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Patrick Hennebelle

Patrick Hennebelle

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
91
Citations
23291
World Ranking
2202
National Ranking
90

Patrick Hennebelle publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patrick Hennebelle sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 273 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Patrick Hennebelle D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patrick Hennebelle sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

Patrick Hennebelle is a researcher affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France. Their work primarily focuses on fields within physics and astronomy, with a substantial number of publications in astronomy and astrophysics. The main area of their research involves astrophysics and star formation studies, along with stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Hennebelle has published extensively, with their frequent publication venues including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Notable recent papers by Patrick Hennebelle include:

  • What determines the formation and characteristics of protoplanetary discs? (2020), Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Star Formation Rate of the Milky Way as Seen by Herschel (2022), The Astrophysical Journal
  • Chemical Diversity in Protoplanetary Disks and Its Impact on the Formation History of Giant Planets (2022), The Astrophysical Journal
  • ALMA-IMF (2022), Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Dust coagulation feedback on magnetohydrodynamic resistivities in protostellar collapse (2020), Astronomy and Astrophysics

Their research includes work across several subfields of study such as:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Spectroscopy
  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Patrick Hennebelle frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including:

  • S. Molinari
  • Ralf S. Klessen
  • L. Testi
  • U. Lebreuilly
  • J. D. Soler

Best Publications

  • Analytical Theory for the Initial Mass Function: CO Clumps and Prestellar Cores

    Patrick Hennebelle;Gilles Chabrier;Gilles Chabrier

  • Thermal condensation in a turbulent atomic hydrogen flow

    E. Audit;P. Hennebelle

  • Magnetic processes in a collapsing dense core I. Accretion and ejection

    P. Hennebelle;S. Fromang

  • Planck intermediate results. XXXV. Probing the role of the magnetic field in the formation of structure in molecular clouds

    P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;M. I. R. Alves

  • A high order Godunov scheme with constrained transport and adaptive mesh refinement for astrophysical magnetohydrodynamics

    Sebastien Fromang;Sebastien Fromang;P. Hennebelle;R. Teyssier

  • Turbulent molecular clouds

    Patrick Hennebelle;Patrick Hennebelle;Edith Falgarone

  • Planck intermediate results: XXXV. Probing the role of the magnetic field in the formation of structure in molecular clouds

    P. A.R. Ade;N. Aghanim;M. I.R. Alves;M. Arnaud

  • Thermal condensation in a turbulent atomic hydrogen flow

    Patrick Hennebelle;Edouard Audit

  • Accretion-driven turbulence as universal process: galaxies, molecular clouds, and protostellar disks

    Ralf S. Klessen;Ralf S. Klessen;Patrick Hennebelle

  • Dynamic star formation in the massive DR21 filament

    N Schneider;T Csengeri;S Bontemps;F Motte

  • Protostellar disk formation and transport of angular momentum during magnetized core collapse

    Marc Joos;Patrick Hennebelle;Andrea Ciardi

  • A sub-parsec resolution simulation of the Milky Way: global structure of the interstellar medium and properties of molecular clouds

    F. Renaud;F. Bournaud;E. Emsellem;E. Emsellem;B. Elmegreen

  • Magnetic processes in a collapsing dense core II. Fragmentation. Is there a fragmentation crisis

    P. Hennebelle;R. Teyssier

  • ANALYTICAL STAR FORMATION RATE FROM GRAVOTURBULENT FRAGMENTATION

    Patrick Hennebelle;Gilles Chabrier;Gilles Chabrier

  • Analytical theory for the initial mass function: II. Properties of the flow

    Patrick Hennebelle;Gilles Chabrier

  • Collapse of massive magnetized dense cores using radiation-magneto-hydrodynamics: early fragmentation inhibition

    Benoit Commercon;Patrick Hennebelle;Thomas Henning

  • Global collapse of molecular clouds as a formation mechanism for the most massive stars

    N. Peretto;G. A. Fuller;A. Duarte-Cabral;A. Avison

  • Clump morphology and evolution in MHD simulations of molecular cloud formation

    R. Banerjee;E. Vázquez-Semadeni;P. Hennebelle;R. S. Klessen

  • From the warm magnetized atomic medium to molecular clouds

    P. Hennebelle;R. Banerjee;E. Vázquez-Semadeni;R. S. Klessen

  • Ambipolar diffusion in low-mass star formation. I. General comparison with the ideal MHD case

    J Masson;G Chabrier;P Hennebelle;N Vaytet

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilles Chabrier
Gilles Chabrier École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Romain Teyssier
Romain Teyssier University of Zurich
Maryvonne Gerin
Maryvonne Gerin École Normale Supérieure
Ralf S. Klessen
Ralf S. Klessen Heidelberg University
Peter Schilke
Peter Schilke University of Cologne
Shu-ichiro Inutsuka
Shu-ichiro Inutsuka Nagoya University
Frédérique Motte
Frédérique Motte Grenoble Alpes University
Paul F. Goldsmith
Paul F. Goldsmith California Institute of Technology
Ph. André
Ph. André International Astronomical Union
David A. Neufeld
David A. Neufeld Johns Hopkins University

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