Stephen R. Kane

15.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
141 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Stephen R. Kane is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen R. Kane has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 papers in Instrumentation and 8 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Stephen R. Kane's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (126 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (83 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (64 papers). Stephen R. Kane is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (126 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (83 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (64 papers). Stephen R. Kane collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Stephen R. Kane's co-authors include Dawn Gelino, David R. Ciardi, Kaspar von Braun, K. C. Sahu, A. Williams, Michael D. Albrow, J. W. Menzies, Jean‐Philippe Beaulieu, J. A. R. Caldwell and Roland Martín and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Stephen R. Kane

126 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

A map of the large day–night temperature gradient of a super-Earth exoplanet

2016 148 citations Björn Benneke, Stephen R. Kane et al. profile →

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G. Anglada‐Escudé United Kingdom

Mark E. Everett United States

R. Kuschnig Canada

Edward W. Dunham United States

Douglas W. Toomey United States

B. Scott Gaudi United States

M. Deleuil France

P. Ballester Germany

Avi Shporer United States

Andrew Vanderburg United States

G. Anglada‐Escudé United Kingdom

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105 ×0.7

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133 ×1.0

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60 ×0.9

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen R. Kane

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen R. Kane

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Komacek, Thaddeus D., Ravi Kopparapu, Thomas J. Fauchez, et al.. (2025). The Climates and Thermal Emission Spectra of Prime Nearby Temperate Rocky Exoplanet Targets. The Astrophysical Journal. 984(2). 181–181. 1 indexed citations

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Kane, Stephen R., E. Nielsen, William Thompson, et al.. (2025). Requirements for Joint Orbital Characterization of Cold Giants and Habitable Worlds with Habitable Worlds Observatory. The Astronomical Journal. 170(4). 208–208.

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Kane, Stephen R., et al.. (2025). Interior and Climate Modeling of the Venus Zone Planet TOI-2285 b. The Astronomical Journal. 170(1). 29–29.

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Roy, Pierre-Alexis, Björn Benneke, Louis-Philippe Coulombe, et al.. (2025). Low 4.5 μm Dayside Emission Disfavors a Dark Bare-rock Scenario for the Hot Super-Earth TOI-431 b. The Astronomical Journal. 169(5). 239–239. 4 indexed citations

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Dressing, Courtney D., et al.. (2024). Setting the Stage for the Search for Life with the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Properties of 164 Promising Planet-survey Targets. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 272(2). 30–30. 19 indexed citations

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Yee, Samuel W., Erik A. Petigura, Howard Isaacson, et al.. (2024). Additional Doppler Monitoring Corroborates HAT-P-11c as a Planet. Research Notes of the AAS. 8(7). 187–187. 2 indexed citations

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Binder, Breanna A., Sarah Peacock, Edward W. Schwieterman, et al.. (2024). X-Ray Emission of Nearby Low-mass and Sunlike Stars with Directly Imageable Habitable Zones. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 275(1). 1–1. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Zhexing, Stephen R. Kane, Timothy D. Brandt, et al.. (2024). Revised Architecture and Two New Super-Earths in the HD 134606 Planetary System. The Astronomical Journal. 167(4). 155–155. 1 indexed citations

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Kane, Stephen R., Zhexing Li, Edward W. Schwieterman, et al.. (2023). The Demographics of Terrestrial Planets in the Venus Zone. The Astronomical Journal. 165(4). 168–168. 16 indexed citations

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Fetherolf, Tara, Joshua Pepper, Stephen R. Kane, et al.. (2023). Variability Catalog of Stars Observed during the TESS Prime Mission. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 268(1). 4–4. 33 indexed citations

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Roettenbacher, Rachael M., Debra A. Fischer, Stephen R. Kane, et al.. (2023). Refining the Stellar Parameters of τ Ceti: a Pole-on Solar Analog. The Astronomical Journal. 166(3). 123–123. 5 indexed citations

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Guzewich, Scott D., Stephen R. Kane, Erika Köhler, et al.. (2023). The Prospect of Detecting Volcanic Signatures on an ExoEarth Using Direct Imaging. The Astronomical Journal. 166(5). 199–199. 8 indexed citations

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Kane, Stephen R., Michelle L. Hill, Paul A. Dalba, et al.. (2023). Revised Properties and Dynamical History for the HD 17156 System. The Astronomical Journal. 165(6). 252–252. 1 indexed citations

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Crossfield, Ian J. M., Matej Malik, Michelle L. Hill, et al.. (2022). GJ 1252b: A Hot Terrestrial Super-Earth with No Atmosphere. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 937(1). L17–L17. 41 indexed citations

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Roy, Pierre-Alexis, Björn Benneke, Caroline Piaulet, et al.. (2022). Is the Hot, Dense Sub-Neptune TOI-824 b an Exposed Neptune Mantle? Spitzer Detection of the Hot Dayside and Reanalysis of the Interior Composition. The Astrophysical Journal. 941(1). 89–89. 6 indexed citations

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Wolf, Eric, Jacob Haqq‐Misra, Ravi Kopparapu, et al.. (2020). The Resilience of Habitable Climates Around Circumbinary Stars. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 125(9). 9 indexed citations

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Kane, Stephen R., Jacob L. Bean, T. L. Campante, et al.. (2020). Science Extraction from TESS Observations of Known Exoplanet Hosts. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 133(1019). 14402–14402. 8 indexed citations

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Wolf, Eric, Jacob Haqq‐Misra, Ravi Kopparapu, et al.. (2020). The Resilience of Habitable Climates Around Circumbinary Stars. 1 indexed citations

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Hartnett, Hilairy E., Steven J. Desch, Cayman T. Unterborn, et al.. (2020). Detectability of Life Using Oxygen on Pelagic Planets and Water Worlds. The Astrophysical Journal. 893(2). 163–163. 22 indexed citations

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Crossfield, Ian J. M., Diana Dragomir, Laura Kreidberg, et al.. (2018). Spitzer Transits of New TESS Planets. 14084. 1 indexed citations

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