C. Hellier

14.7k citations

147 papers · 4.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 36

Impact in

Instrumentation top 0.5%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Papers in ⓘ

Instrumentation 45
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 45
Astronomy and Astrophysics 143
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 103
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 65
- Astro and Planetary Science 56
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 53
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 9

Co-authors: D. R. Anderson (67 shared papers)A. Collier Cameron (59 shared papers)P. F. L. Maxted (56 shared papers)A. H. M. J. Triaud (53 shared papers)D. Queloz (50 shared papers)M. Gillon (50 shared papers)B. Smalley (48 shared papers)R. G. West (46 shared papers)
Journals: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (61 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (26 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (14 papers)Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (7 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (4 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Switzerland

In The Last Decade

C. Hellier

146 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Spin-orbit angle measurements for six southern transiting planets 2010 · 239 citations

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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.

2010 Astronomy and Astrophysics
2010 Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast)

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1	Spin-orbit angle measurements for six southern transiting planets Astronomy and Astrophysics ·A. H. M. J. Triaud, A. Collier Cameron, D. Queloz, D. R. Anderson, M. Gillon, Leslie Hebb, C. Hellier, B. Loeillet, P. F. L. Maxted, M. Mayor, F. Pepe, D. Pollacco, D. Ségransan, B. Smalley, S. Udry, R. G. West, P. J. Wheatley Hit paper breakdown →	2010	239
2	Spin-orbit angle measurements for six southern transiting planets; New insights into the dynamical origins of hot Jupiters Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) ·A. H. M. J. Triaud, A. Collier Cameron, D. Queloz, D. R. Anderson, M. Gillon, Leslie Hebb, C. Hellier, B. Loeillet, P. F. L. Maxted, M. Mayor, F. Pepe, D. Pollacco, D. Ségransan, B. Smalley, S. Udry, R. G. West, P. J. Wheatley Hit paper breakdown →	2010	204
3	A high C/O ratio and weak thermal inversion in the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-12b Nature ·Nikku Madhusudhan, Joseph Harrington, Kevin B. Stevenson, Sarah Nymeyer, Christopher J. Campo, P. J. Wheatley, Drake Deming, Jasmina Blecic, R. A. Hardy, Nate B. Lust, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, Christopher B. T. Britt, W. C. Bowman, Leslie Hebb, C. Hellier, P. F. L. Maxted, D. Pollacco, R. G. West	2010	187
4	Cataclysmic Variable Stars C. Hellier	2001	100
5	Cataclysmic Variable Stars - How and Why They Vary Medical Entomology and Zoology ·C. Hellier	2001	97
6	Seven transiting hot Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-47b, WASP-55b, WASP-61b, WASP-62b, WASP-63b, WASP-66b and WASP-67b Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·C. Hellier, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, A. P. Doyle, A. Fumel, M. Gillon, E. Jehin, M. Lendl, P. F. L. Maxted, F. Pepe, D. Pollacco, D. Queloz, D. Ségransan, B. Smalley, A. M. S. Smith, J. Southworth, A. H. M. J. Triaud, S. Udry, R. G. West	2012	72
7	Improved parameters for the transiting hot Jupiters WASP-4b and WASP-5b Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. Gillon, B. Smalley, Leslie Hebb, D. R. Anderson, A. H. M. J. Triaud, C. Hellier, P. F. L. Maxted, D. Queloz, David M. Wilson	2009	70
8	WASP-8b: a retrograde transiting planet in a multiple system Astronomy and Astrophysics ·D. Queloz, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, M. Gillon, Leslie Hebb, C. Hellier, P. F. L. Maxted, F. Pepe, D. L. Pollacco, D. Ségransan, B. Smalley, A. H. M. J. Triaud, S. Udry, R. G. West	2010	70
9	The TRAPPIST survey of southern transiting planets. I. Thirty eclipses of the ultra-short period planet WASP-43 b Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) ·M. Gillon, A. H. M. J. Triaud, Jonathan J. Fortney, Brice-Olivier Demory, Emmanuël Jehin, M. Lendl, Pierre Magain, P. Kábath, D. Queloz, R. Alonso, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, Aurélie Fumel, Leslie Hebb, C. Hellier, Audrey Lanotte, P. F. L. Maxted, N. Mowlavï, B. Smalley	2012	70
10	A fast hybrid algorithm for exoplanetary transit searches Figshare ·A. Collier Cameron, D. Pollacco, R. A. Street, Tim Lister, R. G. West, David M. Wilson, F. Pont, D. J. Christian, W. I. Clarkson, A. Evans, (unknown), C. Hellier, S. T. Hodgkin, K. Horne, Jonathan Irwin, Stephen R. Kane, A. J. Norton, N. Parley, J. P. Osborne, R. S. I. Ryans, I. Skillen, (unknown)	2006	69
11	Thermal emission at 4.5 and 8 μm of WASP-17b, an extremely large planet in a slightly eccentric orbit Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·D. R. Anderson, A. M. S. Smith, Audrey Lanotte, Travis Barman, A. Collier Cameron, C. J. Campo, M. Gillon, Joseph Harrington, C. Hellier, P. F. L. Maxted, D. Queloz, A. H. M. J. Triaud, P. J. Wheatley	2011	68
12	Annapolis Workshop on Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables ASPC ·C. Hellier, K. Mukai	1999	67
13	ON THE ORBIT OF EXOPLANET WASP-12b The Astrophysical Journal ·Christopher J. Campo, Joseph Harrington, R. A. Hardy, Kevin B. Stevenson, Sarah Nymeyer, Darin Ragozzine, Nate B. Lust, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, Jasmina Blecic, Christopher B. T. Britt, W. C. Bowman, P. J. Wheatley, Thomas J. Loredo, Drake Deming, Leslie Hebb, C. Hellier, P. F. L. Maxted, D. Pollaco, R. G. West	2011	67
14	Transiting hot Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-95b to WASP-101b Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·C. Hellier, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, L. Delrez, M. Gillon, E. Jehin, M. Lendl, P. F. L. Maxted, F. Pepe, D. Pollacco, D. Queloz, D. Ségransan, B. Smalley, A. M. S. Smith, J. Southworth, A. H. M. J. Triaud, S. Udry, R. G. West	2014	60
15	SPITZEROBSERVATIONS OF THE THERMAL EMISSION FROM WASP-43b The Astrophysical Journal ·Jasmina Blecic, Joseph Harrington, Nikku Madhusudhan, Kevin B. Stevenson, R. A. Hardy, Patricio E. Cubillos, Matthew Hardin, Oliver Bowman, Sarah Nymeyer, D. R. Anderson, C. Hellier, A. M. S. Smith, A. Collier Cameron	2014	56
16	ON THE ORBIT OF THE SHORT-PERIOD EXOPLANET WASP-19b The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·C. Hellier, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, G. R. M. Miller, D. Queloz, B. Smalley, J. Southworth, A. H. M. J. Triaud	2011	55
17	WASP-103 b: a new planet at the edge of tidal disruption Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. Gillon, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, L. Delrez, C. Hellier, E. Jehin, M. Lendl, P. F. L. Maxted, F. Pepe, D. Pollacco, D. Queloz, D. Sègransan, A. M. S. Smith, B. Smalley, J. Southworth, A. H. M. J. Triaud, S. Udry, V. Van Grootel, R. G. West	2014	53
18	WASP-30b: A 61 M _Jup BROWN DWARF TRANSITING A V = 12, F8 STAR The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, C. Hellier, M. Lendl, P. F. L. Maxted, D. Pollacco, D. Queloz, B. Smalley, A. M. S. Smith, Ian A. Todd, A. H. M. J. Triaud, R. G. West, S. C. C. Barros, B. Enoch, M. Gillon, Tim Lister, F. Pepe, D. Ségransan, R. A. Street, S. Udry	2010	51
19	WASP-80b: a gas giant transiting a cool dwarf Astronomy and Astrophysics ·A. H. M. J. Triaud, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, A. P. Doyle, A. Fumel, M. Gillon, C. Hellier, E. Jehin, M. Lendl, C. Lovis, P. F. L. Maxted, F. Pepe, D. Pollacco, D. Queloz, D. Ségransan, B. Smalley, A. M. S. Smith, S. Udry, R. G. West, P. J. Wheatley	2013	49
20	SPITZERSECONDARY ECLIPSES OF WASP-18b The Astrophysical Journal ·Sarah Nymeyer, Joseph Harrington, R. A. Hardy, Kevin B. Stevenson, Christopher J. Campo, Nikku Madhusudhan, A. Collier Cameron, Thomas J. Loredo, Jasmina Blecic, W. C. Bowman, Christopher B. T. Britt, Patricio E. Cubillos, C. Hellier, M. Gillon, P. F. L. Maxted, Leslie Hebb, P. J. Wheatley, D. Pollacco, D. R. Anderson	2011	47

About C. Hellier

C. Hellier is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Computational Mechanics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, having authored 147 papers that have together received 4.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (103 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (65 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (56 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (53 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (45 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (22 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (13 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (1.1k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (4.1k citations), Geophysics (361 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (323 citations) and Computational Mechanics (293 citations). C. Hellier has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, P. F. L. Maxted, A. H. M. J. Triaud, D. Queloz, M. Gillon, B. Smalley, R. G. West, D. Pollacco and K. Mukai. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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