Cyrielle Opitom

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 956 citations indexed

About

Cyrielle Opitom is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Cyrielle Opitom has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 956 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13 papers in Ecology and 12 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Cyrielle Opitom's work include Astro and Planetary Science (53 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (30 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (21 papers). Cyrielle Opitom is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (53 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (30 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (21 papers). Cyrielle Opitom collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and United States. Cyrielle Opitom's co-authors include Emmanuël Jehin, M. Gillon, A. H. M. J. Triaud, D. Queloz, Pierre Magain, L. Delrez, Adam J. Burgasser, Brice-Olivier Demory, Artem Burdanov and D. K. Sahu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Cyrielle Opitom

54 papers receiving 880 citations

Hit Papers

Temperate Earth-sized planets transiting a nearby ultraco... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 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. Temperate Earth-sized planets transiting a nearby ultracool dwarf star
    2016 309 citations M. Gillon, Emmanuël Jehin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cyrielle Opitom Belgium 14 891 155 103 95 74 56 956
Amy Mainzer United States 19 1.1k 1.3× 130 0.8× 101 1.0× 148 1.6× 62 0.8× 83 1.2k
Takafumi Ootsubo Japan 15 806 0.9× 82 0.5× 42 0.4× 69 0.7× 71 1.0× 60 833
Jeffrey Van Cleve United States 12 858 1.0× 101 0.7× 224 2.2× 59 0.6× 46 0.6× 23 904
Werner E. Stahlberger United States 8 853 1.0× 70 0.5× 133 1.3× 117 1.2× 58 0.8× 11 881
H. A. Smith United States 20 961 1.1× 100 0.6× 142 1.4× 88 0.9× 144 1.9× 50 1.0k
Anthony J. Denault United States 7 907 1.0× 75 0.5× 137 1.3× 119 1.3× 60 0.8× 11 940
Tommi Koskinen United States 23 1.4k 1.6× 301 1.9× 113 1.1× 83 0.9× 80 1.1× 73 1.5k
K. Leech Spain 20 1.2k 1.3× 139 0.9× 194 1.9× 80 0.8× 115 1.6× 54 1.2k
Susan M. Lederer United States 14 1.0k 1.2× 185 1.2× 170 1.7× 89 0.9× 82 1.1× 56 1.1k
Ian Wong United States 15 573 0.6× 87 0.6× 97 0.9× 34 0.4× 27 0.4× 36 613

Countries citing papers authored by Cyrielle Opitom

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cyrielle Opitom

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cyrielle Opitom

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cyrielle Opitom. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cyrielle Opitom 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 Cyrielle Opitom. Cyrielle Opitom is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Cordiner, Martin, Nathan X. Roth, Michael S. P. Kelley, et al.. (2025). JWST Detection of a Carbon-dioxide-dominated Gas Coma Surrounding Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 991(2). L43–L43. 15 indexed citations
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Hutsemékers, Damien, Emmanuël Jehin, Cyrielle Opitom, et al.. (2025). Pre-perihelion evolution of the NiI/FeI abundance ratio in the coma of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: From extreme to normal. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 706. A43–A43. 1 indexed citations
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Bannister, Michele T., Cyrielle Opitom, Matthew M. Knight, et al.. (2025). A portrait throughout perihelion of the NH$_2$-rich interstellar comet 2I/Borisov. ArXiv.org. 1 indexed citations
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Opitom, Cyrielle, et al.. (2024). Coma composition and profiles of comet 12P/Pons–Brooks using long-slit spectroscopy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 534(3). 1816–1826. 5 indexed citations
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Rousselot, P., et al.. (2024). 12CO+ and 13CO+ fluorescence models for measuring the 12C/13C isotopic ratio in comets. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 683. A50–A50. 4 indexed citations
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Bagnulo, S., Mikael Granvik, A. Cellino, et al.. (2024). Polarimetry of Didymos–Dimorphos: Unexpected Long-term Effects of the DART Impact. The Planetary Science Journal. 5(1). 18–18. 9 indexed citations
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Rozitis, B., Simon Green, C. Snodgrass, et al.. (2024). Pre-impact Thermophysical Properties and the Yarkovsky Effect of NASA DART Target (65803) Didymos. The Planetary Science Journal. 5(3). 66–66. 4 indexed citations
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Roth, Nathan X., Stefanie N. Milam, Anthony J. Remijan, et al.. (2023). ALMA Observations of the DART Impact: Characterizing the Ejecta at Submillimeter Wavelengths. The Planetary Science Journal. 4(11). 206–206. 8 indexed citations
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Bagnulo, S., Mikael Granvik, A. Cellino, et al.. (2023). Optical Spectropolarimetry of Binary Asteroid Didymos–Dimorphos before and after the DART Impact. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 945(2). L38–L38. 11 indexed citations
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Murphy, Brian, Cyrielle Opitom, C. Snodgrass, et al.. (2023). VLT/MUSE Characterization of Dimorphos Ejecta from the DART Impact. The Planetary Science Journal. 4(12). 238–238. 3 indexed citations
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Rousselot, P., Alexander Alijah, Benoît Noyelles, et al.. (2022). N2+fluorescence spectrum of comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 661. A131–A131. 7 indexed citations
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Rousselot, P., Benoît Noyelles, Cyrielle Opitom, et al.. (2022). The N2 production rate in comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 515(4). 5869–5876. 4 indexed citations
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Hutsemékers, Damien, et al.. (2020). Forbidden atomic carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen emission lines in the water-poor comet C/2016 R2 (Pan-STARRS). Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 17 indexed citations
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Moulane, Youssef, P. Rousselot, Yoshiharu Shinnaka, et al.. (2020). Photometry and high-resolution spectroscopy of comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner during its 2018 apparition. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Jehin, Emmanuël, Bin Yang, O. Hainaut, et al.. (2020). Monitoring of the optical spectrum of comet 2I/Borisov at the VLT. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 2 indexed citations
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Bhardwaj, Anil, et al.. (2020). A physico-chemical model to study the ion density distribution in the inner coma of comet C/2016 R2 (Pan-STARRS). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 501(3). 4035–4052. 7 indexed citations
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Jehin, Emmanuël, F. J. Pozuelos, Youssef Moulane, et al.. (2019). Comet 66P/du Toit: not a near-Earth main belt comet. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations
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Jones, G. H., Matthew M. Knight, K. Battams, et al.. (2017). The Science of Sungrazers, Sunskirters, and Other Near-Sun Comets. Space Science Reviews. 214(1). 39 indexed citations
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Opitom, Cyrielle, Aurélie Guilbert-Lepoutre, Emmanuël Jehin, et al.. (2016). Long-term activity and outburst of comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) from narrow-band photometry and long-slit spectroscopy. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 10 indexed citations
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Gillon, M., A. H. M. J. Triaud, Cyrielle Opitom, et al.. (2013). Fast-evolving weather for the coolest of our two new substellar neighbours. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 54 indexed citations

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