| Multi-messenger observations of a binary neutron star merger BP Abbott | 3573 | 2017 |
| A kilonova as the electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave source SJ Smartt, TW Chen, A Jerkstrand, M Coughlin, E Kankare, SA Sim, ... Nature 551 (7678), 75-79, 2017 | 845 | 2017 |
| A giant outburst two years before the core-collapse of a massive star A Pastorello, SJ Smartt, S Mattila, JJ Eldridge, D Young, K Itagaki, ... Nature 447 (7146), 829-832, 2007 | 432 | 2007 |
| PESSTO: survey description and products from the first data release by the Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects SJ Smartt, S Valenti, M Fraser, C Inserra, DR Young, M Sullivan, ... Astronomy & Astrophysics 579, A40, 2015 | 349 | 2015 |
| Rapidly evolving and luminous transients from Pan-STARRS1 MR Drout, R Chornock, AM Soderberg, NE Sanders, R McKinnon, A Rest, ... The Astrophysical Journal 794 (1), 23, 2014 | 325 | 2014 |
| Slowly fading super-luminous supernovae that are not pair-instability explosions M Nicholl, SJ Smartt, A Jerkstrand, C Inserra, M McCrum, R Kotak, ... Nature 502 (7471), 346-349, 2013 | 309 | 2013 |
| Ultra-bright optical transients are linked with type Ic supernovae A Pastorello, SJ Smartt, MT Botticella, K Maguire, M Fraser, K Smith, ... The Astrophysical Journal Letters 724 (1), L16, 2010 | 293 | 2010 |
| Supernova 2002bo: inadequacy of the single parameter description S Benetti, P Meikle, M Stehle, G Altavilla, S Desidera, G Folatelli, ... Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 348 (1), 261-278, 2004 | 255 | 2004 |
| Interacting supernovae and supernova impostors: SN 2009ip, is this the end? A Pastorello, E Cappellaro, C Inserra, SJ Smartt, G Pignata, S Benetti, ... The Astrophysical Journal 767 (1), 1, 2013 | 253 | 2013 |
| The superluminous transient ASASSN-15lh as a tidal disruption event from a Kerr black hole G Leloudas, M Fraser, NC Stone, S van Velzen, PG Jonker, I Arcavi, ... Nature Astronomy 1 (1), 0002, 2016 | 222 | 2016 |
| Detection of a red supergiant progenitor star of a type II-plateau supernova SJ Smartt, JR Maund, MA Hendry, CA Tout, GF Gilmore, S Mattila, ... Science 303 (5657), 499-503, 2004 | 222 | 2004 |
| Dust and the type II-Plateau supernova 2004et R Kotak, WPS Meikle, D Farrah, CL Gerardy, RJ Foley, SD Van Dyk, ... The Astrophysical Journal 704 (1), 306, 2009 | 216 | 2009 |
| SN 2008S: an electron-capture SN from a super-AGB progenitor? MT Botticella, A Pastorello, SJ Smartt, WPS Meikle, S Benetti, R Kotak, ... Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 398 (3), 1041-1068, 2009 | 213 | 2009 |
| High-velocity features: A ubiquitous property of type Ia supernovae PA Mazzali, S Benetti, G Altavilla, G Blanc, E Cappellaro, N Elias-Rosa, ... The Astrophysical Journal 623 (1), L37, 2005 | 212 | 2005 |
| SN 2003du: 480 days in the life of a normal type Ia supernova V Stanishev, A Goobar, S Benetti, R Kotak, G Pignata, H Navasardyan, ... Astronomy & Astrophysics 469 (2), 645-661, 2007 | 204 | 2007 |
| High-density circumstellar interaction in the luminous type IIn SN 2010jl: the first 1100 days C Fransson, M Ergon, PJ Challis, RA Chevalier, K France, RP Kirshner, ... The Astrophysical Journal 797 (2), 118, 2014 | 202 | 2014 |
| Toward characterization of the type IIP supernova progenitor population: a statistical sample of light curves from Pan-STARRS1 NE Sanders, AM Soderberg, S Gezari, M Betancourt, R Chornock, ... The Astrophysical Journal 799 (2), 208, 2015 | 200 | 2015 |
| Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium–I. Type Ibn (SN 2006jc-like) events A Pastorello, S Mattila, L Zampieri, M Della Valle, SJ Smartt, S Valenti, ... Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 389 (1), 113-130, 2008 | 193 | 2008 |
| Two type Ic supernovae in low-metallicity, dwarf galaxies: diversity of explosions DR Young, SJ Smartt, S Valenti, A Pastorello, S Benetti, CR Benn, ... Astronomy & Astrophysics 512, A70, 2010 | 177 | 2010 |
| Superluminous supernovae from PESSTO M Nicholl, SJ Smartt, A Jerkstrand, C Inserra, JP Anderson, C Baltay, ... Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 444 (3), 2096-2113, 2014 | 174 | 2014 |
