Julien Devriendt

12.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
182 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Julien Devriendt is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Julien Devriendt has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 178 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 92 papers in Instrumentation and 22 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Julien Devriendt's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (162 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (92 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (54 papers). Julien Devriendt is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (162 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (92 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (54 papers). Julien Devriendt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and South Korea. Julien Devriendt's co-authors include Adrianne Slyz, Yohan Dubois, Christophe Pichon, Sébastien Peirani, Marta Volonteri, Taysun Kimm, Joseph Silk, Romain Teyssier, Sugata Kaviraj and J. Blaizot and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

Julien Devriendt

175 papers receiving 6.9k citations

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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.

The Horizon-AGN simulation: morphological diversity of galaxies promoted by AGN feedback

2016 343 citations Yohan Dubois, Sébastien Peirani et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
Introducing the NEWHORIZON simulation: Galaxy properties with resolved internal dynamics across cosmic time

2021 153 citations Yohan Dubois, Ricarda S. Beckmann et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Julien Devriendt United Kingdom	46	7.0k	3.0k	1.3k	277	226	182	7.3k
Yohan Dubois France	46	7.1k 1.0×	3.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	263 0.9×	195 0.9×	183	7.4k
Claudio Dalla Vecchia United Kingdom	46	8.4k 1.2×	4.3k 1.4×	1.6k 1.2×	240 0.9×	282 1.2×	92	8.5k
T. H. Jarrett United States	39	6.2k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	189 0.7×	130 0.6×	197	6.4k
Dennis Zaritsky United States	48	8.6k 1.2×	4.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	320 1.2×	316 1.4×	227	8.9k
Matthew Colless Australia	42	6.3k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	1.9k 1.4×	243 0.9×	270 1.2×	160	6.6k
Andrew Wetzel United States	48	6.5k 0.9×	3.1k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	132 0.5×	205 0.9×	144	6.8k
M. Salvato Germany	48	7.6k 1.1×	3.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	245 0.9×	161 0.7×	193	8.0k
Shude Mao China	42	6.6k 0.9×	3.0k 1.0×	949 0.7×	590 2.1×	273 1.2×	226	6.8k
M. Nonino Italy	42	7.0k 1.0×	3.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	335 1.2×	159 0.7×	167	7.2k
Brant Robertson United States	55	8.8k 1.3×	4.0k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	360 1.3×	188 0.8×	100	9.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Julien Devriendt

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pereira-Santaella, M., E. González-Alfonso, S. Aalto, et al.. (2025). On unveiling buried nuclei with JWST: A technique for hunting the most obscured galaxy nuclei from local to high redshift. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 696. A135–A135.

Saxena, Aayush, et al.. (2025). Inferring the ionizing photon contributions of high-redshift galaxies to reionization with JWST NIRCam photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 537(3). 2273–2290. 6 indexed citations

Beckmann, Ricarda S., Yohan Dubois, Marta Volonteri, et al.. (2024). Black hole spin evolution across cosmic time from the NewHorizon simulation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 536(2). 1838–1856. 4 indexed citations

Desmond, Harry, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the variance of individual halo properties in constrained cosmological simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 534(4). 3120–3132. 3 indexed citations

Katz, Harley, Aayush Saxena, Thibault Garel, et al.. (2024). The great escape: understanding the connection between Ly α emission and LyC escape in simulated JWST analogues. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 532(2). 2463–2484. 14 indexed citations

Yi, Sukyoung K., Sree Oh, S. M. Croom, et al.. (2024). On the Origin of the Variety of Velocity Dispersion Profiles of Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 968(2). 96–96. 2 indexed citations

Rey, Martin P., Harley Katz, Alex J. Cameron, Julien Devriendt, & Adrianne Slyz. (2024). Boosting galactic outflows with enhanced resolution. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(3). 5412–5431. 21 indexed citations

Peirani, Sébastien, Yasushi Suto, Ricarda S. Beckmann, et al.. (2024). Cosmic evolution of black hole spin and galaxy orientations: Clues from the NewHorizon and Galactica simulations. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 686. A233–A233. 12 indexed citations

Chisari, Nora Elisa, et al.. (2023). Intrinsic correlations of galaxy sizes in a hydrodynamical cosmological simulation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(1). 1541–1566. 3 indexed citations

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Beckmann, Ricarda S., Yohan Dubois, Marta Volonteri, et al.. (2023). Population statistics of intermediate-mass black holes in dwarf galaxies using the newhorizon simulation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 523(4). 5610–5623. 19 indexed citations

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Kraljic, Katarina, Florent Renaud, Yohan Dubois, et al.. (2023). Emergence and cosmic evolution of the Kennicutt–Schmidt relation driven by interstellar turbulence. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 682. A50–A50. 4 indexed citations

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Smethurst, Rebecca, Ricarda S. Beckmann, Brooke Simmons, et al.. (2023). Evidence for non-merger co-evolution of galaxies and their supermassive black holes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(4). 10855–10866. 10 indexed citations

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JACKSON, R. A., Sugata Kaviraj, Garreth Martin, et al.. (2022). Extremely massive disc galaxies in the nearby Universe form through gas-rich minor mergers. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 511(1). 607–615. 24 indexed citations

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JACKSON, R. A., Sugata Kaviraj, Garreth Martin, et al.. (2021). Dark matter-deficient dwarf galaxies form via tidal stripping of dark matter in interactions with massive companions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 502(2). 1785–1796. 45 indexed citations

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Dubois, Yohan, Ricarda S. Beckmann, F. Bournaud, et al.. (2021). Introducing the NEWHORIZON simulation: Galaxy properties with resolved internal dynamics across cosmic time. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 651. A109–A109. 153 indexed citations breakdown →

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JACKSON, R. A., Garreth Martin, Sugata Kaviraj, et al.. (2020). Why do extremely massive disc galaxies exist today?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 494(4). 5568–5575. 22 indexed citations

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Hatfield, Peter, C. Laigle, M. J. Jarvis, et al.. (2019). Comparing galaxy clustering in Horizon-AGN simulated light-cone mocks and VIDEO observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 490(4). 5043–5056. 5 indexed citations

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Martin, Garreth, Sugata Kaviraj, C. Laigle, et al.. (2019). The formation and evolution of low-surface-brightness galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 485(1). 796–818. 92 indexed citations

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Kaviraj, Sugata, Julien Devriendt, Ignacio Ferreras, Sukyoung K. Yi, & Joseph Silk. (2009). Identifying the progenitor set of present-day early-type galaxies: a view from the standard model. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 10 indexed citations

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Roukema, Boudewijn F., et al.. (2001). Star formation \nlosses due to tidal debris in "hierarchical" galaxy formation. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations

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