Lee R. Spitler

10.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Lee R. Spitler is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lee R. Spitler has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 papers in Instrumentation and 7 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Lee R. Spitler's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (82 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (54 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (50 papers). Lee R. Spitler is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (82 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (54 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (50 papers). Lee R. Spitler collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Netherlands. Lee R. Spitler's co-authors include Jean P. Brodie, Duncan A. Forbes, Jay Strader, Aaron J. Romanowsky, Jacob A. Arnold, Michael A. Beasley, Ivo Labbé, Christopher Usher, Vincenzo Pota and Caroline Foster and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Lee R. Spitler

88 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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A REMARKABLY LUMINOUS GALAXY AT Z = 11.1 MEASURED WITH HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE GRISM SPECTROSCOPY

2016 257 citations Pascal A. Oesch, Pieter van Dokkum et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Compact [O iii] Emission-line Regions (“Green Seeds”) in Hα Emitters at Cosmic Noon from JWST Observations 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Kentaro Motohara, Lee R. Spitler, Matthew A. Malkan	0
2	An optically led search for kilonovae to z∼0.3 with the Kilonova and Transients Programme (KNTraP) 2025 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Jielai Zhang, Jeff Cooke, A. Rest, A. Möller, Igor Andreoni, Katie Auchettl, Dougal Dobie, B. Gendre, Simon Goode, (unknown), D. O. Jones, C. D. Kilpatrick, A. Y. Lien, A. Rau, Lee R. Spitler, (unknown), F. Valdés	2
3	Multiple Emission Lines of Hα Emitters at z ∼ 2.3 from the Broad- and Medium-band Photometry in the ZFOURGE Survey 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Kentaro Motohara, Lee R. Spitler, Kimihiko Nakajima, Rieko Momose, Tadayuki Kodama, Masahiro Konishi, Hidenori Takahashi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
4	An optical daytime astronomy pathfinder for the Huntsman Telescope 2024 ·Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia ·(unknown), Lee R. Spitler, Simon Ellis	1
5	Spectroscopic follow-up of statistically selected extremely metal-poor star candidates from GALAH DR3 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·G. S. Da Costa, M. S. Bessell, Thomas Nordlander, (unknown), Sven Buder, Dougal Mackey, Lee R. Spitler, D. B. Zucker	4
6	Toward a Data-driven Model of the Sky from Low Earth Orbit as Observed by the Hubble Space Telescope 2022 ·The Astronomical Journal ·(unknown), Lee R. Spitler, Simon Ellis	4
7	A low [CII]/[NII] ratio in the center of a massive galaxy at z = 3.7: Evidence for a transition to quiescence at high redshift? 2020 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·C. Schreiber, Karl Glazebrook, Casey Papovich, T. Díaz-Santos, A. Verma, D. Elbaz, Glenn G. Kacprzak, Themiya Nanayakkara, Pascal A. Oesch, M. Pannella, Lee R. Spitler, Caroline M. S. Straatman, Kim‐Vy Tran, Tao Wang	3
8	On the Gas Content, Star Formation Efficiency, and Environmental Quenching of Massive Galaxies in Protoclusters at z ≈ 2.0–2.5 2019 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Jorge A. Zavala, Caitlin M. Casey, N. Z. Scoville, Jaclyn B. Champagne, Yi-Kuan Chiang, H. Dannerbauer, Patrick Drew, Hai Fu, Justin Spilker, Lee R. Spitler, Kim‐Vy Tran, Ezequiel Treister, Sune Toft	34
9	Jekyll & Hyde: quiescence and extreme obscuration in a pair of massive galaxies 1.5 Gyr after the Big Bang 2017 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·C. Schreiber, Ivo Labbé, Karl Glazebrook, (unknown), Casey Papovich, Tiago Costa, D. Elbaz, Glenn G. Kacprzak, Themiya Nanayakkara, Pascal A. Oesch, M. Pannella, Lee R. Spitler, Caroline M. S. Straatman, Kim‐Vy Tran, Tao Wang	45
10	ZFIRE: SIMILAR STELLAR GROWTH IN Hα-EMITTING CLUSTER AND FIELD GALAXIES AT z ∼ 2 2017 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Kim‐Vy Tran, Leo Y. Alcorn, Glenn G. Kacprzak, Themiya Nanayakkara, Caroline M. S. Straatman, Tiantian Yuan, Michael J. Cowley, Romeel Davé, Karl Glazebrook, Lisa J. Kewley, Ivo Labbé, Davidé Martizzi, Casey Papovich, Ryan Quadri, Lee R. Spitler, Adam Tomczak	13
11	A massive, quiescent galaxy at a redshift of 3.717 2017 ·Nature ·Karl Glazebrook, C. Schreiber, Ivo Labbé, Themiya Nanayakkara, Glenn G. Kacprzak, Pascal A. Oesch, Casey Papovich, Lee R. Spitler, Caroline M. S. Straatman, Kim‐Vy Tran, Tiantian Yuan	126
12	THE BRIGHT END OF THE z ∼ 9 AND z ∼ 10 UV LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS USING ALL FIVE CANDELS FIELDS^∗ 2016 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·R. J. Bouwens, Pascal A. Oesch, Ivo Labbé, G. D. Illingworth, G. G. Fazio, Dan Coe, Benne W. Holwerda, Renske Smit, Mauro Stefanon, Pieter van Dokkum, Michele Trenti, M. L. N. Ashby, Jiasheng Huang, Lee R. Spitler, Caroline M. S. Straatman, Larry Bradley, D. Magee	81
13	Compact radio cores in radio-quiet active galactic nuclei 2016 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), I. Prandoni, R. P. Norris, G. Giovannini, Lee R. Spitler	21
14	Infrared-faint radio sources in the SERVS deep fields 2016 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), I. Prandoni, R. P. Norris, Lee R. Spitler, (unknown), Mark Lacy, R. Morganti	6
15	Hunting Gravitational Waves with Multi-Messenger Counterparts: Australia’s Role 2015 ·Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia ·E. J. Howell, A. Rowlinson, D. M. Coward, P. D. Lasky, (unknown), E. Thrane, Gavin Rowell, D. K. Galloway, F. Yuan, Richard Dodson, Tara Murphy, G. C. Hill, (unknown), Lee R. Spitler, A. J. Horton	5
16	Active galactic nuclei cores in infrared-faint radio sources 2015 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), E. Middelberg, R. P. Norris, Lee R. Spitler, Adam T. Deller, J. D. Collier, Q. A. Parker	5
17	Infrared-faint radio sources remain undetected at far-infrared wavelengths 2015 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), R. P. Norris, E. Middelberg, Lee R. Spitler, C. Leipski, Q. A. Parker	3
18	A supermassive black hole in an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy 2014 ·Nature ·Anil C. Seth, Remco C. E. van den Bosch, Steffen Mieske, Holger Baumgardt, Mark den Brok, Jay Strader, Nadine Neumayer, Igor Chilingarian, M. Hilker, Richard M. McDermid, Lee R. Spitler, Jean P. Brodie, Matthias J. Frank, Jonelle L. Walsh	144
19	Infrared-faint radio sources are at high redshifts 2014 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), E. Middelberg, R. P. Norris, R. Sharp, Lee R. Spitler, Q. A. Parker	12
20	An ultra-compact dwarf around the Sombrero galaxy (M104): the nearest massive UCD 2009 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters ·G. K. T. Hau, Lee R. Spitler, Duncan A. Forbes, Robert N. Proctor, Jay Strader, (unknown), Jean P. Brodie, William E. Harris	43

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