Chris J. Willott

19.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Chris J. Willott is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris J. Willott has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 papers in Instrumentation and 24 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Chris J. Willott's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (93 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (50 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (34 papers). Chris J. Willott is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (93 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (50 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (34 papers). Chris J. Willott collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Chris J. Willott's co-authors include Steve Rawlings, M. J. Jarvis, Katherine M. Blundell, R. J. McLure, A. Omont, Mark Lacy, J. Bergeron, P. Delorme, X. Delfosse and T. Forveille and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Chris J. Willott

101 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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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.

GOLDRUSH. IV. Luminosity Functions and Clustering Revealed with ∼4,000,000 Galaxies at z ∼ 2–7: Galaxy–AGN Transition, Star Formation Efficiency, and Implication for Evolution at z > 10

2022 127 citations Yuichi Harikane, Yoshiaki Ono et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chris J. Willott Canada	35	4.0k	1.6k	1.1k	116	93	106	4.1k
D. Farrah United States	40	4.4k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	879 0.8×	134 1.2×	82 0.9×	158	4.5k
J. Surace United States	38	5.2k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	193 1.7×	83 0.9×	131	5.3k
M. Brusa Italy	41	5.2k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	118 1.0×	55 0.6×	150	5.3k
N. Menci Italy	34	3.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	725 0.7×	97 0.8×	82 0.9×	134	3.9k
Ezequiel Treister Chile	34	3.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	906 0.9×	111 1.0×	71 0.8×	89	3.7k
Daniel D. Kelson United States	34	3.7k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	493 0.5×	149 1.3×	95 1.0×	77	3.7k
Jorge Peñarrubia United Kingdom	33	4.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	852 0.8×	95 0.8×	79 0.8×	95	4.2k
G. Rodighiero Italy	30	2.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	830 0.8×	97 0.8×	43 0.5×	91	3.0k
Min S. Yun United States	42	5.6k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	148 1.3×	48 0.5×	168	5.7k
M. Brodwin United States	35	4.8k 1.2×	2.4k 1.6×	889 0.8×	122 1.1×	189 2.0×	101	4.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris J. Willott

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Isobe, Yuki, R. Maiolino, Francesco D’Eugenio, et al.. (2025). JADES: nitrogen enhancement in high-redshift broad-line active galactic nuclei. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 541(1). L71–L79. 6 indexed citations

Desprez, G., Nicholas S. Martis, Yoshihisa Asada, et al.. (2024). ΛCDM not dead yet: massive high-z Balmer break galaxies are less common than previously reported. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 530(3). 2935–2952. 16 indexed citations

D’Eugenio, Francesco, R. Maiolino, Santiago Arribas, et al.. (2024). GA-NIFS: the interplay between merger, star formation, and chemical enrichment in MACS1149-JD1 at z = 9.11 with JWST/NIRSpec. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 533(2). 2488–2501. 11 indexed citations

Martis, Nicholas S., Gregor Rihtaršič, Maruša Bradač, et al.. (2024). Detailed Study of Stars and Gas in a z = 8.3 Massive Merger with Extreme Dust Conditions. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 977(2). L36–L36. 2 indexed citations

Sarrouh, Ghassan T. E., Adam Muzzin, Kartheik G. Iyer, et al.. (2024). Exposing Line Emission: The Systematic Differences of Measuring Galaxy Stellar Masses with JWST NIRCam Medium versus Wide Band Photometry. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 967(1). L17–L17. 5 indexed citations

Übler, Hannah, Francesco D’Eugenio, Michele Perna, et al.. (2024). GA-NIFS: NIRSpec reveals evidence for non-circular motions and AGN feedback in GN20. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 533(4). 4287–4299. 11 indexed citations

Willott, Chris J., G. Desprez, Yoshihisa Asada, et al.. (2024). A Steep Decline in the Galaxy Space Density beyond Redshift 9 in the CANUCS UV Luminosity Function. The Astrophysical Journal. 966(1). 74–74. 19 indexed citations

Martis, Nicholas S., Ghassan T. E. Sarrouh, Chris J. Willott, et al.. (2024). Modeling and Subtracting Diffuse Cluster Light in JWST Images: A Relation between the Spatial Distribution of Globular Clusters, Dwarf Galaxies, and Intracluster Light in the Lensing Cluster SMACS 0723. The Astrophysical Journal. 975(1). 76–76. 4 indexed citations

Rojas-Ruiz, Sofía, Chiara Mazzucchelli, Steven L. Finkelstein, et al.. (2024). Exploring the Mpc Environment of the Quasar ULAS J1342+0928 at z = 7.54. The Astrophysical Journal. 967(1). 27–27. 5 indexed citations

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Strait, Victoria, G. Desprez, Gregor Rihtaršič, et al.. (2024). CANUCS: An Updated Mass and Magnification Model of A370 with JWST. The Astrophysical Journal. 973(2). 77–77. 5 indexed citations

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Christensen, L., P. Jakobsen, Chris J. Willott, et al.. (2023). Metal enrichment and evolution in four z > 6.5 quasar sightlines observed with JWST/NIRSpec. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 680. A82–A82. 11 indexed citations

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Muzzin, Adam, Swara Ravindranath, Ghassan T. E. Sarrouh, et al.. (2023). Spectroscopy from Photometry: A Population of Extreme Emission Line Galaxies at 1.7 ≲ z ≲ 6.7 Selected with JWST Medium Band Filters. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 958(1). L14–L14. 15 indexed citations

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Strait, Victoria, Gabriel Brammer, Adam Muzzin, et al.. (2023). An Extremely Compact, Low-mass Galaxy on its Way to Quiescence at z = 5.2. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 949(2). L23–L23. 34 indexed citations

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Wang, Shu, Linhua Jiang, Yue Shen, et al.. (2022). Metallicity in Quasar Broad-line Regions at Redshift ∼ 6. The Astrophysical Journal. 925(2). 121–121. 30 indexed citations

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Noirot, Gaël, Marcin Sawicki, Roberto Abraham, et al.. (2022). Across the green valley withHSTgrisms: colour evolution, crossing time-scales, and the growth of the red sequence atz = 1.0–1.8. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512(3). 3566–3588. 14 indexed citations

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Katz, Harley, Aayush Saxena, Alex J. Cameron, et al.. (2022). First insights into the ISM at z > 8 with JWST: possible physical implications of a high [O iii] λ4363/[O iii] λ5007. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 518(1). 592–603. 49 indexed citations

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Mowla, Lamiya, Kartheik G. Iyer, G. Desprez, et al.. (2022). The Sparkler: Evolved High-redshift Globular Cluster Candidates Captured by JWST. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 937(2). L35–L35. 50 indexed citations

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Harikane, Yuichi, Yoshiaki Ono, Masami Ouchi, et al.. (2022). GOLDRUSH. IV. Luminosity Functions and Clustering Revealed with ∼4,000,000 Galaxies at z ∼ 2–7: Galaxy–AGN Transition, Star Formation Efficiency, and Implication for Evolution at z > 10. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 259(1). 20–20. 127 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zou, Siwei, Linhua Jiang, Yue Shen, et al.. (2021). Strong Mg ii and Fe ii Absorbers at 2.2 < z < 6.0. The Astrophysical Journal. 906(1). 32–32. 11 indexed citations

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Shen, Yue, Jin Wu, Linhua Jiang, et al.. (2019). Gemini GNIRS Near-infrared Spectroscopy of 50 Quasars at z ≳ 5.7. The Astrophysical Journal. 873(1). 35–35. 94 indexed citations

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