Alice E. Shapley

28.5k total citations · 10 hit papers
154 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Alice E. Shapley is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alice E. Shapley has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 74 papers in Instrumentation and 9 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Alice E. Shapley's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (144 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (74 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (69 papers). Alice E. Shapley is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (144 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (74 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (69 papers). Alice E. Shapley collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Alice E. Shapley's co-authors include Charles C. Steidel, Max Pettini, Kurt L. Adelberger, Naveen A. Reddy, Dawn K. Erb, Mark Dickinson, Mauro Giavalisco, Alison L. Coil, M. Bogosavljević and Ryan L. Sanders and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Alice E. Shapley

150 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

Rest‐Frame Ultraviolet Spectra of \documentclass{aastex} ... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2003 2010 2003 2006 2001 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Rest‐Frame Ultraviolet Spectra of \documentclass{aastex} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{bm} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{pifont} \usepackage{stmaryrd} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{portland,xspace} \usepackage{amsmath,amsxtra} \usepackage[OT2,OT1]{fontenc} \newcommand\cyr{ \renewcommand\rmdefault{wncyr} \renewcommand\sfdefault{wncyss} \renewcommand\encodingdefault{OT2} \normalfont \selectfont} \DeclareTextFontCommand{\textcyr}{\cyr} \pagestyle{empty} \DeclareMathSizes{10}{9}{7}{6} \begin{document} \landscape $z\sim 3$ \end{document} Lyman Break Galaxies
    2003 775 citations Alice E. Shapley, Charles C. Steidel et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. THE STRUCTURE AND KINEMATICS OF THE CIRCUMGALACTIC MEDIUM FROM FAR-ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA OFz≃ 2-3 GALAXIES
    2010 659 citations Charles C. Steidel, Alice E. Shapley et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  3. Rest-Frame Ultraviolet Spectra of z~3 Lyman Break Galaxies
    2003 659 citations Alice E. Shapley, Charles C. Steidel et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  4. The Mass‐Metallicity Relation atz≳2
    2006 620 citations Alice E. Shapley, Charles C. Steidel et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  5. The farthest known supernova: Support for an accelerating universe and a glimpse of the \nepoch of deceleration
    2001 560 citations Adam G. Riess, P. Nugent et al. eScholarship (California Digital Library) profile →
  6. The Rest‐Frame Optical Spectra of Lyman Break Galaxies: Star Formation, Extinction, Abundances, and Kinematics
    2001 469 citations Alice E. Shapley, Charles C. Steidel et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  7. Submillimeter Galaxies atz∼ 2: Evidence for Major Mergers and Constraints on Lifetimes, IMF, and CO‐H2Conversion Factor
    2008 369 citations N. M. Förster Schreiber, Alice E. Shapley et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  8. SINFONI Integral Field Spectroscopy ofz∼ 2 UV‐selected Galaxies: Rotation Curves and Dynamical Evolution
    2006 265 citations N. M. Förster Schreiber, Alice E. Shapley et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  9. Evidence for mature bulges and an inside-out quenching phase 3 billion years after the Big Bang
    2015 154 citations N. M. Förster Schreiber, Alice E. Shapley et al. profile →
  10. Direct T e-based Metallicities of z = 2–9 Galaxies with JWST/NIRSpec: Empirical Metallicity Calibrations Applicable from Reionization to Cosmic Noon
    2024 70 citations Ryan L. Sanders, Alice E. Shapley et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alice E. Shapley United States 56 12.9k 5.6k 2.0k 509 406 154 13.1k
J. Brinchmann Netherlands 47 12.6k 1.0× 5.9k 1.1× 1.6k 0.8× 281 0.6× 439 1.1× 138 12.9k
Dušan Kereš United States 72 13.9k 1.1× 5.6k 1.0× 2.7k 1.3× 203 0.4× 407 1.0× 149 14.4k
S. Charlot France 55 15.9k 1.2× 8.1k 1.5× 1.7k 0.8× 480 0.9× 473 1.2× 178 16.3k
E. Daddi France 61 13.0k 1.0× 7.4k 1.3× 1.4k 0.7× 270 0.5× 340 0.8× 240 13.2k
Anton M. Koekemoer United States 63 13.1k 1.0× 6.2k 1.1× 2.7k 1.3× 449 0.9× 320 0.8× 340 13.5k
Max Pettini United Kingdom 70 18.8k 1.5× 7.2k 1.3× 3.2k 1.6× 609 1.2× 459 1.1× 231 19.1k
Brant Robertson United States 55 8.8k 0.7× 4.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 271 0.5× 241 0.6× 100 9.2k
Kurt L. Adelberger United States 42 11.4k 0.9× 5.1k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 453 0.9× 293 0.7× 58 11.5k
Gordon T. Richards United States 59 15.0k 1.2× 4.6k 0.8× 3.3k 1.6× 235 0.5× 328 0.8× 178 15.3k
Daniela Calzetti United States 46 12.0k 0.9× 4.7k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 294 0.6× 338 0.8× 186 12.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Alice E. Shapley

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Alice E. Shapley's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Alice E. Shapley with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Alice E. Shapley more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Alice E. Shapley

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Alice E. Shapley. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Alice E. Shapley. The network helps show where Alice E. Shapley may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alice E. Shapley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alice E. Shapley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alice E. Shapley based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alice E. Shapley. Alice E. Shapley is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Shapley, Alice E., Ryan L. Sanders, Naveen A. Reddy, et al.. (2025). The AURORA Survey: Tracing Galactic Outflows at z ≳ 2.5 with JWST/NIRSpec Near-ultraviolet Absorption Lines. The Astrophysical Journal. 994(2). 170–170.
2.
Topping, Michael W., Alice E. Shapley, Ryan L. Sanders, et al.. (2025). A Spectroscopic Analysis of the Ionizing Photon Production Efficiency in JADES and CEERS: Implications for the Ionizing Photon Budget. The Astrophysical Journal. 981(2). 134–134. 6 indexed citations
3.
Cullen, Fergus, Adam C. Carnall, D. Scholte, et al.. (2025). The JWST EXCELS survey: an extremely metal-poor galaxy at z = 8.271 hosting an unusual population of massive stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 540(3). 2176–2194. 8 indexed citations
4.
Foran, G. J., Jeff Cooke, Naveen A. Reddy, Charles C. Steidel, & Alice E. Shapley. (2023). Lyman-α at cosmic noon I: Lyα spectral type selection ofz∼ 2 – 3 Lyman break galaxies with broadband imaging. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 40.
5.
Reddy, Naveen A., Michael W. Topping, Irene Shivaei, et al.. (2023). Exploring the correlation between Hα-to-UV ratio and burstiness for typical star-forming galaxies at z ∼ 2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 526(1). 1512–1527. 6 indexed citations
6.
Shapley, Alice E., Naveen A. Reddy, Ryan L. Sanders, Michael W. Topping, & Gabriel Brammer. (2023). JWST/NIRSpec Measurements of the Relationships between Nebular Emission-line Ratios and Stellar Mass at z ∼ 3–6. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 950(1). L1–L1. 17 indexed citations
7.
Sanders, Ryan L., Alice E. Shapley, Michael W. Topping, Naveen A. Reddy, & Gabriel Brammer. (2023). Excitation and Ionization Properties of Star-forming Galaxies at z = 2.0–9.3 with JWST/NIRSpec. The Astrophysical Journal. 955(1). 54–54. 50 indexed citations
8.
Clarke, L., Alice E. Shapley, Ryan L. Sanders, et al.. (2023). Ultra-deep Keck/MOSFIRE Spectroscopic Observations of z ∼ 2 Galaxies: Direct Oxygen Abundances and Nebular Excitation Properties. The Astrophysical Journal. 957(2). 81–81. 8 indexed citations
9.
Reddy, Naveen A., Michael W. Topping, Ryan L. Sanders, Alice E. Shapley, & Gabriel Brammer. (2023). Paschen-line Constraints on Dust Attenuation and Star Formation at z ∼ 1–3 with JWST/NIRSpec. The Astrophysical Journal. 948(2). 83–83. 26 indexed citations
10.
Fetherolf, Tara, Naveen A. Reddy, Alice E. Shapley, et al.. (2022). The MOSDEF survey: probing resolved stellar populations at z ∼ 2 Using a new bayesian-defined morphology metric called patchiness. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 518(3). 4214–4237. 2 indexed citations
11.
Shapley, Alice E., Ryan L. Sanders, Samir Salim, et al.. (2022). The MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field Survey: Implications of the Lack of Evolution in the Dust Attenuation–Mass Relation to z ∼ 2*. The Astrophysical Journal. 926(2). 145–145. 20 indexed citations
12.
Chen, Yuguang, et al.. (2021). The KBSS–KCWI survey: the connection between extended Ly α haloes and galaxy azimuthal angle at z ∼ 2–3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 508(1). 19–43. 28 indexed citations
13.
Shapley, Alice E., Mengtao Tang, Daniel P. Stark, et al.. (2020). Searching for z > 6.5 Analogs Near the Peak of Cosmic Star Formation. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 33 indexed citations
14.
Price, Sedona H., Mariska Kriek, Guillermo Barro, et al.. (2020). The MOSDEF Survey: Kinematic and Structural Evolution of Star-forming Galaxies at 1.4 ≤ z ≤ 3.8. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 9 indexed citations
15.
Shapley, Alice E., Ryan L. Sanders, Michael W. Topping, et al.. (2020). The MOSDEF Survey: Neon as a Probe of ISM Physical Conditions at High Redshift*. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 902(1). L16–L16. 19 indexed citations
16.
Sanders, Ryan L., Tucker Jones, Alice E. Shapley, et al.. (2019). The MOSDEF Survey: [S iii] as a New Probe of Evolving Interstellar Medium Conditions*. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 888(1). L11–L11. 15 indexed citations
17.
Fornasini, Francesca M., Mariska Kriek, Ryan L. Sanders, et al.. (2019). The MOSDEF Survey: The Metallicity Dependence of X-Ray Binary Populations at z ∼ 2. The Astrophysical Journal. 885(1). 65–65. 26 indexed citations
18.
Price, Sedona H., Mariska Kriek, Alice E. Shapley, et al.. (2016). THE MOSDEF SURVEY: DYNAMICAL and BARYONIC MASSES and KINEMATIC STRUCTURES of STAR-FORMING GALAXIES at 1.4 ⤠z ⤠2.6. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 45 indexed citations
19.
Riess, Adam G., P. Nugent, B. Schmidt, et al.. (2001). The farthest known supernova: Support for an accelerating universe and a glimpse of the \nepoch of deceleration. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 560 indexed citations breakdown →
20.
Shapley, Alice E., G. Fabbiano, & Paul B. Eskridge. (1997). A Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Spiral Galaxy Luminosities. AAS. 191. 4 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by J. Brinchmann Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Dušan Kereš Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by S. Charlot Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by E. Daddi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Anton M. Koekemoer Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Max Pettini Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Brant Robertson Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kurt L. Adelberger Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gordon T. Richards Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Daniela Calzetti
Rankless by CCL
2026