Janet Borg

4k citations

107 papers · 3.4k · 1 hit paper · h-index 24

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Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Origins and Evolution of Life
Radiation top 5%
- X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 98
- Astro and Planetary Science 95
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 16
- Planetary Science and Exploration 9
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 3
Radiation 6
- X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis 5

Co-authors: Louis d’Hendecourt (20 shared papers)P. I. Raynal (10 shared papers)Hugues Leroux (11 shared papers)Zahia Djouadi (20 shared papers)É. Quirico (9 shared papers)Y. Langevin (15 shared papers)Dominique Deboffle (7 shared papers)A. P. Jones (6 shared papers)
Journals: Meteoritics and Planetary Science (23 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (7 papers)Planetary and Space Science (5 papers)Science (5 papers)Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2 papers)
Partner nations: France United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Janet Borg

105 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Janet Borg's Hit Papers

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Comet 81P/Wild 2 Under a Microscope 2006 · 779 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	Comet 81P/Wild 2 Under a Microscope Science ·Don E. Brownlee, P. Tsou, J. Aléon, C. M. O'd. Alexander, Tohru Araki, S. Bajt, G. A. Baratta, Ron S. Bastien Hit paper breakdown →	2006	779
2	Organics Captured from Comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Stardust Spacecraft Science ·Scott A. Sandford, J. Aléon, C. M. O'd. Alexander, Tohru Araki, S. Bajt, G. A. Baratta, Janet Borg, J. P. Bradley	2006	502
3	Impact Features on Stardust: Implications for Comet 81P/Wild 2 Dust Science ·Friedrich P. Hörz, Ron K. Bastien, Janet Borg, J. P. Bradley, J. C. Bridges, D. E. Brownlee, Mark J. Burchell, M. J. Cintala	2006	289
4	Elemental Compositions of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Samples Collected by Stardust Science ·G. J. Flynn, P. Bleuet, Janet Borg, J. P. Bradley, Frank E. Brenker, Sean M. Brennan, J. C. Bridges, Don E. Brownlee	2006	180
5	Infrared Spectroscopy of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Samples Returned by Stardust Science ·L. P. Keller, S. Bajt, G. A. Baratta, Janet Borg, J. P. Bradley, Don E. Brownlee, H. Busemann, J. R. Brucato	2006	156
6	Structural and chemical alteration of crystalline olivine under low energy He+ irradiation Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Karine Demyk, Philippe Carrez, Hugues Leroux, Patrick Cordier, A. P. Jones, Janet Borg, É. Quirico, P. I. Raynal	2001	141
7	Combined micro‐Raman, micro‐infrared, and field emission scanning electron microscope analyses of comet 81P/Wild 2 particles collected by Stardust Meteoritics and Planetary Science ·A. Rotundi, G. A. Baratta, Janet Borg, J. R. Brucato, H. Busemann, Luigi Colangeli, Louis d’Hendecourt, Zahia Djouadi	2008	86
8	FTIR and Raman analyses of the Tagish Lake meteorite: Relationship with the aliphatic hydrocarbons observed in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Graciela MATRAJT, Janet Borg, P. I. Raynal, Zahia Djouadi, Louis d’Hendecourt, G. J. Flynn, Dominique Deboffle	2004	82
9	Comet 81P/Wild 2: The size distribution of finer (sub‐10 μm) dust collected by the Stardust spacecraft Meteoritics and Planetary Science ·Mark C. Price, A. T. Kearsley, Mark J. Burchell, Friedrich P. Hörz, Janet Borg, J. C. Bridges, M. J. Cole, Christine Floss	2010	75
10	FTIR analysis of the organics in IDPs: Comparison with the IR spectra of the diffuse interstellar medium Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Graciela MATRAJT, G. M. Muñoz, Emmanuel Dartois, Louis d’Hendecourt, Dominique Deboffle, Janet Borg	2005	69
11	Dust from comet Wild 2: Interpreting particle size, shape, structure, and composition from impact features on the Stardust aluminum foils Meteoritics and Planetary Science ·A. T. Kearsley, Janet Borg, Giles A. Graham, Mark J. Burchell, M. J. Cole, Hugues Leroux, J. C. Bridges, Friedrich P. Hörz	2008	69
12	A micro-Raman survey of 10 IDPs and 6 carbonaceous chondrites Planetary and Space Science ·É. Quirico, Janet Borg, P. I. Raynal, Gilles Montagnac, Louis d’Hendecourt	2005	59
13	Mid-IR, Far-IR, Raman micro-spectroscopy, and FESEM–EDX study of IDP L2021C5: Clues to its origin Icarus ·R. Brunetto, Janet Borg, Emmanuel Dartois, Frans J. M. Rietmeijer, F. Grossemy, Christophe Sandt, Louis d’Hendecourt, A. Rotundi	2011	55
14	IR spectroscopic study of olivine, enstatite and diopside irradiated with low energy H$\mathsf{^+}$ and He$\mathsf{^+}$ ions Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Karine Demyk, Louis d’Hendecourt, Hugues Leroux, A. P. Jones, Janet Borg	2004	48
15	Synchrotron infrared microscopy of micron-sized extraterrestrial grains Planetary and Space Science ·P. I. Raynal, É. Quirico, Janet Borg, Dominique Deboffle, P. Dumas, L. d' Hendecourt, Jean‐Pierre Bibring, Y. Langevin	2000	45
16	CIVA Space Science Reviews ·Jean‐Pierre Bibring, P. Lamy, Y. Langevin, A. Soufflot, Michel Berthé, Janet Borg, François Poulet, Stefano Mottola	2007	39
17	Transmission electron microscopy of cometary residues from micron‐sized craters in the Stardust Al foils Meteoritics and Planetary Science ·Hugues Leroux, Rhonda M. Stroud, Zurong R. Dai, Giles A. Graham, David Troadec, J. P. Bradley, Nick E. Teslich, Janet Borg	2008	36
18	Final reports of the Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination Meteoritics and Planetary Science ·Andrew J Westphal, Hans A. Bechtel, Frank E. Brenker, Anna L. Butterworth, George Flynn, D. Frank, Z. Gainsforth, Jon K. Hillier	2014	29
19	High voltage electron microscope studies of fossil nuclear particle tracks in extraterrestrial matter Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Janet Borg, J.-C. Dran, L. Durrieu, C. Jouret, M. Maurette	1970	26
20	A Monte Carlo model for the exposure history of lunar dust grains in the ancient solar wind Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Janet Borg, G. M. Comstock, Y. Langevin, M. Maurette, B. Jouffrey, C. Jouret	1976	25

About Janet Borg

Janet Borg is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Radiation, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Ceramics and Composites and Materials Chemistry, having authored 107 papers that have together received 3.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astro and Planetary Science (95 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (16 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (9 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (5 papers), Nuclear materials and radiation effects (5 papers), X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (5 papers), Glass properties and applications (3 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (3k citations), Radiation (96 citations), Surfaces, Coatings and Films (46 citations), Spectroscopy (108 citations) and Biophysics (38 citations). Janet Borg has collaborated with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Louis d’Hendecourt, P. I. Raynal, Hugues Leroux, Zahia Djouadi, É. Quirico, Y. Langevin, Dominique Deboffle, A. P. Jones, M. Maurette and Karine Demyk. Their work appears in journals such as Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Planetary and Space Science, Science and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

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