B. Plez

17.6k citations

178 papers · 10.5k · 4 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Instrumentation top 0.1%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.1%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 170
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 169
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 96
- Astro and Planetary Science 40
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 31
Instrumentation 93
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 93

Co-authors: B. Gustafsson (15 shared papers)B. Edvardsson (10 shared papers)U. G. Jørgensen (7 shared papers)Åke Nordlund (6 shared papers)Kimmo Eriksson (11 shared papers)R. Cayrel (36 shared papers)P. Bonifacio (35 shared papers)F. Spite (30 shared papers)
Journals: Astronomy and Astrophysics (56 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (17 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (5 papers)The Astronomical Journal (4 papers)Nature (3 papers)
Partner nations: France United States Germany

In The Last Decade

B. Plez

166 papers receiving 10.1k citations

B. Plez's Hit Papers

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Observational constraints on the origin of the elements 2022 · 137 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.

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
2008 Astronomy and Astrophysics
2008 ArXiv.org
2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics

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1	A grid of MARCS model atmospheres for late-type stars Astronomy and Astrophysics ·B. Gustafsson, B. Edvardsson, Kimmo Eriksson, U. G. Jørgensen, Åke Nordlund, B. Plez Hit paper breakdown →	2008	1569
2	A grid of MARCS model atmospheres for late-type stars I. Methods and general properties ArXiv.org ·B. Gustafsson, B. Edvardsson, (unknown), U. G. Jørgensen, Åke Nordlund, B. Plez Hit paper breakdown →	2008	955
3	First stars V - Abundance patterns from C to Zn and supernova yields in the early Galaxy Astronomy and Astrophysics ·R. Cayrel, É. Depagne, M. Spite, V. Hill, F. Spite, P. François, B. Plez, Timothy C. Beers, F. Primas, J. Andersen, B. Barbuy, P. Bonifacio, P. Molaro, B. Nordström Hit paper breakdown →	2004	707
4	The Effective Temperature Scale of Galactic Red Supergiants: Cool, but Not as Cool as We Thought The Astrophysical Journal ·Emily M. Levesque, Philip Massey, Knut Olsen, B. Plez, E. Josselin, A. Maeder, G. Meynet	2005	314
5	First stars. I. The extremer-element rich, iron-poor halo giant CS 31082-001 Astronomy and Astrophysics ·V. Hill, B. Plez, R. Cayrel, Timothy C. Beers, B. Nordström, J. Andersen, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Barbuy, P. Bonifacio, É. Depagne, P. François, F. Primas	2002	298
6	First stars VI – Abundances of C, N, O, Li, and mixing in extremely metal-poor giants. Galactic evolution of the light elements Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. Spite, R. Cayrel, B. Plez, V. Hill, F. Spite, É. Depagne, P. François, P. Bonifacio, B. Barbuy, Timothy C. Beers, J. Andersen, P. Molaro, B. Nordström, F. Primas	2005	269
7	The metal-poor end of the Spite plateau Astronomy and Astrophysics ·L. Sbordone, P. Bonifacio, E. Caffau, H.‐G. Ludwig, N. T. Behara, J. I. Gónzalez Hernández, M. Steffen, R. Cayrel, B. Freytag, C. van’t Veer, P. Molaro, B. Plez, T. Sivarani, M. Spite, F. Spite, Timothy C. Beers, N. Christlieb, P. François, V. Hill	2010	265
8	First stars. I. The extreme r-element rich, iron-poor halo giant CS31082-001. Implications for the r--process site(s) and radioactive cosmochronology Lund University Publications (Lund University) ·V. Hill, B. Plez, R. Cayrel, Timothy C. Beers, B. Nordström, J. Andersen, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Barbuy, (unknown), É. Depagne, P. François, F. Primas	2002	246
9	Measurement of stellar age from uranium decay Nature ·R. Cayrel, V. Hill, Timothy C. Beers, B. Barbuy, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Plez, J. Andersen, P. Bonifacio, P. François, P. Molaro, B. Nordström, F. Primas	2001	236
10	First stars Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. François, É. Depagne, V. Hill, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Plez, Timothy C. Beers, J. Andersen, G. James, B. Barbuy, R. Cayrel, P. Bonifacio, P. Molaro, B. Nordström, F. Primas	2007	215
11	The metal-poor end of the Spite plateau - I. Stellar parameters, metallicities, and lithium abundances HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) ·L. Sbordone, P. Bonifacio, E. Caffau, H.‐G. Ludwig, N. T. Behara, J. I. Gónzalez Hernández, M. Steffen, R. Cayrel, B. Freytag, C. van’t Veer, P. Molaro, B. Plez, T. Sivarani, M. Spite, F. Spite, Timothy C. Beers, N. Christlieb, P. François, V. Hill	2010	179
12	The photospheric solar oxygen project Astronomy and Astrophysics ·E. Caffau, H.‐G. Ludwig, Matthias Steffen, T. R. Ayres, P. Bonifacio, R. Cayrel, B. Freytag, B. Plez	2008	175
13	First stars VII - Lithium in extremely metal poor dwarfs Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. Bonifacio, P. Molaro, T. Sivarani, R. Cayrel, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Plez, J. Andersen, B. Barbuy, Timothy C. Beers, É. Depagne, V. Hill, P. François, B. Nordström, F. Primas	2006	146
14	NEW ATLAS9 AND MARCS MODEL ATMOSPHERE GRIDS FOR THE APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY GALACTIC EVOLUTION EXPERIMENT (APOGEE) The Astronomical Journal ·Szabolcs Mészáros, Carlos Allende Prieto, B. Edvardsson, Francesco Castelli, A. E. García Pérez, B. Gustafsson, Steven R. Majewski, B. Plez, Ricardo P. Schiavon, Matthew Shetrone, Á. de Vicente	2012	143
15	First stars XII. Abundances in extremely metal-poor turnoff stars, and comparison with the giants Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. Bonifacio, M. Spite, R. Cayrel, V. Hill, F. Spite, P. François, B. Plez, H.‐G. Ludwig, E. Caffau, P. Molaro, É. Depagne, J. Andersen, B. Barbuy, Timothy C. Beers, B. Nordström, F. Primas	2009	139
16	Observational constraints on the origin of the elements Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Ekaterina Magg, M. Bergemann, Aldo Serenelli, M. A. Bautista, B. Plez, U. Heiter, Jeffrey M. Gerber, H.‐G. Ludwig, Sarbani Basu, Jason W. Ferguson, Helena Carvajal Gallego, Sébastien Gamrath, P. Palmeri, P. Quinet Hit paper breakdown →	2022	137
17	The Effective Temperatures and Physical Properties of Magellanic Cloud Red Supergiants: The Effects of Metallicity The Astrophysical Journal ·Emily M. Levesque, Philip Massey, Knut Olsen, B. Plez, G. Meynet, A. Maeder	2006	130
18	s‐Process Nucleosynthesis in Carbon Stars The Astrophysical Journal ·C. Abia, I. Domı́nguez, R. Gallino, M. Busso, S. Masera, O. Straniero, P. de Laverny, B. Plez, J. Isern	2002	120
19	First Stars II. Elemental abundances in the extremely metal-poor star CS 22949–037 Astronomy and Astrophysics ·É. Depagne, V. Hill, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Plez, Timothy C. Beers, B. Barbuy, R. Cayrel, J. Andersen, P. Bonifacio, P. François, B. Nordström, F. Primas	2002	110
20	First Stars II. Elemental abundances in the extremely metal-poor star CS 22949--037: A diagnostic of early massive supernovae ArXiv.org ·É. Depagne, V. Hill, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Plez, Timothy C. Beers, B. Barbuy, R. Cayrel, J. Andersen, P. Bonifacio, P. François, B. Nordström, F. Primas	2002	106

About B. Plez

B. Plez is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atmospheric Science, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Mechanics, having authored 178 papers that have together received 10.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (169 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (96 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (93 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (40 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (31 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (16 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (12 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (4.1k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (10.1k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.3k citations), Atmospheric Science (346 citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (451 citations). B. Plez has collaborated with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include B. Gustafsson, B. Edvardsson, U. G. Jørgensen, Åke Nordlund, Kimmo Eriksson, R. Cayrel, P. Bonifacio, F. Spite, Timothy C. Beers and P. François. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astronomical Journal and Nature.

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