Renske Smit

11.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
50 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Renske Smit is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Renske Smit has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 25 papers in Instrumentation and 4 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Renske Smit's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (43 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (25 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (18 papers). Renske Smit is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (43 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (25 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (18 papers). Renske Smit collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Renske Smit's co-authors include R. J. Bouwens, Pascal A. Oesch, G. D. Illingworth, Ivo Labbé, Valentino González, Pieter van Dokkum, Benne W. Holwerda, Marijn Franx, D. Magee and Michele Trenti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Renske Smit

47 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

A REMARKABLY LUMINOUS GALAXY AT Z = 11.1 MEASURED WITH HU... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2024 2025 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. A REMARKABLY LUMINOUS GALAXY AT Z = 11.1 MEASURED WITH HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE GRISM SPECTROSCOPY
    2016 257 citations Pascal A. Oesch, Gabriel Brammer et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. Metal-poor star formation at z > 6 with JWST: new insight into hard radiation fields and nitrogen enrichment on 20 pc scales
    2024 72 citations Michael W. Topping, Daniel P. Stark et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  3. Deep Rest-UV JWST/NIRSpec Spectroscopy of Early Galaxies: The Demographics of C iv and N-emitters in the Reionization Era
    2025 22 citations Michael W. Topping, Dan Stark 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Renske Smit United Kingdom 23 2.1k 990 317 105 86 50 2.2k
Fuyan Bian United States 25 2.3k 1.1× 698 0.7× 470 1.5× 75 0.7× 79 0.9× 85 2.4k
Michael V. Maseda Netherlands 25 1.7k 0.8× 790 0.8× 262 0.8× 75 0.7× 75 0.9× 84 1.8k
Göran Östlin Sweden 25 2.1k 1.0× 758 0.8× 300 0.9× 81 0.8× 80 0.9× 99 2.1k
Valentino González United States 25 2.5k 1.2× 1.4k 1.4× 370 1.2× 113 1.1× 101 1.2× 44 2.5k
K. I. Caputi Netherlands 27 2.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 304 1.0× 118 1.1× 80 0.9× 61 2.2k
Takatoshi Shibuya Japan 18 1.5k 0.7× 655 0.7× 287 0.9× 81 0.8× 65 0.8× 36 1.5k
Guillermo A. Blanc United States 27 1.8k 0.9× 678 0.7× 295 0.9× 89 0.8× 69 0.8× 76 1.9k
Nimish P. Hathi United States 23 1.8k 0.8× 961 1.0× 197 0.6× 92 0.9× 90 1.0× 72 1.8k
Hanae Inami United States 25 1.5k 0.7× 671 0.7× 272 0.9× 81 0.8× 70 0.8× 55 1.6k
Jacopo Chevallard France 24 2.0k 1.0× 953 1.0× 187 0.6× 79 0.8× 96 1.1× 52 2.1k

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All Works

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Topping, Michael W., Dan Stark, Peter Senchyna, et al.. (2025). Deep Rest-UV JWST/NIRSpec Spectroscopy of Early Galaxies: The Demographics of C iv and N-emitters in the Reionization Era. The Astrophysical Journal. 980(2). 225–225. 22 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ormerod, Katherine, Joris Witstok, Renske Smit, et al.. (2025). Detection of the 2175 Å UV bump at z > 7: evidence for rapid dust evolution in a merging reionization-era galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 542(2). 1136–1154.
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Schouws, Sander, R. J. Bouwens, Katherine Ormerod, et al.. (2025). Detection of [O iii]88 μm in JADES-GS-z14-0 at z = 14.1793. The Astrophysical Journal. 988(1). 19–19. 8 indexed citations
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Scholtz, Jan, Mirko Curti, Francesco D’Eugenio, et al.. (2025). GA-NIFS: ISM properties and metal enrichment in a merger-driven starburst during the epoch of reionization probed with JWST and ALMA. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 539(3). 2463–2484. 3 indexed citations
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Topping, Michael W., Daniel P. Stark, Peter Senchyna, et al.. (2024). Metal-poor star formation at z > 6 with JWST: new insight into hard radiation fields and nitrogen enrichment on 20 pc scales. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 529(4). 3301–3322. 72 indexed citations breakdown →
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Palla, Marco, Ilse De Looze, M. Relaño, et al.. (2024). Metal and dust evolution in ALMA REBELS galaxies: insights for future JWST observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(2). 2407–2427. 6 indexed citations
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Kumari, Nimisha, Renske Smit, Claus Leitherer, et al.. (2024). A study of extreme C iii]1908 & [O iii]88/[C ii]157 emission in Pox 186: implications for JWST+ALMA (FUV + FIR) studies of distant galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 529(2). 781–801. 2 indexed citations
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Heintz, K. E., D. Watson, Gabriel Brammer, et al.. (2024). Uncovering the physical origin of the prominent Lyman-α emission and absorption in GS9422 at z = 5.943. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 690. A70–A70. 5 indexed citations
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Schouws, Sander, R. J. Bouwens, Renske Smit, et al.. (2023). ALMA as a Redshift Machine: Using [C ii] to Efficiently Confirm Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization. The Astrophysical Journal. 954(1). 103–103. 7 indexed citations
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Algera, Hiddo, Hanae Inami, Laura Sommovigo, et al.. (2023). Cold dust and low [O iii]/[C ii] ratios: an evolved star-forming population at redshift 7. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(3). 6867–6887. 20 indexed citations
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González, Valentino, Mauro Stefanon, Pascal A. Oesch, et al.. (2023). The Hα Luminosity Function of Galaxies at z ∼ 4.5 . The Astrophysical Journal. 946(2). 117–117. 2 indexed citations
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Barrufet, Laia, Pascal A. Oesch, Andrea Weibel, et al.. (2023). Unveiling the nature of infrared bright, optically dark galaxies with early JWST data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522(1). 449–456. 41 indexed citations
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Vallini, L., Joris Witstok, Laura Sommovigo, et al.. (2023). Spatially resolved Kennicutt–Schmidt relation at z ≈ 7 and its connection with the interstellar medium properties. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(1). 10–22. 14 indexed citations
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Molyneux, Stephen, G. Calistro Rivera, C. De Breuck, et al.. (2023). The Quasar Feedback Survey: characterizing CO excitation in quasar host galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(3). 4420–4439. 11 indexed citations
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Endsley, Ryan, Daniel P. Stark, Jianwei Lyu, et al.. (2023). ALMA confirmation of an obscured hyperluminous radio-loud AGN at z = 6.853 associated with a dusty starburst in the 1.5 deg2 COSMOS field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(3). 4609–4620. 23 indexed citations
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Schouws, Sander, Mauro Stefanon, R. J. Bouwens, et al.. (2022). Significant Dust-obscured Star Formation in Luminous Lyman-break Galaxies at z ∼ 7–8. The Astrophysical Journal. 928(1). 31–31. 33 indexed citations
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Molyneux, Stephen, Renske Smit, D. Schaerer, et al.. (2022). Spectroscopic confirmation of a gravitationally lensed Lyman-break galaxy at z[C ii] = 6.827 using NOEMA. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512(1). 535–543. 5 indexed citations
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Witstok, Joris, Renske Smit, R. Maiolino, et al.. (2022). Dual constraints with ALMA: new [O iii] 88-μm and dust-continuum observations reveal the ISM conditions of luminous LBGs at z ∼ 7. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 515(2). 1751–1773. 41 indexed citations
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Roberts-Borsani, Guido, R. J. Bouwens, Pascal A. Oesch, et al.. (2016). z? 7 galazies with red spitzer/IRAC [3.6]–[4.5] colors in the full CANDELS data set: the brightest-known galaxies at z~ 7–9 and a probable spectroscopic confirmation atz= 7.48. Figshare. 140 indexed citations
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Bouwens, R. J., Pascal A. Oesch, Ivo Labbé, et al.. (2016). THE BRIGHT END OF THE z ∼ 9 AND z ∼ 10 UV LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS USING ALL FIVE CANDELS FIELDS∗. The Astrophysical Journal. 830(2). 67–67. 81 indexed citations

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