Daniel D. Kelson

11.5k citations
77 papers · 3.7k · 2 hit papers · h-index 34

Impact in

  • Instrumentation top 0.5%
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
    • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

Papers in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 76
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 61
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 46
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 13
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 12
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 9
  • Instrumentation 50
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 50
Co-authors
G. D. Illingworth (33 shared papers)Marijn Franx (24 shared papers)Pieter van Dokkum (17 shared papers)Daniel G. Fabricant (5 shared papers)Kim‐Vy Tran (9 shared papers)Stephen A. Shectman (5 shared papers)John S. Mulchaey (7 shared papers)Greg Burley (2 shared papers)
Journals
The Astrophysical Journal (51 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (3 papers)Nature (2 papers)The Astronomical Journal (2 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesNetherlandsGermany

In The Last Decade

Daniel D. Kelson

74 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Daniel D. Kelson's Hit Papers

An 800-million-solar-mass black hole in a significantly neutral Universe at a redshift of 7.5 2017 · 665 citations
6650+4+8Years since publication200400600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

  • it has ≥500 total citations;
  • it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
  • it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.
  1. 2017 Nature
  2. 2014 The Astronomical Journal

Peers

Daniel D. Kelson
Comparison fields: 5 of 53
  • Instrumentation 1.8k
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 3.7k
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 493
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 73
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 101
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An 800-million-solar-mass black hole in a significantly neutral Universe at a redshift of 7.5
Nature ·Eduardo Bañados, Bram Venemans, Chiara Mazzucchelli, Emanuele Paolo Farina, Fabian Walter, Feige Wang, Roberto Decarli, Daniel Stern, Xiaohui Fan, Frederick B. Davies, Joseph F. Hennawi, Robert A. Simcoe, Monica L. Turner, Hans‐Walter Rix, Jinyi Yang, Daniel D. Kelson, Gwen C. Rudie, J. M. Winters
Hit paper breakdown →		2017665
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A SEARCH FOR STARS OF VERY LOW METAL ABUNDANCE. VI. DETAILED ABUNDANCES OF 313 METAL-POOR STARS
The Astronomical Journal ·Ian U. Roederer, George W. Preston, Ian B. Thompson, Stephen A. Shectman, C. Sneden, Greg Burley, Daniel D. Kelson
Hit paper breakdown →		2014286
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Hubble Space TelescopePhotometry and Keck Spectroscopy of the Rich Cluster MS 1054−03: Morphologies, Butcher‐Oemler Effect, and the Color‐Magnitude Relation atz= 0.83
The Astrophysical Journal ·Pieter van Dokkum, Marijn Franx, Daniel G. Fabricant, G. D. Illingworth, Daniel D. Kelson
2000164
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TheHubble Space TelescopeKey Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XXVI. The Calibration of Population II Secondary Distance Indicators and the Value of the Hubble Constant
The Astrophysical Journal ·Laura Ferrarese, J. R. Mould, Robert C. Kennicutt, J. P. Huchra, H. C. Ford, Wendy L. Freedman, P. B. Stetson, Barry F. Madore, Shoko Sakai, B. K. Gibson, J. A. Graham, Shaun M. G. Hughes, G. D. Illingworth, Daniel D. Kelson, Lucas M. Macri, Kim Sebo, N. A. Silbermann
2000153
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A High Merger Fraction in the Rich Cluster MS 1054−03 at [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] = 0.83: Direct Evidence for Hierarchical Formation of Massive Galaxies
The Astrophysical Journal ·Pieter van Dokkum, Marijn Franx, Daniel G. Fabricant, Daniel D. Kelson, G. D. Illingworth
1999141
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IMACS: The Inamori-Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph on Magellan-Baade
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·Alan Dressler, Bruce C. Bigelow, Tyson Hare, Brian M. Sutin, I. Thompson, Greg Burley, Harland W. Epps, A. Oemler, Alan Bagish, Christoph Birk, K. D. Clardy, Steve Gunnels, Daniel D. Kelson, Stephen A. Shectman, D. J. Osip
2011135
7
The Evolution of Early‐Type Galaxies in Distant Clusters. II. Internal Kinematics of 55 Galaxies in the \documentclass{aastex} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{bm} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{pifont} \usepackage{stmaryrd} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{portland,xspace} \usepackage{amsmath,amsxtra} \usepackage[OT2,OT1]{fontenc} \newcommand\cyr{ \renewcommand\rmdefault{wncyr} \renewcommand\sfdefault{wncyss} \renewcommand\encodingdefault{OT2} \normalfont \selectfont} \DeclareTextFontCommand{\textcyr}{\cyr} \pagestyle{empty} \DeclareMathSizes{10}{9}{7}{6} \begin{document} \landscape $z=0.33$ \end{document} Cluster Cl 1358+62
The Astrophysical Journal ·Daniel D. Kelson, G. D. Illingworth, Pieter van Dokkum, Marijn Franx
2000123
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The Color‐Magnitude Relation in CL 1358+62 atz= 0.33: Evidence for Significant Evolution in the S0 Population
The Astrophysical Journal ·Pieter van Dokkum, Marijn Franx, Daniel D. Kelson, G. D. Illingworth, David B. Fisher, Daniel G. Fabricant
1998120
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A Database of Cepheid Distance Moduli and Tip of the Red Giant Branch, Globular Cluster Luminosity Function, Planetary Nebula Luminosity Function, and Surface Brightness Fluctuation Data Useful for Distance Determinations
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Laura Ferrarese, H. C. Ford, J. P. Huchra, Robert C. Kennicutt, J. R. Mould, Shoko Sakai, Wendy L. Freedman, P. B. Stetson, Barry F. Madore, B. K. Gibson, J. A. Graham, Shaun M. G. Hughes, G. D. Illingworth, Daniel D. Kelson, Lucas M. Macri, Kim Sebo, N. A. Silbermann
2000108
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TheHubble Space TelescopeKey Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XXV. A Recalibration of Cepheid Distances to Type Ia Supernovae and the Value of the Hubble Constant
The Astrophysical Journal ·B. K. Gibson, P. B. Stetson, Wendy L. Freedman, J. R. Mould, Robert C. Kennicutt, J. P. Huchra, Shoko Sakai, J. A. Graham, C. I. Fassett, Daniel D. Kelson, Laura Ferrarese, Shaun M. G. Hughes, G. D. Illingworth, Lucas M. Macri, Barry F. Madore, Kim Sebo, N. A. Silbermann
200095
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The Evolution of Early‐Type Galaxies in Distant Clusters. III. \documentclass{aastex} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{bm} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{pifont} \usepackage{stmaryrd} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{portland,xspace} \usepackage{amsmath,amsxtra} \usepackage[OT2,OT1]{fontenc} \newcommand\cyr{ \renewcommand\rmdefault{wncyr} \renewcommand\sfdefault{wncyss} \renewcommand\encodingdefault{OT2} \normalfont \selectfont} \DeclareTextFontCommand{\textcyr}{\cyr} \pagestyle{empty} \DeclareMathSizes{10}{9}{7}{6} \begin{document} \landscape $M/ L_{V}$ \end{document} Ratios in the \documentclass{aastex} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{bm} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{pifont} \usepackage{stmaryrd} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{portland,xspace} \usepackage{amsmath,amsxtra} \usepackage[OT2,OT1]{fontenc} \newcommand\cyr{ \renewcommand\rmdefault{wncyr} \renewcommand\sfdefault{wncyss} \renewcommand\encodingdefault{OT2} \normalfont \selectfont} \DeclareTextFontCommand{\textcyr}{\cyr} \pagestyle{empty} \DeclareMathSizes{10}{9}{7}{6} \begin{document} \landscape $z=0.33$ \end{document} Cluster Cl 1358+62
The Astrophysical Journal ·Daniel D. Kelson, G. D. Illingworth, Pieter van Dokkum, Marijn Franx
200083
12
The nature of E+A galaxies in intermediate redshift clusters?
Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) ·Kim‐Vy Tran, Marijn Franx, G. D. Illingworth, Daniel D. Kelson, Pieter van Dokkum
200379
13
Determination of the Dark Matter Profile of A2199 from Integrated Starlight
The Astrophysical Journal ·Daniel D. Kelson, Ann I. Zabludoff, Kurtis A. Williams, S. C. Trager, John S. Mulchaey, Michael Bolte
200279
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THE MASS-INDEPENDENCE OF SPECIFIC STAR FORMATION RATES IN GALACTIC DISKS
The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Louis E. Abramson, Daniel D. Kelson, Alan Dressler, Bianca M. Poggianti, Michael D. Gladders, Augustus Oemler, Benedetta Vulcani
201475
15
Stellar Evolution in NGC 6791: Mass Loss on the Red Giant Branch and the Formation of Low‐Mass White Dwarfs
The Astrophysical Journal ·Jason S. Kalirai, P. Bergeron, Brad M. S. Hansen, Daniel D. Kelson, David B. Reitzel, R. Michael Rich, Harvey B. Richer
200774
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The Extragalactic Distance Scale Key Project. III. The Discovery of Cepheids and a New Distance to M101 Using the Hubble Space Telescope
The Astrophysical Journal ·Daniel D. Kelson, G. D. Illingworth, Wendy F. Freedman, J. A. Graham, Robert Hill, Barry F. Madore, Abhijit Saha, P. B. Stetson, Jr. Kennicutt Robert C., J. R. Mould, Shaun M. G. Hughes, Laura Ferrarese, Randy L. Phelps, Anne Marie Stewart Turner, Kem H. Cook, H. C. Ford, J. G. Hoessel, J. P. Huchra
199671
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Spectroscopic Confirmation of a Large Population of Active Galactic Nuclei in Clusters of Galaxies
The Astrophysical Journal ·Paul Martini, Daniel D. Kelson, Eunhyeuk Kim, John S. Mulchaey, Alex A. Athey
200668
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Spectroscopic Confirmation of Multiple Red Galaxy-Galaxy Mergers in MS 1054-03 ( z = 0.83)
The Astrophysical Journal ·Kim‐Vy Tran, Pieter van Dokkum, Marijn Franx, G. D. Illingworth, Daniel D. Kelson, N. M. Förster Schreiber
200565
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The Distribution of Active Galactic Nuclei in Clusters of Galaxies
The Astrophysical Journal ·Paul Martini, John S. Mulchaey, Daniel D. Kelson
200763
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Field E+A Galaxies at Intermediate Redshifts (0.3 <z< 1)
The Astrophysical Journal ·Kim‐Vy Tran, Marijn Franx, G. D. Illingworth, Pieter van Dokkum, Daniel D. Kelson, D. Magee
200461

About Daniel D. Kelson

Daniel D. Kelson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, having authored 77 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (61 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (50 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (46 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (13 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (12 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (9 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (8 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (1.8k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.7k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (493 citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (73 citations) and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (101 citations). Daniel D. Kelson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Frequent co-authors include G. D. Illingworth, Marijn Franx, Pieter van Dokkum, Daniel G. Fabricant, Kim‐Vy Tran, Stephen A. Shectman, John S. Mulchaey, Greg Burley, Gwen C. Rudie and Ian B. Thompson. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Nature, The Astronomical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

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