2026 Conny Aerts: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	107	1276	1208	6	5	765	62618

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World Ranking

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Physics

107

1276

1208

765

62618

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Physics in Belgium Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Physics in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Conny Aerts is a researcher affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium, specializing in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their scholarly output encompasses 294 publications, with a strong focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics as well as related subfields including Instrumentation, Oceanography, Computational Mechanics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects within astrophysical sciences and related disciplines. Key themes include:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Astro and Planetary Science
Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation

Conny Aerts has contributed to multiple notable publications. Recent papers include:

The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Complete Release of MaNGA, MaStar, and APOGEE-2 Data (2022), published in the Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
Probing the interior physics of stars through asteroseismology (2021), published in Reviews of Modern Physics
Internal mixing of rotating stars inferred from dipole gravity modes (2021), published in Nature Astronomy
Gaia Data Release 3 (2023), published in Astronomy and Astrophysics
The mass discrepancy in intermediate- and high-mass eclipsing binaries: The need for higher convective core masses (2020), published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

The scientist frequently publishes in several well-known venues, with the largest number of outputs appearing in:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
arXiv (Cornell University)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
Nature Astronomy

Collaborations with other researchers form an important aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

T. Van Reeth
A. Tkachenko
Joey S. G. Mombarg
D. M. Bowman
Mathias Michielsen

Best Publications

Gaia Data Release 2. Summary of the contents and survey properties

A. G. A. Brown;A. Vallenari;T. Prusti

8727
Citations
The Gaia mission

T. Prusti;J. H. J. de Bruijne;A. G. A. Brown

6274
Citations
Gaia Data Release 1 Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties

A. G. A. Brown;A. Vallenari;T. Prusti

2278
Citations
The PLATO 2.0 Mission

H. Rauer;C. Catala;C. Aerts;T. Appourchaux

1395
Citations
Gaia Data Release 2: Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams

C. Babusiaux;F. van Leeuwen;M.A. Barstow

1192
Citations
The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey

G. Gilmore;S. Randich;M. Asplund;J. Binney

1052
Citations
The PLATO 2.0 mission

H. Rauer;H. Rauer;C. Catala;C. Aerts;T. Appourchaux

977
Citations
Gaia Early Data Release 3. Structure and properties of the Magellanic Clouds

X. Luri;L. Chemin;G. Clementini

867
Citations
Gaia Data Release 2. Photometric content and validation

D. W. Evans;M. Riello;F. De Angeli;J. M. Carrasco

768
Citations
Gravity modes as a way to distinguish between hydrogen- and helium-burning red giant stars

Timothy R. Bedding;Benoit Mosser;Daniel Huber;Josefina Montalbán

680
Citations
Gaia Data Release 2. Kinematics of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way

A Helmi;F van Leeuwen;PJ McMillan;D Massari

640
Citations
Kepler Asteroseismology Program: Introduction and First Results

Ronald L. Gilliland;T. M. Brown;J. Christensen-Dalsgaard;H. Kjeldsen

631
Citations
Gaia Data Release 2 - Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams

C. Babusiaux;F. van Leeuwen;M. A. Barstow

580
Citations
Fast core rotation in red-giant stars as revealed by gravity-dominated mixed modes

Paul P.G.Beck;Josefina Montalban;Thomas Kallinger;Joris De Ridder

538
Citations
Kepler Asteroseismology Program: Introduction and First Results

Ronald L. Gilliland;Timothy M. Brown;Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard;Hans Kjeldsen

532
Citations
Gaia Data Release 2. Mapping the Milky Way disc kinematics

D. Katz;T. Antoja;M. Romero-Gómez

296
Citations
Gaia Data Release 2: Properties and validation of the radial velocities

D. Katz;P. Sartoretti;M. Cropper;P. Panuzzo

281
Citations
Kepler detected gravity-mode period spacings in a red giant star.

P. G. Beck;T. R. Bedding;B. Mosser;D. Stello

281
Citations
Gaia Data Release 2. Properties and validation of the radial velocities

D. Katz;P. Sartoretti;M. Cropper;P. Panuzzo

222
Citations
Ground-based and airborne instrumentation for astronomy

Jeroen Vandersteen;G. Raskin;T. Agocs;J. Morren

1
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