V. Hill

20.6k citations

159 papers · 9.9k · 2 hit papers · h-index 53

Impact in

Instrumentation top 0.1%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.1%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astro and Planetary Science

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 150
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 148
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 79
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 38
- Astro and Planetary Science 24
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 20
- History and Developments in Astronomy 8
Instrumentation 100
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 100

Co-authors: Eline Tolstoy (34 shared papers)F. Primas (39 shared papers)Timothy C. Beers (30 shared papers)P. François (36 shared papers)F. Spite (29 shared papers)R. Cayrel (26 shared papers)M. Tosi (1 shared paper)P. Bonifacio (33 shared papers)
Journals: Astronomy and Astrophysics (62 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (16 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (5 papers)Nuclear Physics A (2 papers)Nature (2 papers)
Partner nations: France Germany United States

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153 papers receiving 9.6k citations

V. Hill's Hit Papers

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Star-Formation Histories, Abundances, and Kinematics of Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Group 2009 · 728 citations

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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.

2009 Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics

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1	Star-Formation Histories, Abundances, and Kinematics of Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Group Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Eline Tolstoy, V. Hill, M. Tosi Hit paper breakdown →	2009	728
2	First stars V - Abundance patterns from C to Zn and supernova yields in the early Galaxy Astronomy and Astrophysics ·R. Cayrel, É. Depagne, M. Spite, V. Hill, F. Spite, P. François, B. Plez, Timothy C. Beers, F. Primas, J. Andersen, B. Barbuy, P. Bonifacio, P. Molaro, B. Nordström Hit paper breakdown →	2004	707
3	The Extremely Metal‐poor, Neutron Capture–rich Star CS 22892‐052: A Comprehensive Abundance Analysis The Astrophysical Journal ·C. Sneden, J. J. Cowan, J. E. Lawler, Inese I. Ivans, Scott Burles, Timothy C. Beers, F. Primas, V. Hill, James W. Truran, George M. Fuller, B. Pfeiffer, Karl Kratz	2003	363
4	VLT/UVES Abundances in Four Nearby Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies. I. Nucleosynthesis and Abundance Ratios The Astronomical Journal ·Matthew Shetrone, Kim A. Venn, Eline Tolstoy, F. Primas, V. Hill, A. Kaufer	2003	312
5	First stars. I. The extremer-element rich, iron-poor halo giant CS 31082-001 Astronomy and Astrophysics ·V. Hill, B. Plez, R. Cayrel, Timothy C. Beers, B. Nordström, J. Andersen, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Barbuy, P. Bonifacio, É. Depagne, P. François, F. Primas	2002	298
6	The Hamburg/ESO R-process enhanced star survey (HERES) Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. S. Barklem, N. Christlieb, Timothy C. Beers, V. Hill, M. S. Bessell, Johan Holmberg, B. Marsteller, Silvia Rossi, F. J. Zickgraf, D. Reimers	2005	298
7	The metal-poor end of the Spite plateau Astronomy and Astrophysics ·L. Sbordone, P. Bonifacio, E. Caffau, H.‐G. Ludwig, N. T. Behara, J. I. Gónzalez Hernández, M. Steffen, R. Cayrel, B. Freytag, C. van’t Veer, P. Molaro, B. Plez, T. Sivarani, M. Spite, F. Spite, Timothy C. Beers, N. Christlieb, P. François, V. Hill	2010	265
8	First stars. I. The extreme r-element rich, iron-poor halo giant CS31082-001. Implications for the r--process site(s) and radioactive cosmochronology Lund University Publications (Lund University) ·V. Hill, B. Plez, R. Cayrel, Timothy C. Beers, B. Nordström, J. Andersen, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Barbuy, (unknown), É. Depagne, P. François, F. Primas	2002	246
9	Two Distinct Ancient Components in the Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy: First Results from the Dwarf Abundances and Radial Velocities Team The Astrophysical Journal ·Eline Tolstoy, M. J. Irwin, A. Helmi, G. Battaglia, P. Jablonka, V. Hill, Kim A. Venn, Matthew Shetrone, B. Letarte, Andrew A. Cole, F. Primas, P. François, N. Arimoto, Kunihiko Sadakane, A. Kaufer, T. Szeifert, Tom Abel	2004	239
10	Measurement of stellar age from uranium decay Nature ·R. Cayrel, V. Hill, Timothy C. Beers, B. Barbuy, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Plez, J. Andersen, P. Bonifacio, P. François, P. Molaro, B. Nordström, F. Primas	2001	236
11	The Hamburg/ESO R-process Enhanced Star survey (HERES) II. Spectroscopic analysis of the survey sample ArXiv.org ·P. S. Barklem, N. Christlieb, Timothy C. Beers, V. Hill, M. S. Bessell, Johan Holmberg, B. Marsteller, Silvia Rossi, F. J. Zickgraf, D. Reimers	2005	223
12	First stars Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. François, É. Depagne, V. Hill, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Plez, Timothy C. Beers, J. Andersen, G. James, B. Barbuy, R. Cayrel, P. Bonifacio, P. Molaro, B. Nordström, F. Primas	2007	215
13	An extremely primitive star in the Galactic halo Nature ·E. Caffau, P. Bonifacio, P. François, L. Sbordone, L. Monaco, M. Spite, F. Spite, H.‐G. Ludwig, R. Cayrel, S. Zaggia, F. Hammer, S. Randich, P. Molaro, V. Hill	2011	203
14	The metal-poor end of the Spite plateau - I. Stellar parameters, metallicities, and lithium abundances HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) ·L. Sbordone, P. Bonifacio, E. Caffau, H.‐G. Ludwig, N. T. Behara, J. I. Gónzalez Hernández, M. Steffen, R. Cayrel, B. Freytag, C. van’t Veer, P. Molaro, B. Plez, T. Sivarani, M. Spite, F. Spite, Timothy C. Beers, N. Christlieb, P. François, V. Hill	2010	179
15	Uncovering the birth of the Milky Way through accurate stellar ages with Gaia Nature Astronomy ·Carme Gallart, Edouard J. Bernard, Chris B. Brook, T. Ruiz-Lara, S. Cassisi, V. Hill, M. Monelli	2019	178
16	The NIR Ca ii triplet at low metallicity Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Else Starkenburg, V. Hill, Eline Tolstoy, J. I. Gónzalez Hernández, M. J. Irwin, A. Helmi, G. Battaglia, P. Jablonka, M. Tafelmeyer, Matthew Shetrone, Kim A. Venn, Thomas de Boer	2010	160
17	First stars VII - Lithium in extremely metal poor dwarfs Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. Bonifacio, P. Molaro, T. Sivarani, R. Cayrel, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Plez, J. Andersen, B. Barbuy, Timothy C. Beers, É. Depagne, V. Hill, P. François, B. Nordström, F. Primas	2006	146
18	Analysis and calibration of Ca ii triplet spectroscopy of red giant branch stars from VLT/FLAMES observations Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·G. Battaglia, M. J. Irwin, Eline Tolstoy, V. Hill, A. Helmi, B. Letarte, P. Jablonka	2007	141
19	First stars XII. Abundances in extremely metal-poor turnoff stars, and comparison with the giants Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. Bonifacio, M. Spite, R. Cayrel, V. Hill, F. Spite, P. François, B. Plez, H.‐G. Ludwig, E. Caffau, P. Molaro, É. Depagne, J. Andersen, B. Barbuy, Timothy C. Beers, B. Nordström, F. Primas	2009	139
20	The metallicity distribution of bulge clump giants in Baade’s window Astronomy and Astrophysics ·V. Hill, A. Lecureur, A. Gómez, M. Zoccali, M. Schultheis, C. Babusiaux, F. Royer, B. Barbuy, F. Arenou, D. Minniti, S. Ortolani	2011	137

About V. Hill

V. Hill is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 159 papers that have together received 9.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (148 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (100 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (79 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (38 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (24 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (20 papers), History and Developments in Astronomy (8 papers) and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (4.2k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (9.5k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.6k citations), Geophysics (161 citations) and Computational Mechanics (185 citations). V. Hill has collaborated with scholars based in France, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include Eline Tolstoy, F. Primas, Timothy C. Beers, P. François, F. Spite, R. Cayrel, M. Tosi, P. Bonifacio, B. Barbuy and M. Spite. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, Nuclear Physics A and Nature.

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