C. Aerts

48.4k citations

319 papers · 8.1k · 2 hit papers · h-index 49

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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
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 297
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 291
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 150
- Astro and Planetary Science 88
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 26
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 13
Instrumentation 164
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 164

Co-authors: J. Christensen‐Dalsgaard (12 shared papers)D. W. Kurtz (9 shared papers)P. De Cat (30 shared papers)A. Tkachenko (39 shared papers)M. Briquet (31 shared papers)D. M. Bowman (28 shared papers)P. I. Pápics (24 shared papers)T. Van Reeth (28 shared papers)
Journals: Astronomy and Astrophysics (134 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (35 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (9 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (6 papers)Nature Astronomy (5 papers)
Partner nations: Belgium Netherlands Germany

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296 papers receiving 7.6k citations

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Probing the interior physics of stars through asteroseismology 2021 · 205 citations

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

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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.

2021 Reviews of Modern Physics
2010 CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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1	Asteroseismology CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·C. Aerts, J. Christensen‐Dalsgaard, D. W. Kurtz Hit paper breakdown →	2010	539
2	Probing the interior physics of stars through asteroseismology Reviews of Modern Physics ·C. Aerts Hit paper breakdown →	2021	205
3	Radial and Nonradial Pulsations as Probes of Stellar Physics C. Aerts, T. R. Bedding, J. Christensen‐Dalsgaard	2002	145
4	Asteroseismology of HD 129929: Core Overshooting and Nonrigid Rotation Science ·C. Aerts, Anne Thoul, J. Daszyńska, R. Scuflaire, C. Waelkens, M.‐A. Dupret, E. Niemczura, Alfred F. Noels	2003	128
5	Internal mixing of rotating stars inferred from dipole gravity modes Nature Astronomy ·M. G. Pedersen, C. Aerts, P. I. Pápics, Mathias Michielsen, Sarah Gebruers, T. M. Rogers, Geert Molenberghs, Siemen Burssens, S. Garcia, D. M. Bowman	2021	123
6	Tight asteroseismic constraints on core overshooting and diffusive mixing in the slowly rotating pulsating B8.3V star KIC 10526294 Astronomy and Astrophysics ·E. Moravveji, C. Aerts, P. I. Pápics, S. A. Triana, Bram Vandoren	2015	117
7	Automated supervised classification of variable stars Astronomy and Astrophysics ·J. Debosscher, L. M. Sarro, C. Aerts, J. Cuypers, B. Vandenbussche, R. Garrido, E. Solano	2007	115
8	Low-frequency gravity waves in blue supergiants revealed by high-precision space photometry Nature Astronomy ·D. M. Bowman, Siemen Burssens, M. G. Pedersen, C. Johnston, C. Aerts, B. Buysschaert, Mathias Michielsen, A. Tkachenko, T. M. Rogers, P. V. F. Edelmann, R. P. Ratnasingam, S. Simón‐Díaz, N. Castro, E. Moravveji, Benjamin Pope, T. R. White, P. De Cat	2019	103
9	SUB-INERTIAL GRAVITY MODES IN THE B8V STAR KIC 7760680 REVEAL MODERATE CORE OVERSHOOTING AND LOW VERTICAL DIFFUSIVE MIXING The Astrophysical Journal ·E. Moravveji, R. H. D. Townsend, C. Aerts, Stéphane Mathis	2016	103
10	Deviations from a uniform period spacing of gravity modes in a massive star Nature ·P. Degroote, C. Aerts, A. Baglin, A. Miglio, M. Briquet, A. Noels, E. Niemczura, J. Montalbán, S. Bloemen, R. Oreiro, M. Vučković, K. Smolders, M. Auvergne, F. Baudin, Claude Català, E. Michel	2010	101
11	The IACOB project Astronomy and Astrophysics ·S. Simón‐Díaz, M. Godart, N. Castro, A. Herrero, C. Aerts, J. Puls, J. H. Telting, L. Grassitelli	2016	100
12	Detection of Solar-like oscillations in the G7 giant starξ Hya Astronomy and Astrophysics ·S. Frandsen, F. Carrier, C. Aerts, Dennis Stello, T. Maas, M. Burnet, H. Bruntt, T. C. Teixeira, J. R. De Medeiros, F. Bouchy, H. Kjeldsen, F. P. Pijpers, J. Christensen‐Dalsgaard	2002	96
13	Abundance analysis of prime B-type targets for asteroseismology Astronomy and Astrophysics ·T. Morel, K. Butler, C. Aerts, C. Neiner, M. Briquet	2006	88
14	A study of bright southern slowly pulsating B stars Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. De Cat, C. Aerts	2002	88
15	An asteroseismic study of the Cephei star Ophiuchi: constraints on global stellar parameters and core overshooting Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·M. Briquet, T. Morel, Anne Thoul, R. Scuflaire, A. Miglio, J. Montalbán, M.-A. Dupret, C. Aerts	2007	84
16	Discovery of magnetic fields in the βCephei star ξ1 CMa and in several slowly pulsating B stars Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters ·S. Hubrig, M. Briquet, M. Schöller, P. De Cat, G. Mathys, C. Aerts	2006	82
17	Statistical properties of a sample of periodically variable B-typesupergiants Astronomy and Astrophysics ·K. Lefever, J. Puls, C. Aerts	2006	78
18	Gravito-inertial and pressure modes detected in the B3 IV CoRoT target HD 43317 Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. I. Pápics, M. Briquet, A. Baglin, E. Poretti, C. Aerts, P. Degroote, A. Tkachenko, T. Morel, W. Zima, E. Niemczura, M. Rainer, M. Hareter, F. Baudin, C. Catala, E. Michel, R. Samadi, M. Auvergne	2012	77
19	Abundance analysis of prime B-type targets for asteroseismology I. Nitrogen excess in slowly-rotating beta Cephei stars ArXiv.org ·T. Morel, K. Butler, C. Aerts, C. Neiner, M. Briquet	2006	76
20	Asteroseismology of theβ Cep star HD 129929 Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M.-A. Dupret, Anne Thoul, R. Scuflaire, J. Daszyńska‐Daszkiewicz, C. Aerts, P.-O. Bourge, C. Waelkens, A. Noels	2004	75

About C. Aerts

C. Aerts is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Oceanography, having authored 319 papers that have together received 8.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (291 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (164 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (150 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (88 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (46 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (26 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (13 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (3.8k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (7.7k citations), Computational Mechanics (678 citations), Oceanography (286 citations) and Geophysics (289 citations). C. Aerts has collaborated with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. Frequent co-authors include J. Christensen‐Dalsgaard, D. W. Kurtz, P. De Cat, A. Tkachenko, M. Briquet, D. M. Bowman, P. I. Pápics, T. Van Reeth, M. G. Pedersen and R. Scuflaire. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Letters and Nature Astronomy.

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