Debra A. Fischer

34.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
199 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Debra A. Fischer is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Debra A. Fischer has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 179 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 82 papers in Instrumentation and 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Debra A. Fischer's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (169 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (112 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (109 papers). Debra A. Fischer is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (169 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (112 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (109 papers). Debra A. Fischer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Debra A. Fischer's co-authors include Geoffrey W. Marcy, Jeff A. Valenti, R. Paul Butler, Steven S. Vogt, Jason T. Wright, John Asher Johnson, Howard Isaacson, Gregory W. Henry, Gregory Laughlin and Jack J. Lissauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Debra A. Fischer

190 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Planet‐Metallicity Correlation

2005 849 citations Debra A. Fischer et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Spectroscopic Properties of Cool Stars (SPOCS). I. 1040 F, G, and K Dwarfs from Keck, Lick, and AAT Planet Search Programs

2005 738 citations Debra A. Fischer et al. profile →
Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets

2006 480 citations R. Paul Butler, Geoffrey W. Marcy et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
The Keck Planet Search: Detectability and the Minimum Mass and Orbital Period Distribution of Extrasolar Planets

2008 443 citations R. Paul Butler, Geoffrey W. Marcy et al. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Debra A. Fischer United States	50	10.5k	3.7k	585	424	311	199	11.0k
Travis Barman United States	39	7.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	581 1.0×	177 0.4×	529 1.7×	118	7.3k
J. I. Gónzalez Hernández Spain	39	4.9k 0.5×	1.6k 0.4×	361 0.6×	607 1.4×	148 0.5×	203	5.5k
J. R. Houck United States	43	5.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.4×	340 0.6×	503 1.2×	336 1.1×	216	5.9k
B. T. Soifer United States	44	7.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	501 0.9×	1.1k 2.6×	426 1.4×	175	7.6k
P. S. Barklem Sweden	42	5.0k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	731 1.2×	629 1.5×	326 1.0×	111	5.6k
B. Plez France	50	9.9k 0.9×	4.0k 1.1×	441 0.8×	1.3k 3.1×	236 0.8×	178	10.3k
F. Allard France	53	10.8k 1.0×	3.8k 1.0×	815 1.4×	196 0.5×	1.1k 3.4×	164	11.3k
E. E. Becklin United States	45	7.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	558 1.0×	1.1k 2.5×	697 2.2×	241	7.4k
M. A. T. Groenewegen Belgium	43	9.1k 0.9×	4.1k 1.1×	302 0.5×	365 0.9×	309 1.0×	219	9.3k
Adam J. Burgasser United States	58	9.9k 0.9×	4.5k 1.2×	636 1.1×	142 0.3×	679 2.2×	267	10.2k

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Llama, Joe, Lily Zhao, John M. Brewer, et al.. (2024). The Lowell Observatory Solar Telescope: a fiber feed into the Extreme Precision Spectrometer. arXiv (Cornell University). 166–166.

Zhao, Lily, Vedad Kunovac, John M. Brewer, et al.. (2023). Author Correction: Measured spin–orbit alignment of ultra-short-period super-Earth 55 Cancri e. Nature Astronomy. 7(3). 366–366.

Brewer, John M., Lily Zhao, Debra A. Fischer, et al.. (2023). EXPRES. IV. Two Additional Planets Orbiting ρ Coronae Borealis Reveal Uncommon System Architecture. The Astronomical Journal. 166(2). 46–46. 8 indexed citations

Roettenbacher, Rachael M., Debra A. Fischer, Stephen R. Kane, et al.. (2023). Refining the Stellar Parameters of τ Ceti: a Pole-on Solar Analog. The Astronomical Journal. 166(3). 123–123. 5 indexed citations

Zhao, Lily, Vedad Kunovac, John M. Brewer, et al.. (2022). Measured spin–orbit alignment of ultra-short-period super-Earth 55 Cancri e. Nature Astronomy. 6 indexed citations

Cabot, Samuel H. C., Rachael M. Roettenbacher, Gregory W. Henry, et al.. (2020). EXPRES. II. Searching for Planets around Active Stars: A Case Study of HD 101501. The Astronomical Journal. 161(1). 26–26. 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Lily, Debra A. Fischer, Eric B. Ford, et al.. (2020). The EXPRES Stellar-signals Project. I. Description of Data. Research Notes of the AAS. 4(9). 156–156. 2 indexed citations

Hoeijmakers, H. J., Samuel H. C. Cabot, Lily Zhao, et al.. (2020). High-resolution transmission spectroscopy of MASCARA-2 b with EXPRES. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 7 indexed citations

Shao, Michael, Slava G. Turyshev, Chengxing Zhai, et al.. (2019). Finding Exo-Earths with Precision Space Astrometry. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 51(3). 74. 2 indexed citations

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Peterson, B. M. & Debra A. Fischer. (2017). The Large Ultraviolet/Optical/Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR). AAS. 229. 3 indexed citations

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Szymkowiak, Andrew E., et al.. (2017). Accounting for Chromatic Atmospheric Effects on Barycentric Corrections. The Astrophysical Journal. 837(1). 18–18. 7 indexed citations

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Fischer, Debra A., et al.. (2008). Extreme Solar Systems. ASPC. 398. 27 indexed citations

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Prochaska, J. X., D. A. Perley, Andrew W. Howard, et al.. (2008). GRB 080810: Keck/HIRES spectroscopy.. GRB Coordinates Network. 8083. 1. 3 indexed citations

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Fischer, Debra A., et al.. (2007). Ground-based Observations of Venus in the Ultravioletand Infrared Light. elib (German Aerospace Center). 13(Suppl 1). 605–S161. 1 indexed citations

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Marcy, Geoffrey W., R. Paul Butler, Debra A. Fischer, et al.. (2007). A Planet At 5 Au Around 55 Cancri. 48 indexed citations

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Udry, S., Debra A. Fischer, & D. Queloz. (2007). A Decade of Radial-Velocity Discoveries in the Exoplanet Domain. 685. 8 indexed citations

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Bozorgnia, Nassim, Jonathan J. Fortney, C. McCarthy, Debra A. Fischer, & Geoffrey W. Marcy. (2006). The Search for an Atmospheric Signature of the Transiting Exoplanet HD 149026b1. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 118(847). 1249–1256. 4 indexed citations

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Marcy, Geoffrey W., R. Paul Butler, Debra A. Fischer, & Steven S. Vogt. (2004). A Doppler Planet Survey of 1330 FGKM Stars. 321(6). 3–1053.

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Marcy, Geoffrey W., R. Paul Butler, Debra A. Fischer, & Steven S. Vogt. (2003). Properties of Extrasolar Planets. ASPC. 294. 1–16. 11 indexed citations

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Mitchell, D., S. Frink, A. Quirrenbach, et al.. (2003). Four Substellar Companions Found Around K Giant Stars. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 203.

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