M. Gillon

31.5k citations

175 papers · 7.0k · 6 hit papers · h-index 50

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

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 172
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 166
- Astro and Planetary Science 115
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 92
- Planetary Science and Exploration 8
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 7
Instrumentation 72
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 72

Co-authors: D. Queloz (99 shared papers)A. H. M. J. Triaud (74 shared papers)Brice-Olivier Demory (39 shared papers)S. Udry (62 shared papers)F. Pepe (53 shared papers)A. Collier Cameron (53 shared papers)D. R. Anderson (50 shared papers)P. F. L. Maxted (47 shared papers)
Journals: Astronomy and Astrophysics (53 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (29 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (11 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (11 papers)Nature (4 papers)
Partner nations: Belgium Switzerland United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

M. Gillon

167 papers receiving 6.6k citations

M. Gillon's Hit Papers

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No thick carbon dioxide atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c 2023 · 119 citations

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.

2023 Nature
2016 Nature
2016 Nature
2014 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2010 Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast)
2010 Astronomy and Astrophysics

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1	Temperate Earth-sized planets transiting a nearby ultracool dwarf star Nature ·M. Gillon, Emmanuël Jehin, Susan M. Lederer, L. Delrez, Julien de Wit, Artem Burdanov, V. Van Grootel, Adam J. Burgasser, A. H. M. J. Triaud, Cyrielle Opitom, Brice-Olivier Demory, D. K. Sahu, Daniella C. Bardalez Gagliuffi, Pierre Magain, D. Queloz Hit paper breakdown →	2016	320
2	Spin-orbit angle measurements for six southern transiting planets Astronomy and Astrophysics ·A. H. M. J. Triaud, A. Collier Cameron, D. Queloz, D. R. Anderson, M. Gillon, Leslie Hebb, C. Hellier, B. Loeillet, P. F. L. Maxted, M. Mayor, F. Pepe, D. Pollacco, D. Ségransan, B. Smalley, S. Udry, R. G. West, P. J. Wheatley Hit paper breakdown →	2010	245
3	Spin-orbit angle measurements for six southern transiting planets; New insights into the dynamical origins of hot Jupiters Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) ·A. H. M. J. Triaud, A. Collier Cameron, D. Queloz, D. R. Anderson, M. Gillon, Leslie Hebb, C. Hellier, B. Loeillet, P. F. L. Maxted, M. Mayor, F. Pepe, D. Pollacco, D. Ségransan, B. Smalley, S. Udry, R. G. West, P. J. Wheatley Hit paper breakdown →	2010	207
4	Planets and stellar activity: hide and seek in the CoRoT-7 system★ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·R. D. Haywood, A. Collier Cameron, D. Queloz, S. C. C. Barros, M. Deleuil, R. Farès, M. Gillon, A. F. Lanza, C. Lovis, C. Moutou, F. Pepe, D. Pollacco, A. Santerne, D. Ségransan, Y. C. Unruh Hit paper breakdown →	2014	190
5	Detection of transits of the nearby hot Neptune GJ 436 b Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. Gillon, F. Pont, Brice-Olivier Demory, F. Mallmann, M. Mayor, T. Mazeh, D. Queloz, Avi Shporer, S. Udry, C. Vuissoz	2007	155
6	A map of the large day–night temperature gradient of a super-Earth exoplanet Nature ·Brice-Olivier Demory, M. Gillon, Julien de Wit, Nikku Madhusudhan, Émeline Bolmont, Kevin Heng, Tiffany Kataria, Nikole K. Lewis, Renyu Hu, Jessica Krick, V. Stamenković, Björn Benneke, Stephen R. Kane, D. Queloz Hit paper breakdown →	2016	153
7	The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets Astronomy and Astrophysics ·X. Bonfıls, M. Mayor, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille, M. Gillon, C. Perrier, S. Udry, F. Bouchy, C. Lovis, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, Jean‐Loup Bertaux	2007	141
8	TW Hydrae: evidence of stellar spots instead of a Hot Jupiter Astronomy and Astrophysics ·N. Huélamo, P. Figueira, X. Bonfıls, N. C. Santos, F. Pepe, M. Gillon, Rui Azevedo, Travis Barman, M. Argudo–Fernández, E. Di Folco, E. W. Guenther, C. Lovis, C. Melo, D. Queloz, S. Udry	2008	135
9	INFERENCE OF INHOMOGENEOUS CLOUDS IN AN EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERE The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Brice-Olivier Demory, Julien de Wit, Nikole K. Lewis, Jonathan J. Fortney, Andras Zsom, Sara Seager, Heather A. Knutson, Kevin Heng, Nikku Madhusudhan, M. Gillon, Thomas Barclay, Jean-Michel Désert, Vivien Parmentier, Nicolas B. Cowan	2013	132
10	Water loss from terrestrial planets orbiting ultracool dwarfs: implications for the planets of TRAPPIST-1 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Émeline Bolmont, Franck Selsis, James E. Owen, I. Ribas, Sean N. Raymond, Jérémy Leconte, M. Gillon	2016	120
11	No thick carbon dioxide atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c Nature ·Sebastian Zieba, Laura Kreidberg, Elsa Ducrot, M. Gillon, Caroline Morley, Laura Schaefer, Patrick Tamburo, Daniel D. B. Koll, Xintong Lyu, L. Acuña, Eric Agol, Aishwarya Iyer, Renyu Hu, Andrew Lincowski, Victoria Meadows, Franck Selsis, Émeline Bolmont, Avi M. Mandell, Gabrielle Suissa Hit paper breakdown →	2023	119
12	CHEOPS: A transit photometry mission for ESA's small mission programme EPJ Web of Conferences ·C. Broeg, A. Fortier, D. Ehrenreich, Y. Alibert, W. Baumjohann, W. Benz, M. Deleuil, M. Gillon, A. B. Ivanov, R. Liseau, Michael R. Meyer, G. Oloffson, I. Pagano, G. Piotto, D. Pollacco, D. Queloz, Roberto Ragazzoni, Étienne Renotte, M. Steller, N. Thomas, (unknown)	2013	119
13	Atmospheric reconnaissance of the habitable-zone Earth-sized planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1 Nature Astronomy ·Julien de Wit, Hannah R. Wakeford, Nikole K. Lewis, L. Delrez, M. Gillon, Franck Selsis, Jérémy Leconte, Brice-Olivier Demory, Émeline Bolmont, V. Bourrier, Adam J. Burgasser, Simon L. Grimm, Emmanuël Jehin, Susan M. Lederer, James E. Owen, V. Stamenković, A. H. M. J. Triaud	2018	115
14	Detection of a transit of the super-Earth 55 Cancri e with warm Spitzer Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Brice-Olivier Demory, M. Gillon, Drake Deming, Diana Valencia, Sara Seager, Bjoern Benneke, C. Lovis, Patricio E. Cubillos, Joseph Harrington, Kevin B. Stevenson, M. Mayor, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, D. Ségransan, S. Udry	2011	114
15	Modeling climate diversity, tidal dynamics and the fate of volatiles on TRAPPIST-1 planets Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Martin Turbet, Émeline Bolmont, Jérémy Leconte, François Forget, Franck Selsis, G. Tobie, Anthony Caldas, Joseph Naar, M. Gillon	2018	114
16	The TRAPPIST survey of southern transiting planets Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. Gillon, A. H. M. J. Triaud, Jonathan J. Fortney, Brice-Olivier Demory, E. Jehin, M. Lendl, P. Magain, P. Kábath, D. Queloz, R. Alonso, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, A. Fumel, Leslie Hebb, C. Hellier, Audrey Lanotte, P. F. L. Maxted, N. Mowlavï, B. Smalley	2012	107
17	A combined transmission spectrum of the Earth-sized exoplanets TRAPPIST-1 b and c Nature ·Julien de Wit, Hannah R. Wakeford, M. Gillon, Nikole K. Lewis, Jeff A. Valenti, Brice-Olivier Demory, Adam J. Burgasser, Artem Burdanov, L. Delrez, Emmanuël Jehin, Susan M. Lederer, D. Queloz, A. H. M. J. Triaud, V. Van Grootel	2016	101
18	The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. X. A m sin i = 11 M_â planet around the nearby spotted M dwarf GJ 674 X. Bonfıls, M. Mayor, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille, M. Gillon, C. Perrier, S. Udry, F. Bouchy, C. Lovis, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, Jean‐Loup Bertaux	2007	97
19	Accurate Spitzer infrared radius measurement for the hot Neptune GJ 436b Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. Gillon, Brice-Olivier Demory, Travis Barman, X. Bonfıls, T. Mazeh, F. Pont, S. Udry, M. Mayor, D. Queloz	2007	96
20	The Sun as a planet-host star: proxies fromSDOimages for HARPS radial-velocity variations Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·R. D. Haywood, A. Collier Cameron, Y. C. Unruh, C. Lovis, A. F. Lanza, J. Llama, M. Deleuil, R. Farès, M. Gillon, C. Moutou, F. Pepe, D. Pollacco, D. Queloz, D. Ségransan	2016	94

About M. Gillon

M. Gillon is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atmospheric Science, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, having authored 175 papers that have together received 7.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (166 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (115 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (92 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (72 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (9 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (8 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (7 papers) and Scientific Research and Discoveries (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (2.3k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (6.8k citations), Atmospheric Science (751 citations), Spectroscopy (368 citations) and Geophysics (238 citations). M. Gillon has collaborated with scholars based in Belgium, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include D. Queloz, A. H. M. J. Triaud, Brice-Olivier Demory, S. Udry, F. Pepe, A. Collier Cameron, D. R. Anderson, P. F. L. Maxted, C. Hellier and Emmanuël Jehin. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Nature.

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