Most cited papers in Astronomical and nuclear sciences
What are the most cited papers in Astronomical and nuclear sciences?
The most cited paper in Astronomical and nuclear sciences is "Abundances of the elements: Meteoritic and solar" (Edward Anders, N. Grevesse, 1989), with 10,547 citations. Next come "The Ame2003 atomic mass evaluation" (4,793) and "Synthesis of the Elements in Stars" (4,005).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 503 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abundances of the elements: Meteoritic and solar Edward Anders, N. Grevesse · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | 1989 | 10,547 |
| 2 | The Ame2003 atomic mass evaluation G. Audi, A.H. Wapstra, Catherine Thibault · Nuclear Physics A | Dec 2003 | 4,793 |
| 3 | Synthesis of the Elements in Stars E. M. Burbidge, Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge, William Alfred Fowler et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics | Oct 1957 | 4,005 |
| 4 | Nuclear Ground-State Masses and Deformations Peter Möller, J. Rayford Nix, W. David Myers et al. · Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables | Mar 1995 | 3,959 |
| 5 | Cosmochemistry of the Rare Earth Elements: Meteorite Studies William V. Boynton · Developments in geochemistry | 1984 | 3,817 |
| 6 | The Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd isotopic composition of CHUR: Constraints from unequilibrated chondrites and implications for the bulk composition of terrestrial planets Audrey Bouvier, Jeffrey D. Vervoort, P. Jonathan Patchett · Earth and Planetary Science Letters | 23 Jun 2008 | 3,097 |
| 7 | R-Matrix Theory of Nuclear Reactions A.M. Lane, R. G. Thomas · Reviews of Modern Physics | Apr 1958 | 2,607 |
| 8 | Determination of REE, Ba, Fe, Mg, Na and K in carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites Noboru Nakamura · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | May 1974 | 2,176 |
| 9 | Sm-Nd isotopic evolution of chondrites S. B. Jacobsen, Gerald J. Wasserburg · Earth and Planetary Science Letters | Oct 1980 | 2,097 |
| 10 | Local and global nucleon optical models from 1 keV to 200 MeV Arjan J. KONING, J. P. Delaroche · Nuclear Physics A | 27 Dec 2002 | 2,001 |
| 11 | Table of experimental nuclear ground state charge radii: An update I. Angeli, K. P. Marinova · Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables | 12 Dec 2012 | 1,750 |
| 12 | On the nuclear structure and stability of heavy and superheavy elements Sven Gösta Nilsson, Chin Fu Tsang, Adam Sobiczewski et al. · Nuclear Physics A | Jun 1969 | 1,722 |
| 13 | The Ame2012 atomic mass evaluation Meng Wang, G. Audi, A.H. Wapstra et al. · Chinese Physics C | Dec 2012 | 1,683 |
| 14 | Nuclear ground-state masses and deformations: FRDM(2012) Peter Möller, Arnold J. Sierk, Takatoshi Ichikawa et al. · Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables | 25 Mar 2016 | 1,532 |
| 15 | The AME2016 atomic mass evaluation (II). Tables, graphs and references Meng Wang, G. Audi, F. G. Kondev et al. · Chinese Physics C | Mar 2017 | 1,520 |
| 16 | Thermonuclear reaction rates V Georgeanne R. Caughlan, William Alfred Fowler · Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables | Nov 1988 | 1,476 |
| 17 | The 1995 update to the atomic mass evaluation G. Audi, A.H. Wapstra · Nuclear Physics A | Dec 1995 | 1,468 |
| 18 | Rare-earth abundances in chondritic meteorites Norman M. Evensen, P. J. Hamilton, R. Keith O'Nions · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | Aug 1978 | 1,425 |
| 19 | The AME 2020 atomic mass evaluation (II). Tables, graphs and references* Meng Wang, W.J. Huang, F.G. Kondev et al. · Chinese Physics C | 20 Jan 2021 | 1,356 |
| 20 | The Nubase evaluation of nuclear and decay properties G. Audi, Olivier Bersillon, J. Blachot et al. · Nuclear Physics A | Dec 2003 | 1,342 |
| 21 | Energy levels of A = 21–44 nuclei (VII) P.M. Endt · Nuclear Physics A | Dec 1990 | 1,312 |
| 22 | Hartree-Fock-Bogolyubov calculations with the D 1 effective interaction on spherical nuclei J. Dechargé, Daniel Marc Gogny · Physical Review C | Apr 1980 | 1,228 |
| 23 | Solar-system abundances of the elements Edward Anders, Mitsuru Ebihara · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | Nov 1982 | 1,201 |
| 24 | Collapsed Nuclei A.R. Bodmer · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields | 15 Sep 1971 | 1,117 |
| 25 | THE JINA REACLIB DATABASE: ITS RECENT UPDATES AND IMPACT ON TYPE-I X-RAY BURSTS Richard H. Cyburt, A. Matthew Amthor, Ryan Ferguson et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | 30 Jun 2010 | 1,096 |
| 26 | PLANETARY CANDIDATES OBSERVED BY KEPLER . III. ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST 16 MONTHS OF DATA Natalie M. Batalha et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | 5 Feb 2013 | 1,072 |
| 27 | Energy levels of A = 21–44 nuclei (VI) P.M. Endt, C. van der Leun · Nuclear Physics A | Nov 1978 | 1,067 |
| 28 | CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANETARY CANDIDATES OBSERVED BYKEPLER. II. ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF DATA William J. Borucki et al. · The Astrophysical Journal | 29 Jun 2011 | 1,067 |
| 29 | On the interpretation of evaporation residue mass distributions in heavy-ion induced fusion reactions F. Pühlhofer · Nuclear Physics A | Apr 1977 | 1,018 |
| 30 | Spectroscopic [Fe/H] for 98 extra-solar planet-host stars Nuno C. Santos, G. Israelian, Michel Mayor · Astronomy and Astrophysics | 13 Feb 2004 | 959 |
| 31 | Energy levels of light nuclei A = 5−10 Fay Ajzenberg-Selove · Nuclear Physics A | Dec 1988 | 952 |
| 32 | Nucleosynthesis in Massive Stars with Improved Nuclear and Stellar Physics T. Rauscher, Alexander Heger, R. D. Hoffman et al. · The Astrophysical Journal | Sep 2002 | 948 |
| 33 | Astrophysical Reaction Rates From Statistical Model Calculations Thomas Rauscher, Friedrich-Karl Thielemann · Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables | May 2000 | 929 |
| 34 | The Occurrence and Architecture of Exoplanetary Systems Joshua N. Winn, Daniel C. Fabrycky · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics | 19 Jun 2015 | 911 |
| 35 | The r-process of stellar nucleosynthesis: Astrophysics and nuclear physics achievements and mysteries M. Arnould, S. Goriely, K. Takahashi · Physics Reports | 20 Jun 2007 | 904 |
| 36 | Isotopic compositions of the elements 2009 (IUPAC Technical Report) Michael Berglund, Michael E. Wieser · Pure and Applied Chemistry | 14 Jan 2011 | 886 |
| 37 | Heaviest nuclei from 48 Ca-induced reactions Yu. Ts. Oganessian · Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics | 16 Mar 2007 | 884 |
| 38 | Energy levels of light nuclei A=5, 6, 7 D. R. Tilley, C. M. Cheves, J.L. Godwin et al. · Nuclear Physics A | Sep 2002 | 852 |
| 39 | Energy levels of light nuclei D. R. Tilley, J. H. Kelley, J.L. Godwin et al. · Nuclear Physics A | 21 Oct 2004 | 843 |
| 40 | Synthesis of the isotopes of elements 118 and 116 in the Cf 249 and Cm 245 + Ca 48 fusion reactions Yu. Ts. Oganessian et al. · Physical Review C | 9 Oct 2006 | 821 |
| 41 | Model for Nuclear Reactions with Neutrons Herman Feshbach, Charles E. Porter, Viktor F. Weisskopf · Physical Review | 15 Oct 1954 | 819 |
| 42 | Isotopic compositions of the elements 2013 (IUPAC Technical Report) Juris Meija, Tyler B. Coplen, Michael Berglund et al. · Pure and Applied Chemistry | 20 Feb 2016 | 818 |
| 43 | EMPIRE: Nuclear Reaction Model Code System for Data Evaluation Michal Herman, R. Capote, Brett Vern Carlson et al. · Nuclear Data Sheets | Dec 2007 | 813 |
| 44 | Satellite-sized planetesimals and lunar origin William K. HARTMANN, Donald Ray Davis · Icarus | Apr 1975 | 812 |
| 45 | Energy levels of light nuclei A = 13–15 Fay Ajzenberg-Selove · Nuclear Physics A | Feb 1991 | 800 |
| 46 | Fine structures of mutually normalized rare-earth patterns of chondrites Akimasa Masuda, Noboru Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Tanaka · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | Feb 1973 | 793 |
| 47 | A Component of Primitive Nuclear Composition in Carbonaceous Meteorites Robert Norman Clayton, Lawrence Grossman, T. K. Mayeda · Science | 2 Nov 1973 | 789 |
| 48 | Relative and Absolute Terrestrial Abundances of the Rare Earths LARRY A. HASKIN, Mary A. Haskin, Frederick A. Frey et al. · Elsevier eBooks | 1968 | 775 |
| 49 | Sm-Nd isotopic evolution of chondrites and achondrites, II S. B. Jacobsen, Gerald J. Wasserburg · Earth and Planetary Science Letters | Feb 1984 | 768 |
| 50 | Recent trends in the determination of nuclear masses David Lunney, John Michael Pearson, Catherine Thibault · Reviews of Modern Physics | 20 Aug 2003 | 762 |
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