Rachel Bezanson

9.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
91 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Rachel Bezanson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Bezanson has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 71 papers in Instrumentation and 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Rachel Bezanson's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (85 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (71 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (44 papers). Rachel Bezanson is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (85 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (71 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (44 papers). Rachel Bezanson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Rachel Bezanson's co-authors include Pieter van Dokkum, Marijn Franx, Mariska Kriek, Katherine E. Whitaker, Gabriel Brammer, Tomer Tal, Ivo Labbé, Danilo Marchesini, Joel Leja and Erica J. Nelson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Bezanson

85 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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 GROWTH OF MASSIVE GALAXIES SINCEz= 2

2010 467 citations Pieter van Dokkum, Katherine E. Whitaker 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 →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rachel Bezanson United States	27	3.0k	2.0k	208	138	130	91	3.1k
Stijn Wuyts United States	34	3.4k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	230 1.1×	121 0.9×	158 1.2×	66	3.4k
Peter H. Johansson Finland	31	3.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	326 1.6×	133 1.0×	109 0.8×	71	3.1k
Edward N. Taylor Australia	29	2.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	195 0.9×	87 0.6×	140 1.1×	72	2.4k
Daniel Ceverino United States	34	4.0k 1.4×	2.2k 1.1×	341 1.6×	93 0.7×	93 0.7×	68	4.1k
Shardha Jogee United States	28	2.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	218 1.0×	171 1.2×	183 1.4×	58	2.9k
P. B. Tissera Argentina	31	3.4k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	290 1.4×	75 0.5×	116 0.9×	119	3.4k
S. Zibetti Germany	25	2.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	138 0.7×	87 0.6×	87 0.7×	65	2.4k
Renbin Yan United States	33	3.7k 1.3×	2.2k 1.1×	264 1.3×	127 0.9×	162 1.2×	102	3.8k
Ignacio Ferreras United Kingdom	30	2.7k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	190 0.9×	126 0.9×	89 0.7×	118	2.8k
David A. Wake United States	28	2.9k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	361 1.7×	125 0.9×	120 0.9×	53	2.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Williams, Christina C., Pascal A. Oesch, Andrea Weibel, et al.. (2025). The PANORAMIC Survey: Pure Parallel Wide Area Legacy Imaging with JWST/NIRCam. The Astrophysical Journal. 979(2). 140–140. 5 indexed citations

Spilker, Justin, Katherine E. Whitaker, Desika Narayanan, et al.. (2025). Unusually High Gas-to-dust Ratios Observed in High-redshift Quiescent Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 993(2). L40–L40.

Suess, Katherine A., Mariska Kriek, David J. Setton, et al.. (2025). SQuIGG L → E: Observational Evidence of Low Ongoing Star Formation Rates in Gas-rich Post-starburst Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 981(1). 60–60. 1 indexed citations

Spilker, Justin, Rachel Bezanson, Robert Feldmann, et al.. (2025). Quenching through Tidal Gas Removal: Molecular Gas and Star Formation in Tidal Tails of z ∼ 0.7 Post-starburst Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 990(2). 166–166. 1 indexed citations

Andrews, Brett H., Rachel Bezanson, Michael V. Maseda, et al.. (2024). The Gas-phase Mass–Metallicity Relation for Massive Galaxies at z ∼ 0.7 with the LEGA-C Survey. The Astrophysical Journal. 964(1). 59–59. 5 indexed citations

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

Wu, Po-Feng, Rachel Bezanson, Francesco D’Eugenio, et al.. (2023). Stars, Gas, and Star Formation of Distant Post-starburst Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 955(1). 75–75. 7 indexed citations

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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

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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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Spilker, Justin, Katherine A. Suess, David J. Setton, et al.. (2022). Star Formation Suppression by Tidal Removal of Cold Molecular Gas from an Intermediate-redshift Massive Post-starburst Galaxy. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 936(1). L11–L11. 16 indexed citations

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Suess, Katherine A., Joel Leja, Benjamin D. Johnson, et al.. (2022). Recovering the Star Formation Histories of Recently Quenched Galaxies: The Impact of Model and Prior Choices. The Astrophysical Journal. 935(2). 146–146. 40 indexed citations

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Sobral, David, Arjen van der Wel, Rachel Bezanson, et al.. (2022). 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. 926(2). 117–117. 9 indexed citations

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Setton, David J., Rachel Bezanson, Jenny E. Greene, et al.. (2022). The Compact Structures of Massive z ∼ 0.7 Post-starburst Galaxies in the SQuIGGLE Sample. The Astrophysical Journal. 931(1). 51–51. 15 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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D’Eugenio, Francesco, Arjen van der Wel, Po-Feng Wu, et al.. (2020). Inverse stellar population age gradients of post-starburst galaxies at z = 0.8 with LEGA-C. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 497(1). 389–404. 15 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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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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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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