| Laboratory and astronomical identification of the negative molecular ion C6H– MC McCarthy, CA Gottlieb, H Gupta, P Thaddeus The Astrophysical Journal 652 (2), L141, 2006 | 531 | 2006 |
| Detection of the aromatic molecule benzonitrile (c-C6H5CN) in the interstellar medium BA McGuire, AM Burkhardt, S Kalenskii, CN Shingledecker, AJ Remijan, ... Science 359 (6372), 202-205, 2018 | 516 | 2018 |
| Detection of two interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons via spectral matched filtering BA McGuire, RA Loomis, AM Burkhardt, KLK Lee, CN Shingledecker, ... Science 371 (6535), 1265-1269, 2021 | 382 | 2021 |
| Detection of the carbon chain negative ion C8H–in TMC-1 S Brünken, H Gupta, CA Gottlieb, MC McCarthy, P Thaddeus The Astrophysical Journal 664 (1), L43, 2007 | 342 | 2007 |
| Astronomical detection of C, the second interstellar anion J Cernicharo, M Guélin, M Agúndez, K Kawaguchi, M McCarthy, ... Astronomy & Astrophysics 467 (2), L37-L40, 2007 | 315 | 2007 |
| Laboratory and astronomical detection of the negative molecular ion C3N− P Thaddeus, CA Gottlieb, H Gupta, S Brünken, MC McCarthy, M Agúndez, ... The Astrophysical Journal 677 (2), 1132, 2008 | 290 | 2008 |
| Detection of C5N− and Vibrationally Excited C6H in IRC+ 10216 J Cernicharo, M Guélin, M Agúndez, MC McCarthy, P Thaddeus The Astrophysical Journal 688 (2), L83, 2008 | 283 | 2008 |
| Detection of HC11N in the cold dust cloud TMC-1 MB Bell, PA Feldman, MJ Travers, MC McCarthy, CA Gottlieb, ... The Astrophysical Journal 483 (1), L61, 1997 | 282 | 1997 |
| Astronomical identification of CN-, the smallest observed molecular anion M Agúndez, J Cernicharo, M Guélin, C Kahane, E Roueff, J Kłos, FJ Aoiz, ... Astronomy & Astrophysics 517, L2, 2010 | 272 | 2010 |
| Detection of E-cyanomethanimine toward Sagittarius B2 (N) in the green bank telescope PRIMOS survey DP Zaleski, NA Seifert, AL Steber, MT Muckle, RA Loomis, JF Corby, ... The Astrophysical Journal Letters 765 (1), L10, 2013 | 187 | 2013 |
| Astronomical detection of rhomboidal SiC3 AJ Apponi, MC McCarthy, CA Gottlieb, P Thaddeus The Astrophysical Journal 516 (2), L103, 1999 | 167 | 1999 |
| Discovery of the pure polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon indene (c-C9H8) with GOTHAM observations of TMC-1 AM Burkhardt, KLK Lee, PB Changala, CN Shingledecker, IR Cooke, ... The Astrophysical Journal Letters 913 (2), L18, 2021 | 164 | 2021 |
| Astronomical detection of the free radical SiCN M Guélin, S Muller, J Cernicharo, AJ Apponi, MC McCarthy, CA Gottlieb, ... Astronomy and Astrophysics, v. 363, p. L9-L12 (2000) 363, L9-L12, 2000 | 162 | 2000 |
| Microwave and laser spectroscopy of carbon chains and rings MC McCarthy, P Thaddeus Chemical society reviews 30 (3), 177-185, 2001 | 153 | 2001 |
| Microwave spectra of 11 polyyne carbon chains MC McCarthy, W Chen, MJ Travers, P Thaddeus The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 129 (2), 611, 2000 | 151 | 2000 |
| Eight new carbon chain molecules MC McCarthy, MJ Travers, A Kovacs, CA Gottlieb, P Thaddeus The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 113 (1), 105, 1997 | 150 | 1997 |
| Detection of a new linear carbon chain radical: C_7_H. M Guélin, J Cernicharo, MJ Travers, MC McCarthy, CA Gottlieb, ... Astronomy and Astrophysics, v. 317, p. L1-L4 317, L1-L4, 1997 | 149 | 1997 |
| Carbon chains and rings in the laboratory and in space P Thaddeus, MC McCarthy Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 57 (4 …, 2001 | 147 | 2001 |
| Interstellar detection of the highly polar five-membered ring cyanocyclopentadiene MC McCarthy, KLK Lee, RA Loomis, AM Burkhardt, CN Shingledecker, ... Nature Astronomy 5 (2), 176-180, 2021 | 139 | 2021 |
| New carbon chains in the laboratory and in interstellar space P Thaddeus, MC McCarthy, MJ Travers, CA Gottlieb, W Chen Faraday Discussions 109, 121-135, 1998 | 137 | 1998 |
