Farid Salama

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Farid Salama is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Farid Salama has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 52 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 36 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Farid Salama's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (62 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (34 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (29 papers). Farid Salama is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (62 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (34 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (29 papers). Farid Salama collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and France. Farid Salama's co-authors include L. J. Allamandola, Th. Henning, Ludovic Biennier, Thomas M. Halasinski, P. Ehrenfreund, Ella Sciamma-O’Brien, C. Joblin, Г. А. Галазутдинов, J. Krełowski and Bernard Foing and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Farid Salama

120 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Farid Salama United States	35	2.2k	1.9k	1.2k	830	535	124	4.0k
C. Joblin France	41	2.7k 1.2×	2.2k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	1.0k 1.2×	573 1.1×	149	4.4k
Reggie L. Hudson United States	41	3.0k 1.4×	1.9k 1.0×	2.0k 1.6×	1.8k 2.2×	337 0.6×	176	5.2k
Douglas M. Hudgins United States	31	2.6k 1.2×	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	888 1.1×	493 0.9×	54	4.0k
C. A. Gottlieb United States	37	1.9k 0.9×	2.7k 1.5×	2.5k 2.1×	1.2k 1.4×	439 0.8×	98	4.3k
H. M. Cuppen Netherlands	37	2.4k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	143 0.3×	111	3.9k
L. M. Ziurys United States	42	3.1k 1.4×	3.6k 1.9×	3.4k 2.8×	1.6k 1.9×	434 0.8×	280	6.6k
M. Guélin France	40	3.1k 1.4×	2.5k 1.4×	2.7k 2.2×	1.5k 1.8×	290 0.5×	148	5.1k
Satoshi Yamamoto Japan	41	3.9k 1.8×	2.7k 1.5×	3.7k 3.1×	2.0k 2.4×	267 0.5×	260	6.3k
Kentarou Kawaguchi Japan	41	1.3k 0.6×	4.0k 2.2×	3.5k 2.9×	2.0k 2.5×	417 0.8×	187	5.8k
Naoki Watanabe Japan	36	2.7k 1.2×	2.5k 1.3×	2.1k 1.7×	1.6k 1.9×	146 0.3×	218	5.2k

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Rocha, C. M. R., Martin Cordiner, H. Linnartz, et al.. (2023). The EDIBLES survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 681. A6–A6. 7 indexed citations

Sciamma-O’Brien, Ella, T. L. Roush, P. Rannou, David Dubois, & Farid Salama. (2023). First Optical Constants of Laboratory-generated Organic Refractory Materials (Tholins) Produced in the NASA Ames COSmIC Facility from the Visible to the Near Infrared (0.4–1.6 μm): Application to Titan’s Aerosols. The Planetary Science Journal. 4(7). 121–121. 4 indexed citations

Yu, Xinting, Ella Sciamma-O’Brien, Chao He, et al.. (2022). A Cross-laboratory Comparison Study of Titan Haze Analogs: Surface Energy. The Planetary Science Journal. 3(1). 2–2. 5 indexed citations

Dubois, David, Laura T. Iraci, E. L. Barth, et al.. (2021). Investigating the Condensation of Benzene (C₆H₆) in Titan’s South Polar Cloud System with a Combination of Laboratory, Observational, and Modeling Tools. The Planetary Science Journal. 2(4). 121–121. 6 indexed citations

Gavilan, Lisseth, et al.. (2020). Low-temperature Formation of Carbonaceous Dust Grains from PAHs. The Astrophysical Journal. 889(2). 101–101. 34 indexed citations

Sciamma-O’Brien, Ella & Farid Salama. (2020). Characterization of Cosmic Grain Analogs Formed at Low Temperature from Small Hydrocarbon Precursors in the NASA Ames COSmIC Facility. The Astrophysical Journal. 905(1). 45–45. 9 indexed citations

Sciamma-O’Brien, Ella, Alexander W. Raymond, David Dubois, Eric Mazur, & Farid Salama. (2019). The Titan haze simulation experiment: Investigating Titan’s low-temperature atmospheric chemistry in a pulsed plasma jet expansion. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 15(S350). 410–411. 2 indexed citations

Sciamma-O’Brien, Ella, et al.. (2019). C₆H₆ condensation on Titan’s stratospheric aerosols: An integrated laboratory, modeling and experimental approach. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 15(S350). 189–192. 1 indexed citations

Salama, Farid, Г. А. Галазутдинов, J. Krełowski, et al.. (2011). PAHs in Translucent Interstellar Clouds. 218. 1 indexed citations

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Ricketts, Claire L. & Farid Salama. (2008). Laboratory Studies of the Formation of Carbon Aerosols on Titan. DPS. 1 indexed citations

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Savin, D. W., et al.. (2006). Laboratory Astrophysics White Paper. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 1 indexed citations

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Ehrenfreund, P., R. Ruiterkamp, Z. Peeters, et al.. (2006). The ORGANICS experiments on BIOPAN V: UV and space exposure of aromatic compounds. 36. 3635. 2 indexed citations

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Biennier, Ludovic, Matthew D. Hammond, Jamie E. Elsila, Richard N. Zare, & Farid Salama. (2005). From Organic Molecules to Carbon Particles: Implications for the Formation of Interstellar Dust. 231. 214. 1 indexed citations

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Biennier, Ludovic, Farid Salama, L. J. Allamandola, James J. Scherer, & Donald L. DeVincenzi. (2002). Pulsed Discharge Nozzle Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy of Cold PAH Ions. The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University). 70(12). 32–3. 2 indexed citations

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Salama, Farid, Г. А. Галазутдинов, J. Krełowski, L. J. Allamandola, & Ф. А. Мусаев. (1999). Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands: A Survey. The Astrophysical Journal. 526(1). 265–273. 184 indexed citations

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Salama, Farid. (1998). The Diffuse Interstellar Bands: A Tracer For Organics In The Diffuse Interstellar Medium?. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 28(4-6). 349–364. 10 indexed citations

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Salama, Farid, L. J. Allamandola, S. A. Sandford, et al.. (1995). The detection of a new strong band near 3590 cm(exp -1) (2.79 microns) in the spectrum of Io. 2 indexed citations

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Sandford, Scott A., T. R. Geballe, Farid Salama, & D. Goorvitch. (1994). New narrow infrared absorption features in the spectrum of Io between 3600 and 3100 cm (2.8-3.2 micrometers). Icarus. 110(2). 1 indexed citations

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Salama, Farid & L. J. Allamandola. (1992). Is a pyrene-like molecular ion the cause of the 4,430-Å diffuse interstellar absorption band?. Nature. 358(6381). 42–43. 78 indexed citations

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Salama, Farid, S. A. Sandford, L. J. Allamandola, D. P. Cruikshank, & F. C. Witteborn. (1988). Preliminary spectroscopic evidence for the presence of H 2 S and H 2 O in the surface material of Io.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 20. 818. 3 indexed citations

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