2026 Alice E. Shapley: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	124	455	432	266	250	396	62000
Physics	128	597	574	330	314	393	64836

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Best Female Scientists

124

455

432

266

250

396

62000

Physics

128

597

574

330

314

393

64836

Best Female Scientists

D-Index

124

Citations

62000

World Ranking

455

National Ranking

266

Physics

D-Index

128

Citations

64836

World Ranking

597

National Ranking

330

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Alice E. Shapley is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans the broad domain of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Computational Mechanics.

Their work covers a variety of main topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena; Astronomy and Astrophysical Research; Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies; Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae; Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations; and Scientific Research and Discoveries.

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Astrophysical Journal
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Astronomy and Astrophysics

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Alice E. Shapley are:

The JWST FRESCO survey: legacy NIRCam/grism spectroscopy and imaging in the two GOODS fields (2023), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Direct T _e-based Metallicities of z = 2-9 Galaxies with JWST/NIRSpec: Empirical Metallicity Calibrations Applicable from Reionization to Cosmic Noon (2024), The Astrophysical Journal
An uncontaminated measurement of the escaping Lyman continuum atz∼ 3 (2021), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Excitation and Ionization Properties of Star-forming Galaxies at z = 2.0-9.3 with JWST/NIRSpec (2023), The Astrophysical Journal
The JWST UNCOVER Treasury Survey: Ultradeep NIRSpec and NIRCam Observations before the Epoch of Reionization (2024), The Astrophysical Journal

Collaborations are significant in their research, with frequent co-authors including:

Naveen A. Reddy
Ryan L. Sanders
Mariska Kriek
Michael W. Topping
Gabriel Brammer

Best Publications

Rest-Frame Ultraviolet Spectra of z ∼ 3 Lyman Break Galaxies*

Alice E. Shapley;Charles C. Steidel;Max Pettini;Kurt L. Adelberger

1740
Citations
The Structure and Kinematics of the Circum-Galactic Medium from Far-UV Spectra of z~2-3 Galaxies

C. C. Steidel;D. K. Erb;A. E. Shapley;M. Pettini

1612
Citations
A Study of the Gas-Star Formation Relation over Cosmic Time

R.Genzel;L.J.Tacconi;J.Gracia-Carpio;A.Sternberg

1415
Citations
PHIBSS: molecular gas content and scaling relations in z~1-3 normal star forming galaxies

L. J. Tacconi;R. Neri;R. Genzel;F. Combes

1394
Citations
The Farthest Known Supernova: Support for an Accelerating Universe and a Glimpse of the Epoch of Deceleration*

Adam G. Riess;Peter E. Nugent;Ronald L. Gilliland;Brian P. Schmidt

1309
Citations
The Mass-Metallicity Relation at z≳2*

Dawn K. Erb;Dawn K. Erb;Alice E. Shapley;Alice E. Shapley;Max Pettini;Charles C. Steidel

1285
Citations
THE SINS SURVEY: SINFONI INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY OF z ∼ 2 STAR-FORMING GALAXIES*

N. M. Förster Schreiber;R. Genzel;N. Bouché;G. Cresci

1279
Citations
THE STRUCTURE AND KINEMATICS OF THE CIRCUMGALACTIC MEDIUM FROM FAR-ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA OF z ≃ 2-3 GALAXIES*

Charles C. Steidel;Dawn K. Erb;Alice E. Shapley;Alice E. Shapley;Max Pettini;Max Pettini

1181
Citations
High molecular gas fractions in normal massive star-forming galaxies in the young Universe

L. J. Tacconi;R. Genzel;R. Neri;P. Cox

1153
Citations
Submillimeter Galaxies at z~2: Evidence for Major Mergers & Constraints on Lifetimes, IMF and CO-H2 Conversion Factor

L.J. Tacconi;R. Genzel;I. Smail;R. Neri

1134
Citations
A study of the gas–star formation relation over cosmic time

R. Genzel;L. J. Tacconi;J. Gracia-Carpio;A. Sternberg

1083
Citations
PHIBSS: MOLECULAR GAS CONTENT AND SCALING RELATIONS IN z ∼ 1-3 MASSIVE, MAIN-SEQUENCE STAR-FORMING GALAXIES*

L. J. Tacconi;R. Neri;R. Genzel;F. Combes

1048
Citations
The Rest-Frame Optical Spectra of Lyman Break Galaxies: Star Formation, Extinction, Abundances, and Kinematics*

Max Pettini;Alice E. Shapley;Charles C. Steidel;Jean-Gabriel Cuby

1036
Citations
The farthest known supernova: Support for an accelerating universe and a glimpse of the epoch of deceleration

Adam G. Riess;Peter E. Nugent;Brian P. Schmidt;John Tonry

1031
Citations
Lyman Alpha Imaging of a Proto-Cluster Region at =3.09

C.C. Steidel;K.L. Adelberger;A.E. Shapley;M. Pettini

959
Citations
Lyman Break Galaxies at Redshift z ~ 3: Survey Description and Full Data Set*

Charles C. Steidel;Kurt L. Adelberger;Alice E. Shapley;Max Pettini

926
Citations
Submillimeter Galaxies at z ~ 2: Evidence for Major Mergers and Constraints on Lifetimes, IMF, and CO-H2 Conversion Factor*

L. J. Tacconi;R. Genzel;I. Smail;R. Neri

887
Citations
Lyα Imaging of a Proto-Cluster Region at ⟨z⟩ = 3.09*

Charles C. Steidel;Kurt L. Adelberger;Alice E. Shapley;Max Pettini

766
Citations
A SURVEY OF STAR-FORMING GALAXIES IN THE 1.4 z 2.5 REDSHIFT DESERT: OVERVIEW

Charles C. Steidel;Alice E. Shapley;Alice E. Shapley;M. A. X. Pettini;Kurt L. Adelberger

750
Citations
From Rings to Bulges: Evidence for Rapid Secular Galaxy Evolution at z ~ 2 from Integral Field Spectroscopy in the SINS Survey

R. Genzel;A. Burkert;N. Bouché;G. Cresci

748
Citations