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

5 papers align trajectories

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.

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 Maxim Markevitch, A. Vikhlinin 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 →

Peers

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Citations

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

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	AMUSE-Antlia. I. Nuclear X-Ray Properties of Early-type Galaxies in a Dynamically Young Galaxy Cluster 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Yuanyuan Su, (unknown), Kelley M. Hess, Ralph Kraft, W. Forman, P. E. J. Nulsen, S. S. Sridhar, Andra Stroe, (unknown), Aeree Chung, D. Grupe, Hao Chen, Jimmy A. Irwin, C. Jones, Scott W. Randall, Elke Roediger	2
2	Inferences from Surface Brightness Fluctuations of Zwicky 3146 via the Sunyaev–Zel’dovich Effect and X-Ray Observations 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·C. Romero, M. Gaspari, Gerrit Schellenberger, Tanay Bhandarkar, Mark J. Devlin, Simon Dicker, W. Forman, Rishi Khatri, Ralph Kraft, Luca Di Mascolo, Brian Mason, (unknown), Tony Mroczkowski, P. E. J. Nulsen, John Orlowski-Scherer, (unknown), Craig L. Sarazin, Jonathan Sievers, Yuanyuan Su	7
3	Evidence for heavy-seed origin of early supermassive black holes from a z ≈ 10 X-ray quasar breakdown → 2023 ·Nature Astronomy ·Ákos Bogdán, Andy D. Goulding, Priyamvada Natarajan, Orsolya E. Kovács, G. Tremblay, Urmila Chadayammuri, Marta Volonteri, Ralph Kraft, W. Forman, C. Jones, E. Churazov, Irina Zhuravleva	139
4	High-resolution, High-sensitivity, Low-frequency uGMRT View of Coma Cluster of Galaxies 2022 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·D. Lal, N. Lyskova, Congyao Zhang, T. Venturi, W. Forman, C. Jones, E. Churazov, R. J. van Weeren, A. Bonafede, Neal A. Miller, Ian Roberts, A. M. Bykov, Luca Di Mascolo, M. Brüggen, G. Brunetti	14
5	Chandra view of Abell 407: the central compact group of galaxies and the interaction between the radio AGN and the ICM 2022 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Chong Ge, D. Lal, Ming Sun, Li Ji, Haiguang Xu, Wenhao Liu, M. J. Hardcastle, W. Forman, Ralph Kraft, C. Jones	3
6	The BIG X-ray tail 2021 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters ·Chong Ge, Ming Sun, Masafumi Yagi, Matteo Fossati, W. Forman, Pavel Jáchym, E. Churazov, Irina Zhuravleva, A. Boselli, C. Jones, Li Ji, (unknown)	6
7	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 2021 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), M. James Jee, David Wittman, W. Forman, R. J. van Weeren, Nathan Golovich, William A. Dawson, (unknown), F. de Gasperin, C. Jones	21
8	Radio relics in PSZ2 G096.88+24.18: a connection with pre-existing plasma 2021 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), F. de Gasperin, V. Cuciti, D. N. Hoang, A. Botteon, M. Brüggen, G. Brunetti, (unknown), W. Forman, C. Jones, Ralph Kraft, T. W. Shimwell, R. J. van Weeren	15
9	The discovery of radio halos in the frontier fields clusters Abell S1063 and Abell 370 2020 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Chen Xie, R. J. van Weeren, L. Lovisari, Felipe Andrade-Santos, A. Botteon, M. Brüggen, Esra Bülbül, E. Churazov, T. E. Clarke, W. Forman, H. T. Intema, C. Jones, Ralph Kraft, D. Lal, Tony Mroczkowski, Adi Zitrin	22
10	Interaction of the massive cluster system Abell 3016/3017 embedded in a cosmic filament 2019 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Gayoung Chon, H. Böhringer, (unknown), Matthias Kluge, Ming Sun, W. Forman, C. Jones	7
11	THE EVOLUTION OF THE INTRACLUSTER MEDIUM METALLICITY IN SUNYAEV ZEL’DOVICH-SELECTED GALAXY CLUSTERS AT 0 < 2018 ·DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·M. McDonald, Eric D. Miller, B. A. Benson, L. E. Bleem, M. Brodwin, J. E. Carlstrom, I-Non Chiu, W. Forman, Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo, G. P. Garmire, N. Gupta, J. J. Mohr, C. L. Reichardt, A. Saro, B. Stalder, A. A. Stark, J. D. Vieira, (unknown), (unknown)	43
12	The 3CR Chandra Snapshot Survey: Extragalactic Radio Sources with 0.5 < z < 1.0 2018 ·The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·F. Massaro, (unknown), C. Stuardi, D. E. Harris, Ralph Kraft, A. Paggi, Elisabetta Liuzzo, G. Tremblay, Stefi A. Baum, C. P. O’Dea, B. J. Wilkes, Joanna Kuraszkiewicz, W. Forman	18
13	The X-Ray and Mid-infrared Luminosities in Luminous Type 1 Quasars 2017 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Chien‐Ting Chen, Ryan C. Hickox, (unknown), Daniel Stern, Roberto J. Assef, C. S. Kochanek, M. J. I. Brown, C. M. Harrison, Kevin Hainline, Stacey Alberts, D. M. Alexander, M. Brodwin, A. Del Moro, W. Forman, Varoujan Gorjian, C. Jones, S. S. Murray, Alexandra Pope, E. Rovilos	35
14	The Double Galaxy Cluster A2465. III. X-Ray and Weak-lensing Observations^∗ 2017 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·G. Wegner, Keiichi Umetsu, Sandor M. Molnar, M. Nonino, Elinor Medezinski, Felipe Andrade-Santos, Ákos Bogdán, L. Lovisari, W. Forman, C. Jones	3
15	A SPECTACULAR BOW SHOCK IN THE 11 keV GALAXY CLUSTER AROUND 3C 438 2017 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Ákos Bogdán, Ralph Kraft, Felipe Andrade-Santos, W. Forman, M. J. Hardcastle, C. Jones	8
16	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 2015 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo, M. McDonald, B. A. Benson, W. Forman, S. W. Allen, L. E. Bleem, M. L. N. Ashby, S. Bocquet, M. Brodwin, J. P. Dietrich, C. Jones, Lihwai Lin, C. L. Reichardt, B. R. Saliwanchik, A. Saro, T. Schrabback, Jie Song, B. Stalder, A. Vikhlinin, A. Zenteno	90
17	The large-scale shock in the cluster of galaxies Hydra A 2009 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·A. Simionescu, Elke Roediger, P. E. J. Nulsen, M. Brüggen, W. Forman, H. Böhringer, Norbert Werner, A. Finoguenov	32
18	An XMM-Newton view of the cluster of galaxies Abell 85 2005 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·F. Durret, G. B. Lima Neto, W. Forman	62
19	Reflections of AGN Outbursts in the Gaseous Atmosphere of M87 2003 ·C. Jones, P. E. J. Nulsen, Sebastian Heinz, F. N. Owen, J. A. Eilek, A. Vikhlinin, Maxim Markevitch, Ralph Kraft, E. Churazov, W. Forman	4
20	A New X-Ray Binary Associated With An O-type Star. 1972 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·C. Jones, W. Forman, W. Liller, E. Schreier, H. Tananbaum, E. Kellogg, H. Gursky, R. Giacconi	1

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