Thomas Henning

46.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
525 papers, 13.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas Henning is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Henning has authored 525 papers receiving a total of 13.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 431 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 91 papers in Instrumentation and 91 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Thomas Henning's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (343 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (318 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (192 papers). Thomas Henning is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (343 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (318 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (192 papers). Thomas Henning collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Thomas Henning's co-authors include Hubert Klahr, C. Mordasini, H. Beuther, Anders Johansen, J. Kainulainen, W. Kley, D. Semenov, Y. Alibert, W. Brandner and Gennaro D’Angelo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Henning

500 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

Rapid planetesimal format... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2024 250 500 750
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. Rapid planetesimal formation in turbulent circumstellar disks
    2007 750 citations Thomas Henning et al. profile →
  2. A radius valley between migrated steam worlds and evaporated rocky cores
    2024 44 citations Thomas Henning et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Thomas Henning 12.7k 2.6k 1.3k 1.3k 1.0k 525 13.8k
Th. Henning 11.9k 0.9× 3.3k 1.3× 881 0.7× 1.6k 1.3× 1.3k 1.3× 431 13.3k
Frank H. Shu 13.0k 1.0× 2.3k 0.9× 645 0.5× 1.0k 0.8× 694 0.7× 148 13.3k
Lee Hartmann 25.0k 2.0× 6.3k 2.4× 1.8k 1.3× 1.4k 1.1× 682 0.7× 372 25.3k
John Bally 10.6k 0.8× 2.7k 1.0× 468 0.4× 1.4k 1.1× 825 0.8× 333 11.3k
D. J. Hollenbach 15.7k 1.2× 3.4k 1.3× 938 0.7× 2.1k 1.7× 1.7k 1.6× 186 16.6k
B. Zuckerman 11.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.6× 2.4k 1.8× 859 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 300 12.1k
L. Testi 13.1k 1.0× 4.8k 1.8× 599 0.5× 1.3k 1.1× 609 0.6× 336 13.3k
B. T. Draine 17.8k 1.4× 2.3k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 3.0k 2.4× 3.2k 3.1× 189 24.0k
T. R. Geballe 6.6k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 718 0.5× 1.8k 1.4× 1.2k 1.2× 213 7.4k
D. N. C. Lin 11.9k 0.9× 1.0k 0.4× 964 0.7× 367 0.3× 231 0.2× 259 12.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Henning

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Henning

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Henning

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Henning. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Henning 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 Thomas Henning. Thomas Henning 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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Lin, Zhe-Yu Daniel, Zhi‐Yun Li, Ian Stephens, et al.. (2024). Panchromatic (Sub)millimeter polarization observations of HL Tau unveil aligned scattering grains. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(1). 843–862. 10 indexed citations
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Biller, Beth, Johanna M. Vos, Niall Whiteford, et al.. (2023). A near-infrared variability survey of young planetary-mass objects. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(3). 6624–6674. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Ke, A. Duarte-Cabral, Alex R. Pettitt, et al.. (2023). Large-scale velocity-coherent filaments in the SEDIGISM survey: Association with spiral arms and the fraction of dense gas. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 675. A119–A119. 8 indexed citations
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Lampón, M., M. López‐Puertas, J. Sanz‐Forcada, et al.. (2021). Modelling the He I triplet absorption at 10 830 Å in the atmospheres of HD 189733 b and GJ 3470 b. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 30 indexed citations
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Hunziker, S., Jie Ma, F. Ménard, et al.. (2021). . UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 25 indexed citations
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Montesinos, B., C. Eiroa, J. Lillo-Box, et al.. (2019). HR 10: a main-sequence binary with circumstellar envelopes around both components. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Baudino, Jean-Loup, S. Desidera, S. Messina, et al.. (2019). A dusty benchmark brown dwarf near the ice line of HD 72946. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 14 indexed citations
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Akimkin, Vitaly, et al.. (2019). Gas Mass Tracers in Protoplanetary Disks: CO is Still the Best. Electronic scientific archive of UrFU (Ural Federal University). 20 indexed citations
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Röser, S., E. Schilbach, B. Goldman, et al.. (2018). A new compact young moving group around V1062 Scorpii. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 15 indexed citations
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Bhandare, Asmita, et al.. (2018). First core properties: from low- to high-mass star formation. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 23 indexed citations
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Dutrey, A., S. Guilloteau, V. Piétu, et al.. (2017). The Flying Saucer: Tomography of the thermal and density gas structure of an edge-on protoplanetary disk. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 35 indexed citations
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Brandner, W., et al.. (2015). A Lucky Imaging search for stellar companions to transiting planet host stars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 17 indexed citations
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Sicilia‐Aguilar, A., Min Fang, V. Roccatagliata, et al.. (2015). Accretion dynamics of EX Lupi in quiescence The star, the spot, and the accretion column. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 12 indexed citations
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Thalmann, C., Gijs D. Mulders, K. W. Hodapp, et al.. (2014). . Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 22 indexed citations
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Zhukovska, Svitlana & Thomas Henning. (2013). Dust input from AGB stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 43 indexed citations
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Tackenberg, J., H. Beuther, R. Plume, et al.. (2013). Triggered/sequential star formation? A multi-phase ISM study around the prominent IRDC G18.93-0.03. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 10 indexed citations
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Boudreault, S., C. A. L. Bailer‐Jones, B. Goldman, Thomas Henning, & J. A. Caballero. (2010). Brown dwarfs and very low mass stars in the Praesepe opencluster: a dynamically unevolved mass function?. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 12 indexed citations
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Gouliermis, Dimitrios A., J. M. Bestenlehner, W. Brandner, & Thomas Henning. (2010). Recent star formation at low metallicities. The star-forming region NGC 346/N66 in the Small Magellanic Cloud from near-infrared VLT/ISAAC observations. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 10 indexed citations
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Bergfors, C., W. Brandner, M. Janson, et al.. (2010). Lucky Imaging survey for southern M dwarf binaries. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 50 indexed citations
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D’Angelo, Gennaro, Thomas Henning, & W. Kley. (2002). Nested-grid calculations of disk-planet interaction. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 106 indexed citations

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