2026 Alberto J. Castro-Tirado: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	93	2036	1933	31	31	1362	33084

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Physics

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1933

1362

33084

Overview

Alberto J. Castro-Tirado is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans extensive work in Physics and Astronomy, with a primary focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. They have contributed broadly to several related subfields, including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics explored in their body of work include:

Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Astro and Planetary Science
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Alberto J. Castro-Tirado has collaborated frequently with several co-authors. The most frequent include:

Y. D. Hu (41 joint publications)
M. D. Caballero-García (33 joint publications)
Rahul Gupta (25 joint publications)
Amar Aryan (22 joint publications)
R. Sánchez-Ramírez (18 joint publications)

The scientist has an extensive record of publishing their research findings mainly in a few core venues. These include:

arXiv (Cornell University) - 33 publications
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - 15 publications
Astronomy and Astrophysics - 12 publications
The Astrophysical Journal - 9 publications
The Astrophysical Journal Letters - 8 publications

Prominent recent papers authored or co-authored by Alberto J. Castro-Tirado include:

"A nearby long gamma-ray burst from a merger of compact objects," 2022, Nature
"GROWTH on S190814bv: Deep Synoptic Limits on the Optical/Near-infrared Counterpart to a Neutron Star-Black Hole Merger," 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
"A lanthanide-rich kilonova in the aftermath of a long gamma-ray burst," 2024, Nature
"A Search for Extragalactic Fast Blue Optical Transients in ZTF and the Rate of AT2018cow-like Transients," 2023, The Astrophysical Journal
"The THESEUS space mission: science goals, requirements and mission concept," 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

A very energetic supernova associated with the |[gamma]|-ray burst of 29 March 2003

Jens Hjorth;Jesper Sollerman;Palle Møller;Johan P. U. Fynbo

1862
Citations
Long γ-ray bursts and core-collapse supernovae have different environments

A. S. Fruchter;A. J. Levan;A. J. Levan;A. J. Levan;L. Strolger;L. Strolger;P. M. Vreeswijk

1075
Citations
Spectroscopic identification of r-process nucleosynthesis in a double neutron star merger

E. Pian;P. D'Avanzo;S. Benetti;M. Branchesi

920
Citations
A γ-ray burst at a redshift of z ≈ 8.2

N. R. Tanvir;D. B. Fox;A. J. Levan;E. Berger

854
Citations
Broadband observations of the naked-eye gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B

J. L. Racusin;S. V. Karpov;M. Sokolowski;J. Granot

708
Citations
An optical supernova associated with the X-ray flash XRF 060218.

E. Pian;E. Pian;P. A. Mazzali;N. Masetti;P. Ferrero

680
Citations
JEM-X: The X-ray monitor aboard INTEGRAL ?

N. Lund;C. Budtz-Jørgensen;N. J. Westergaard;S. Brandt

588
Citations
Low-Resolution Spectroscopy of Gamma-ray Burst Optical Afterglows: Biases in the Swift Sample and Characterization of the Absorbers

J. P. U. Fynbo;P. Jakobsson;J. X. Prochaska;D. Malesani

578
Citations
The Afterglows of Swift-era Gamma-ray Bursts. I. Comparing pre-Swift and Swift-era Long/Soft (Type II) GRB Optical Afterglows

D. A. Kann;S. Klose;B. Zhang;D. Malesani

459
Citations
Low-resolution Spectroscopy of Gamma-ray Burst Optical Afterglows: Biases in the Swift Sample and Characterization of the Absorbers

J. P. U. Fynbo;J. P. U. Fynbo;P. Jakobsson;J. X. Prochaska;D. Malesani

445
Citations
An Extremely Luminous Panchromatic Outburst from the Nucleus of a Distant Galaxy

A. J. Levan;N. R. Tanvir;S. B. Cenko;D. A. Perley

398
Citations
A Mean Redshift of 2.8 for Swift gamma - ray bursts

P Jakobsson;A Levan;A Levan;Jpu Fynbo;R Priddey

396
Citations
A mean redshift of 2.8 for Swift gamma-ray bursts

P. Jakobsson;A. Levan;J. P. U. Fynbo;R. Priddey

365
Citations
Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

352
Citations
The host of GRB 030323 at z=3.372: A very high column density DLA system with a low metallicity

P.M. Vreeswijk;S.L. Ellison;S.L. Ellison;C. Ledoux;R.A.M.J. Wijers

316
Citations
GRS 1915+105

A. J. Castro-Tirado;Søren Brandt;Niels Lund

300
Citations
Evidence for Spin and Energy Extraction in a Galactic Black Hole Candidate: The XMM-Newton/EPIC-pn Spectrum of XTE J1650-500

J. M. Miller;A. C. Fabian;R. Wijnands;C. S. Reynolds

298
Citations
Prompt and Delayed Emission Properties of Gamma-Ray Bursts Observed with BeppoSAX

F. Frontera;L. Amati;E. Costa;J. M. Muller

296
Citations
Evidence of Spin and Energy Extraction in a Galactic Black Hole Candidate: The XMM-Newton/EPIC-pn Spectrum of XTE J1650-500

J.M. Miller;A.C. Fabian;R.A.D. Wijnands;C.S. Reynolds

262
Citations
THE AFTERGLOW OF GRB 130427A FROM 1 TO 10(16) GHz

D. A. Perley;S. B. Cenko;S. B. Cenko;S. B. Cenko;A. Corsi;N. R. Tanvir

258
Citations