Shang‐Min Tsai

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 885 citations indexed

About

Shang‐Min Tsai is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Shang‐Min Tsai has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 885 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 14 papers in Atmospheric Science and 6 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Shang‐Min Tsai's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (27 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (27 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (17 papers). Shang‐Min Tsai is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (27 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (27 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (17 papers). Shang‐Min Tsai collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Shang‐Min Tsai's co-authors include Kevin Heng, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, Daniel Kitzmann, Elspeth K. H. Lee, Simon L. Grimm, João M. Mendonça, J. R. Lyons, Mark Hammond, Xianyu Tan and Paul B. Rimmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Shang‐Min Tsai

41 papers receiving 737 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.

JWST Observations of K2-18b Can Be Explained by a Gas-rich Mini-Neptune with No Habitable Surface

2024 53 citations Nicholas F. Wogan, Joshua Krissansen‐Totton et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shang‐Min Tsai

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Statistical Trends in JWST Transiting Exoplanet Atmospheres 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Guangwei Fu, Kevin B. Stevenson, David K. Sing, Sagnick Mukherjee, Luis Welbanks, Daniel Thorngren, Shang‐Min Tsai, Peter Gao, Joshua D. Lothringer, Thomas G. Beatty, (unknown), T. M. Evans, Romain Allart, Stefan Pelletier, Pa Chia Thao, Andrew W. Mann	6
2	Characterising the atmosphere of 55 Cancri e 2025 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), (unknown), Sebastian Zieba, Yamila Miguel, E. Sandford, Renyu Hu, Jitesh A. Patel, Aaron Bello-Arufe, (unknown), Shang‐Min Tsai, Diana Dragomir, Michael Zhang	2
3	A Comprehensive Reanalysis of K2-18 b’s JWST NIRISS+NIRSpec Transmission Spectrum 2025 ·The Astronomical Journal ·(unknown), Ryan J. MacDonald, Shang‐Min Tsai, Michael Radica, (unknown), Eva-Maria Ahrer, Taylor J. Bell, Chloe Fisher, Daniel Thorngren, Nicholas F. Wogan, Erin May, Piero Ferrari, Katherine A. Bennett, Zafar Rustamkulov, Mercedes López‐Morales, David K. Sing	6
4	Biogenic Sulfur Gases as Biosignatures on Temperate Sub-Neptune Waterworlds 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Shang‐Min Tsai, (unknown), Nicholas F. Wogan, Edward W. Schwieterman	16
5	A New Lever on Exoplanetary B Fields: Measuring Heavy Ion Velocities 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Arjun B. Savel, (unknown), Thaddeus D. Komacek, Shang‐Min Tsai, Eliza M.-R. Kempton	3
6	Simultaneous retrieval of orbital phase resolved JWST/MIRI emission spectra of the hot Jupiter WASP-43b: evidence of water, ammonia, and carbon monoxide 2024 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Mark Hammond, Anjali A. A. Piette, Jasmina Blecic, Taylor J. Bell, P. G. J. Irwin, Vivien Parmentier, Shang‐Min Tsai, J. K. Barstow, Nicolas Crouzet, Laura Kreidberg, João M. Mendonça, Jake Taylor, Robin Baeyens, Kazumasa Ohno, (unknown), Matthew C. Nixon	7
7	Geodynamics of Super‐Earth GJ 486b 2024 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Planets ·(unknown), Dan J. Bower, Tim Lichtenberg, Mark Hammond, Paul Tackley, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, J. A. Caballero, Shang‐Min Tsai, Megan Mansfield, Nicola Tosi, (unknown)	5
8	Global Chemical Transport on Hot Jupiters: Insights from the 2D VULCAN Photochemical Model 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Shang‐Min Tsai, Vivien Parmentier, João M. Mendonça, Xianyu Tan, Russell Deitrick, Mark Hammond, Arjun B. Savel, Xi Zhang, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, Edward W. Schwieterman	12
9	Phase-resolving the Absorption Signatures of Water and Carbon Monoxide in the Atmosphere of the Ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b with GEMINI-S/IGRINS 2024 ·Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·Joost P. Wardenier, Vivien Parmentier, Michael R. Line, Megan Mansfield, Xianyu Tan, Shang‐Min Tsai, Jacob L. Bean, Jayne Birkby, Matteo Brogi, Jean-Michel Désert, Siddharth Gandhi, Elspeth K. H. Lee, (unknown), Lorenzo Pino, Peter Smith	9
10	Probing Cold-to-temperate Exoplanetary Atmospheres: The Role of Water Condensation on Surface Identification with JWST 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Xinting Yu, Shang‐Min Tsai, Julianne I. Moses, Kazumasa Ohno, Joshua Krissansen‐Totton, Xi Zhang, Jonathan J. Fortney	10
11	High atmospheric metal enrichment for a Saturn-mass planet 2023 ·Nature ·Jacob L. Bean, Qiao Xue, (unknown), J. I. Lunine, Michael Zhang, Daniel Thorngren, Shang‐Min Tsai, Keivan G. Stassun, Everett Schlawin, Eva-Maria Ahrer, Jegug Ih, Megan Mansfield	38
12	Day–Night Transport-induced Chemistry and Clouds on WASP-39b: Gas-phase Composition 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Shang‐Min Tsai, Julianne I. Moses, Diana Powell, Elspeth K. H. Lee	11
13	Linking atmospheric chemistry of the hot Jupiter HD 209458b to its formation location through infrared transmission and emission spectra 2022 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·(unknown), Liton Majumdar, Karen Willacy, Shang‐Min Tsai, N. Turner, Paul B. Rimmer, Murthy S. Gudipati, Wladimir Lyra, Anil Bhardwaj	11
14	Evidence for disequilibrium chemistry from vertical mixing in hot Jupiter atmospheres 2021 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), Jean-Michel Désert, Shang‐Min Tsai, Kamen Todorov, Jacob L. Bean, Drake Deming, Vivien Parmentier, Jonathan J. Fortney, Michael R. Line, Daniel Thorngren, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, Adam Burrows, Adam P. Showman	29
15	Vertically Resolved Magma Ocean–Protoatmosphere Evolution: H₂, H₂O, CO₂, CH₄, CO, O₂, and N₂as Primary Absorbers 2021 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Planets ·Tim Lichtenberg, Dan J. Bower, Mark Hammond, (unknown), Patrick Sanan, Shang‐Min Tsai, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert	61
16	Atmospheric compositions and observability of nitrogen-dominated ultra-short-period super-Earths 2020 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Yamila Miguel, P. Mollière, Shang‐Min Tsai	22
17	Data and scripts online container for Lichtenberg et al. (2021, JGRP) 2020 ·OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) ·(unknown), Patrick Sanan, Shang‐Min Tsai, Mark Hammond, Dan J. Bower, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, Tim Lichtenberg	1
18	The equatorial jet speed on tidally locked planets. I. Terrestrial planets 2020 ·Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford) ·(unknown), Shang‐Min Tsai, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert	20
19	VULCAN: An Open-source, Validated Chemical Kinetics Python Code for Exoplanetary Atmospheres 2017 ·The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Shang‐Min Tsai, J. R. Lyons, (unknown), Paul B. Rimmer, Daniel Kitzmann, Kevin Heng	132
20	VULCAN: Chemical Kinetics For Exoplanetary Atmospheres 2017 ·ascl ·Shang‐Min Tsai, J. R. Lyons, (unknown), Paul B. Rimmer, Daniel Kitzmann, Kevin Heng	1

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