Publications

We request that scientific publications using data obtained from the TESS project include one of the following acknowledgments:

This paper includes data collected by the TESS mission. Funding for the TESS mission is provided by the NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

Publication database

The TESS Science Support Center curates a list of scientific publications pertaining to TESS. The database contains 1721 publications, of which 1536 are peer-reviewed. It demonstrates the important impact of TESS data on astronomical research.

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If you spot an error in the database, such as a missing entry, please get in touch or open an issue in the GitHub repository of the database.

Last update: 07 Sep 2023.

Breakdown by year & mission

The graph below shows the number of publications as a function of year.

Publication rate by year

Breakdown by subject

Both TESS data have been used for scientific applications that reach far beyond exoplanet research. While 689 works relate to exoplanets (40%), a total of 1032 pertain to other areas of astrophysics (60%).

Publications by subject

Most-cited publications

TESS publications have cumulatively been cited 23670 times. The list below shows the most-cited publications, based on the citation count obtained from NASA ADS.

  1. TRANSITING EXOPLANET SURVEY SATELLITE (TESS)
    Ricker, George R., Winn, Joshua N., Vanderspek, Roland, et al.
    2015JATIS...1a4003R 2344 citations

  2. THE REVISED TESS INPUT CATALOG AND CANDIDATE TARGET LIST
    Stassun, Keivan G., Oelkers, Ryan J., Paegert, Martin, et al.
    2019AJ....158..138S 557 citations

  3. THE TESS INPUT CATALOG AND CANDIDATE TARGET LIST
    Stassun, Keivan G., Oelkers, Ryan J., Pepper, Joshua, et al.
    2018AJ....156..102S 454 citations

  4. THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET SURVEY SATELLITE: SIMULATIONS OF PLANET DETECTIONS AND ASTROPHYSICAL FALSE POSITIVES
    Sullivan, Peter W., Winn, Joshua N., Berta-Thompson, Zachory K., et al.
    2015ApJ...809...77S 375 citations

  5. A FRAMEWORK FOR PRIORITIZING THE TESS PLANETARY CANDIDATES MOST AMENABLE TO ATMOSPHERIC CHARACTERIZATION
    Kempton, Eliza M. -R., Bean, Jacob L., Louie, Dana R., et al.
    2018PASP..130k4401K 299 citations

  6. A REVISED EXOPLANET YIELD FROM THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET SURVEY SATELLITE (TESS)
    Barclay, Thomas, Pepper, Joshua, Quintana, Elisa V.
    2018ApJS..239....2B 230 citations

  7. LIMB AND GRAVITY-DARKENING COEFFICIENTS FOR THE TESS SATELLITE AT SEVERAL METALLICITIES, SURFACE GRAVITIES, AND MICROTURBULENT VELOCITIES
    Claret, A.
    2017A&A...600A..30C 201 citations

  8. STELLAR FLARES FROM THE FIRST TESS DATA RELEASE: EXPLORING A NEW SAMPLE OF M DWARFS
    Günther, Maximilian N., Zhan, Zhuchang, Seager, Sara, et al.
    2020AJ....159...60G 194 citations

  9. THE TESS OBJECTS OF INTEREST CATALOG FROM THE TESS PRIME MISSION
    Guerrero, Natalia M., Seager, S., Huang, Chelsea X., et al.
    2021ApJS..254...39G 169 citations

  10. TESS DISCOVERY OF A TRANSITING SUPER-EARTH IN THE PI MENSAE SYSTEM
    Huang, Chelsea X., Burt, Jennifer, Vanderburg, Andrew, et al.
    2018ApJ...868L..39H 157 citations