Vedant Chandra

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 491 citations indexed

About

Vedant Chandra is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vedant Chandra has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 491 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 16 papers in Instrumentation and 2 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Vedant Chandra's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (27 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (16 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (15 papers). Vedant Chandra is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (27 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (16 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (15 papers). Vedant Chandra collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Vedant Chandra's co-authors include Hans‐Walter Rix, R. Andrae, Charlie Conroy, Rohan P. Naidu, Ana Bonaca, Yuan-Sen Ting, Dennis Zaritsky, Nadia L. Zakamska, David W. Hogg and Joshua S. Speagle 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

Vedant Chandra

26 papers receiving 365 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. Robust Data-driven Metallicities for 175 Million Stars from Gaia XP Spectra
    2023 81 citations R. Andrae, Hans‐Walter Rix et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vedant Chandra United States 13 457 248 40 23 22 31 491
A. Bombrun Sweden 2 565 1.2× 308 1.2× 41 1.0× 13 0.6× 20 0.9× 2 585
H. Steidelmüller Germany 2 554 1.2× 303 1.2× 39 1.0× 9 0.4× 20 0.9× 2 575
Tadafumi Matsuno Japan 13 423 0.9× 249 1.0× 22 0.6× 14 0.6× 33 1.5× 37 461
H. E. Delgado Spain 3 531 1.2× 238 1.0× 37 0.9× 8 0.3× 19 0.9× 3 547
Souradeep Bhattacharya India 12 317 0.7× 189 0.8× 25 0.6× 12 0.5× 20 0.9× 32 334
C. Ordénovic France 7 372 0.8× 175 0.7× 19 0.5× 9 0.4× 23 1.0× 8 385
Sven Buder Australia 12 447 1.0× 222 0.9× 30 0.8× 8 0.3× 10 0.5× 43 467
V. Grisoni Italy 15 593 1.3× 263 1.1× 15 0.4× 9 0.4× 55 2.5× 23 618
L. Grassitelli Germany 13 673 1.5× 270 1.1× 35 0.9× 5 0.2× 23 1.0× 18 695
Wen-Ping Liao China 12 492 1.1× 139 0.6× 44 1.1× 5 0.2× 15 0.7× 58 514

Countries citing papers authored by Vedant Chandra

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vedant Chandra

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vedant Chandra

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chandra, Vedant, Nadia L. Zakamska, N. P. Gentile Fusillo, et al.. (2025). A Large Catalog of DA White Dwarf Characteristics Using SDSS and Gaia Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 989(1). 24–24.
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Tovmassian, G., A. F. Pala, B. T. Gänsicke, et al.. (2025). V498 Hya, a new candidate for a period bouncer cataclysmic variable. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 537(4). 3234–3244.
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Zaritsky, Dennis, Vedant Chandra, Charlie Conroy, et al.. (2025). Untangling Magellanic Streams. The Open Journal of Astrophysics. 8. 1 indexed citations
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El-Badry, Kareem, Henrique Reggiani, Joshua D. Simon, et al.. (2025). A Spectroscopic Search for Dormant Black Holes in Low-metallicity Binaries. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 137(9). 94202–94202.
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Semenov, Vadim A., Charlie Conroy, Vedant Chandra, Lars Hernquist, & Dylan Nelson. (2024). Formation of Galactic Disks. I. Why Did the Milky Way’s Disk Form Unusually Early?. The Astrophysical Journal. 962(1). 84–84. 25 indexed citations
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Semenov, Vadim A., Charlie Conroy, Vedant Chandra, Lars Hernquist, & Dylan Nelson. (2024). Formation of Galactic Disks. II. The Physical Drivers of Disk Spin-up. The Astrophysical Journal. 972(1). 73–73. 5 indexed citations
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Limberg, Guilherme, Alexander P. Ji, Rohan P. Naidu, et al.. (2024). Extending the chemical reach of the H3 survey: detailed abundances of the dwarf-galaxy stellar stream Wukong/LMS-1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 530(3). 2512–2525. 12 indexed citations
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Chandra, Vedant, Nadia L. Zakamska, N. P. Gentile Fusillo, et al.. (2024). Detection of the Temperature Dependence of the White Dwarf Mass–Radius Relation with Gravitational Redshifts. The Astrophysical Journal. 977(2). 237–237. 4 indexed citations
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Kounkel, Marina, et al.. (2024). A Self-consistent Data-driven Model for Determining Stellar Parameters from Optical and Near-infrared Spectra. The Astronomical Journal. 167(4). 173–173. 3 indexed citations
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Chandra, Vedant, Vadim A. Semenov, Hans‐Walter Rix, et al.. (2024). The Three-phase Evolution of the Milky Way. The Astrophysical Journal. 972(1). 112–112. 20 indexed citations
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Andrae, R., Hans‐Walter Rix, & Vedant Chandra. (2023). Robust Data-driven Metallicities for 175 Million Stars from Gaia XP Spectra. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 267(1). 8–8. 81 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chandra, Vedant, Rohan P. Naidu, Charlie Conroy, et al.. (2023). Distant Echoes of the Milky Way’s Last Major Merger. The Astrophysical Journal. 951(1). 26–26. 18 indexed citations
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Chandra, Vedant, Rohan P. Naidu, Charlie Conroy, et al.. (2023). Discovery of the Magellanic Stellar Stream Out to 100 kpc. The Astrophysical Journal. 956(2). 110–110. 15 indexed citations
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Shen, Ken J., Vedant Chandra, Evan B. Bauer, et al.. (2023). The fastest stars in the Galaxy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 21 indexed citations
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Rix, Hans‐Walter, Vedant Chandra, R. Andrae, et al.. (2022). The Poor Old Heart of the Milky Way. The Astrophysical Journal. 941(1). 45–45. 85 indexed citations
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Hwang, Hsiang-Chih, Yuan-Sen Ting, Charlie Conroy, et al.. (2022). Wide binaries from the H3 survey: the thick disc and halo have similar wide binary fractions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 513(1). 754–767. 8 indexed citations
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Chandra, Vedant, Charlie Conroy, Nelson Caldwell, et al.. (2022). A Ghost in Boötes: The Least-Luminous Disrupted Dwarf Galaxy. The Astrophysical Journal. 940(2). 127–127. 3 indexed citations
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Naidu, Rohan P., Alexander P. Ji, Charlie Conroy, et al.. (2022). Evidence from Disrupted Halo Dwarfs that r-process Enrichment via Neutron Star Mergers is Delayed by ≳500 Myr. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 926(2). L36–L36. 47 indexed citations
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Han, J., Charlie Conroy, Benjamin D. Johnson, et al.. (2022). The Stellar Halo of the Galaxy is Tilted and Doubly Broken. The Astronomical Journal. 164(6). 249–249. 38 indexed citations
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Chandra, Vedant, Hsiang-Chih Hwang, Nadia L. Zakamska, et al.. (2021). The SNIa Runaway LP 398-9: Detection of Circumstellar Material and Surface Rotation. arXiv (Cornell University). 11 indexed citations

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