Sylvain Bontemps

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 933 citations indexed

About

Sylvain Bontemps is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvain Bontemps has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 933 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 9 papers in Spectroscopy and 5 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Sylvain Bontemps's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (23 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (19 papers) and Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (8 papers). Sylvain Bontemps is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (23 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (19 papers) and Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (8 papers). Sylvain Bontemps collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Sylvain Bontemps's co-authors include F. Motte, F. Louvet, D. Russeil, A. Zavagno, N. Schneider, A. Abergel, P. André, L. D. Anderson, G. J. White and J. A. Rodón and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

In The Last Decade

Sylvain Bontemps

24 papers receiving 884 citations

Hit Papers

High-Mass Star and Massive Cluster Formation in the Milky... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200 250
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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. High-Mass Star and Massive Cluster Formation in the Milky Way
    2017 260 citations F. Motte, Sylvain Bontemps et al. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sylvain Bontemps France 16 912 313 157 53 40 25 933
Nicholas Chapman United States 19 1.2k 1.3× 396 1.3× 139 0.9× 31 0.6× 43 1.1× 26 1.2k
Tomofumi Umemoto Japan 16 919 1.0× 404 1.3× 190 1.2× 60 1.1× 29 0.7× 47 933
Sarah Sadavoy United States 20 1.1k 1.2× 464 1.5× 243 1.5× 58 1.1× 47 1.2× 44 1.2k
F. Louvet France 17 903 1.0× 271 0.9× 156 1.0× 44 0.8× 36 0.9× 31 925
Scott Schnee United States 17 673 0.7× 263 0.8× 166 1.1× 28 0.5× 30 0.8× 26 677
Ian Stephens United States 21 1.2k 1.3× 378 1.2× 200 1.3× 86 1.6× 20 0.5× 56 1.2k
Roberto Galván-Madrid Germany 19 868 1.0× 283 0.9× 143 0.9× 42 0.8× 25 0.6× 50 877
A. Men’shchikov France 20 1.2k 1.3× 314 1.0× 214 1.4× 53 1.0× 82 2.0× 57 1.2k
M. Nielbock Germany 21 1.1k 1.2× 339 1.1× 182 1.2× 52 1.0× 53 1.3× 41 1.1k
T. Hill France 18 816 0.9× 311 1.0× 116 0.7× 47 0.9× 20 0.5× 25 822

Countries citing papers authored by Sylvain Bontemps

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sylvain Bontemps

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sylvain Bontemps. 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 Sylvain Bontemps. The network helps show where Sylvain Bontemps may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sylvain Bontemps

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sylvain Bontemps. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sylvain Bontemps 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 Sylvain Bontemps. Sylvain Bontemps is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Figueira, M., A. Zavagno, L. Deharveng, et al.. (2017). Star formation towards the Galactic H II region RCW 120 Herschel observations of compact sources. Kölner Universitäts PublikationsServer (Universität zu Köln). 19 indexed citations
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Figueira, M., A. Zavagno, L. Deharveng, et al.. (2017). Star formation towards the Galactic H II region RCW 120. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 600. A93–A93. 29 indexed citations
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Motte, F., Sylvain Bontemps, & F. Louvet. (2017). High-Mass Star and Massive Cluster Formation in the Milky Way. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 56(1). 41–82. 260 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Qizhou, Keping Qiu, J. M. Girart, et al.. (2014). MAGNETIC FIELDS AND MASSIVE STAR FORMATION. The Astrophysical Journal. 792(2). 116–116. 112 indexed citations
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Houde, Martin, et al.. (2013). Probing the turbulent ambipolar diffusion scale in molecular clouds with spectroscopy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 438(1). 663–671. 6 indexed citations
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Herpin, F., L. Chavarría, F. van der Tak, et al.. (2012). The massive protostar W43-MM1 as seen byHerschel-HIFI water spectra: high turbulence and accretion luminosity. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 542. A76–A76. 38 indexed citations
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Russeil, D., A. Zavagno, C. Adami, et al.. (2011). Statistical study of OB stars in NGC 6334 and NGC 6357. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 538. A142–A142. 29 indexed citations
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Bernard‐Salas, J., E. Habart, H. Arab, et al.. (2011). Spatial variation of the cooling lines in the Orion Bar fromHerschel/PACS. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 538. A37–A37. 37 indexed citations
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Russeil, D., A. Zavagno, F. Motte, et al.. (2010). The earliest phases of high-mass star formation: the NGC 6334-NGC 6357 complex. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 515. A55–A55. 48 indexed citations
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Беллоче, А., F. Schüller, B. Parise, et al.. (2010). The end of star formation in Chamaeleon I?. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 527. A145–A145. 47 indexed citations
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Zavagno, A., D. Russeil, F. Motte, et al.. (2010). Star formation triggered by the Galactic H II region RCW 120. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 518. L81–L81. 53 indexed citations
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Sadavoy, Sarah, James Di Francesco, Sylvain Bontemps, et al.. (2010). THE MASS DISTRIBUTION OF STARLESS AND PROTOSTELLAR CORES IN GOULD BELT CLOUDS. The Astrophysical Journal. 710(2). 1247–1270. 54 indexed citations
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Herpin, F., M. Marseille, Valentine Wakelam, Sylvain Bontemps, & D. C. Lis. (2009). S-bearing molecules in massive dense cores. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 504(3). 853–867. 43 indexed citations
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Stamatellos, Dimitris, D. Ward–Thompson, A. P. Whitworth, & Sylvain Bontemps. (2006). A VLA search for young protostars embedded in dense cores. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 462(2). 677–682. 5 indexed citations
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Gålfalk, M., G. Olofsson, A. A. Kaas, et al.. (2004). ISOCAM observations of the L1551 star formation region. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 420(3). 945–955. 5 indexed citations
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Rathborne, J. M., Kate Brooks, Michael Burton, Martin Cohen, & Sylvain Bontemps. (2004). The giant pillars of the Carina Nebula. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 418(2). 563–576. 33 indexed citations
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Grosso, N., T. Montmerle, Sylvain Bontemps, Paulo André, & Eric D. Feigelson. (2000). X-rays and regions of star formation: a combined ROSAT-HRI/near-to-mid IR study of the rho Oph dark cloud. arXiv (Cornell University). 359(1). 113–130. 4 indexed citations
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Cabrit, S., Sylvain Bontemps, P. O. Lagage, et al.. (1999). ISOCAM mapping and spectro-imaging of bipolar outflows. 427. 449. 1 indexed citations
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Abergel, A., A. Bacmann, J.-P. Bernard, et al.. (1999). Spatial distribution of dust from cirrus to dense clouds. 427. 615. 1 indexed citations
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Henriksen, R. N., P. André, & Sylvain Bontemps. (1997). Time-dependent accretion and ejection implied by pre-stellar density profiles. arXiv (Cornell University). 323(2). 549–565. 3 indexed citations

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