Franck Le Petit

4.1k total citations
51 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Franck Le Petit is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Franck Le Petit has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 22 papers in Atmospheric Science and 20 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Franck Le Petit's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (46 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (21 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (19 papers). Franck Le Petit is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (46 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (21 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (19 papers). Franck Le Petit collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Spain. Franck Le Petit's co-authors include J. Le Bourlot, E. Roueff, Cyrine Nehmé, Émeric Bron, Maryvonne Gérin, J. R. Goicoechea, C. Pinto, Fabrice Roy, Eric Herbst and J. Pety and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Franck Le Petit

48 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Franck Le Petit France 24 1.4k 608 553 380 58 51 1.6k
J. Le Bourlot France 26 1.7k 1.2× 784 1.3× 654 1.2× 549 1.4× 93 1.6× 73 2.0k
R. Plume Canada 24 1.7k 1.2× 687 1.1× 511 0.9× 222 0.6× 63 1.1× 67 1.8k
P. Gratier France 22 1.3k 0.9× 704 1.2× 503 0.9× 365 1.0× 28 0.5× 65 1.6k
P. Bergman Sweden 22 1.5k 1.0× 951 1.6× 507 0.9× 443 1.2× 63 1.1× 77 1.8k
T. Hasegawa Taiwan 16 1.4k 1.0× 806 1.3× 487 0.9× 462 1.2× 26 0.4× 52 1.5k
Karen Willacy United States 19 1.3k 0.9× 570 0.9× 414 0.7× 356 0.9× 23 0.4× 54 1.5k
R. Gredel Germany 21 1.3k 0.9× 479 0.8× 365 0.7× 337 0.9× 67 1.2× 60 1.4k
P. Hily-Blant France 23 1.0k 0.7× 588 1.0× 418 0.8× 246 0.6× 86 1.5× 53 1.2k
B. Godard France 22 1.1k 0.7× 615 1.0× 455 0.8× 391 1.0× 96 1.7× 49 1.3k
J. M. C. Rawlings United Kingdom 18 1.0k 0.7× 441 0.7× 301 0.5× 204 0.5× 32 0.6× 54 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Franck Le Petit

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Fields of papers citing papers by Franck Le Petit

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franck Le Petit

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Franck Le Petit. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Franck Le Petit 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 Franck Le Petit. Franck Le Petit 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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Rouan, Daniel, M. Morris, Émeric Bron, et al.. (2025). Interstellar medium phases and abundances in the central parsec. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 704. A295–A295.
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Lis, D. C., et al.. (2025). Weak, extended water vapor emission in the Horsehead nebula. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 706. A7–A7.
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Guzmán, Viviana V., J. R. Goicoechea, J. Pety, et al.. (2023). The extremely sharp transition between molecular and ionized gas in the Horsehead nebula. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 4 indexed citations
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Bourlot, J. Le, et al.. (2023). Understanding the temperatures of H 3 + and H 2 in diffuse interstellar sightlines. Molecular Physics. 122(1-2). 5 indexed citations
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Chainais, Pierre, et al.. (2023). Efficient Sampling of Non Log-Concave Posterior Distributions With Mixture of Noises. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 71. 2491–2501. 1 indexed citations
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Zannese, Marion, Benoît Tabone, E. Habart, et al.. (2022). OH mid-infrared emission as a diagnostic of H2O UV photodissociation. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 671. A41–A41. 7 indexed citations
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Kral, Quentin, J. E. Pringle, Aurélie Guilbert-Lepoutre, et al.. (2021). A molecular wind blows out of the Kuiper belt. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 10 indexed citations
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Michaut, X., et al.. (2019). The water line emission and ortho-to-para ratio in the Orion Bar photon-dominated region. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 9 indexed citations
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Joblin, C., Émeric Bron, C. Pinto, et al.. (2018). Structure of photodissociation fronts in star-forming regions revealed by Herschel observations of high-J CO emission lines. Kölner Universitäts PublikationsServer (Universität zu Köln). 53 indexed citations
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Wu, R., Émeric Bron, Takashi Onaka, et al.. (2018). Constraining physical conditions for the PDR of Trumpler 14 in the Carina Nebula. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 618. A53–A53. 25 indexed citations
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Pety, J., Maryvonne Gérin, Émeric Bron, et al.. (2017). Turbulence and star formation efficiency in molecular clouds: solenoidal versus compressive motions in Orion B. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 599. A99–A99. 62 indexed citations
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Champion, Jason, Olivier Berné, S. Vicente, et al.. (2017). Herschel survey and modelling of externally-illuminated photoevaporating protoplanetary disks. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 604. A69–A69. 13 indexed citations
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Chevance, Mélanie, S. C. Madden, V. Lebouteiller, et al.. (2016). A milestone toward understanding PDR properties in the extreme environment of LMC-30 Doradus. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 38 indexed citations
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Bialy, Shmuel, A. Sternberg, Min-Young Lee, Franck Le Petit, & E. Roueff. (2015). H i-TO-H2TRANSITIONS IN THE PERSEUS MOLECULAR CLOUD. The Astrophysical Journal. 809(2). 122–122. 19 indexed citations
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Bron, Émeric, J. Le Bourlot, & Franck Le Petit. (2014). Surface chemistry in the Interstellar Medium II. H2 formation on dust with random temperature fluctuations. 34 indexed citations
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Pilleri, P., S. P. Treviño-Morales, A. Fuente, et al.. (2013). Spatial distribution of small hydrocarbons in the neighborhood of the ultra compact HII region Monoceros R2. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 554. A87–A87. 21 indexed citations
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Bourlot, J. Le, Franck Le Petit, C. Pinto, E. Roueff, & Fabrice Roy. (2012). Surface chemistry in the interstellar medium. I. H2 formation by Langmuir-Hinshelwood and Eley-Rideal mechanisms. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 69 indexed citations
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Petit, Franck Le, Baruch Barzel, Ofer Biham, E. Roueff, & J. Le Bourlot. (2009). Incorporation of stochastic chemistry on dust grains \n in the Meudon PDR code using moment equations. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 21 indexed citations
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André, M., Franck Le Petit, Paule Sonnentrucker, et al.. (2004). Tiny-scale molecular structures in the Magellanic Clouds. I. FUSE, HST and VLT observations. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 17 indexed citations

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