S. Aigrain

18.9k citations

134 papers · 5.3k · 1 hit paper · h-index 41

Impact in

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

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 127
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 123
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 49
- Astro and Planetary Science 41
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 16
Instrumentation 63
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 63

Co-authors: Neale P. Gibson (23 shared papers)F. Pont (25 shared papers)Stephen Roberts (14 shared papers)A. McQuillan (10 shared papers)Michael A. Osborne (6 shared papers)Vinesh Rajpaul (8 shared papers)Steven Reece (5 shared papers)H. Parviainen (13 shared papers)
Journals: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (59 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (20 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (6 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters (4 papers)The Astronomical Journal (3 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States France

In The Last Decade

S. Aigrain

126 papers receiving 5.1k citations

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Gaussian processes for time-series modelling 2013 · 372 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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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.

2013 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences

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1	Gaussian processes for time-series modelling Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·Stephen Roberts, Michael A. Osborne, Mark Ebden, Steven Reece, Neale P. Gibson, S. Aigrain Hit paper breakdown →	2013	372
2	Hubble Space Telescope transmission spectroscopy of the exoplanet HD 189733b: high-altitude atmospheric haze in the optical and near-ultraviolet with STIS Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·David K. Sing, F. Pont, S. Aigrain, David Charbonneau, J.-M. Désert, Neale P. Gibson, Ronald L. Gilliland, Wolfgang Hayek, Gregory W. Henry, Heather A. Knutson, A. Lecavelier des Étangs, T. Mazeh, Avi Shporer	2011	228
3	The prevalence of dust on the exoplanet HD 189733b from Hubble and Spitzer observations Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·F. Pont, David K. Sing, Neale P. Gibson, S. Aigrain, Gregory W. Henry, Nawal Husnoo	2013	226
4	Measuring the rotation period distribution of field M dwarfs with Kepler Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. McQuillan, S. Aigrain, T. Mazeh	2013	226
5	A Gaussian process framework for modelling instrumental systematics: application to transmission spectroscopy Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Neale P. Gibson, S. Aigrain, Stephen Roberts, T. M. Evans, Michael A. Osborne, F. Pont	2011	172
6	3.6 AND 4.5 μm PHASE CURVES AND EVIDENCE FOR NON-EQUILIBRIUM CHEMISTRY IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF EXTRASOLAR PLANET HD 189733b The Astrophysical Journal ·Heather A. Knutson, Nikole K. Lewis, Jonathan J. Fortney, Adam Burrows, Adam P. Showman, Nicolas B. Cowan, Eric Agol, S. Aigrain, David Charbonneau, Drake Deming, Jean-Michel Désert, Gregory W. Henry, Jonathan Langton, Gregory Laughlin	2012	167
7	A Gaussian process framework for modelling stellar activity signals in radial velocity data Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Vinesh Rajpaul, S. Aigrain, Michael A. Osborne, Steven Reece, Stephen Roberts	2015	159
8	A simple method to estimate radial velocity variations due to stellar activity using photometry Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·S. Aigrain, F. Pont, S. Zucker	2011	143
9	HST hot-Jupiter transmission spectral survey: evidence for aerosols and lack of TiO in the atmosphere of WASP-12b Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·David K. Sing, A. Lecavelier des Étangs, Jonathan J. Fortney, Adam Burrows, F. Pont, Hannah R. Wakeford, G. E. Ballester, Nikolay Nikolov, Gregory W. Henry, S. Aigrain, Drake Deming, T. M. Evans, Neale P. Gibson, Catherine Huitson, Heather A. Knutson, A. P. Showman, A. Vidal‐Madjar, P. A. Wilson, Michael H. Williamson, Kevin Zahnle	2013	122
10	Accretion dynamics and disk evolution in NGC 2264: a study based on CoRoT photometric observations Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·S. H. P. Alencar, P. S. Teixeira, M. M. Guimarães, Pauline McGinnis, J. F. Gameiro, J. Bouvier, S. Aigrain, E. Flaccomio, F. Favata	2010	118
11	Inferring probabilistic stellar rotation periods using Gaussian processes Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Ruth Angus, Timothy D. Morton, S. Aigrain, Daniel Foreman-Mackey, Vinesh Rajpaul	2017	114
12	K2SC: Flexible systematics correction and detrending ofK2light curves using Gaussian Process regression Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·S. Aigrain, H. Parviainen, Benjamin Pope	2016	107
13	An HST optical-to-near-IR transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter WASP-19b: detection of atmospheric water and likely absence of TiO Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Catherine Huitson, David K. Sing, F. Pont, Jonathan J. Fortney, Adam Burrows, P. A. Wilson, G. E. Ballester, Nikolay Nikolov, Neale P. Gibson, Drake Deming, S. Aigrain, T. M. Evans, Gregory W. Henry, A. Lecavelier des Étangs, A. P. Showman, A. Vidal‐Madjar, Kevin Zahnle	2013	107
14	Calibrating gyrochronology using Kepler asteroseismic targets Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Ruth Angus, S. Aigrain, Daniel Foreman-Mackey, A. McQuillan	2015	107
15	HST hot-Jupiter transmission spectral survey: detection of potassium in WASP-31b along with a cloud deck and Rayleigh scattering Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·David K. Sing, Hannah R. Wakeford, A. P. Showman, Nikolay Nikolov, Jonathan J. Fortney, Adam Burrows, G. E. Ballester, Drake Deming, S. Aigrain, Jean-Michel Désert, Neale P. Gibson, Gregory W. Henry, Heather A. Knutson, A. Lecavelier des Étangs, F. Pont, A. Vidal‐Madjar, Michael Williamson, P. A. Wilson	2014	106
16	Hubble Space Telescope hot Jupiter transmission spectral survey: a detection of Na and strong optical absorption in HAT-P-1b Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Nikolay Nikolov, David K. Sing, F. Pont, Adam Burrows, Jonathan J. Fortney, G. E. Ballester, T. M. Evans, Catherine Huitson, Hannah R. Wakeford, P. A. Wilson, S. Aigrain, Drake Deming, Neale P. Gibson, Gregory W. Henry, Heather A. Knutson, A. Lecavelier des Étangs, A. P. Showman, A. Vidal‐Madjar, Kevin Zahnle	2013	105
17	THE DEEP BLUE COLOR OF HD 189733b: ALBEDO MEASUREMENTS WITH HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE /SPACE TELESCOPE IMAGING SPECTROGRAPH AT VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·T. M. Evans, F. Pont, David K. Sing, S. Aigrain, J. K. Barstow, Jean-Michel Désert, Neale P. Gibson, Kevin Heng, Heather A. Knutson, A. Lecavelier des Étangs	2013	92
18	Ghost in the time series: no planet for Alpha Cen B Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters ·Vinesh Rajpaul, S. Aigrain, Stephen Roberts	2015	81
19	A new look at NICMOS transmission spectroscopy of HD 189733, GJ-436 and XO-1: no conclusive evidence for molecular features Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Neale P. Gibson, F. Pont, S. Aigrain	2011	80
20	Characterising stellar micro-variability for planetary transit searches Astronomy and Astrophysics ·S. Aigrain, F. Favata, G. Gilmore	2004	78

About S. Aigrain

S. Aigrain is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Spectroscopy, Atmospheric Science and Aerospace Engineering, having authored 134 papers that have together received 5.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (123 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (63 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (49 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (41 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (16 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (13 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (12 papers) and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (1.9k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (4.7k citations), Atmospheric Science (489 citations), Spectroscopy (364 citations) and Computational Mechanics (282 citations). S. Aigrain has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Neale P. Gibson, F. Pont, Stephen Roberts, A. McQuillan, Michael A. Osborne, Vinesh Rajpaul, Steven Reece, H. Parviainen, David K. Sing and Gregory W. Henry. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters and The Astronomical Journal.

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