Eric F. Bell

44.5k citations

199 papers · 10.9k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

Instrumentation top 0.02%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.05%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

Papers in

Instrumentation 134
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 134
Astronomy and Astrophysics 186
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 167
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 115
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 40
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 31
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 11

Co-authors: Daniel H. McIntosh Hans‐Walter Rix Martin D. Weinberg Neal Katz Christian Wolf A. Borch Klaus Meisenheimer Roelof S. de Jong
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (93 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (41 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (11 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (9 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Eric F. Bell

186 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

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THE STAR FORMATION HISTORY OF MASS-SELECTED GALAXIES IN THE COSMOS FIELD 2011 · 356 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 The Astrophysical Journal
2008 The Astrophysical Journal
2004 The Astrophysical Journal
2003 The Astrophysical Journal
2003 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

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1	Evolution of the Sérsic index up to z = 2.5 from JWST and HST Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Marco Martorano, Havar CİN, M. Baes, Eric F. Bell, Mayla N. Hariri, P. B. M. Blaas, Natalie Lawandi, Sharon E. Meidt, Tim Miller, Jānis Āboliņš, Angelos Nersesian, Sedona H. Price, Ferdian Dwi Yuliansyah, Luis V. Bonilla, Meryem Benchekroun	2025	3
2	More is better: Strong constraints on the stellar properties of LEGA-C z ∼ 1 galaxies with Prospector Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Angelos Nersesian, Arjen van der Wel, Anna Gallazzi, Cedric Lefol, Rachel Bezanson, S. Zibetti, Eric F. Bell, Francesco D’Eugenio, Joel Leja, Marco Martorano, Po-Feng Wu	2025	4
3	A Timeline of the M81 Group: Properties of the Extended Structures of M82 and NGC 3077 The Astrophysical Journal ·マリーズブーロンニュ・ガルサン, Eric F. Bell, Adam Smercina, P. A. Price, In a Choi, Antonela Monachesi, Richard D’Souza, Jeremy Bailin, Roelof S. de Jong, In Sung Jang, Colin T. Slater	2024	1
4	Less is less: Photometry alone cannot predict the observed spectral indices of z ~ 1 galaxies from the LEGA-C spectroscopic survey Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Angelos Nersesian, Arjen van der Wel, Anna Gallazzi, Joel Leja, Rachel Bezanson, Eric F. Bell, Francesco D’Eugenio, Anna de Graaff, Cedric Lefol, Marco Martorano, Michael V. Maseda, S. Zibetti	2023	8
5	The Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury: Triangulum Extended Region (PHATTER). V. The Structure of M33 in Resolved Stellar Populations The Astrophysical Journal ·Adam Smercina, Julianne J. Dalcanton, Benjamin F. Williams, Meredith Durbin, 陈云发, Eric F. Bell, Yumi Choi, Andrew E. Dolphin, Karoline M. Gilbert, Puragra Guhathakurta, Eric W. Koch, Elijah Ambasa, Hans‐Walter Rix, Erik Rosolowsky, Anil C. Seth, Evan D. Skillman, Daniel R. Weisz	2023	7
6	Rest-frame Near-infrared Radial Light Profiles up to z = 3 from JWST/NIRCam: Wavelength Dependence of the Sérsic Index The Astrophysical Journal ·Marco Martorano, Arjen van der Wel, Eric F. Bell, Marijn Franx, Katherine E. Whitaker, Angelos Nersesian, Sedona H. Price, M. Baes, Katherine A. Suess, Erica J. Nelson, Tim B. Miller, Rachel Bezanson, Gabriel Brammer	2023	12
7	Saying Hallo to M94's Stellar Halo: Investigating the Accretion History of the Largest Pseudobulge Host in the Local Universe The Astrophysical Journal ·In a Choi, Eric F. Bell, Adam Smercina, P. A. Price, Jeremy Bailin, Roelof S. de Jong, Richard D’Souza, In Sung Jang, Antonela Monachesi, Colin T. Slater	2023	5
8	The LEGA-C of Nature and Nurture in Stellar Populations at z ∼ 0.6–1.0: D_n4000 and Hδ Reveal Different Assembly Histories for Quiescent Galaxies in Different Environments The Astrophysical Journal ·David Sobral, Arjen van der Wel, Rachel Bezanson, Eric F. Bell, Adam Muzzin, Francesco D’Eugenio, Behnam Darvish, Anna Gallazzi, Po-Feng Wu, Michael V. Maseda, Jorryt Matthee, Ana Paulino-Afonso, Caroline M. S. Straatman, Pieter van Dokkum	2022	9
9	New globular cluster candidates in the M81 group Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Jiaming Pan, Eric F. Bell, Adam Smercina, P. A. Price, Colin T. Slater, Jeremy Bailin, Roelof S. de Jong, Richard D’Souza, In Sung Jang, Antonela Monachesi	2022	4
10	After The Fall: Resolving the Molecular Gas in Post-starburst Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal ·Adam Smercina, J. D. Smith, K. Decker French, Eric F. Bell, Daniel A. Dale, Anne M. Medling, Kristina Nyland, George C. Privon, Kate Rowlands, Fabian Walter, Ann I. Zabludoff	2022	24
11	Is NGC 300 a pure exponential disk galaxy? Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·In Sung Jang, Roelof S. de Jong, Ivan Minchev, Eric F. Bell, Antonela Monachesi, Benne W. Holwerda, Jeremy Bailin, Adam Smercina, Richard D’Souza	2020	5
12	Correlations between Black Holes and Host Galaxies in the Illustris and IllustrisTNG Simulations The Astrophysical Journal ·Yuan Li, Mélanie Habouzit, Shy Genel, Rachel S. Somerville, Bryan A. Terrazas, Eric F. Bell, Annalisa Pillepich, Dylan Nelson, Rainer Weinberger, Vicente Rodríguez-Gómez, Chung‐Pei Ma, Rüdiger Pakmor, Lars Hernquist, Mark Vogelsberger	2020	26
13	Dust Attenuation Curves at z ~ 0.8 from LEGA-C : Precise Constraints on the Slope and 2175Å Bump Strength Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University) ·Ivana Barišić, Camilla Pacifici, Arjen van der Wel, Caroline M. S. Straatman, Eric F. Bell, Rachel Bezanson, Gabriel Brammer, Francesco D’Eugenio, Marijn Franx, Josha van Houdt, Michael V. Maseda, Adam Muzzin, David Sobral, Po-Feng Wu	2020	6
14	Tracing the anemic stellar halo of M 101 Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·In Sung Jang, Roelof S. de Jong, Benne W. Holwerda, Antonela Monachesi, Eric F. Bell, Jeremy Bailin	2020	3
15	Rejuvenation in z ∼ 0.8 Quiescent Galaxies in LEGA-C Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University) ·Priscilla Chauké, Arjen van der Wel, Camilla Pacifici, Rachel Bezanson, Po-Feng Wu, Anna Gallazzi, Caroline M. S. Straatman, Marijn Franx, Ivana Barišić, Eric F. Bell, Josha van Houdt, Michael V. Maseda, Adam Muzzin, David Sobral, Justin Spilker	2019	39
16	Studying the physical properties of tidal features – I. Extracting morphological substructure in CANDELS observations and VELA simulations Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Kameswara Bharadwaj Mantha, Daniel H. McIntosh, Jonathan Holliday, R. Corò, Henry C. Ferguson, Shannon Littleton, Yicheng Guo, Anton M. Koekemoer, Seminario de Calidad Educativa de Calvia y Andratx, Elizabeth J. McGrath, Raymond C. Simons, Gregory F. Snyder, Tomohito MIYASHITA, Eric F. Bell, Daniel Ceverino, Nimish P. Hathi, Camilla Pacifici, Joel R. Primack, Marc Rafelski, Vicente Rodríguez-Gómez	2019	11
17	Galaxies Grow Their Bulges and Black Holes in Diverse Ways The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Eric F. Bell, Antonela Monachesi, Paralee Waenkaew, Roelof S. de Jong, Jeremy Bailin, David J. Radburn-Smith, Richard D’Souza, Benne W. Holwerda	2017	51
18	Decoding Galactic Merger Histories Galaxies ·Eric F. Bell, Antonela Monachesi, Richard D’Souza, Paralee Waenkaew, Roelof de Jong, David J. Radburn-Smith, Jeremy Bailin, Benne W. Holwerda	2017	1
19	EVOLUTION OF INTRINSIC SCATTER IN THE SFR–STELLAR MASS CORRELATION AT 0.5 < z < 3 eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Peter Kurczynski, Eric Gawiser, Viviana Acquaviva, Eric F. Bell, Avishai Dekel, D. F. de Mello, Henry C. Ferguson, Jonathan P. Gardner, Norman A. Grogin, Yicheng Guo, Philip F. Hopkins, Anton M. Koekemoer, David C. Koo, Seong-Kook Lee, Bahram Mobasher, Joel R. Primack, Marc Rafelski, Emmaris Soto, Harry I. Teplitz	2016	50
20	THE VLT LEGA-C SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY: THE PHYSICS OF GALAXIES AT A LOOKBACK TIME OF 7 Gyr The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Arjen van der Wel, K. G. Noeske, Rachel Bezanson, Camilla Pacifici, Anna Gallazzi, Marijn Franx, J. C. Muñoz-Mateos, Eric F. Bell, Gabriel Brammer, S. Charlot, Priscilla Chauké, Ivo Labbé, Michael V. Maseda, Adam Muzzin, Hans‐Walter Rix, David Sobral, Jesse van de Sande, Pieter van Dokkum, Vivienne Wild, Christian Wolf	2016	104

About Eric F. Bell

Eric F. Bell is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, General Dentistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, having authored 199 papers that have together received 10.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (167 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (134 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (115 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (40 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (31 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (15 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (11 papers) and Advanced Vision and Imaging (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (6.4k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (10.7k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.1k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (286 citations) and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (416 citations). Eric F. Bell has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Daniel H. McIntosh, Hans‐Walter Rix, Martin D. Weinberg, Neal Katz, Christian Wolf, A. Borch, Klaus Meisenheimer, Roelof S. de Jong, L. Wisotzki and Rachel S. Somerville. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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