Stephen Gwyn

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Stephen Gwyn is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Gwyn has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 58 papers in Instrumentation and 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Stephen Gwyn's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (83 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (64 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (58 papers). Stephen Gwyn is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (83 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (64 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (58 papers). Stephen Gwyn collaborates with scholars based in Canada, France and United States. Stephen Gwyn's co-authors include Jean‐Charles Cuillandre, J. J. Kavelaars, F. D. A. Hartwick, Sara L. Ellison, Connor Bottrell, Alan W. McConnachie, David R. Patton, Mike Alexandersen, Laura Ferrarese and Brett Gladman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Gwyn

112 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

GOLDRUSH. IV. Luminosity Functions and Clustering Revealed with ∼4,000,000 Galaxies at z ∼ 2–7: Galaxy–AGN Transition, Star Formation Efficiency, and Implication for Evolution at z > 10

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Gwyn Canada	30	2.4k	1.1k	228	130	123	123	2.5k
C. Tortora Italy	25	1.6k 0.7×	879 0.8×	248 1.1×	106 0.8×	105 0.9×	98	1.7k
Claudia Scarlata United States	27	2.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	309 1.4×	69 0.5×	89 0.7×	93	2.2k
M. Paolillo Italy	29	2.2k 0.9×	940 0.9×	500 2.2×	148 1.1×	66 0.5×	115	2.4k
J. Annis United States	25	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	334 1.5×	216 1.7×	103 0.8×	58	2.3k
Sandro Tacchella United States	34	3.3k 1.4×	1.9k 1.8×	293 1.3×	90 0.7×	81 0.7×	117	3.5k
J. E. Geach United Kingdom	35	3.4k 1.4×	1.6k 1.5×	507 2.2×	115 0.9×	137 1.1×	114	3.5k
Peter H. Johansson Finland	31	3.0k 1.3×	1.6k 1.5×	326 1.4×	70 0.5×	109 0.9×	71	3.1k
D. Burgarella France	27	3.0k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	413 1.8×	136 1.0×	73 0.6×	89	3.1k
S. C. Trager Netherlands	31	3.3k 1.4×	1.8k 1.7×	290 1.3×	60 0.5×	97 0.8×	98	3.5k
Patrick Côté Canada	34	3.8k 1.6×	2.1k 2.0×	189 0.8×	88 0.7×	94 0.8×	124	3.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Gwyn

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Starkenburg, Else, Guillaume F. Thomas, Nicolas F. Martin, et al.. (2025). A Pristine-UNIONS view on the Galaxy: Kinematics of the distant spur feature of the Sagittarius stream traced by blue horizontal branch stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 701. A117–A117. 3 indexed citations

McConnachie, Alan W., Stephen Gwyn, Christian R. Hayes, et al.. (2025). Deep in the Fields of the Andromeda Halo: Discovery of the Pegasus VII Dwarf Galaxy in UNIONS. The Astrophysical Journal. 983(1). 59–59.

Ohta, Kouji, et al.. (2024). Major merger fraction along the massive galaxy-quenching channel at 0.2 < z < 0.7. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 1 indexed citations

Akiyama, Masayuki, Malte Schramm, Yoshihiro Ueda, et al.. (2024). Observational properties of active galactic nucleus obscuration during the peak of accretion growth. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 529(4). 3610–3629. 2 indexed citations

Uchiyama, Hisakazu, Yoshiki Matsuoka, Jun Toshikawa, et al.. (2024). Environments around Quasars at z ∼ 3 Revealed by Wide-field Imaging with Subaru HSC and CFHT. The Astrophysical Journal. 972(1). 82–82. 2 indexed citations

Hudson, Michael J., Jean‐Charles Cuillandre, T. Erben, et al.. (2023). The shape of dark matter haloes: results from weak lensing in the ultraviolet near-infrared optical Northern survey (UNIONS). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 523(2). 1614–1628. 3 indexed citations

Roediger, Joel, Federico Sestito, Christian R. Hayes, et al.. (2023). Discovery of a New Local Group Dwarf Galaxy Candidate in UNIONS: Boötes V. The Astronomical Journal. 166(2). 76–76. 13 indexed citations

Fraser, Wesley C., Rosemary E. Pike, Michaël Marsset, et al.. (2023). Col-OSSOS: The Two Types of Kuiper Belt Surfaces. The Planetary Science Journal. 4(5). 80–80. 9 indexed citations

Kavelaars, J. J., Jean-Marc Petit, Brett Gladman, et al.. (2022). OSSOS. XXVI. On the Lack of Catastrophic Collisions in the Present Kuiper Belt. The Astronomical Journal. 164(6). 261–261. 3 indexed citations

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Lawler, Samantha, Kathryn Volk, Ying-Tung Chen, et al.. (2022). OSSOS XXV: Large Populations and Scattering–Sticking in the Distant Trans-Neptunian Resonances. The Planetary Science Journal. 3(5). 113–113. 11 indexed citations

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Sawicki, Marcin, et al.. (2021). Evolution of the galaxy merger fraction in the CLAUDS+HSC-SSP deep\n fields. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations

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Thomas, Guillaume F., Alan W. McConnachie, Else Starkenburg, et al.. (2021). Uncovering fossils of the distant Milky Way with UNIONS: NGC 5466 and its stellar stream. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 507(2). 1923–1936. 13 indexed citations

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Liaudat, T.I, et al.. (2020). Multi-CCD modelling of the point spread function. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 646. A27–A27. 12 indexed citations

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Gladman, Brett, J. J. Kavelaars, K. Simon Krughoff, et al.. (2020). OSSOS. XVII. An upper limit on the number of distant planetary objects in the Solar System. Icarus. 356. 113793–113793. 4 indexed citations

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Laerhoven, Christa Van, Brett Gladman, Kathryn Volk, et al.. (2019). OSSOS. XIV. The Plane of the Kuiper Belt. The Astronomical Journal. 158(1). 49–49. 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Ying-Tung, Brett Gladman, Kathryn Volk, et al.. (2019). OSSOS. XVIII. Constraining Migration Models with the 2:1 Resonance Using the Outer Solar System Origins Survey. The Astronomical Journal. 158(5). 214–214. 10 indexed citations

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Lawler, Samantha, J. J. Kavelaars, Mike Alexandersen, et al.. (2018). OSSOS. VIII. The Transition between Two Size Distribution Slopes in the Scattering Disk. The Astronomical Journal. 155(5). 197–197. 38 indexed citations

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Pike, Rosemary E., Wesley C. Fraser, Megan E. Schwamb, et al.. (2017). Col-OSSOS: z-Band Photometry Reveals Three Distinct TNO Surface Types. The Astronomical Journal. 154(3). 101–101. 23 indexed citations

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Kavelaars, J. J., Michele T. Bannister, Brett Gladman, et al.. (2017). OSSOS. VI. Striking Biases in the Detection of Large Semimajor Axis Trans-Neptunian Objects. The Astronomical Journal. 154(2). 50–50. 37 indexed citations

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Volk, Kathryn, Ruth Murray‐Clay, Brett Gladman, et al.. (2016). OSSOS III—RESONANT TRANS-NEPTUNIAN POPULATIONS: CONSTRAINTS FROM THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM ORIGINS SURVEY. The Astronomical Journal. 152(1). 23–23. 34 indexed citations

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