U. Kolb

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

U. Kolb is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, U. Kolb has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 24 papers in Instrumentation and 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in U. Kolb's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (42 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (38 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (25 papers). U. Kolb is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (42 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (38 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (25 papers). U. Kolb collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. U. Kolb's co-authors include H. G. Ritter, A. R. King, B. Willems, I. Baraffe, L. Burderi, A. J. Norton, C. Knigge, K. Schenker, R. F. Webbink and Juhan Frank 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

U. Kolb

92 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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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.

Catalogue of cataclysmic binaries, low–mass X-ray binaries and related objects (Seventh edition)

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
U. Kolb United Kingdom	24	2.5k	341	293	199	193	96	2.5k
P. Rodríguez-Gil Spain	27	2.2k 0.9×	523 1.5×	208 0.7×	144 0.7×	116 0.6×	108	2.2k
T. E. Harrison United States	24	1.9k 0.8×	447 1.3×	187 0.6×	127 0.6×	96 0.5×	91	1.9k
Natalia Ivanova Canada	26	2.6k 1.1×	355 1.0×	238 0.8×	71 0.4×	135 0.7×	54	2.7k
R. F. Webbink United States	25	3.8k 1.5×	580 1.7×	389 1.3×	198 1.0×	192 1.0×	65	3.9k
I. R. Stevens United Kingdom	31	3.0k 1.2×	244 0.7×	632 2.2×	123 0.6×	165 0.9×	127	3.0k
Paul C. Duffell United States	20	2.5k 1.0×	349 1.0×	365 1.2×	86 0.4×	123 0.6×	40	2.6k
E. Breedt United Kingdom	29	2.1k 0.9×	404 1.2×	260 0.9×	94 0.5×	78 0.4×	73	2.2k
J. S. Clark United Kingdom	31	2.7k 1.1×	870 2.6×	221 0.8×	105 0.5×	110 0.6×	86	2.8k
Laura Chomiuk United States	27	2.4k 1.0×	295 0.9×	926 3.2×	64 0.3×	116 0.6×	153	2.5k
D. Pooley United States	30	2.5k 1.0×	246 0.7×	605 2.1×	54 0.3×	227 1.2×	103	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of U. Kolb

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

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Rozitis, B., Simon Green, C. Snodgrass, et al.. (2024). Pre-impact Thermophysical Properties and the Yarkovsky Effect of NASA DART Target (65803) Didymos. The Planetary Science Journal. 5(3). 66–66. 4 indexed citations

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Norton, A. J., et al.. (2021). VeSPA: The SuperWASP Variable Star Photometry Archive. Research Notes of the AAS. 5(10). 228–228. 3 indexed citations

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Schanche, N., G. Hébrard, A. Collier Cameron, et al.. (2020). WASP-186 and WASP-187: two hot Jupiters discovered by SuperWASP and SOPHIE with additional observations by TESS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 499(1). 428–440. 10 indexed citations

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Kolb, U., et al.. (2018). A robotic telescope for university-level distance teaching. 127–136. 4 indexed citations

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Konacki, M., P. Sybilski, S. Kozłowski, et al.. (2017). The Solaris-Panoptes Global Network of Robotic Telescopes and the Borowiec Satellite Laser Ranging System for SST: A Progress Report. amos. 101. 1 indexed citations

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Lohr, M. E., A. J. Norton, Edward Gillen, et al.. (2015). The doubly eclipsing quintuple low-mass star system 1SWASP J093010.78+533859.5. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 18 indexed citations

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Lohr, M. E., S. T. Hodgkin, A. J. Norton, & U. Kolb. (2014). Parameters of two low-mass contact eclipsing binaries near the short-period limit. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations

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Kolb, U.. (2014). The PIRATE facility: at the crossroads of research and teaching. Open Research Online (The Open University). 45. 16–19. 1 indexed citations

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Kolb, U., et al.. (2014). TEACHING UNDERGRADUATE ASTROPHYSICS WITH PIRATE. Open Research Online (The Open University). 45. 129–132. 1 indexed citations

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Kolb, U., et al.. (2014). HOW EFFECTIVE IS REMOTE INSTRUCTION FOR ASTROPHYSICS. Open Research Online (The Open University). 45. 133–134. 1 indexed citations

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Wyrzykowski, Ł., H. Campbell, S. E. Koposov, et al.. (2013). Multiband photometric follow-up of ASASSN-13aw (SN 2013dr). The astronomer's telegram. 5245. 1. 1 indexed citations

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Lucas, Robert J. & U. Kolb. (2011). Software architecture for an unattended remotely controlled telescope. Open Research Online (The Open University). 121. 265–269. 1 indexed citations

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Henze, M., V. Burwitz, W. Pietsch, et al.. (2010). Apparent Nova in M31: M31N 2010-07a. Open Research Online (The Open University). 2358. 2.

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Willems, Bart, Ronald E. Taam, U. Kolb, G. Dubus, & Eric L. Sandquist. (2007). Theoretical Orbital Period Distributions of Cataclysmic Variables above the Period Gap: Effects of Circumbinary Disks. The Astrophysical Journal. 657(1). 465–481. 15 indexed citations

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Kolb, U., et al.. (2005). Thermal-timescale mass transfer and evolved donor stars in CVs. Open Research Online (The Open University). 330. 17. 1 indexed citations

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Sutaria, Firoza, U. Kolb, P. A. Charles, et al.. (2002). XMM-Newton detection of Nova Muscae 1991 in quiescence. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 13 indexed citations

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Kolb, U., et al.. (2002). VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalog of Cataclysmic Variables (Downes+ 2001-2005). 2 indexed citations

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North, Rachel, T. R. Marsh, U. Kolb, R. Stehle, & R. C. Smith. (2000). EM Cygni: A Companionable Dwarf Nova. New Astronomy Reviews. 44. 29. 1 indexed citations

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Kolb, U. & I. Baraffe. (1999). Secondary Stars in CVs: The Theoretical Perspective. 11 indexed citations

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Kolb, U. & M. Politano. (1996). The Contribution of ONeMg Novae to the (26) AL Production in the Galaxy. AAS. 189(3). 909–922. 3 indexed citations

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