M. Mayor

4.4k citations

33 papers · 1.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 12

Impact in

Instrumentation top 1%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

Papers in

Instrumentation 20
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 20
Astronomy and Astrophysics 31
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 30
- Astro and Planetary Science 18
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 7
- History and Developments in Astronomy 2

Co-authors: D. Queloz N. C. Santos J. R. De Medeiros G. Knispel Jean-Pierre Meunier D. Kohler A. Baranne Daniel Lacroix
Journals: Astronomy and Astrophysics (7 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series (2 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (1 paper)SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología (1 paper)International Astronomical Union Colloquium (2 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland Portugal France

In The Last Decade

M. Mayor

31 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Chemical abundances of 1111 FGK stars from the HARPS GTO planet search program 2012 · 296 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
1996 Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series

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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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#	Work
1	Evidence for a spectroscopic direct detection of reflected light from 51 Pegasi b Astronomy and Astrophysics ·J. H. C. Martins, N. C. Santos, P. Figueira, J. P. Faria, M. Montalto, I. Boisse, D. Ehrenreich, C. Lovis, M. Mayor, C. Melo, F. Pepe, S. G. Sousa, S. Udry, D. Cunha	2015	35
2	Prized results from HARPS SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·X. Bonfıls, F. Bouchy, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille, M. Gillon, C. Lovis, M. Mayor, V. Neves, F. Pepe, C. Perrier, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, D. Ségransan, S. Udry	2013	1
3	A hot Uranus transiting the nearby M dwarf GJ 3470 Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·X. Bonfıls, M. Gillon, S. Udry, D. J. Armstrong, F. Bouchy, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille, A. Fumel, Sandy Clark, Rachel Kuehn, C. Lovis, M. Mayor, J. McCormac, V. Neves, F. Pepe, 智治宮下, D. Pollaco, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos	2012	2
4	Exploring theα-enhancement of metal-poor planet-hosting stars. TheKeplerand HARPS samples Astronomy and Astrophysics ·V. Adibekyan, E. Delgado Mena, S. G. Sousa, N. C. Santos, G. Israelian, J. I. Gónzalez Hernández, M. Mayor, A. A. Hakobyan	2012	63
5	Improved precision on the radius of the nearby super-Earth 55 Cnc e Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. Gillon, Brice-Olivier Demory, Bjoern Benneke, Diana Valencia, Drake Deming, Sara Seager, C. Lovis, M. Mayor, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, Ahyar Rosidi, S. Udry	2012	63
6	Chemical abundances of 1111 FGK stars from the HARPS GTO planet search program Astronomy and Astrophysics ·V. Adibekyan, S. G. Sousa, N. C. Santos, E. Delgado Mena, J. I. Gónzalez Hernández, G. Israelian, M. Mayor, G. Khachatryan Hit paper breakdown →	2012	296
7	The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Марков Альберт Валерьевич, M. Mayor, S. Udry, C. Lovis, W. Benz, F. Bouchy, G. Lo Curto, C. Mordasini, C. Moutou, D. Naef, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos	2011	38
8	The HARPS search for southern extrasolar planets. XXIII. 8 planetary companions to low-activity solar-type stars arXiv (Cornell University) ·D. Naef, M. Mayor, G. Lo Curto, F. Bouchy, C. Lovis, C. Moutou, W. Benz, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, D. Ségransan, S. Udry, X. Bonfıls, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille, G. Hébrard, C. Mordasini, C. Perrier, I. Boisse, D. Sosnowska	2010	19
9	Spectroscopic binaries among Hipparcos M giants Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Benoît Famaey, D. Pourbaix, A. Frankowski, S. Van Eck, M. Mayor, S. Udry, A. Jorissen	2009	24
10	CNO, S, Zn and Cu abundances in planet-harbouring stars A. Ecuvillon, G. Israelian, N. C. Santos, N. G. Shchukina, M. Mayor, R. Rébolo	2005	1
11	The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets Astronomy and Astrophysics ·A. C. M. Correia, S. Udry, M. Mayor, J. Laskar, D. Naef, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos	2005	87
12	Spectroscopic Binaries among a Complete Sample of Hipparcos M Giants International Astronomical Union Colloquium ·陳鈞閎, Benoît Famaey, Ammari Kais, D. Pourbaix, M. Mayor, H. P. Ting	2004	2
13	Extrasolar Planets: from Individual Detections to Statistical Properties ASPC ·S. Udry, M. Mayor, D. Queloz	2003	2
14	Chemical abundances of planet-host stars: Results for alpha and Fe-group elements ArXiv.org ·A. Bodaghee, N. C. Santos, G. Israelian, M. Mayor	2003	55
15	The Observatoire de Haute-Provence Search for Extrasolar Planets with ELODIE D. Queloz, M. Mayor, J. P. Sivan, D. Kohler, C. Perrier, J. M. Mariotti, Jean-Luc Beuzit	1998	1
16	Duplicity in the solar neighbourhood. VII: Spectroscopic orbits of three K-dwarf stars Andreï Tokovinin, A. Duquennoy, J. L. Halbwachs, M. Mayor	1994	2
17	Duplicity of solar-like stars in the solar neighbourhood A. Duquennoy, M. Mayor	1990	1
18	Kinematical and Dynamical Properties of ω Cen and 47 Tuc Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·G. Meylan, M. Mayor	1985	1
19	Chemical and dynamical evolution of our galaxy 최규권, M. Mayor	1978	11
20	Chemical and dynamical evolution of our galaxy : proceedings of the IAU Colloquium No 45 held at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland, September 7-9, 1977 최규권, M. Mayor	1977	0

About M. Mayor

M. Mayor is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 33 papers that have together received 1.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (30 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (20 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (18 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (7 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (6 papers), Astronomical and nuclear sciences (3 papers), History and Developments in Astronomy (2 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (591 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.5k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (72 citations), Geophysics (48 citations) and Computational Mechanics (63 citations). M. Mayor has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, Portugal and France. Frequent co-authors include D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, J. R. De Medeiros, G. Knispel, Jean-Pierre Meunier, D. Kohler, A. Baranne, Daniel Lacroix, G. Israelian and S. G. Sousa. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, The Astrophysical Journal, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and International Astronomical Union Colloquium.

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