C. Coutures

10.6k citations

140 papers · 8.3k · 2 hit papers · h-index 43

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 10%
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Particle Detector Development and Performance

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 96
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 92
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 28
Nuclear and High Energy Physics 48
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 27
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 22
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena 7
- Particle Detector Development and Performance 5
- Neutrino Physics Research 4

Co-authors: John G. Greenhill (2 shared papers)R. Ansari (3 shared papers)W. J. de Wit (1 shared paper)Jean‐Philippe Beaulieu (2 shared papers)G. Meeus (1 shared paper)M. Moniez (3 shared papers)Henny J. G. L. M. Lamers (1 shared paper)P. Tisserand (1 shared paper)
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (38 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (32 papers)Physics Letters B (16 papers)Nuclear Physics B (10 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (5 papers)
Partner nations: France United States Germany

In The Last Decade

C. Coutures

138 papers receiving 8k citations

C. Coutures's Hit Papers

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One or more bound planets per Milky Way star from microlensing observations 2012 · 456 citations

What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2012 Nature
2007 Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside C. Coutures, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Limits on the Macho content of the Galactic Halo from the EROS-2 Survey of the Magellanic Clouds Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. Tisserand, Laurent Le Guillou, C. Afonso, J. -N. Albert, R. Ansari, É. Aubourg, P. Bareyre, Jean‐Philippe Beaulieu Hit paper breakdown →	2007	806
2	One or more bound planets per Milky Way star from microlensing observations Nature ·A. Cassan, D. Kubas, Jean‐Philippe Beaulieu, M. Dominik, K. Horne, John G. Greenhill, Joachim Wambsganß, John W. Menzies Hit paper breakdown →	2012	456
3	Discovery of a cool planet of 5.5 Earth masses through gravitational microlensing Nature ·Jean‐Philippe Beaulieu, D. P. Bennett, Pascal Fouqué, Andrew J. Williams, M. Dominik, Uffe Gråe Jørgensen, D. Kubas, A. Cassan	2006	452
4	FREQUENCY OF SOLAR-LIKE SYSTEMS AND OF ICE AND GAS GIANTS BEYOND THE SNOW LINE FROM HIGH-MAGNIFICATION MICROLENSING EVENTS IN 2005-2008 The Astrophysical Journal ·Andrew P. Gould, Subo Dong, B. Scott Gaudi, Andrzej Udalski, I. A. Bond, John G. Greenhill, Rachel A. Street, M. Dominik	2010	287
5	Discovery of a Jupiter/Saturn Analog with Gravitational Microlensing Science ·B. S. Gaudi, D. P. Bennett, Andrzej Udalski, Andrew P. Gould, G. W. Christie, Dan Maoz, Subo Dong, J. McCormick	2008	282
6	The H1 detector at HERA Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·I. Abt, T. Ahmed, Silhacene Aid, Vladimir Andreev, B. Andrieu, R.D. Appuhn, Christian Arnault, M. Arpagaus	1997	249
7	Difference imaging photometry of blended gravitational microlensing events with a numerical kernel Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Michael D. Albrow, K. Horne, Pascal Fouqué, Jean‐Philippe Beaulieu, C. Coutures, John W. Menzies, V. Batista, S. Brillant	2009	224
8	Measurement of the proton structure function F2 (x, Q2) in the low-x region at HERA Nuclear Physics B ·I. Abt, T. Ahmed, Vladimir Andreev, B. Andrieu, R.D. Appuhn, M. Arpagaus, А. И. Бабаев, H. Bärwolff	1993	209
9	A COLD NEPTUNE-MASS PLANET OGLE-2007-BLG-368Lb: Cold neptunes are common The Astrophysical Journal ·Takahiro Sumi, D. P. Bennett, I. A. Bond, Andrzej Udalski, V. Batista, M. Dominik, Pascal Fouqué, D. Kubas	2010	185
10	OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb, THE MOST MASSIVE M DWARF PLANETARY COMPANION? The Astrophysical Journal ·Subo Dong, Andrew P. Gould, Andrzej Udalski, Jay Anderson, G. W. Christie, B. S. Gaudi, M. Jaroszyński, Marcin Kubiak	2009	171
11	BINARY MICROLENSING EVENT OGLE-2009-BLG-020 GIVES VERIFIABLE MASS, DISTANCE, AND ORBIT PREDICTIONS The Astrophysical Journal ·J. Skowron, Andrzej Udalski, Andrew P. Gould, Subo Dong, L. A. G. Monard, Cheongho Han, C. Nelson, J. McCormick	2011	168
12	The tracking, calorimeter and muon detectors of the H1 experiment at HERA Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·I. Abt, T. Ahmed, Silhacene Aid, Vladimir Andreev, B. Andrieu, R.D. Appuhn, Christian Arnault, M. Arpagaus	1997	163
13	MOA-2009-BLG-387Lb: a massive planet orbiting an M dwarf Astronomy and Astrophysics ·V. Batista, Andrew P. Gould, S. Dieters, Subo Dong, I. A. Bond, Jean‐Philippe Beaulieu, Dan Maoz, Berto Monard	2011	159
14	First measurement of the deep-inelastic structure of proton diffraction Physics Letters B ·T. Ahmed, Silhacene Aid, Valeri Andreev, B. Andrieu, R.D. Appuhn, M. Arpagaus, А. И. Бабаев, J. W. Bahr	1995	151
15	MOA-2011-BLG-262Lb: A SUB-EARTH-MASS MOON ORBITING A GAS GIANT PRIMARY OR A HIGH VELOCITY PLANETARY SYSTEM IN THE GALACTIC BULGE The Astrophysical Journal ·D. P. Bennett, V. Batista, I. A. Bond, C. S. Bennett, Daisuke Suzuki, Jean‐Philippe Beaulieu, Andrzej Udalski, J. Donatowicz	2014	149
16	MASSES AND ORBITAL CONSTRAINTS FOR THE OGLE-2006-BLG-109Lb,c JUPITER/SATURN ANALOG PLANETARY SYSTEM The Astrophysical Journal ·D. P. Bennett, Sun Hong Rhie, S. Nikolaev, B. Scott Gaudi, Andrzej Udalski, Andrew P. Gould, G. W. Christie, Dan Maoz	2010	147
17	A measurement of the proton structure function F2(x, Q2) Nuclear Physics B ·T. Ahmed, Silhacene Aid, A.A. Akhundov, Vladimir Andreev, B. Andrieu, R.D. Appuhn, M. Arpagaus, А. И. Бабаев	1995	146
18	The H 1 liquid argon calorimeter system Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·B. Andrieu, А. И. Бабаев, Jaroslav Ban, Elżbieta Banaś, E. Barrelet, U. Bassler, D. Bédérède, Gregorio Bernardi	1993	132
19	Deep inelastic scattering events with a large rapidity gap at HERA Nuclear Physics B ·T. Ahmed, Silhacene Aid, Vladimir Andreev, B. Andrieu, R.D. Appuhn, M. Arpagaus, А. И. Бабаев, J. W. Bahr	1994	124
20	THE EXTREME MICROLENSING EVENT OGLE-2007-BLG-224: TERRESTRIAL PARALLAX OBSERVATION OF A THICK-DISK BROWN DWARF The Astrophysical Journal ·Andrew P. Gould, Andrzej Udalski, Berto Monard, K. Horne, Subo Dong, N. Miyake, K. C. Sahu, D. P. Bennett	2009	118

About C. Coutures

C. Coutures is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Nuclear Energy and Engineering, having authored 140 papers that have together received 8.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (92 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (28 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (27 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (22 papers), Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (7 papers), Particle Detector Development and Performance (5 papers), Neutrino Physics Research (4 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (5.7k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (2.8k citations), Instrumentation (164 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (51 citations) and Geophysics (17 citations). C. Coutures has collaborated with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include John G. Greenhill, R. Ansari, W. J. de Wit, Jean‐Philippe Beaulieu, G. Meeus, M. Moniez, Henny J. G. L. M. Lamers, P. Tisserand, É. Lesquoy and C. Hamadache. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics Letters B, Nuclear Physics B and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

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