M. Gillon

30.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
174 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

M. Gillon is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Gillon has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 69 papers in Instrumentation and 9 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in M. Gillon's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (164 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (116 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (92 papers). M. Gillon is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (164 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (116 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (92 papers). M. Gillon collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Switzerland and United Kingdom. M. Gillon's co-authors include D. Queloz, A. H. M. J. Triaud, Brice-Olivier Demory, S. Udry, F. Pepe, A. Collier Cameron, D. R. Anderson, P. F. L. Maxted, C. Hellier and Emmanuël Jehin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

M. Gillon

167 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Temperate Earth-sized planets transiting a nearby ultracool dwarf star

2016 309 citations M. Gillon, Emmanuël Jehin et al. Nature profile →
Spin-orbit angle measurements for six southern transiting planets

2010 239 citations A. H. M. J. Triaud, A. Collier Cameron et al. profile →
Spin-orbit angle measurements for six southern transiting planets; New insights into the dynamical origins of hot Jupiters

2010 204 citations A. H. M. J. Triaud, A. Collier Cameron et al. profile →
Planets and stellar activity: hide and seek in the CoRoT-7 system★

2014 186 citations A. Collier Cameron, D. Queloz et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
A map of the large day–night temperature gradient of a super-Earth exoplanet

2016 148 citations Brice-Olivier Demory, M. Gillon et al. Nature profile →
No thick carbon dioxide atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c

2023 108 citations Sebastian Zieba, Laura Kreidberg et al. Nature profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
M. Gillon	6.5k	2.2k	705	342	245	174	6.7k
Heather A. Knutson	5.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	832 1.2×	445 1.3×	174 0.7×	139	6.1k
D. Homeier	6.0k 0.9×	2.4k 1.1×	733 1.0×	549 1.6×	265 1.1×	105	6.3k
Jacob L. Bean	4.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	611 0.9×	405 1.2×	169 0.7×	154	4.4k
Travis Barman	7.0k 1.1×	2.3k 1.0×	599 0.8×	529 1.5×	208 0.8×	118	7.3k
I. Baraffe	5.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	562 0.8×	421 1.2×	189 0.8×	136	5.9k
Jean-Michel Désert	5.9k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	996 1.4×	565 1.7×	143 0.6×	125	6.2k
A. Reiners	5.7k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	364 0.5×	339 1.0×	298 1.2×	211	6.0k
David Charbonneau	8.6k 1.3×	3.2k 1.4×	1.0k 1.5×	558 1.6×	297 1.2×	142	9.0k
D. Ehrenreich	5.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	606 0.9×	416 1.2×	116 0.5×	131	6.0k
A. Collier Cameron	9.8k 1.5×	2.7k 1.2×	346 0.5×	279 0.8×	392 1.6×	286	10.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zieba, Sebastian, Laura Kreidberg, Elsa Ducrot, et al.. (2023). No thick carbon dioxide atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c. Nature. 620(7975). 746–749. 108 indexed citations breakdown →

Bonfanti, A. & M. Gillon. (2020). MCMCI: A code to fully characterise an exoplanetary system. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 11 indexed citations

Spake, Jessica, David K. Sing, Hannah R. Wakeford, et al.. (2020). Abundance measurements of H2O and carbon-bearing species in the atmosphere of WASP-127b confirm its super-solar metallicity. Keele Research Repository (Keele University). 26 indexed citations

Krushinsky, V., Paul Benni, Artem Burdanov, et al.. (2020). Discovery of a pre-cataclysmic binary with unusual chromaticity of the eclipsed white dwarf by the GPX survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 493(4). 5208–5217. 8 indexed citations

Ducrot, Elsa & M. Gillon. (2019). Latest news of SPECULOOS and TRAPPIST-1. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations

Wit, Julien de, Hannah R. Wakeford, Nikole K. Lewis, et al.. (2018). Atmospheric reconnaissance of the habitable-zone Earth-sized planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1. Nature Astronomy. 2(3). 214–219. 107 indexed citations

Marsset, Michaël, B. Carry, Christophe Dumas, et al.. (2017). 3D shape of asteroid (6) Hebe from VLT/SPHERE imaging: Implications for the origin of ordinary H chondrites. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 13 indexed citations

Opitom, Cyrielle, Aurélie Guilbert-Lepoutre, Emmanuël Jehin, et al.. (2016). Long-term activity and outburst of comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) from narrow-band photometry and long-slit spectroscopy. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 10 indexed citations

Gillon, M., Brice-Olivier Demory, Nikku Madhusudhan, et al.. (2014). Search for a habitable terrestrial planet transiting the nearby red dwarf GJ 1214. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 17 indexed citations

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Lendl, M., A. H. M. J. Triaud, D. R. Anderson, et al.. (2014). WASP-117b: a 10-day-period Saturn in an eccentric and misaligned orbit. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 24 indexed citations

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Neveu-VanMalle, M., D. Queloz, D. R. Anderson, et al.. (2014). WASP-94 A and B planets: hot-Jupiter cousins in a twin-star system. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations

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Gillon, M., A. H. M. J. Triaud, Cyrielle Opitom, et al.. (2013). Fast-evolving weather for the coolest of our two new substellar neighbours. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 54 indexed citations

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Bonfıls, X., M. Gillon, S. Udry, et al.. (2012). A hot Uranus transiting the nearby M dwarf GJ 3470. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Smalley, B., D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, et al.. (2012). WASP-78b and WASP-79b: two highly-bloated hot Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type stars in Eridanus. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 17 indexed citations

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Lendl, M., D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, et al.. (2012). WASP-42 b and WASP-49 b: two new transiting sub-Jupiters. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 33 indexed citations

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Anderson, D. R., A. Collier Cameron, M. Gillon, et al.. (2011). WASP-43b: the closest-orbiting hot Jupiter. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 53 indexed citations

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Gillon, M., X. Bonfıls, Brice-Olivier Demory, Sara Seager, & Drake Deming. (2011). An educated search for transiting habitable planets: (Research Note) Targetting M dwarfs with known transiting planets. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 6 indexed citations

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Jehin, Emmanuël, M. Gillon, Jean Manfroid, et al.. (2011). TRAPPIST (TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope). Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 58 indexed citations

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Gillon, M., F. Pont, C. Moutou, et al.. (2006). High accuracy transit photometry of the planet OGLE-TR-113b with a new deconvolution-based method. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 61 indexed citations

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Gillon, M. & Pierre Magain. (2006). High precision determination of the atmospheric parameters and \nabundances of the COROT main targets. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 21 indexed citations

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