Publications

2026

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    Coding is not enough
    Romain Thomas and Edwin Brown
    Zenodo, Opinion piece on the future of RSE , 2026
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2025

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    Running a local RSE call for proposals
    Romain Thomas and Neil Shephard
    Talk at RSECon25 , 2025
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    FAIR2 for research software: developing a FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) and reproducible research software training programme
    Tamora James and Romain Thomas
    2025
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    STON: SofTware for petrOgraphic visualisatioN
    Romain Thomas and Evgenia Dammer
    Journal of Open Source Software, Nov 2025
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    STON: SofTware for petrOgraphic visualisationN
    Romain Thomas and Evgenia Dammer
    2025
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    Better software for better research: Introduction to the FAIR² for research software training programme
    Romain Thomas and Tamora James
    2025
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    Publish your Software! An introduction to the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS)
    Romain Thomas, Arfon Smith, and William Brown
    2025
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2024

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    Towards adoption of FAIR4RS: equipping researchers with FAIR research software skills
    Tamora James and Romain Thomas
    2024
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    FAIR2 for Research Software training programme: Software Management plan, licences and dissemination
    Romain Thomas, Richard Campbell, Jenni Adams, and 1 more author
    2024
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    Better software for Better research: Introduction to the FAIR2 for Research Software training programme
    Romain Thomas and Tamora James
    2024
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2022

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    Metal content of the circumgalactic medium around star-forming galaxies at \lessi\greaterz\less/i\greater ∼2.6 as revealed by the VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey
    H. Méndez-Hernández, P. Cassata, E. Ibar, and 20 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Oct 2022
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    The VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey: The reversal of the star-formation rate - density relation at 2 &lt\mathsemicolon \lessi\greaterz\less/i\greater &lt\mathsemicolon 5
    B. C. Lemaux, O. Cucciati, O. Le Fèvre, and 28 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Jun 2022
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2021

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    Less and more IGM-transmitted galaxies from z ∼2.7 to z ∼6 from VANDELS and VUDS
    R. Thomas, L. Pentericci, O. Le Fèvre, and 22 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Jun 2021
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    The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey
    B. Garilli, R. McLure, L. Pentericci, and 94 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Mar 2021
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    SPARTAN: Maximizing the use of spectro-photometric observational data during template fitting
    R. Thomas
    Astronomy and Computing, Jan 2021
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2020

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    The SCUBA project: first layer of quality control at the Paranal Observatory
    Romain Thomas, Trystyn A. M. Berg, Andrea Mehner, and 2 more authors
    In Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VIII, 2020
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    The ALPINE-ALMA [CII] survey
    O. Le Fèvre, M. Béthermin, A. Faisst, and 43 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Oct 2020
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    Spectroscopic observations of the machine-learning selected anomaly catalogue from the AllWISE Sky Survey
    A. Solarz, R. Thomas, F. M. Montenegro-Montes, and 7 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Oct 2020
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    The intergalactic medium transmission towards z ≳ 4 galaxies with VANDELS and the impact of dust attenuation
    R. Thomas, L. Pentericci, O. Le Fevre, and 22 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Feb 2020
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    SEDOBS: A tool to create simulated galaxy observations
    R. Thomas
    Astronomy and Computing, Jan 2020
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2019

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    The most massive, passive, and oldest galaxies at 0.5 \less z \less 2.1: Downsizing signature from galaxies selected from MgUV index
    R. Thomas, O. Le Fèvre, G. Zamorani, and 10 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Oct 2019
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    Empirical Intergalactic medium models between 1.5
    Thomas Romain
    2019
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    dfitspy: a dfits|fitsort implementation in python
    Romain Thomas
    Journal of Open Source Software, Mar 2019
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    Photon: Python tool for data plotting
    Romain Thomas
    Jan 2019
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    Specstack: A simple spectral stacking tool
    Romain Thomas
    Apr 2019
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    SEDobs: Observational spectral energy distribution simulation
    Romain Thomas
    Jan 2019
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    Y. Khusanova, O. Le Fèvre, P. Cassata, and 25 more authors
    arXiv e-prints, Mar 2019

2018

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    The progeny of a cosmic titan: a massive multi-component proto-supercluster in formation at z = 2.45 in VUDS
    O. Cucciati, B. C. Lemaux, G. Zamorani, and 22 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Nov 2018
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    The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey
    R. J. McLure, L. Pentericci, A. Cimatti, and 92 more authors
    \mnras, Sep 2018
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    The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey: Observations and first data release
    L. Pentericci, R. J. McLure, B. Garilli, and 92 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Sep 2018
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    The VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey: Emerging from the dark, a massive proto-cluster at z 4.57
    B. C. Lemaux, O. Le Fèvre, O. Cucciati, and 20 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Jul 2018
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    VizieR Online Data Catalog: VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey (VUDS) DR1 (Tasca+, 2017)
    L. A. M. Tasca, O. Le Fevre, B. Ribeiro, and 45 more authors
    VizieR Online Data Catalog, Mar 2018

2017

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    The extended epoch of galaxy formation: Age dating of 3600 galaxies with 2 < z < 6.5 in the VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey
    R. Thomas, O. Le Fèvre, M. Scodeggio, and 13 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Jun 2017
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    VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey (VUDS): IGM transmission towards galaxies with 2.5 < z < 5.5 and the colour selection of high-redshift galaxies
    R. Thomas, O. Le Fèvre, V. Le Brun, and 44 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Jan 2017
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    Analogues of primeval galaxies two billion years after the Big Bang
    Ricardo Amorı́n, Adriano Fontana, Enrique Pérez-Montero, and 30 more authors
    Nature Astronomy, Mar 2017
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    Corrigendum: Analogues of primeval galaxies two billion years after the Big Bang
    Ricardo Amorı́n, Adriano Fontana, Enrique Pérez-Montero, and 30 more authors
    Nature Astronomy, Mar 2017
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    New constraints on the average escape fraction of Lyman continuum radiation in z 4 galaxies from the VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey (VUDS)
    F. Marchi, L. Pentericci, L. Guaita, and 20 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, May 2017
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    The VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey first data release: Spectra and spectroscopic redshifts of 698 objects up to z_spec 6 in CANDELS
    L. A. M. Tasca, O. Le Fèvre, B. Ribeiro, and 45 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Apr 2017
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    The VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey. The role of HI kinematics and HI column density on the escape of Ly\ensuremathα photons in star-forming galaxies at 2 < z < 4
    L. Guaita, M. Talia, L. Pentericci, and 22 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Sep 2017
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2016

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    Effect of the star formation histories on the SFR-M_\ensuremath* relation at z \ensuremath≥ 2
    L. P. Cassarà, D. Maccagni, B. Garilli, and 44 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Aug 2016
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    Limits on the LyC signal from z ~3 sources with secure redshift and HST coverage in the E-CDFS field
    L. Guaita, L. Pentericci, A. Grazian, and 23 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Mar 2016
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    The Lyman continuum escape fraction of galaxies at z = 3.3 in the VUDS-LBC/COSMOS field
    A. Grazian, E. Giallongo, R. Gerbasi, and 52 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Jan 2016
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    The VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey: Ly\ensuremathα emission and stellar populations of star-forming galaxies at 2 < z < 2.5
    N. P. Hathi, O. Le Fèvre, O. Ilbert, and 45 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Apr 2016
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2015

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    Evolution of clustering length, large-scale bias, and host halo mass at 2 < z < 5 in the VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey (VUDS)\ensuremath⋆
    A. Durkalec, O. Le Fèvre, A. Pollo, and 45 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Nov 2015
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    Stellar mass to halo mass relation from galaxy clustering in VUDS: a high star formation efficiency at z ≃ 3
    A. Durkalec, O. Le Fèvre, S. de la Torre, and 45 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Apr 2015
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    The VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey (VUDS): fast increase in the fraction of strong Lyman-\ensuremathα emitters from z = 2 to z = 6
    P. Cassata, L. A. M. Tasca, O. Le Fèvre, and 43 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Jan 2015
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    The VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey: \textasciitilde10 000 galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts to study galaxy assembly at early epochs 2 < z ≃ 6
    O. Le Fèvre, L. A. M. Tasca, P. Cassata, and 42 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Apr 2015
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    The evolving star formation rate: M_\ensuremath⋆ relation and sSFR since z ≃ 5 from the VUDS spectroscopic survey
    L. A. M. Tasca, O. Le Fèvre, N. P. Hathi, and 43 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Sep 2015
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2014

  1. Constraining galaxy evolution and cosmology from high-redshift galaxy ages
    R. Thomas, O. Le Fèvre, M. Scodeggio, and 2 more authors
    In Astronomical Society of India Conference Series, Jan 2014
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    Discovering extremely compact and metal-poor, star-forming dwarf galaxies out to z ~0.9 in the VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey
    R. Amorı́n, V. Sommariva, M. Castellano, and 42 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Aug 2014
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    Discovery of a rich proto-cluster at z = 2.9 and associated diffuse cold gas in the VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey (VUDS)
    O. Cucciati, G. Zamorani, B. C. Lemaux, and 42 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Oct 2014
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  4. The VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey: 10 000 Galaxies to Study the Early Phases of Galaxy Assembly at 2 < z < 6+
    O. Le Fèvre, R. Amorin, S. Bardelli, and 42 more authors
    The Messenger, Mar 2014
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    VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey (VUDS): Witnessing the assembly of a massive cluster at z ~3.3
    B. C. Lemaux, O. Cucciati, L. A. M. Tasca, and 46 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Dec 2014
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    VizieR Online Data Catalog: VUDS Dicovery of a high-redshift protocluster (Lemaux+, 2014)
    B. C. Lemaux, O. Cucciati, L. A. M. Tasca, and 46 more authors
    VizieR Online Data Catalog, Aug 2014
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    VizieR Online Data Catalog: VUDS extreme emission line 0.2<\textasciitildez<\textasciitilde0.9 galaxies (Amorin+, 2014)
    R. Amorin, V. Sommariva, M. Castellano, and 42 more authors
    VizieR Online Data Catalog, Aug 2014

2013

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    Mass assembly in quiescent and star-forming galaxies since z ≃ 4 from UltraVISTA
    O. Ilbert, H. J. McCracken, O. Le Fèvre, and 33 more authors
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Aug 2013
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    VizieR Online Data Catalog: Multi-color photometry of star-forming galaxies (Ilbert+, 2013)
    O. Ilbert, H. J. McCracken, O. Le Fevre, and 33 more authors
    VizieR Online Data Catalog, Jul 2013

2012

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    Gravitational Entropy of Black Holes and Wormholes
    Gustavo E. Romero, Romain Thomas, and Daniela Pérez
    International Journal of Theoretical Physics, Mar 2012
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