Roland Bacon

16.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
178 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Roland Bacon is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Roland Bacon has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 106 papers in Instrumentation and 53 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Roland Bacon's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (106 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (97 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (65 papers). Roland Bacon is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (106 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (97 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (65 papers). Roland Bacon collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and Netherlands. Roland Bacon's co-authors include Éric Emsellem, H. Kuntschner, R. F. Peletier, P. T. de Zeeuw, Michele Cappellari, Richard M. McDermid, Martin Bureau, J. Falcón‐Barroso, M. Sarzi and Roger L. Davies and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Cell Biology and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Roland Bacon

167 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

The SAURON project--IV. The mass-to-light ratio, the viri... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2006 2007 2007 2020 200 400 600
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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. The SAURON project--IV. The mass-to-light ratio, the virial mass estimator and the Fundamental Plane of elliptical and lenticular galaxies
    2006 644 citations Roland Bacon, Éric Emsellem et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  2. The SAURON project--V. Integral-field emission-line kinematics of 48 elliptical and lenticular galaxies
    2006 507 citations Roland Bacon, P. T. de Zeeuw et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  3. The SAURON project - IX. A kinematic classification for early-type galaxies
    2007 475 citations Roland Bacon, P. T. de Zeeuw et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  4. The SAURON project - X. The orbital anisotropy of elliptical and lenticular galaxies: revisiting the (V/ ,  ) diagram with integral-field stellar kinematics
    2007 366 citations Éric Emsellem, Roland Bacon et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  5. The data processing pipeline for the MUSE instrument
    2020 204 citations Peter M. Weilbacher, Roland Bacon et al. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roland Bacon France 47 7.3k 4.0k 799 603 293 178 7.7k
L. Wisotzki Germany 50 7.4k 1.0× 3.6k 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 458 0.8× 217 0.7× 189 7.6k
John P. Blakeslee United States 47 7.2k 1.0× 3.7k 0.9× 677 0.8× 403 0.7× 263 0.9× 140 7.3k
Thaisa Storchi‐Bergmann Brazil 46 10.2k 1.4× 3.8k 0.9× 1.3k 1.6× 349 0.6× 290 1.0× 236 10.5k
L. Armus United States 50 12.1k 1.7× 4.0k 1.0× 1.4k 1.8× 466 0.8× 239 0.8× 226 12.4k
Brant Robertson United States 55 8.8k 1.2× 4.0k 1.0× 1.4k 1.7× 360 0.6× 241 0.8× 100 9.2k
Shude Mao China 42 6.6k 0.9× 3.0k 0.7× 949 1.2× 590 1.0× 200 0.7× 226 6.8k
H. C. Ford United States 49 7.6k 1.0× 3.1k 0.8× 1.2k 1.5× 429 0.7× 164 0.6× 203 7.8k
Gustavo Bruzual France 28 9.3k 1.3× 5.4k 1.3× 719 0.9× 343 0.6× 280 1.0× 119 9.5k
Éric Emsellem France 50 8.9k 1.2× 5.0k 1.2× 513 0.6× 515 0.9× 380 1.3× 153 9.1k
Roger L. Davies United Kingdom 42 6.9k 1.0× 3.8k 0.9× 656 0.8× 352 0.6× 254 0.9× 139 7.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bouché, N., Martin Wendt, Johannes Zabl, et al.. (2025). MusE GAs FLOw and Wind (MEGAFLOW). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 694. A67–A67. 1 indexed citations
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Guo, Yucheng, Roland Bacon, L. Wisotzki, et al.. (2024). Spatially resolved spectroscopic analysis of Lyα haloes. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 691. A66–A66. 6 indexed citations
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Guo, Yucheng, Roland Bacon, L. Wisotzki, et al.. (2024). Median surface-brightness profiles of Lyman-α haloes in the MUSE Extremely Deep Field. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 688. A37–A37. 9 indexed citations
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Bacon, Roland, et al.. (2023). Detector system challenges of the wide‐field spectroscopic survey telescope (WST). Astronomische Nachrichten. 344(8-9). 1 indexed citations
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Kusakabe, Haruka, Anne Verhamme, J. Blaizot, et al.. (2022). The MUSE eXtremely Deep Field: Individual detections of Lyα haloes around rest-frame UV-selected galaxies at z ≃ 2.9–4.4. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 660. A44–A44. 18 indexed citations
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Kerutt, Josephine, L. Wisotzki, T. Urrutia, et al.. (2021). Recovery and analysis of rest-frame UV emission lines in 2052 galaxies observed with MUSE at 1.5 <z< 6.4. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 654. A80–A80. 12 indexed citations
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Mary, David, et al.. (2020). ORIGIN: Blind detection of faint emission line galaxies in MUSE datacubes. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 12 indexed citations
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Kollatschny, W., Peter M. Weilbacher, Doron Chelouche, et al.. (2020). NGC 6240: A triple nucleus system in the advanced or final state of merging. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 7 indexed citations
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Zoutendijk, Sebastiaan L., J. Brinchmann, Leindert Boogaard, et al.. (2020). The MUSE-Faint survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 635. A107–A107. 32 indexed citations
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Maseda, Michael V., Roland Bacon, Daniel Lam, et al.. (2020). Elevated ionizing photon production efficiency in faint high-equivalent-width Lyman-α emitters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 493(4). 5120–5130. 35 indexed citations
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Weilbacher, Peter M., Martin M. Roth, S. Dreizler, et al.. (2019). Discovery of an old nova remnant in the Galactic globular cluster M 22. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 12 indexed citations
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Urrutia, T., L. Wisotzki, Josephine Kerutt, et al.. (2019). The MUSE-Wide Survey: survey description and first data release. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 58 indexed citations
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Irwin, P. G. J., Daniel Toledo, Roland Bacon, et al.. (2019). Latitudinal variation in the abundance of methane (CH4) above the clouds in Neptune's atmosphere from VLT/MUSE Narrow Field Mode Observations. Icarus. 331. 69–82. 25 indexed citations
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Claeyssens, Adélaïde, Johan Richard, J. Blaizot, et al.. (2019). Spectral variations of Lyman $\alpha$ emission within strongly lensed sources observed with MUSE. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 489(4). 5022–5029. 30 indexed citations
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Borisova, Elena, Sebastiano Cantalupo, S. J. Lilly, et al.. (2017). Ubiquitous Giant Lyα Nebulae around the Brightest Quasars at z ∼3.5 Revealed with MUSE. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 96 indexed citations
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Herenz, E. C., T. Urrutia, L. Wisotzki, et al.. (2017). The MUSE-Wide survey: A first catalogue of 831 emission line galaxies. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 52 indexed citations
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Gullberg, B., C. De Breuck, M. D. Lehnert, et al.. (2016). The mysterious morphology of MRC0943-242 as revealed by ALMA and MUSE. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 10 indexed citations
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Bína, David, R. Pelló, Johan Richard, et al.. (2016). MUSE observations of the lensing cluster Abell 1689. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 22 indexed citations
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Iodice, E., L. Coccato, F. Combes, et al.. (2015). Mapping the inner regions of the polar disk galaxy NGC 4650A with MUSE. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 11 indexed citations
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Bacon, Roland, Éric Emsellem, F. Combes, et al.. (2001). The M 31 double nucleus probed with OASISand HST. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 48 indexed citations

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