Ziri Younsi

20.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ziri Younsi is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Ziri Younsi has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 28 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 2 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Ziri Younsi's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (29 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (24 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (24 papers). Ziri Younsi is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (29 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (24 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (24 papers). Ziri Younsi collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Netherlands. Ziri Younsi's co-authors include Yosuke Mizuno, Luciano Rezzolla, Oliver Porth, Christian M. Fromm, A. Zhidenko, R. A. Konoplya, Kinwah Wu, Héctor Olivares, Sera Markoff and Koushik Chatterjee 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

Ziri Younsi

33 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

New method for shadow calculations: Application to parametrized axisymmetric black holes

2016 232 citations Ziri Younsi, A. Zhidenko et al. Physical review. D profile →
Black Hole Flares: Ejection of Accreted Magnetic Flux through 3D Plasmoid-mediated Reconnection

2022 181 citations Bart Ripperda, Matthew Liska et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ziri Younsi United Kingdom	20	1.3k	912	57	42	35	37	1.4k
Yosuke Mizuno Germany	24	1.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.4×	42 0.7×	48 1.1×	48 1.4×	97	1.8k
Andrew Chael United States	16	1.1k 0.8×	741 0.8×	37 0.6×	33 0.8×	73 2.1×	35	1.1k
Monika Mościbrodzka Netherlands	18	1.4k 1.1×	900 1.0×	78 1.4×	22 0.5×	61 1.7×	54	1.4k
Bart Ripperda United States	18	937 0.7×	579 0.6×	71 1.2×	20 0.5×	25 0.7×	42	1.0k
Matthew Liska United States	22	1.4k 1.1×	785 0.9×	65 1.1×	16 0.4×	19 0.5×	43	1.5k
Christian M. Fromm Germany	21	973 0.7×	733 0.8×	30 0.5×	20 0.5×	19 0.5×	49	1.1k
Hotaka Shiokawa United States	11	993 0.8×	509 0.6×	49 0.9×	13 0.3×	33 0.9×	13	1.0k
D. L. Meier United States	19	1.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	76 1.3×	25 0.6×	46 1.3×	51	1.9k
Robert F. Penna United States	17	1.3k 1.0×	712 0.8×	103 1.8×	84 2.0×	36 1.0×	34	1.3k
Daniel J. D’Orazio United States	22	1.6k 1.2×	280 0.3×	91 1.6×	11 0.3×	40 1.1×	55	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ziri Younsi

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Dihingia, Indu K., Yosuke Mizuno, Christian M. Fromm, & Ziri Younsi. (2025). Impact of radiative cooling on the magnetised geometrically thin accretion disc around Kerr black hole. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2025(1). 152–152. 1 indexed citations

Yuan, Chen, Vítor Cardoso, Francisco Duque, & Ziri Younsi. (2025). Gravitational waves from accretion disks: Turbulence, mode excitation, and prospects for future detectors. Physical review. D. 111(6). 3 indexed citations

Wu, Kinwah, et al.. (2024). Generic gravito-magnetic clock effects. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 530(1). 1118–1128.

Cruz-Osorio, Alejandro, et al.. (2023). Probing the spacetime and accretion model for the Galactic Center: Comparison of Kerr and dilaton black hole shadows. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 671. A143–A143. 16 indexed citations

Younsi, Ziri, Dimitrios Psaltis, & Feryal Özel. (2023). Black Hole Images as Tests of General Relativity: Effects of Spacetime Geometry. The Astrophysical Journal. 942(1). 47–47. 53 indexed citations

Ripperda, Bart, Matthew Liska, Koushik Chatterjee, et al.. (2022). Black Hole Flares: Ejection of Accreted Magnetic Flux through 3D Plasmoid-mediated Reconnection. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 924(2). L32–L32. 181 indexed citations breakdown →

Fromm, Christian M., Alejandro Cruz-Osorio, Yosuke Mizuno, et al.. (2022). \nImpact of non-thermal particles on the spectral and structural properties of M87. arXiv (Cornell University). 39 indexed citations

Roelofs, Freek, Christian M. Fromm, Yosuke Mizuno, et al.. (2021). Black hole parameter estimation with synthetic very long baseline interferometry data from the ground and from space. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 21 indexed citations

Porth, Oliver, Yosuke Mizuno, Ziri Younsi, & Christian M. Fromm. (2021). Flares in the Galactic Centre – I. Orbiting flux tubes in magnetically arrested black hole accretion discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 502(2). 2023–2032. 90 indexed citations

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Chatterjee, Koushik, Sera Markoff, Joseph Neilsen, et al.. (2021). General relativistic MHD simulations of non-thermal flaring in Sagittarius A*. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 507(4). 5281–5302. 40 indexed citations

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Yoon, Doosoo, Koushik Chatterjee, Sera Markoff, et al.. (2020). Spectral and imaging properties of Sgr A* from high-resolution 3D GRMHD simulations with radiative cooling. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 499(3). 3178–3192. 24 indexed citations

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Chatterjee, Koushik, Ziri Younsi, Matthew Liska, et al.. (2020). Observational signatures of disc and jet misalignment in images of accreting black holes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 499(1). 362–378. 58 indexed citations

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Fromm, Christian M., Ziri Younsi, Anne-Kathrin Baczko, et al.. (2019). . Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 19 indexed citations

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Fromm, Christian M., M. Perucho, Oliver Porth, et al.. (2017). Jet-torus connection in radio galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 609. A80–A80. 17 indexed citations

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Fromm, Christian M., Oliver Porth, Ziri Younsi, et al.. (2017). Radiative Signatures of Parsec-Scale Magnetised Jets. Galaxies. 5(4). 73–73. 6 indexed citations

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Avellar, Márcio G. B. de, Oliver Porth, Ziri Younsi, & Luciano Rezzolla. (2017). Kilohertz QPOs in low-mass X-ray binaries as oscillation modes of tori around neutron stars – I. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 474(3). 3967–3975. 16 indexed citations

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Younsi, Ziri, A. Zhidenko, Luciano Rezzolla, R. A. Konoplya, & Yosuke Mizuno. (2016). New method for shadow calculations: Application to parametrized axisymmetric black holes. Physical review. D. 94(8). 232 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saxton, C. J., Ziri Younsi, & Kinwah Wu. (2016). Dark matter concentrations in galactic nuclei according to polytropic models. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 461(4). 4295–4316. 16 indexed citations

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Younsi, Ziri & Kinwah Wu. (2015). Variations in emission from episodic plasmoid ejecta around black holes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 454(3). 3283–3298. 24 indexed citations

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Younsi, Ziri, Kinwah Wu, & Steven V. Fuerst. (2012). General relativistic radiative transfer: formulation and emission from structured tori around black holes. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 545. A13–A13. 62 indexed citations

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