Kyle Franson

833 total citations
14 papers, 146 citations indexed

About

Kyle Franson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kyle Franson has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 146 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5 papers in Instrumentation and 1 paper in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Kyle Franson's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (13 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (9 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (5 papers). Kyle Franson is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (13 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (9 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (5 papers). Kyle Franson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Kyle Franson's co-authors include Brendan P. Bowler, Yifan Zhou, Zhoujian Zhang, Trent J. Dupuy, Timothy D. Brandt, Lauren I. Biddle, Justin R. Crepp, Caroline Morley, Ya-Lin Wu and Jacqueline K. Faherty and has published in prestigious journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics and The Astronomical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Kyle Franson

13 papers receiving 98 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kyle Franson United States	7	133	45	13	10	9	14	146
M. Mečina Austria	9	241 1.8×	58 1.3×	16 1.2×	11 1.1×	9 1.0×	19	247
L. Delrez Belgium	3	116 0.9×	57 1.3×	16 1.2×	10 1.0×	5 0.6×	3	119
Lauren I. Biddle United States	7	114 0.9×	27 0.6×	6 0.5×	11 1.1×	8 0.9×	10	121
Louise Yu France	6	225 1.7×	29 0.6×	11 0.8×	12 1.2×	11 1.2×	15	230
Alex Brown United Kingdom	9	215 1.6×	38 0.8×	6 0.5×	18 1.8×	8 0.9×	25	234
Niall Whiteford United Kingdom	6	88 0.7×	33 0.7×	21 1.6×	12 1.2×	7 0.8×	11	97
Tomonari Michiyama Japan	10	156 1.2×	29 0.6×	4 0.3×	12 1.2×	9 1.0×	22	161
Elisabeth C. Matthews United States	7	123 0.9×	36 0.8×	4 0.3×	6 0.6×	9 1.0×	16	130
P. Schöfer Germany	5	94 0.7×	51 1.1×	6 0.5×	10 1.0×	8 0.9×	8	98
Camilla Danielski United Kingdom	7	113 0.8×	32 0.7×	7 0.5×	7 0.7×	3 0.3×	17	123

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14 of 14 papers shown

Bowler, Brendan P., Yifan Zhou, Lauren I. Biddle, et al.. (2025). Hα Variability of AB Aur b with the Hubble Space Telescope: Probing the Nature of a Protoplanet Candidate with Accretion Light Echoes. The Astronomical Journal. 169(5). 258–258. 5 indexed citations

Matthews, Elisabeth C., Emily Rickman, D. Ségransan, et al.. (2025). Spectral analysis of two directly imaged benchmark L dwarf companions at the stellar-substellar boundary. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 701. A78–A78.

Biddle, Lauren I., Brendan P. Bowler, Yifan Zhou, Kyle Franson, & Zhoujian Zhang. (2024). Deep Paβ Imaging of the Candidate Accreting Protoplanet AB Aur b. The Astronomical Journal. 167(4). 172–172. 8 indexed citations

Rickman, Emily, Elisabeth C. Matthews, D. Ségransan, et al.. (2024). The discovery of two new benchmark brown dwarfs with precise dynamical masses at the stellar-substellar boundary. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 684. A88–A88. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yiting, Timothy D. Brandt, Kyle Franson, et al.. (2024). The Keck-HGCA Pilot Survey – II. Direct imaging discovery of HD 63754 B, a ∼20 au massive companion near the hydrogen burning limit. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 533(3). 3501–3516. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhoujian, P. Mollière, Keith Hawkins, et al.. (2023). ELemental abundances of Planets and brown dwarfs Imaged around Stars (ELPIS). I. Potential Metal Enrichment of the Exoplanet AF Lep b and a Novel Retrieval Approach for Cloudy Self-luminous Atmospheres. The Astronomical Journal. 166(5). 198–198. 28 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhoujian, Brendan P. Bowler, Trent J. Dupuy, et al.. (2023). The McDonald Accelerating Stars Survey: Architecture of the Ancient Five-planet Host System Kepler-444. The Astronomical Journal. 165(2). 73–73. 6 indexed citations

Bowler, Brendan P., Zhoujian Zhang, Sarah Blunt, et al.. (2023). Rotation Periods, Inclinations, and Obliquities of Cool Stars Hosting Directly Imaged Substellar Companions: Spin–Orbit Misalignments Are Common. The Astronomical Journal. 165(4). 164–164. 30 indexed citations

Franson, Kyle & Brendan P. Bowler. (2023). Dynamical Mass of the Young Brown Dwarf Companion PZ Tel B. The Astronomical Journal. 165(6). 246–246. 8 indexed citations

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Franson, Kyle, Brendan P. Bowler, Yifan Zhou, et al.. (2023). Astrometric Accelerations as Dynamical Beacons: A Giant Planet Imaged inside the Debris Disk of the Young Star AF Lep. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 950(2). L19–L19. 33 indexed citations

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Li, Yiting, Timothy D. Brandt, G. Mirek Brandt, et al.. (2023). Surveying nearby brown dwarfs with HGCA: direct imaging discovery of a faint, high-mass brown dwarf orbiting HD 176535 A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522(4). 5622–5637. 5 indexed citations

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Endl, Michael, Paul Robertson, William D. Cochran, et al.. (2022). A Jupiter Analog Orbiting The Nearby M Dwarf GJ 463. The Astronomical Journal. 164(6). 238–238. 6 indexed citations

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Bowler, Brendan P., Michael Endl, William D. Cochran, et al.. (2021). The McDonald Accelerating Stars Survey (MASS): Discovery of a Long-period Substellar Companion Orbiting the Old Solar Analog HD 47127. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 913(2). L26–L26. 11 indexed citations

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Franson, Kyle, et al.. (1962). Some Radiation Characteristics of Blackbody Sources. 529. 2 indexed citations

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