2026 William C. Keel: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	75	3408	3239	1619	1506	433	17765

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Physics

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433

17765

Overview

William C. Keel is affiliated with the University of Alabama in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Physics and Astronomy, focusing on several key subfields. These include Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

Their work covers a broad range of topics, with emphasis on the following areas:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing

William C. Keel has published extensively across multiple venues. The most frequent outlets are:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Astrophysical Journal
The Astronomical Journal
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Keel are notable works such as:

Galaxy Zoo DECaLS: Detailed visual morphology measurements from volunteers and deep learning for 314,000 galaxies (2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
JWST PEARLS. Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science: Project Overview and First Results (2022, The Astronomical Journal)
Complex AGN feedback in the Teacup galaxy (2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics)
Hidden Giants in JWST's PEARLS: An Ultramassive z = 4.26 Submillimeter Galaxy that Is Invisible to HST (2023, The Astrophysical Journal)
Kiloparsec-scale AGN outflows and feedback in merger-free galaxies (2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Keel's research, with frequent co-authors including:

Karen L. Masters
Chris Lintott
Brooke Simmons
Rogier A. Windhorst
Rebecca Smethurst

Best Publications

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

Kevin Schawinski;C. Megan Urry;Brooke D. Simmons;Lucy F Fortson

751
Citations
Galaxy Zoo 2: detailed morphological classifications for 304,122 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Kyle W. Willett;Chris J. Lintott;Steven P. Bamford;Karen L. Masters

657
Citations
The effects of interactions on spiral galaxies. II - Disk star-formation rates

Robert C. Kennicutt;Kurt A. Roettiger;William C. Keel;J. M. Van Der Hulst

552
Citations
Galaxy Zoo Green Peas: discovery of a class of compact extremely star-forming galaxies

Carolin Cardamone;Kevin Schawinski;Marc Sarzi;Steven P. Bamford

517
Citations
The effects of interactions on spiral galaxies. I - Nuclear activity and star formation

W. C. Keel;R. C. Kennicutt;E. Hummel;J. M. van der Hulst

425
Citations
The Rest-frame Optical Spectra of SCUBA Galaxies

Mark Swinbank;Ian Smail;Scott Chapman;Andrew Blain

359
Citations
Galaxy Zoo:bars in disc galaxies

Karen L. Masters;Robert C. Nichol;Ben Hoyle;Ben Hoyle;Chris Lintott;Chris Lintott

334
Citations
The Rest-frame Optical Spectra of SCUBA Galaxies

A. M. Swinbank;Ian Smail;S. C. Chapman;A. W. Blain

332
Citations
Galaxy Zoo: Bars in Disk Galaxies

Karen L. Masters;Robert C. Nichol;Ben Hoyle;Chris Lintott

323
Citations
Galaxy Zoo: 'Hanny's Voorwerp', a quasar light echo?

Chris J. Lintott;Kevin Schawinski;Kevin Schawinski;William C. Keel;William C. Keel;Hanny van Arkel

316
Citations
Galaxy Zoo: the fundamentally different co-evolution of supermassive black holes and their early- and late-type host galaxies

Kevin Schawinski;C. Megan Urry;Shanil Virani;Paolo Coppi

273
Citations
The Morphological Mix of Field Galaxies to mI = 24.25 Magnitudes (bJ ~ 26 Magnitudes) from a Deep Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 Image

Simon P. Driver;Rogier A. Windhorst;Eric J. Ostrander;William C. Keel

258
Citations
Planet Hunters: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet in a Quadruple Star System

Megan E. Schwamb;Jerome A. Orosz;Joshua A. Carter;William F. Welsh

239
Citations
Sub-galactic clumps at a redshift of 2.39 and implications for galaxy formation

S. M. Pascarelle;R. A. Windhorst;W. C. Keel;Stephen C Odewahn

225
Citations
Spectroscopic evidence for activity in the nuclei of normal spiral galaxies

W. C. Keel

225
Citations
The morphological mix of field galaxies to I=24.25 magnitudes (b=26 magnitudes) from a deep Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 image

Simon P. Driver;Rogier A. Windhorst;Eric J. Ostrander;William C. Keel

216
Citations
Galaxy Zoo: Dust in Spirals

Karen L. Masters;Robert C. Nichol;Steven Bamford;Moein Mosleh

206
Citations
A comparison of the physical conditions in nuclear, hotspot, and disk H II regions

Robert C. Kennicutt;William C. Keel;Cynthia A. Blaha

203
Citations
Galaxy Zoo and ALFALFA: atomic gas and the regulation of star formation in barred disc galaxies†

Karen L. Masters;Robert C. Nichol;Martha P. Haynes;William C. Keel

190
Citations
Evidence for Large-Scale Structure at z=2.4 From Lyman-alpha Imaging

William C. Keel;Seth H. Cohen;Rogier A. Windhorst;Ian Waddington

185
Citations