F. Courbin

15.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
147 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

F. Courbin is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, F. Courbin has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 62 papers in Instrumentation and 37 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in F. Courbin's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (118 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (60 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (47 papers). F. Courbin is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (118 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (60 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (47 papers). F. Courbin collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. F. Courbin's co-authors include G. Meylan, Dominique Sluse, M. Tewes, Pierre Magain, S. H. Suyu, Tommaso Treu, C. D. Fassnacht, A. Eigenbrod, V. Bonvin and Philip J. Marshall and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

F. Courbin

140 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

H0LiCOW – V. New COSMOGRAIL time delays of HE 0435−1223:H... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2019 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. H0LiCOW – V. New COSMOGRAIL time delays of HE 0435−1223:H0to 3.8 per cent precision from strong lensing in a flat ΛCDM model
    2016 286 citations V. Bonvin, F. Courbin et al. profile →
  2. H0LiCOW – IX. Cosmographic analysis of the doubly imaged quasar SDSS 1206+4332 and a new measurement of the Hubble constant
    2019 243 citations Simon Birrer, Tommaso Treu 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
F. Courbin Switzerland 36 4.0k 1.2k 799 684 178 147 4.3k
Dominique Sluse Belgium 34 3.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 749 0.9× 727 1.1× 109 0.6× 125 3.8k
C. D. Fassnacht United States 39 4.5k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 781 1.0× 1.2k 1.8× 103 0.6× 123 4.7k
S. H. Suyu Germany 29 2.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 604 0.8× 507 0.7× 93 0.5× 100 3.0k
S. Dye United Kingdom 33 4.7k 1.2× 2.0k 1.6× 407 0.5× 669 1.0× 187 1.1× 87 4.8k
Matthew W. Auger United States 40 5.0k 1.2× 2.2k 1.8× 808 1.0× 862 1.3× 134 0.8× 79 5.1k
T. Erben Germany 37 4.4k 1.1× 2.0k 1.6× 547 0.7× 901 1.3× 245 1.4× 143 4.6k
Masamune Oguri Japan 41 5.8k 1.4× 2.3k 1.8× 586 0.7× 1.1k 1.6× 166 0.9× 183 6.1k
M. Meneghetti Italy 35 3.4k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 373 0.5× 653 1.0× 111 0.6× 125 3.5k
R. Gavazzi France 35 4.7k 1.2× 2.5k 2.0× 748 0.9× 635 0.9× 154 0.9× 73 4.9k
G. P. Smith United Kingdom 43 3.9k 1.0× 1.9k 1.5× 434 0.5× 650 1.0× 115 0.6× 100 4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. Courbin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schmidt, Thomas, Tommaso Treu, Simon Birrer, et al.. (2025). TDCOSMO. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 700. A92–A92. 1 indexed citations
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Jablonka, P., et al.. (2024). Ground-based image deconvolution with Swin Transformer UNet. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 688. A6–A6. 1 indexed citations
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Lemon, Cameron, F. Courbin, Anupreeta More, et al.. (2024). Searching for Strong Gravitational Lenses. Space Science Reviews. 220(2). 9 indexed citations
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North, P., Matthew Hayes, Martin Millon, et al.. (2024). Polarimetry of the Lyα envelope of the radio-quiet quasar SDSS J124020.91+145535.6. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 684. A147–A147.
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Morgan, Christopher W., Martin Millon, F. Courbin, et al.. (2024). Accretion Disk Size and Updated Time-delay Measurements in the Gravitationally Lensed Quasar SDSS J165043.44+425149.3. The Astrophysical Journal. 964(2). 173–173. 1 indexed citations
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Lemon, Cameron, et al.. (2023). PS J2107−1611: A new wide-separation, quadruply imaged lensed quasar with flux ratio anomalies. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 679. L4–L4. 2 indexed citations
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Shajib, Anowar J., Kenneth C. Wong, Simon Birrer, et al.. (2022). TDCOSMO. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 667. A123–A123. 27 indexed citations
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Chan, J. H. H., Martin Millon, V. Bonvin, & F. Courbin. (2020). Twisted quasar light curves: implications for continuum reverberation mapping of accretion disks. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 11 indexed citations
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Arendse, Nikki, Radosław Wojtak, Adriano Agnello, et al.. (2020). . Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 18 indexed citations
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Millon, Martin, et al.. (2020). PyCS3: A Python toolbox for time-delay measurements in lensed quasars. The Journal of Open Source Software. 5(53). 2654–2654. 10 indexed citations
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Taubenberger, S., S. H. Suyu, Eiichiro Komatsu, et al.. (2019). The Hubble constant determined through an inverse distance ladder including quasar time delays and Type Ia supernovae. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 43 indexed citations
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Bonvin, V., O. Tihhonova, Martin Millon, et al.. (2019). Impact of the 3D source geometry on time-delay measurements of lensed type-Ia supernovae. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 10 indexed citations
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Meyer, R. A., Timothée Delubac, Jean‐Paul Kneib, & F. Courbin. (2019). Quasi-stellar objects acting as potential strong gravitational lenses in the SDSS-III BOSS survey. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations
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Huber, S., S. H. Suyu, U. M. Noebauer, et al.. (2019). Strongly lensed SNe Ia in the era of LSST: observing cadence for lens discoveries and time-delay measurements. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 34 indexed citations
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Joseph, R., F. Courbin, & Jean‐Luc Starck. (2016). Multi-band morpho-Spectral Component Analysis Deblending Tool (MuSCADeT): Deblending colourful objects. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 21 indexed citations
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Paraficz, D., F. Courbin, A. Tramacere, et al.. (2016). The PCA Lens-Finder: application to CFHTLS. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 23 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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Meylan, G., F. Courbin, C. Lidman, Jean‐Paul Kneib, & L. E. Tacconi‐Garman. (2005). Confirmation of two extended objects along the line of sight to PKS 1830-211 with ESO-VLT adaptive optics imaging. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 12 indexed citations
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Courbin, F., G. Letawe, Pierre Magain, et al.. (2002). Spectroscopy of quasar host galaxies at the VLT: stellar populations and dynamics down to the central kiloparsec. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège).
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Courbin, F., C. Lidman, I. Burud, et al.. (2000). Lensed Quasars: A Matter of Resolution. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège).

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