Björn Benneke

8.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
62 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Björn Benneke is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Björn Benneke has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 25 papers in Instrumentation and 8 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Björn Benneke's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (56 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (34 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (26 papers). Björn Benneke is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (56 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (34 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (26 papers). Björn Benneke collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Björn Benneke's co-authors include Sara Seager, Drake Deming, D. Homeier, Heather A. Knutson, Laura Kreidberg, Kevin B. Stevenson, Jean-Michel Désert, Jacob L. Bean, Andreas Seifahrt and Zachory K. Berta-Thompson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Björn Benneke

54 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Clouds in the atmosphere of the super-Earth exoplanet GJ 1214b

2013 486 citations Laura Kreidberg, Jacob L. Bean et al. Nature profile →
A map of the large day–night temperature gradient of a super-Earth exoplanet

2016 148 citations Brice-Olivier Demory, M. Gillon et al. Nature profile →
Promise and Peril: Stellar Contamination and Strict Limits on the Atmosphere Composition of TRAPPIST-1 c from JWST NIRISS Transmission Spectra

2025 22 citations Michael Radica, Caroline Piaulet et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Björn Benneke United States	23	2.1k	594	494	289	123	62	2.3k
Caroline Morley United States	30	2.3k 1.1×	648 1.1×	579 1.2×	260 0.9×	87 0.7×	97	2.5k
Eliza M.-R. Kempton United States	28	2.1k 1.0×	517 0.9×	555 1.1×	254 0.9×	88 0.7×	82	2.3k
P. Mollière Germany	25	1.8k 0.8×	375 0.6×	434 0.9×	300 1.0×	119 1.0×	68	2.0k
Ian J. M. Crossfield United States	27	2.5k 1.2×	739 1.2×	364 0.7×	192 0.7×	91 0.7×	82	2.7k
Hannah R. Wakeford United States	27	1.9k 0.9×	661 1.1×	437 0.9×	255 0.9×	100 0.8×	79	2.1k
Michael R. Line United States	31	2.4k 1.1×	596 1.0×	708 1.4×	410 1.4×	141 1.1×	80	2.6k
Ernst de Mooij United Kingdom	26	2.1k 1.0×	704 1.2×	405 0.8×	391 1.4×	134 1.1×	63	2.3k
Emmanuël Jehin Belgium	27	2.6k 1.2×	511 0.9×	441 0.9×	259 0.9×	70 0.6×	145	2.7k
Vivien Parmentier United States	36	2.9k 1.4×	670 1.1×	710 1.4×	297 1.0×	149 1.2×	100	3.2k
Matteo Brogi Netherlands	22	1.8k 0.8×	554 0.9×	442 0.9×	456 1.6×	104 0.8×	60	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Björn Benneke

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All Works

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Artigau, Étienne, Nicolas B. Cowan, Ben Burningham, et al.. (2025). Mapping Atmospheric Features of the Planetary-mass Brown Dwarf SIMP 0136 with JWST NIRISS. The Astrophysical Journal. 993(2). 237–237.

Benneke, Björn, et al.. (2025). Uniform Reanalysis of JWST MIRI 15 μm Exoplanet Eclipse Observations Using Frame-normalized Principal Component Analysis. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 989(1). L11–L11. 1 indexed citations

Cadieux, Charles, Caroline Piaulet, René Doyon, et al.. (2025). Detailed Architecture of the L 98-59 System and Confirmation of a Fifth Planet in the Habitable Zone. The Astronomical Journal. 170(3). 154–154.

Chachan, Yayaati, Joshua D. Lothringer, Julie Inglis, et al.. (2025). Strong NUV Refractory Absorption and Dissociated Water in the Hubble Transmission Spectrum of the Ultra Hot Jupiter KELT-20 b. The Astronomical Journal. 170(4). 234–234.

Radica, Michael, Caroline Piaulet, Jake Taylor, et al.. (2025). Promise and Peril: Stellar Contamination and Strict Limits on the Atmosphere Composition of TRAPPIST-1 c from JWST NIRISS Transmission Spectra. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 979(1). L5–L5. 22 indexed citations breakdown →

Welbanks, Luis, Matthew C. Nixon, Peter McGill, et al.. (2025). Challenges in the detection of gases in exoplanet atmospheres. Nature Astronomy. 10(2). 234–247.

Coulombe, Louis-Philippe, Pierre-Alexis Roy, & Björn Benneke. (2024). Biases in Exoplanet Transmission Spectra Introduced by Limb-darkening Parametrization. The Astronomical Journal. 168(5). 227–227. 7 indexed citations

Agol, Eric, Natalie H. Allen, Björn Benneke, et al.. (2024). Updated Forecast for TRAPPIST-1 Times of Transit for All Seven Exoplanets Incorporating JWST Data. Research Notes of the AAS. 8(10). 274–274. 1 indexed citations

Pelletier, Stefan, Björn Benneke, Yayaati Chachan, et al.. (2024). CRIRES⁺ and ESPRESSO Reveal an Atmosphere Enriched in Volatiles Relative to Refractories on the Ultrahot Jupiter WASP-121b. The Astronomical Journal. 169(1). 10–10. 11 indexed citations

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Brande, Jonathan, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Laura Kreidberg, et al.. (2024). Clouds and Clarity: Revisiting Atmospheric Feature Trends in Neptune-size Exoplanets. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 961(1). L23–L23. 22 indexed citations

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Brady, Madison, Jacob L. Bean, Andreas Seifahrt, et al.. (2023). Measuring the Obliquities of the TRAPPIST-1 Planets with MAROON-X. The Astronomical Journal. 165(3). 129–129. 8 indexed citations

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Howard, Ward S., Adam F. Kowalski, Laura Flagg, et al.. (2023). Characterizing the Near-infrared Spectra of Flares from TRAPPIST-1 during JWST Transit Spectroscopy Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 959(1). 64–64. 22 indexed citations

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Roy, Pierre-Alexis, Björn Benneke, Caroline Piaulet, et al.. (2023). Water Absorption in the Transmission Spectrum of the Water World Candidate GJ 9827 d. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 954(2). L52–L52. 17 indexed citations

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Wong, Ian, Avi Shporer, Shreyas Vissapragada, et al.. (2022). TESS Revisits WASP-12: Updated Orbital Decay Rate and Constraints on Atmospheric Variability. The Astronomical Journal. 163(4). 175–175. 25 indexed citations

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Brande, Jonathan, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Laura Kreidberg, et al.. (2022). A Mirage or an Oasis? Water Vapor in the Atmosphere of the Warm Neptune TOI-674 b. The Astronomical Journal. 164(5). 197–197. 7 indexed citations

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Roy, Pierre-Alexis, Björn Benneke, Caroline Piaulet, et al.. (2022). Is the Hot, Dense Sub-Neptune TOI-824 b an Exposed Neptune Mantle? Spitzer Detection of the Hot Dayside and Reanalysis of the Interior Composition. The Astrophysical Journal. 941(1). 89–89. 6 indexed citations

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Pelletier, Stefan, et al.. (2021). Primary Velocity and Orbital Phase Effects on Planetary Detectability from Small Epoch Number Data Sets. The Astronomical Journal. 162(1). 26–26. 1 indexed citations

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Deming, Drake, Avi M. Mandell, Heather A. Knutson, et al.. (2019). Arizona State University Library Digital Repository (Arizona State University). 61 indexed citations

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Line, Michael R., Heather A. Knutson, Björn Benneke, et al.. (2018). Ground- and Space-based Detection of the Thermal Emission Spectrum of the Transiting Hot Jupiter KELT-2Ab. The Astronomical Journal. 156(3). 133–133. 27 indexed citations

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Demory, Brice-Olivier, M. Gillon, Julien de Wit, et al.. (2016). A map of the large day–night temperature gradient of a super-Earth exoplanet. Nature. 532(7598). 207–209. 148 indexed citations breakdown →

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