!!Ralph Wijers - Selected Publications
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__Research Papers [[numbers of citations to the papers according to NASA ADS are given in square parentheses]:__\\
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[[1] Bhattacharya, D., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Hartman, J.W., and Verbunt, F. 1992, On the decay of the magnetic fields of single radio pulsars, Astronomy&Astrophysixcs, 254, 198 [[212]\\
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[[2] Wijers, R.A.M.J., Rees, M.J., and M ́esza ́ros, P. 1997, Shocked by GRB 970228: the afterglow of a cosmological fireball, MNRAS Lett., 288, L51 [[368]\\
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[[3] Galama, T.J., ...., Wijers, R.A.M.J., et al. 1998, An unusual supernova in the error box of the γ-ray burst of 25 April 1998, Nature, 395, 670  [[1394]\\
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[[4] Wijers, R.A.M.J., Bloom, J.S., Bagla, J.S., and Natarajan, P. 1998, Gamma-ray bursts from stellar remnants - Probing the universe at high redshift, MNRAS Lett., 294, L13  [[250]\\
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[[5] Wijers, R.A.M.J. and Galama, T.J. 1999, Physical Parameters of GRB 970508 and GRB 971214 from Their Afterglow Synchrotron Emission, Astrophysical J, 523, 177  [[343]\\
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[[6] Gehrels, N, ...., Wijers, R.A.M.J., et al. 2005, A short γ-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.225, Nature, 437, 851  [[445]\\
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[[7] Tanvir, N.R., ...., Wijers, R.A.M.J., et al. 2009, A gamma-ray burst at redshift z∼8.2, Nature, 461, 1254  [[443]\\
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[[Papers [[1] to [[5] and [[8] were key in establishing the international recognition of the candidate]\\
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__Important Review:__\\
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[[8]  Van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C. and Wijers, R.A.M.J., "Gamma-ray Burst Afterglows", 2000, Annual Reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 38: 379-425. [[282]\\
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__Book:__\\
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[[9] Kouveliotou, C., Wijers, R.A.M.J. and Woosley, S. (editors), 2012, "Gamma-ray Bursts", Cambridge University Press, 344 pp.\\
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__Numbers of publications and citations:__\\
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__NASA-ADS lists: __

*424 scientific publications, of which 255 refereed.\\
*18 800 citations;  45 papers with > 100 citations.\\
*h-index = 70\\
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(Google-Scholar gives: 25 700 citations and h = 81).
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Of the refereed publications, 12 appeared in Nature and one in Science. \\
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