William C. Keel

9.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
181 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

William C. Keel is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, William C. Keel has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 85 papers in Instrumentation and 17 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in William C. Keel's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (125 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (85 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (53 papers). William C. Keel is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (125 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (85 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (53 papers). William C. Keel collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Chile. William C. Keel's co-authors include Chris Lintott, Kevin Schawinski, Karen L. Masters, Rogier A. Windhorst, R. C. Nichol, J. M. van der Hulst, S. P. Bamford, F. N. Owen, E. Hummel and Brooke Simmons and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

William C. Keel

173 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

The green valley is a red herring: Galaxy Zoo reveals two evolutionary pathways towards quenching of star formation in early- and late-type galaxies★

2014 433 citations Kevin Schawinski, C. M. Urry et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
Galaxy Zoo 2: detailed morphological classifications for 304 122 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

2013 421 citations Kyle Willett, Chris Lintott et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William C. Keel

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Structural decomposition of merger-free galaxies hosting luminous AGNs 2025 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Brooke Simmons, William C. Keel, (unknown), Alison L. Coil, Eilat Glikman, Chris Lintott, Karen L. Masters, Edward C. Moran, Rebecca Smethurst, Tobias Géron, (unknown)	1
2	Time-scales for the effects of interactions on galaxy properties and SMBH growth 2025 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Brooke Simmons, Andreas L. Faisst, (unknown), Tobias Géron, G. Gozaliasl, Steven Gillman, (unknown), William C. Keel, Anton M. Koekemoer, Sandor Kruk, Karen L. Masters, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), John R. Weaver	0
3	Galaxy Zoo DESI: large-scale bars as a secular mechanism for triggering AGNs 2024 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Mike Walmsley, Maddie S. Silcock, (unknown), (unknown), Brooke Simmons, Chris Lintott, Rebecca Smethurst, (unknown), William C. Keel, Sandor Kruk, Kameswara Bharadwaj Mantha, Karen L. Masters, (unknown), Jürgen Popp, (unknown)	8
4	Ground- and Space-based Dust Observations of VV 191 Overlapping Galaxy Pair 2024 ·The Astronomical Journal ·(unknown), Benne W. Holwerda, Jason Young, William C. Keel, (unknown), (unknown), Christopher J. Conselice, Brenda Frye, Norman A. Grogin, Anton M. Koekemoer, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rogier A. Windhorst	0
5	The most luminous, merger-free AGNs show only marginal correlation with bar presence 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Brooke Simmons, Rebecca Smethurst, Chris Lintott, (unknown), Maddie S. Silcock, (unknown), William C. Keel, Alison L. Coil, Tobias Géron, Sandor Kruk, Karen L. Masters, (unknown), (unknown), K. Wiersema	9
6	Signatures of feedback in the spectacular extended emission region of NGC 5972 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Thomas Harvey, W. Peter Maksym, William C. Keel, Michael Koss, Vardha N. Bennert, S. Drew Chojnowski, Ezequiel Treister, (unknown), Chris Lintott, А. В. Моисеев, Brooke Simmons, Lia F. Sartori, C. M. Urry	2
7	Harnessing the Hubble Space Telescope Archives: A Catalog of 21,926 Interacting Galaxies 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), B. Merín, Brooke Simmons, (unknown), (unknown), Mike Walmsley, (unknown), Tobias Géron, William C. Keel, Sandor Kruk, Chris Lintott, Kameswara Bharadwaj Mantha, Karen L. Masters, (unknown), Rebecca Smethurst, (unknown)	4
8	Complex AGN feedback in the Teacup galaxy 2023 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Giacomo Venturi, Ezequiel Treister, (unknown), G. D’Ago, F. E. Bauer, C. M. Harrison, C. Ramos Almeida, Mitchell Revalski, F. Ricci, Lia F. Sartori, (unknown), William C. Keel, D. Tubín-Arenas	32
9	Gems of the Galaxy Zoos—A Wide-ranging Hubble Space Telescope Gap-filler Program* 2022 ·The Astronomical Journal ·William C. Keel, (unknown), O. Ivy Wong, Julie Banfield, Chris Lintott, Karen L. Masters, Brooke Simmons, Claudia Scarlata, Carolin N. Cardamone, Rebecca Smethurst, L. Fortson, (unknown), Sandor Kruk, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	11
10	Detailed Accretion History of the Supermassive Black Hole in NGC 5972 over the Past ≳10⁴ yr through the Extended Emission-line Region 2022 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Ezequiel Treister, F. E. Bauer, William C. Keel, Michael Koss, Neil M. Nagar, Lia F. Sartori, W. Peter Maksym, Giacomo Venturi, D. Tubín-Arenas, Thomas Harvey	9
11	Kiloparsec-scale AGN outflows and feedback in merger-free galaxies 2021 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Rebecca Smethurst, Brooke Simmons, (unknown), Chris Lintott, William C. Keel, Karen L. Masters, Eilat Glikman, Gene C. K. Leung, (unknown), (unknown)	23
12	Galaxy Zoo DECaLS: Detailed visual morphology measurements from volunteers and deep learning for 314 000 galaxies 2021 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Mike Walmsley, Chris Lintott, Tobias Géron, Sandor Kruk, Coleman Krawczyk, Kyle Willett, S. P. Bamford, L. S. Kelvin, L. Fortson, Yarin Gal, William C. Keel, Karen L. Masters, Vihang Mehta, Brooke Simmons, Rebecca Smethurst, Lewis Smith, Elisabeth Baeten, Christine Macmillan	111
13	A Giant Loop of Ionized Gas Emerging from the Tumultuous Central Region of IC 5063* 2021 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·W. Peter Maksym, G. Fabbiano, M. Elvis, Luis C. Ho, Tom Oosterloo, Jingzhe Ma, A. Travascio, Travis C. Fischer, William C. Keel	6
14	Galaxy Zoo: Major Galaxy Mergers Are Not a Significant Quenching Pathway* 2017 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Anna K. Weigel, Kevin Schawinski, Neven Čaplar, (unknown), Ross E. Hart, Sugata Kaviraj, William C. Keel, Sandor Kruk, Chris Lintott, R. C. Nichol, Brooke Simmons, Rebecca Smethurst	30
15	The History and Environment of a Faded Quasar: <i>Hubble Space Telescope</i> observations of Hanny’s Voorwerp and IC 2497 2012 ·DigitalCommons - CalPoly (California State Polytechnic University) ·William C. Keel, Chris Lintott, Kevin Schawinski, Vardha N. Bennert, D. Thomas, (unknown), S. Drew Chojnowski, (unknown)	32
16	Revealing Hanny's Voorwerp: radio observations of IC 2497 2009 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·G. I. G. Józsa, M. A. Garrett, Tom Oosterloo, H. Rampadarath, Z. Paragi, H. van Arkel, Chris Lintott, William C. Keel, Kevin Schawinski, Edward M. Edmondson	32
17	Obscuration Effects in Starburst Galactic Nuclei 1993 ·ASPC ·William C. Keel	1
18	HST Imaging of Distant Giant Elliptical Radio Galaxies 1991 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·Rogier A. Windhorst, Antonino Ferro, J. J. Hester, (unknown), William C. Keel, A. Willis, P. Katgert	1
19	IAC volume 124 Cover and Front matter 1990 ·International Astronomical Union Colloquium ·G. R. Burbidge, R. Buta, G. G. Byrd, Daniel E. Crocker, William C. Keel, J. W. Sulentic, C. M. Telesco, Wei Zheng, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
20	Paired and Interacting Galaxies: International Astronomical Union Colloquium No. 124 1990 ·NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) ·J. W. Sulentic, William C. Keel, C. M. Telesco	1

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