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Debra A. Fischer

Debra A. Fischer

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Best Female Scientists
2025

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115
Citations
51591
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713
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433

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Citations
54968
World Ranking
909
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Overview

Debra A. Fischer is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their scholarly work spans a variety of subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Spectroscopy, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered in Fischer's research include stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, astronomy and astrophysical research, astro and planetary science, astronomical observations and instrumentation, astrophysics and star formation studies, spectroscopy and laser applications, as well as gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

Fischer has contributed numerous articles to several publication venues. The most frequent venues of publication are:

  • The Astronomical Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Nature Astronomy

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on high-precision astronomical instrumentation and stellar activity analysis. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Performance Verification of the EXtreme PREcision Spectrograph", 2020, The Astronomical Journal
  • "The EXPRES Stellar Signals Project II. State of the Field in Disentangling Photospheric Velocities", 2022, The Astronomical Journal
  • "The HD 260655 system: Two rocky worlds transiting a bright M dwarf at 10 pc", 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "The obliquity and atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter TOI-1431b (MASCARA-5b): A misaligned orbit and no signs of atomic or molecular absorptions", 2021, Padua Research Archive (University of Padua)
  • "EXPRES. III. Revealing the Stellar Activity Radial Velocity Signature of ϵ Eridani with Photometry and Interferometry", 2021, The Astronomical Journal

Fischer frequently collaborates with other researchers. Regular co-authors include Lily Zhao, John M. Brewer, Samuel H. C. Cabot, Joe Llama, and Rachael M. Roettenbacher, reflecting ongoing partnerships within their research network.

Best Publications

  • Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results

    William J. Borucki;David Koch;Gibor Basri;Natalie Batalha

  • The Planet-Metallicity Correlation

    Debra A. Fischer;Jeff Valenti

  • SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES OF COOL STARS (SPOCS). I. 1040 F, G, AND K DWARFS FROM KECK, LICK, AND AAT PLANET SEARCH PROGRAMS

    Jeff A. Valenti;Debra A. Fischer

  • Planet Occurrence within 0.25 AU of Solar-type Stars from Kepler

    Andrew W. Howard;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Stephen T. Bryson;Jon M. Jenkins

  • Catalog of nearby exoplanets

    R. P. Butler;J. T. Wright;G. W. Marcy;G. W. Marcy;D. A. Fischer;D. A. Fischer

  • The Keck Planet Search: Detectability and the Minimum Mass and Orbital Period Distribution of Extrasolar Planets

    Andrew Cumming;R. Paul Butler;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Steven S. Vogt

  • Multiplicity among M Dwarfs

    Debra A. Fischer;Geoffrey W. Marcy

  • Kepler-16: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet

    Laurance R. Doyle;Joshua A. Carter;Daniel C. Fabrycky;Robert W. Slawson

  • Masses, Radii, and Orbits of Small Kepler Planets: The Transition from Gaseous to Rocky Planets

    Geoffrey W. Marcy;Howard Isaacson;Andrew W. Howard;Jason F. Rowe

  • (Open Access) Supercapacitor and supercapattery as emerging electrochemical energy stores

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  • The occurrence and mass distribution of close-in super-Earths, Neptunes, and Jupiters.

    Andrew W. Howard;Geoffrey W. Marcy;John Asher Johnson;Debra A. Fischer

  • A ~7.5 M⊕ Planet Orbiting the Nearby Star, GJ 876*

    Eugenio J. Rivera;Eugenio J. Rivera;Eugenio J. Rivera;Jack J. Lissauer;R. Paul Butler;Geoffrey W. Marcy

  • A Neptune-Mass Planet Orbiting the Nearby M Dwarf GJ 436

    R. Paul Butler;Steven S. Vogt;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Debra A. Fischer;Debra A. Fischer

  • Observed Properties of Exoplanets: Masses, Orbits, and Metallicities

    Geoffrey Marcy;R. Paul Butler;Debra Fischer;Steven Vogt

  • The Exoplanet Orbit Database

    J. T. Wright;O. Fakhouri;G. W. Marcy;E. Han

  • Kepler 's First Rocky Planet: Kepler-10b

    Natalie M. Batalha;William J. Borucki;Stephen T. Bryson;Lars A. Buchhave

  • CHROMOSPHERIC ACTIVITY AND JITTER MEASUREMENTS FOR 2630 STARS ON THE CALIFORNIA PLANET SEARCH

    Howard Isaacson;Howard Isaacson;Debra Ann Fischer;Debra Ann Fischer

  • The N2K Consortium. II. A Transiting Hot Saturn Around HD 149026 With a Large Dense Core

    B. Sato;D. A. Fischer;G. W. Henry;G. Laughlin

  • A Pair of Resonant Planets Orbiting GJ 876

    Geoffrey W. Marcy;R. Paul Butler;Debra Fischer;Steven S. Vogt;Steven S. Vogt

  • Evidence for Multiple Companions to υ Andromedae

    R. Paul Butler;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Debra A. Fischer;Timothy M. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey W. Marcy
Geoffrey W. Marcy University of California, Berkeley
Andrew W. Howard
Andrew W. Howard California Institute of Technology
Howard Isaacson
Howard Isaacson University of California, Berkeley
Jason T. Wright
Jason T. Wright Pennsylvania State University
Lars A. Buchhave
Lars A. Buchhave Technical University of Denmark
Gregory W. Henry
Gregory W. Henry Tennessee State University
Guillermo Torres
Guillermo Torres Harvard University
John Asher Johnson
John Asher Johnson Harvard University
Dimitar Sasselov
Dimitar Sasselov Harvard University
Gáspár Á. Bakos
Gáspár Á. Bakos Princeton University

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