2026 Alfred Vidal-Madjar: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	89	2328	2217	95	93	323	27245

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27245

Overview

Alfred Vidal-Madjar is affiliated with the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris in France. Their research predominantly focuses on fields related to Physics and Astronomy, with a significant emphasis on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, and Aerospace Engineering.

The scientist's main topics of work include stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, astrophysics and star formation studies, astro and planetary science, astronomy and astrophysical research, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, and space exploration and technology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Alfred Vidal-Madjar cover diverse aspects of exoplanetary and planetary system research. These include:

Transit spectrophotometry of the exoplanet HD 189733b. II. New Spitzer observations at 3.6 μm (2025, Open Research Exeter [University of Exeter])
Exocomets size distribution in the β Pictoris planetary system (2022, Scientific Reports)
Determining the true mass of radial-velocity exoplanets with Gaia (2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics)
HST PanCET program: non-detection of atmospheric escape in the warm Saturn-sized planet WASP-29 b (2021, Springer Link [Chiba Institute of Technology])
Curves of growth for transiting exocomets: Application to Fe II lines in the β Pictoris system (2024, Astronomy and Astrophysics)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Alfred Vidal-Madjar include:

A. Lecavelier des Étangs (6 joint publications)
G. Hébrard (5 joint publications)
F. Kiefer (5 joint publications)
Eder Martioli (4 joint publications)
A.-M. Lagrange (3 joint publications)

Alfred Vidal-Madjar's research has appeared in several publication venues, reflecting a range of engagement within the scientific community. These venues are:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (2 publications)
Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter) (1 publication)
Scientific Reports (1 publication)
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) (1 publication)
Research Square (Research Square) (1 publication)

Best Publications

An extended upper atmosphere around the extrasolar planet HD209458b

A. Vidal-Madjar;A. Lecavelier des Etangs;J.-M. Désert;G. E. Ballester

1752
Citations
Evidence for gravitational microlensing by dark objects in the Galactic halo

E. Aubourg;P. Bareyre;S. Bréhin;M. Gros

1198
Citations
Limits on the Macho Content of the Galactic Halo from the EROS-2 Survey of the Magellanic Clouds

P. Tisserand;L. Le Guillou;C. Afonso;J.N. Albert

1039
Citations
A continuum from clear to cloudy hot-Jupiter exoplanets without primordial water depletion

David K. Sing;Jonathan J. Fortney;Nikolay Nikolov;Hannah R. Wakeford

986
Citations
Overview of the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Mission

H. W. Moos;W. C. Cash;L. L. Cowie;A. F. Davidsen

828
Citations
Detection of Oxygen and Carbon in the Hydrodynamically Escaping Atmosphere of the Extrasolar Planet HD 209458b

A. Vidal-Madjar;J.-M. Désert;A. Lecavelier des Etangs;G. Hébrard

750
Citations
Water vapour in the atmosphere of a transiting extrasolar planet

Giovanna Tinetti;Giovanna Tinetti;Giovanna Tinetti;Alfred Vidal-Madjar;Mao-Chang Liang;Jean-Philippe Beaulieu

664
Citations
A FUSE Survey of Interstellar Molecular Hydrogen in Translucent Clouds

Brian L. Rachford;Theodore P. Snow;Jason Tumlinson;J. Michael Shull

500
Citations
A giant comet-like cloud of hydrogen escaping the warm Neptune-mass exoplanet GJ 436b

David Ehrenreich;Vincent Bourrier;Peter J. Wheatley;Alain Lecavelier des Etangs

489
Citations
Atmospheric escape from hot Jupiters

A. Lecavelier des Etangs;A. Vidal-Madjar;J. C. McConnell;G. Hébrard

394
Citations
A Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Survey of Interstellar Molecular Hydrogen in Translucent Clouds

Brian L. Rachford;Theodore P. Snow;Jason Tumlinson;J. Michael Shull;J. Michael Shull

386
Citations
Rayleigh scattering in the transit spectrum of HD 189733b

A. Lecavelier des Etangs;F. Pont;A. Vidal-Madjar;David K. Sing

381
Citations
Evaporation of the planet HD 189733b observed in H I Lyman-α

A. Lecavelier des Etangs;D. Ehrenreich;A. Vidal-Madjar;G. Ballester

381
Citations
EROS and MACHO combined limits on planetary-mass dark matter in the galactic halo

C Alcock;C Alcock;RA Allsman;D Alves;D Alves;R Ansari

315
Citations
Temperature-Pressure Profile of the hot Jupiter HD 189733b from HST Sodium Observations: Detection of Upper Atmospheric Heating

Catherine M. Huitson;David K. Sing;Alfred Vidal-Madjar;Gilda E. Ballester

257
Citations
MOLECULAR HYDROGEN IN THE FAR ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPIC EXPLORER TRANSLUCENT LINES OF SIGHT: THE FULL SAMPLE

Brian L. Rachford;Theodore P. Snow;Joshua D. Destree;Teresa L. Ross

246
Citations
Stellar activity of planetary host star HD 189 733

I. Boisse;C. Moutou;A. Vidal-Madjar;F. Bouchy

242
Citations
The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets . I. A companion around HD 16760 with mass close to the planet/brown-dwarf transition

F. Bouchy;F. Bouchy;G. Hébrard;S. Udry;X. Delfosse

242
Citations
HST/STIS Optical Transit Transmission Spectra of the hot-Jupiter HD209458b

David K. Sing;A. Vidal-Madjar;J.-M. Desert;A. Lecavelier des Etangs

238
Citations
Misaligned spin-orbit in the XO-3 planetary system?

G. Hébrard;F. Bouchy;F. Pont;B. Loeillet;B. Loeillet

233
Citations