Sangeeta Malhotra

11.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
136 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Sangeeta Malhotra is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sangeeta Malhotra has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 63 papers in Instrumentation and 20 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Sangeeta Malhotra's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (113 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (63 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (45 papers). Sangeeta Malhotra is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (113 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (63 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (45 papers). Sangeeta Malhotra collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Sangeeta Malhotra's co-authors include James E. Rhoads, Junxian Wang, Steven L. Finkelstein, G. Hélou, B. T. Draine, Daniel A. Dale, D. J. Hollenbach, Nor Pirzkal, Daniel Stern and N. Lu 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

Sangeeta Malhotra

131 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

The Mid‐Infrared Spectrum of Star‐forming Galaxies: Globa... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400 500
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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. The Mid‐Infrared Spectrum of Star‐forming Galaxies: Global Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission
    2007 557 citations Daniela Calzetti, Sangeeta Malhotra 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
Sangeeta Malhotra United States 39 4.8k 1.7k 735 271 239 136 4.9k
Harry I. Teplitz United States 37 4.6k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 505 0.7× 232 0.9× 147 0.6× 125 4.7k
A. F. M. Moorwood Germany 38 5.5k 1.2× 2.3k 1.3× 687 0.9× 345 1.3× 248 1.0× 157 5.7k
Daniel P. Stark United States 47 5.4k 1.1× 2.5k 1.5× 708 1.0× 296 1.1× 322 1.3× 112 5.6k
Claus Leitherer United States 55 8.2k 1.7× 2.8k 1.7× 815 1.1× 257 0.9× 165 0.7× 186 8.3k
P. van der Werf Netherlands 46 6.2k 1.3× 2.3k 1.3× 737 1.0× 284 1.0× 133 0.6× 217 6.4k
Y. I. Izotov Ukraine 44 5.7k 1.2× 1.9k 1.1× 1.0k 1.4× 194 0.7× 144 0.6× 146 6.0k
John Moustakas United States 38 5.7k 1.2× 2.4k 1.4× 594 0.8× 200 0.7× 101 0.4× 108 5.8k
Desika Narayanan United States 39 4.8k 1.0× 1.8k 1.1× 561 0.8× 120 0.4× 82 0.3× 116 5.0k
Robert A. Simcoe United States 33 3.4k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 789 1.1× 135 0.5× 99 0.4× 92 3.6k
Min S. Yun United States 42 5.6k 1.2× 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 1.6× 148 0.5× 63 0.3× 168 5.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sangeeta Malhotra

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wold, Isak, Sangeeta Malhotra, James E. Rhoads, John R. Weaver, & Bingjie Wang. (2025). UNCOVERing the Faint End of the z  ∼  7 [O iii] Luminosity Function with JWST’s F410M Medium Bandpass Filter. The Astrophysical Journal. 980(2). 200–200. 1 indexed citations
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Malhotra, Sangeeta, James E. Rhoads, L. Y. Aaron Yung, et al.. (2025). Chandra Detects Low-luminosity Active Galactic Nucleus with M BH = 104–106 M ⊙ in Nearby (z < 0.5) Dwarf and Star-forming Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 984(2). 155–155. 1 indexed citations
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Zheng, Zhen-Ya, Chunyan Jiang, Fang-Ting Yuan, et al.. (2025). Discovery of Local Analogs to JWST’s Little Red Dots. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 980(2). L34–L34. 6 indexed citations
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Wold, Isak, et al.. (2024). Lyα at Cosmic Dawn with a Simulated Roman Grism Deep Field. The Astronomical Journal. 167(4). 157–157. 4 indexed citations
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Kanekar, Nissim, et al.. (2024). The Second Case of a Major Merger Triggering a Starburst in a Green Pea Galaxy. The Astrophysical Journal. 977(1). 68–68. 1 indexed citations
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Khostovan, Ali Ahmad, Sangeeta Malhotra, James E. Rhoads, et al.. (2024). Evolution of H α equivalent widths from z ∼ 0.4 - 2.2: implications for star formation and legacy surveys with Roman and Euclid. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 535(4). 2903–2926. 2 indexed citations
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Harish, Santosh, et al.. (2023). Evidence for Black Holes in Green Peas from WISE Colors and Variability. The Astrophysical Journal. 945(2). 157–157. 12 indexed citations
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Malhotra, Sangeeta, et al.. (2023). Constraints on the Epoch of Reionization with Roman Space Telescope and the Void Probability Function of Lyα Emitters. The Astrophysical Journal. 949(1). 3–3. 1 indexed citations
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Malhotra, Sangeeta, et al.. (2022). Probing Patchy Reionization with the Void Probability Function of Lyα Emitters. The Astrophysical Journal. 940(2). 102–102. 3 indexed citations
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Malhotra, Sangeeta, et al.. (2022). Significance of digital transformations on stakeholders' perceptions against food retail changes. International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development. 12(3/4). 280–280.
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Kanekar, Nissim, et al.. (2022). A Green Pea Starburst Arising from a Galaxy–Galaxy Merger. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 933(1). L11–L11. 10 indexed citations
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Harish, Santosh, Isak Wold, Sangeeta Malhotra, et al.. (2022). New Spectroscopic Confirmations of Lyα Emitters at Z ∼ 7 from the LAGER Survey. The Astrophysical Journal. 934(2). 167–167. 7 indexed citations
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Khostovan, Ali Ahmad, Sangeeta Malhotra, James E. Rhoads, et al.. (2021). Correlations between H α equivalent width and galaxy properties at z = 0.47: Physical or selection-driven?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 503(4). 5115–5133. 8 indexed citations
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Jung, Intae, Steven L. Finkelstein, Mark Dickinson, et al.. (2020). Texas Spectroscopic Search for Lyα Emission at the End of Reionization. III. The Lyα Equivalent-width Distribution and Ionized Structures at z > 7. The Astrophysical Journal. 904(2). 144–144. 94 indexed citations
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Rigby, Jane R., Danielle A. Berg, Rongmon Bordoloi, et al.. (2019). The production and escape of ionizing photons from galaxies over cosmic time. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 51(3). 245. 1 indexed citations
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Malhotra, Sangeeta, James E. Rhoads, Keely Finkelstein, et al.. (2017). HERSCHEL EXTREME LENSING LINE OBSERVATIONS: [C ii] VARIATIONS IN GALAXIES AT REDSHIFTS z = 1–3*. The Astrophysical Journal. 835(1). 110–110. 4 indexed citations
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Zheng, Zhen-Ya, Junxian Wang, James E. Rhoads, et al.. (2017). First Results from the Lyman Alpha Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization (LAGER) Survey: Cosmological Reionization at z ∼ 7. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 842(2). L22–L22. 96 indexed citations
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Tilvi, Vithal, Sangeeta Malhotra, James E. Rhoads, et al.. (2009). A Physical Model of Lya Emitters. Figshare. 14 indexed citations
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Jong, Roelof S. de, Santiago Arribas, Louis Bergeron, et al.. (2006). NICMOS Status. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Rhoads, James E., Sangeeta Malhotra, Steve Dawson, et al.. (2004). X-ray nondetection of the Lyα Emitters at z ∼ 4.5. 48 indexed citations

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