W. Forman

31.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
365 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

W. Forman is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Forman has authored 365 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 347 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 120 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 81 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in W. Forman's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (265 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (208 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (112 papers). W. Forman is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (265 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (208 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (112 papers). W. Forman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Russia. W. Forman's co-authors include C. Jones, A. Vikhlinin, E. Churazov, S. S. Murray, Maxim Markevitch, P. E. J. Nulsen, L. P. David, Ralph Kraft, W. Tucker and H. Böhringer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

W. Forman

349 papers receiving 15.2k 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.

ChandraSample of Nearby Relaxed Galaxy Clusters: Mass, Gas Fraction, and Mass‐Temperature Relation

2006 803 citations A. Vikhlinin, W. Forman et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Direct Constraints on the Dark Matter Self‐Interaction Cross Section from the Merging Galaxy Cluster 1E 0657−56

2004 497 citations A. Vikhlinin, W. Forman et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
CHANDRACLUSTER COSMOLOGY PROJECT. II. SAMPLES AND X-RAY DATA REDUCTION

2009 416 citations A. Vikhlinin, W. Forman et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
CHANDRASTUDIES OF THE X-RAY GAS PROPERTIES OF GALAXY GROUPS

2009 355 citations Ming Sun, C. Jones et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
The fourth UHURU catalog of X-ray sources.

1978 242 citations W. Forman, C. Jones et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →
Evidence for heavy-seed origin of early supermassive black holes from a z ≈ 10 X-ray quasar

2023 139 citations Ákos Bogdán, Andy D. Goulding et al. Nature Astronomy profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
W. Forman	15.4k	5.3k	3.4k	445	405	365	15.9k
C. Jones	14.2k 0.9×	5.3k 1.0×	3.3k 0.9×	497 1.1×	423 1.0×	324	14.8k
M. A. Dopita	14.9k 1.0×	3.1k 0.6×	3.9k 1.1×	531 1.2×	206 0.5×	339	15.3k
Piero Madau	15.8k 1.0×	5.2k 1.0×	4.6k 1.3×	553 1.2×	481 1.2×	189	16.6k
J. X. Prochaska	17.1k 1.1×	4.2k 0.8×	3.9k 1.1×	742 1.7×	465 1.1×	435	18.0k
W. N. Brandt	16.5k 1.1×	5.6k 1.1×	3.1k 0.9×	573 1.3×	125 0.3×	406	16.8k
L. L. Cowie	11.0k 0.7×	2.8k 0.5×	3.7k 1.1×	499 1.1×	309 0.8×	226	11.4k
C. S. Kochanek	13.8k 0.9×	3.0k 0.6×	3.9k 1.1×	1.1k 2.5×	241 0.6×	375	14.2k
Joachim Stadel	12.5k 0.8×	4.4k 0.8×	4.2k 1.2×	379 0.9×	1.1k 2.8×	125	13.3k
Fabian Walter	16.9k 1.1×	2.5k 0.5×	4.4k 1.3×	411 0.9×	231 0.6×	371	17.4k
Douglas P. Finkbeiner	20.0k 1.3×	6.1k 1.2×	6.1k 1.8×	791 1.8×	317 0.8×	94	21.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Forman

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Zhuravleva, Irina, et al.. (2024). Merger-driven multiscale ICM density perturbations: testing cosmological simulations and constraining plasma physics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(4). 7274–7299. 7 indexed citations

Su, Yuanyuan, Kelley M. Hess, Ralph Kraft, et al.. (2023). AMUSE-Antlia. I. Nuclear X-Ray Properties of Early-type Galaxies in a Dynamically Young Galaxy Cluster. The Astrophysical Journal. 956(2). 104–104. 2 indexed citations

Romero, C., M. Gaspari, Gerrit Schellenberger, et al.. (2023). Inferences from Surface Brightness Fluctuations of Zwicky 3146 via the Sunyaev–Zel’dovich Effect and X-Ray Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 951(1). 41–41. 7 indexed citations

Bogdán, Ákos, Andy D. Goulding, Priyamvada Natarajan, et al.. (2023). Evidence for heavy-seed origin of early supermassive black holes from a z ≈ 10 X-ray quasar. Nature Astronomy. 8(1). 126–133. 139 indexed citations breakdown →

Lal, D., N. Lyskova, Congyao Zhang, et al.. (2022). High-resolution, High-sensitivity, Low-frequency uGMRT View of Coma Cluster of Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 934(2). 170–170. 14 indexed citations

Ge, Chong, D. Lal, Ming Sun, et al.. (2022). Chandra view of Abell 407: the central compact group of galaxies and the interaction between the radio AGN and the ICM. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 511(3). 3994–4004. 3 indexed citations

Jee, M. James, David Wittman, W. Forman, et al.. (2021). Exemplary Merging Clusters: Weak-lensing and X-Ray Analysis of the Double Radio Relic, Merging Galaxy Clusters MACS J1752.0+4440 and ZWCL 1856.8+6616. The Astrophysical Journal. 918(2). 72–72. 21 indexed citations

Ge, Chong, Ming Sun, Masafumi Yagi, et al.. (2021). The BIG X-ray tail. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 508(1). L69–L73. 6 indexed citations

Xie, Chen, R. J. van Weeren, L. Lovisari, et al.. (2020). The discovery of radio halos in the frontier fields clusters Abell S1063 and Abell 370. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 22 indexed citations

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Massaro, F., M. Prieto, C. Stuardi, et al.. (2020). Completing the 3CR Chandra Snapshot Survey: Extragalactic Radio Sources at High Redshift. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 250(1). 7–7. 10 indexed citations

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Chon, Gayoung, H. Böhringer, Matthias Kluge, et al.. (2019). Interaction of the massive cluster system Abell 3016/3017 embedded in a cosmic filament. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 7 indexed citations

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McDonald, M., Eric D. Miller, B. A. Benson, et al.. (2018). THE EVOLUTION OF THE INTRACLUSTER MEDIUM METALLICITY IN SUNYAEV ZEL’DOVICH-SELECTED GALAXY CLUSTERS AT 0 <. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 43 indexed citations

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Bogdán, Ákos, Ralph Kraft, Felipe Andrade-Santos, et al.. (2017). A SPECTACULAR BOW SHOCK IN THE 11 keV GALAXY CLUSTER AROUND 3C 438. The Astrophysical Journal. 834(2). 159–159. 8 indexed citations

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Nurgaliev, D., M. McDonald, B. A. Benson, et al.. (2017). Testing for X-Ray–SZ Differences and Redshift Evolution in the X-Ray Morphology of Galaxy Clusters. The Astrophysical Journal. 841(1). 5–5. 29 indexed citations

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Chen, Chien‐Ting, Ryan C. Hickox, Daniel Stern, et al.. (2017). The X-Ray and Mid-infrared Luminosities in Luminous Type 1 Quasars. The Astrophysical Journal. 837(2). 145–145. 35 indexed citations

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Wegner, G., Keiichi Umetsu, Sandor M. Molnar, et al.. (2017). The Double Galaxy Cluster A2465. III. X-Ray and Weak-lensing Observations^∗. The Astrophysical Journal. 844(1). 67–67. 3 indexed citations

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Hlavacek-Larrondo, Julie, M. McDonald, B. A. Benson, et al.. (2015). X-RAY CAVITIES IN A SAMPLE OF 83 SPT-SELECTED CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES: TRACING THE EVOLUTION OF AGN FEEDBACK IN CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES OUT TOz= 1.2. The Astrophysical Journal. 805(1). 35–35. 90 indexed citations

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David, Laurence, Jeremy Lim, W. Forman, et al.. (2014). MOLECULAR GAS IN THE X-RAY BRIGHT GROUP NGC 5044 AS REVEALED BY ALMA. The Astrophysical Journal. 792(2). 94–94. 55 indexed citations

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Simionescu, A., Elke Roediger, P. E. J. Nulsen, et al.. (2009). The large-scale shock in the cluster of galaxies Hydra A. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 32 indexed citations

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Durret, F., G. B. Lima Neto, & W. Forman. (2005). An XMM-Newton view of the cluster of galaxies Abell 85. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 62 indexed citations

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