I. Baraffe

10.7k citations
140 papers · 6.1k · 1 hit paper · h-index 45

Impact in

  • Instrumentation top 0.5%
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.2%
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Astro and Planetary Science
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
    • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Papers in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 131
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 121
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 79
    • Astro and Planetary Science 65
    • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 15
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 12
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 10
  • Instrumentation 41
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 41
Co-authors
G. Chabrier (54 shared papers)F. Allard (18 shared papers)D. Homeier (3 shared papers)P. H. Hauschildt (9 shared papers)Travis Barman (8 shared papers)D. S. Amundsen (13 shared papers)Pascal Tremblin (18 shared papers)Nathan J. Mayne (13 shared papers)
Journals
Astronomy and Astrophysics (34 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (23 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (12 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (3 papers)The Astronomical Journal (2 papers)
Partner nations
FranceUnited KingdomUnited States

In The Last Decade

I. Baraffe

132 papers receiving 5.8k citations

I. Baraffe's Hit Papers

New evolutionary models for pre-main sequence and main sequence low-mass stars down to the hydrogen-burning limit 2015 · 867 citations
8670+3+7Years since publication250500750
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.
  1. 2015 Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

Peers

I. Baraffe
Comparison fields: 5 of 61
  • Instrumentation 1.4k
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 5.8k
  • Atmospheric Science 570
  • Spectroscopy 429
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 209
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All Works

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New evolutionary models for pre-main sequence and main sequence low-mass stars down to the hydrogen-burning limit
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·I. Baraffe, D. Homeier, F. Allard, G. Chabrier
Hit paper breakdown →		2015867
2
Evolutionary models for low-mass stars and brown dwarfs: Uncertainties and limits at very young ages
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·I. Baraffe, G. Chabrier, F. Allard, P. H. Hauschildt
2002373
3
Evolution of low-mass star and brown dwarf eclipsing binaries
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·G. Chabrier, Juan F. Gallardo, I. Baraffe
2007212
4
Is tidal heating sufficient to explain bloated exoplanets? Consistent calculations accounting for finite initial eccentricity
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Jérémy Leconte, G. Chabrier, I. Baraffe, B. Levrard
2010164
5
Structure and evolution of super-Earth to super-Jupiter exoplanets
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·I. Baraffe, G. Chabrier, Travis Barman
2008153
6
Effect of episodic accretion on the structure and the lithium depletion of low-mass stars and planet-hosting stars
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·I. Baraffe, G. Chabrier
2010145
7
FINGERING CONVECTION AND CLOUDLESS MODELS FOR COOL BROWN DWARF ATMOSPHERES
The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Pascal Tremblin, D. S. Amundsen, Pierre Mourier, I. Baraffe, G. Chabrier, Benjamin Drummond, D. Homeier, Olivia Vénot
2015139
8
Brown dwarfs and the cataclysmic variable period minimum
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·U. Kolb, I. Baraffe
1999127
9
The unified model, a fully-compressible, non-hydrostatic, deep atmosphere global circulation model, applied to hot Jupiters
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Nathan J. Mayne, I. Baraffe, David M. Acreman, Chris Smith, Matthew K. Browning, D. S. Amundsen, Nigel Wood, John Thuburn, D. R. Jackson
2013120
10
Structure and evolution of super-Earth to super-Jupiter exoplanets: I. heavy element enrichment in the interior
arXiv (Cornell University) ·I. Baraffe, G. Chabrier, Travis Barman
2008119
11
Accuracy tests of radiation schemes used in hot Jupiter global circulation models
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·D. S. Amundsen, I. Baraffe, Pascal Tremblin, James Manners, Wolfgang Hayek, Nathan J. Mayne, David M. Acreman
2014111
12
The physical properties of extra-solar planets
Reports on Progress in Physics ·I. Baraffe, G. Chabrier, Travis Barman
2009109
13
CLOUDLESS ATMOSPHERES FOR L/T DWARFS AND EXTRASOLAR GIANT PLANETS
The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Pascal Tremblin, D. S. Amundsen, G. Chabrier, I. Baraffe, Benjamin Drummond, Sasha Hinkley, Pierre Mourier, Olivia Vénot
2016106
14
OBSERVED LUMINOSITY SPREAD IN YOUNG CLUSTERS AND FU Ori STARS: A UNIFIED PICTURE
The Astrophysical Journal ·I. Baraffe, Eduard I. Vorobyov, G. Chabrier
2012105
15
Heat Transport in Giant (Exo)planets: A New Perspective
The Astrophysical Journal ·G. Chabrier, I. Baraffe
2007102
16
THE EFFECT OF MAGNETIC ACTIVITY ON LOW-MASS STARS IN ECLIPSING BINARIES
The Astrophysical Journal ·J. C. Morales, José Gallardo, I. Ribas, C. Jordi, I. Baraffe, G. Chabrier
2010100
17
Reaction rates for O-18(alpha, gamma)Ne-22, Ne-22(alpha, gamma)Mg-26, and Ne-22(alpha, n)Mg-25 in stellar helium burning and s-process nucleosynthesis in massive stars
The Astrophysical Journal ·F. Kaeppeler, M. Wiescher, U. Giesen, Joachim Göerres, I. Baraffe, Mounib El Eid, C. M. Raiteri, M. Busso, R. Gallino, Marco Limongi, A. Chieffi
199497
18
The effects of consistent chemical kinetics calculations on the pressure-temperature profiles and emission spectra of hot Jupiters
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Ben Drummond, Pascal Tremblin, I. Baraffe, D. S. Amundsen, N. J. Mayne, Olivia Vénot, Jayesh Goyal
201695
19
On the evolutionary status of short-period cataclysmic variables
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·S. P. Littlefair, V. S. Dhillon, T. R. Marsh, B. T. Gänsicke, J. Southworth, I. Baraffe, C. A. Watson, C. M. Copperwheat
200894
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Advection of Potential Temperature in the Atmosphere of Irradiated Exoplanets: A Robust Mechanism to Explain Radius Inflation
The Astrophysical Journal ·Pascal Tremblin, G. Chabrier, Nathan J. Mayne, D. S. Amundsen, I. Baraffe, Florian Debras, Benjamin Drummond, James Manners, S. Fromang
201791

About I. Baraffe

I. Baraffe is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atmospheric Science, Spectroscopy and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, having authored 140 papers that have together received 6.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (121 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (79 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (65 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (41 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (15 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (12 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (10 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (1.4k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (5.8k citations), Atmospheric Science (570 citations), Spectroscopy (429 citations) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (209 citations). I. Baraffe has collaborated with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include G. Chabrier, F. Allard, D. Homeier, P. H. Hauschildt, Travis Barman, D. S. Amundsen, Pascal Tremblin, Nathan J. Mayne, U. Kolb and James Manners. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal Letters and The Astronomical Journal.

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