinmi Yoon, Timothy C. Beers, Vinicius M. Placco, Young Sun Lee	2021	10
13	Constraints on the Galactic Inner Halo Assembly History from the Age Gradient of Blue Horizontal-branch Stars The Astrophysical Journal ·Devin D. Whitten, Timothy C. Beers, Vinicius M. Placco, Rafael M. Santucci, Pavel A. Denissenkov, P. B. Tissera, Andrea Mejías, Nina Hernitschek, D. Carollo	2019	11
14	Chemical Cartography. I. A Carbonicity Map of the Galactic Halo The Astrophysical Journal ·Young Sun Lee, Timothy C. Beers, Young Kwang Kim, Vinicius M. Placco, Jinmi Yoon, D. Carollo, T. Masseron, Jae Hun Jung	2017	25
15	OBSERVATIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON FIRST-STAR NUCLEOSYNTHESIS. I. EVIDENCE FOR MULTIPLE PROGENITORS OF CEMP-NO STARS The Astrophysical Journal ·Jinmi Yoon, Timothy C. Beers, Vinicius M. Placco, Kaitlin C. Rasmussen, D. Carollo, Siyu He, Terese T. Hansen, Ian U. Roederer, Jeff Zeanah	2016	121
16	Abundances of carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars as constraints on their formation Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·C. J. Hansen, B. Nordström, Terese T. Hansen, Catherine R. Kennedy, Vinicius M. Placco, Timothy C. Beers, J. Andersen, G. Cescutti, C. Chiappini	2016	39
17	CHRONOGRAPHY OF THE MILKY WAY’S HALO SYSTEM WITH FIELD BLUE HORIZONTAL-BRANCH STARS The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Rafael M. Santucci, Timothy C. Beers, Vinicius M. Placco, D. Carollo, Silvia Rossi, Young Sun Lee, Pavel A. Denissenkov, Jason Tumlinson, P. B. Tissera	2015	24
18	An equatorial ultra iron-poor star identified in BOSS Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Carlos Allende Prieto, Emma Fernández-Alvar, David S. Aguado, J. I. Gónzalez Hernández, R. Rébolo, Young Sun Lee, Timothy C. Beers, Constance M. Rockosi, J. Ge	2015	19
19	First stars X. The nature of three unevolved carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·T. Sivarani, Timothy C. Beers, P. Bonifacio, P. Molaro, R. Cayrel, Falk Herwig, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Plez, J. Andersen, B. Barbuy, É. Depagne, V. Hill, P. François, B. Nordström, F. Primas	2006	50
20	First stars. I. The extreme r-element rich, iron-poor halo giant CS31082-001. Implications for the r--process site(s) and radioactive cosmochronology Lund University Publications (Lund University) ·V. Hill, B. Plez, R. Cayrel, Timothy C. Beers, B. Nordström, J. Andersen, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Barbuy, P. Bonifacio, É. Depagne, P. François, F. Primas	2002	253

About Timothy C. Beers

Timothy C. Beers is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, having authored 417 papers that have together received 21.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (377 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (249 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (192 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (104 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (63 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (62 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (43 papers) and Nuclear physics research studies (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (9.8k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (20.8k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (3.0k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (397 citations) and Computational Mechanics (659 citations). Timothy C. Beers has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Frequent co-authors include John E. Norris, N. Christlieb, Sean G. Ryan, Young Sun Lee, Masashi Chiba, Karl Gebhardt, V. Hill, Wako Aoki, F. Primas and B. Nordström. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astronomical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

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