D. C. Lis

18.9k citations

386 papers · 16.2k · 1 hit paper · h-index 74

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Instrumentation top 5%

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 381
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 262
- Astro and Planetary Science 102
- Superconducting and THz Device Technology 11
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 5
- Planetary Science and Exploration 4
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 3
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 3
Instrumentation 12
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 12

Co-authors: P. Schilke (44 shared papers)Tom G. Phillips (48 shared papers)Dominique Bockelée-Morvan (74 shared papers)N. Biver (72 shared papers)J. Crovisier (63 shared papers)P. F. Goldsmith (45 shared papers)Maryvonne Gérin (53 shared papers)Edwin A. Bergin (44 shared papers)
Journals: Astronomy and Astrophysics (136 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (80 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (18 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (7 papers)Icarus (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States France Germany

In The Last Decade

D. C. Lis

371 papers receiving 15.8k citations

D. C. Lis's Hit Papers

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An Ice Age JWST inventory of dense molecular cloud ices 2023 · 300 citations

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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.

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1	Ocean-like water in the Jupiter-family comet 103P/Hartley 2 Nature ·Paul Hartogh, D. C. Lis, Dominique Bockelée-Morvan, M. de Val-Borro, N. Biver, M. Küppers, M. Emprechtinger, Edwin A. Bergin	2011	364
2	An Ice Age JWST inventory of dense molecular cloud ices Nature Astronomy ·Melissa McClure, Will Robson Monteiro Rocha, Klaus M. Pontoppidan, Nicolas Crouzet, E. Schunová, Emmanuel Dartois, Thanja Lamberts, Jennifer Anna Noble Hit paper breakdown →	2023	300
3	Deuterated Water in Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) and Its Implications for the Origin of Comets Icarus ·Dominique Bockelée-Morvan, D. Gautier, D. C. Lis, Kaisa E. Young, J. Keene, Tom G. Phillips, Tobias Owen, J. Crovisier	1998	266
4	New molecules found in comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) Investigating the link between cometary and interstellar material elib (German Aerospace Center) ·Dominique Bockelée-Morvan, D. C. Lis, J. E. Wink, D. Despois, J. Crovisier, R. Bachiller, Dominic J. Benford, N. Biver	2000	246
5	HERSCHEL SURVEY OF GALACTIC OH + , H 2 O + , AND H 3 O + : PROBING THE MOLECULAR HYDROGEN FRACTION AND COSMIC-RAY IONIZATION RATE The Astrophysical Journal ·Nick Indriolo, David A. Neufeld, Maryvonne Gérin, P. Schilke, A. O. Benz, B. Winkel, Karl M. Menten, E. T. Chambers	2015	233
6	Detection of the Water Reservoir in a Forming Planetary System Science ·M. R. Hogerheijde, Edwin A. Bergin, Christian Brinch, Ilse Cleeves, Jeffrey K. J. Fogel, Geoffrey A. Blake, Carsten Dominik, D. C. Lis	2011	227
7	Water in Star-forming Regions with theHerschel Space Observatory(WISH). I. Overview of Key Program and First Results Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·Ewine F. van Dishoeck, L. E. Kristensen, A. O. Benz, Edwin A. Bergin, P. Caselli, J. Cernicharo, F. Herpin, M. R. Hogerheijde	2011	223
8	The composition of ices in comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) from radio spectroscopy Astronomy and Astrophysics ·J. Crovisier, Dominique Bockelée-Morvan, P. Colom, N. Biver, D. Despois, D. C. Lis +1 other	2004	195
9	A Line Survey of Orion‐KL from 607 to 725 GHz The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·P. Schilke, Dominic J. Benford, Todd Hunter, D. C. Lis, Tom G. Phillips	2001	193
10	Long-term Evolution of the Outgassing of Comet Hale-Bopp From Radio Observations Earth Moon and Planets ·N. Biver, Dominique Bockelée-Morvan, P. Colom, J. Crovisier, Brad St. Germain, E. Lellouch, John K. Davies, W. R. F. Dent	1997	176
11	From Massive Protostars to a Giant H ii Region: Submillimeter Imaging of the Galactic Ministarburst W43 The Astrophysical Journal ·Frédérique Motte, P. Schilke, D. C. Lis	2003	173
12	Detection of Triply Deuterated Ammonia in the Barnard 1 Cloud The Astrophysical Journal ·D. C. Lis, E. Roueff, Maryvonne Gérin, Tom G. Phillips, L. H. Coudert, F. F. S. van der Tak, P. Schilke	2002	158
13	Interstellar OH+, H2O+and H3O+along the sight-line to G10.6–0.4 Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Maryvonne Gérin, M. De Luca, John Black, Javier R. Goicoechea, Eric Herbst, David A. Neufeld, Edith G. Falgarone, B. Godard	2010	158
14	Astrochemistry: Recent successes and current challenges D. C. Lis, Geoffrey A. Blake, Eric Herbst	2005	152
15	Water in star-forming regions: physics and chemistry from clouds to disks as probed by Herschel spectroscopy Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Ewine F. van Dishoeck, L. E. Kristensen, J. C. Mottram, A. O. Benz, Edwin A. Bergin, P. Caselli, F. Herpin, M. R. Hogerheijde	2021	149
16	Herschel/HIFI observations of interstellar OH+and H2O+towards W49N: a probe of diffuse clouds with a small molecular fraction Astronomy and Astrophysics ·David A. Neufeld, Javier R. Goicoechea, Paule Sonnentrucker, John Black, John C. Pearson, Shanshan Yu, Tom G. Phillips, D. C. Lis	2010	145
17	Ethyl alcohol and sugar in comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) Science Advances ·N. Biver, Dominique Bockelée-Morvan, R. Moreno, J. Crovisier, P. Colom, D. C. Lis, Aage Sandqvist, J. Boissier	2015	145
18	350 Micron Continuum Imaging of the Orion A Molecular Cloud with the Submillimeter High Angular Resolution Camera The Astrophysical Journal ·D. C. Lis, Eugene, Gene Serabyn, Jocelyn B. Keene, Charles Darren Dowell, Dominic J. Benford, Tom G. Phillips, Todd Hunter, N. Wang	1998	135
19	A Molecular Line Survey of Orion KL in the 350 Micron Band The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·C. Comito, P. Schilke, Tom G. Phillips, D. C. Lis, Frédérique Motte, David M. Mehringer	2005	133
20	Triply deuterated ammonia in NGC 1333 Astronomy and Astrophysics ·F. F. S. van der Tak, P. Schilke, Holger S. P. Mueller, D. C. Lis, Tom G. Phillips, Maryvonne Gérin, E. Roueff	2002	130

About D. C. Lis

D. C. Lis is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atmospheric Science, Spectroscopy and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, having authored 386 papers that have together received 16.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (262 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (102 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (12 papers), Superconducting and THz Device Technology (11 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (5 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (4 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (3 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (14.7k citations), Instrumentation (240 citations), Spectroscopy (985 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1k citations) and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (273 citations). D. C. Lis has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Frequent co-authors include P. Schilke, Tom G. Phillips, Dominique Bockelée-Morvan, N. Biver, J. Crovisier, P. F. Goldsmith, Maryvonne Gérin, Edwin A. Bergin, E. Roueff and P. Colom. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series and Icarus.

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