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 2515 publications, of which 2278 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 Feb 2025.

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 1011 works relate to exoplanets (40%), a total of 1504 pertain to other areas of astrophysics (60%).

Publications by subject

Most-cited publications

TESS publications have cumulatively been cited 38355 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 3114 citations

  2. THE REVISED TESS INPUT CATALOG AND CANDIDATE TARGET LIST
    Stassun, Keivan G., Oelkers, Ryan J., Paegert, Martin, et al.
    2019AJ....158..138S 776 citations

  3. THE TESS INPUT CATALOG AND CANDIDATE TARGET LIST
    Stassun, Keivan G., Oelkers, Ryan J., Pepper, Joshua, et al.
    2018AJ....156..102S 554 citations

  4. 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 425 citations

  5. 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 405 citations

  6. THE TESS OBJECTS OF INTEREST CATALOG FROM THE TESS PRIME MISSION
    Guerrero, Natalia M., Seager, S., Huang, Chelsea X., et al.
    2021ApJS..254...39G 269 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 262 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 256 citations

  9. PHOTOMETRY OF 10 MILLION STARS FROM THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF TESS FULL FRAME IMAGES: PART I
    Huang, Chelsea X., Vanderburg, Andrew, Pál, Andras, et al.
    2020RNAAS...4..204H 253 citations

  10. A REVISED EXOPLANET YIELD FROM THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET SURVEY SATELLITE (TESS)
    Barclay, Thomas, Pepper, Joshua, Quintana, Elisa V.
    2018ApJS..239....2B 253 citations