Ryan L. Sanders

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Ryan L. Sanders is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan L. Sanders has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 27 papers in Instrumentation and 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ryan L. Sanders's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (63 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (35 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (32 papers). Ryan L. Sanders is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (63 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (35 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (32 papers). Ryan L. Sanders collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Ryan L. Sanders's co-authors include Alice E. Shapley, Naveen A. Reddy, Mariska Kriek, Alison L. Coil, Bahram Mobasher, Brian Siana, Michael W. Topping, Irene Shivaei, Sedona H. Price and William R. Freeman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ryan L. Sanders

65 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Direct T _e-based Metallicities of z = 2–9 Galaxies with JWST/NIRSpec: Empirical Metallicity Calibrations Applicable from Reionization to Cosmic Noon

2024 70 citations Ryan L. Sanders, Alice E. Shapley et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Sedona H. Price United States

Irene Shivaei United States

C. Kehrig Spain

John Chisholm United States

Fergus Cullen United Kingdom

L. Chemin France

Kyle B. Westfall United States

F. Marleau United States

B. Épinat France

Torsten Böker United States

Sedona H. Price United States

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Wang, Xin, Tucker Jones, Ivana Barišić, et al.. (2025). MSA-3D: Metallicity Gradients in Galaxies at z ∼ 1 with JWST/NIRSpec Slit-stepping Spectroscopy. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 978(2). L39–L39. 6 indexed citations

Shapley, Alice E., Ryan L. Sanders, Naveen A. Reddy, et al.. (2025). The AURORA Survey: Tracing Galactic Outflows at z ≳ 2.5 with JWST/NIRSpec Near-ultraviolet Absorption Lines. The Astrophysical Journal. 994(2). 170–170.

Topping, Michael W., Alice E. Shapley, Ryan L. Sanders, et al.. (2025). A Spectroscopic Analysis of the Ionizing Photon Production Efficiency in JADES and CEERS: Implications for the Ionizing Photon Budget. The Astrophysical Journal. 981(2). 134–134. 6 indexed citations

Torrey, Paul, Ruby J. Wright, Qianhui Chen, et al.. (2025). Metallicity Gradients in Modern Cosmological Simulations. I. Tension between Smooth Stellar Feedback Models and Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 989(2). 147–147. 2 indexed citations

Kriek, Mariska, Alice E. Shapley, Ryan L. Sanders, et al.. (2024). Stacking and Analyzing MOSDEF Galaxies by Spectral Types: Implications for Dust Geometry and Galaxy Evolution. The Astrophysical Journal. 975(2). 187–187. 1 indexed citations

Shapley, Alice E., Naveen A. Reddy, Ryan L. Sanders, Michael W. Topping, & Gabriel Brammer. (2023). JWST/NIRSpec Measurements of the Relationships between Nebular Emission-line Ratios and Stellar Mass at z ∼ 3–6. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 950(1). L1–L1. 17 indexed citations

Sanders, Ryan L., Alice E. Shapley, Michael W. Topping, Naveen A. Reddy, & Gabriel Brammer. (2023). Excitation and Ionization Properties of Star-forming Galaxies at z = 2.0–9.3 with JWST/NIRSpec. The Astrophysical Journal. 955(1). 54–54. 50 indexed citations

Clarke, L., Alice E. Shapley, Ryan L. Sanders, et al.. (2023). Ultra-deep Keck/MOSFIRE Spectroscopic Observations of z ∼ 2 Galaxies: Direct Oxygen Abundances and Nebular Excitation Properties. The Astrophysical Journal. 957(2). 81–81. 8 indexed citations

Reddy, Naveen A., Michael W. Topping, Ryan L. Sanders, Alice E. Shapley, & Gabriel Brammer. (2023). Paschen-line Constraints on Dust Attenuation and Star Formation at z ∼ 1–3 with JWST/NIRSpec. The Astrophysical Journal. 948(2). 83–83. 26 indexed citations

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Sanders, Ryan L., Alice E. Shapley, L. Clarke, et al.. (2023). A Preview of JWST Metallicity Studies at Cosmic Noon: The First Detection of Auroral [O ii] Emission at High Redshift*. The Astrophysical Journal. 943(2). 75–75. 16 indexed citations

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Shapley, Alice E., Ryan L. Sanders, Naveen A. Reddy, Michael W. Topping, & Gabriel Brammer. (2023). JWST/NIRSpec Balmer-line Measurements of Star Formation and Dust Attenuation at z ∼ 3–6. The Astrophysical Journal. 954(2). 157–157. 26 indexed citations

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Jones, Tucker, Ryan L. Sanders, Richard S. Ellis, et al.. (2023). Resolved Velocity Profiles of Galactic Winds at Cosmic Noon. The Astrophysical Journal. 959(2). 124–124. 7 indexed citations

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Fetherolf, Tara, Naveen A. Reddy, Alice E. Shapley, et al.. (2022). The MOSDEF survey: probing resolved stellar populations at z ∼ 2 Using a new bayesian-defined morphology metric called patchiness. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 518(3). 4214–4237. 2 indexed citations

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Shapley, Alice E., Ryan L. Sanders, Samir Salim, et al.. (2022). The MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field Survey: Implications of the Lack of Evolution in the Dust Attenuation–Mass Relation to z ∼ 2*. The Astrophysical Journal. 926(2). 145–145. 20 indexed citations

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Price, Sedona H., Mariska Kriek, Guillermo Barro, et al.. (2020). The MOSDEF Survey: Kinematic and Structural Evolution of Star-forming Galaxies at 1.4 ≤ z ≤ 3.8. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 9 indexed citations

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Shapley, Alice E., Ryan L. Sanders, Michael W. Topping, et al.. (2020). The MOSDEF Survey: Neon as a Probe of ISM Physical Conditions at High Redshift^*. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 902(1). L16–L16. 19 indexed citations

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Reddy, Naveen A., Alice E. Shapley, Mariska Kriek, et al.. (2020). The MOSDEF Survey: The First Direct Measurements of the Nebular Dust Attenuation Curve at High Redshift*. The Astrophysical Journal. 902(2). 123–123. 55 indexed citations

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Sanders, Ryan L., Tucker Jones, Alice E. Shapley, et al.. (2019). The MOSDEF Survey: [S iii] as a New Probe of Evolving Interstellar Medium Conditions*. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 888(1). L11–L11. 15 indexed citations

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Fornasini, Francesca M., Mariska Kriek, Ryan L. Sanders, et al.. (2019). The MOSDEF Survey: The Metallicity Dependence of X-Ray Binary Populations at z ∼ 2. The Astrophysical Journal. 885(1). 65–65. 26 indexed citations

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Price, Sedona H., Mariska Kriek, Alice E. Shapley, et al.. (2016). THE MOSDEF SURVEY: DYNAMICAL and BARYONIC MASSES and KINEMATIC STRUCTURES of STAR-FORMING GALAXIES at 1.4 â¤ z â¤ 2.6. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 45 indexed citations

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