G. Hélou

67.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
190 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

G. Hélou is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Hélou has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 171 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 77 papers in Instrumentation and 33 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in G. Hélou's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (112 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (90 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (79 papers). G. Hélou is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (112 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (90 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (79 papers). G. Hélou collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. G. Hélou's co-authors include Daniel A. Dale, B. T. Soifer, M. Rowan-Robinson, L. Armus, D. J. Hollenbach, J. J. Condon, Sangeeta Malhotra, B. T. Soifer, D. W. Walker and N. A. Silbermann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

G. Hélou

179 papers receiving 7.6k 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.

The Mid‐Infrared Spectrum of Star‐forming Galaxies: Global Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission

2007 557 citations J. D. Smith, B. T. Draine et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Dust Masses, PAH Abundances, and Starlight Intensities in the SINGS Galaxy Sample

2007 548 citations B. T. Draine, Daniel A. Dale et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Thermal infrared and nonthermal radio - Remarkable correlation in disks of galaxies

1985 527 citations G. Hélou et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
The Infrared Spectral Energy Distribution of Normal Star‐forming Galaxies: Calibration at Far‐Infrared and Submillimeter Wavelengths

2002 467 citations Daniel A. Dale, G. Hélou The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. Hélou

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Deep Learning to Improve the Discovery of Near-Earth Asteroids in the Zwicky Transient Facility 2025 ·Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·(unknown), G. Hélou, Jean‐Paul Kneib, Frank J. Masci, Thomas A. Prince, (unknown), Quanzhi Ye, J. Masiero, (unknown), Mathieu Salzmann	1
2	QZO: A Catalog of 5 Million Quasars from the Zwicky Transient Facility 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Szymon J. Nakoneczny, M. J. Graham, Daniel Stern, G. Hélou, S. G. Djorgovski, Eric C. Bellm, X. Chen, Richard Dekany, A. J. Drake, A. Mahabal, Thomas A. Prince, Reed Riddle, B. Rusholme, Niharika Sravan	0
3	A Case Study of Gas Impacted by Black-hole Jets with the JWST: Outflows, Bow Shocks, and High Excitation of the Gas in the Galaxy IC 5063 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·K. M. Dasyra, Georgios Filippos Paraschos, F. Combes, Polychronis Patapis, G. Hélou, (unknown), J. A. Fernández-Ontiveros, Thomas G. Bisbas, L. Spinoglio, L. Armus, Matthew A. Malkan	2
4	Bird's-eye View of Molecular Gas across Stephan's Quintet Galaxy Group and Intragroup Medium 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Bjorn Emonts, P. N. Appleton, U. Lisenfeld, P. Guillard, C. K. Xu, W. T. Reach, (unknown), Á. Labiano, Patrick Ogle, Ewan O’Sullivan, Aditya Togi, S. C. Gallagher, (unknown), Pierre–Alain Duc, Katherine Alatalo, F. Boulanger, T. Díaz-Santos, G. Hélou	3
5	A Light in the Dark: Searching for Electromagnetic Counterparts to Black Hole–Black Hole Mergers in LIGO/Virgo O3 with the Zwicky Transient Facility 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·M. J. Graham, Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford, Daniel Stern, S. G. Djorgovski, M. W. Coughlin, Kevin B. Burdge, Eric C. Bellm, G. Hélou, A. Mahabal, Frank J. Masci, Josiah Purdum, P. Rosnet, B. Rusholme	58
6	Completeness of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) Local Volume Sample 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·D. Cook, J. M. Mazzarella, G. Hélou, (unknown), X. Chen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Barry F. Madore, Patrick Ogle, M. Schmitz, L. P. Singer, Scott Terek, (unknown), (unknown)	7
7	Joint Survey Processing. I. Compact Oddballs in the COSMOS Field—Low-luminosity Quasars at z > 6? 2022 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Andreas L. Faisst, Ranga‐Ram Chary, S. B. Fajardo‐Acosta, R. Paladini, B. Rusholme, (unknown), G. Hélou, John R. Weaver, Gabriel Brammer, Anton M. Koekemoer, Hironao Miyatake	6
8	Tails: Chasing Comets with the Zwicky Transient Facility and Deep Learning 2021 ·The Astronomical Journal ·Dmitry A. Duev, Bryce Bolin, M. J. Graham, Michael S. P. Kelley, A. Mahabal, Eric C. Bellm, M. W. Coughlin, Richard Dekany, G. Hélou, S. R. Kulkarni, Frank J. Masci, Thomas A. Prince, Reed Riddle, Maayane T. Soumagnac, Stéfan van der Walt	5
9	A highly magnetized and rapidly rotating white dwarf as small as the Moon 2021 ·Nature ·Ilaria Caiazzo, Kevin B. Burdge, (unknown), Jeremy Heyl, S. R. Kulkarni, Thomas A. Prince, Harvey B. Richer, Josiah Schwab, Igor Andreoni, Eric C. Bellm, A. J. Drake, Dmitry A. Duev, M. J. Graham, G. Hélou, A. Mahabal, Frank J. Masci, Roger M. Smith, Maayane T. Soumagnac	78
10	Publisher Correction: A highly magnetized and rapidly rotating white dwarf as small as the Moon 2021 ·Nature ·Ilaria Caiazzo, Kevin B. Burdge, (unknown), Jeremy Heyl, S. R. Kulkarni, Thomas A. Prince, Harvey B. Richer, Josiah Schwab, Igor Andreoni, Eric C. Bellm, A. J. Drake, Dmitry A. Duev, M. J. Graham, G. Hélou, A. Mahabal, Frank J. Masci, Roger M. Smith, Maayane T. Soumagnac	6
11	Unsolved Problems in Modern Astrophysics: Anomalous Microwave Emission 2019 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·E. J. Murphy, Yacine Ali-Haïmoud, Kieran Cleary, C. L. Dickinson, B. T. Draine, G. Hélou, Brandon S. Hensley, Thiem Hoang, A. Lazarian, Sean T. Linden, Brian Mason, R. Paladini, T. J. Pearson, A. C. S. Readhead	1
12	Herschel Spectroscopy of the Taffy Galaxies (UGC 12914/12915 = VV 254): Enhanced [C ii] Emission in the Collisionally Formed Bridge 2018 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), P. N. Appleton, T. Bitsakis, P. Guillard, Katherine Alatalo, F. Boulanger, M. E. Cluver, Pierre–Alain Duc, É. Falgarone, S. C. Gallagher, Yu Gao, G. Hélou, T. H. Jarrett, Bhavin Joshi, U. Lisenfeld, N. Lu, Patrick Ogle, G. Pineau des Forêts, P. van der Werf, C. K. Xu	9
13	REDSHIFT-INDEPENDENT DISTANCES IN THE NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE: METHODOLOGY, CONTENT, AND USE OF NED-D 2016 ·The Astronomical Journal ·Ian Steer, Barry F. Madore, J. M. Mazzarella, M. Schmitz, H. G. Corwin, B. Chan, (unknown), G. Hélou, K. D. Baker, X. Chen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Patrick Ogle, O. Pevunova, Scott Terek	33
14	THE SPATIALLY RESOLVED COOLING LINE DEFICIT IN GALAXIES 2016 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·J. D. Smith, K. V. Croxall, B. T. Draine, Ilse De Looze, Karin Sandström, L. Armus, P. Beirão, Alberto D. Bolatto, M. Boquien, Bernhard R. Brandl, Alison Crocker, Daniel A. Dale, M. Galametz, Brent Groves, G. Hélou, Rodrigo Herrera-Camus, L. K. Hunt, Robert C. Kennicutt, Fabian Walter, M. G. Wolfire	58
15	THE WEAK CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSION IN AN EXTREMELY METAL-POOR GALAXY, SEXTANS A 2015 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Yong Shi, Junzhi Wang, Zhi-Yu Zhang, Yu Gao, L. Armus, G. Hélou, Qiusheng Gu, Sabrina Stierwalt	24
16	CUBISM: CUbe Builder for IRS Spectra Maps 2011 ·Astrophysics Source Code Library ·(unknown), J. D. Smith, L. Armus, Caroline Bot, B. Buckalew, (unknown), G. Hélou, T. H. Jarrett, H. Roussel, Kartik Sheth	1
17	Ultra-Deep Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Luminous Infrared Galaxies at z ∼ 1 and z ∼ 2 2010 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·D. Fadda, Lin Yan, G. Lagache, Anna Sajina, D. Lutz, Stijn Wuyts, D. T. Frayer, D. Marcillac, E. Le Floc’h, K. I. Caputi, H. W. W. Spoon, Sylvain Veilleux, A. W. Blain, G. Hélou	36
18	A deep WSRT 1.4 GHz radio survey of the Spitzer Space Telescope\n FLSv region 2004 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·R. Morganti, M. A. Garrett, S. C. Chapman, Willem A. Baan, G. Hélou, (unknown)	16
19	Nascent Starbursts in Synchrotron‐deficient Galaxies with Hot Dust 2003 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), G. Hélou, R. Beck, J. J. Condon, A. Bosma, K. Matthews, T. H. Jarrett	51
20	Quasar of a Different Color - 13349+2438 / IRAS 1986 ·Scientific American ·C. A. Beichman, B. T. Soifer, G. Hélou, T. J. Chester, G. Neugebauer, F. C. Gillett, F. J. Low	2

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