Bethan L. James

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 835 citations indexed

About

Bethan L. James is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bethan L. James has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 835 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 12 papers in Instrumentation and 4 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Bethan L. James's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (38 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (34 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (29 papers). Bethan L. James is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (38 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (34 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (29 papers). Bethan L. James collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Bethan L. James's co-authors include Y. G. Tsamis, M. J. Barlow, J. R. Walsh, M. S. Westmoquette, Nimisha Kumari, Daniel P. Stark, Anne E. Jaskot, M. S. Oey, M. J. Irwin and Max Pettini and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

Bethan L. James

45 papers receiving 733 citations

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GN-z11 in Context: Possible Signatures of Globular Cluster Precursors at Redshift 10

2024 50 citations Peter Senchyna, Adèle Plat et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Callum T. Donnan United Kingdom

I-Ting Ho United States

Mirko Curti United Kingdom

Karla Z. Arellano-Córdova United States

Sandro B Rembold Brazil

Eduardo Telles Brazil

Ken Mawatari Japan

George C. Privon United States

A. Riffeser Germany

Nathan Goldbaum United States

Callum T. Donnan United Kingdom

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Xu, Xinfeng, Alaina Henry, Timothy M. Heckman, et al.. (2025). Shining a Light on the Connections between Galactic Outflows Seen in Absorption and Emission Lines. The Astrophysical Journal. 984(1). 94–94. 1 indexed citations

Hernández, Svea, L. J. Smith, Aditya Togi, et al.. (2025). JWST/MIRI Detection of [Ne v] and [Ne vi] in M83: Evidence for the Long Sought-after Active Galactic Nucleus?. The Astrophysical Journal. 983(2). 154–154. 3 indexed citations

Berg, Danielle A., Bethan L. James, Karla Z. Arellano-Córdova, et al.. (2025). Under Pressure: Decoding the Effect of High Densities on Derived Nebular Properties. The Astrophysical Journal. 995(2). 204–204. 2 indexed citations

Hayes, Matthew, Alberto Saldana-Lopez, Annalisa Citro, et al.. (2025). On the Average Ultraviolet Emission-line Spectra of High-redshift Galaxies: Hot and Cold, Carbon-poor, Nitrogen Modest, and Oozing Ionizing Photons. The Astrophysical Journal. 982(1). 14–14. 9 indexed citations

Hunt, L. K., B. T. Draine, Alessandra Aloisi, et al.. (2025). The Interstellar Medium in I Zw 18 Seen with JWST/MIRI. II. Warm Molecular Hydrogen and Warm Dust. The Astrophysical Journal. 993(1). 84–84.

Carr, Cody, Claudia Scarlata, Timothy M. Heckman, et al.. (2024). CLASSY. X. Highlighting Differences between Partial Covering and Semianalytic Modeling in the Estimation of Galactic Outflow Properties. The Astrophysical Journal. 975(1). 58–58. 5 indexed citations

Berg, Danielle A., Simon Gazagnes, John Chisholm, et al.. (2024). CLASSY. XI. Tracing Neutral Gas Properties Using UV Absorption Lines and 21 cm Observations*. The Astrophysical Journal. 977(1). 104–104. 1 indexed citations

James, Bethan L., Alessandra Aloisi, Matilde Mingozzi, et al.. (2024). Mapping Multiphase Metals in Star-forming Galaxies: A Spatially Resolved UV+Optical Study of NGC 5253. The Astrophysical Journal. 973(2). 173–173. 1 indexed citations

Citro, Annalisa, Danielle A. Berg, Dawn K. Erb, et al.. (2024). A Comprehensive Metallicity Analysis of J0332−3557: Establishing a z ∼ 4 Anchor for Direct Gas Metallicity and C/O Abundance Investigations. The Astrophysical Journal. 969(2). 148–148. 6 indexed citations

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Senchyna, Peter, Adèle Plat, Daniel P. Stark, et al.. (2024). GN-z11 in Context: Possible Signatures of Globular Cluster Precursors at Redshift 10. The Astrophysical Journal. 966(1). 92–92. 50 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, L. J., M. S. Oey, Svea Hernández, et al.. (2023). HST FUV Spectroscopy of Super Star Cluster A in the Green Pea Analog Mrk 71: Revealing the Presence of Very Massive Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 958(2). 194–194. 13 indexed citations

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Hernández, Svea, et al.. (2023). Simultaneous Estimates of Star-cluster Age, Metallicity, Mass, and Extinction (SESAMME). I. Presenting an MCMC Approach to Spectral Stellar Population Fitting. The Astrophysical Journal. 959(1). 20–20. 1 indexed citations

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Arellano-Córdova, Karla Z., et al.. (2023). Exploring the Chemical Evolution of Nitrogen and Oxygen in Local Star-forming Galaxies. Research Notes of the AAS. 7(2). 31–31. 3 indexed citations

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Hernández, Svea, L. J. Smith, Aditya Togi, et al.. (2023). Dissecting the Mid-infrared Heart of M83 with JWST. The Astrophysical Journal. 948(2). 124–124. 11 indexed citations

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Oey, M. S., Ashkbiz Danehkar, Sergiy Silich, et al.. (2023). Nebular C iv λ1550 Imaging of the Metal-poor Starburst Mrk 71: Direct Evidence of Catastrophic Cooling. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 958(1). L10–L10. 4 indexed citations

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Sacchi, Elena, Alessandra Aloisi, Matteo Correnti, et al.. (2021). Reaching the Oldest Stars beyond the Local Group: Ancient Star Formation in UGC 4483*. The Astrophysical Journal. 911(1). 62–62. 4 indexed citations

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Hernández, Svea, Alessandra Aloisi, Bethan L. James, et al.. (2021). First Cospatial Comparison of Stellar, Neutral-gas, and Ionized-gas Metallicities in a Metal-rich Galaxy: M83*. The Astrophysical Journal. 908(2). 226–226. 16 indexed citations

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James, Bethan L., Nimisha Kumari, Andrew Emerick, et al.. (2020). Exploring chemical homogeneity in dwarf galaxies: a VLT-MUSE study of JKB 18. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 495(3). 2564–2581. 14 indexed citations

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James, Bethan L. & Alessandra Aloisi. (2018). Tackling the Saturation of Oxygen: The Use of Phosphorus and Sulfur as Proxies within the Neutral Interstellar Medium of Star-forming Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 853(2). 124–124. 5 indexed citations

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Westmoquette, M. S., Bethan L. James, A. Monreal‐Ibero, & J. R. Walsh. (2013). Piecing together the puzzle of NGC 5253: abundances, kinematics\n and WR stars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 34 indexed citations

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