Wesley C. Fraser

1.9k total citations
48 papers, 803 citations indexed

About

Wesley C. Fraser is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wesley C. Fraser has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 803 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Wesley C. Fraser's work include Astro and Planetary Science (44 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (29 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (28 papers). Wesley C. Fraser is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (44 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (29 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (28 papers). Wesley C. Fraser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Wesley C. Fraser's co-authors include Michael E. Brown, J. J. Kavelaars, E. L. Schaller, Megan E. Schwamb, Michele T. Bannister, Brett Gladman, Pedro Lacerda, A. Fitzsimmons, Matthew J. Holman and Ying-Tung Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Wesley C. Fraser

44 papers receiving 741 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wesley C. Fraser United States 18 779 90 57 29 15 48 803
Tomohiko Sekiguchi Japan 16 718 0.9× 107 1.2× 78 1.4× 47 1.6× 9 0.6× 53 743
Joseph M. Hahn United States 13 767 1.0× 61 0.7× 29 0.5× 36 1.2× 19 1.3× 31 784
A. Delsanti France 25 1.4k 1.9× 164 1.8× 89 1.6× 61 2.1× 22 1.5× 44 1.5k
A. S. Bosh United States 13 611 0.8× 138 1.5× 48 0.8× 26 0.9× 35 2.3× 57 630
A. Kryszczyńska Poland 15 648 0.8× 71 0.8× 80 1.4× 84 2.9× 19 1.3× 48 665
Pascal Descamps France 16 684 0.9× 56 0.6× 57 1.0× 93 3.2× 25 1.7× 47 695
E. Vilenius Germany 14 697 0.9× 78 0.9× 31 0.5× 60 2.1× 11 0.7× 31 712
J. Pittichová United States 12 553 0.7× 49 0.5× 60 1.1× 35 1.2× 6 0.4× 34 561
R. Behrend Switzerland 11 502 0.6× 42 0.5× 48 0.8× 54 1.9× 12 0.8× 39 507
Takuya Fujiyoshi Japan 13 374 0.5× 39 0.4× 23 0.4× 30 1.0× 10 0.7× 26 393

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wesley C. Fraser

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wong, Ian, Bryan J. Holler, Wesley C. Fraser, & Michael E. Brown. (2025). JWST Spectroscopy of a Blue Binary Cold Classical Kuiper Belt Object. The Planetary Science Journal. 6(11). 271–271.
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Fernández-Valenzuela, E., John Stansberry, Csaba Kiss, et al.. (2024). A Near-infrared Survey of Candidate Haumea Family Members. The Astronomical Journal. 168(6). 269–269.
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Yoshida, Fumi, Takashi Itô, Hirohisa Kurosaki, et al.. (2024). A deep analysis for New Horizons’ KBO search images. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 76(4). 720–732. 3 indexed citations
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Marsset, Michaël, Wesley C. Fraser, Megan E. Schwamb, et al.. (2023). Col-OSSOS: Evidence for a Compositional Gradient Inherited from the Protoplanetary Disk?. The Planetary Science Journal. 4(9). 160–160. 3 indexed citations
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Fraser, Wesley C., Rosemary E. Pike, Michaël Marsset, et al.. (2023). Col-OSSOS: The Two Types of Kuiper Belt Surfaces. The Planetary Science Journal. 4(5). 80–80. 9 indexed citations
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Pike, Rosemary E., Wesley C. Fraser, Kathryn Volk, et al.. (2023). Col-OSSOS: The Distribution of Surface Classes in Neptune's Resonances. The Planetary Science Journal. 4(10). 200–200. 2 indexed citations
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Brown, Michael E. & Wesley C. Fraser. (2023). The State of CO and CO2 Ices in the Kuiper Belt as Seen by JWST. The Planetary Science Journal. 4(7). 130–130. 17 indexed citations
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Schwamb, Megan E., Wesley C. Fraser, Michele T. Bannister, et al.. (2022). Col-OSSOS: Probing Ice Line/Color Transitions within the Kuiper Belt’s Progenitor Populations. The Planetary Science Journal. 3(1). 9–9. 7 indexed citations
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Porter, Simon B., J. R. Spencer, A. Verbiscer, et al.. (2022). Orbits and Occultation Opportunities of 15 TNOs Observed by New Horizons. The Planetary Science Journal. 3(1). 23–23. 3 indexed citations
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Fraser, Wesley C., Susan Benecchi, J. J. Kavelaars, et al.. (2021). Col-OSSOS: The Distinct Color Distribution of Single and Binary Cold Classical KBOs. The Planetary Science Journal. 2(3). 90–90. 9 indexed citations
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Robinson, James E., Wesley C. Fraser, A. Fitzsimmons, & Pedro Lacerda. (2020). Investigating gravitational collapse of a pebble cloud to form transneptunian binaries. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 9 indexed citations
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Schwamb, Megan E., Henry H. Hsieh, Michele T. Bannister, et al.. (2019). A Software Roadmap for Solar System Science with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. Research Notes of the AAS. 3(3). 51–51. 5 indexed citations
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Lawler, Samantha, J. J. Kavelaars, Mike Alexandersen, et al.. (2018). OSSOS. VIII. The Transition between Two Size Distribution Slopes in the Scattering Disk. The Astronomical Journal. 155(5). 197–197. 38 indexed citations
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Pike, Rosemary E., Wesley C. Fraser, Megan E. Schwamb, et al.. (2017). Col-OSSOS: z-Band Photometry Reveals Three Distinct TNO Surface Types. The Astronomical Journal. 154(3). 101–101. 23 indexed citations
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Chen, Ying-Tung, Hsing Wen Lin, Matthew J. Holman, et al.. (2016). DISCOVERY OF A NEW RETROGRADE TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECT: HINT OF A COMMON ORBITAL PLANE FOR LOW SEMIMAJOR AXIS, HIGH-INCLINATION TNOs AND CENTAURS. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 827(2). L24–L24. 35 indexed citations
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Lin, Hsing Wen, Ying-Tung Chen, Matthew J. Holman, et al.. (2016). THE PAN-STARRS 1 DISCOVERIES OF FIVE NEW NEPTUNE TROJANS. The Astronomical Journal. 152(5). 147–147. 8 indexed citations
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Fraser, Wesley C. & J. J. Kavelaars. (2012). The Size Distribution of Kuiper belt objects for D � 10 km. 27 indexed citations
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Fraser, Wesley C., J. J. Kavelaars, Jean-Marc Petit, et al.. (2005). The Luminosity Function of the Trans-Neptunian Region. 8422.
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Holman, Matthew J., J. J. Kavelaars, T. Grav, et al.. (2004). Discovery of five irregular moons of Neptune. Nature. 430(7002). 865–867. 37 indexed citations
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Holman, Matthew J., J. J. Kavelaars, T. Grav, et al.. (2003). Satellites of Neptune. International Astronomical Union Circular. 4824. 1. 5 indexed citations

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