Rachael L. Beaton

12.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Rachael L. Beaton is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachael L. Beaton has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 53 papers in Instrumentation and 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Rachael L. Beaton's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (86 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (53 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (38 papers). Rachael L. Beaton is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (86 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (53 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (38 papers). Rachael L. Beaton collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Rachael L. Beaton's co-authors include Jenny E. Greene, Barry F. Madore, Puragra Guhathakurta, Mark Seibert, Wendy L. Freedman, J. Rich, Scott G. Carlsten, Andrew Monson, Johnny P. Greco and Steven R. Majewski and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

Rachael L. Beaton

90 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

The Carnegie-Chicago Hubble Program. VIII. An Independent Determination of the Hubble Constant Based on the Tip of the Red Giant Branch*

2019 491 citations Wendy L. Freedman, Barry F. Madore 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						Papers	Cites
Rachael L. Beaton United States	28	2.5k	1.1k	358	135	67	100	2.6k
Peter M. Weilbacher Germany	28	2.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	320 0.9×	157 1.2×	57 0.9×	100	2.7k
Adrian M. Price-Whelan United States	28	2.3k 0.9×	987 0.9×	216 0.6×	61 0.5×	83 1.2×	90	2.5k
Steven Janowiecki United States	18	2.4k 1.0×	798 0.7×	515 1.4×	61 0.5×	65 1.0×	41	2.5k
Chris Flynn Australia	31	2.5k 1.0×	916 0.9×	260 0.7×	124 0.9×	77 1.1×	92	2.6k
Erik Rosolowsky Canada	36	4.3k 1.7×	630 0.6×	301 0.8×	137 1.0×	57 0.9×	134	4.4k
I. Hook United Kingdom	27	3.0k 1.2×	975 0.9×	755 2.1×	120 0.9×	45 0.7×	88	3.1k
D. B. Zucker Australia	31	2.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	238 0.7×	51 0.4×	83 1.2×	81	2.8k
Kareem El-Badry United States	37	3.8k 1.5×	1.7k 1.6×	470 1.3×	114 0.8×	135 2.0×	122	4.0k
Frank Bigiel Germany	30	4.6k 1.8×	1.1k 1.0×	434 1.2×	118 0.9×	63 0.9×	79	4.6k
Federico Lelli United States	26	2.2k 0.9×	895 0.8×	536 1.5×	90 0.7×	47 0.7×	74	2.3k

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Anand, Gagandeep S., Alejandro Benítez-Llambay, Rachael L. Beaton, et al.. (2025). The First RELHIC? Cloud-9 is a Starless Gas Cloud ^*. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 993(2). L55–L55. 1 indexed citations

Riess, Adam G., D. Scolnic, Gagandeep S. Anand, et al.. (2024). JWST Validates HST Distance Measurements: Selection of Supernova Subsample Explains Differences in JWST Estimates of Local H ₀. The Astrophysical Journal. 977(1). 120–120. 43 indexed citations

Greene, Jenny E., et al.. (2023). ELVES. III. Environmental Quenching by Milky Way–mass Hosts. The Astrophysical Journal. 949(2). 94–94. 17 indexed citations

Greene, Jenny E., Johnny P. Greco, Song Huang, et al.. (2023). Beyond Ultra-diffuse Galaxies. I. Mass–Size Outliers among the Satellites of Milky Way Analogs. The Astrophysical Journal. 955(1). 1–1. 11 indexed citations

Li, Siyang, Adam G. Riess, D. Scolnic, et al.. (2023). Standardized Luminosity of the Tip of the Red Giant Branch Utilizing Multiple Fields in NGC 4258 and the CATs Algorithm. The Astrophysical Journal. 956(1). 32–32. 5 indexed citations

Danieli, Shany, Jenny E. Greene, Scott G. Carlsten, et al.. (2023). ELVES. IV. The Satellite Stellar-to-halo Mass Relation Beyond the Milky Way. The Astrophysical Journal. 956(1). 6–6. 25 indexed citations

Imig, Julie, Jon A. Holtzman, Renbin Yan, et al.. (2022). SDSS-IV MaStar: Data-driven Parameter Derivation for the MaStar Stellar Library. The Astronomical Journal. 163(2). 56–56. 11 indexed citations

Kounkel, Marina, Kevin R. Covey, Brian Hutchinson, et al.. (2022). APOGEE Net: An Expanded Spectral Model of Both Low-mass and High-mass Stars. The Astronomical Journal. 163(4). 152–152. 23 indexed citations

Beaton, Rachael L., Suzanne Werner, A. W. Mitschang, et al.. (2022). APOGEE-centric Ananke Simulations in a SciServer SQL Database. Research Notes of the AAS. 6(6). 125–125. 1 indexed citations

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Gran, F., M. Zoccali, Á. Rojas-Arriagada, et al.. (2021). APOGEE view of the globular cluster NGC 6544. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 504(3). 3494–3508. 6 indexed citations

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Carlsten, Scott G., Jenny E. Greene, Johnny P. Greco, Rachael L. Beaton, & Erin Kado-Fong. (2021). Structures of Dwarf Satellites of Milky Way-like Galaxies: Morphology, Scaling Relations, and Intrinsic Shapes. The Astrophysical Journal. 922(2). 267–267. 65 indexed citations

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Kado-Fong, Erin, Jenny E. Greene, Johnny P. Greco, et al.. (2020). Star Formation in Isolated Dwarf Galaxies Hosting Tidal Debris: Extending the Dwarf–Dwarf Merger Sequence. The Astronomical Journal. 159(3). 103–103. 30 indexed citations

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Freedman, Wendy L., Barry F. Madore, Dylan Hatt, et al.. (2019). The Carnegie-Chicago Hubble Program. VIII. An Independent Determination of the Hubble Constant Based on the Tip of the Red Giant Branch*. The Astrophysical Journal. 882(1). 34–34. 491 indexed citations breakdown →

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Beasley, A. J., Sidney C. Wolff, Mark Dickinson, et al.. (2019). Multiwavelength Astrophysics in the Era of the ngVLA and the US ELT Program. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 51(7). 88. 1 indexed citations

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Czerny, B., Rachael L. Beaton, M. Bejger, et al.. (2018). Astronomical Distance Determination in the Space Age. Space Science Reviews. 214(1). 18 indexed citations

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Neeley, J., M. Marengo, G. Bono, et al.. (2017). On a New Theoretical Framework for RR Lyrae Stars. II. Mid-infrared Period–Luminosity–Metallicity Relations. The Astrophysical Journal. 841(2). 84–84. 36 indexed citations

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Freedman, Wendy L., Rachael L. Beaton, G. Bono, et al.. (2015). CHP-II: The Carnegie Hubble Program to Measure Ho to 3% Using Population II. 13691. 5 indexed citations

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Beaton, Rachael L., Steven R. Majewski, Richard J. Patterson, et al.. (2013). The SPLASH Survey: Photometric Properties of Sixteen Andromeda dSphs. 221.

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Gilbert, Karoline M., Rachael L. Beaton, James S. Bullock, et al.. (2013). The SPLASH Survey: Surface Brightness Profile and Metallicity Gradient of Andromeda's Stellar Halo. AAS. 221. 1 indexed citations

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Guhathakurta, Puragra, Rachael L. Beaton, James S. Bullock, et al.. (2010). The SPLASH Survey: Spectroscopy of Newly Discovered Tidal Streams in the Outer Halo of the Andromeda Galaxy. 215.

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