2026 Paul A. Crowther: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	89	2340	2227	204	196	472	24671

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Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

Paul A. Crowther is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily encompasses the field of Physics and Astronomy, with extensive work in several specialized subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Spectroscopy.

Their work addresses a range of scientific topics that include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; Astronomy and Astrophysical Research; Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies; Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation; Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae; Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations; and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing.

Paul A. Crowther has contributed to numerous publications, frequently published in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and The Astrophysical Journal.

Among their recent papers are the following:

The R136 star cluster dissected with Hubble Space Telescope/STIS - II. Physical properties of the most massive stars in R136 (2020), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The R136 star cluster dissected with Hubble Space Telescope/STIS (2022), published in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Unlocking Galactic Wolf-Rayet stars with Gaia DR2 - I. Distances and absolute magnitudes (2020), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
An X-ray-quiet black hole born with a negligible kick in a massive binary within the Large Magellanic Cloud (2022), published in Nature Astronomy

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Paul A. Crowther include:

J. S. Vink
T. Shenar
J. M. Bestenlehner
A. A. C. Sander
H. Sana

Paul A. Crowther's contributions have been recognized with the award of Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2017.

Best Publications

Physical Properties of Wolf-Rayet Stars

Paul A. Crowther

921
Citations
The R136 star cluster hosts several stars whose individual masses greatly exceed the accepted 150 Msun stellar mass limit

Paul A Crowther;Olivier Schnurr;Raphael Hirschi;Norhasliza Yusof

699
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The R136 star cluster hosts several stars whose individual masses greatly exceed the accepted 150 M⊙ stellar mass limit

Paul A. Crowther;Olivier Schnurr;Raphael Hirschi;Raphael Hirschi;Norhasliza Yusof

614
Citations
Realistic ionizing fluxes for young stellar populations from 0.05 to 2 Z

Linda J. Smith;Richard P. F. Norris;Paul A. Crowther

598
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Realistic Ionizing Fluxes for Young Stellar Populations from 0.05 to twice solar metallicity

Linda J. Smith;Richard P. F. Norris;Paul A. Crowther

561
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The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey I: Introduction and observational overview

C. J. Evans;W. D. Taylor;V. Henault-Brunet;H. Sana

407
Citations
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. VIII. Multiplicity properties of the O-type star population

H. Sana;A. de Koter;A. de Koter;S.E. de Mink;S.E. de Mink;P.R. Dunstall

386
Citations
Physical parameters and wind properties of galactic early B supergiants

P. A. Crowther;D. J. Lennon;N. R. Walborn

363
Citations
A Neutron Star with a Massive Progenitor in Westerlund 1

M. P. Muno;J. S. Clark;P. A. Crowther;S. M. Dougherty

347
Citations
On the massive stellar population of the super star cluster Westerlund 1

J.S. Clark;I. Negueruela;P.A. Crowther;S.P. Goodwin

339
Citations
The empirical metallicity dependence of the mass-loss rate of O- and early B-type stars

M.R. Mokiem;A. De Koter;J.S. Vink;J. Puls

333
Citations
A FUSE Survey of Interstellar Molecular Hydrogen in the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds

Jason Tumlinson;J. Michael Shull;Brian L. Rachford;Matthew K. Browning

324
Citations
A NEUTRON STAR WITH A MASSIVE PROGENITOR IN WESTERLUND 1

Michael P. Muno;J. Simon Clark;Paul A. Crowther;Sean M. Dougherty

299
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The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey: I. Introduction and observational overview⋆

Chris Evans;W. D. Taylor;V. Hénault-brunet;H. Sana

293
Citations
Puzzling accretion onto a black hole in the ultraluminous X-ray source M 101 ULX-1

Ji Feng Liu;Joel N. Bregman;Yu Bai;Stephen Justham

282
Citations
A Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Survey of Interstellar Molecular Hydrogen in the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds

Jason Tumlinson;J. Michael Shull;J. Michael Shull;Brian L. Rachford;Matthew K. Browning

275
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Quantitative classification of WC and WO stars

P. A. Crowther;Orsola De Marco;M. J. Barlow

271
Citations
Stellar and Wind Properties of LMC WC4 stars - A metallicity dependence for Wolf-Rayet mass-loss rates

Paul A. Crowther;Luc Dessart;D. John Hillier;Jay B. Abbott

266
Citations
Revised Stellar Temperatures for Magellanic Cloud O Supergiants from FUSE and VLT-UVES Spectroscopy

P. A. Crowther;D. J. Hillier;C. J. Evans;A. W. Fullerton

261
Citations
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey XIX. B-type Supergiants - Atmospheric Parameters and Nitrogen Abundances to Investigate the Role of Binarity and the Width of the Main Sequence

C. M. McEvoy;P. L. Dufton;C. J. Evans;V. M. Kalari;V. M. Kalari

71
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