Most cited papers from Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
What are the most cited papers from Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence?
The most cited paper from Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is "Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results" (William J. Borucki et al., 2010), with 4,121 citations. Next come "The HITRAN2020 molecular spectroscopic database" (2,488) and "THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III" (2,476).
Showing 50 of 59 papers. Every paper with more than 484 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results William J. Borucki et al. · Science | 7 Jan 2010 | 4,121 |
| 2 | The HITRAN2020 molecular spectroscopic database Iouli E. Gordon et al. · Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer | 27 Sep 2021 | 2,488 |
| 3 | THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III Shadab Alam et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | 27 Jul 2015 | 2,476 |
| 4 | SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS Daniel J. Eisenstein et al. · The Astronomical Journal | 9 Aug 2011 | 2,231 |
| 5 | The K2 Mission: Characterization and Early Results Steve B. Howell, Charlie Sobeck, Michael Haas et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific | Apr 2014 | 1,691 |
| 6 | The Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) on the Spitzer Space Telescope J. R. Houck et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | Sep 2004 | 1,559 |
| 7 | THE EIGHTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FIRST DATA FROM SDSS-III H. Aihara et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | 28 Mar 2011 | 1,461 |
| 8 | The PLATO 2.0 mission H. Rauer et al. · Experimental Astronomy | 3 Sep 2014 | 1,275 |
| 9 | KEPLER MISSION DESIGN, REALIZED PHOTOMETRIC PERFORMANCE, AND EARLY SCIENCE David G. Koch et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters | 30 Mar 2010 | 1,183 |
| 10 | PLANET OCCURRENCE WITHIN 0.25 AU OF SOLAR-TYPE STARS FROM KEPLER Andrew W. Howard et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | 25 Jun 2012 | 1,179 |
| 11 | Detection of Perchlorate and the Soluble Chemistry of Martian Soil at the Phoenix Lander Site M. H. Hecht, Samuel P. Kounaves, Richard C. Quinn et al. · Science | 3 Jul 2009 | 1,161 |
| 12 | PLANETARY CANDIDATES OBSERVED BY KEPLER . III. ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST 16 MONTHS OF DATA Natalie M. Batalha et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | 5 Feb 2013 | 1,072 |
| 13 | CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANETARY CANDIDATES OBSERVED BYKEPLER. II. ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF DATA William J. Borucki et al. · The Astrophysical Journal | 29 Jun 2011 | 1,067 |
| 14 | Kepler Presearch Data Conditioning II - A Bayesian Approach to Systematic Error Correction Jeffrey Claiborne Smith, Martin C. Stumpe, Jeffrey E. Van Cleve et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific | Sep 2012 | 1,040 |
| 15 | Planetary Radii across Five Orders of Magnitude in Mass and Stellar Insolation: Application to Transits J. J. Fortney, M. S. Marley, J. W. Barnes · The Astrophysical Journal | 17 Apr 2007 | 1,014 |
| 16 | Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets R. Paul Butler, Jason T. Wright, Geoffrey W. Marcy et al. · The Astrophysical Journal | 20 Jul 2006 | 947 |
| 17 | The operational environment and rotational acceleration of asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx observations C. W. Hergenrother et al. · Nature Communications | 19 Mar 2019 | 902 |
| 18 | Detection of C 60 and C 70 in a Young Planetary Nebula J. Cami, Jeronimo Bernard-Salas, E. Peeters et al. · Science | 23 Jul 2010 | 827 |
| 19 | A map of the day–night contrast of the extrasolar planet HD 189733b Heather A. Knutson, David Charbonneau, Lori E. Allen et al. · Nature | May 2007 | 822 |
| 20 | A Unified Theory for the Atmospheres of the Hot and Very Hot Jupiters: Two Classes of Irradiated Atmospheres J. J. Fortney, K. Lodders, M. S. Marley et al. · The Astrophysical Journal | 30 Apr 2008 | 821 |
| 21 | ARCHITECTURE AND DYNAMICS OF KEPLER 'S CANDIDATE MULTIPLE TRANSITING PLANET SYSTEMS Jack Jonathan Lissauer et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | 13 Oct 2011 | 801 |
| 22 | Racemic amino acids from the ultraviolet photolysis of interstellar ice analogues Max P. Bernstein, Jason P. Dworkin, Scott A. Sandford et al. · Nature | Mar 2002 | 781 |
| 23 | An abundance of small exoplanets around stars with a wide range of metallicities Lars A. Buchhave et al. · Nature | Jun 2012 | 759 |
| 24 | Kepler-16: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet Laurance R. Doyle et al. · Science | 15 Sep 2011 | 756 |
| 25 | THE DARK MOLECULAR GAS Mark G. Wolfire, David J. Hollenbach, Christopher F. McKee · The Astrophysical Journal | 27 May 2010 | 730 |
| 26 | ARCHITECTURE OF KEPLER 'S MULTI-TRANSITING SYSTEMS. II. NEW INVESTIGATIONS WITH TWICE AS MANY CANDIDATES Daniel C. Fabrycky et al. · The Astrophysical Journal | 16 Jul 2014 | 729 |
| 27 | First light of the Gemini Planet Imager Bruce Macintosh et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 12 May 2014 | 719 |
| 28 | Overview of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover Mission to Gusev Crater: Landing site to Backstay Rock in the Columbia Hills R. E. Arvidson et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 6 Jan 2006 | 710 |
| 29 | Orbital Identification of Carbonate-Bearing Rocks on Mars Bethany L. Ehlmann, John F. Mustard, S. L. Murchie et al. · Science | 18 Dec 2008 | 707 |
| 30 | Identification of hydrated silicate minerals on Mars using MRO‐CRISM: Geologic context near Nili Fossae and implications for aqueous alteration Bethany L. Ehlmann, John F. Mustard, Gregg A. Swayze et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | Feb 2009 | 698 |
| 31 | Multiscale Systematic Error Correction via Wavelet-Based Bandsplitting in Kepler Data Martin C. Stumpe, Jeffrey Claiborne Smith, J. Catanzarite et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific | 2014 | 693 |
| 32 | Single cell activity reveals direct electron transfer in methanotrophic consortia Shawn E. McGlynn, Grayson L. Chadwick, Christopher P. Kempes et al. · Nature | 16 Sep 2015 | 683 |
| 33 | A closely packed system of low-mass, low-density planets transiting Kepler-11 Jack Jonathan Lissauer et al. · Nature | Feb 2011 | 676 |
| 34 | Mineralogy of a Mudstone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars David T. Vaniman et al. · Science | 9 Dec 2013 | 676 |
| 35 | Chelyabinsk Airburst, Damage Assessment, Meteorite Recovery, and Characterization Olga P. Popova et al. · Science | 7 Nov 2013 | 658 |
| 36 | An Infrared Spectroscopic Sequence of M, L, and T Dwarfs Michael C. Cushing, John T. Rayner, William D. Vacca · The Astrophysical Journal | 15 Apr 2005 | 655 |
| 37 | Kepler Presearch Data Conditioning I – Architecture and Algorithms for Error Correction in Kepler Light Curves Martin C. Stumpe, Jeffrey Claiborne Smith, Jeffrey E. Van Cleve et al. | 16 Aug 2016 | 654 |
| 38 | A synthesis of Martian aqueous mineralogy after 1 Mars year of observations from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter S. L. Murchie, John F. Mustard, Bethany L. Ehlmann et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | Feb 2009 | 627 |
| 39 | ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION OF HOT JUPITERS: COUPLED RADIATIVE-DYNAMICAL GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL SIMULATIONS OF HD 189733b and HD 209458b Adam P. Showman, Jonathan J. Fortney, Yuan Lian et al. · The Astrophysical Journal | 12 Jun 2009 | 627 |
| 40 | Gravity modes as a way to distinguish between hydrogen- and helium-burning red giant stars T. R. Bedding et al. · Nature | Mar 2011 | 625 |
| 41 | Space Microbiology Gerda Horneck, David M. Klaus, Rocco L. Mancinelli · Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews | Mar 2010 | 598 |
| 42 | H 2 O at the Phoenix Landing Site Peter H. Smith et al. · Science | 3 Jul 2009 | 571 |
| 43 | The PLATO 2.0 Mission Heike Rauer et al. · Open Research Online (The Open University) | 2014 | 567 |
| 44 | Discovery and spectroscopy of the young jovian planet 51 Eri b with the Gemini Planet Imager B. Macintosh et al. · Science | 14 Aug 2015 | 562 |
| 45 | The Opportunity Rover's Athena Science Investigation at Meridiani Planum, Mars STEVEN W. SQUYRES et al. · Science | 2 Dec 2004 | 559 |
| 46 | KEPLER ECLIPSING BINARY STARS. I. CATALOG AND PRINCIPAL CHARACTERIZATION OF 1879 ECLIPSING BINARIES IN THE FIRST DATA RELEASE A. Prša, Natalie M. Batalha, Robert W. Slawson et al. · The Astronomical Journal | 4 Feb 2011 | 537 |
| 47 | KEPLER'S FIRST ROCKY PLANET: KEPLER-10b Natalie M. Batalha et al. · The Astrophysical Journal | 7 Feb 2011 | 536 |
| 48 | VALIDATION OF KEPLER 'S MULTIPLE PLANET CANDIDATES. III. LIGHT CURVE ANALYSIS AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF HUNDREDS OF NEW MULTI-PLANET SYSTEMS Jason F. Rowe et al. · The Astrophysical Journal | 4 Mar 2014 | 530 |
| 49 | Seasonal Flows on Warm Martian Slopes Alfred S. McEwen, L. Ojha, Colin M. Dundas et al. · Science | 4 Aug 2011 | 526 |
| 50 | COMETARY ORIGIN OF THE ZODIACAL CLOUD AND CARBONACEOUS MICROMETEORITES. IMPLICATIONS FOR HOT DEBRIS DISKS David Nesvorný, Peter M. Jenniskens, Harold F. Levison et al. · The Astrophysical Journal | 26 Mar 2010 | 522 |
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