| 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 | 561 | 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 | 430 | 2018 |
| 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 | 329 | 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 | 308 | 2007 |
| 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 | 287 | 1997 |
| 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 | 284 | 2008 |
| 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 | 277 | 2021 |
| 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 | 267 | 2008 |
| 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 | 258 | 2010 |
| Microwave spectra of 11 polyyne carbon chains MC McCarthy, W Chen, MJ Travers, P Thaddeus The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 129 (2), 611, 2000 | 182 | 2000 |
| 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 | 160 | 2000 |
| Astronomical detection of rhomboidal SiC3 AJ Apponi, MC McCarthy, CA Gottlieb, P Thaddeus The Astrophysical Journal 516 (2), L103, 1999 | 159 | 1999 |
| Microwave and laser spectroscopy of carbon chains and rings MC McCarthy, P Thaddeus Chemical society reviews 30 (3), 177-185, 2001 | 150 | 2001 |
| 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 | 150 | 1997 |
| Eight new carbon chain molecules MC McCarthy, MJ Travers, A Kovács, CA Gottlieb, P Thaddeus The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 113 (1), 105, 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 | 146 | 2001 |
| 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 | 136 | 1998 |
| Structure of the CCCN and CCCCH radicals: Isotopic substitution and ab initio theory MC McCarthy, CA Gottlieb, P Thaddeus, M Horn, P Botschwina The Journal of chemical physics 103 (18), 7820-7827, 1995 | 135 | 1995 |
| 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 | 134 | 2013 |
| Search for anions in molecular sources: C4H-detection in L1527 M Agúndez, J Cernicharo, M Guélin, M Gerin, MC McCarthy, P Thaddeus Astronomy & Astrophysics 478 (1), L19-L22, 2008 | 129 | 2008 |
