Kathryn V. Lester

543 total citations
14 papers, 96 citations indexed

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Kathryn V. Lester is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathryn V. Lester has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 96 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 7 papers in Instrumentation and 1 paper in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Kathryn V. Lester's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (14 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (10 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (7 papers). Kathryn V. Lester is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (14 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (10 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (7 papers). Kathryn V. Lester collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and France. Kathryn V. Lester's co-authors include Rachel A. Matson, Douglas R. Gies, Zhao Guo, Elise Furlan, Crystal L. Gnilka, Steve B. Howell, Geraldine J. Peters, Jerome A. Orosz, Luqian Wang and Mark E. Everett and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal and Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kathryn V. Lester

10 papers receiving 82 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kathryn V. Lester United States	7	94	43	6	4	3	14	96
Vedad Kunovac United Kingdom	6	79 0.8×	38 0.9×	6 1.0×	2 0.5×	4 1.3×	11	79
Julie Imig United States	6	94 1.0×	52 1.2×	3 0.5×	6 1.5×	4 1.3×	9	100
D. Ruz-Mieres Germany	1	80 0.9×	48 1.1×	9 1.5×	2 0.5×	4 1.3×	2	85
Alexey Mints Germany	6	104 1.1×	64 1.5×	3 0.5×	4 1.0×	4 1.3×	8	105
J.-C. Meunier France	4	74 0.8×	33 0.8×	6 1.0×	5 1.3×	2 0.7×	5	74
A. Cunial Italy	7	87 0.9×	45 1.0×	14 2.3×	3 0.8×	2 0.7×	7	88
R. Karimov Uzbekistan	6	81 0.9×	29 0.7×	6 1.0×	3 0.8×	5 1.7×	15	82
H. Stoev Spain	2	81 0.9×	48 1.1×	5 0.8×	6 1.5×	2 0.7×	3	81
Z. Garai Slovakia	5	59 0.6×	26 0.6×	7 1.2×	6 1.5×	2 0.7×	15	60
S. J. Bentley United Kingdom	3	123 1.3×	55 1.3×	10 1.7×	3 0.8×	3 1.0×	4	126

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Matson, Rachel A., R. A. Gore, Steve B. Howell, et al.. (2025). Demographics of M Dwarf Binary Exoplanet Hosts Discovered by TESS. The Astronomical Journal. 169(2). 76–76. 1 indexed citations

Howell, Steve B., C. E. Martínez-Vázquez, Elise Furlan, et al.. (2025). Nearly a decade of groundbreaking speckle interferometry at the international Gemini observatory. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. 12. 1 indexed citations

Littlefield, Colin, Steve B. Howell, David R. Ciardi, et al.. (2024). High-resolution Imaging of a TESS Control Sample: Verifying a Deficit of Close-in Stellar Companions to Exoplanet Host Stars. The Astronomical Journal. 167(2). 74–74.

Lester, Kathryn V., Steve B. Howell, Rachel A. Matson, et al.. (2023). Visual Orbits and Alignments of Planet-hosting Binary Systems. The Astronomical Journal. 166(4). 166–166. 10 indexed citations

Bouma, Luke G., Jason L. Curtis, K. Masuda, et al.. (2022). A 38 Million Year Old Neptune-sized Planet in the Kepler Field. The Astronomical Journal. 163(3). 121–121. 11 indexed citations

Lester, Kathryn V.. (2022). Visual Orbits of Spectroscopic Binaries with the CHARA Array. Digital Archive @ GSU.

Gies, Douglas R., et al.. (2022). Mass Transfer as an Explanation for the Lifetime Travel Time Discrepancy in IT Librae. The Astronomical Journal. 163(4). 177–177.

Whelan, David G., S. Drew Chojnowski, Jonathan Labadie-Bartz, et al.. (2021). HD 63021: Chromospheric Activity and Mass Transfer in a Close Binary. The Astronomical Journal. 161(2). 67–67. 4 indexed citations

Lester, Kathryn V., Rachel A. Matson, Steve B. Howell, et al.. (2021). Speckle Observations of TESS Exoplanet Host Stars. II. Stellar Companions at 1–1000 au and Implications for Small Planet Detection. The Astronomical Journal. 162(2). 75–75. 18 indexed citations

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Lester, Kathryn V., Francis C. Fekel, Matthew W. Muterspaugh, et al.. (2020). Visual Orbits of Spectroscopic Binaries with the CHARA Array. III. HD 8374 and HD 24546. The Astronomical Journal. 160(2). 58–58. 6 indexed citations

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Gies, Douglas R., Kathryn V. Lester, Luqian Wang, et al.. (2020). Spectroscopic Detection of the Pre-White Dwarf Companion of Regulus. The Astrophysical Journal. 902(1). 25–25. 10 indexed citations

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Gies, Douglas R., Kathryn V. Lester, Luqian Wang, et al.. (2020). HST/COS Spectra of the Wind Lines of VFTS 102 and 285. The Astrophysical Journal. 888(2). 82–82. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Luqian, Douglas R. Gies, Kathryn V. Lester, et al.. (2019). The Pre-He White Dwarf in the Post-mass Transfer Binary EL CVn. The Astronomical Journal. 159(1). 4–4. 15 indexed citations

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Gies, Douglas R., Rachel A. Matson, Zhao Guo, et al.. (2015). KEPLERECLIPSING BINARIES WITH STELLAR COMPANIONS. The Astronomical Journal. 150(6). 178–178. 18 indexed citations

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