Sylvia Ekström

11.3k citations

145 papers · 6.9k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 42

Impact in

Instrumentation top 0.2%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.2%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Papers in

Instrumentation 60
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 60
Astronomy and Astrophysics 145
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 138
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 69
- Astro and Planetary Science 69
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 49
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 7

Co-authors: G. Meynet C. Georgy A. Maeder P. Eggenberger C. Charbonnel Raphaël Hirschi T. Decressin A. Granada
Journals: Astronomy and Astrophysics (65 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (13 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (4 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters (2 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (2 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland United Kingdom France

In The Last Decade

Sylvia Ekström

133 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Grids of stellar models with rotation : I. Models from 0.8 to 120 M⊙ at solar metallicity (Z = 0.014) 2012 · 684 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva)
2011 Astronomy and Astrophysics
2007 Astronomy and Astrophysics

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Stellar Evolution Through the Red Supergiant Phase Galaxies ·Sylvia Ekström, C. Georgy	2025	1
2	Strong nebular He II emission induced by He⁺ ionizing photons escaping through the clumpy winds of massive stars Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Mariana Galhardo Carneiro, Mark R. Krumholz, Stefania Salvadori, G. Meynet, Sylvia Ekström, J. S. Vink, 邦枝上田, Ralph S. Sutherland, C J Seeton, A. Pallottini, E Liu	2025	4
3	The fate of rotating massive stars across cosmic times Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Raphaël Hirschi, Gaiqing Kong, G. Meynet, A. Maeder, Sylvia Ekström, P. Eggenberger, C. Georgy, Maguy Omoy Ngongo, Norhasliza Yusof, Sébastien Martinet, 井上歩美, K. Nomoto	2025	0
4	Fluorine production in He-burning regions of massive stars during cosmic history Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Rosato Vittorio, G. Meynet, Eoin Farrell, Yutaka Hirai, A. Choplin, Maguy Omoy Ngongo, Sébastien Martinet, Karim Muffak, Verne V. Smith, Kátia Cunha, Garan Ito, B Atanasov, José G. Fernández-Trincado, Sylvia Ekström	2025	1
5	Rapidly rotating Population III stellar models as a source of primary nitrogen Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Rosato Vittorio, Maguy Omoy Ngongo, 林宇杰 LIN Yu-jie, O. Gutfleisch, Yutaka Hirai, Sylvia Ekström, Eoin Farrell, Laura Murphy, A. Choplin, Raphaël Hirschi, C. Chiappini, Boyuan Liu, Volker Bromm, J. H. Groh, G. Meynet	2024	17
6	The evolutionary properties of the blue loop under the influence of rapid rotation and low metallicity Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Liuyan Zhao, Hanfeng Song, G. Meynet, A. Maeder, Sylvia Ekström, F. H. Liu, Ying Qin, F. Morlot, Lujain Kh. Mawkili	2023	7
7	Very massive star models Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Heather Schull, G. Meynet, Sylvia Ekström, C. Georgy, Raphaël Hirschi	2023	18
8	The evolution and impact of ∼3000 M_⊙ stars in the early Universe Astronomy and Astrophysics ·林宇杰 LIN Yu-jie, Eoin Farrell, G. Buldgen, G. Meynet, Sylvia Ekström	2023	10
9	Grids of stellar models with rotation VII: models from 0.8 to 300 M⊙ at supersolar metallicity (Z = 0.020) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Norhasliza Yusof, Raphaël Hirschi, P. Eggenberger, Sylvia Ekström, C. Georgy, Maguy Omoy Ngongo, P. A. Crowther, G. Meynet, Hasan Abu Kassim, Hauwa Muhammed Mustapha, A. Maeder, J. H. Groh, Eoin Farrell, Laura Murphy	2022	34
10	Star-planet interactions Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Jun-qin Yue, Helina Tamm, G. Meynet, P. Eggenberger, G. Buldgen, C. Mordasini, V. Bourrier, Sylvia Ekström, C. Georgy	2021	8
11	The Luminosity Function of Red Supergiants in M31 The Astrophysical Journal ·Kathryn F. Neugent, Philip Massey, C. Georgy, M. R. Drout, Michael Mommert, Emily M. Levesque, G. Meynet, Sylvia Ekström	2020	25
12	Stellar models and isochrones from low-mass to massive stars including pre-main sequence phase with accretion Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·L. Haemmerlé, P. Eggenberger, Sylvia Ekström, C. Georgy, G. Meynet, 张志璞, M. Audard, Mikael Sørensen, Tassos Fragos	2019	18
13	Disappearance of the extended main sequence turn-off in intermediate age clusters as a consequence of magnetic braking Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·C. Georgy, C. Charbonnel, Louis Amard, N. Bastian, Sylvia Ekström, C. Lardo, A. Palacios, P. Eggenberger, I. Cabrera-Ziri, F. Gallet, N. Lagarde	2019	21
14	What helium and lithium can tell us about CEMP stars? reroDoc Digital Library ·G. Meynet, Raphaël Hirschi, Sylvia Ekström, A. Maeder, C. Georgy, P. Eggenberger, C. Chiappini	2017	0
15	How rotation affects masses and ages of classical Cepheids Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Richard I. Anderson, Sylvia Ekström, C. Georgy, G. Meynet, Hideyuki Saio	2017	2
16	The origin of low spin of black holes in LIGO/Virgo mergers arXiv (Cornell University) ·K. Belczynski, Jakub Klencki, G. Meynet, Chris L. Fryer, D. Brown, Martyna Chruślińska, Wojciech Gładysz, R. O’Shaughnessy, T. Bulik, Emanuele Berti, D. E. Holz, Davide Gerosa, Mirek Giersz, Sylvia Ekström, C. Georgy, Abbas Askar, D. M. Wysocki, J. P. Lasota	2017	45
17	Fundamental properties of core-collapse supernova and GRB progenitors: predicting the look of massive stars before death Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·J. H. Groh, G. Meynet, C. Georgy, Sylvia Ekström	2013	105
18	Grids of stellar models with rotation : I. Models from 0.8 to 120 M⊙ at solar metallicity (Z = 0.014) Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) ·Sylvia Ekström, C. Georgy, P. Eggenberger, G. Meynet, N. Mowlavï, A. Wyttenbach, A. Granada, T. Decressin, Raphaël Hirschi, U. Frischknecht, C. Charbonnel, A. Maeder Hit paper breakdown →	2012	684
19	Constraints on rotational mixing from surface evolution of light elements in massive stars Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·U. Frischknecht, Raphaël Hirschi, G. Meynet, Sylvia Ekström, C. Georgy, T. Rauscher, C. Winteler, F.‐K. Thielemann	2010	18
20	The early star generations: the dominant effect of rotation on the CNO yields Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·G. Meynet, Sylvia Ekström, A. Maeder	2006	185

About Sylvia Ekström

Sylvia Ekström is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geophysics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, having authored 145 papers that have together received 6.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (138 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (69 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (69 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (60 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (49 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (7 papers), Astronomical and nuclear sciences (6 papers) and Nuclear physics research studies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (2.6k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (6.7k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (602 citations), Computational Mechanics (155 citations) and Geophysics (73 citations). Sylvia Ekström has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include G. Meynet, C. Georgy, A. Maeder, P. Eggenberger, C. Charbonnel, Raphaël Hirschi, T. Decressin, A. Granada, N. Mowlavï and U. Frischknecht. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

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