Éric Emsellem

32.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
153 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

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Éric Emsellem is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Éric Emsellem has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 143 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 91 papers in Instrumentation and 15 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Éric Emsellem's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (126 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (91 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (79 papers). Éric Emsellem is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (126 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (91 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (79 papers). Éric Emsellem collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United Kingdom. Éric Emsellem's co-authors include Michele Cappellari, Roland Bacon, Richard M. McDermid, R. F. Peletier, H. Kuntschner, P. T. de Zeeuw, J. Falcón‐Barroso, M. Sarzi, Martin Bureau and Roger L. Davies and has published in prestigious journals such as Reviews of Modern Physics, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Éric Emsellem

148 papers receiving 8.7k citations

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Parametric Recovery of Line‐of‐Sight Velocity Distributions from Absorption‐Line Spectra of Galaxies via Penalized Likelihood

2004 1.3k citations Michele Cappellari, Éric Emsellem profile →
The SAURON project--IV. The mass-to-light ratio, the virial mass estimator and the Fundamental Plane of elliptical and lenticular galaxies

2006 644 citations Michele Cappellari, Roland Bacon et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
The SAURON project--V. Integral-field emission-line kinematics of 48 elliptical and lenticular galaxies

2006 507 citations M. Sarzi, J. Falcón‐Barroso et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
The SAURON project - X. The orbital anisotropy of elliptical and lenticular galaxies: revisiting the (V/ , ) diagram with integral-field stellar kinematics

2007 366 citations Michele Cappellari, Éric Emsellem et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Éric Emsellem France	50	8.9k	5.0k	515	513	380	153	9.1k
Glenn van de Ven Germany	47	8.1k 0.9×	4.8k 1.0×	447 0.9×	590 1.2×	364 1.0×	253	8.4k
M. Sarzi United Kingdom	42	7.5k 0.9×	4.1k 0.8×	375 0.7×	667 1.3×	378 1.0×	140	7.7k
Duncan A. Forbes Australia	50	8.7k 1.0×	5.1k 1.0×	267 0.5×	584 1.1×	377 1.0×	311	8.8k
Gustavo Bruzual France	28	9.3k 1.1×	5.4k 1.1×	343 0.7×	719 1.4×	280 0.7×	119	9.5k
J. Falcón‐Barroso Spain	50	10.6k 1.2×	6.8k 1.4×	497 1.0×	483 0.9×	501 1.3×	188	10.9k
Michele Cappellari United Kingdom	51	11.4k 1.3×	6.5k 1.3×	820 1.6×	726 1.4×	543 1.4×	204	11.7k
L. Wisotzki Germany	50	7.4k 0.8×	3.6k 0.7×	458 0.9×	1.0k 2.0×	217 0.6×	189	7.6k
Roger L. Davies United Kingdom	42	6.9k 0.8×	3.8k 0.8×	352 0.7×	656 1.3×	254 0.7×	139	7.2k
H. Kuntschner Germany	37	6.4k 0.7×	4.2k 0.8×	393 0.8×	338 0.7×	284 0.7×	135	6.5k
S. F. Sánchez Mexico	52	8.2k 0.9×	4.0k 0.8×	376 0.7×	690 1.3×	432 1.1×	282	8.6k

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Müller, Oliver, Pierre–Alain Duc, Marcel S. Pawlowski, et al.. (2024). Dwarf galaxies in the MATLAS survey: The satellite system of NGC 474 under scrutiny with MUSE. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 693. A44–A44. 2 indexed citations

Sandström, Karin, Francesco Belfiore, Kathryn Kreckel, et al.. (2024). Investigating the Drivers of Electron Temperature Variations in H ii Regions with Keck-KCWI and VLT-MUSE. The Astrophysical Journal. 966(1). 130–130. 8 indexed citations

Cortese, L., Barbara Catinella, Amelia Fraser-McKelvie, et al.. (2024). MAUVE: a 6 kpc bipolar outflow launched from NGC 4383, one of the most H i-rich galaxies in the Virgo cluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 530(2). 1968–1983. 5 indexed citations

Brok, Mark den, et al.. (2024). Recovery of the low- and high-mass end slopes of the IMF in massive early-type galaxies using detailed elemental abundances. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 530(3). 3278–3301. 6 indexed citations

Querejeta, Miguel, S. García‐Burillo, Éric Emsellem, et al.. (2024). Dynamical resonances in PHANGS galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 691. A351–A351. 4 indexed citations

Groves, Brent, Kathryn Kreckel, Francesco Santoro, et al.. (2023). The PHANGS–MUSE nebular catalogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(4). 4902–4952. 33 indexed citations

Congiu, Enrico, Guillermo A. Blanc, Francesco Belfiore, et al.. (2023). PHANGS-MUSE: Detection and Bayesian classification of ~40 000 ionised nebulae in nearby spiral galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 672. A148–A148. 14 indexed citations

Stuber, Sophia K., Toshiki Saito, Eva Schinnerer, et al.. (2021). Frequency and nature of central molecular outflows in nearby star-forming disk galaxies. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 25 indexed citations

Fensch, Jérémy, Pierre–Alain Duc, Sungsoon Lim, et al.. (2020). Shedding light on the formation mechanism of shell galaxy NGC 474 with MUSE. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 8 indexed citations

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Li, Yuan, Marie-Lou Gendron-Marsolais, Irina Zhuravleva, et al.. (2020). Direct Detection of Black Hole-driven Turbulence in the Centers of Galaxy Clusters. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 889(1). L1–L1. 54 indexed citations

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Belfiore, Francesco, Kyle B. Westfall, Adam Schaefer, et al.. (2019). The Data Analysis Pipeline for the SDSS-IV MaNGA IFU Galaxy Survey: Emission-line Modeling. The Astronomical Journal. 158(4). 160–160. 164 indexed citations

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Weaver, John R., B. Husemann, H. Kuntschner, et al.. (2018). History and destiny of an emerging early-type galaxy. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 614. A32–A32. 15 indexed citations

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Guérou, Adrien, Éric Emsellem, D. Krajnović, et al.. (2016). Exploring the mass assembly of the early-type disc galaxy NGC 3115 with MUSE. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 33 indexed citations

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Toloba, Elisa, Puragra Guhathakurta, R. F. Peletier, et al.. (2014). STELLAR KINEMATICS AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF VIRGO CLUSTER DWARF EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES FROM THE SMAKCED PROJECT. II. THE SURVEY AND A SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF KINEMATIC ANOMALIES AND ASYMMETRIES. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 215(2). 17–17. 41 indexed citations

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Schinnerer, Eva, et al.. (2013). How does star formation proceed in the circumnuclear starburst ring of NGC 6951?. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 18 indexed citations

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Ferruit, Pierre, et al.. (2009). OASIS integral-field spectroscopy of the central kpc in 11 Seyfert 2 galaxies. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 35 indexed citations

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Schinnerer, Eva, Torsten Böker, Éric Emsellem, & D. Downes. (2006). Bar-driven mass build-up within the central 50 pc of NGC 6946. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 29 indexed citations

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Wozniak, H., et al.. (2003). Numerical simulations of central stellar velocity dispersion drops in disc galaxies. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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Emsellem, Éric, et al.. (2002). A 60 pc counter-rotating core in NGC 4621. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 19 indexed citations

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Bacon, Roland, Éric Emsellem, F. Combes, et al.. (2001). The M 31 double nucleus probed with OASISand HST. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 48 indexed citations

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