Publication record

Summary

159 publications (127 refereed), of which 10 as first author. Metrics:

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  • h-index: 68, m-index: 11.3, g-index: 125
  • i10-index: 135, i100-index: 50, read10-index: 3621.4
  • tori index: 5.6, riq index: 393.0

Based on the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS). Last updated: 8 November, 2026.

First author (10)

  • Witstok, J., Carniani, S., Jakobsen, P., Bunker, A., et al., 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2603.18775. ‘An OASIS of Lyman-$α$ within a neutral intergalactic desert: reaffirmed line and blue continuum reveal efficient ionising agents at $z = 13$’ (6 citations).

  • Witstok, J., Smit, R., Baker, W., Rinaldi, P., et al., 2026, The Open Journal of Astrophysics, 9, 55261. ‘On the origins of oxygen: ALMA and JWST characterise the multi-phase, metal-enriched, star-bursting medium within a ‘normal’ z > 11 galaxy’ (30 citations).

  • Witstok, J., Jakobsen, P., Maiolino, R., Helton, J., et al., 2025, Nature, 639, 897. ‘Witnessing the onset of reionization through Lyman-α emission at redshift 13’ (140 citations).

  • Witstok, J., Maiolino, R., Smit, R., Jones, G., et al., 2025, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 536, 27. ‘JADES: primaeval Lyman α emitting galaxies reveal early sites of reionization out to redshift z ~ 9’ (67 citations).

  • Witstok, J., Smit, R., Saxena, A., Jones, G., et al., 2024, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 682, A40. ‘Inside the bubble: exploring the environments of reionisation-era Lyman-α emitting galaxies with JADES and FRESCO’ (100 citations).

  • Witstok, J., Shivaei, I., Smit, R., Maiolino, R., et al., 2023, Nature, 621, 267. ‘Carbonaceous dust grains seen in the first billion years of cosmic time’ (145 citations).

  • Witstok, J., Jones, G., Maiolino, R., Smit, R., et al., 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 523, 3119. ‘An empirical study of dust properties at the earliest epochs’ (76 citations).

  • Witstok, J., Smit, R., Maiolino, R., Kumari, N., et al., 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515, 1751. ‘Dual constraints with ALMA: new [O III] 88-μm and dust-continuum observations reveal the ISM conditions of luminous LBGs at z ~ 7’ (116 citations).

  • Witstok, J., Smit, R., Maiolino, R., Curti, M., et al., 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508, 1686. ‘Assessing the sources of reionization: a spectroscopic case study of a 30× lensed galaxy at z ~ 5 with Lyα, C IV, Mg II, and [Ne III]’ (51 citations).

  • Witstok, J., Puchwein, E., Kulkarni, G., Smit, R., et al., 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 650, A98. ‘Prospects for observing the low-density cosmic web in Lyman-α emission’ (25 citations).

Major contributions (13)

  • Helton, J., Witstok, J., et al., 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2609.38080. ‘Discovery of the Lyman-$α$ Forest in a Star-Forming Galaxy at $z \approx 7.57$: Implications for the Timing and Topology of Cosmic Reionization’ (2 citations).

  • Ormerod, K., Witstok, J., et al., 2025, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 542, 1136. ‘Detection of the 2175 Å UV bump at z > 7: evidence for rapid dust evolution in a merging reionization-era galaxy’ (34 citations).

  • Curti, M., Witstok, J., et al., 2025, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 697, A89. ‘JADES: The star formation and chemical enrichment history of a luminous galaxy at z ∼ 9.43 probed by ultra-deep JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy’ (104 citations).

  • Vallini, L., Witstok, J., et al., 2024, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527, 10. ‘Spatially resolved Kennicutt-Schmidt relation at z ≈ 7 and its connection with the interstellar medium properties’ (53 citations).

  • Ormerod, K., Smit, R., Witstok, J., et al., 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2610.20332. ‘IRAC-Excess Galaxies in the NIRSpec Wide Survey: physical properties of bright EELGs at $z\sim7$ and implications for Reionization’.

  • Woodrum, C., Shivaei, I., Witstok, J., et al., 2026, The Astrophysical Journal, 1009, 207. ‘JADES: The Star Formation and Dust Reddening Properties of Galaxies at 3 < z < 7’ (14 citations).

  • Ormerod, K., Smit, R., Witstok, J., et al., 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2609.12203. ‘NOEMA probes the [CII] and dust content in a 2175Å UV Bump Galaxy at $z=7.1$’ (1 citation).

  • Maiolino, R., Scholtz, J., Witstok, J., et al., 2024, Nature, 627, 59. ‘A small and vigorous black hole in the early Universe’ (581 citations).

  • Maiolino, R., Übler, H., Perna, M., Witstok, J., et al., 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2603.20362. ‘The search for Population III: Confirmation of a HeII emitter with no metal lines at z=10.6’ (27 citations).

  • Looser, T., D’Eugenio, F., Maiolino, R., Witstok, J., et al., 2024, Nature, 629, 53. ‘A recently quenched galaxy 700 million years after the Big Bang’ (225 citations).

  • Kumari, N., Smit, R., Leitherer, C., Witstok, J., et al., 2024, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 529, 781. ‘A study of extreme C III]1908 & [O III]88/[C II]157 emission in Pox 186: implications for JWST+ALMA (FUV + FIR) studies of distant galaxies’ (20 citations).

  • Carniani, S., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2024, Nature, 633, 318. ‘Spectroscopic confirmation of two luminous galaxies at a redshift of 14’ (410 citations).

  • Curtis-Lake, E., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2023, Nature Astronomy, 7, 622. ‘Spectroscopic confirmation of four metal-poor galaxies at z = 10.3-13.2’ (528 citations).

Other (136)

  • Community, G., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2611.07027. ‘Why a Multi-Cycle Treasury Program is Essential to Maximize JWST’s Scientific Contributions to Galaxy Formation’.

  • Pacucci, F., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2611.07006. ‘Black Hole Seeds and Little Red Dots: Connecting Formation and Growth with a JWST Multi-Cycle Treasury Program’.

  • Sneppen, A., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2611.05349. ‘UV spectra of little red dots: Broad-line N/C, gas recycling and black hole masses’.

  • Algera, H., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2610.21460. ‘Dust at cosmic dawn: unveiling the onset of dust and obscured star formation at $z\gtrsim8$’.

  • Arriscado, L., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2610.28743. ‘Unveiling the correlation between the UV 2175 Å dust attenuation bump, PAH emission, and gas-phase metallicity at cosmic noon’.

  • Cameron, A., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 552, stag1575. ‘JADES: evolution of nitrogen abundances in star-forming galaxies from z ~ 1.5-7’ (17 citations).

  • Gottumukkala, R., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2610.15901. ‘The DAWN JWST Archive: A spectroscopically-informed population study of the physical properties of galaxies at z>2’.

  • Heintz, K., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, The Open Journal of Astrophysics, 9, 72038. ‘Evidence for inefficient dust production in a massive, metal-rich galaxy at z=7.13 uncovered by JWST and ALMA’ (13 citations).

  • Looser, T., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2610.41489. ‘OASIS I: Spectroscopy of Mini-Quenched and Lulling Galaxies Constrains the Quiet Side of Bursty Star Formation at z > 4’.

  • Looser, T., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2610.41490. ‘OASIS II: The Ionized Gas Traces Feedback-Driven Declines into the Quiet Side of Bursty Star Formation at z > 4’.

  • Puskás, D., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 552, stag1698. ‘Mergers lighting the early Universe: modest star formation enhancement without evidence for AGN or Lyα triggering’ (17 citations).

  • Vallini, L., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2610.20733. ‘The dawn of the first galaxies’.

  • Koller, M., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 551, stag1206. ‘Metal mayhem at z ~ 7-10: diversity and evolution of gas-phase metallicity gradients’ (10 citations).

  • Kumari, N., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2609.30003. ‘The JWST and ALMA view of local dwarf Pox 186: Evidence of stripped binaries driving a hard radiation field and little cold molecular gas resulting in high star-formation efficiency’.

  • Pascalau, R., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 551, stag1369. ‘GA-NIFS: dissecting the alchemised: JWST reveals turbulent metal-poor gas fuelling a cospatial starburst in a complex system at z = 10.17’ (7 citations).

  • Wu, Z., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2609.35423. ‘Source—Line Associations in JWST/NIRSpec Dense-Shutter Spectroscopy’.

  • Shivaei, I., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 712, A132. ‘Diversity and evolution of dust-attenuation curves from redshift z ∼ 1 to 9’ (53 citations).

  • Trussler, J., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 550, stag1360. ‘Out of oxygen: extremely metal-poor galaxy candidates identified at 2.5 < z < 6.5 with deep JADES medium-band imaging’ (8 citations).

  • Algera, H., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, The Open Journal of Astrophysics, 9, 65333. ‘A first systematic study of [OIII] 88 μ m at z > 8 : two luminous oxygen lines and a powerful ionized outflow in the first 600 million years’ (15 citations).

  • Helton, J., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, The Astrophysical Journal, 1006, 43. ‘The Stellar Populations and Rest-frame Colors of Star-forming Galaxies at z ≍ 8: Exploring the Impact of Filter Choice and Star Formation History Assumption with JADES’ (8 citations).

  • Pollock, C., Heintz, K., Witstok, J., et al., 2026, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 711, A298. ‘Characterising Lyα damping wings at the onset of reionisation: Evidence for highly efficient star formation driven by dense, neutral gas in UV-bright galaxies at z > 9’ (9 citations).

  • Scholtz, J., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 549, stag939. ‘JADES Data Release 4 ─ Paper II. Data reduction, analysis, and emission-line fluxes of the complete spectroscopic sample’ (84 citations).

  • Wu, Z., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, The Astrophysical Journal, 1006, 18. ‘JADES: A Prominent Galaxy Overdensity Candidate within the First 500 Myr’ (9 citations).

  • D’Eugenio, F., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 549, stag824. ‘JADES Dark Horse: demonstrating high-multiplex observations with JWST/NIRSpec dense-shutter spectroscopy in the JADES Origins Field’ (12 citations).

  • Fudamoto, Y., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, The Astrophysical Journal, 1004, 194. ‘ALMA Observations of [O I] 145 μm and [N II] 205 μm Emission Lines from Star-forming Galaxies at z ∼ 7’ (17 citations).

  • Hainline, K., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, The Astrophysical Journal, 1004, 161. ‘JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey Data Release 5: Photometrically Selected Galaxy Candidates at z > 8’ (30 citations).

  • Heintz, K., Pollock, C., Witstok, J., et al., 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2606.30787. ‘JWST spectroscopy of galaxies at $z>10$: Damped Ly$α$ absorbers reveal efficient star formation and hidden redshift biases’ (4 citations).

  • Helton, J., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1004, L30. ‘Ionizing Photon Production Efficiencies and Chemical Abundances at Cosmic Dawn Revealed by Ultradeep Rest-frame Optical Spectroscopy of JADES-GS-z14-0’ (24 citations).

  • Nikopoulos, G., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2606.31515. ‘The metallicities of little red dot host galaxies: LRDs are metal poor, but not pristine’ (11 citations).

  • Nikopoulos, G., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 710, A136. ‘Evidence of violation of case B recombination in little red dots’ (40 citations).

  • Pollock, C., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2606.13078. ‘Chemical signatures from the first stars embedded in metal-poor gas in galaxies at cosmic dawn’ (10 citations).

  • Rowland, L., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 710, A374. ‘REBELS-IFU: Linking damped Lyman-α absorption to [C II] emission and dust content in the Epoch of Reonisation’ (11 citations).

  • Saxena, A., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 548, stag808. ‘Hitting the slopes: a spectroscopic view of UV continuum slopes of galaxies reveals a reddening at z > 9.5’ (59 citations).

  • Juodžbalis, I., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Nature, 653, 1017. ‘A direct black-hole mass measurement in a little red dot at high redshift’ (124 citations).

  • Maiolino, R., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 548, staf2109. ‘A black hole in a near pristine galaxy 700 Myr after the big bang’ (113 citations).

  • Carniani, S., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2604.11899. ‘Intense and extended CIII] emission suggests a strong outflow in JADES-GS-z14-0’ (3 citations).

  • D’Eugenio, F., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 547, stag401. ‘BlackTHUNDER strikes twice: Balmer-line absorption in an overmassive Little Red Dot at z = 7.04’ (94 citations).

  • Isobe, Y., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 547, stag123. ‘JADES: the chemical enrichment pattern of distant galaxies ─ α enhancement, silicon depletion, and iron enhancement’ (20 citations).

  • Ji, X., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2604.03370. ‘Holes in the BH$^\star$? AGN signatures in the FUV spectrum of a black-hole dominated Little Red Dot at $z=7.04$’ (32 citations).

  • Otaki, K., Schneider, R., Bianchi, S., Witstok, J., et al., 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2604.26750. ‘Dust enrichment from core-collapse supernovae and extinction curves in the high-redshift universe’ (2 citations).

  • Pollock, C., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, A203. ‘Novel z ∼ 10 auroral line measurements extend the gradual offset of the fundamental metallicity relation deep into the first gigayear of cosmic time’ (69 citations).

  • Rinaldi, P., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2604.07138. ‘The Way We Tally Becomes the Tale: the Impact of Selection Strategies on the Inferred Evolution of Little Red Dots Across Cosmic Time’ (26 citations).

  • Sneppen, A., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2604.09399. ‘Paschen Jumps in Little Red Dots: Evidence for Nebular Continua’ (16 citations).

  • Eisenstein, D., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 283, 6. ‘Overview of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES)’ (710 citations).

  • Heintz, K., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Nature Astronomy, 10, 448. ‘A dense web of neutral gas in a galaxy proto-cluster post-reionization’ (18 citations).

  • Reumert, H., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2603.13471. ‘A hot, nebular-dominated galaxy interacting with a pristine PopIII system uncovered by JWST’ (7 citations).

  • Scholtz, J., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Nature Astronomy, 10, 431. ‘Measurement of the gas consumption history of a massive quiescent galaxy’ (32 citations).

  • Übler, H., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2603.20360. ‘GA-NIFS and JADES: Confirmation of pristine gas near GN-z11’ (17 citations).

  • Bakx, T., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 546, staf2284. ‘Probing infrared eXcess to investigate early-Universe dust (PIXIEDust)’ (16 citations).

  • Ji, Z., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, The Astrophysical Journal, 998, 239. ‘JADES: Rest-frame UV-to-NIR Size Evolution of Massive Quiescent Galaxies from Redshift z = 5 to z = 0.5’ (52 citations).

  • Pérez-González, P., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2602.20247. ‘Little Red Dots: One Photometric Tag Concealing Diverse Spectroscopic Flavors of Massive Star Formation and Black Hole Activity’ (66 citations).

  • D’Eugenio, F., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 545, staf2117. ‘JADES and BlackTHUNDER: rest-frame Balmer-line absorption and the local environment in a Little Red Dot at z = 5’ (68 citations).

  • Geris, S., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 545, staf1979. ‘JADES reveals a large population of low-mass black holes at high redshift’ (48 citations).

  • Rusakov, V., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Nature, 649, 574. ‘Little red dots as young supermassive black holes in dense ionized cocoons’ (269 citations).

  • Scholtz, J., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 545, staf2107. ‘JADES: carbon-enhanced, nitrogen-normal compact galaxy at z = 11.2’ (18 citations).

  • Sneppen, A., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2601.18864. ‘Inside the cocoon: a comprehensive explanation of the spectra of Little Red Dots’ (65 citations).

  • Sun, F., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2026, arXiv e-prints, 2601.15961. ‘JADES: Discovery of Large Reservoirs of Small Dust Grains in the Circumgalactic Medium of Massive Galaxies at $z\sim3.5$ through Deep JWST/NIRCam Imaging and Grism Spectroscopy’ (13 citations).

  • Eisenstein, D., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 281, 50. ‘The JADES Origins Field: A New JWST Deep Field in the JADES Second NIRCam Data Release’ (280 citations).

  • Ji, X., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 544, 3900. ‘BlackTHUNDER ─ A non-stellar Balmer break in a black hole-dominated little red dot at z = 7.04’ (199 citations).

  • Rinaldi, P., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, The Astrophysical Journal, 994, 86. ‘Deciphering the Nature of Virgil: An Obscured Active Galactic Nucleus Lurking within an Apparently Normal Lyα Emitter during Cosmic Reionization’ (30 citations).

  • Sokoliuk, O., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, arXiv e-prints, 2510.07259. ‘The cosmic web’s Lyman-$α$ glow at $z \approx 2.5$; hydrodynamic models, dust, and wide-field, narrow-band detection’ (1 citation).

  • Whitler, L., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, The Astrophysical Journal, 992, 63. ‘The z ≳ 9 Galaxy UV Luminosity Function from the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey: Insights into Early Galaxy Evolution and Reionization’ (133 citations).

  • Wu, Z., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, The Astrophysical Journal, 992, 212. ‘JADES-GS-z14-1: A Compact, Faint Galaxy at z ≈ 14 with Weak Metal Lines from Extremely Deep JWST MIRI, NIRCam, and NIRSpec Observations’ (25 citations).

  • Algera, H., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, arXiv e-prints, 2509.16071. ‘REBELS-IFU: on the origin of the elevated [OIII]/[CII] ratios in the early Universe’ (11 citations).

  • Yuan, Y., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 542, 762. ‘Extended red wings and the visibility of reionization-epoch Lyman-α emitters’ (12 citations).

  • Ji, X., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 541, 2134. ‘JADES ─ the small blue bump in GN-z11: insights into the nuclear region of a galaxy at z = 10.6’ (34 citations).

  • Ji, Z., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 988, L69. ‘The Importance of Dust Distribution in Ionizing-photon Escape: NIRCam and MIRI Imaging of a Lyman Continuum-emitting Galaxy at z ∼ 3.8’ (16 citations).

  • Heintz, K., Pollock, C., Witstok, J., et al., 2025, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 987, L2. ‘Dissecting the Massive Pristine, Neutral Gas Reservoir of a Remarkably Bright Galaxy at z = 14.179’ (21 citations).

  • Isobe, Y., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 541, L71. ‘JADES: nitrogen enhancement in high-redshift broad-line active galactic nuclei’ (62 citations).

  • Laseter, I., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, The Astrophysical Journal, 988, 73. ‘Efficient Ionizers with Low Hβ + [O III] Equivalent Widths: JADES Spectroscopy of a Peculiar High-redshift Population’ (15 citations).

  • Nanni, A., Romano, M., Donevski, D., Witstok, J., et al., 2025, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 988, L5. ‘Origins of Carbon Dust in a JWST-observed Primeval Galaxy at z ∼ 6.7’ (13 citations).

  • Puskás, D., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 540, 2146. ‘Constraining the major merger history of z ~ 3-9 galaxies using JADES: dominant in situ star formation’ (67 citations).

  • McClymont, W., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 540, 190. ‘The density-bounded twilight of starbursts in the early Universe’ (64 citations).

  • Tacchella, S., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 540, 851. ‘Resolving the nature and putative nebular emission of GS9422: an obscured AGN without exotic stars’ (55 citations).

  • Baker, W., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 697, A90. ‘Zapped then napped? A rapidly quenched remnant leaker candidate with a steep spectroscopic βUV slope at z = 8.5’ (57 citations).

  • Helton, J., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Nature Astronomy, 9, 729. ‘Photometric detection at 7.7 μm of a galaxy beyond redshift 14 with JWST/MIRI’ (75 citations).

  • Looser, T., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 697, A88. ‘JADES: Differing assembly histories of galaxies: Observational evidence for bursty star formation histories and (mini-)quenching in the first billion years of the Universe’ (182 citations).

  • Scholtz, J., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 539, 2463. ‘GA-NIFS: ISM properties and metal enrichment in a merger-driven starburst during the epoch of reionization probed with JWST and ALMA’ (39 citations).

  • Scholtz, J., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 697, A175. ‘JADES: A large population of obscured, narrow-line active galactic nuclei at high redshift’ (244 citations).

  • Carniani, S., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 696, A87. ‘The eventful life of a luminous galaxy at z = 14: metal enrichment, feedback, and low gas fraction?’ (122 citations).

  • Perna, M., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 696, A59. ‘GA-NIFS: High number of dual active galactic nuclei at z ∼ 3’ (83 citations).

  • D’Eugenio, F., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 277, 4. ‘JADES Data Release 3: NIRSpec/Microshutter Assembly Spectroscopy for 4000 Galaxies in the GOODS Fields’ (300 citations).

  • Lin, Q., Yang, X., Li, A., Witstok, J., 2025, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 694, A84. ‘Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and the ultraviolet extinction bump at the cosmic dawn’ (23 citations).

  • Witten, C., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537, 112. ‘Rising from the ashes: evidence of old stellar populations and rejuvenation events in the very early Universe’ (67 citations).

  • Baker, W., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Nature Astronomy, 9, 141. ‘A core in a star-forming disc as evidence of inside-out growth in the early Universe’ (86 citations).

  • Heintz, K., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 693, A60. ‘The JWST-PRIMAL archival survey: A JWST/NIRSpec reference sample for the physical properties and Lyman-α absorption and emission of ∼600 galaxies at z = 5.0 − 13.4’ (229 citations).

  • Jones, G., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2025, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 536, 2355. ‘JADES: measuring reionization properties using Lyman-alpha emission’ (60 citations).

  • Boyett, K., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2024, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 535, 1796. ‘Extreme emission line galaxies detected in JADES JWST/NIRSpec - I. Inferred galaxy properties’ (127 citations).

  • Hainline, K., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2024, The Astrophysical Journal, 976, 160. ‘Searching for Emission Lines at z > 11: The Role of Damped Lyα and Hints About the Escape of Ionizing Photons’ (79 citations).

  • Juodžbalis, I., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2024, Nature, 636, 594. ‘A dormant overmassive black hole in the early Universe’ (165 citations).

  • Nelson, E., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2024, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 976, L27. ‘Ionized Gas Kinematics with FRESCO: An Extended, Massive, Rapidly Rotating Galaxy at z = 5.4’ (55 citations).

  • Simmonds, C., et al. (incl. J. Witstok), 2024, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 535, 2998. ‘Ionizing properties of galaxies in JADES for a stellar mass complete sample: resolving the cosmic ionizing photon budget crisis at the Epoch of Reionization’ (124 citations).

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