Sara L. Ellison

15.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
212 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Sara L. Ellison is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara L. Ellison has authored 212 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 204 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 89 papers in Instrumentation and 21 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Sara L. Ellison's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (168 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (89 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (86 papers). Sara L. Ellison is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (168 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (89 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (86 papers). Sara L. Ellison collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Sara L. Ellison's co-authors include David R. Patton, J. Trevor Mendel, Lisa J. Kewley, Luc Simard, Alan W. McConnachie, Paul Torrey, Jillian M. Scudder, Max Pettini, Asa F. L. Bluck and J. X. Prochaska and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Sara L. Ellison

204 papers receiving 9.3k 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.

Metallicity Calibrations and the Mass‐Metallicity Relation for Star‐forming Galaxies

2008 859 citations Lisa J. Kewley, Sara L. Ellison The Astrophysical Journal profile →
A CATALOG OF BULGE+DISK DECOMPOSITIONS AND UPDATED PHOTOMETRY FOR 1.12 MILLION GALAXIES IN THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY

2011 410 citations Luc Simard, J. Trevor Mendel et al. profile →
New constraints on the free-streaming of warm dark matter from intermediate and small scale Lyman-α forest data

2017 370 citations George D. Becker, V. D’Odorico et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Interacting galaxies in the IllustrisTNG simulations – VIII. Pericentric star formation rate enhancements are driven both by increased fuelling and efficiency 2025 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), David R. Patton, Stéphane Courteau, Sara L. Ellison, (unknown)	1
2	Galaxy evolution in the Post-Merger Regime – I. Most merger-induced in situ stellar mass growth happens post-coalescence 2025 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters ·Leonardo Ferreira, Sara L. Ellison, David R. Patton, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christopher J. Conselice, Connor Bottrell	3
3	Metallicity Gradients in Modern Cosmological Simulations. I. Tension between Smooth Stellar Feedback Models and Observations 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Paul Torrey, (unknown), Ruby J. Wright, Qianhui Chen, Kathryn Grasha, (unknown), (unknown), Arnab Sarkar, Priyanka Chakraborty, Erica J. Nelson, Ryan L. Sanders, Tiago Costa, Mark Vogelsberger, Lisa J. Kewley, Sara L. Ellison, Lars Hernquist	2
4	Interacting galaxies in the IllustrisTNG simulations – IX: Mini mergers trigger AGNs in cosmological simulations 2025 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Sara L. Ellison, David R. Patton, (unknown), Leonardo Ferreira, Connor Bottrell	0
5	The effect of image quality on galaxy merger identification with deep learning 2024 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Leonardo Ferreira, Sara L. Ellison, Connor Bottrell, (unknown)	3
6	The ALMaQUEST Survey XIV: do radial molecular gas flows affect the star-forming ability of barred galaxies? 2024 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), A. Saintonge, Timothy A. Davis, Sara L. Ellison, Lin Lin, Carlos López-Cobá, Hsi-An Pan, Mallory Thorp	7
7	Galaxy mergers in UNIONS – I. A simulation-driven hybrid deep learning ensemble for pure galaxy merger classification 2024 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Leonardo Ferreira, (unknown), Sara L. Ellison, David R. Patton, (unknown), (unknown), Connor Bottrell, S. Fabbro, Stephen Gwyn, Alan W. McConnachie	11
8	The ALMaQUEST Survey XI: a strong but non-linear relationship between star formation and dynamical equilibrium pressure 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Sara L. Ellison, Hsi-An Pan, Asa F. L. Bluck, Mark R. Krumholz, Lihwai Lin, L. K. Hunt, E. Corbelli, Mallory Thorp, J. K. Barrera-Ballesteros, S. F. Sánchez, Jillian M. Scudder, S Quai	13
9	Evidence of First Stars-enriched Gas in High-redshift Absorbers* 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Stefania Salvadori, V. D’Odorico, G. Cupani, Michele Fumagalli, Trystyn A. M. Berg, George D. Becker, Sara L. Ellison, Sebastián López	13
10	Σ_SFR–M _∗ Diagram: A Valuable Galaxy Evolution Diagnostic to Complement (s)SFR–M _∗ Diagrams 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Samir Salim, Sandro Tacchella, (unknown), S. M. Faber, Janice Lee, Sara L. Ellison	8
11	Interacting galaxies in the IllustrisTNG simulations − IV: enhanced supermassive black hole accretion rates in post-merger galaxies 2022 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Maan H Hani, Sara L. Ellison, S Quai, David R. Patton	31
12	Galaxy pairs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey – XV. Properties of ionized outflows 2022 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Shobita Satyapal, Sara L. Ellison, (unknown), Nathan J. Secrest, Gabriela Canalizo, Laura Blecha, David R. Patton, Jillian M. Scudder	10
13	The quenching of galaxies, bulges, and disks since cosmic noon 2022 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Asa F. L. Bluck, R. Maiolino, (unknown), Christopher J. Conselice, Sara L. Ellison, Joanna M. Piotrowska, Mallory Thorp	46
14	Gas flows in galaxy mergers 2021 ·publish.UP (University of Potsdam) ·Martin Sparre, (unknown), (unknown), Maan H Hani, P. Richter, Sara L. Ellison, Christoph Pfrommer, Mark Vogelsberger	30
15	Do AGN triggering mechanisms vary with radio power? – II. The importance of mergers as a function of radio power and optical luminosity 2021 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·J C S Pierce, C. N. Tadhunter, Yjan Gordon, C. Ramos Almeida, Sara L. Ellison, C. P. O’Dea, (unknown), L. Makrygianni, P. S. Bessiere, (unknown)	20
16	Sub-damped Lyman α systems in the XQ-100 survey – II. Chemical evolution at 2.4 ≤ z ≤ 4.3 2021 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Trystyn A. M. Berg, Michele Fumagalli, V. D’Odorico, Sara L. Ellison, Sebastián López, George D. Becker, L. Christensen, G. Cupani, K. D. Denney, R. Sánchez-Ramírez, G. Worseck	14
17	On the relationship between gas content, star formation, and global H i asymmetry of galaxies on the star-forming main-sequence 2021 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Barbara Catinella, L. Cortese, Chris Power, Sara L. Ellison	8
18	A successful search for intervening 21 cm H i absorption in galaxies at 0.4 < z <1.0 with the Australian square kilometre array pathfinder (ASKAP) 2020 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·E. M. Sadler, Vanessa A. Moss, J. R. Allison, E. K. Mahony, M. T. Whiting, H. M. Johnston, Sara L. Ellison, Claudia del P. Lagos, B. Koribalski	18
19	What shapes a galaxy? – unraveling the role of mass, environment, and star formation in forming galactic structure 2019 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Asa F. L. Bluck, Connor Bottrell, Hossen Teimoorinia, Bruno Henriques, J. Trevor Mendel, Sara L. Ellison, Karun Thanjavur, Luc Simard, David R. Patton, Christopher J. Conselice, Jorge Moreno, Joanna Woo	50
20	Atomic gas fractions in active galactic nucleus host galaxies 2018 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Sara L. Ellison, Toby Brown, Barbara Catinella, L. Cortese	21

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