2026 Joseph D. Twicken: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	94	1959	1859	1013	944	274	45700

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Physics

1959

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944

274

45700

Overview

Joseph D. Twicken is affiliated with the Ames Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Their work covers topics such as stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, astro and planetary science, astronomy and astrophysical research, astrophysics and star formation studies, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, astronomical observations and instrumentation, and astronomical and nuclear sciences.

Joseph D. Twicken has contributed to a number of scientific publications in notable venues including:

The Astronomical Journal
arXiv (Cornell University)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
UNC Libraries

Among their recent papers are:

"Vetting of 384 TESS Objects of Interest with TRICERATOPS and Statistical Validation of 12 Planet Candidates," 2020, The Astronomical Journal
"A Pair of TESS Planets Spanning the Radius Valley around the Nearby Mid-M Dwarf LTT 3780," 2020, The Astronomical Journal
"A super-Earth and a sub-Neptune orbiting the bright, quiet M3 dwarf TOI-1266," 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
"TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME). III. A Two-planet System in the 400 Myr Ursa Major Group," 2020, DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Masses and compositions of three small planets orbiting the nearby M dwarf L231-32 (TOI-270) and the M dwarf radius valley," 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Joseph D. Twicken include:

Jon M. Jenkins
Sara Seager
Joshua N. Winn
David W. Latham
Karen A. Collins

Best Publications

Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results

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

4498
Citations
The K2 Mission: Characterization and Early Results

Steve B. Howell;Charlie Sobeck;Michael Haas;Martin Still

1911
Citations
Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler, III: Analysis of the First 16 Months of Data

Natalie M. Batalha;Jason F. Rowe;Stephen T. Bryson;Thomas Barclay

1758
Citations
Characteristics of planetary candidates observed by Kepler, II: Analysis of the first four months of data

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

1658
Citations
Planet Occurrence within 0.25 AU of Solar-type Stars from Kepler

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

1658
Citations
Characteristics of planetary candidates observed by Kepler. II. Analysis of the first four months of data

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

1224
Citations
Kepler Mission Design, Realized Photometric Performance, and Early Science

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

1154
Citations
Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler. III. Analysis of the First 16 Months of Data

Natalie M. Batalha;Natalie M. Batalha;Jason F. Rowe;Stephen T. Bryson;Thomas Barclay

1091
Citations
Planet Occurrence within 0.25 AU of Solar-Type Stars from Kepler

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

1040
Citations
The TESS Science Processing Operations Center

Jon M. Jenkins;Joseph D. Twicken;Sean McCauliff;Jennifer Campbell

932
Citations
Overview of the Kepler Science Processing Pipeline

Jon M. Jenkins;Douglas A. Caldwell;Hema Chandrasekaran;Joseph D. Twicken

863
Citations
Kepler Presearch Data Conditioning I - Architecture and Algorithms for Error Correction in Kepler Light Curves

Martin C. Stumpe;Jeffrey C. Smith;Jeffrey E. Van Cleve;Joseph D. Twicken

788
Citations
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

759
Citations
OVERVIEW OF THE KEPLER SCIENCE PROCESSING PIPELINE

Jon M. Jenkins;Douglas A. Caldwell;Hema Chandrasekaran;Joseph D. Twicken

704
Citations
Kepler Presearch Data Conditioning II - A Bayesian Approach to Systematic Error Correction

Jeffrey C. Smith;Martin C. Stumpe;Jeffrey E. Van Cleve;Jon M. Jenkins

585
Citations
Characteristics of Kepler Planetary Candidates Based on the First Data Set: The Majority are Found to be Neptune-Size and Smaller

William J. Borucki

585
Citations
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

579
Citations
Kepler 's First Rocky Planet: Kepler-10b

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

579
Citations
Multiscale Systematic Error Correction via Wavelet-Based Bandsplitting in Kepler Data

Martin C. Stumpe;Jeffrey C. Smith;Joseph H. Catanzarite;Jeffrey E. Van Cleve

560
Citations
Planet occurrence within 0.25AU of solar-type stars from Kepler

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

6
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