Christophe Martayan

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 756 citations indexed

About

Christophe Martayan is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christophe Martayan has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 756 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 12 papers in Instrumentation and 4 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Christophe Martayan's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (23 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (16 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (12 papers). Christophe Martayan is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (23 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (16 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (12 papers). Christophe Martayan collaborates with scholars based in Chile, Belgium and France. Christophe Martayan's co-authors include Th. Rivinius, A. C. Carciofi, A. Mehner, A. M. Hubert, C. Neiner, M. Floquet, Y. Frémat, J. Gutiérrez–Soto, D. Baade and J. Fabregat and has published in prestigious journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Canadian Journal of Physics.

In The Last Decade

Christophe Martayan

25 papers receiving 732 citations

Hit Papers

Classical Be stars 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
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. Classical Be stars
    2013 366 citations Th. Rivinius, A. C. Carciofi et al. The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christophe Martayan Chile 10 731 217 74 34 30 27 756
Richard Ignace United States 16 970 1.3× 146 0.7× 46 0.6× 66 1.9× 15 0.5× 103 1.0k
Chun‐Hwey Kim South Korea 16 923 1.3× 290 1.3× 64 0.9× 21 0.6× 32 1.1× 65 950
Gloria Koenigsberger Mexico 19 926 1.3× 179 0.8× 72 1.0× 36 1.1× 45 1.5× 82 945
L. Mahy Belgium 24 1.3k 1.8× 561 2.6× 89 1.2× 38 1.1× 27 0.9× 76 1.3k
Nicole St‐Louis Canada 21 1.1k 1.5× 268 1.2× 101 1.4× 59 1.7× 10 0.3× 90 1.1k
C. Tycner United States 16 602 0.8× 178 0.8× 61 0.8× 13 0.4× 26 0.9× 49 635
P. Konorski Poland 13 517 0.7× 227 1.0× 35 0.5× 56 1.6× 25 0.8× 24 545
В. Г. Клочкова Russia 18 973 1.3× 388 1.8× 41 0.6× 24 0.7× 16 0.5× 142 1.0k
D. O. Kudryavtsev Russia 18 930 1.3× 212 1.0× 154 2.1× 30 0.9× 10 0.3× 83 952
Jae Woo Lee South Korea 15 730 1.0× 286 1.3× 62 0.8× 19 0.6× 20 0.7× 63 738

Countries citing papers authored by Christophe Martayan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christophe Martayan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christophe Martayan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christophe Martayan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christophe Martayan 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 Christophe Martayan. Christophe Martayan 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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Zorec, J., A. M. Hubert, Christophe Martayan, & Y. Frémat. (2023). Study of a sample of faint Be stars in the exofield of CoRoT. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 676. A81–A81. 2 indexed citations
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Lobel, A., P. Royer, Christophe Martayan, et al.. (2019). The Belgian Repository of Fundamental Atomic Data and Stellar Spectra (BRASS). Atoms. 7(4). 105–105. 1 indexed citations
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Rivinius, Th., A. Mehner, Christophe Martayan, et al.. (2018). Stellar parameters of Be stars observed with X-shooter. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 18 indexed citations
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Lobel, A., P. Royer, Christophe Martayan, et al.. (2018). The Belgian Repository of Fundamental Atomic Data and Stellar Spectra (BRASS) Identifying Fruitful Methods for Producing Atomic Data. Galaxies. 6(3). 78–78. 2 indexed citations
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Lobel, A., T. Merle, P. Royer, et al.. (2017). The Belgian repository of fundamental atomic data and stellar spectra (BRASS). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 612. A60–A60. 11 indexed citations
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Martayan, Christophe, et al.. (2017). Modeling and Observations of Massive Binaries with the B[e] Phenomenon. 508. 245. 1 indexed citations
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Lobel, A., P. Royer, Christophe Martayan, et al.. (2017). The Belgian repository of fundamental atomic data and stellar spectra. Canadian Journal of Physics. 95(9). 833–839. 5 indexed citations
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Mehner, A., W. Steffen, J. H. Groh, et al.. (2016). Dissecting a supernova impostor's circumstellar medium: MUSEing about the SHAPE of eta Carinae's outer ejecta. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 8 indexed citations
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Boffin, H. M. J., Th. Rivinius, A. Mérand, et al.. (2016). The luminous blue variable HR Carinae has a partner. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 593. A90–A90. 13 indexed citations
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Rivinius, Th., H. M. J. Boffin, A. Mérand, et al.. (2016). Not so lonely: The LBV binary HR Car. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 12(S329). 440–440.
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Boffin, H. M. J., Th. Rivinius, A. Mérand, et al.. (2016). The luminous blue variable HR Carinae has a partner. Discovery of a companion with the VLTI. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 593. 11 indexed citations
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Mehner, A., Kris Davidson, R. M. Humphreys, et al.. (2015). Eta Carinae’s 2014.6 spectroscopic event: Clues to the long-term recovery from its Great Eruption. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 578. A122–A122. 15 indexed citations
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Mehner, A., D. Baade, Th. Rivinius, et al.. (2013). Broad-band spectroscopy of the ongoing large eruption of the luminous blue variable R71. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 555. A116–A116. 15 indexed citations
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Rivinius, Th., A. C. Carciofi, & Christophe Martayan. (2013). Classical Be stars. The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review. 21(1). 366 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rivinius, Th., A. C. Carciofi, & Christophe Martayan. (2013). Classical Be Stars: Rapidly Rotating B Stars with Viscous Keplerian Decretion Disks. arXiv (Cornell University). 197 indexed citations
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Baade, D., et al.. (2010). Active OB Stars - an introduction. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 6(S272). 1–13. 2 indexed citations
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Semaan, T., Christophe Martayan, Y. Frémat, et al.. (2010). Spectral and photometric study of Be Stars in the first exoplanet fields of CoRoT. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 6(S272). 547–548. 4 indexed citations
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Martayan, Christophe, R. Blomme, J.-B. Le Bouquin, et al.. (2010). High-angular resolution observations of the Pistol star. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 6(S272). 616–617.
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Diago, Pascual D., J. Gutiérrez–Soto, J. Fabregat, & Christophe Martayan. (2008). Pulsating B and Be stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 480(1). 179–186. 20 indexed citations
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Martayan, Christophe, et al.. (2006). Effects of metallicity, star-formation conditions, and evolution in B and Bestars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 44 indexed citations

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