M. Shirley

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

M. Shirley is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Shirley has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 18 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 5 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in M. Shirley's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (24 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (19 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (12 papers). M. Shirley is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (24 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (19 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (12 papers). M. Shirley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. M. Shirley's co-authors include A. Colaprete, Kimberly Ennico, B. Hermalyn, P. H. Schultz, William Marshall, D. H. Wooden, J. L. Heldmann, R. C. Elphic, Antonio J. Ricco and D. Summy and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

M. Shirley

41 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Detection of Water in the LCROSS Ejecta Plume

2010 634 citations A. Colaprete, J. L. Heldmann et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	VIPER Site Analysis 2025 ·The Planetary Science Journal ·R. A. Beyer, M. Shirley, A. Colaprete, C. I. Fassett, Benjamin Fernando, (unknown), M. Lemelin, (unknown), M.A. Siegler, Andrew M. Annex, Edward Balaban, Valentin Bickel, (unknown), A. N. Deutsch, J. L. Heldmann, Masatoshi Hirabayashi, (unknown), K. W. Lewis, D. S. S. Lim, E. Z. Noe Dobrea	0
2	Brain tumor segmentation using optimized depth wise separable convolutional neural network with dense U-Net 2025 ·Knowledge-Based Systems ·(unknown), M. Shirley, (unknown), (unknown)	1
3	Cryogeomorphic Characterization of Shadowed Regions in the Artemis Exploration Zone 2022 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Valentin Bickel, Ben Moseley, Ernst Hauber, M. Shirley, J. P. Williams, D. A. Kring	17
4	Peering into lunar permanently shadowed regions with deep learning 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Valentin Bickel, Ben Moseley, (unknown), M. Shirley	28
5	The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Mission: Measurement Goals and Traverse Planning 2020 ·Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·A. Colaprete, R. C. Elphic, M. Shirley, (unknown), J. L. Heldmann, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	6
6	Observations of Titanium, Aluminum and Magnesium in the Lunar Exosphere by LADEE UVS 2016 ·Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·A. Colaprete, D. H. Wooden, Amanda Cook, M. Shirley, M. Sarantos	3
7	Overview of the LADEE Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrometer: Design, Operations, and Initial Results 2014 ·LPI ·A. Colaprete, R. C. Elphic, (unknown), (unknown), M. Shirley, (unknown), D. H. Wooden, B. Hermalyn	2
8	An Overview of the LADEE Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrometer 2014 ·Space Science Reviews ·A. Colaprete, (unknown), M. Shirley, (unknown), D. H. Wooden, (unknown), B. Hermalyn, Amanda Cook	15
9	The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Payload Development and Performance in Flight 2011 ·Space Science Reviews ·Kimberly Ennico, M. Shirley, A. Colaprete, (unknown)	23
10	LCROSS Ejecta Dynamics: Insight from Experiments 2010 ·B. Hermalyn, P. H. Schultz, A. Colaprete, M. Shirley, Kimberly Ennico	1
11	Evolution Of The Dust And Water Ice Plume Components As Observed By The Lcross Visible Camera And Uv-visible Spectrometer 2010 ·DPS ·J. L. Heldmann, A. Colaprete, (unknown), D. Summy, William Marshall, Kimberly Ennico, M. Shirley, D. H. Wooden, P. Varghese, L. M. Trafton	2
12	Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Mission: Results from the Nadir Near-Infrared Spectrometer Aboard the Shepherding Spacecraft 2010 ·Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·D. H. Wooden, A. Colaprete, Kimberly Ennico, M. Shirley, J. L. Heldmann	0
13	Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Science Payload Ground Development, Test, and Calibration 2008 ·Kimberly Ennico, A. Colaprete, J. L. Heldmann, (unknown), (unknown), M. Shirley, D. H. Wooden	1
14	The social-technical design circle 1996 ·Vicki L. O’Day, Daniel G. Bobrow, M. Shirley	41
15	Generating distinguishing tests based on hierarchical models and symptom information 1992 ·Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc. eBooks ·M. Shirley, Randall Davis	7
16	Characterizing non-intermittent faults 1992 ·National Conference on Artificial Intelligence ·Olivier Raiman, Johan de Kleer, Vijay Saraswat, M. Shirley	16
17	Generating Circuit Tests by Exploiting Designed Behavior 1988 ·DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·M. Shirley	5
18	Generating tests by exploiting designed behavior 1986 ·National Conference on Artificial Intelligence ·M. Shirley	17
19	An Automatic Programming Approach to Testing. 1985 ·Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) ·M. Shirley	2
20	Diagnosis based on description of structure and function 1982 ·National Conference on Artificial Intelligence ·Randall Davis, Howard Shrobe, Walter Hamscher, (unknown), M. Shirley, (unknown)	97

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