Sylvain Veilleux

25.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
243 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

About

Sylvain Veilleux is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvain Veilleux has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 197 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 papers in Instrumentation and 34 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sylvain Veilleux's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (162 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (102 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (88 papers). Sylvain Veilleux is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (162 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (102 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (88 papers). Sylvain Veilleux collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Sylvain Veilleux's co-authors include D. B. Sanders, Donald E. Osterbrock, David S. N. Rupke, Joss Bland‐Hawthorn, Gerald Cecil, J. M. Mazzarella, R. Maiolino, E. Sturm, D. Lutz and L. J. Tacconi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Sylvain Veilleux

226 papers receiving 11.8k citations

Hit Papers

Spectral classification of emission-line galaxies 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 2005 2001 2014 2020 400 800 1.2k
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. Spectral classification of emission-line galaxies
    1987 1.3k citations Sylvain Veilleux et al. profile →
  2. Galactic Winds
    2005 910 citations Sylvain Veilleux, Gerald Cecil et al. profile →
  3. The farthest known supernova: Support for an accelerating universe and a glimpse of the \nepoch of deceleration
    2001 560 citations Adam G. Riess, P. Nugent et al. eScholarship (California Digital Library) profile →
  4. Massive molecular outflows and evidence for AGN feedback from CO observations
    2014 353 citations C. Cicone, R. Maiolino et al. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) profile →
  5. Cool outflows in galaxies and their implications
    2020 290 citations Sylvain Veilleux, R. Maiolino et al. profile →
  6. SPITZER QUASAR AND ULIRG EVOLUTION STUDY (QUEST). IV. COMPARISON OF 1 Jy ULTRALUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES WITH PALOMAR-GREEN QUASARS
    2009 256 citations Sylvain Veilleux, David S. N. Rupke et al. profile →
  7. Wind from the black-hole accretion disk driving a molecular outflow in an active galaxy
    2015 233 citations M. Meléndez, Sylvain Veilleux et al. profile →

Peers

Sylvain Veilleux
Lisa J. Kewley United States
Thaisa Storchi‐Bergmann Brazil
L. Armus United States
R. Maiolino Italy
A. Marconi Italy
R. J. Ivison United Kingdom
Matthew A. Malkan United States
Brant Robertson United States
Robert C. Kennicutt United States
W. N. Brandt United States
Lisa J. Kewley United States
Sylvain Veilleux
Citations per year, relative to Sylvain Veilleux Sylvain Veilleux (= 1×) peers Lisa J. Kewley

Countries citing papers authored by Sylvain Veilleux

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sylvain Veilleux

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sylvain Veilleux

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sylvain Veilleux. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sylvain Veilleux 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 Veilleux. Sylvain Veilleux 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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Reefe, Michael, M. McDonald, Marios Chatzikos, et al.. (2025). Cold Gas and Star Formation in the Phoenix Cluster with JWST. The Astrophysical Journal. 989(2). 156–156.
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Liu, Weizhe, Sylvain Veilleux, Gabriela Canalizo, et al.. (2024). Fast Outflows and Luminous He ii Emission in Dwarf Galaxies with Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). The Astrophysical Journal. 965(2). 152–152. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Weizhe, Gabriela Canalizo, Sylvain Veilleux, et al.. (2023). A Comparison of Outflow Properties in AGN Dwarfs versus Star-forming Dwarfs. The Astrophysical Journal. 950(1). 33–33. 7 indexed citations
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Young, Jason, Alexandra Pope, Anna Sajina, et al.. (2023). Halfway to the Peak: Spatially Resolved Star Formation and Kinematics in a z = 0.54 Dusty Galaxy with JWST/MIRI. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 958(1). L5–L5. 4 indexed citations
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Gatkine, Pradip, Sylvain Veilleux, D. A. Perley, et al.. (2022). The CGM-GRB Study. II. Outflow-Galaxy Connection at z similar to 2-6. Liverpool John Moores University. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Weizhe, Sylvain Veilleux, David S. N. Rupke, et al.. (2022). Galactic Winds across the Gas-rich Merger Sequence. II. Lyα Emission and Highly Ionized O vi and N v Outflows in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 934(2). 160–160. 1 indexed citations
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Bolatto, Alberto D., L. Armus, Sylvain Veilleux, et al.. (2019). Cold Gas Outflows, Feedback, and the Shaping of Galaxies. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Rhoads, James E., Sangeeta Malhotra, R. G. Probst, et al.. (2018). Hα Emitting Galaxies at z ∼ 0.6 in the Deep And Wide Narrow-band Survey. The Astrophysical Journal. 858(2). 96–96. 6 indexed citations
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Troja, E., Geoffrey Ryan, L. Piro, et al.. (2018). A luminous blue kilonova and an off-axis jet from a compact binary merger at z = 0.1341. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4089–4089. 77 indexed citations
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Veilleux, Sylvain, et al.. (2018). Constraints on the OH-to-H Abundance Ratio in Infrared-bright Galaxies Derived from the Strength of the OH 35 μm Absorption Feature. The Astrophysical Journal. 853(2). 132–132. 3 indexed citations
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González-Alfonso, E., J. Fischer, H. W. W. Spoon, et al.. (2017). Molecular Outflows in Local ULIRGs: Energetics from Multitransition OH Analysis. The Astrophysical Journal. 836(1). 11–11. 99 indexed citations
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Morganti, R., Sylvain Veilleux, Tom Oosterloo, Stacy H. Teng, & David S. N. Rupke. (2016). Another piece of the puzzle: The fast H I outflow in Mrk 231. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 27 indexed citations
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Lutz, D., S. Berta, A. Contursi, et al.. (2016). The far-infrared emitting region in local galaxies and QSOs: Size and scaling relations. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 39 indexed citations
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Troja, E., T. Sakamoto, S. B. Cenko, et al.. (2016). An achromatic break in the afterglow of the short GRB 140903A: evidence for a narrow jet. Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester). 53 indexed citations
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Feruglio, C., F. Fiore, Stefano Carniani, et al.. (2015). The multi-phase winds of Markarian 231: from the hot, nuclear, ultra-fast wind to the galaxy-scale, molecular outflow. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 108 indexed citations
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Iwasawa, K., J. M. Mazzarella, J. Surace, et al.. (2011). The location of an active nucleus and a shadow of a tidal tail in the ULIRG Mrk 273. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 15 indexed citations
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Fadda, D., Lin Yan, G. Lagache, et al.. (2010). Ultra-Deep Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Luminous Infrared Galaxies at z ∼ 1 and z ∼ 2. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 36 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Mario, E. Sturm, D. Lutz, et al.. (2005). Discovery of 10 Mu.m silicate emission in quasars. - Evidence of the AGN unification scheme.. Astronomische Nachrichten. 326. 556–556. 4 indexed citations
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Cecil, Gerald, Sylvain Veilleux, Brent Groves, & M. A. Dopita. (2002). A Chandra/ACIS & HST/STIS Study of Well Resolved Outflow/ISM Interactions in NGC 3079 & NGC 1068. AAS. 200. 1 indexed citations
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Riess, Adam G., P. Nugent, B. Schmidt, et al.. (2001). The farthest known supernova: Support for an accelerating universe and a glimpse of the \nepoch of deceleration. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 560 indexed citations breakdown →

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