Michael M. Foley

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 294 citations indexed

About

Michael M. Foley is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael M. Foley has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 294 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 2 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Michael M. Foley's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (4 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (4 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (3 papers). Michael M. Foley is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (4 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (4 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (3 papers). Michael M. Foley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Austria. Michael M. Foley's co-authors include Cameren Swiggum, J. Alves, Alyssa Goodman, Catherine Zucker, Andreas Burkert, Shmuel Bialy, Joshua S. Speagle, Douglas P. Finkbeiner, D. O. Jones and C. D. Kilpatrick and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Environmental Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Michael M. Foley

11 papers receiving 247 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Star formation near the Sun is driven by expansion of the Local Bubble

2022 132 citations Catherine Zucker, Alyssa Goodman et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael M. Foley United States	7	264	71	35	21	18	12	294
Martin Glatzle Germany	7	249 0.9×	58 0.8×	66 1.9×	10 0.5×	10 0.6×	8	275
Hiroaki Sameshima Japan	11	238 0.9×	52 0.7×	52 1.5×	28 1.3×	10 0.6×	29	256
Katrina Exter United Kingdom	14	433 1.6×	54 0.8×	118 3.4×	30 1.4×	10 0.6×	42	463
T. Ghosh Puerto Rico	8	219 0.8×	131 1.8×	19 0.5×	20 1.0×	9 0.5×	26	238
C. Hottier France	4	290 1.1×	39 0.5×	69 2.0×	9 0.4×	18 1.0×	6	300
Cameren Swiggum United States	10	300 1.1×	40 0.6×	62 1.8×	11 0.5×	15 0.8×	16	329
Amanda A. Kepley United States	13	429 1.6×	56 0.8×	82 2.3×	10 0.5×	11 0.6×	25	446
Lynne A. Valencic United States	8	211 0.8×	50 0.7×	32 0.9×	15 0.7×	13 0.7×	14	223
N. Craig United States	11	321 1.2×	34 0.5×	38 1.1×	26 1.2×	31 1.7×	25	350
C. V. Rodrigues Brazil	10	325 1.2×	37 0.5×	46 1.3×	5 0.2×	9 0.5×	43	342

Countries citing papers authored by Michael M. Foley

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael M. Foley

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Michael M. Foley. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Michael M. Foley. The network helps show where Michael M. Foley may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael M. Foley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael M. Foley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael M. Foley 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 M. Foley. Michael M. Foley is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Davis, Kyle Frankel, Weston Anderson, Steffen Ehrmann, et al.. (2025). HarvestStat: a global effort towards open and standardized sub-national agricultural data. Environmental Research Letters. 20(5). 52001–52001. 2 indexed citations

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Lewis, B., et al.. (2025). Improving undergraduate astronomy students’ skills with research literature via accessible summaries: An exploratory case study with Astrobites-based reading assignments. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 21(1).

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Opher, M., Abraham Loeb, Catherine Zucker, et al.. (2024). The Passage of the Solar System through the Edge of the Local Bubble. The Astrophysical Journal. 972(2). 201–201. 3 indexed citations

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Goodman, Alyssa, Catherine Zucker, Andreas Burkert, et al.. (2024). The Radcliffe Wave is oscillating. Nature. 628(8006). 62–65. 20 indexed citations

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Foley, Michael M., Alyssa Goodman, Catherine Zucker, et al.. (2023). A 3D View of Orion. I. Barnard's Loop. The Astrophysical Journal. 947(2). 66–66. 14 indexed citations

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Zucker, Catherine, Alyssa Goodman, J. Alves, et al.. (2022). Star formation near the Sun is driven by expansion of the Local Bubble. Nature. 601(7893). 334–337. 132 indexed citations breakdown →

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Swiggum, Cameren, Elena D’Onghia, J. Alves, et al.. (2021). Evidence for Radial Expansion at the Core of the Orion Complex with Gaia EDR3. The Astrophysical Journal. 917(1). 21–21. 26 indexed citations

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Jha, Saurabh W., et al.. (2019). SALT spectroscopic classification of AT 2019ahd as an LBV in outburst. ATel. 12454. 1. 1 indexed citations

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Jones, D. O., Adam G. Riess, D. Scolnic, et al.. (2018). Should Type Ia Supernova Distances Be Corrected for Their Local Environments?. The Astrophysical Journal. 867(2). 108–108. 65 indexed citations

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Foley, Michael M., et al.. (2017). Revised uncertainties in Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. International Journal of Modern Physics E. 26(8). 1741008–1741008. 3 indexed citations

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Crepp, Justin R., R. Reynolds, Philip M. Hinz, et al.. (2016). On-sky single-mode fiber coupling measurements at the Large Binocular Telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9909. 99092X–99092X. 14 indexed citations

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Christiansen, Jessie L., et al.. (2011). Search for cosmic strings in the COSMOS survey. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 83(12). 14 indexed citations

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