A. Omont

23.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
182 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

A. Omont is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Omont has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 33 papers in Instrumentation and 24 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in A. Omont's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (118 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (96 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (72 papers). A. Omont is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (118 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (96 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (72 papers). A. Omont collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. A. Omont's co-authors include P. Cox, F. Bertoldi, R. Neri, C. L. Carilli, R. J. Ivison, A. Beelen, R. Genzel, K. M. Menten, T. R. Greve and L. J. Tacconi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

A. Omont

177 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Submillimeter Galaxies atz∼ 2: Evidence for Major Mergers and Constraints on Lifetimes, IMF, and CO‐H₂Conversion Factor

2008 369 citations L. J. Tacconi, R. Genzel et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
An interferometric CO survey of luminous submillimetre galaxies

2005 268 citations T. R. Greve, F. Bertoldi et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
High‐Resolution Millimeter Imaging of Submillimeter Galaxies

2006 261 citations L. J. Tacconi, R. Neri et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
A survey of molecular gas in luminous sub-millimetre galaxies

2013 214 citations Ian Smail, S. C. Chapman et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
A. Omont	6.3k	1.8k	1.4k	1.0k	785	182	7.6k
B. T. Soifer	7.4k 1.2×	1.9k 1.0×	501 0.4×	1.1k 1.1×	426 0.5×	175	7.6k
Carlos A. Iglesias	4.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	2.3k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	377 0.5×	133	7.0k
M. W. Werner	6.1k 1.0×	790 0.4×	511 0.4×	520 0.5×	774 1.0×	292	6.5k
Blair D. Savage	11.4k 1.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	1.8k 1.7×	1.1k 1.5×	218	12.2k
D. Saumon	5.5k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	272 0.3×	417 0.5×	110	6.9k
E. E. Becklin	7.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	558 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	697 0.9×	241	7.4k
M. Morris	12.2k 1.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	2.9k 2.9×	1.0k 1.3×	398	12.7k
C. Henkel	6.9k 1.1×	707 0.4×	771 0.5×	1.4k 1.4×	1.5k 1.9×	386	7.5k
P. Cox	6.5k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	376 0.3×	864 0.9×	555 0.7×	142	6.7k
B. Zuckerman	11.3k 1.8×	2.4k 1.4×	1.3k 0.9×	213 0.2×	1.5k 1.9×	300	12.1k

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Omont, A. & Holger F. Bettinger. (2025). Carbon accretion and desorption by interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 696. A180–A180. 1 indexed citations

Müller, S., Romane Le Gal, E. Roueff, et al.. (2024). Protonated acetylene in the z = 0.89 molecular absorber toward PKS 1830-211. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 683. A62–A62. 5 indexed citations

Dai, Y. Sophia, A. Omont, Daizhong Liu, et al.. (2024). Dust and Cold Gas Properties of Starburst HyLIRG Quasars at z ∼ 2.5. The Astrophysical Journal. 964(2). 136–136. 1 indexed citations

Noterdaeme, P., S. A. Balashev, F. Combes, et al.. (2021). Remarkably high mass and velocity dispersion of molecular gas associated with a regular, absorption-selected type I quasar. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 5 indexed citations

Omont, A. & Holger F. Bettinger. (2021). Intermediate-size fullerenes as degradation products of interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 13 indexed citations

Omont, A., et al.. (2020). Energetics of Formation of Cyclacenes from 2,3‐Didehydroacenes and Implications for Astrochemistry. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(14). 4605–4616. 15 indexed citations

Omont, A., Holger F. Bettinger, & Christina Tönshoff. (2019). Polyacenes and diffuse interstellar bands. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 30 indexed citations

Tan, Qinghua, Yu Gao, Kotaro Kohno, et al.. (2019). Resolving the Interstellar Medium in Ultraluminous Infrared QSO Hosts with ALMA. The Astrophysical Journal. 887(1). 24–24. 16 indexed citations

Marques-Chaves, R., I. Pérez‐Fournon, M. Villar-Martı́n, et al.. (2019). Discovery of a giant and luminous Lyα+C IV+He II nebula at z = 3.326 with extreme emission line ratios. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 629. A23–A23. 8 indexed citations

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Gullberg, B., M. D. Lehnert, C. De Breuck, et al.. (2016). ALMA finds dew drops in the dusty spider’s web. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 591. A73–A73. 28 indexed citations

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Immer, K., F. Schüller, A. Omont, & K. M. Menten. (2012). Recent star formation in the inner Galactic bulge seen by ISOGAL. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 30 indexed citations

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Fiolet, N., A. Omont, G. Lagache, et al.. (2010). Mid-infrared spectroscopy ofSpitzer-selected ultra-luminous starbursts atz ~ 2. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 524. A33–A33. 17 indexed citations

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Greve, T. R., F. Bertoldi, Ian Smail, et al.. (2005). An interferometric CO survey of luminous submillimetre galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 359(3). 1165–1183. 268 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schultheis, M., A. Lançon, A. Omont, F. Schüller, & D. K. Ojha. (2003). Near-IR spectra of ISOGAL sources in the inner Galactic Bulge. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations

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Omont, A., P. Cox, S. H. Moseley, et al.. (1995). Mid- and far-infrared emission bands in C-rich proto-planetary nebulae. 73. 413–418. 1 indexed citations

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Loup, C., T. Forveille, A. Omont, & Jean‐François Paul. (1993). CO and HCN observations of circumstellar envelopes. A catalogue―mass loss rates and distributions. Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series. 99(2). 291–377. 20 indexed citations

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Walmsley, C. M., et al.. (1990). 1.3 MM continuum emission from circumstellar envelopes.. 248(2). 155–157. 4 indexed citations

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Mennessier, M. O. & A. Omont. (1990). From Miras to planetary nebulae : which path for stellar evolution ? : Montpellier, France - September 4-7, 1989. 15 indexed citations

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Omont, A., et al.. (1979). Transitions in LAMBDA -doublets of molecules induced by collisions with ions. II.. Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series. 38. 101–118. 1 indexed citations

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Omont, A., E. W. Smith, & J. Cooper. (1973). Redistribution of resonance radiation. II - The effect of magnetic fields.. The Astrophysical Journal. 182. 1 indexed citations

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