| Core condensation in heavy halos: a two-stage theory for galaxy formation and clustering SDM White, MJ Rees Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 183 (3), 341-358, 1978 | 5582 | 1978 |
| The Swift gamma-ray burst mission N Gehrels, G Chincarini, PE Giommi, KO Mason, JA Nousek, AA Wells, ... The Astrophysical Journal 611 (2), 1005, 2004 | 5153 | 2004 |
| Quasars and galaxy formation J Silk, MJ Rees arXiv preprint astro-ph/9801013, 1998 | 3054 | 1998 |
| Formation of galaxies and large-scale structure with cold dark matter GR Blumenthal, SM Faber, JR Primack, MJ Rees Nature 311 (5986), 517-525, 1984 | 2793 | 1984 |
| Theory of extragalactic radio sources MC Begelman, RD Blandford, MJ Rees Reviews of Modern Physics 56 (2), 255, 1984 | 2641 | 1984 |
| Massive black hole binaries in active galactic nuclei MC Begelman, RD Blandford, MJ Rees Nature 287 (5780), 307-309, 1980 | 2341 | 1980 |
| Black hole models for active galactic nuclei MJ Rees IN: Annual review of astronomy and astrophysics. Volume 22. Palo Alto, CA …, 1984 | 2331 | 1984 |
| X-ray fluorescence from the inner disc in Cygnus X-1 AC Fabian, MJ Rees, L Stella, NE White Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 238 (3), 729-736, 1989 | 1942 | 1989 |
| Tidal disruption of stars by black holes of 106–108 solar masses in nearby galaxies MJ Rees Nature 333 (6173), 523-528, 1988 | 1855 | 1988 |
| Unsteady outflow models for cosmological gamma-ray bursts MJ Rees, P Mészáros arXiv preprint astro-ph/9404038, 1994 | 1746 | 1994 |
| Comptonization of diffuse ambient radiation by a relativistic jet: The source of gamma rays from blazars? M Sikora, MC Begelman, MJ Rees Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 421, no. 1, p. 153-162 …, 1994 | 1745 | 1994 |
| Optical and long-wavelength afterglow from gamma-ray bursts P Mészáros, MJ Rees The Astrophysical Journal 476 (1), 232, 1997 | 1544 | 1997 |
| Cooling, dynamics and fragmentation of massive gas clouds: clues to the masses and radii of galaxies and clusters MJ Rees, JP Ostriker Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 179 (4), 541-559, 1977 | 1505 | 1977 |
| A ‘twin-exhaust’model for double radio sources RD Blandford, MJ Rees Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 169 (3), 395-415, 1974 | 1430 | 1974 |
| Relativistic fireballs: energy conversion and time-scales MJ Rees, P Mészáros Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 258 (1), 41P-43P, 1992 | 1319 | 1992 |
| Ion-supported tori and the origin of radio jets MJ Rees, MC Begelman, RD Blandford, ES Phinney Nature 295 (5844), 17-21, 1982 | 1217 | 1982 |
| Massive black holes as population III remnants P Madau, MJ Rees The Astrophysical Journal 551 (1), L27, 2001 | 1214 | 2001 |
| How small were the first cosmological objects? M Tegmark, J Silk, MJ Rees, A Blanchard, T Abel, F Palla The Astrophysical Journal 474 (1), 1, 1997 | 1095 | 1997 |
| Dynamical effects of the cosmological constant O Lahav, PB Lilje, JR Primack, MJ Rees Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 251 (1), 128-136, 1991 | 1051 | 1991 |
| Formation of supermassive black holes by direct collapse in pre-galactic haloes MC Begelman, M Volonteri, MJ Rees Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 370 (1), 289-298, 2006 | 1003 | 2006 |