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Eric F. Bell publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric F. Bell sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 628 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Eric F. Bell D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric F. Bell sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 147 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

Eric F. Bell is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics as a core subfield. Their work also encompasses Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Education. The main topics of their research include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation.

The scientist has contributed extensively to academic literature, with key publications in prominent journals and venues. Frequent venues for their work include arXiv (Cornell University) with 56 publications, The Astrophysical Journal (34 publications), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (15 publications), The Astrophysical Journal Letters (14 publications), and Astronomy and Astrophysics (7 publications).

Notable recent papers involving this scientist are:

  • Hidden Little Monsters: Spectroscopic Identification of Low-mass, Broad-line AGNs at z > 5 with CEERS, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: A Candidate z ∼ 12 Galaxy in Early JWST CEERS Imaging, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • The relationship between black hole mass and galaxy properties: examining the black hole feedback model in IllustrisTNG, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Dusty Starbursts Masquerading as Ultra-high Redshift Galaxies in JWST CEERS Observations, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • CEERS Key Paper. IV. A Triality in the Nature of HST-dark Galaxies, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Eric F. Bell frequently collaborates with several other researchers in the field. Their most common coauthors include Arjen van der Wel, Rachel Bezanson, Steven L. Finkelstein, Mark Dickinson, and Anton M. Koekemoer.

Best Publications

  • The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Kevork N. Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-Mccarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam

  • The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Carlos Allende Prieto

  • CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey - The Hubble Space Telescope Observations, Imaging Data Products and Mosaics

    Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

  • The optical and near-infrared properties of galaxies. I. Luminosity and stellar mass functions

    Eric F. Bell;Daniel H. McIntosh;Neal Katz;Martin D. Weinberg

  • CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey

    Norman A. Grogin;Dale D. Kocevski;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson

  • Stellar mass-to-light ratios and the Tully-Fisher relation

    Eric F. Bell;Roelof S. de Jong

  • Candels: The cosmic assembly near-infrared deep extragalactic legacy survey - The hubble space telescope observations, imaging data products, and mosaics

    Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

  • Nearly 5000 Distant Early-Type Galaxies in COMBO-17: A Red Sequence and Its Evolution since z ~ 1

    Eric F. Bell;Christian Wolf;Klaus Meisenheimer;Hans Walter Rix

  • The Pan-STARRS1 Surveys

    K. C. Chambers;E. A. Magnier;N. Metcalfe;H. A. Flewelling

  • Overview of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys.

    Arjun Dey;David J. Schlegel;Dustin Lang;Robert Blum

  • Infrared luminosity functions from the Chandra Deep Field South : the Spitzer view on the history of dusty star formation at 0<z<1

    E. Le Floc'h;C. Papovich;H. Dole;E. Bell

  • SEGUE: A SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF 240,000 STARS WITH g = 14-20

    Brian Yanny;Constance Rockosi;Heidi Jo Newberg;Gillian R. Knapp

  • The Field of Streams: Sagittarius and its Siblings

    V. Belokurov;D. B. Zucker;N. W. Evans;G. Gilmore

  • The Milky Way's Circular Velocity Curve to 60 kpc and an Estimate of the Dark Matter Halo Mass from Kinematics of ~2400 SDSS Blue Horizontal Branch Stars

    X.-X. Xue;H.-W. Rix;G. Zhao;P. Re Fiorentin

  • The Field of Streams: Sagittarius and its Siblings

    V. Belokurov;D. B. Zucker;N. W. Evans;G. Gilmore

  • Infrared Luminosity Functions from the Chandra Deep Field-South: The Spitzer View on the History of Dusty Star Formation at 0 ≲ z ≲ 1*

    Emeric Le Floc'h;Emeric Le Floc'h;Casey Papovich;Hervé Dole;Eric F. Bell

  • Estimating Star Formation Rates from Infrared and Radio Luminosities: The Origin of the Radio-Infrared Correlation

    Eric F. Bell;Eric F. Bell

  • Cats and dogs, hair and a hero: A quintet of new milky way companions

    V. Belokurov;D. B. Zucker;N. W. Evans;J. T. Kleyna

  • The star formation history of mass-selected galaxies in the COSMOS field

    Alexander Karim;Eva Schinnerer;Alejo Martinez-Sansigre;Mark T. Sargent

  • The DESI Experiment Part I: Science,Targeting, and Survey Design

    Amir Aghamousa;Jessica Aguilar;Steve Ahlen

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel H. McIntosh
Daniel H. McIntosh University of Missouri–Kansas City
Anton M. Koekemoer
Anton M. Koekemoer Space Telescope Science Institute
David C. Koo
David C. Koo University of California, Santa Cruz
Knud Jahnke
Knud Jahnke Max Planck Society
Christian Wolf
Christian Wolf Australian National University
Klaus Meisenheimer
Klaus Meisenheimer Max Planck Society
Chien Y. Peng
Chien Y. Peng Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
Rachel S. Somerville
Rachel S. Somerville Flatiron Institute
Dale D. Kocevski
Dale D. Kocevski Colby College
Catherine Heymans
Catherine Heymans University of Edinburgh

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