2026 Steve B. Howell: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	99	1701	1618	895	839	571	39631

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Overview

Steve B. Howell is affiliated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular concentration in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics, including:

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
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Steve B. Howell has contributed to a significant number of publications in notable venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astronomical Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Frequent coauthors with whom Howell has collaborated include:

Karen A. Collins
Jon M. Jenkins
Sara Seager
David W. Latham
David R. Ciardi

Among recent papers, the following are notable:

Twin High-Resolution, High-Speed Imagers for the Gemini Telescopes: Instrument Description and Science Verification Results, 2021, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
A remnant planetary core in the hot-Neptune desert, 2020, Nature
The First Habitable-zone Earth-sized Planet from TESS. I. Validation of the TOI-700 System, 2020, DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
A Pair of TESS Planets Spanning the Radius Valley around the Nearby Mid-M Dwarf LTT 3780, 2020, The Astronomical Journal
Speckle Observations of TESS Exoplanet Host Stars. II. Stellar Companions at 1-1000 au and Implications for Small Planet Detection, 2021, The Astronomical Journal

Best Publications

The K2 Mission: Characterization and Early Results

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

1911
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
Kepler-16: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet

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

788
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
VALIDATION OF KEPLER'S MULTIPLE PLANET CANDIDATES. III. LIGHT CURVE ANALYSIS AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF HUNDREDS OF NEW MULTI-PLANET SYSTEMS

Jason F. Rowe;Jason F. Rowe;Stephen T. Bryson;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Jack J. Lissauer

578
Citations
Transiting circumbinary planets Kepler-34 b and Kepler-35 b

William F. Welsh;Jerome A. Orosz;Joshua A. Carter;Daniel C. Fabrycky

512
Citations
KEPLER ECLIPSING BINARY STARS. II. 2165 ECLIPSING BINARIES IN THE SECOND DATA RELEASE

Robert W. Slawson;Andrej Prša;William F. Welsh;Jerome A. Orosz

482
Citations
Kepler-9: a system of multiple planets transiting a Sun-like star, confirmed by timing variations.

Matthew J. Holman;Daniel C. Fabrycky;Darin Ragozzine;Eric B. Ford

461
Citations
PLANETARY CANDIDATES OBSERVED BY KEPLER IV: PLANET SAMPLE FROM Q1-Q8 (22 MONTHS)

Christopher J. Burke;Stephen T. Bryson;F. Mullally;Jason F. Rowe

448
Citations
Speckle Camera Observations for the NASA Kepler Mission Follow-up Program

Steve B. Howell;Mark E. Everett;William Sherry;Elliott Horch

379
Citations
Modeling Kepler transit light curves as false positives: Rejection of blend scenarios for Kepler-9, and validation of Kepler-9d, a super-Earth-size planet in a multiple system

Guillermo Torres;François Fressin;Natalie M. Batalha;William J. Borucki

374
Citations
Terrestrial Planet Occurrence Rates for the Kepler GK Dwarf Sample

Christopher J. Burke;Jessie L. Christiansen;F. Mullally;Shawn Seader

362
Citations
Kepler’s Optical Phase Curve of the Exoplanet HAT-P-7b

W. J. Borucki;D. Koch;J. Jenkins;D. Sasselov

356
Citations
Revised Stellar Properties of Kepler Targets for the Q1-17 (DR25) Transit Detection Run

Savita Mathur;Daniel Huber;Daniel Huber;Daniel Huber;Natalie M. Batalha;David R. Ciardi

355
Citations
ALMOST ALL OF KEPLER'S MULTIPLE-PLANET CANDIDATES ARE PLANETS

Jack J. Lissauer;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Jason F. Rowe;Stephen T. Bryson

347
Citations
Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler V: Planet Sample from Q1-Q12 (36 Months)

Jason F. Rowe;Jeffrey L. Coughlin;Victoria Antoci;Thomas Barclay

346
Citations