| Ultraluminous X-ray sources P Kaaret, H Feng, TP Roberts Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 55, 303-341, 2017 | 496 | 2017 |
| The ultraluminous state JC Gladstone, TP Roberts, C Done Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 397 (4), 1836-1851, 2009 | 487 | 2009 |
| A Chandra perspective on galaxy-wide X-ray binary emission and its correlation with star formation rate and stellar mass: new results from luminous infrared galaxies BD Lehmer, DM Alexander, FE Bauer, WN Brandt, AD Goulding, ... The Astrophysical Journal 724 (1), 559, 2010 | 366 | 2010 |
| XMM–Newton observations of the brightest ultraluminous X-ray sources AM Stobbart, TP Roberts, J Wilms Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 368 (1), 397-413, 2006 | 325 | 2006 |
| A ROSAT High Resolution Imager survey of bright nearby galaxies TP Roberts, RS Warwick Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 315 (1), 98-114, 2000 | 278 | 2000 |
| The ultraluminous state revisited: fractional variability and spectral shape as diagnostics of super-Eddington accretion AD Sutton, TP Roberts, MJ Middleton Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 435 (2), 1758-1775, 2013 | 238 | 2013 |
| X-ray observations of ultraluminous X-ray sources TP Roberts Astrophysics and Space Science 311 (1), 203-212, 2007 | 206 | 2007 |
| 2XMM ultraluminous X-ray source candidates in nearby galaxies DJ Walton, TP Roberts, S Mateos, V Heard Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 416 (3), 1844-1861, 2011 | 191 | 2011 |
| Low-metallicity natal environments and black hole masses in ultraluminous X-ray sources L Zampieri, TP Roberts Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society 400 (2), 677-686, 2009 | 190 | 2009 |
| The XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey-I. The role of XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre MG Watson, JL Auguères, J Ballet, X Barcons, D Barret, M Boer, T Boller, ... Astronomy & Astrophysics 365 (1), L51-L59, 2001 | 182 | 2001 |
| A spectral-timing model for ULXs in the supercritical regime MJ Middleton, L Heil, F Pintore, DJ Walton, TP Roberts Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 447 (4), 3243-3263, 2015 | 181 | 2015 |
| The orbital period of the Wolf-Rayet binary IC 10 X-1: dynamic evidence that the compact object is a black hole AH Prestwich, R Kilgard, PA Crowther, S Carpano, AMT Pollock, A Zezas, ... The Astrophysical Journal 669 (1), L21, 2007 | 177 | 2007 |
| The most extreme ultraluminous X-ray sources: evidence for intermediate-mass black holes? AD Sutton, TP Roberts, DJ Walton, JC Gladstone, AE Scott Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 423 (2), 1154-1177, 2012 | 166 | 2012 |
| The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey-II. First results from the AXIS high galactic latitude medium sensitivity survey X Barcons, FJ Carrera, MG Watson, RG McMahon, B Aschenbach, ... Astronomy & Astrophysics 382 (2), 522-536, 2002 | 154* | 2002 |
| The discovery of weak coherent pulsations in the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 1313 X-2 R Sathyaprakash, TP Roberts, DJ Walton, F Fuerst, M Bachetti, C Pinto, ... Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 488 (1), L35-L40, 2019 | 140 | 2019 |
| Discovery of a 2.8 s pulsar in a 2 day orbit high-mass X-ray binary powering the ultraluminous X-ray source ULX-7 in M51 GAR Castillo, GL Israel, A Belfiore, F Bernardini, P Esposito, F Pintore, ... The Astrophysical Journal 895 (1), 60, 2020 | 138 | 2020 |
| Bright radio emission from an ultraluminous stellar-mass microquasar in M 31 MJ Middleton, JCA Miller-Jones, S Markoff, R Fender, M Henze, ... Nature 493 (7431), 187-190, 2013 | 133 | 2013 |
| Ultra-luminous X-Ray sources in the most metal poor galaxies AH Prestwich, M Tsantaki, A Zezas, F Jackson, TP Roberts, R Foltz, ... The Astrophysical Journal 769 (2), 92, 2013 | 131 | 2013 |
| XMM-Newton observations of NGC 253: Resolving the emission components in the disk and nuclear area W Pietsch, TP Roberts, M Sako, MJ Freyberg, AM Read, KN Borozdin, ... Astronomy & Astrophysics 365 (1), L174-L180, 2001 | 130 | 2001 |
| A systematic study of variability in a sample of ultraluminous X-ray sources LM Heil, S Vaughan, TP Roberts Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 397 (2), 1061-1072, 2009 | 127 | 2009 |
