C. Moutou

24.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
189 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

C. Moutou is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Moutou has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 180 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 83 papers in Instrumentation and 26 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in C. Moutou's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (172 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (109 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (99 papers). C. Moutou is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (172 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (109 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (99 papers). C. Moutou collaborates with scholars based in France, Switzerland and United States. C. Moutou's co-authors include F. Bouchy, F. Pont, D. Queloz, J.‐F. Donati, M. Deleuil, M. Mayor, S. Udry, R. Farès, N. C. Santos and A. Collier Cameron and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

C. Moutou

176 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

ELODIE metallicity-biased... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2014 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. ELODIE metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters
    2005 277 citations F. Bouchy, S. Udry et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →
  2. Planets and stellar activity: hide and seek in the CoRoT-7 system★
    2014 186 citations A. Collier Cameron, D. Queloz et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
C. Moutou 5.1k 1.7k 351 264 249 189 5.2k
N. Piskunov 4.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 240 0.7× 185 0.7× 177 0.7× 119 4.5k
Timothy M. Brown 4.6k 0.9× 1.7k 1.0× 276 0.8× 223 0.8× 159 0.6× 87 4.8k
X. Delfosse 6.3k 1.2× 2.3k 1.3× 326 0.9× 254 1.0× 240 1.0× 148 6.5k
G. Micela 6.2k 1.2× 1.0k 0.6× 218 0.6× 231 0.9× 374 1.5× 314 6.3k
Jeff A. Valenti 7.0k 1.4× 1.9k 1.1× 278 0.8× 368 1.4× 534 2.1× 132 7.2k
Gibor Basri 6.9k 1.4× 1.5k 0.9× 217 0.6× 252 1.0× 448 1.8× 166 7.0k
X. Bonfıls 4.6k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 224 0.6× 302 1.1× 208 0.8× 105 4.7k
A. Reiners 5.7k 1.1× 1.7k 1.0× 354 1.0× 364 1.4× 339 1.4× 211 6.0k
D. Ségransan 5.1k 1.0× 2.1k 1.2× 372 1.1× 205 0.8× 163 0.7× 138 5.3k
D. Ehrenreich 5.8k 1.1× 1.6k 0.9× 474 1.4× 606 2.3× 416 1.7× 131 6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by C. Moutou

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. Moutou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Moutou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of C. Moutou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of C. Moutou based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with C. Moutou. C. Moutou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Moutou, C., J.‐F. Donati, Eder Martioli, et al.. (2025). The SPIRou Legacy Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 696. A152–A152. 1 indexed citations
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Donati, J.‐F., et al.. (2025). Mass, gas, and Gauss around a T Tauri Star with SPIRou. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 698. L14–L14. 1 indexed citations
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Donati, J.‐F., P. I. Cristofari, S. H. P. Alencar, et al.. (2024). SPIRou observations of the young planet-hosting star PDS 70. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 535(4). 3363–3382. 2 indexed citations
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Lehmann, L T, J.‐F. Donati, P. Fouqué, et al.. (2023). SPIRou reveals unusually strong magnetic fields of slowly rotating M dwarfs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(2). 4330–4352. 16 indexed citations
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Farès, R., A. A. Vidotto, J. Morin, et al.. (2023). The space weather around the exoplanet GJ 436b. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 676. A139–A139. 8 indexed citations
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Curto, G. Lo, F. Bouchy, M. Mayor, et al.. (2023). The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 675. A173–A173. 4 indexed citations
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Cook, Neil J., Étienne Artigau, René Doyon, et al.. (2022). APERO: A PipelinE to Reduce Observations—Demonstration with SPIRou. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 134(1041). 114509–114509. 25 indexed citations
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Strugarek, Antoine, R. Farès, V. Bourrier, et al.. (2022). MOVES – V. Modelling star–planet magnetic interactions of HD 189733. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512(3). 4556–4572. 11 indexed citations
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Bouvier, J., E. Alécian, S. H. P. Alencar, et al.. (2020). Investigating the magnetospheric accretion process in the young pre-transitional disk system DoAr 44 (V2062 Oph). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 643. A99–A99. 15 indexed citations
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Cauley, P. Wilson, Evgenya L. Shkolnik, Joe Llama, V. Bourrier, & C. Moutou. (2018). Evidence of Magnetic Star–Planet Interactions in the HD 189733 System from Orbitally Phased Ca ii K Variations. The Astronomical Journal. 156(6). 262–262. 19 indexed citations
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Étangs, A. Lecavelier des, G. Hébrard, H. J. Deeg, et al.. (2017). LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 11 indexed citations
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Damiani, C., J.-C. Meunier, C. Moutou, et al.. (2016). Stellar classification of CoRoT targets. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Sebastian, Daniel, E. W. Guenther, D. Gandolfi, et al.. (2012). Multi-object spectroscopy of stars in the CoRoT fields. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 11 indexed citations
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Mordasini, C., M. Mayor, S. Udry, et al.. (2011). The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XXIV. Companions to HD 85390, HD 90156, and HD 103197: a Neptune analog and two intermediate-mass planets. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 11 indexed citations
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Lanza, A. F., I. Boisse, F. Bouchy, A. S. Bonomo, & C. Moutou. (2011). Deriving the radial-velocity variations induced by stellar activity from high-precision photometry. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 30 indexed citations
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Lanza, A. F., A. S. Bonomo, I. Pagano, et al.. (2010). Photospheric activity, rotation, and star-planet interaction of the planet-hosting star CoRoT-6. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 26 indexed citations
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Moutou, C., J.‐F. Donati, Renaud Savalle, et al.. (2007). Spectropolarimetric observations of the transiting planetary system of the K dwarf HD 189733. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 60 indexed citations
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Gillon, M., F. Pont, C. Moutou, et al.. (2006). High accuracy transit photometry of the planet OGLE-TR-113b with a new deconvolution-based method. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 61 indexed citations
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Mosser, B., F. Bouchy, C. Catala, et al.. (2005). Seismology and activity of the F type star HD 49933. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 32 indexed citations
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Moutou, C., F. Pont, F. Bouchy, & M. Mayor. (2004). Accurate radius and mass of the transiting exoplanet OGLE-TR-132b. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 49 indexed citations

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