Simon Albrecht

8.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Simon Albrecht is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Albrecht has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 23 papers in Instrumentation and 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Simon Albrecht's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (57 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (37 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (32 papers). Simon Albrecht is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (57 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (37 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (32 papers). Simon Albrecht collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Netherlands. Simon Albrecht's co-authors include I. A. G. Snellen, Ernst de Mooij, Remco de Kok, Joshua N. Winn, John Asher Johnson, Jayne Birkby, Matteo Brogi, Vincent Van Eylen, Daniel C. Fabrycky and Andrew W. Howard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Simon Albrecht

63 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

The orbital motion, absolute mass and high-altitude winds... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2012 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. The orbital motion, absolute mass and high-altitude winds of exoplanet HD 209458b
    2010 420 citations I. A. G. Snellen, Remco de Kok et al. profile →
  2. OBLIQUITIES OF HOT JUPITER HOST STARS: EVIDENCE FOR TIDAL INTERACTIONS AND PRIMORDIAL MISALIGNMENTS
    2012 296 citations Simon Albrecht, Joshua N. Winn et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Albrecht United States 28 2.9k 936 323 320 145 67 3.0k
Ian J. M. Crossfield United States 27 2.5k 0.9× 739 0.8× 192 0.6× 364 1.1× 184 1.3× 82 2.7k
Caroline Morley United States 30 2.3k 0.8× 648 0.7× 260 0.8× 579 1.8× 105 0.7× 97 2.5k
Suvrath Mahadevan United States 20 1.9k 0.6× 682 0.7× 137 0.4× 236 0.7× 250 1.7× 108 2.1k
V. Bourrier Switzerland 29 2.7k 0.9× 618 0.7× 145 0.4× 277 0.9× 63 0.4× 104 2.7k
Björn Benneke United States 23 2.1k 0.8× 594 0.6× 289 0.9× 494 1.5× 121 0.8× 62 2.3k
John Rayner United States 24 3.2k 1.1× 569 0.6× 417 1.3× 340 1.1× 206 1.4× 62 3.3k
Dániel Apai United States 32 3.5k 1.2× 983 1.1× 370 1.1× 256 0.8× 308 2.1× 157 3.7k
Mercedes López‐Morales United States 25 1.9k 0.7× 706 0.8× 167 0.5× 263 0.8× 110 0.8× 107 2.0k
H. Bouy Spain 36 3.7k 1.3× 994 1.1× 514 1.6× 173 0.5× 133 0.9× 163 3.8k
Hannah R. Wakeford United States 27 1.9k 0.7× 661 0.7× 255 0.8× 437 1.4× 116 0.8× 79 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Albrecht

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Albrecht

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Albrecht, Simon, et al.. (2025). No robust statistical evidence for a population of water worlds in a 2025 sample of planets orbiting M stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 695. A253–A253.
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Reffert, S., et al.. (2025). Precise radial velocities of giant stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 697. A32–A32.
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Albrecht, Simon, et al.. (2024). The BANANA Project. VII. High Eccentricity Predicts Spin–Orbit Misalignment in Binaries. The Astrophysical Journal. 975(1). 149–149. 5 indexed citations
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Knudstrup, Emil, Simon Albrecht, D. Gandolfi, et al.. (2023). A puffy polar planet. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 671. A164–A164. 3 indexed citations
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Winn, Joshua N., et al.. (2023). Ponderings on the Possible Preponderance of Perpendicular Planets. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 950(1). L2–L2. 24 indexed citations
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Winn, Joshua N., et al.. (2022). DI Herculis Revisited: Starspots, Gravity Darkening, and 3D Obliquities. The Astrophysical Journal. 927(1). 114–114. 5 indexed citations
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Reffert, S., Trifon Trifonov, Man Hoi Lee, et al.. (2021). Precise radial velocities of giant stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 647. A160–A160. 5 indexed citations
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Hjorth, María, Simon Albrecht, Teruyuki Hirano, et al.. (2021). A backward-spinning star with two coplanar planets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(8). 36 indexed citations
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Albrecht, Simon, et al.. (2021). A Preponderance of Perpendicular Planets. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 916(1). L1–L1. 57 indexed citations
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Justesen, A. B. & Simon Albrecht. (2020). The spin-orbit alignment of visual binaries. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations
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Eylen, Vincent Van, Simon Albrecht, Chelsea X. Huang, et al.. (2019). The Orbital Eccentricity of Small Planet Systems. The Astronomical Journal. 157(2). 61–61. 99 indexed citations
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Borkovits, T., Simon Albrecht, S. Rappaport, et al.. (2018). EPIC 219217635: A Doubly Eclipsing Quadruple System Containing an Evolved Binary. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 17 indexed citations
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Essen, C. von, et al.. (2017). Testing connections between exo-atmospheres and their host stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 603. A20–A20. 9 indexed citations
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Eylen, Vincent Van, Joshua N. Winn, & Simon Albrecht. (2016). ORBITAL CIRCULARIZATION OF HOT AND COOL KEPLER ECLIPSING BINARIES. The Astrophysical Journal. 824(1). 15–15. 34 indexed citations
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Yu, Liang, Joshua N. Winn, M. Gillon, et al.. (2015). TESTS OF THE PLANETARY HYPOTHESIS FOR PTFO 8-8695b. The Astrophysical Journal. 812(1). 48–48. 15 indexed citations
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Sanchis-Ojeda, Roberto, Joshua N. Winn, Fei Dai, et al.. (2015). A LOW STELLAR OBLIQUITY FOR WASP-47, A COMPACT MULTIPLANET SYSTEM WITH A HOT JUPITER AND AN ULTRA-SHORT PERIOD PLANET. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 812(1). L11–L11. 21 indexed citations
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Kok, Remco de, Jayne Birkby, Matteo Brogi, et al.. (2014). Identifying new opportunities for exoplanet characterisation at high spectral resolution. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 39 indexed citations
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Lund, Mikkel N., M. Lundkvist, V. Silva Aguirre, et al.. (2014). Asteroseismic inference on the spin-orbit misalignment and stellar parameters of HAT-P-7. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 33 indexed citations
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Kok, Remco de, Matteo Brogi, I. A. G. Snellen, et al.. (2013). Detection of carbon monoxide in the high-resolution day-side spectrum of the exoplanet HD 189733b. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 137 indexed citations
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Birkby, Jayne, Remco de Kok, Matteo Brogi, et al.. (2013). Characterising Exoplanet Atmospheres with High-resolution Spectroscopy. Msngr. 154. 57–61. 1 indexed citations

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