E. Sheldon

14.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

E. Sheldon is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, E. Sheldon has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13 papers in Instrumentation and 6 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in E. Sheldon's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (26 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (13 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (7 papers). E. Sheldon is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (26 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (13 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (7 papers). E. Sheldon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. E. Sheldon's co-authors include Risa H. Wechsler, Benjamin P. Koester, Eduardo Rozo, Timothy A. McKay, E. S. Rykoff, A. E. Evrard, David E. Johnston, Jiangang Hao, J. Frieman and Sarah M. Hansen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

E. Sheldon

30 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

redMaPPer. I. ALGORITHM AND SDSS DR8 CATALOG 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
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  1. redMaPPer. I. ALGORITHM AND SDSS DR8 CATALOG
    2014 393 citations E. S. Rykoff, Eduardo Rozo 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
E. Sheldon United States 21 2.2k 1.1k 391 259 183 30 2.3k
Marcello Cacciato United States 23 2.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 404 1.0× 249 1.0× 171 0.9× 28 2.5k
E. S. Rykoff United States 27 2.8k 1.3× 1.4k 1.3× 538 1.4× 256 1.0× 186 1.0× 71 2.9k
J. Brinkmann United States 27 3.0k 1.3× 1.4k 1.3× 326 0.8× 361 1.4× 114 0.6× 40 3.0k
David A. Wake United States 28 2.9k 1.3× 1.7k 1.6× 361 0.9× 199 0.8× 125 0.7× 53 2.9k
J. Liske Germany 33 2.8k 1.3× 1.5k 1.4× 374 1.0× 306 1.2× 151 0.8× 80 2.9k
F. J. Castander Spain 25 2.1k 0.9× 923 0.9× 335 0.9× 180 0.7× 103 0.6× 73 2.2k
M. Capaccioli Italy 32 2.9k 1.3× 1.7k 1.5× 320 0.8× 178 0.7× 173 0.9× 123 3.1k
L. Sodré Brazil 21 2.7k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 361 0.9× 185 0.7× 101 0.6× 93 3.0k
J. Annis United States 25 2.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 334 0.9× 216 0.8× 130 0.7× 58 2.3k
Joshua A. Frieman United States 21 2.4k 1.1× 985 0.9× 489 1.3× 256 1.0× 87 0.5× 23 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by E. Sheldon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of E. Sheldon

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sheldon, E., et al.. (2023). Deep-field Metacalibration. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 4 indexed citations
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Sheldon, E., M. R. Becker, Michael F. Jarvis, & Robert Armstrong. (2023). Metadetection Weak Lensing for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 6 indexed citations
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De, K., A. C. Forti, A. Klimentov, et al.. (2019). BigPanDA: PanDA Workload Management System and its Applications beyond ATLAS. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 214. 3050–3050. 5 indexed citations
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Sheldon, E. & Eric Huff. (2017). Practical Weak-lensing Shear Measurement with Metacalibration. The Astrophysical Journal. 841(1). 24–24. 89 indexed citations
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Simet, Melanie, Rachel Mandelbaum, Eduardo Rozo, et al.. (2016). Weak lensing measurement of the mass–richness relation of SDSS redMaPPer clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 466(3). 3103–3118. 100 indexed citations
6.
Sheldon, E.. (2015). NGMIX: Gaussian mixture models for 2D images. Astrophysics Source Code Library. 6 indexed citations
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Rykoff, E. S., Eduardo Rozo, Michael T. Busha, et al.. (2014). redMaPPer. I. ALGORITHM AND SDSS DR8 CATALOG. The Astrophysical Journal. 785(2). 104–104. 393 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Y., J. P. Dietrich, Timothy A. McKay, E. Sheldon, & A.-T. Nguyen. (2013). STUDYING INTERCLUSTER GALAXY FILAMENTS THROUGH STACKING gmBCG GALAXY CLUSTER PAIRS. The Astrophysical Journal. 773(2). 115–115. 18 indexed citations
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Tinker, Jeremy L., E. Sheldon, Risa H. Wechsler, et al.. (2012). Cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and the mass-to-number ratio of galaxy clusters. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 71 indexed citations
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Bovy, Jo, Joseph F. Hennawi, David W. Hogg, et al.. (2011). THINK OUTSIDE THE COLOR BOX: PROBABILISTIC TARGET SELECTION AND THESDSS-XDQSOQUASAR TARGETING CATALOG. The Astrophysical Journal. 729(2). 141–141. 90 indexed citations
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Rozo, Eduardo, E. S. Rykoff, A. E. Evrard, et al.. (2009). CONSTRAINING THE SCATTER IN THE MASS-RICHNESS RELATION OF maxBCG CLUSTERS WITH WEAK LENSING AND X-RAY DATA. The Astrophysical Journal. 699(1). 768–781. 94 indexed citations
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Sheldon, E., David E. Johnston, Ryan Scranton, et al.. (2009). CROSS-CORRELATION WEAK LENSING OF SDSS GALAXY CLUSTERS. I. MEASUREMENTS. The Astrophysical Journal. 703(2). 2217–2231. 82 indexed citations
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Lima, M., Carlos E. Cunha, Hiroaki Oyaizu, et al.. (2008). Estimating the redshift distribution of photometric galaxy samples. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 390(1). 118–130. 110 indexed citations
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Rozo, Eduardo, Risa H. Wechsler, Benjamin P. Koester, et al.. (2007). Cosmological Constraints from SDSS maxBCG Cluster Abundances. The Astrophysical Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Johnston, David E., E. Sheldon, Argyro Tasitsiomi, et al.. (2007). Cross‐Correlation Lensing: Determining Galaxy and Cluster Mass Profiles from Statistical Weak‐Lensing Measurements. The Astrophysical Journal. 656(1). 27–41. 46 indexed citations
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Chen, Jacqueline, Andrey V. Kravtsov, F. Prada, et al.. (2006). Constraining the Projected Radial Distribution of Galactic Satellites with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The Astrophysical Journal. 647(1). 86–101. 40 indexed citations
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Inada, Naohisa, Masamune Oguri, Tomoki Morokuma, et al.. (2006). SDSS J1029+2623: A Gravitationally Lensed Quasar with an Image Separation of 22."5. The Astrophysical Journal. 653(2). L97–L100. 41 indexed citations
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Sheldon, E., David E. Johnston, Joshua A. Frieman, et al.. (2004). The Galaxy-Mass Correlation Function Measured from Weak Lensing in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The Astronomical Journal. 127(5). 2544–2564. 173 indexed citations
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McKay, Timothy A., E. Sheldon, David Johnston, et al.. (2002). Dynamical Confirmation of Sloan Digital Sky Survey Weak-lensing Scaling Laws. The Astrophysical Journal. 571(2). L85–L88. 70 indexed citations
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Smith, J. A., et al.. (2000). A Catalog of Photometry for Las Campanas Redshift Survey Galaxies on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey System. The Astronomical Journal. 119(6). 2598–2604. 4 indexed citations

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