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Sébastien Lebonnois

Sébastien Lebonnois

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
50
Citations
8175
World Ranking
5049
National Ranking
222

Sébastien Lebonnois publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sébastien Lebonnois sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 251 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Sébastien Lebonnois D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sébastien Lebonnois is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and specializes in the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research intersects various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Aerospace Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, notably Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Space Exploration and Technology, and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies.

Sébastien Lebonnois has contributed to numerous academic papers published in leading journals. Among the recent publications are:

  • "Revealing the Mysteries of Venus: The DAVINCI Mission" (2022), published in The Planetary Science Journal
  • "Superrotation in Planetary Atmospheres" (2020), published in Space Science Reviews
  • "Temperature and chemical species distributions in the middle atmosphere observed during Titan's late northern spring to early summer" (2020), published in Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "Venus upper atmosphere revealed by a GCM: II. Model validation with temperature and density measurements" (2021), published in Icarus
  • "HDO and SO2thermal mapping on Venus" (2020), published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Gabriella Gilli
  • Franck Lefèvre
  • Sandrine Vinatier
  • Bruno Bézard
  • P. Rannou

Lebonnois's scholarly output is often published in journals such as Icarus, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Planetary Science Journal, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, and Space Science Reviews.

Best Publications

  • Superrotation of Venus' atmosphere analyzed with a full general circulation model

    Sébastien Lebonnois;Frédéric Hourdin;Vincent Eymet;Audrey Crespin

  • Density and temperatures of the upper Martian atmosphere measured by stellar occultations with Mars Express SPICAM

    François Forget;Franck Montmessin;Jean-Loup Bertaux;Francisco González-Galindo

  • The Latitudinal Distribution of Clouds on Titan

    Pascal Rannou;Pascal Rannou;Franck Montmessin;Franck Montmessin;F. Hourdin;F. Hourdin;Sébastien Lebonnois;Sébastien Lebonnois

  • Three-dimensional modeling of ozone on Mars

    Franck Lefèvre;Sébastien Lebonnois;Franck Montmessin;François Forget

  • A warm layer in Venus' cryosphere and high-altitude measurements of HF, HCl, H2O and HDO.

    Jean-Loup Bertaux;Ann-Carine Vandaele;Oleg Korablev;E. Villard

  • Seasonal Variations of Titan's Atmospheric Composition

    Sebastien Lebonnois;Sebastien Lebonnois;Dominique Toublanc;Frederic Hourdin;Pascal Rannou

  • Hydrogen peroxide on Mars: evidence for spatial and seasonal variations

    Thérèse Encrenaz;Bruno Bézard;Thomas K. Greathouse;M. J. Richter

  • Scientific goals for the observation of Venus by VIRTIS on ESA/Venus Express mission

    P. Drossart;G. Piccioni;A. Adriani;F. Angrilli

  • SPICAM on Mars Express: Observing modes and overview of UV spectrometer data and scientific results

    Jean-Loup Bertaux;Jean-Loup Bertaux;Oleg Korablev;Séverine Perrier;Séverine Perrier;Eric Quémerais;Eric Quémerais

  • Revealing the Mysteries of Venus: The DAVINCI Mission

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  • Subvisible CO2 ice clouds detected in the mesosphere of Mars

    Franck Montmessin;Jean-Loup Bertaux;Eric Quémerais;Oleg Korablev

  • Heterogeneous chemistry in the atmosphere of Mars

    Franck Lefèvre;Jean-Loup Bertaux;R. Todd Clancy;Thérèse Encrenaz

  • South-polar features on Venus similar to those near the north pole

    G. Piccioni;P. Drossart;A. Sanchez-Lavega;R. Hueso

  • The planetary fourier spectrometer (PFS) onboard the European Venus Express mission

    V. Formisano;F. Angrilli;G. Arnold;S. Atreya

  • The Atmospheric Dynamics of Venus

    Agustín Sánchez-Lavega;Sebastien Lebonnois;Takeshi Imamura;Peter Read

  • Variable winds on Venus mapped in three dimensions

    Augustin Sanchez-Lavega;Ricardo Hueso;Giuseppe Piccioni;Pierre Drossart

  • Titan global climate model: A new 3-dimensional version of the IPSL Titan GCM

    Sébastien Lebonnois;Jérémie Burgalat;Pascal Rannou;Pascal Rannou;Benjamin Charnay

  • Wave analysis in the atmosphere of Venus below 100-km altitude, simulated by the LMD Venus GCM

    Sébastien Lebonnois;Norihiko Sugimoto;Gabriella Gilli

  • Global distribution of total ozone on Mars from SPICAM/MEX UV measurements

    Séverine Perrier;Jean-Loup Bertaux;Franck Lefèvre;Sébastien Lebonnois

  • Stellar Occultations at UV Wavelengths by the SPICAM Instrument: Retrieval and Analysis of Martian Haze Profiles

    Franck Montmessin;Eric Quémerais;Jean-Loup Bertaux;Oleg Korablev

  • Transition from gaseous compounds to aerosols in Titan's atmosphere

    Sébastien Lebonnois;E.L.O. Bakes;Christopher P. McKay

Frequent Co-Authors

Pascal Rannou
Pascal Rannou University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Franck Lefèvre
Franck Lefèvre Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Franck Montmessin
Franck Montmessin University of Paris-Saclay
Giuseppe Piccioni
Giuseppe Piccioni National Institute for Astrophysics
Peter L. Read
Peter L. Read University of Oxford
Stephen R. Lewis
Stephen R. Lewis The Open University
Gerald Schubert
Gerald Schubert University of California, Los Angeles
François Forget
François Forget Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Frédéric Hourdin
Frédéric Hourdin Université Paris Cité
Jean-Loup Bertaux
Jean-Loup Bertaux Atmospheres Laboratory Environments, Observations Spatiales

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