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2026

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D-Index
115
Citations
45153
World Ranking
996
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Physics in Mexico Leader Award

Overview

Sebastián F. Sánchez is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their primary research contributions lie within the disciplines of Physics and Astronomy, with a specialized focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, and Spectroscopy. Their work also spans areas such as Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Computational Mechanics.

The scholar's research encompasses several prominent topics, including:

  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

Sánchez's publication record features papers in high-impact venues, notably in journals and archives such as arXiv (Cornell University), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, and Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica.

Recent key papers authored by Sánchez include:

  • Spatially Resolved Spectroscopic Properties of Low-Redshift Star-Forming Galaxies, 2020, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • SDSS-IV MaNGA: pyPipe3D Analysis Release for 10,000 Galaxies, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

In addition to these, Sánchez has collaborated on multidisciplinary research in astronomy and galactic studies evidenced by coauthored papers in venues like the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Frequent collaborators include:

  • J. K. Barrera-Ballesteros
  • L. Galbany
  • Dario Colombo
  • J. P. Anderson
  • Tony Wong

Their work contributes extensively to understanding galaxies' formation and evolution, the mechanisms of star formation, and the spectroscopic analysis of astrophysical phenomena. The scientist's research outputs include over 388 publications primarily in the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with 285 focusing specifically on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Best Publications

  • The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

    Bela Abolfathi;D. S. Aguado;Gabriela Aguilar;Carlos Allende Prieto

  • CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey : I. Survey presentation

    S. F. Sánchez;R. C. Kennicutt;A. Gil de Paz;G. van de Ven

  • Overview of the SDSS-IV MaNGA Survey: Mapping nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory

    Kevin Bundy;Matthew A. Bershady;David R. Law;Renbin Yan

  • The Thirteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-IV Survey MApping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory

    Franco D. Albareti;Carlos Allende Prieto;Andres Almeida

  • GEMS: Galaxy Evolution from Morphologies and SEDs

    Hans-Walter Rix;Marco Barden;Steven V. W. Beckwith;Eric F. Bell

  • The O3N2 and N2 abundance indicators revisited: improved calibrations based on CALIFA and Te-based literature data

    R. A. Marino;F. F. Rosales-Ortega;S. F. Sánchez;A. Gil de Paz

  • A characteristic oxygen abundance gradient in galaxy disks unveiled with CALIFA

    S. F. Sanchez;F. F. Rosales-Ortega;J. Iglesias-Paramo;M. Molla

  • The O3N2 and N2 abundance indicators revisited: improved calibrations based on CALIFA and T e-based literature data

    R. A. Marino;F. F. Rosales-Ortega;F. F. Rosales-Ortega;Sebastian Francisco Sanchez Sanchez;A. Gil De Paz

  • GEMS: Galaxy Evolution from Morphologies and SEDs

    Hans Walter Rix;Marco Barden;Steven V.W. Beckwith;Eric F. Bell

  • Galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. I. Detection, Multiband Photometry, Photometric Redshifts, and Morphology

    Dan Coe;Dan Coe;Narciso Benítez;Narciso Benítez;Sebastián F. Sánchez;Myungkook Jee

  • The Fifteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release of MaNGA Derived Quantities, Data Visualization Tools and Stellar Library

    D. S. Aguado;Romina Ahumada;Andres Almeida;Scott F. Anderson

  • A characteristic oxygen abundance gradient in galaxy disks unveiled with CALIFA

    S. F. Sánchez;S. F. Sánchez;F. F. Rosales-Ortega;J. Iglesias-Páramo;M. Mollá

  • Dry Mergers in GEMS: The Dynamical Evolution of Massive Early-Type Galaxies

    Eric F. Bell;Thorsten Naab;Daniel H. McIntosh;Rachel S. Somerville

  • The 13th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-IV Survey Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory

    Franco D. Albareti;Franco D. Albareti;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto;Andres Almeida;Friedrich Anders

  • GEMS: Galaxy fitting catalogues and testing parametric galaxy fitting codes

    Boris Häußler;Daniel H. McIntosh;Marco Barden;Eric F. Bell

  • Dry Mergers in GEMS: The Dynamical Evolution of Massive Early-Type Galaxies

    Eric F. Bell;Thorsten Naab;Daniel H. McIntosh;Rachel S. Somerville

  • PMAS: The Potsdam Multi-Aperture Spectrophotometer. II. The Wide Integral Field Unit PPak

    Andreas Kelz;Marc A.W. Verheijen;Martin M. Roth;Svend M. Bauer

  • Observing Strategy for the SDSS-IV/MaNGA IFU Galaxy Survey

    David R. Law;Renbin Yan;Matthew A. Bershady;Kevin Bundy

  • The nature of LINER galaxies: Ubiquitous hot old stars and rare accreting black holes

    R. Singh;G. van de Ven;K. Jahnke;M. Lyubenova

  • CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey

    S. F. Sanchez;R. C. Kennicutt;A. Gil de Paz;G. van de Ven

Frequent Co-Authors

Knud Jahnke
Knud Jahnke Max Planck Society
Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez
Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez Complutense University of Madrid
Joss Bland-Hawthorn
Joss Bland-Hawthorn University of Sydney
José M. Vílchez
José M. Vílchez Spanish National Research Council
Daniel H. McIntosh
Daniel H. McIntosh University of Missouri–Kansas City
Dmitry Bizyaev
Dmitry Bizyaev New Mexico State University
Chien Y. Peng
Chien Y. Peng Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
Catherine Heymans
Catherine Heymans University of Edinburgh
Eric F. Bell
Eric F. Bell University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Klaus Meisenheimer
Klaus Meisenheimer Max Planck Society

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