Vicky Kalogera

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Vicky Kalogera is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vicky Kalogera has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4 papers in Oceanography and 4 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Vicky Kalogera's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (38 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (30 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (19 papers). Vicky Kalogera is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (38 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (30 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (19 papers). Vicky Kalogera collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Vicky Kalogera's co-authors include Ilya Mandel, Will M. Farr, Carl L. Rodriguez, Andrew G. Cantrell, Niharika Sravan, Laura Kreidberg, Charles D. Bailyn, C. P. L. Berry, Frederic A. Rasio and Sourav Chatterjee and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Vicky Kalogera

46 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. THE MASS DISTRIBUTION OF STELLAR-MASS BLACK HOLES
    2011 317 citations Vicky Kalogera et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vicky Kalogera United States 21 1.6k 280 128 84 83 48 1.7k
S. P. Stevenson Australia 22 2.0k 1.2× 200 0.7× 128 1.0× 118 1.4× 90 1.1× 42 2.1k
Michael Kesden United States 25 1.9k 1.2× 646 2.3× 114 0.9× 55 0.7× 80 1.0× 46 2.0k
Pawan Kumar United States 22 1.6k 1.0× 499 1.8× 70 0.5× 45 0.5× 41 0.5× 52 1.7k
Stanislav Babak Germany 9 1.1k 0.7× 368 1.3× 63 0.5× 15 0.2× 107 1.3× 11 1.1k
C.‐J. Haster United States 24 1.8k 1.1× 271 1.0× 295 2.3× 25 0.3× 237 2.9× 39 1.9k
Chengmin Zhang China 15 903 0.6× 248 0.9× 286 2.2× 18 0.2× 85 1.0× 112 980
Mario Spera Italy 25 2.3k 1.4× 173 0.6× 68 0.5× 237 2.8× 44 0.5× 61 2.4k
Antoine Klein United States 29 2.6k 1.6× 857 3.1× 223 1.7× 30 0.4× 252 3.0× 48 2.7k
S. Chaty France 22 2.1k 1.3× 720 2.6× 211 1.6× 44 0.5× 42 0.5× 103 2.1k
M. Nicholl United Kingdom 25 1.5k 1.0× 483 1.7× 49 0.4× 79 0.9× 32 0.4× 90 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Vicky Kalogera

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vicky Kalogera

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vicky Kalogera

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

All Works

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Zevin, M., et al.. (2023). The Missing Link between Black Holes in High-mass X-Ray Binaries and Gravitational-wave Sources: Observational Selection Effects. The Astrophysical Journal. 946(1). 4–4. 23 indexed citations
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Fragione, Giacomo, et al.. (2023). On the Likely Dynamical Origin of GW191109 and Binary Black Hole Mergers with Negative Effective Spin. The Astrophysical Journal. 954(1). 23–23. 8 indexed citations
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Kimball, C., Vicky Kalogera, Kyle A. Rocha, et al.. (2023). A Black Hole Kicked at Birth: MAXI J1305-704. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 952(2). L34–L34. 13 indexed citations
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Kalogera, Vicky, C. P. L. Berry, Thomas J. Maccarone, et al.. (2023). Investigating the Lower Mass Gap with Low-mass X-Ray Binary Population Synthesis. The Astrophysical Journal. 954(2). 212–212. 13 indexed citations
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Bavera, Simone S., Tassos Fragos, Emmanouil Zapartas, et al.. (2023). The formation of merging black holes with masses beyond 30 M⊙ at solar metallicity. Nature Astronomy. 7(9). 1090–1097. 21 indexed citations
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Baibhav, Vishal, Z. Doctor, & Vicky Kalogera. (2023). Dropping Anchor: Understanding the Populations of Binary Black Holes with Random and Aligned-spin Orientations. The Astrophysical Journal. 946(1). 50–50. 11 indexed citations
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Banagiri, S., Z. Doctor, Vicky Kalogera, C. Kimball, & Jeff J. Andrews. (2023). Direct Statistical Constraints on the Natal Kick Velocity of a Black Hole in an X-Ray Quiet Binary. The Astrophysical Journal. 959(2). 106–106. 7 indexed citations
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Fishbach, M., et al.. (2023). The Role of Natal Kicks in Forming Asymmetric Compact Binary Mergers. The Astrophysical Journal. 953(2). 152–152. 6 indexed citations
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Gottlieb, Ore, Hiroki Nagakura, Alexander Tchekhovskoy, et al.. (2023). Jetted and Turbulent Stellar Deaths: New LVK-detectable Gravitational-wave Sources. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 951(2). L30–L30. 11 indexed citations
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Gossage, Seth, Vicky Kalogera, & Meng Sun. (2023). Magnetic Braking with MESA Evolutionary Models in the Single Star and Low-mass X-Ray Binary Regimes. The Astrophysical Journal. 950(1). 27–27. 14 indexed citations
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Rocha, Kyle A., Jeff J. Andrews, C. P. L. Berry, et al.. (2022). Active Learning for Computationally Efficient Distribution of Binary Evolution Simulations. The Astrophysical Journal. 938(1). 64–64. 4 indexed citations
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Aggarwal, N., M. Teo, Masha Baryakhtar, et al.. (2022). Searching for New Physics with a Levitated-Sensor-Based Gravitational-Wave Detector. Physical Review Letters. 128(11). 111101–111101. 69 indexed citations
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Andrews, Jeff J., et al.. (2021). Targeted Modeling of GW150914's Binary Black Hole Source with Dart_board. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 914(2). L32–L32. 11 indexed citations
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Zevin, M., Luke Zoltan Kelley, Anya E. Nugent, et al.. (2020). sGRB Progenitor Constraints. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 16 indexed citations
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Aggarwal, N., et al.. (2019). High frequency gravitational wave detection with levitated nano objects.. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2019.
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Haggard, Daryl, Melania Nynka, John J. Ruan, et al.. (2017). A Deep Chandra X-Ray Study of Neutron Star Coalescence GW170817. Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester). 117 indexed citations
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Kalogera, Vicky & Marc van der Sluys. (2010). INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BINARIES: In celebration of Ron Webbink's 65th Birthday. AIPC. 1314. 9 indexed citations
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Zezas, A., A. E. Hornschemeier, Roger Brissenden, et al.. (2009). Accreting Binary Populations and ISM Evolution in Galaxies. 2010. 331. 1 indexed citations
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Bulik, T., et al.. (2002). The distribution of mass ratios in compact object binaries. 2 indexed citations

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