Stephen M. Wilkins

14.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Stephen M. Wilkins is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen M. Wilkins has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 68 papers in Instrumentation and 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stephen M. Wilkins's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (78 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (68 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (24 papers). Stephen M. Wilkins is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (78 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (68 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (24 papers). Stephen M. Wilkins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Stephen M. Wilkins's co-authors include Joseph Caruana, Rupert A. C. Croft, Yu Feng, Christopher C. Lovell, Tiziana Di Matteo, P. Thomas, E. R. Stanway, Andrew J. Bunker, Silvio Lorenzoni and Aswin P. Vijayan 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

Stephen M. Wilkins

84 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Discovery and properties of ultra-high redshift galaxies (9 < z < 12) in the JWST ERO SMACS 0723 Field

2022 153 citations Nathan Adams, Christopher J. Conselice et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen M. Wilkins United Kingdom	34	3.1k	1.7k	420	154	125	87	3.2k
A. Grazian Italy	40	4.0k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	637 1.5×	161 1.0×	190 1.5×	111	4.0k
Joel Leja United States	28	2.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	314 0.7×	89 0.6×	73 0.6×	90	2.9k
J. E. Geach United Kingdom	35	3.4k 1.1×	1.6k 0.9×	507 1.2×	88 0.6×	90 0.7×	114	3.5k
Desika Narayanan United States	39	4.8k 1.6×	1.8k 1.0×	561 1.3×	120 0.8×	82 0.7×	116	5.0k
Linhua Jiang United States	36	4.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	878 2.1×	146 0.9×	126 1.0×	101	4.3k
C. Lidman United States	32	2.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	522 1.2×	193 1.3×	81 0.6×	130	3.0k
L. Infante Chile	33	3.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	385 0.9×	129 0.8×	125 1.0×	133	3.2k
D. Burgarella France	27	3.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	413 1.0×	117 0.8×	119 1.0×	89	3.1k
M. Boquien France	34	4.3k 1.4×	1.6k 0.9×	500 1.2×	130 0.8×	83 0.7×	133	4.5k
Eric Gawiser United States	33	3.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	572 1.4×	97 0.6×	112 0.9×	90	3.1k

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Trussler, James, Christopher J. Conselice, Nathan Adams, et al.. (2025). Like a candle in the wind: the embers of once aflame, now smouldering galaxies at 5 < z < 8. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 537(4). 3662–3685. 10 indexed citations

Morales, Alexa M., Steven L. Finkelstein, Gene C. K. Leung, et al.. (2024). Rest-frame UV Colors for Faint Galaxies at z ∼ 9–16 with the JWST NGDEEP Survey. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 964(2). L24–L24. 20 indexed citations

Roper, William J, Christopher C. Lovell, Aswin P. Vijayan, et al.. (2023). First light and reionization epoch simulations (FLARES) IX: the physical mechanisms driving compact galaxy formation and evolution. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 526(4). 6128–6144. 12 indexed citations

Trussler, James, Nathan Adams, Christopher J. Conselice, et al.. (2023). Seeing sharper and deeper: JWST’s first glimpse of the photometric and spectroscopic properties of galaxies in the epoch of reionization. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 523(3). 3423–3440. 13 indexed citations

Thomas, P., Christopher C. Lovell, Aswin P. Vijayan, et al.. (2023). First light and reionization epoch simulations (Flares) X: environmental galaxy bias and survey variance at high redshift. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 524(1). 43–59. 2 indexed citations

Ferreira, Leonardo, Christopher J. Conselice, Fabrício Ferrari, et al.. (2023). The JWST Hubble Sequence: The Rest-frame Optical Evolution of Galaxy Structure at 1.5 < z < 6.5. The Astrophysical Journal. 955(2). 94–94. 56 indexed citations

Larson, Rebecca L., Taylor A. Hutchison, Micaela B. Bagley, et al.. (2023). Spectral Templates Optimal for Selecting Galaxies at z > 8 with the JWST. The Astrophysical Journal. 958(2). 141–141. 22 indexed citations

Yung, L. Y. Aaron, Rachel S. Somerville, Steven L. Finkelstein, Stephen M. Wilkins, & Jonathan P. Gardner. (2023). Are the ultra-high-redshift galaxies at z > 10 surprising in the context of standard galaxy formation models?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(3). 5929–5948. 58 indexed citations

Cleri, Nikko J., Grace M. Olivier, Taylor A. Hutchison, et al.. (2023). Using [Ne v]/[Ne iii] to Understand the Nature of Extreme-ionization Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 953(1). 10–10. 13 indexed citations

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Wilkins, Stephen M., Christopher C. Lovell, Aswin P. Vijayan, et al.. (2023). First light and reionization epoch simulations (FLARES) XI: [O iii] emitting galaxies at 5 < z < 10. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522(3). 4014–4027. 3 indexed citations

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Wilkins, Stephen M., Christopher C. Lovell, Dimitrios Irodotou, et al.. (2023). First Light and Reionization Epoch Simulations (flares) – XIV. The Balmer/4000 Å breaks of distant galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(3). 7965–7973. 7 indexed citations

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Pascale, Massimo, Brenda Frye, J. M. Diego, et al.. (2022). Unscrambling the Lensed Galaxies in JWST Images behind SMACS 0723. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 938(1). L6–L6. 26 indexed citations

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Roper, William J, Christopher C. Lovell, Aswin P. Vijayan, et al.. (2022). First Light And Reionisation Epoch Simulations (flares) – IV. The size evolution of galaxies at z ≥ 5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 514(2). 1921–1939. 31 indexed citations

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Atek, Hakim, Lukas J. Furtak, Pascal A. Oesch, et al.. (2022). The star formation burstiness and ionizing efficiency of low-mass galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 511(3). 4464–4479. 42 indexed citations

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Ferreira, Leonardo, Nathan Adams, Christopher J. Conselice, et al.. (2022). Panic! at the Disks: First Rest-frame Optical Observations of Galaxy Structure at z > 3 with JWST in the SMACS 0723 Field. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 938(1). L2–L2. 80 indexed citations

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Santini, P., M. Castellano, E. Merlin, et al.. (2021). The emergence of passive galaxies in the early Universe. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 26 indexed citations

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Vijayan, Aswin P., et al.. (2019). Detailed dust modelling in the L-Galaxies semi-analytic model of galaxy formation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 489(3). 4072–4089. 59 indexed citations

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Wilkins, Stephen M., Christopher C. Lovell, & E. R. Stanway. (2019). Recalibrating the cosmic star formation history. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 490(4). 5359–5365. 28 indexed citations

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Naidu, Rohan P., Pascal A. Oesch, Naveen A. Reddy, et al.. (2017). The HDUV Survey: Six Lyman Continuum Emitter Candidates at z ∼ 2 Revealed by HST UV Imaging*. The Astrophysical Journal. 847(1). 12–12. 26 indexed citations

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Bunker, Andrew J., Joseph Caruana, Stephen M. Wilkins, et al.. (2013). VLT/XSHOOTER and Subaru/MOIRCS spectroscopy of HUDF.YD3: no evidence for Lyman α emission at z = 8.55★. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 430(4). 3314–3319. 14 indexed citations

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