Top Cited Articles during 2000 by astro-ph

Top Cited Articles during 2000 by astro-ph

The 50 most highly cited papers during 2000 cited by papers in the astro-ph archive

Keep in mind that citation counts can never be exact, there is something like a 5% error in most of these numbers. Please do not fret about number 32 versus 33, as this is often not a statistically significant difference. Remember the detailed warning about the accuracy of these counts.

Also note that the counts shown, and used in the rankings, are the counts as of Tue 20-Mar-2007. Further, the counts shown by the ranking are only the cites satisfying the criteria for that list. Actual citation numbers in the database may change as corrections are made and papers are added, the links will take you to the updated numbers. The lists, however, will not update.

  1. 215
    Maps of dust IR emission for use in estimation of reddening and CMBR foregrounds
    By David J. Schlegel (Durham U.), Douglas P. Finkbeiner, Marc Davis (UC, Berkeley).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.500:525,1998 [arXiv: astro-ph/9710327]
    [2993 Total citations in HEP]
  2. 192
    Measurements of Omega and Lambda from 42 high redshift supernovae
    By Supernova Cosmology Project (S. Perlmutter et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.517:565-586,1999 [arXiv: astro-ph/9812133]
    [3193 Total citations in HEP]
  3. 170
    Observational evidence from supernovae for an accelerating universe and a cosmological constant
    By Supernova Search Team (Adam G. Riess et al.).
    Published in:Astron.J.116:1009-1038,1998 [arXiv: astro-ph/9805201]
    [3076 Total citations in HEP]
  4. 148
    A Flat universe from high resolution maps of the cosmic microwave background radiation
    By Boomerang Collaboration (P. de Bernardis et al.).
    Published in:Nature 404:955-959,2000 [arXiv: astro-ph/0004404]
    [1008 Total citations in HEP]
  5. 125
    Formation of galaxies and clusters of galaxies by selfsimilar gravitational condensation
    By William H. Press, Paul Schechter (Caltech).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.187:425-438,1974
    [1273 Total citations in HEP]
  6. 124
    The relationship between infrared, optical, and ultraviolet extinction
    By Jason A. Cardelli, Geoffrey C. Clayton, John S. Mathis (Washburn Observ.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.345:245-256,1989
    [1551 Total citations in HEP]
  7. 123
    UBVRI photometric standard stars in the magnitude range 11.5-16.0 around the celestial equator
    By Arlo U. Landolt (Louisiana State U.).
    Published in:Astron.J.104:340-371,1992
    [1265 Total citations in HEP]
  8. 119
    A Universal density profile from hierarchical clustering
    By Julio F. Navarro (Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.), Carlos S. Frenk (Durham U.), Simon D.M. White (Garching, Max Planck Inst.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.490:493-508,1997 [arXiv: astro-ph/9611107]
    [1598 Total citations in HEP]
  9. 115
    Lyman break galaxies at z >~ 4 and the evolution of the UV luminosity density at high redshift
    By Charles C. Steidel, Kurt L. Adelberger (Palomar Observ.), Mauro Giavalisco, Mark Dickinson (Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci.), Max Pettini (Royal Greenwich Observ.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.519:1-17,1999 [arXiv: astro-ph/9811399]
    [777 Total citations in HEP]
  10. 110
    MAXIMA-1: A Measurement of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy on angular scales of 10 arcminutes to 5 degrees
    By S. Hanany (Minnesota U. & UC, Berkeley, CfPA), P. Ade, A. Balbi, J. Bock, J. Borrill, A. Boscaleri, P. de Bernardis, P.G. Ferreira, V.V. Hristov, Andrew H. Jaffe, A.E. Lange, A.T. Lee, P.D. Mauskopf, C.B. Netterfield, S. Oh, E. Pascale, B. Rabii, P.L. Richards, George F. Smoot, R. Stompor, C.D. Winant, J.H.P. Wu (UC, Berkeley, CfPA & Queen Mary, U. of London & Rome U.,Tor Vergata & Caltech, JPL & Caltech & LBL, Berkeley & Florence, IROE & Rome U. & Oxford U. & Lisbon, IST & Cardiff U. & Toronto U. & UC, Berkeley & Warsaw, Copernicus Astron. Ctr. & UC, Berkeley, Astron. Dept.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.545:L5,2000 [arXiv: astro-ph/0005123]
    [681 Total citations in HEP]
  11. 99
    Abundances of the elements: Meteroritic and solar
    By E. Anders, N. Grevesse (Chicago U., EFI & Chicago U. & Liege U.).
    Published in:Geochim.Cosmochim.Acta 53:197-214,1989
    [1058 Total citations in HEP]
  12. 97
    Spectral evolution of stellar populations using isochrone synthesis
    By Gustavo Bruzual A., Stephane Charlot.
    Published in:Astrophys.J.405:538-553,1993
    [938 Total citations in HEP]
  13. 96
    The Demography of massive dark objects in galaxy centers
    By John Magorrian, Scott Tremaine (Canadian Inst. Theor. Astrophys.), Douglas Richstone (Michigan U.), Ralf Bender (Munich U. Observ.), Gary Bower (Kitt Peak Observ.), Alan Dressler (Carnegie Inst. Observ.), S.M. Faber (Lick Observ.), Karl Gebhardt (Michigan U.), Richard Green (Kitt Peak Observ.), Carl Grillmair (Caltech, JPL), John Kormendy (Inst. Astron., Honolulu), Tod R. Lauer (Kitt Peak Observ.).
    Published in:Astron.J.115:2285,1998 [arXiv: astro-ph/9708072]
    [818 Total citations in HEP]
  14. 94
    The Structure of cold dark matter halos
    By Julio F. Navarro (Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.), Carlos S. Frenk (Durham U.), Simon D.M. White (Garching, Max Planck Inst.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.462:563-575,1996 [arXiv: astro-ph/9508025]
    [1209 Total citations in HEP]
  15. 83
    The Statistics of Peaks of Gaussian Random Fields
    By James M. Bardeen (Washington U., Seattle & Santa Barbara, KITP), J.R. Bond (Stanford U., Phys. Dept. & Santa Barbara, KITP), Nick Kaiser (UC, Berkeley, Astron. Dept. & Cambridge U., Inst. of Astron. & Santa Barbara, KITP), A.S. Szalay (Fermilab & Santa Barbara, KITP).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.304:15-61,1986
    [1131 Total citations in HEP]
  16. 83
    A Line of sight integration approach to cosmic microwave background anisotropies
    By Uros Seljak (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.), Matias Zaldarriaga (MIT, LNS).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.469:437-444,1996 [arXiv: astro-ph/9603033]
    [1028 Total citations in HEP]
  17. 82
    Using the evolution of clusters to constrain Omega
    By Vincent R. Eke, Shaun Cole, Carlos S. Frenk (Durham U.).
    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.282:263-280,1996 [arXiv: astro-ph/9601088]
    [614 Total citations in HEP]
  18. 80
    High - redshift galaxies in the Hubble deep field: color selection and star formation history to z\4
    By P. Madau, H.C. Ferguson, M.E. Dickinson, M. Giavalisco, C.C. Steidel, A. Fruchter (Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci.).
    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.283:1388-1404,1996< /a>
    [810 Total citations in HEP]
  19. 78
    The Luminosity function and stellar evolution
    By Edwin E. Salpeter.
    Published in:Astrophys.J.121:161,1955
    [1087 Total citations in HEP]
  20. 77
    The NRAO VLA Sky survey
    By James J. Condon, W.D. Cotton, E.W. Greisen, Q.F. Yin, R.A. Perley, G.B. Taylor, J.J. Broderick.
    Published in:Astron.J.115:1693-1716,1998
    [804 Total citations in HEP]
  21. 76
    DAOPHOT - A computer program for crowded field stellar photometry
    By Peter B. Stetson (NRC-HIA, Victoria).
    Published in:Publ.Astron.Soc.Pac.99:191,1987
    [945 Total citations in HEP]
  22. 75
    The Cosmic triangle: Assessing the state of the universe
    By Neta A. Bahcall, Jeremiah P. Ostriker (Princeton U. Observ.), Saul Perlmutter (LBL, Berkeley), Paul J. Steinhardt (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Science 284:1481-1488,1999 [arXiv: astro-ph/9906463]
    [631 Total citations in HEP]
  23. 74
    The Evolution and explosion of massive stars. 2. Explosive hydrodynamics and nucleosynthesis
    By S.E. Woosley, T.A. Weaver (Lick Observ. & LLNL, Livermore).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.101:181-235,1995
    [810 Total citations in HEP]
  24. 72
    Interstellar photoelectric absorption cross-sections, 0.03-10 keV
    By R. Morrison, D. McCammon.
    Published in:Astrophys.J.270:119,1983
    [636 Total citations in HEP]
  25. 70
    Comprehensive stellar population models and the disentanglement of age and metallicity effects
    By Guy Worthey.
    Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.95:107-149,1994
    [644 Total citations in HEP]
  26. 69
    Luminous Infrared Galaxies
    By D.B. Sanders (Inst. Astron., Honolulu), I.F. Mirabel (Saclay).
    Published in:Ann.Rev.Astron.Astrophys.34:749-792,1996
    [665 Total citations in HEP]
  27. 63
    The Hubble Deep Field: Observations, data reduction, and galaxy photometry
    By the HDF Team (Robert E. Williams et al.).
    Published in:Astron.J.112:1335,1996 [arXiv: astro-ph/9607174]
    [533 Total citations in HEP]
  28. 62
    A Catalog of Parameters for Globular Clusters in the Milky Way
    By William E. Harris.
    Published in:Astron.J.112:1487,1996
    [790 Total citations in HEP]
  29. 61
    The Keck low - resolution imaging spectrometer
    By J.B. Oke, J.G. Cohen, M. Carr, J. Cromer, A. Dingizian, F.H. Harris, S. Labrecque, R. Lucinio, W. Schaal, H. Epps, J. Miller.
    Published in:Publ.Astron.Soc.Pac.107:375,1995
    [524 Total citations in HEP]
  30. 59
    Merger rates in hierarchical models of galaxy formation
    By Cedric G. Lacey, Shaun Cole.
    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.262:627-649,1993
    [700 Total citations in HEP]
  31. 58
    Where are the missing galactic satellites?
    By Anatoly A. Klypin, Andrey V. Kravtsov, Octavio Valenzuela, Francisco Prada.
    Published in:Astrophys.J.522:82-92,1999 [arXiv: astro-ph/9901240]
    [503 Total citations in HEP]
  32. 56
    Starburst99: synthesis models for galaxies with active star formation
    By Claus Leitherer, Daniel Schaerer, Jeffrey D. Goldader, Rosa M. Gonzalez Delgado, Carmelle Robert, Denis Foo Kune, Duilia F.de Mello, Daniel Devost, Timothy M. Heckman.
    Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.123:3-40,1999 [arXiv: astro-ph/9902334]
    [635 Total citations in HEP]
  33. 56
    End to the cosmic ray spectrum?
    By Kenneth Greisen (Cornell U., LNS).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.16:748-750,1966
    [1084 Total citations in HEP]
  34. 56
    Unified models for active galactic nuclei and quasars
    By Robert Antonucci (UC, Santa Barbara).
    Published in:Ann.Rev.Astron.Astrophys.31:473-521,1993
    [632 Total citations in HEP]
  35. 55
    Cosmological imprint of an energy component with general equation of state
    By R.R. Caldwell, Rahul Dave, Paul J. Steinhardt (Pennsylvania U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.80:1582-1585,1998 [arXiv: astro-ph/9708069]
    [1093 Total citations in HEP]
  36. 54
    Four year COBE DMR cosmic microwave background observations: Maps and basic results
    By C.L. Bennett (NASA, Goddard), A. Banday, K.M. Gorski, G. Hinshaw, P. Jackson, P. Keegstra, A. Kogut (Hughes STX, Greenbelt), George F. Smoot (LBL, Berkeley & UC, Berkeley), D.T. Wilkinson (Princeton U.), E.L. Wright (UCLA).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.464:L1-L4,1996 [arXiv: astro-ph/9601067]
    [668 Total citations in HEP]
  37. 52
    Discovery of a supernova explosion at half the age of the Universe and its cosmological implications
    By Supernova Cosmology Project (S. Perlmutter et al.).
    Published in:Nature 391:51-54,1998 [arXiv: astro-ph/9712212]
    [786 Total citations in HEP]
  38. 51
    Upper limit of the spectrum of cosmic rays
    By G.T. Zatsepin, V.A. Kuzmin (Lebedev Inst.).
    Published in:JETP Lett.4:78-80,1966, Pisma Zh.Eksp.Teor.Fiz.4:114-117,1966
    [868 Total citations in HEP]
  39. 48
    Optical properties of interstellar graphite and silicate grains
    By B.T. Draine, H.M. Lee (Princeton U. Observ.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.285:89-108,1984
    [572 Total citations in HEP]
  40. 48
    SExtractor: Software for source extraction
    By E. Bertin, S. Arnouts.
    Published in:Astron.Astrophys.Suppl.Ser.117:393,1996
    [638 Total citations in HEP]
  41. 48
    Collapsars: Gamma-ray bursts and explosions in 'failed supernovae'
    By A. MacFadyen, S.E. Woosley (UC, Santa Cruz).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.524:262,1999 [arXiv: astro-ph/9810274]
    [523 Total citations in HEP]
  42. 48
    Core condensation in heavy halos: A Two stage theory for galaxy formation and clusters
    By Simon D.M. White, M.J. Rees (Cambridge U., Inst. of Astron.).
    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.183:341-358,1978
    [633 Total citations in HEP]
  43. 47
    Gamma-ray bursts from stellar mass accretion disks around black holes
    By S. E. Woosley.
    Published in:Astrophys.J.405:273,1993
    [601 Total citations in HEP]
  44. 47
    Structure in the COBE differential microwave radiometer first year maps
    By George F. Smoot, C.L. Bennett, A. Kogut, E.L. Wright, J. Aymon, N.W. Boggess, E.S. Cheng, G. De Amici, S. Gulkis, M.G. Hauser, G. Hinshaw, C. Lineweaver, K. Loewenstein, P.D. Jackson, M. Janssen, E. Kaita, T. Kelsall, P. Keegstra, P. Lubin, John C. Mather, S.S. Meyer, S.H. Moseley, T. Murdock, L. Rokke, R.F. Silverberg, L. Tenorio, R. Weiss, D.T. Wilkinson (LBL, Berkeley & UC, Berkeley, Space Sci. Dept. & UC, Berkeley, CfPA & NASA, Goddard & Universities Space Research Assoc. & UCLA & Caltech, JPL & Hughes STX, Greenbelt & UC, Santa Barbara & MIT, LNS & General Research, Danvers & Princeton U.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.396:L1-L5,1992
    [1290 Total citations in HEP]
  45. 47
    The Interstellar extinction law from 1 to 13 microns
    By G.H. Rieke, M.J. Lebofsky (Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.288:618-621,1985
    [573 Total citations in HEP]
  46. 47
    Cosmological Consequences of a Rolling Homogeneous Scalar Field
    By Bharat Ratra, P.J.E. Peebles (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D37:3406,1988
    [1243 Total citations in HEP]
  47. 46
    Dark matter substructure within galactic halos
    By B. Moore, S. Ghigna, F. Governato, G. Lake, T. Quinn, J. Stadel, P. Tozzi.
    Published in:Astrophys.J.524:L19-L22,1999
    [517 Total citations in HEP]
  48. 45
    The Formation and Evolution of Galaxies Within Merging Dark Matter Haloes
    By G Kauffmann, Simon D.M. White, B. Guiderdoni.
    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.264:201,1993
    [537 Total citations in HEP]
  49. 45
    On the infall of matter into cluster of galaxies and some effects on their evolution
    By James E. Gunn (Caltech & Carnegie Inst., Wash., D.C.), J. Richard Gott, III (Princeton U. Observ.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.176:1-19,1972
    [607 Total citations in HEP]
  50. 43
    A Fundamental relation between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies
    By Laura Ferrarese (UCLA), David Merritt (Rutgers U., Piscataway).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.539:L9,2000 [arXiv: astro-ph/0006053]
    [757 Total citations in HEP]