N. Caon

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

N. Caon is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, N. Caon has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 18 papers in Instrumentation and 1 paper in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in N. Caon's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (35 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (30 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (18 papers). N. Caon is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (35 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (30 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (18 papers). N. Caon collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Germany. N. Caon's co-authors include M. Capaccioli, M. D’Onofrio, Ignacio Trujillo, Alister W. Graham, L. M. Cairós, M. G. Pastoriza, Peter Erwin, J. M. Vı́lchez, D. Macchetto and J. A. L. Aguerri and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

N. Caon

41 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

On the shape of the light profiles of early-type galaxies 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. On the shape of the light profiles of early-type galaxies
    1993 403 citations N. Caon, M. Capaccioli et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
N. Caon Spain 22 1.8k 857 169 82 74 42 1.8k
B. Ziegler Germany 25 1.8k 1.0× 1.0k 1.2× 164 1.0× 67 0.8× 54 0.7× 78 1.8k
M. Kleinheinrich Germany 10 1.4k 0.8× 917 1.1× 142 0.8× 59 0.7× 85 1.1× 11 1.4k
M. Scodeggio Italy 21 1.6k 0.9× 882 1.0× 179 1.1× 37 0.5× 52 0.7× 61 1.6k
K. G. Noeske United States 25 2.3k 1.3× 1.4k 1.6× 142 0.8× 93 1.1× 68 0.9× 40 2.3k
E. Ricciardelli Spain 17 2.0k 1.1× 1.3k 1.5× 121 0.7× 70 0.9× 79 1.1× 22 2.0k
R. Rampazzo Italy 25 1.5k 0.9× 822 1.0× 129 0.8× 71 0.9× 44 0.6× 89 1.5k
G. Kauffmann Germany 7 1.3k 0.8× 888 1.0× 124 0.7× 86 1.0× 46 0.6× 7 1.4k
Rosalind E. Skelton South Africa 18 1.6k 0.9× 1.0k 1.2× 145 0.9× 65 0.8× 55 0.7× 33 1.7k
Roelof S. de Jong United States 29 2.6k 1.5× 1.4k 1.7× 151 0.9× 109 1.3× 103 1.4× 77 2.6k
Vandana Desai United States 23 1.8k 1.0× 1.0k 1.2× 140 0.8× 37 0.5× 49 0.7× 59 1.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of N. Caon

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alméida, J. Sánchez, N. Caon, C. Muñoz–Tuñón, M. Filho, & M. Cerviño. (2018). Local anticorrelation between star formation rate and gas-phase metallicity in disc galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 476(4). 4765–4781. 20 indexed citations
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Cairós, L. M., N. Caon, & Peter M. Weilbacher. (2015). VIMOS integral field spectroscopy of blue compact galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 577. A21–A21. 14 indexed citations
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Cairós, L. M., N. Caon, B. García‐Lorenzo, et al.. (2012). Mapping luminous blue compact galaxies with VIRUS-P. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 547. A24–A24. 13 indexed citations
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Cairós, L. M., N. Caon, C. Zurita, et al.. (2010). Mapping the properties of blue compact dwarf galaxies: integral field spectroscopy with PMAS. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 22 indexed citations
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Cairós, L. M., N. Caon, C. Zurita, et al.. (2009). Mapping the starburst in blue compact dwarf galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 507(3). 1291–1301. 26 indexed citations
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Amorín, R., C. Muñoz–Tuñón, J. A. L. Aguerri, L. M. Cairós, & N. Caon. (2007). The stellar host in blue compact dwarf galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 467(2). 541–558. 26 indexed citations
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Amorín, R., C. Muñoz–Tuñón, J. A. L. Aguerri, L. M. Cairós, & N. Caon. (2007). The stellar host in blue compact dwarf galaxies: the need for a two-dimensional fit. ArXiv.org. 19 indexed citations
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Caon, N., et al.. (2001). Kinematics of gas and stars in gas-rich early-type galaxies. Astrophysics and Space Science. 277(S1). 409–412.
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Hjorth, J., M. I. Andersen, L. M. Cairós, et al.. (1999). GRB 990123 spectroscopic redshifts.. GCN. 219. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Andersen, M. I., A. J. Castro‐Tirado, J. Hjorth, et al.. (1999). Spectroscopic Limits on the Distance and Energy Release of GRB 990123. Science. 283(5410). 2075–2077. 22 indexed citations
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Björnsson, G., M. I. Andersen, N. Caon, et al.. (1999). Polarimetric Constraints on the Optical Afterglow Emission from GRB 990123. Science. 283(5410). 2073–2075. 25 indexed citations
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D’Onofrio, M., M. Capaccioli, S. Zaggia, & N. Caon. (1997). The relative distances to the Virgo, Fornax and Coma clusters of galaxies through the Dn-σ and the Fundamental Plane relations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 289(4). 847–862. 17 indexed citations
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Capaccioli, M., M. D’Onofrio, & N. Caon. (1995). The Physical morphology of kinematically hot stellar systems. 31. 169. 1 indexed citations
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Capaccioli, M., N. Caon, & M. D’Onofrio. (1994). General properties of kinematically hot stellar populations.. MmSAI. 65. 919–926. 1 indexed citations
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Caon, N., M. Capaccioli, & M. D’Onofrio. (1994). «Global mapping» B-band photometry of a complete sample of Fornax and Virgo early-type galaxies. Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series. 106(2). 199–242. 1 indexed citations
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D’Onofrio, M., M. Capaccioli, & N. Caon. (1994). On the shape of the light profiles of early type galaxies – II. The $(D_\text n/A_\text e)-\langle\mu\rangle_\text e$ diagram. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 271(3). 523–529. 52 indexed citations
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Capaccioli, M., et al.. (1992). Families of galaxies in the mu-e-Re plane.. MmSAI. 63. 509–532. 1 indexed citations
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Capaccioli, M. & N. Caon. (1991). On the lack of a simple relation between Re and  e for early-type galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 248(3). 523–527. 6 indexed citations
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Caon, N., M. Capaccioli, & R. Rampazzo. (1990). Photographic and CCD surface photometry of 33 early-type galaxies in the Virgo cluster. I. The data.. Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series. 86(3). 429–471. 2 indexed citations
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Capaccioli, M., N. Caon, & R. Rampazzo. (1990). Further evidence of continuity between elliptical and disc galaxies *. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 242(1). 24P–27P. 11 indexed citations

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