Luc Simard

10.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Luc Simard is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Luc Simard has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 49 papers in Instrumentation and 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Luc Simard's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (49 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (46 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (36 papers). Luc Simard is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (49 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (46 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (36 papers). Luc Simard collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Luc Simard's co-authors include Sara L. Ellison, David R. Patton, J. Trevor Mendel, Alan W. McConnachie, David C. Koo, G. D. Illingworth, Nicole P. Vogt, Vicki L. Sarajedini, Andrew C. Phillips and Paul Torrey 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

Luc Simard

66 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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A CATALOG OF BULGE+DISK DECOMPOSITIONS AND UPDATED PHOTOMETRY FOR 1.12 MILLION GALAXIES IN THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY

2011 410 citations Luc Simard, J. Trevor Mendel et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luc Simard Canada	31	3.6k	2.3k	376	310	252	69	3.7k
Chien Y. Peng United States	23	4.9k 1.4×	2.6k 1.2×	360 1.0×	245 0.8×	387 1.5×	44	5.0k
S. Mei France	35	4.2k 1.2×	2.4k 1.1×	220 0.6×	251 0.8×	158 0.6×	84	4.3k
J. Trevor Mendel Germany	28	3.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	272 0.7×	188 0.6×	149 0.6×	59	3.2k
Alfonso Aragón‐Salamanca United Kingdom	38	4.6k 1.3×	3.0k 1.3×	312 0.8×	274 0.9×	137 0.5×	147	4.8k
Kevin Bundy United States	34	4.3k 1.2×	2.5k 1.1×	175 0.5×	182 0.6×	205 0.8×	89	4.4k
J. A. L. Aguerri Spain	38	4.1k 1.2×	2.8k 1.2×	227 0.6×	326 1.1×	175 0.7×	165	4.3k
Benne W. Holwerda United States	36	3.8k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	189 0.5×	206 0.7×	152 0.6×	180	4.0k
Renbin Yan United States	33	3.7k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	162 0.4×	238 0.8×	127 0.5×	102	3.8k
Niv Drory United States	39	4.9k 1.4×	2.9k 1.3×	181 0.5×	200 0.6×	254 1.0×	174	5.1k
A. Pasquali Germany	36	4.5k 1.2×	2.6k 1.1×	161 0.4×	257 0.8×	126 0.5×	153	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luc Simard

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Bluck, Asa F. L., Connor Bottrell, Hossen Teimoorinia, et al.. (2019). What shapes a galaxy? – unraveling the role of mass, environment, and star formation in forming galactic structure. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 485(1). 666–696. 50 indexed citations

Bottrell, Connor, Maan H Hani, Hossen Teimoorinia, et al.. (2019). Deep learning predictions of galaxy merger stage and the importance of observational realism. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 490(4). 5390–5413. 84 indexed citations

Ellison, Sara L., Nathan J. Secrest, J. Trevor Mendel, Shobita Satyapal, & Luc Simard. (2017). Discovery of a dual active galactic nucleus with ∼8 kpc separation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 470(1). L49–L53. 29 indexed citations

Cantale, N., P. Jablonka, F. Courbin, et al.. (2016). Disc colours in field and cluster spiral galaxies at 0.5 ≲z≲ 0.8. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 589. A82–A82. 19 indexed citations

Abraham, Roberto, Ricardo P. Schiavon, Genevieve J. Graves, et al.. (2014). EVIDENCE FOR (AND AGAINST) PROGENITOR BIAS IN THE SIZE GROWTH OF COMPACT RED GALAXIES. The Astrophysical Journal. 798(1). 26–26. 16 indexed citations

Bluck, Asa F. L., J. Trevor Mendel, Sara L. Ellison, et al.. (2014). Bulge mass is king: the dominant role of the bulge in determining the fraction of passive galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 441(1). 599–629. 177 indexed citations

Mendel, J. Trevor, Luc Simard, Sara L. Ellison, & David R. Patton. (2013). Towards a physical picture of star formation quenching: the photometric properties of recently quenched galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 429(3). 2212–2227. 52 indexed citations

Subramanian, Smitha, Annapurni Subramaniam, Luc Simard, et al.. (2013). Generation of a Near Infra-Red Guide Star Catalog for Thirty-Meter Telescope Observations. Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy. 34(2). 175–192.

Dutton, Aaron A., Andrea V. Macciò, J. Trevor Mendel, & Luc Simard. (2013). Universal IMF versus dark halo response in early-type galaxies: breaking the degeneracy with the Fundamental Plane. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 432(3). 2496–2511. 62 indexed citations

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Simard, Luc, J. Trevor Mendel, David R. Patton, Sara L. Ellison, & Alan W. McConnachie. (2011). A CATALOG OF BULGE+DISK DECOMPOSITIONS AND UPDATED PHOTOMETRY FOR 1.12 MILLION GALAXIES IN THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 196(1). 11–11. 410 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vulcani, Benedetta, Bianca M. Poggianti, Alan Dressler, et al.. (2011). The evolution of early-type galaxies in clusters from z∼ 0.8 to z ∼ 0: the ellipticity distribution and the morphological mix. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 413(2). 921–941. 21 indexed citations

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Ellison, Sara L., Preethi Nair, David R. Patton, et al.. (2011). The impact of gas inflows on star formation rates and metallicities in barred galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 416(3). 2182–2192. 122 indexed citations

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Mobasher, Bahram, D. Crampton, & Luc Simard. (2010). An Infrared Multi-Object Spectrograph (IRMS) with adaptive optics for TMT: the science case. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7735. 77355P–77355P. 4 indexed citations

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Larkin, James, Anna Moore, E. J. Barton, et al.. (2010). The infrared imaging spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: instrument overview. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7735. 773529–773529. 14 indexed citations

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Simard, Luc & D. Crampton. (2010). Science flow down for the Thirty Meter Telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7735. 77355R–77355R. 3 indexed citations

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Poggianti, Bianca M., Anja von der Linden, G. De Lucia, et al.. (2006). The Evolution of the Star Formation Activity in Galaxies and Its Dependence on Environment. The Astrophysical Journal. 642(1). 188–215. 174 indexed citations

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Simard, Luc, et al.. (2005). The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey: The Morphology-Density Relation of Galaxies out to z ~ 1. The Astrophysical Journal. 626(2). L77–L80. 18 indexed citations

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Simard, Luc, et al.. (2002). Constraints on the Size Evolution of Brightest Cluster Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 567(1). 144–154. 20 indexed citations

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Im, Myungshin, S. M. Faber, Karl Gebhardt, et al.. (2001). Are There Blue, Massive E/S0 Galaxies at [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] < 1? Kinematics of Blue Spheroidal Galaxy Candidates. The Astronomical Journal. 122(2). 750–763. 29 indexed citations

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Simard, Luc, David C. Koo, S. M. Faber, et al.. (1999). The Magnitude‐Size Relation of Galaxies out to \documentclass{aastex} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{bm} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{pifont} \usepackage{stmaryrd} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{portland,xspace} \usepackage{amsmath,amsxtra} \usepackage[OT2,OT1]{fontenc} \newcommand\cyr{ \renewcommand\rmdefault{wncyr} \renewcommand\sfdefault{wncyss} \renewcommand\encodingdefault{OT2} \normalfont \selectfont} \DeclareTextFontCommand{\textcyr}{\cyr} \pagestyle{empty} \DeclareMathSizes{10}{9}{7}{6} \begin{document} \landscape $z\sim 1$ \end{document}. The Astrophysical Journal. 519(2). 563–579. 84 indexed citations

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