New Horizons
446 tracked publications and 10,211 citations from 2007–2026. Launched 2006. Life-cycle cost: $1.2B in 2025 dollars. Active Mission Window February 1, 2015 to January 1, 2024: 329 publications, 39 top-10% credit.
Flyby · h-index 51 · 15 papers with 100+ citations · prime mission ended 2016
Lifetime
Key measures
| Active Mission Window · papers February 1, 2015 to January 1, 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Tracked publications | 329 |
| Citations | 4,581 |
| Mean citations per publication | 14 |
| Median citations per publication | 9 |
| Uncited publications | 30 (9.1%) |
| Top-10% credit | 39 |
| Top-1% credit | 2 |
| Lifetime indices · every tracked publication to date, in any scope | |
|---|---|
| h-index | 51 |
| g-index | 76 |
| m-index, as of October 4, 2026 | 2.5 |
| tori | 26 |
| riq | 255 |
Tracked publications
The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons
325
The geology of Pluto and Charon through the eyes of New Horizons
221
Surface compositions across Pluto and Charon
216
The atmosphere of Pluto as observed by New Horizons
187
Initial results from the New Horizons exploration of 2014 MU₆₉, a small Kuiper Belt object
161
Impact craters on Pluto and Charon indicate a deficit of small Kuiper belt objects
142
Io Volcanism Seen by New Horizons: A Major Eruption of the Tvashtar Volcano
127
An improved model for interplanetary dust fluxes in the outer Solar System
126
The Pickup Ion-mediated Solar Wind
125
The solar nebula origin of (486958) Arrokoth, a primordial contact binary in the Kuiper Belt
118
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114
Mean radius and shape of Pluto and Charon from New Horizons images
109
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107
The geology and geophysics of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth
104
Density of Neutral Hydrogen in the Sun's Interstellar Neighborhood
100
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93
Origin of the Pluto-Charon system: Constraints from the New Horizons flyby
90
Detection of CO and HCN in Pluto's atmosphere with ALMA
89
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88
The Pluto System After New Horizons
88
How we found these papers
We searched NASA’s Astrophysics Data System (ADS) for peer-reviewed articles naming New Horizons in the title, abstract or keywords; standard filters drop articles that are not peer-reviewed and magazine pieces. SciX is ADS’s current interface.
((((=abs:"New Horizons" OR =abs:"New Horizon") AND (=abs:Pluto OR =abs:Charon OR =abs:Arrokoth OR abs:MU69 OR =abs:"Kuiper belt" OR abs:Jupiter OR abs:Europa OR abs:Io OR abs:Rosetta OR abs:flyby OR abs:heliosphere OR abs:heliospheric OR =abs:"solar wind" OR =abs:"cosmic optical background" OR abs:LORRI OR abs:PEPSSI OR abs:MVIC OR abs:LEISA OR abs:VBSDC OR abs:REX OR =abs:"radio science")) OR =abs:"New Horizons Alice" OR =abs:"New Horizons spacecrafts" OR =abs:"New Horizons spacecraft" OR =abs:"New Horizons observations" OR =abs:"New Horizons mission" OR =abs:"New Horizons probe" OR (=abs:"NH flyby" AND (=abs:Pluto OR =abs:Charon OR =abs:Arrokoth)) OR ((abs:LORRI OR abs:MVIC OR abs:LEISA OR abs:PEPSSI OR =abs:"Long Range Reconnaissance Imager" OR =abs:"Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera" OR =abs:"Multicolor Visible Imaging Camera" OR =abs:"Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array") AND (=abs:Pluto OR =abs:Charon OR =abs:Arrokoth OR abs:MU69 OR =abs:"Kuiper belt" OR =abs:"New Horizons" OR =abs:"cosmic optical background")) OR ((abs:SWAP OR abs:SDC OR abs:VBSDC) AND (=abs:"New Horizons" OR =abs:Pluto OR =abs:"Kuiper belt")) OR ((=abs:Alice OR =abs:Ralph OR abs:REX OR =abs:"Radio Science Experiment") AND (=abs:Pluto OR =abs:Charon OR =abs:Arrokoth)) OR =abs:"Solar Wind Around Pluto" OR =abs:"Solar Wind at Pluto" OR =abs:"Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Science Investigation" OR =abs:"Pluto Exploration Remote Sensing Investigation" OR =abs:"Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter" OR (=abs:"Student Dust Counter" AND (abs:dust OR abs:interplanetary)))) AND property:refereed AND doctype:article AND pubdate:[2015-02 TO 2040-01] AND NOT bibstem:("A&R" OR "AIASJ" OR "AeAm" OR "AirSp" OR "AsNow" OR "AsUAI" OR "AvWST" OR "C&E" OR "C&T" OR "CAPJ" OR "E&S" OR "ENews" OR "IrAJ" OR "JCos" OR "JRASC" OR "LAstr" OR "MNSSA" OR "Met" OR "NewSc" OR "Orion" OR "PhT" OR "PhTea" OR "PhuZ" OR "PhyOJ" OR "PhyW" OR "PlR" OR "SciAm" OR "SpFl" OR "ZemVs")
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- Io Volcanism Seen by New Horizons: A Major Eruption of the Tvashtar Volcano Io volcanism observed by New Horizons during its 2007 Jupiter flyby.
- Diverse Plasma Populations and Structures in Jupiter’s Magnetotail New Horizons plasma measurements in Jupiter's magnetotail during the 2007 flyby.
- An improved model of the Edgeworth-Kuiper debris disk Kuiper Belt dust model constrained by New Horizons dust counter measurements in cruise.
- New Horizons Mapping of Europa and Ganymede Maps Europa and Ganymede from New Horizons images taken during the 2007 Jupiter flyby.
- Properties of plasma ions in the distant Jovian magnetosheath using Solar Wind Around Pluto data on New Horizons Jupiter magnetosheath plasma measured by New Horizons during the 2007 flyby.
- The jovian anticyclone BA. II. Circulation and interaction with the zonal jets Jupiter Oval BA winds measured with New Horizons 2007 flyby images and other data.
- Polar Lightning and Decadal-Scale Cloud Variability on Jupiter Jupiter polar lightning and clouds observed by New Horizons during the 2007 flyby.
- Jupiter Cloud Composition, Stratification, Convection, and Wave Motion: A View from New Horizons Jupiter waves and ammonia clouds observed by New Horizons during the 2007 flyby.
- First results from the Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter on the New Horizons mission First dust flux results from the New Horizons Student Dust Counter in cruise.
- Energetic Particles in the Jovian Magnetotail New Horizons energetic particle observations in Jupiter's magnetotail during the 2007 flyby.
- Io’s Atmospheric Response to Eclipse: UV Aurorae Observations New Horizons ultraviolet observations of Io's aurora during the 2007 Jupiter flyby.
- Interstellar Pick-up Ions Observed between 11 and 22 AU by New Horizons Solar wind and pickup ions measured by New Horizons in cruise between 11 and 22 AU.
- Simulation of Io's auroral emission: Constraints on the atmosphere in eclipse Models Io's eclipse aurora observed by New Horizons during the 2007 Jupiter flyby.
- Io’s active volcanoes during the New Horizons era: Insights from New Horizons imaging Catalogues Io thermal sources in New Horizons images from the 2007 Jupiter flyby.
- A simulation study of dynamics in the distant Jovian magnetotail Simulates Jupiter tail plasma structures observed by New Horizons in 2007.
- Pickup hydrogen distributions in the solar wind at ∼11 AU: Do we understand pickup ions in the outer heliosphere? Interstellar pickup hydrogen measured by New Horizons in cruise at 11 AU.
- Changing Characteristics of Jupiter's Little Red SPOT Jupiter's Little Red Spot studied with New Horizons 2007 flyby images and other data.
- Observations of Isotropic Interstellar Pick-up Ions at 11 and 17 AU from New Horizons Pickup ion spectra measured by New Horizons in cruise at 11 and 17 AU.
- Jupiter’s Nightside Airglow and Aurora Jupiter nightglow and aurora observed by New Horizons during the 2007 flyby.
- Clump Detections and Limits on Moons in Jupiter’s Ring System Search of Jupiter's rings and small moons in New Horizons 2007 flyby images.
- The Student Dust Counter: Status report at 23 AU Dust density measured by the New Horizons Student Dust Counter in cruise.
- Location, structure, and motion of Jupiter's dusk magnetospheric boundary from ∼1625 to 2550 R_{J} Jupiter magnetopause crossings measured by New Horizons during the 2007 flyby.
- Energetic particle evidence for magnetic filaments in Jupiter's magnetotail Ion dispersion events measured by New Horizons in Jupiter's magnetotail in 2007.
- Io's hot spots in the near-infrared detected by LEISA during the New Horizons flyby Io hot spots identified in New Horizons infrared spectra from the 2007 Jupiter flyby.
- The Impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Sends Ripples Through the Rings of Jupiter Jupiter ring corrugation analysed partly with New Horizons 2007 flyby images.
- New Horizons Alice ultraviolet observations of a stellar occultation by Jupiter’s atmosphere Jupiter atmosphere from New Horizons ultraviolet stellar occultations in 2007.
- Composition of energetic particles in the Jovian magnetotail Composition of energetic particle bursts seen by New Horizons in Jupiter's magnetotail.
- Constraints on dust production in the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt from Pioneer 10 and New Horizons measurements Kuiper Belt dust production derived from New Horizons Student Dust Counter data.
- The evolving flow of Jupiter’s White Ovals and adjacent cyclones Jupiter Oval BA winds measured in New Horizons 2007 flyby images and other data.
- Interplanetary dust influx to the Pluto-Charon system Dust influx at Pluto derived from New Horizons Student Dust Counter cruise data.
- Will New Horizons See Dust Clumps in the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt? Dust distribution model fitted to New Horizons dust counter impact rates.
- Plasma conditions and the structure of the Jovian ring Jupiter ring dust model constrained partly by New Horizons 2007 flyby images.
- Analysis of Jupiter’s Oval BA: A streamlined approach Jupiter Oval BA winds measured from New Horizons 2007 flyby images.
- MeV electrons detected by the Alice UV spectrograph during the New Horizons flyby of Jupiter Uses New Horizons ultraviolet spectrograph background to detect Jovian electrons in 2007.
- Plasma and energetic particle observations in Jupiter's deep tail near the magnetopause Plasma and energetic particles in Jupiter's deep tail measured by New Horizons.
Removed after review
- 2008SSRv..140....1R Foreword to a journal special issue; not a research paper.
- OSIRIS-REx: Sample Return from Asteroid (101955) Bennu mission_overview: the OSIRIS-REx mission overview paper that merely mentions heritage with New Horizons. Excluded by policy.
- The Ultraviolet Spectrograph on NASA's Juno Mission Instrument description of the Juno ultraviolet spectrograph; New Horizons is mentioned only as design heritage.
- Solar Wind and Pickup Ion (SWAPI) Instrument on NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) Instrument description of the IMAP SWAPI instrument; New Horizons is mentioned only as design heritage.