Savvas Constantinou

629 total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 376 citations indexed

About

Savvas Constantinou is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Savvas Constantinou has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 376 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4 papers in Atmospheric Science and 4 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Savvas Constantinou's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (11 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (9 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (6 papers). Savvas Constantinou is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (11 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (9 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (6 papers). Savvas Constantinou collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Russia. Savvas Constantinou's co-authors include Nikku Madhusudhan, Anjali A. A. Piette, Måns Holmberg, Subhajit Sarkar, Julianne I. Moses, Siddharth Gandhi, Samuel H. C. Cabot, Luis Welbanks, Nikolay Nikolov and T. M. Evans and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Savvas Constantinou

14 papers receiving 309 citations

Hit Papers

Carbon-bearing Molecules in a Possible HyceanAtmosphere 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 2025 40 80 120
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.

  1. Carbon-bearing Molecules in a Possible HyceanAtmosphere
    2023 129 citations Nikku Madhusudhan, Subhajit Sarkar et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →
  2. New Constraints on DMS and DMDS in the Atmosphere of K2-18 b from JWST MIRI
    2025 20 citations Nikku Madhusudhan, Savvas Constantinou et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →

Peers

Savvas Constantinou
Andrew Lincowski United States
A. Oza United States
Stevanus K. Nugroho Japan
Subhajit Sarkar United Kingdom
Anjali A. A. Piette United Kingdom
L. Carone Germany
Megan Mansfield United States
Matthew C. Nixon United Kingdom
Ian Wong United States
Sarah E. Moran United States
Andrew Lincowski United States
Savvas Constantinou
Citations per year, relative to Savvas Constantinou Savvas Constantinou (= 1×) peers Andrew Lincowski

Countries citing papers authored by Savvas Constantinou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Savvas Constantinou

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Savvas Constantinou. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Savvas Constantinou. The network helps show where Savvas Constantinou may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Savvas Constantinou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Savvas Constantinou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Savvas Constantinou based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Savvas Constantinou. Savvas Constantinou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Madhusudhan, Nikku, Savvas Constantinou, Måns Holmberg, et al.. (2025). New Constraints on DMS and DMDS in the Atmosphere of K2-18 b from JWST MIRI. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 983(2). L40–L40. 20 indexed citations breakdown →
2.
Madhusudhan, Nikku, et al.. (2025). Exploring the sub-Neptune frontier with JWST. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(39). e2416194122–e2416194122. 1 indexed citations
3.
Constantinou, Savvas & Nikku Madhusudhan. (2024). VIRA: an exoplanet atmospheric retrieval framework for JWST transmission spectroscopy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 530(3). 3252–3277. 7 indexed citations
4.
Cabot, Samuel H. C., Nikku Madhusudhan, Savvas Constantinou, et al.. (2024). High-resolution Spectroscopic Reconnaissance of a Temperate Sub-Neptune. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 966(1). L10–L10. 7 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Subhajit, Nikku Madhusudhan, Savvas Constantinou, & Måns Holmberg. (2024). Exoplanet transit spectroscopy with JWST NIRSpec: diagnostics and homogeneous case study of WASP-39 b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 531(2). 2731–2756. 8 indexed citations
6.
Holmberg, Måns, Nikku Madhusudhan, Savvas Constantinou, et al.. (2024). Toward a Self-consistent Evaluation of Gas Dwarf Scenarios for Temperate Sub-Neptunes. The Astrophysical Journal. 975(1). 101–101. 13 indexed citations
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Constantinou, Savvas, Nikku Madhusudhan, & Siddharth Gandhi. (2023). Early Insights for Atmospheric Retrievals of Exoplanets Using JWST Transit Spectroscopy. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 943(2). L10–L10. 27 indexed citations
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Madhusudhan, Nikku, Subhajit Sarkar, Savvas Constantinou, et al.. (2023). Carbon-bearing Molecules in a Possible HyceanAtmosphere. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 956(1). L13–L13. 129 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nikolov, Nikolay, Savvas Constantinou, J. Southworth, et al.. (2023). A precise blue-optical transmission spectrum from the ground: evidence for haze in the atmosphere of WASP-74b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521(2). 2163–2180. 4 indexed citations
10.
Constantinou, Savvas & Nikku Madhusudhan. (2022). Characterizing atmospheres of cloudy temperate mini-neptunes with JWST. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 514(2). 2073–2091. 12 indexed citations
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Nikolov, Nikolay, J. Southworth, Savvas Constantinou, et al.. (2021). Transmission spectroscopy with VLT FORS2: a featureless spectrum for the low-density transiting exoplanet WASP-88b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 506(2). 2853–2870. 11 indexed citations
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Madhusudhan, Nikku, Anjali A. A. Piette, & Savvas Constantinou. (2021). Habitability and Biosignatures of Hycean Worlds. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 76 indexed citations
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Gibson, Neale P., Nikolay Nikolov, Savvas Constantinou, et al.. (2020). Ground-based transmission spectroscopy with FORS2: A featureless optical transmission spectrum and detection of H2O for the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-103b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 497(4). 5155–5170. 20 indexed citations
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Madhusudhan, Nikku, Samuel H. C. Cabot, Savvas Constantinou, et al.. (2020). Neutral Cr and V in the Atmosphere of Ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121 b. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 41 indexed citations

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