Top Cited Articles of All Time (2000 edition) in astro-ph

Top Cited Articles of All Time (2000 edition) in astro-ph

The 50 most highly cited papers of All Time (2000 edition) 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 Mon 19-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. 569
    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]
    [3075 Total citations in HEP]
  2. 478
    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]
    [3191 Total citations in HEP]
  3. 448
    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]
    [2992 Total citations in HEP]
  4. 379
    Reconstructing the linear power spectrum of cosmological mass fluctuations
    By J.A. Peacock (Royal Observ., Edinburgh), S.J. Dodds (Edinburgh U.).
    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.267:1020-1034,1994< /a> [arXiv: astro-ph/9311057]
    [515 Total citations in HEP]
  5. 357
    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]
  6. 338
    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]
    [1207 Total citations in HEP]
  7. 332
    The Cold dark matter density perturbation
    By Andrew R. Liddle (Sussex U.), David H. Lyth (Lancaster U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rept.231:1-105,1993 [arXiv: astro-ph/9303019]
    [480 Total citations in HEP]
  8. 321
    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]
  9. 317
    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]
  10. 306
    How uncertain are solar neutrino predictions?
    By John N. Bahcall, Sarbani Basu (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), M.H. Pinsonneault (Ohio State U.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B433:1-8,1998 [arXiv: astro-ph/9805135]
    [429 Total citations in HEP]
  11. 301
    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]
    [1596 Total citations in HEP]
  12. 295
    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]
    [1027 Total citations in HEP]
  13. 264
    Cold + hot dark matter cosmology with m (muon-neutrino) approximates m (tau-neutrino) approximates 2.4-eV
    By Joel R. Primack (UC, Santa Cruz), Jon Holtzman (Lowell Observ.), Anatoly Klypin (New Mexico State U.), David O. Caldwell (UC, Santa Barbara).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.74:2160-2163,1995 [arXiv: astro-ph/9411020]
    [274 Total citations in HEP]
  14. 257
    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]
    [531 Total citations in HEP]
  15. 247
    Spectroscopic confirmation of a population of normal star - forming galaxies at redshifts z > 3
    By Charles C. Steidel, Mauro Giavalisco, Max Pettini, Mark Dickinson, Kurt L. Adelberger (Palomar Observ. & Carnegie Inst. Observ. & Royal Greenwich Observ. & Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.462:L17,1996 [arXiv: astro-ph/9602024]
    [449 Total citations in HEP]
  16. 241
    The Four year COBE normalization and large scale structure
    By Emory F. Bunn (UC, Berkeley, Astron. Dept.), Martin J. White (Chicago U., EFI).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.480:6-21,1997 [arXiv: astro-ph/9607060]
    [378 Total citations in HEP]
  17. 234
    Big bang nucleosynthesis and the baryon density of the universe
    By Craig J. Copi (Chicago U. & Fermilab), David N. Schramm, Michael S. Turner (Chicago U. & Fermilab & Chicago U., Astron. Astrophys. Ctr. & Chicago U., EFI).
    Published in:Science 267:192-199,1995 [arXiv: astro-ph/9407006]
    [252 Total citations in HEP]
  18. 222
    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]
    [1092 Total citations in HEP]
  19. 216
    The Canada-France Redshift Survey. 13. The Luminosity density and star-formation history of the Universe to z ~ 1
    By S.J. Lilly (Toronto U., Astron. Dept.), Olivier Le Fevre, F. Hammer (Meudon Observ.), David Crampton (NRC-HIA, Victoria).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.460:L1,1996 [arXiv: astro-ph/9601050]
    [489 Total citations in HEP]
  20. 216
    The Cosmological baryon density from the deuterium abundance at a redshift z = 3.57
    By David Tytler, Xiao-ming Fan, Scott Burles (UC, San Diego).
    Published in:Nature 381:207-209,1996 [arXiv: astro-ph/9603069]
    [241 Total citations in HEP]
  21. 212
    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]
  22. 209
    The MACHO project LMC microlensing results from the first two years and the nature of the galactic dark halo
    By MACHO Collaboration (C. Alcock et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.486:697-726,1997 [arXiv: astro-ph/9606165]
    [270 Total citations in HEP]
  23. 208
    False vacuum inflation with Einstein gravity
    By Edmund J. Copeland, Andrew R. Liddle (Sussex U.), David H. Lyth (Lancaster U.), Ewan D. Stewart (Kyoto U.), David Wands (Sussex U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D49:6410-6433,1994 [arXiv: astro-ph/9401011]
    [460 Total citations in HEP]
  24. 206
    Hybrid inflation
    By Andrei D. Linde (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D49:748-754,1994 [arXiv: astro-ph/9307002]
    [540 Total citations in HEP]
  25. 204
    The Density and peculiar velocity fields of nearby galaxies
    By Michael A. Strauss (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Jeffrey A. Willick (Carnegie Inst. Observ.).
    Published in:Phys.Rept.261:271-431,1995 [arXiv: astro-ph/9502079]
    [269 Total citations in HEP]
  26. 201
    Cosmological parameter determination with microwave background maps
    By Gerard Jungman (Syracuse U.), Marc Kamionkowski (Columbia U.), Arthur Kosowsky (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys. & Harvard U.), David N. Spergel (Princeton U. & Maryland U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D54:1332-1344,1996 [arXiv: astro-ph/9512139]
    [293 Total citations in HEP]
  27. 201
    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]
    [816 Total citations in HEP]
  28. 200
    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]
  29. 199
    The Cluster abundance in flat and open cosmologies
    By Pedro T.P. Viana, Andrew R. Liddle (Sussex U.).
    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.281:323,1996 [arXiv: astro-ph/9511007]
    [274 Total citations in HEP]
  30. 187
    Cosmic microwave background probes models of inflation
    By Richard L. Davis (Pennsylvania U.), Hardy M. Hodges (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.), George F. Smoot (LBL, Berkeley & UC, Berkeley, Space Sci. Dept. & UC, Berkeley, CfPA), Paul J. Steinhardt (Pennsylvania U.), Michael S. Turner (Chicago U., Astron. Astrophys. Ctr. & Chicago U., EFI & Fermilab).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.69:1856-1859,1992, Erratum-ibid.70:1733,1993 [arXiv: astro-ph/9207001]
    [193 Total citations in HEP]
  31. 185
    Structure formation with cold plus hot dark matter
    By Anatoly Klypin (Kansas U.), John Holtzman (Lowell Observ.), Joel Primack, Eniko Regos (UC, Santa Cruz).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.416:1-16,1993 [arXiv: astro-ph/9305011]
    [195 Total citations in HEP]
  32. 184
    Advection dominated accretion: A Selfsimilar solution
    By Ramesh Narayan, In-su Yi (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.428:L13,1994 [arXiv: astro-ph/9403052]
    [442 Total citations in HEP]
  33. 180
    Measurements of the cosmological parameters Omega and Lambda from the first 7 supernovae at z>=0.35
    By Supernova Cosmology Project (S. Perlmutter et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.483:565,1997 [arXiv: astro-ph/9608192]
    [566 Total citations in HEP]
  34. 177
    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]
    [630 Total citations in HEP]
  35. 177
    The Canada-France Redshift Survey. 6. Evolution of the galaxy luminosity function to Z 1
    By S.J. Lilly, L. Tresse, F. Hammer, David Crampton, Olivier Le Fevre.
    Published in:Astrophys.J.455:108,1995 [arXiv: astro-ph/9507079]
    [301 Total citations in HEP]
  36. 172
    Are gamma-ray bursts in star forming regions?
    By Bohdan Paczynski (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.494:L45,1998 [arXiv: astro-ph/9710086]
    [440 Total citations in HEP]
  37. 170
    Is there a cosmological constant?
    By Christopher S. Kochanek (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.466:638,1996 [arXiv: astro-ph/9510077]
    [267 Total citations in HEP]
  38. 168
    A Recipe for galaxy formation
    By Shaun Cole, Alfonso Aragon-Salamanca, Carlos S. Frenk, Julio F. Navarro, Stephen E. Zepf (Durham U.).
    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.271:781,1994 [arXiv: astro-ph/9402001]
    [336 Total citations in HEP]
  39. 166
    COBE, gravitational waves, inflation and extended inflation
    By Andrew R. Liddle (Sussex U.), David H. Lyth (Lancaster U.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B291:391-398,1992 [arXiv: astro-ph/9208007]
    [227 Total citations in HEP]
  40. 166
    Quintessence, cosmic coincidence, and the cosmological constant
    By Ivaylo Zlatev, Li-Min Wang (Pennsylvania U.), Paul J. Steinhardt (Pennsylvania U. & Princeton U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.82:896-899,1999 [arXiv: astro-ph/9807002]
    [756 Total citations in HEP]
  41. 165
    Unified schemes for radio-loud active galactic nuclei
    By C.Megan Urry (Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci.), Paolo Padovani (Rome U.,Tor Vergata).
    Published in:Publ.Astron.Soc.Pac.107:803,1995 [arXiv: astro-ph/9506063]
    [553 Total citations in HEP]
  42. 164
    The Star formation history of field galaxies
    By Piero Madau (Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci.), Lucia Pozzetti (Bologna U.), Mark Dickinson (Johns Hopkins U. & Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.498:106,1998 [arXiv: astro-ph/9708220]
    [461 Total citations in HEP]
  43. 161
    Microwave background constraints on cosmological parameters
    By Matias Zaldarriaga (MIT, LNS), David N. Spergel (Princeton U.), Uros Seljak (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.488:1-13,1997 [arXiv: astro-ph/9702157]
    [275 Total citations in HEP]
  44. 160
    Dynamics of cosmic flows
    By Avishai Dekel (Hebrew U.).
    Published in:Ann.Rev.Astron.Astrophys.32:371-418,1994 [arXiv: astro-ph/9401022]
    [180 Total citations in HEP]
  45. 158
    Simulations of x-ray clusters
    By Julio F. Navarro, Carlos S. Frenk (Durham U.), Simon D.M. White (Cambridge U., Inst. of Astron.).
    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.275:720-740,1995 [arXiv: astro-ph/9408069]
    [339 Total citations in HEP]
  46. 157
    The Epoch of galaxy formation
    By C.M. Baugh, S. Cole, C.S. Frenk (Durham U.), Cedric G. Lacey (Copenhagen, Theor. Astrophys. Ctr.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.498:504,1998 [arXiv: astro-ph/9703111]
    [278 Total citations in HEP]
  47. 157
    Merger rates in hierarchical models of galaxy formation. 2. Comparison with N body simulations
    By Cedric G. Lacey (Oxford U.), Shaun Cole (Durham U.).
    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.271:676,1994 [arXiv: astro-ph/9402069]
    [300 Total citations in HEP]
  48. 154
    Optical and long wavelength afterglow from gamma-ray bursts
    By P. Meszaros, M.J. Rees.
    Published in:Astrophys.J.476:232-237,1997 [arXiv: astro-ph/9606043]
    [321 Total citations in HEP]
  49. 153
    The Cosmic Microwave Background spectrum from the full COBE FIRAS data set
    By D.J. Fixsen, E.S. Cheng, J.M. Gales, John C. Mather, R.A. Shafer (NASA, Goddard), E.L. Wright (UCLA).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.473:576,1996 [arXiv: astro-ph/9605054]
    [311 Total citations in HEP]
  50. 151
    Extension of the cosmic ray energy spectrum beyond the predicted Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuz'min cutoff
    By M. Takeda, N. Hayashida (Tokyo U., ICRR), K. Honda (Yamanashi U.), N. Inoue (Saitama U.), K. Kadota, F. Kakimoto (Tokyo Inst. Tech.), K. Kamata (Nishina Memorial Found., Tokyo), S. Kawaguchi (Hirosaki U.), Y. Kawasaki (Osaka City U.), N. Kawasumi (Yamanashi U.), H. Kitamura (Kobe U.), E. Kusano (Saitama U.), Y. Matsubara (Nagoya U., Solar-Terrestrial Environ. Lab.), K. Murakami (Nagoya U. of Foreign Studies), M. Nagano, D. Nishikawa, H. Ohoka, N. Sakaki, M. Sasaki (Tokyo U., ICRR), K. Shinozaki, N. Souma (Saitama U.), M. Teshima, R. Torii (Tokyo U., ICRR), I. Tsushima (Yamanashi U.), Y. Uchihori (Chiba, Natl. Inst. Rad. Sci.), T. Yamamoto, S. Yoshida (Tokyo U., ICRR), H. Yoshii (Ehime U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.81:1163-1166,1998 [arXiv: astro-ph/9807193]
    [475 Total citations in HEP]