Top Cited Articles during 2004 by astro-ph

Top Cited Articles during 2004 by astro-ph

The 50 most highly cited papers during 2004 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 Sat 17-Feb-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. 651
    First year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations: Determination of cosmological parameters
    By WMAP Collaboration (D.N. Spergel et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.148:175,2003 [arXiv: astro-ph/0302209]
    [4034 Total citations in HEP]
  2. 396
    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]
    [2953 Total citations in HEP]
  3. 318
    First year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations: Preliminary maps and basic results
    By WMAP Collaboration (C.L. Bennett et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.148:1,2003 [arXiv: astro-ph/0302207]
    [2017 Total citations in HEP]
  4. 239
    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]
    [3168 Total citations in HEP]
  5. 230
    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]
    [3052 Total citations in HEP]
  6. 207
    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
    [1535 Total citations in HEP]
  7. 195
    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]
    [1565 Total citations in HEP]
  8. 190
    Black holes in binary systems. Observational appearance
    By N.I. Shakura (Sternberg Astron. Inst.), R.A. Sunyaev (Moscow, IPM).
    Published in:Astron.Astrophys.24:337-355,1973
    [1022 Total citations in HEP]
  9. 190
    The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: technical summary
    By SDSS Collaboration (Donald G. York et al.).
    Published in:Astron.J.120:1579-1587,2000 [arXiv: astro-ph/0006396]
    [1134 Total citations in HEP]
  10. 167
    Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) first year observations: TE polarization
    By WMAP Collaboration (A. Kogut et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.148:161,2003 [arXiv: astro-ph/0302213]
    [627 Total citations in HEP]
  11. 160
    Final results from the Hubble Space Telescope key project to measure the Hubble constant
    By W.L. Freedman, B.F. Madore, B.K. Gibson, L. Ferrarese, D.D. Kelson, S. Sakai, J.R. Mould, R.C. Kennicutt, H.C. Ford, J.A. Graham, J.P. Huchra, S.M.G. Hughes, Garth D. Illingworth, L.M. Macri, P.B. Stetson, P.B. Stetson (Carnegie Inst. Observ. & Caltech, IPAC & Swinburne U., Ctr. Astrophys. Supercomput. & Rutgers U., Piscataway & Carnegie Inst., Wash., D.C. & NOAO, Tucson & Res. Sch. Astron. Astrophys., Weston Creek & Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ. & Johns Hopkins U. & Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys. & Cambridge U., Inst. of Astron. & Lick Observ. & NRC-HIA, Victoria).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.553:47-72,2001 [arXiv: astro-ph/0012376]
    [982 Total citations in HEP]
  12. 159
    Cosmological parameters from SDSS and WMAP
    By SDSS Collaboration (Max Tegmark et al.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D69:103501,2004 [arXiv: astro-ph/0310723]
    [865 Total citations in HEP]
  13. 159
    HI in the galaxy
    By John M. Dickey, Felix J. Lockman.
    Published in:Ann.Rev.Astron.Astrophys.28:215-261,1990
    [896 Total citations in HEP]
  14. 151
    Type Ia supernova discoveries at z > 1 from the Hubble Space Telescope: Evidence for past deceleration and constraints on dark energy evolution
    By Supernova Search Team (Adam G. Riess et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.607:665-687,2004 [arXiv: astro-ph/0402512]
    [997 Total citations in HEP]
  15. 144
    The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early Data Release
    By SDSS Collaboration (Chris Stoughton et al.).
    Published in:Astron.J.123:485-548,2002
    [684 Total citations in HEP]
  16. 142
    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
    [1250 Total citations in HEP]
  17. 138
    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]
    [1190 Total citations in HEP]
  18. 137
    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
    [798 Total citations in HEP]
  19. 136
    The Luminosity function and stellar evolution
    By Edwin E. Salpeter.
    Published in:Astrophys.J.121:161,1955
    [1066 Total citations in HEP]
  20. 133
    Stellar population synthesis at the resolution of 2003
    By G. Bruzual (Merida, CIDA), Stephane Charlot (Garching, Max Planck Inst. & Paris, Inst. Astrophys.).
    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.344:1000,2003 [arXiv: astro-ph/0309134]
    [674 Total citations in HEP]
  21. 130
    Cosmological results from high-z supernovae
    By Supernova Search Team (John L. Tonry et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.594:1-24,2003 [arXiv: astro-ph/0305008]
    [598 Total citations in HEP]
  22. 123
    The First data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
    By SDSS Collaboration (Kevork Abazajian et al.).
    Published in:Astron.J.126:2081,2003 [arXiv: astro-ph/0305492]
    [369 Total citations in HEP]
  23. 115
    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]
    [1020 Total citations in HEP]
  24. 112
    Star formation in galaxies along the Hubble sequence
    By Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr. (Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.).
    Published in:Ann.Rev.Astron.Astrophys.36:189-231,1998 [arXiv: astro-ph/9807187]
    [605 Total citations in HEP]
  25. 109
    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
    [1265 Total citations in HEP]
  26. 109
    The Cosmological constant and dark energy
    By P.J.E. Peebles (Princeton U.), Bharat Ratra (Kansas State U.).
    Published in:Rev.Mod.Phys.75:559-606,2003 [arXiv: astro-ph/0207347]
    [790 Total citations in HEP]
  27. 108
    Cosmological Consequences of a Rolling Homogeneous Scalar Field
    By Bharat Ratra, P.J.E. Peebles (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D37:3406,1988
    [1233 Total citations in HEP]
  28. 106
    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]
    [624 Total citations in HEP]
  29. 105
    The Sloan digital sky survey photometric system
    By M. Fukugita (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study & Kyoto U., Yukawa Inst., Kyoto), T. Ichikawa (Tokyo U., Kiso Observ.), J.E. Gunn (Princeton U. Observ.), M. Doi, K. Shimasaku (Tokyo U., Astron. Dept.), D.P. Schneider (Penn State U.).
    Published in:Astron.J.111:1748,1996
    [670 Total citations in HEP]
  30. 101
    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
    [930 Total citations in HEP]
  31. 101
    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]
    [744 Total citations in HEP]
  32. 101
    Standard Solar Composition
    By N. Grevesse, A. J. Sauval.
    Published in:Space Sci.Rev.85:161-174,1998
    [516 Total citations in HEP]
  33. 96
    The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Spectra and redshifts
    By The 2DFGRS Collaboration (Matthew Colless et al.).
    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.328:1039,2001 [arXiv: astro-ph/0106498]
    [471 Total citations in HEP]
  34. 95
    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]
    [1082 Total citations in HEP]
  35. 95
    New constraints on Omega(M), Omega(lambda), and w from an independent set of eleven high-redshift supernovae observed with HST
    By Supernova Cosmology Project (Robert A. Knop et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.598:102,2003 [arXiv: astro-ph/0309368]
    [449 Total citations in HEP]
  36. 95
    First year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations: The Angular power spectrum
    By WMAP Collaboration (G. Hinshaw et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.148:135,2003 [arXiv: astro-ph/0302217]
    [394 Total citations in HEP]
  37. 94
    A Catalog of Parameters for Globular Clusters in the Milky Way
    By William E. Harris.
    Published in:Astron.J.112:1487,1996
    [775 Total citations in HEP]
  38. 93
    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]
    [769 Total citations in HEP]
  39. 93
    The u'g'r'i'z' Standard star system
    By SDSS Collaboration (J Allyn Smith et al.).
    Published in:Astron.J.123:2121-2144,2002 [arXiv: astro-ph/0201143]
    [452 Total citations in HEP]
  40. 93
    The European Photon Imaging Camera on XMM-Newton: The MOS cameras
    By Martin J.L. Turner, A. Abbey, M. Arnaud, M. Balasini, M. Barbera, E. Belsole, P.J. Bennie, J.P. Bernard, G.F. Bignami, M. Boer, U. Briel, I. Butler, C. Cara, C. Chabaud, R. Cole, A. Collura, M. Conte, A. Cros, M. Denby, P. Dhez, G. Di Coco, J. Dowson, P. Ferrando, S. Ghizzardi, F. Gianotti, C.V. Goodall, L. Gretton, R.G. Griffiths, O. Hainaut, J.F. Hochedez, A.D. Holland, E. Jourdain, E. Kendziorra, A. Lagostina, R. Laine, N. La Palombara, M. Lortholary, D. Lumb, P. Marty, S. Molendi, C. Pigot, E. Poindron, K.A. Pounds, J.N. Reeves, C. Reppin, R. Rothenflug, P. Salvetat, J.L. Sauvageot, D. Schmitt, S. Sembay, A.D.T. Short, J. Spragg, J. Stephen, L. Struder, A. Tiengo, M. Trifoglio, J. Trumper, S. Vercellone, L. Vigroux, G. Villa, M.J. Ward, S. Whitehead, E. Zonca (Leicester U. & DAPNIA, Saclay & Palermo Observ. & Orsay, IAS & Milan, Ist. Fis. Cosmica & Toulouse, CESR & Garching, Max Planck Inst., MPE & Birmingham U. & Orsay, LURE & IASF, Bologna & Tubingen U., IAAT & ESTEC, Noordwijk).
    Published in:Astron.Astrophys.365:L27-35,2001 [arXiv: astro-ph/0011498]
    [382 Total citations in HEP]
  41. 91
    A Very energetic supernova associated with the gamma-ray burst of 29 March 2003
    By Jens Hjorth, Jesper Sollerman, Palle Moller, Johan P.U. Fynbo, Stan E. Woosley, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Nial R. Tanvir, Jochen Greiner, Michael I. Andersen, Alberto J. Castro-Tirado, Jose Maria Castro Ceron, Andrew S. Fruchter, Javier Gorosabel, Pall Jakobsson, Lex Kaper, Sylvio Klose, Nicola Masetti, Holger Pedersen, Kristian Pedersen, Elena Pian, Eliana Palazzi, James E. Rhoads, Evert Rol, Edward P.J. van den Heuvel, Paul M. Vreeswijk, Darach Watson, Ralph A.M.J. Wijers (Copenhagen Astron. Observ. & Stockholm Observ. & European Southern Observ. & Aarhus U. & UC, Santa Cruz & USRA, Huntsville & Hertfordshire U. & Garching, Max Planck Inst., MPE & Potsdam, Astrophys. Inst. & IAA, Granada & Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci. & Amsterdam U., Astron. Inst. & TLS, Tautenburg & IASF, Bologna & Trieste Observ. & European Southern Obs., Chile).
    Published in:Nature 423:847-850,2003 [arXiv: astro-ph/0306347]
    [355 Total citations in HEP]
  42. 91
    A Relationship between nuclear black hole mass and galaxy velocity dispersion
    By Karl Gebhardt, Ralf Bender, Gary Bower, Alan Dressler, S.M. Faber, Alexei V. Filippenko, Richard Green, Carl Grillmair, Luis C. Ho, John Kormendy, Tod R. Lauer, John Magorrian, Jason Pinkney, Douglas Richstone, Scott Tremaine.
    Published in:Astrophys.J.539:L13,2000 [arXiv: astro-ph/0006289]
    [656 Total citations in HEP]
  43. 90
    The European Photon Imaging Camera on XMM-Newton: The pn-CCD camera
    By L. Struder, U. Briel, K. Dennerl, R. Hartmann, E. Kendziorra, N. Meidinger, E. Pfeffermann, C. Reppin, B. Aschenbach, W. Bornemann, H. Brauninger, W. Burkert, M. Elender, M. Freyberg, F. Haberl, G. Hartner, F. Heuschmann, H. Hippmann, E. Kastelic, S. Kemmer, G. Kettenring, W. Kink, N. Krause, S. Muller, A. Oppitz, W. Pietsch, M. Popp, P. Predehl, Alexander L. Read, K.H. Stephan, D. Stotter, J. Trumper, P. Holl, J. Kemmer, H. Soltau, R. Stotter, U. Weber, U. Weichert, C. von Zanthier, D. Carathanassis, G. Lutz, R.H. Richter, P. Solc, H. Bottcher, M. Kuster, R. Staubert, A. Abbey, A. Holland, M. Turner, M. Balasini, G.F. Bignami, N. La Palombara, G. Villa, W. Buttler, F. Gianini, R. Laine, D. Lumb, P. Dhez (Garching, Max Planck Inst., MPE & Ketek, Oberschleissheim & Tubingen U., IAAT & Munich, Max Planck Inst. & Leicester U. & Milan, Ist. Fis. Cosmica & ESTEC, Noordwijk & Orsay, LURE).
    Published in:Astron.Astrophys.365:L18-26,2001
    [300 Total citations in HEP]
  44. 90
    Black hole binaries
    By Jeffrey.E. McClintock (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.), Ronald.A. Remillard (MIT, MKI).
    HEP Record [arXiv: astro-ph/0306213]
    [282 Total citations in HEP]
  45. 89
    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
    [1046 Total citations in HEP]
  46. 89
    The 3-D power spectrum of galaxies from the SDSS
    By SDSS Collaboration (Max Tegmark et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.606:702-740,2004 [arXiv: astro-ph/0310725]
    [397 Total citations in HEP]
  47. 89
    SExtractor: Software for source extraction
    By E. Bertin, S. Arnouts.
    Published in:Astron.Astrophys.Suppl.Ser.117:393,1996
    [620 Total citations in HEP]
  48. 88
    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]
    [810 Total citations in HEP]
  49. 87
    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]
    [545 Total citations in HEP]
  50. 87
    A Phantom menace?
    By R.R. Caldwell (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B545:23-29,2002 [arXiv: astro-ph/9908168]
    [585 Total citations in HEP]
  51. 87
    Spectral evolution of stellar populations using isochrone synthesis
    By Gustavo Bruzual A., Stephane Charlot.
    Published in:Astrophys.J.405:538-553,1993
    [936 Total citations in HEP]