Vardha N. Bennert

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Vardha N. Bennert is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vardha N. Bennert has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 14 papers in Instrumentation and 6 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Vardha N. Bennert's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (41 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (28 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (17 papers). Vardha N. Bennert is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (41 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (28 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (17 papers). Vardha N. Bennert collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Germany. Vardha N. Bennert's co-authors include Tommaso Treu, Matthew A. Malkan, Jong-Hak Woo, Aaron J. Barth, Jenny E. Greene, A. V. Filippenko, Misty C. Bentz, Gabriela Canalizo, E. L. Gates and Jong-Hak Woo and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

Vardha N. Bennert

39 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

THE LOW-LUMINOSITY END OF THE RADIUS-LUMINOSITY RELATIONSHIP FOR ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI

2013 459 citations Misty C. Bentz, Aaron J. Barth et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vardha N. Bennert United States	24	1.7k	437	364	113	68	43	1.8k
Jong-Hak Woo South Korea	22	1.5k 0.9×	325 0.7×	341 0.9×	84 0.7×	61 0.9×	54	1.6k
Gabriela Canalizo United States	21	1.7k 1.0×	567 1.3×	288 0.8×	91 0.8×	54 0.8×	61	1.7k
Kayhan Gültekin United States	21	2.2k 1.3×	520 1.2×	607 1.7×	149 1.3×	84 1.2×	47	2.2k
Jillian Bellovary United States	27	2.3k 1.3×	515 1.2×	298 0.8×	100 0.9×	84 1.2×	50	2.4k
Amy E. Reines United States	20	1.8k 1.0×	558 1.3×	331 0.9×	77 0.7×	55 0.8×	41	1.8k
M. J. Michałowski United Kingdom	27	2.3k 1.3×	866 2.0×	393 1.1×	66 0.6×	40 0.6×	97	2.3k
E. M. Xilouris Greece	24	2.0k 1.2×	486 1.1×	260 0.7×	70 0.6×	70 1.0×	82	2.0k
M. Dietrich United States	24	1.7k 1.0×	378 0.9×	295 0.8×	68 0.6×	34 0.5×	44	1.7k
Nicholas J. McConnell United States	13	1.6k 0.9×	663 1.5×	276 0.8×	107 0.9×	84 1.2×	18	1.6k
Elena Malanushenko United States	16	1.6k 0.9×	558 1.3×	314 0.9×	41 0.4×	41 0.6×	17	1.6k

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Wang, Shu, Jong-Hak Woo, Aaron J. Barth, et al.. (2025). Seoul National University AGN Monitoring Project. V. Velocity-resolved Hβ Reverberation Mapping and Evidence of Kinematics Evolution. The Astrophysical Journal. 983(1). 45–45. 1 indexed citations

Treu, Tommaso, et al.. (2025). Spatially Resolved Kinematics of SLACS Lens Galaxies. I. Data and Kinematic Classification. The Astrophysical Journal. 990(1). 51–51. 2 indexed citations

Treu, Tommaso, Brendon J. Brewer, Aaron J. Barth, et al.. (2024). Empirical Models of the Hβ Broad Emission Line Gas Density Field. The Astrophysical Journal. 966(1). 106–106. 1 indexed citations

Bennert, Vardha N., Tommaso Treu, K. Jahnkę, et al.. (2024). Combining Direct Black Hole Mass Measurements and Spatially Resolved Stellar Kinematics to Calibrate the M _BH–σ _⋆ Relation of Active Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 978(1). 115–115. 2 indexed citations

Shajib, Anowar J., Geoff C.-F. Chen, Tommaso Treu, et al.. (2023). TDCOSMO. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 673. A9–A9. 62 indexed citations

Harvey, Thomas, W. Peter Maksym, William C. Keel, et al.. (2023). Signatures of feedback in the spectacular extended emission region of NGC 5972. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 526(3). 4174–4191. 2 indexed citations

Lazarova, Mariana S., et al.. (2023). The Nature of LoBAL QSOs. II. HST/WFC3 Observations Reveal Host Galaxies Dominated by Mergers. The Astrophysical Journal. 949(2). 69–69. 1 indexed citations

Ding, Xuheng, J. D. Silverman, Tommaso Treu, et al.. (2020). The Mass Relations between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies at 1 < z < 2 with HST-WFC3. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 91 indexed citations

Keel, William C., et al.. (2020). An [O iii] search for extended emission around AGN with H i mapping: a distant cloud ionized by Mkn 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 496(2). 1035–1050. 6 indexed citations

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Pancoast, Anna, Vardha N. Bennert, David J. Sand, et al.. (2019). The Lick AGN Monitoring Project 2011: Photometric Light Curves. The Astrophysical Journal. 871(1). 108–108. 4 indexed citations

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Keel, William C., Chris Lintott, W. Peter Maksym, et al.. (2017). Fading AGN Candidates: AGN Histories and Outflow Signatures^∗. The Astrophysical Journal. 835(2). 256–256. 60 indexed citations

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Bennert, Vardha N., S. Komossa, Matthew A. Malkan, et al.. (2016). BROAD Hβ EMISSION-LINE VARIABILITY IN A SAMPLE OF 102 LOCAL ACTIVE GALAXIES. DigitalCommons - CalPoly (California State Polytechnic University). 42 indexed citations

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Husemann, B., Vardha N. Bennert, J. Scharwächter, Jong-Hak Woo, & Olivia Choudhury. (2015). The MUSE view of QSO PG 1307+085: an elliptical galaxy on theM_BH–σ_*relation interacting with its group environment. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 455(2). 1905–1918. 30 indexed citations

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Keel, William C., Chris Lintott, Kevin Schawinski, et al.. (2012). The History and Environment of a Faded Quasar: <i>Hubble Space Telescope</i> observations of Hanny’s Voorwerp and IC 2497. DigitalCommons - CalPoly (California State Polytechnic University). 32 indexed citations

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Pancoast, Anna, R. Rosen, Vardha N. Bennert, A. Cucchiara, & J. X. Prochaska. (2012). GRB 120119A: Lick 3m spectroscopy.. GRB Coordinates Network. 12866. 1. 1 indexed citations

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Cales, Sabrina, M. S. Brotherton, Zhaohui Shang, et al.. (2012). THE PROPERTIES OF POST-STARBURST QUASARS BASED ON OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY. The Astrophysical Journal. 762(2). 90–90. 25 indexed citations

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Cales, Sabrina, M. S. Brotherton, Zhaohui Shang, et al.. (2011). <em>Hubble space telescope</em> imaging of post-starburst quasars. DigitalCommons - CalPoly (California State Polytechnic University). 20 indexed citations

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Greene, Jenny E., Aaron J. Barth, Vardha N. Bennert, et al.. (2010). THE LICK AGN MONITORING PROJECT: ALTERNATE ROUTES TO A BROAD-LINE REGION RADIUS. The Astrophysical Journal. 723(1). 409–416. 40 indexed citations

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Green, Paul, Adam D. Myers, Wayne Barkhouse, et al.. (2010). SDSS J1254+0846: A BINARY QUASAR CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF MERGING. The Astrophysical Journal. 710(2). 1578–1588. 50 indexed citations

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Woo, Jong-Hak, Tommaso Treu, Aaron J. Barth, et al.. (2010). THE LICK AGN MONITORING PROJECT: THEM_BH-σ_*RELATION FOR REVERBERATION-MAPPED ACTIVE GALAXIES. The Astrophysical Journal. 716(1). 269–280. 131 indexed citations

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