M. Mayor

54.0k citations
437 papers · 24.0k · 17 hit papers · h-index 79

Impact in

  • Instrumentation top 0.02%
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.01%
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Astro and Planetary Science
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Papers in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 423
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 407
    • Astro and Planetary Science 240
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 231
    • History and Developments in Astronomy 17
  • Instrumentation 213
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 213
Co-authors
D. Queloz (165 shared papers)S. Udry (251 shared papers)N. C. Santos (151 shared papers)G. Israelian (40 shared papers)F. Pepe (131 shared papers)C. Lovis (94 shared papers)F. Bouchy (90 shared papers)F. Pont (37 shared papers)
Journals
Astronomy and Astrophysics (151 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (18 papers)Nature (9 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (4 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series (3 papers)
Partner nations
SwitzerlandFrancePortugal

In The Last Decade

M. Mayor

410 papers receiving 23.1k citations

M. Mayor's Hit Papers

An Earth-mass planet orbiting α Centauri B 2012 · 235 citations
2350+7+15Years 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. 2012 Nature
  2. 2011 Astronomy and Astrophysics
  3. 2010 Astronomy and Astrophysics
  4. 2010 Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast)
  5. 2009 Nature
  6. 2008 ArXiv.org
  7. 2008 ArXiv.org
  8. 2008 Astronomy and Astrophysics
  9. 2007 Astronomy and Astrophysics
  10. 2006 Nature
  11. 2005 Astronomy and Astrophysics
  12. 2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
  13. 2004 ArXiv.org
  14. 2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics
  15. 2003 Nature
  16. 2003 CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  17. 1995 Nature

Peers

M. Mayor
Comparison fields: 5 of 113
  • Instrumentation 8.0k
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 23.3k
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1.1k
  • Geophysics 577
  • Atmospheric Science 694
Replace S. Udry with:
S. Udry Switzerland
D. Queloz Switzerland
N. C. Santos Portugal
Geoffrey W. Marcy United States
M. Asplund Australia
F. Pepe Switzerland
G. H. Rieke United States
James Liebert United States
R. Genzel Germany
David W. Latham United States
M. Mayor relative to S. Udry Switzerland S. Udry's profile →
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Countries citing papers authored by M. Mayor

Since Specialization
Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Mayor

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside M. Mayor, 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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All Works

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#Work
1
A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star
Nature ·M. Mayor, D. Queloz
Hit paper breakdown →		19952289
2
The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·B. Nordström, M. Mayor, J. Andersen, Johan Holmberg, F. Pont, Bjarne Rosenkilde Jørgensen, E. H. Olsen, S. Udry, N. Mowlavï
Hit paper breakdown →		2004976
3
The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood: Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of 14,000 F and G dwarfs
ArXiv.org ·B. Nordström, M. Mayor, J. Andersen, Johan Holmberg, F. Pont, Bjarne Rosenkilde Jørgensen, E. H. Olsen, S. Udry, N. Mowlavï
Hit paper breakdown →		2004781
4
An extended upper atmosphere around the extrasolar planet HD209458b
Nature ·A. Vidal‐Madjar, A. Lecavelier des Étangs, Jean-Michel Désert, G. E. Ballester, R. Ferlet, G. Hébrard, M. Mayor
Hit paper breakdown →		2003718
5
Spectroscopic [Fe/H] for 98 extra-solar planet-host stars
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·N. C. Santos, G. Israelian, M. Mayor
Hit paper breakdown →		2004590
6
Spectroscopic [Fe/H] for 98 extra-solar planet-host stars: Exploring the probability of planet formation
CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·N. C. Santos, G. Israelian, M. Mayor
Hit paper breakdown →		2003461
7
A super-Earth transiting a nearby low-mass star
Nature ·David Charbonneau, Zachory K. Berta-Thompson, Jonathan Irwin, Christopher J. Burke, P. Nutzman, Lars A. Buchhave, C. Lovis, X. Bonfıls, David W. Latham, S. Udry, Ruth Murray‐Clay, Matthew J. Holman, E. Falco, Joshua N. Winn, D. Queloz, F. Pepe, M. Mayor, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille
Hit paper breakdown →		2009436
8
Detection of Oxygen and Carbon in the Hydrodynamically Escaping Atmosphere of the Extrasolar Planet HD 209458b
The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Vidal‐Madjar, J.-M. Dsert, A. Lecavelier des Étangs, G. H�brard, G. E. Ballester, D. Ehrenreich, R. Ferlet, J. C. McConnell, M. Mayor, C. D. Parkinson
2004399
9
Spectroscopic parameters for 451 stars in the HARPS GTO planet search program
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·S. G. Sousa, N. C. Santos, M. Mayor, S. Udry, L. Casagrande, G. Israelian, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro
Hit paper breakdown →		2008334
10
The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·S. Udry, X. Bonfıls, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille, M. Mayor, C. Perrier, F. Bouchy, C. Lovis, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, Jean‐Loup Bertaux
Hit paper breakdown →		2007301
11
ELODIE metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·F. Bouchy, S. Udry, M. Mayor, C. Moutou, F. Pont, Nicolas Iribarne, R. da Silva, S. A. Ilovaisky, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, D. Ségransan, S. Zucker
Hit paper breakdown →		2005296
12
Coravel— A new tool for radial velocity measurements
Vistas in Astronomy ·A. Baranne, M. Mayor, J.-L. Poncet
1979268
13
The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XVII. Super-Earth and Neptune-mass planets in multiple planet systems HD47186 and HD181433
ArXiv.org ·F. Bouchy, M. Mayor, C. Lovis, S. Udry, W. Benz, (unknown), X. Delfosse, C. Mordasini, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, D. Ségransan
Hit paper breakdown →		2008268
14
Spectroscopic parameters for 451 stars in the HARPS GTO planet search program. Stellar [Fe/H] and the frequency of exo-Neptunes
ArXiv.org ·S. G. Sousa, N. C. Santos, M. Mayor, S. Udry, L. Casagrande, G. Israelian, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro
Hit paper breakdown →		2008262
15
Local kinematics of K and M giants from CORAVEL/Hipparcos/Tycho-2 data
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Benoît Famaey, A. Jorissen, X. Luri, M. Mayor, S. Udry, H. Dejonghe, C. Turon
2005261
16
An extrasolar planetary system with three Neptune-mass planets
Nature ·C. Lovis, M. Mayor, F. Pepe, Y. Alibert, W. Benz, F. Bouchy, A. C. M. Correia, J. Laskar, C. Mordasini, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, S. Udry, Jean‐Loup Bertaux, J. P. Sivan
Hit paper breakdown →		2006256
17
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 →		2010252
18
An Earth-mass planet orbiting α Centauri B
Nature ·X. Dumusque, F. Pepe, C. Lovis, D. Ségransan, J. Sahlmann, W. Benz, F. Bouchy, M. Mayor, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, S. Udry
Hit paper breakdown →		2012235
19
The unseen companion of HD114762: a probable brown dwarf
Nature ·David W. Latham, T. Mazeh, R. P. Stefanik, M. Mayor, G. Burki
1989230
20
The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets VII
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·F. Pepe, M. Mayor, F. Galland, D. Naef, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, S. Udry, M. Burnet
2002223

About M. Mayor

M. Mayor is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 437 papers that have together received 24.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (407 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (240 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (231 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (213 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (35 papers), History and Developments in Astronomy (17 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (17 papers) and Astronomical and nuclear sciences (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (8.0k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (23.3k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.1k citations), Geophysics (577 citations) and Atmospheric Science (694 citations). M. Mayor has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, France and Portugal. Frequent co-authors include D. Queloz, S. Udry, N. C. Santos, G. Israelian, F. Pepe, C. Lovis, F. Bouchy, F. Pont, D. Ségransan and W. Benz. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, Nature, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series.

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