Molly S. Peeples

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Molly S. Peeples is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Molly S. Peeples has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 16 papers in Instrumentation and 6 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Molly S. Peeples's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (33 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (17 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (16 papers). Molly S. Peeples is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (33 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (17 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (16 papers). Molly S. Peeples collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Molly S. Peeples's co-authors include Jason Tumlinson, Jessica K. Werk, J. X. Prochaska, Todd M. Tripp, John M. O’Meara, Neal Katz, David H. Weinberg, Romeel Davé, Francesco Shankar and Christopher Thom and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Molly S. Peeples

34 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Large, Oxygen-Rich Halos of Star-Forming Galaxies Are a Major Reservoir of Galactic Metals

2011 351 citations Jason Tumlinson, Jessica K. Werk et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Molly S. Peeples United States	18	1.9k	551	487	108	53	37	2.0k
Donald P. Schneider United States	26	1.9k 1.0×	649 1.2×	368 0.8×	79 0.7×	70 1.3×	38	2.0k
Cameron Hummels United States	22	2.2k 1.1×	635 1.2×	609 1.3×	95 0.9×	63 1.2×	43	2.3k
Freeke van de Voort United Kingdom	22	1.5k 0.8×	519 0.9×	334 0.7×	69 0.6×	42 0.8×	47	1.5k
Ewan O’Sullivan United States	24	1.9k 1.0×	605 1.1×	476 1.0×	70 0.6×	53 1.0×	90	1.9k
Glenn G. Kacprzak United States	28	2.4k 1.2×	850 1.5×	429 0.9×	160 1.5×	62 1.2×	105	2.4k
L. Galbany Spain	27	2.0k 1.1×	558 1.0×	460 0.9×	61 0.6×	26 0.5×	126	2.1k
Sijing Shen United States	27	2.5k 1.3×	912 1.7×	535 1.1×	94 0.9×	62 1.2×	51	2.6k
Juna A. Kollmeier United States	27	2.5k 1.3×	839 1.5×	535 1.1×	82 0.8×	57 1.1×	63	2.6k
Céline Péroux France	36	3.5k 1.8×	984 1.8×	704 1.4×	145 1.3×	53 1.0×	133	3.5k
Andrea Lapi Italy	25	2.0k 1.0×	714 1.3×	481 1.0×	41 0.4×	66 1.2×	140	2.0k

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Simons, Raymond C., Molly S. Peeples, Jason Tumlinson, et al.. (2025). Figuring Out Gas and Galaxies in Enzo (FOGGIE). IX. The Angular Momentum Evolution of Milky Way–like Galaxies and Their Circumgalactic Gas. The Astrophysical Journal. 988(2). 250–250. 1 indexed citations

Augustin, Ramona, Jason Tumlinson, Molly S. Peeples, et al.. (2025). FOGGIE. X. Characterizing the Small-scale Structure of the Circumgalactic Medium and Its Imprint on Observables. The Astrophysical Journal. 993(1). 52–52.

Acharyya, Ayan, Molly S. Peeples, Jason Tumlinson, et al.. (2025). Figuring Out Gas and Galaxies In Enzo (FOGGIE). VIII. Complex and Stochastic Metallicity Gradients at z > 2. The Astrophysical Journal. 979(2). 129–129. 8 indexed citations

O’Shea, Brian W., et al.. (2025). Impacts of the Metagalactic Ultraviolet Background on Circumgalactic Medium Absorption Systems. The Astrophysical Journal. 991(2). 221–221. 1 indexed citations

Wright, Anna C., Jason Tumlinson, Molly S. Peeples, et al.. (2024). Figuring Out Gas and Galaxies in Enzo (FOGGIE). VII. The (Dis)assembly of Stellar Halos. The Astrophysical Journal. 970(1). 70–70. 9 indexed citations

Lochhaas, Cassandra, Jason Tumlinson, Molly S. Peeples, et al.. (2023). Figuring Out Gas & Galaxies in Enzo (FOGGIE). VI. The Circumgalactic Medium of L ^∗ Galaxies Is Supported in an Emergent, Nonhydrostatic Equilibrium. The Astrophysical Journal. 948(1). 43–43. 21 indexed citations

Lehner, Nicolas, J. Christopher Howk, John M. O’Meara, et al.. (2023). The Bimodal Absorption System Imaging Campaign (BASIC). I. A Dual Population of Low-metallicity Absorbers at z < 1. The Astrophysical Journal. 944(1). 101–101. 15 indexed citations

Simons, Raymond C., et al.. (2023). The Physical Thickness of Stellar Disks to z ∼ 2. The Astrophysical Journal. 956(2). 147–147. 8 indexed citations

Lochhaas, Cassandra, Jason Tumlinson, Brian W. O’Shea, et al.. (2021). Figuring Out Gas & Galaxies In Enzo (FOGGIE). V. The Virial Temperature Does Not Describe Gas in a Virialized Galaxy Halo. The Astrophysical Journal. 922(2). 121–121. 16 indexed citations

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Holwerda, Benne W., Rupali Chandar, P. Barmby, et al.. (2020). UGC2885 "Rubin's Galaxy"; Hubble Observations of a Gentle Giant Spiral Galaxy. 235. 1 indexed citations

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Corlies, Lauren, Molly S. Peeples, Jason Tumlinson, et al.. (2020). Figuring Out Gas & Galaxies in Enzo (FOGGIE). II. Emission from the z = 3 Circumgalactic Medium. The Astrophysical Journal. 896(2). 125–125. 27 indexed citations

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Howk, J. Christopher, Nicolas Lehner, John M. O’Meara, et al.. (2019). The Red Dead Redemption Survey of Circumgalactic Gas about Massive Galaxies. I. Mass and Metallicity of the Cool Phase. The Astrophysical Journal. 883(1). 5–5. 24 indexed citations

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Peeples, Molly S., Lauren Corlies, Jason Tumlinson, et al.. (2019). Figuring Out Gas & Galaxies in Enzo (FOGGIE). I. Resolving Simulated Circumgalactic Absorption at 2 ≤ z ≤ 2.5. The Astrophysical Journal. 873(2). 129–129. 171 indexed citations

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Prochaska, J. X., Jessica K. Werk, G. Worseck, et al.. (2017). The COS-Halos Survey: Metallicities in the Low-redshift Circumgalactic Medium^∗. The Astrophysical Journal. 837(2). 169–169. 195 indexed citations

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Peeples, Molly S., Jason Tumlinson, Andrew J. Fox, et al.. (2016). The Hubble Spectroscopic Legacy Archive. 227. 4. 13 indexed citations

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Peeples, Molly S.. (2015). Cosmic fog and smog. Nature. 517(7535). 444–445. 1 indexed citations

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Werk, Jessica K., J. X. Prochaska, Christopher Thom, et al.. (2013). THE COS-HALOS SURVEY: AN EMPIRICAL DESCRIPTION OF METAL-LINE ABSORPTION IN THE LOW-REDSHIFT CIRCUMGALACTIC MEDIUM. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 204(2). 17–17. 232 indexed citations

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Grier, C. J., B. M. Peterson, Misty C. Bentz, et al.. (2008). The Mass of the Black Hole in the Quasar PG 2130+099. The Astrophysical Journal. 688(2). 837–843. 24 indexed citations

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Peeples, Molly S., Richard W. Pogge, & K. Z. Stanek. (2008). Outliers from the Mass‐Metallicity Relation. I. A Sample of Metal‐Rich Dwarf Galaxies from SDSS. The Astrophysical Journal. 685(2). 904–914. 29 indexed citations

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Peeples, Molly S., K. Z. Stanek, & D. L. DePoy. (2007). A Study of Stellar Photometric Variability Within the Central 4pc of the Galactic Center with Infrared Image Subtraction. 57. 173–199. 1 indexed citations

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