Michael Line

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 409 citations indexed

About

Michael Line is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Line has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 409 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 7 papers in Instrumentation and 6 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Line's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (13 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (13 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (7 papers). Michael Line is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (13 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (13 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (7 papers). Michael Line collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Japan. Michael Line's co-authors include Jonathan J. Fortney, Yuk L. Yung, Mao‐Chang Liang, Ehsan Gharib-Nezhad, Vivien Parmentier, Luis Welbanks, Thomas P. Greene, Everett Schlawin, Emily Rauscher and Ryan Garland and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Michael Line

19 papers receiving 309 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.

A high internal heat flux and large core in a warm Neptune exoplanet

2024 53 citations Luis Welbanks, Taylor J. Bell et al. Nature profile →

Peers

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Sagnick Mukherjee United States

Billy Edwards United Kingdom

Joost P. Wardenier United States

Jake Taylor United Kingdom

Sarah E. Moran United States

Aarynn L. Carter United States

Lorenzo Pino Italy

Elsa Ducrot Belgium

Kazumasa Ohno Japan

J. Taylor Germany

Sagnick Mukherjee United States

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25 ×1.0

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Countries citing papers authored by Michael Line

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Line

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Line

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Line. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Line based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael Line. Michael Line is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Welbanks, Luis, Matthew C. Nixon, Peter McGill, et al.. (2025). Challenges in the detection of gases in exoplanet atmospheres. Nature Astronomy. 10(2). 234–247.

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Welbanks, Luis, et al.. (2025). Enabling Robust Exoplanet Atmospheric Retrievals with Gaussian Processes. The Astrophysical Journal. 989(2). 201–201. 2 indexed citations

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Barat, Saugata, Jean-Michel Désert, Allona Vazan, et al.. (2024). The metal-poor atmosphere of a potential sub-Neptune progenitor. Nature Astronomy. 8(7). 899–908. 9 indexed citations

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Robinson, Tyler D., Joshua Krissansen‐Totton, Edward W. Schwieterman, et al.. (2024). Inferring chemical disequilibrium biosignatures for Proterozoic Earth-like exoplanets. Nature Astronomy. 8(1). 101–110. 7 indexed citations

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Fu, Guangwei, Luis Welbanks, Drake Deming, et al.. (2024). Hydrogen sulfide and metal-enriched atmosphere for a Jupiter-mass exoplanet. Nature. 632(8026). 752–756. 28 indexed citations

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Beatty, Thomas G., Everett Schlawin, Taylor J. Bell, et al.. (2024). Evidence for morning-to-evening limb asymmetry on the cool low-density exoplanet WASP-107 b. Nature Astronomy. 8(12). 1562–1574. 15 indexed citations

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Welbanks, Luis, Taylor J. Bell, Thomas G. Beatty, et al.. (2024). A high internal heat flux and large core in a warm Neptune exoplanet. Nature. 630(8018). 836–840. 53 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schlawin, Everett, Sagnick Mukherjee, Kazumasa Ohno, et al.. (2024). Multiple Clues for Dayside Aerosols and Temperature Gradients in WASP-69 b from a Panchromatic JWST Emission Spectrum. The Astronomical Journal. 168(3). 104–104. 17 indexed citations

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Iyer, Aishwarya, Michael Line, Philip S. Muirhead, Jonathan J. Fortney, & Ehsan Gharib-Nezhad. (2023). The SPHINX M-dwarf Spectral Grid. I. Benchmarking New Model Atmospheres to Derive Fundamental M-dwarf Properties. The Astrophysical Journal. 944(1). 41–41. 45 indexed citations

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Bell, Taylor J., Luis Welbanks, Everett Schlawin, et al.. (2023). Methane throughout the atmosphere of the warm exoplanet WASP-80b. Nature. 623(7988). 709–712. 55 indexed citations

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Mansfield, Megan, Michael Line, Jacob L. Bean, et al.. (2021). A unique hot Jupiter spectral sequence with evidence for compositional diversity. Nature Astronomy. 5(12). 1224–1232. 56 indexed citations

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Hood, Callie E., Jonathan J. Fortney, Michael Line, et al.. (2020). Prospects for Characterizing the Haziest Sub-Neptunes with High Resolution Spectroscopy. 52(6). 1 indexed citations

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Todorov, Kamen, Jacob Arcangeli, Trevor J. David, et al.. (2020). Water and methane in a juvenile transiting exoplanet. 16083. 1 indexed citations

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Barstow, J. K., Quentin Changeat, Ryan Garland, et al.. (2020). A comparison of exoplanet spectroscopic retrieval tools. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 493(4). 4884–4909. 53 indexed citations

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Beatty, Thomas G., Jonathan J. Fortney, Thomas P. Greene, et al.. (2019). Reconnaissance of the Hottest Neptune-Class Planet Transiting a Bright Parent Star. 15698. 1 indexed citations

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Pino, Lorenzo, Jacob Arcangeli, Jacob L. Bean, et al.. (2019). Measuring the first [Fe/H] of an exoplanet. 15820. 1 indexed citations

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Batalha, Natalie M., Jacob L. Bean, Kevin B. Stevenson, et al.. (2017). The Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Program for JWST. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 2042. 4151. 3 indexed citations

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Line, Michael & Andrew P. Ingersoll. (2010). Can the Solid State Greenhouse Effect Produce ~100 Year Cycles in the Mars South Polar Residual CO2 Ice Cap?. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Line, Michael, Mao‐Chang Liang, & Yuk L. Yung. (2010). HIGH-TEMPERATURE PHOTOCHEMISTRY IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF HD 189733b. The Astrophysical Journal. 717(1). 496–502. 59 indexed citations

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Moses, Julianne I., et al.. (2008). Stratospheric Photochemistry on Neptune: Constraints from Spitzer Observations. DPS. 2 indexed citations

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