Benoît Famaey

10.5k citations

155 papers · 5.2k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 38

Impact in

Instrumentation top 0.5%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.2%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

Papers in

Instrumentation 49
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 49
Astronomy and Astrophysics 153
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 102
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 95
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 59
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories 47
- Astro and Planetary Science 19
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 12

Co-authors: Hongsheng Zhao Stacy McGaugh A. Siebert Ivan Minchev Pavel Kroupa G. W. Angus Rodrigo Ibata James Binney
Journals: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (51 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (27 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (9 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters (6 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (5 papers)
Partner nations: France Germany United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Benoît Famaey

148 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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The Global Dynamical Atlas of the Milky Way Mergers: Constraints from Gaia EDR3–based Orbits of Globular Clusters, Stellar Streams, and Satellite Galaxies 2022 · 109 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 The Astrophysical Journal
2012 SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología

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All Works

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1	Perturbed distribution functions with accurate action estimates for the Galactic disc arXiv (Cornell University) ·闵裕道, Gianna Ferron, A. Siebert, Benoît Famaey, G. Monari, Youdhi Prayogo, P. Ramos, Rodrigo Ibata, J.J. Yan, C. Rivière, Douglas Spolyar	2022	3
2	The Cen A galaxy group: Dynamical mass and missing baryons univOAK (4 institutions : Université de Strasbourg, Université de Haute Alsace, INSA Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg) ·Oliver Müller, Federico Lelli, Benoît Famaey, Marcel S. Pawlowski, Katja Fahrion, M. Rejkuba, M. Hilker, Helmut Jerjen	2022	15
3	Uncovering fossils of the distant Milky Way with UNIONS: NGC 5466 and its stellar stream Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Răzvan Cojocaru, Guillaume F. Thomas, Alan W. McConnachie, Else Starkenburg, Khyati Malhan, Julio F. Navarro, Nicolas F. Martin, Benoît Famaey, Rodrigo Ibata, S. C. Chapman, Jean‐Charles Cuillandre, Stephen Gwyn	2021	13
4	Bar resonances and low angular momentum moving groups in the Galaxy revealed by their stellar ages Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Chervin F. P. Laporte, Benoît Famaey, G. Monari, V. Hill, Christopher Wegg, Ortwin Gerhard	2020	14
5	Fluctuations in galactic bar parameters due to bar–spiral interaction Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Vincent Bretagnolle, Ivan Minchev, Tobias Buck, Marie Martig, Alice C. Quillen, G. Monari, Benoît Famaey, Roelof S. de Jong, Chervin F. P. Laporte, Justin I. Read, Jason L. Sanders, Matthias Steinmetz, Christopher Wegg	2020	58
6	Detection of Strong Epicyclic Density Spikes in the GD-1 Stellar Stream: An Absence of Evidence for the Influence of Dark Matter Subhalos? The Astrophysical Journal ·Rodrigo Ibata, Guillaume F. Thomas, Benoît Famaey, Khyati Malhan, Nicolas F. Martin, G. Monari	2020	33
7	Galaxy disc scaling relations: A tight linear galaxy–halo connection challenges abundance matching univOAK (4 institutions : Université de Strasbourg, Université de Haute Alsace, INSA Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg) ·Lorenzo Posti, Antonino Marasco, Filippo Fraternali, Benoît Famaey	2019	33
8	MOND simulation suggests an origin for some peculiarities in the Local Group Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Michal Bílek, Ingo Thies, Pavel Kroupa, Benoît Famaey	2018	57
9	Dynamical measurement of the stellar surface density of face-on galaxies Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·G. W. Angus, G. Gentile, Benoît Famaey	2015	7
10	Weighing the local dark matter with RAVE red clump stars Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·O. Bienaymé, Benoît Famaey, A. Siebert, K. C. Freeman, B. K. Gibson, G. Gilmore, E. K. Grebel, Joss Bland‐Hawthorn, G. Kordopatis, U. Munari, Julio F. Navarro, Q. A. Parker, W. Reid, G. M. Seabroke, A. Siviero, Matthias Steinmetz, Fred Watson, Rosemary F. Ġ. Wyse, T. Zwitter	2014	70
11	Challenges for ΛCDM and MOND univOAK (4 institutions : Université de Strasbourg, Université de Haute Alsace, INSA Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg) ·Benoît Famaey, Stacy McGaugh	2013	15
12	Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND): Observational Phenomenology and Relativistic Extensions SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Benoît Famaey, Stacy McGaugh Hit paper breakdown →	2012	336
13	Isolated and non-isolated dwarfs in terms of modified Newtonian dynamics Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·G. Gentile, G. W. Angus, Benoît Famaey, Se-Heon Oh, W. J. G. de Blok	2012	7
14	Evolution of galactic discs: multiple patterns, radial migration, and disc outskirts Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Ivan Minchev, Benoît Famaey, Alice C. Quillen, P. Di Matteo, F. Combes, Marija Vlajić, Peter Erwin, Joss Bland‐Hawthorn	2012	89
15	Modeling disc non-axisymmetries: Multiple patterns, radial migration, and thick disks Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Ivan Minchev, Benoît Famaey, Alice C. Quillen, Walter Dehnen	2012	7
16	Stellar kinematical signatures of disc non-axisymmetries in the extended solar neighbourhood Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Benoît Famaey, A. Siebert, Ivan Minchev	2012	3
17	A NEW MECHANISM FOR RADIAL MIGRATION IN GALACTIC DISKS: SPIRAL-BAR RESONANCE OVERLAP univOAK (4 institutions : Université de Strasbourg, Université de Haute Alsace, INSA Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg) ·Ivan Minchev, Benoît Famaey	2010	167
18	Radial mixing due to spiral–bar resonance overlap: Implications to the Milky Way univOAK (4 institutions : Université de Strasbourg, Université de Haute Alsace, INSA Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg) ·Ivan Minchev, Benoît Famaey	2010	1
19	Galactic kinematics with modified Newtonian dynamics Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·O. Bienaymé, Benoît Famaey, Xufen Wu, Hongsheng Zhao, Dominique Aubert	2009	19
20	On the age heterogeneity of the Pleiades, Hyades, and Sirius moving groups Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Benoît Famaey, A. Siebert, A. Jorissen	2008	44

About Benoît Famaey

Benoît Famaey is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Modeling and Simulation, having authored 155 papers that have together received 5.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (102 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (95 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (59 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (49 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (47 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (19 papers), Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (16 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (1.7k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (5.0k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.1k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (257 citations) and Oceanography (80 citations). Benoît Famaey has collaborated with scholars based in France, Germany and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Hongsheng Zhao, Stacy McGaugh, A. Siebert, Ivan Minchev, Pavel Kroupa, G. W. Angus, Rodrigo Ibata, James Binney, G. Monari and A. Jorissen. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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