Erica J. Nelson

15.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
74 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Erica J. Nelson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Erica J. Nelson has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 53 papers in Instrumentation and 8 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Erica J. Nelson's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (70 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (53 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (33 papers). Erica J. Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (70 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (53 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (33 papers). Erica J. Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Erica J. Nelson's co-authors include Pieter van Dokkum, Gabriel Brammer, Katherine E. Whitaker, Joel Leja, Marijn Franx, Ivelina Momcheva, Rosalind E. Skelton, Rachel Bezanson, Ivo Labbé and Mattia Fumagalli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Erica J. Nelson

72 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

CONSTRAINING THE LOW-MASS SLOPE OF THE STAR FORMATION SEQUENCE AT 0.5 <z< 2.5

2014 459 citations Katherine E. Whitaker, Marijn Franx et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600 Myr after the Big Bang

2023 281 citations Ivo Labbé, Pieter van Dokkum et al. profile →
RUBIES: Evolved Stellar Populations with Extended Formation Histories at z ∼ 7–8 in Candidate Massive Galaxies Identified with JWST/NIRSpec

2024 56 citations Bingjie Wang, Joel Leja et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →
The Small Sizes and High Implied Densities of “Little Red Dots” with Balmer Breaks Could Explain Their Broad Emission Lines without an Active Galactic Nucleus

2024 50 citations Josephine F. W. Baggen, Pieter van Dokkum et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erica J. Nelson United States	26	2.5k	1.5k	239	103	99	74	2.7k
Joel Leja United States	28	2.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	314 1.3×	89 0.9×	88 0.9×	90	2.9k
Michaela Hirschmann Italy	28	2.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	276 1.2×	66 0.6×	71 0.7×	83	2.5k
Claudia Scarlata United States	27	2.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	309 1.3×	83 0.8×	55 0.6×	93	2.2k
Benjamin P. Moster Germany	19	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	308 1.3×	66 0.6×	82 0.8×	33	2.3k
Sandro Tacchella United States	34	3.3k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	293 1.2×	103 1.0×	122 1.2×	117	3.5k
Mauro Stefanon United States	29	2.9k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	385 1.6×	124 1.2×	49 0.5×	69	3.0k
Rachel Bezanson United States	27	3.0k 1.2×	2.0k 1.4×	208 0.9×	138 1.3×	106 1.1×	91	3.1k
Stephen M. Wilkins United Kingdom	34	3.1k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	420 1.8×	154 1.5×	66 0.7×	87	3.2k
Fabio Fontanot Italy	30	2.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	294 1.2×	57 0.6×	69 0.7×	86	2.6k
G. Magdis Denmark	32	2.9k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	301 1.3×	65 0.6×	63 0.6×	100	3.0k

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Johnson, Madisen, Blakesley Burkhart, Francesco D’Eugenio, et al.. (2025). Detecting Molecular Hydrogen (H₂) Emission at Cosmic Dawn. The Astrophysical Journal. 992(2). 196–196.

Baggen, Josephine F. W., Pieter van Dokkum, Gabriel Brammer, et al.. (2024). The Small Sizes and High Implied Densities of “Little Red Dots” with Balmer Breaks Could Explain Their Broad Emission Lines without an Active Galactic Nucleus. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 977(1). L13–L13. 50 indexed citations breakdown →

Nelson, Erica J., Tim B. Miller, Rachel Bezanson, et al.. (2024). JWST Reveals Bulge-dominated Star-forming Galaxies at Cosmic Noon. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 974(2). L28–L28. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Bingjie, Joel Leja, Anna de Graaff, et al.. (2024). RUBIES: Evolved Stellar Populations with Extended Formation Histories at z ∼ 7–8 in Candidate Massive Galaxies Identified with JWST/NIRSpec. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 969(1). L13–L13. 56 indexed citations breakdown →

Whitaker, Katherine E., Ivelina Momcheva, Sam E. Cutler, et al.. (2024). 3D-DASH: The Evolution of Size, Shape, and Intrinsic Scatter in Populations of Young and Old Quiescent Galaxies at 0.5 < z < 3. The Astrophysical Journal. 971(1). 99–99. 3 indexed citations

Davies, R. L., Sirio Belli, Minjung Park, et al.. (2024). JWST reveals widespread AGN-driven neutral gas outflows in massive z ~ 2 galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(3). 4976–4992. 25 indexed citations

Martorano, Marco, Arjen van der Wel, Eric F. Bell, et al.. (2023). Rest-frame Near-infrared Radial Light Profiles up to z = 3 from JWST/NIRCam: Wavelength Dependence of the Sérsic Index. The Astrophysical Journal. 957(1). 46–46. 12 indexed citations

Giménez-Arteaga, Clara, Pascal A. Oesch, Gabriel Brammer, et al.. (2023). Spatially Resolved Properties of Galaxies at 5 < z < 9 in the SMACS 0723 JWST ERO Field. The Astrophysical Journal. 948(2). 126–126. 33 indexed citations

Wel, Arjen van der, Marco Martorano, Boris Häußler, et al.. (2023). Stellar Half-mass Radii of 0.5 z < 2.3 Galaxies: Comparison with JWST/NIRCam Half-light Radii. The Astrophysical Journal. 960(1). 53–53. 22 indexed citations

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Suess, Katherine A., Christina C. Williams, Brant Robertson, et al.. (2023). Minor Merger Growth in Action: JWST Detects Faint Blue Companions around Massive Quiescent Galaxies at 0.5 ≤ z ≤ 3.0. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 956(2). L42–L42. 15 indexed citations

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Park, Minjung, Sirio Belli, Charlie Conroy, et al.. (2023). Rapid Quenching of Galaxies at Cosmic Noon. The Astrophysical Journal. 953(1). 119–119. 21 indexed citations

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Miller, Tim B., Katherine E. Whitaker, Erica J. Nelson, et al.. (2022). Early JWST Imaging Reveals Strong Optical and NIR Color Gradients in Galaxies at z ∼ 2 Driven Mostly by Dust. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 941(2). L37–L37. 16 indexed citations

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Leja, Joel, Joshua S. Speagle, Yuan-Sen Ting, et al.. (2022). A New Census of the 0.2 < z < 3.0 Universe. II. The Star-forming Sequence. The Astrophysical Journal. 936(2). 165–165. 84 indexed citations

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Bouwens, R. J., Pascal A. Oesch, Mauro Stefanon, et al.. (2021). New determinations of the UV luminosity functions from z ~ 9 to 2 show a remarkable consistency with halo growth and a constant star formation efficiency. Figshare. 5 indexed citations

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Mendel, J. Trevor, A. Beifiori, R. P. Saglia, et al.. (2020). The Kinematics of Massive Quiescent Galaxies at 1.4 < z < 2.1: Dark Matter Fractions, IMF Variation, and the Relation to Local Early-type Galaxies*. The Astrophysical Journal. 899(1). 87–87. 24 indexed citations

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Newman, Andrew B., Rachel Bezanson, Sean D. Johnson, et al.. (2019). Resolving Galaxy Formation at Cosmic Noon. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 51(3). 145. 1 indexed citations

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Mowla, Lamiya, Pieter van Dokkum, Gabriel Brammer, et al.. (2019). COSMOS-DASH: The Evolution of the Galaxy Size–Mass Relation since z ∼ 3 from New Wide-field WFC3 Imaging Combined with CANDELS/3D-HST. The Astrophysical Journal. 880(1). 57–57. 128 indexed citations

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Whitaker, Katherine E., Rachel Bezanson, Pieter van Dokkum, et al.. (2017). Predicting Quiescence: The Dependence of Specific Star Formation Rate on Galaxy Size and Central Density at 0.5 < z < 2.5. The Astrophysical Journal. 838(1). 19–19. 69 indexed citations

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Mendel, J. Trevor, R. P. Saglia, R. Bender, et al.. (2015). FIRST RESULTS FROM THE VIRIAL SURVEY: THE STELLAR CONTENT OF UVJ -SELECTED QUIESCENT GALAXIES AT 1.5 < z < 2 FROM KMOS. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 804(1). L4–L4. 21 indexed citations

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Dokkum, Pieter van, Rachel Bezanson, Arjen van der Wel, et al.. (2014). DENSE CORES IN GALAXIES OUT TOz= 2.5 IN SDSS, UltraVISTA, AND THE FIVE 3D-HST/CANDELS FIELDS. The Astrophysical Journal. 791(1). 45–45. 75 indexed citations

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