Renyu Hu

6.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
89 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Renyu Hu is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Renyu Hu has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 23 papers in Atmospheric Science and 13 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Renyu Hu's work include Astro and Planetary Science (46 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (43 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (22 papers). Renyu Hu is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (46 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (43 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (22 papers). Renyu Hu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Renyu Hu's co-authors include Sara Seager, William Bains, Yuk L. Yung, B. L. Ehlmann, Mario Damiano, S. Seager, Isabel Angelo, Feng Tian, Björn Benneke and D. M. Kass and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Renyu Hu

80 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

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 →
A secondary atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet 55 Cancri e

2024 54 citations Renyu Hu, Aaron Bello-Arufe et al. Nature profile →
JWST Observations of K2-18b Can Be Explained by a Gas-rich Mini-Neptune with No Habitable Surface

2024 53 citations Shang‐Min Tsai, Renyu Hu et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Renyu Hu United States	29	2.1k	684	339	306	174	89	2.4k
Avi M. Mandell United States	22	2.7k 1.3×	509 0.7×	328 1.0×	227 0.7×	152 0.9×	88	3.0k
H. Rauer Germany	36	3.5k 1.7×	969 1.4×	408 1.2×	493 1.6×	169 1.0×	188	4.0k
Jérémy Leconte France	31	2.8k 1.3×	847 1.2×	315 0.9×	169 0.6×	102 0.6×	77	3.0k
Ravi Kopparapu United States	20	2.3k 1.1×	654 1.0×	365 1.1×	121 0.4×	93 0.5×	68	2.5k
Robin Wordsworth United States	30	2.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.7×	140 0.4×	226 0.7×	223 1.3×	86	3.2k
Nikole K. Lewis United States	36	3.5k 1.7×	856 1.3×	927 2.7×	399 1.3×	176 1.0×	123	3.8k
Franck Selsis France	43	5.5k 2.6×	1.3k 1.9×	674 2.0×	568 1.9×	161 0.9×	125	6.0k
Y. Alibert Switzerland	41	4.9k 2.3×	260 0.4×	568 1.7×	359 1.2×	57 0.3×	125	5.4k
Daniel Kitzmann Switzerland	22	1.4k 0.6×	472 0.7×	210 0.6×	199 0.7×	120 0.7×	66	1.6k
Channon Visscher United States	23	1.7k 0.8×	573 0.8×	307 0.9×	316 1.0×	57 0.3×	45	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Renyu Hu

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Zieba, Sebastian, Yamila Miguel, E. Sandford, et al.. (2025). Characterising the atmosphere of 55 Cancri e. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 697. A34–A34. 2 indexed citations

Ih, Jegug, Edwin S. Kite, Daniel D. B. Koll, et al.. (2025). Population-level Hypothesis Testing with Rocky Planet Emission Data: A Tentative Trend in the Brightness Temperatures of M-Earths. The Astrophysical Journal. 987(1). 22–22. 6 indexed citations

Hua, Xiao‐Guo, et al.. (2025). Sex specificity in associations between exposure to a mixture of per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and anxiety among US adults. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 35(4). 578–589.

Hu, Renyu, et al.. (2024). The Detectability of CH₄/CO₂/CO and N₂O Biosignatures Through Reflection Spectroscopy of Terrestrial Exoplanets. The Astronomical Journal. 168(6). 292–292. 3 indexed citations

Hu, Renyu, et al.. (2024). Research on effects of thrust reverser exhaust flows on aerodynamic characteristics of wing-mounted civil aircraft. 170–170.

Zhang, Michael, Renyu Hu, Julie Inglis, et al.. (2024). GJ 367b Is a Dark, Hot, Airless Sub-Earth. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 961(2). L44–L44. 31 indexed citations

Koll, Daniel D. B., et al.. (2024). Super-Earth LHS3844b is Tidally Locked. The Astrophysical Journal. 964(2). 152–152. 12 indexed citations

Hu, Renyu, Aaron Bello-Arufe, Michael Zhang, et al.. (2024). A secondary atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet 55 Cancri e. Nature. 630(8017). 609–612. 54 indexed citations breakdown →

Damiano, Mario, Renyu Hu, & Bertrand Mennesson. (2023). Reflected Spectroscopy of Small Exoplanets. III. Probing the UV Band to Measure Biosignature Gases. The Astronomical Journal. 166(4). 157–157. 8 indexed citations

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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 →

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Hu, Renyu, et al.. (2023). Constraints on the Size and Composition of the Ancient Martian Atmosphere from Coupled CO₂–N₂–Ar Isotopic Evolution Models. The Planetary Science Journal. 4(3). 41–41. 10 indexed citations

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Lincowski, Andrew, Victoria Meadows, Sebastian Zieba, et al.. (2023). Potential Atmospheric Compositions of TRAPPIST-1 c Constrained by JWST/MIRI Observations at 15 μm. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 955(1). L7–L7. 31 indexed citations

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Malik, Matej, Jegug Ih, Eliza M.-R. Kempton, et al.. (2022). The Detectability of Rocky Planet Surface and Atmosphere Composition with the JWST: The Case of LHS 3844b. The Astronomical Journal. 164(6). 258–258. 28 indexed citations

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Wang, Ji, Sarah Kendrew, Thomas P. Greene, et al.. (2021). Detecting Biosignatures in the Atmospheres of Gas Dwarf Planets with the James Webb Space Telescope. The Astrophysical Journal. 923(2). 144–144. 11 indexed citations

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Scheller, Eva L., B. L. Ehlmann, Renyu Hu, & Danica Adams. (2020). The History of Water on Mars as Constrained Through Hydrogen Isotopes. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2076. 2 indexed citations

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Sousa‐Silva, Clara, Sara Seager, Sukrit Ranjan, et al.. (2019). Phosphine as a Biosignature Gas in Exoplanet Atmospheres. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 30 indexed citations

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Harman, Chester E., Renyu Hu, Shawn Domagal‐Goldman, et al.. (2018). Abiotic O₂ Levels on Planets around F, G, K, and M Stars: Effects of Lightning-produced Catalysts in Eliminating Oxygen False Positives. The Astrophysical Journal. 866(1). 56–56. 41 indexed citations

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Loyd, R. O. Parke, Kevin France, Allison Youngblood, et al.. (2018). The MUSCLES Treasury Survey. V. FUV Flares on Active and Inactive M Dwarfs*†‡. The Astrophysical Journal. 867(1). 71–71. 95 indexed citations

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Gao, Peter, Renyu Hu, Tyler D. Robinson, Cheng Li, & Yuk L. Yung. (2015). STABILITY OF CO₂ATMOSPHERES ON DESICCATED M DWARF EXOPLANETS. The Astrophysical Journal. 806(2). 249–249. 72 indexed citations

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Hu, Renyu, Y. V. Bogdanova, C. J. Owen, et al.. (2008). Cluster observations of the midaltitude cusp under strong northward interplanetary magnetic field. Science and Technology Facilities Council. 13 indexed citations

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