2026 Sylvain Veilleux: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	123	731	692	401	374	617	49463

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Physics

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49463

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Sylvain Veilleux is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics as well as related subfields.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Photonic and Optical Devices

Frequent frequent collaborators in their research are:

David S. N. Rupke
Weizhe Liu
D. Lutz
Dominika Wylezalek
Andrey Vayner

Their academic output is often published in venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
UNC Libraries
Astronomy and Astrophysics

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Sylvain Veilleux include:

"Cool outflows in galaxies and their implications", 2020, The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
"Ionized outflows from active galactic nuclei as the essential elements of feedback", 2020, Nature Astronomy
"Ionized outflows in local luminous AGN: what are the real densities and outflow rates?", 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Molecular outflows in local galaxies: Method comparison and a role of intermittent AGN driving", 2020, Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
"BASS. XXII. The BASS DR2 AGN Catalog and Data", 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

In terms of awards, Sylvain Veilleux was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2014.

Best Publications

Spectral classification of emission - line galaxies

Sylvain Veilleux;Donald E. Osterbrock

2498
Citations
Galactic Winds

S. Veilleux;G. Cecil;J. Bland-Hawthorn

1643
Citations
The Farthest Known Supernova: Support for an Accelerating Universe and a Glimpse of the Epoch of Deceleration*

Adam G. Riess;Peter E. Nugent;Ronald L. Gilliland;Brian P. Schmidt

1309
Citations
The farthest known supernova: Support for an accelerating universe and a glimpse of the epoch of deceleration

Adam G. Riess;Peter E. Nugent;Brian P. Schmidt;John Tonry

1031
Citations
The X-ray counterpart to the gravitational-wave event GW170817

E. Troja;E. Troja;L. Piro;H. van Eerten;R.T. Wollaeger

781
Citations
Massive molecular outflows and evidence for AGN feedback from CO observations

C. Cicone;R. Maiolino;E. Sturm;J. Gracia-Carpio

772
Citations
Optical Spectroscopy of Luminous Infrared Galaxies II. Analysis of the Nuclear and long-Slit Data

S. Veilleux;C. C. Kim;D. B. Sanders;J. M. Mazzarella

770
Citations
Spitzer Quasar and ULIRG Evolution Study (QUEST). IV. Comparison of 1-Jy Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies with Palomar-Green Quasars

S. Veilleux;D. S. N. Rupke;D.-C. Kim;R. Genzel

701
Citations
OUTFLOWS IN INFRARED-LUMINOUS STARBURSTS AT z < 0.5. II. ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION

David S. Rupke;Sylvain Veilleux;D. B. Sanders

599
Citations
MASSIVE MOLECULAR OUTFLOWS AND NEGATIVE FEEDBACK IN ULIRGs OBSERVED BY HERSCHEL-PACS*

E. Sturm;E. González-Alfonso;S. Veilleux;J. Fischer

578
Citations
Optical and Near-Infrared Imaging of the IRAS 1 Jy Sample of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies. II. The Analysis

S. Veilleux;S. Veilleux;D.-C. Kim;D. B. Sanders

506
Citations
Optical Spectroscopy of the IRAS 1 Jy Sample of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies

Sylvain Veilleux;Sylvain Veilleux;D.-C. Kim;D.-C. Kim;D. B. Sanders

477
Citations
SPITZER QUASAR AND ULIRG EVOLUTION STUDY (QUEST). IV. COMPARISON OF 1 Jy ULTRALUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES WITH PALOMAR-GREEN QUASARS

S. Veilleux;D. S.N. Rupke;D. S.N. Rupke;D. C. Kim;D. C. Kim;R. Genzel

476
Citations
Black hole accretion and star formation as drivers of gas excitation and chemistry in Mrk231

P. P. Van der Werf;K. G. Isaak;R. Meijerink;M. Spaans

436
Citations
GOALS: The Great Observatories All-Sky LIRG Survey

L. Armus;J. M. Mazzarella;A. S. Evans;A. S. Evans;J. A. Surace

435
Citations
Wind from the black-hole accretion disk driving a molecular outflow in an active galaxy

F. Tombesi;M. Meléndez;S. Veilleux;J. N. Reeves

413
Citations
SPITZER QUASAR AND ULIRG EVOLUTION STUDY (QUEST). II. THE SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS OF PALOMAR-GREEN QUASARS

Hagai Netzer;Dieter Lutz;Mario Schweitzer;Alessandra Contursi

405
Citations
Integral Field Spectroscopy of Massive, Kiloparsec-scale Outflows in the Infrared-luminous QSO Mrk 231

David S. N. Rupke;Sylvain Veilleux

381
Citations
Outflows in AGN/Starburst-Composite Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies

David S. Rupke;Sylvain Veilleux;D. B. Sanders

376
Citations
Spectral Classification of Emission-Line Galaxies

D. E. Osterbrock;S. Veilleux

5
Citations