M. Mayor

50.4k citations

386 papers · 21.6k indexed · 16 hit papers · h-index 74

Instrumentation top 0.02%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 189
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.01%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 364
- Astro and Planetary Science 214
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 213
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 2%
- Astronomical and nuclear sciences 13
Geophysics top 5%
Atmospheric Science top 5%
Computational Mechanics
- Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation 34
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing 14
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Scientific Research and Discoveries 10

Co-authors: D. Queloz S. Udry N. C. Santos G. Israelian F. Pepe C. Lovis F. Bouchy F. Pont
Cited by: Instrumentation Astronomy and Astrophysics Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Journals: Astronomy and Astrophysics (147 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (18 papers)Nature (9 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland France Portugal

In The Last Decade

M. Mayor

365 papers receiving 20.8k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

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.

2012 Nature
2010 Astronomy and Astrophysics
2010 Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast)
2009 Nature
2008 Astronomy and Astrophysics
2008 ArXiv.org
2008 ArXiv.org
2007 Astronomy and Astrophysics
2006 Nature
2005 Astronomy and Astrophysics
2004 ArXiv.org
2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
2003 Nature
2003 CERN Bulletin
1995 Nature

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Mayor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside M. Mayor, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	A super-Earth orbiting the nearby M dwarf GJ 536 Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·A. Suárez Mascareño,J. I. Gónzalez Hernández,R. Rébolo,N. Astudillo-Defru,X. Bonfıls,F. Bouchy,X. Delfosse,T. Forveille,C. Lovis,M. Mayor,F. Murgas,F. Pepe,N. C. Santos,S. Udry,A. Wünsche,Noor Khairul Rasid	2017	12
2	Astrometric orbit of a low-mass companion to an ultracool dwarf Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·J. Sahlmann,P. F. Lazorenko,D. Ségransan,E. L. Martín,D. Queloz,M. Mayor,S. Udry	2013	21
3	The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XXIV. Companions to HD 85390, HD 90156, and HD 103197: a Neptune analog and two intermediate-mass planets SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository ·C. Mordasini,M. Mayor,S. Udry,C. Lovis,D. Ségransan,W. Benz,Jean‐Loup Bertaux,F. Bouchy,G. Lo Curto,C. Moutou,D. Naef,F. Pepe,D. Queloz,N. C. Santos	2011	11
4	The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XXVIII. Up to seven planets orbiting HD 10180: probing the architecture of low-mass planetary systems SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository ·C. Lovis,D. Ségransan,M. Mayor,S. Udry,W. Benz,Jean‐Loup Bertaux,F. Bouchy,A. C. M. Correia,J. Laskar,G. Lo Curto,C. Mordasini,F. Pepe,D. Queloz,N. C. Santos	2011	80
5	The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XIII. A planetary system with 3 super-Earths (4.2, 6.9, and 9.2 M) Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern) ·M. Mayor,S. Udry,C. Lovis,F. Pepe,D. Queloz,W. Benz,Jean‐Loup Bertaux,F. Bouchy,C. Mordasini,D. Ségransan	2009	132
6	A homogeneous spectroscopic analysis of host stars of transiting planets Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·M. Ammler‐von Eiff,N. C. Santos,S. G. Sousa,J. Fernandes,T. Guillot,G. Israelian,M. Mayor,C. Melo	2009	36
7	High-precision astrometry on the VLT/FORS1 at time scales of few days Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·P. F. Lazorenko,M. Mayor,M. Dominik,F. Pepe,D. Ségransan,S. Udry	2007	12
8	Search for exoplanets with the radial-velocity technique: quantitative diagnostics of stellar activity Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·M. Desort,A.‐M. Lagrange,F. Galland,S. Udry,M. Mayor	2007	79
9	A new Neptune-mass planet orbiting HD 219828 Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·C. Melo,N. C. Santos,W. Gieren,G. Pietrzyński,M. T. Ruíz,S. G. Sousa,F. Bouchy,C. Lovis,M. Mayor,F. Pepe,D. Queloz,R. da Silva,S. Udry	2007	41
10	On the age of stars harboring transiting planets Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·C. Melo,N. C. Santos,F. Pont,T. Guillot,G. Israelian,M. Mayor,D. Queloz,S. Udry	2006	25
11	Five new very low mass binaries Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·G. Montagnier,D. Ségransan,Jean-Luc Beuzit,T. Forveille,P. Delorme,X. Delfosse,C. Perrier,S. Udry,M. Mayor,G. Chauvin,A.‐M. Lagrange,D. Mouillet,Thierry Fusco,P. Gigan,Eric Stadler	2006	20
12	Abundances of Na, Mg and Al in stars with giant planets Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·P. Beirão,N. C. Santos,G. Israelian,M. Mayor	2005	40
13	Doppler follow-up of OGLE planetary transit candidates in Carina Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·F. Pont,F. Bouchy,C. Melo,N. C. Santos,M. Mayor,D. Queloz,S. Udry	2005	42
14	The “missing link”: \n A 4-day period transiting exoplanet around OGLE-TR-111 Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·F. Pont,F. Bouchy,D. Queloz,N. C. Santos,C. Melo,M. Mayor,S. Udry	2004	77
15	C, S, Zn and Cu abundances in planet-harbouring stars Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·A. Ecuvillon,G. Israelian,N. C. Santos,M. Mayor,V. Villar,G. Bihain	2004	68
16	An L0 dwarf companion in the brown dwarf desert, at 30 AU Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·T. Forveille,D. Ségransan,P. Delorme,E. L. Martı́n,X. Delfosse,J. A. Acosta‐Pulido,Jean-Luc Beuzit,A. Manchado,M. Mayor,C. Perrier,S. Udry	2004	13
17	Accurate radius and mass of the transiting exoplanet OGLE-TR-132b Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·C. Moutou,F. Pont,F. Bouchy,M. Mayor	2004	49
18	Beryllium abundances in stars hosting giant planets Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·N. C. Santos,R. J. Garcı́a López,G. Israelian,M. Mayor,R. Rébolo,Edoardo Matteo Marchica,Robert A. Kenned,S. Randich	2002	29
19	The distribution of exoplanet masses Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·A. Jorissen,M. Mayor,S. Udry	2001	50
20	Core velocity dispersion and mass-to-light ratio of the old Magellanic globular cluster NGC 1835 Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·P. Dubath,G. Meylan,M. Mayor,Pierre Magain	1990	1

About M. Mayor

M. Mayor is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Computational Mechanics, having authored 386 papers that have together received 21.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (364 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (214 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (213 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (189 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (34 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (14 papers), Astronomical and nuclear sciences (13 papers) and Scientific Research and Discoveries (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (7.3k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (21.0k citations) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (855 citations). M. Mayor has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, France and Portugal. Frequent co-authors include D. Queloz, S. Udry, N. C. Santos, G. Israelian, F. Pepe, C. Lovis, F. Bouchy, F. Pont, J. Andersen and D. Ségransan. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, Nature, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series.

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