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Alexander S. Szalay 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 Alexander S. Szalay sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 634 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alexander S. Szalay 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 Alexander S. Szalay sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 124 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Alexander S. Szalay is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work encompasses significant contributions to molecular biology, astronomy and astrophysics, oncology, genetics, and computational mechanics.

They have a diverse range of research topics which include:

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques

Alexander S. Szalay's recent publications illustrate the variety and impact of their research. Notable papers include:

  • "Organoid intelligence (OI): the new frontier in biocomputing and intelligence-in-a-dish," published in 2023 in Frontiers in Science
  • "Analysis of multispectral imaging with the AstroPath platform informs efficacy of PD-1 blockade," published in 2021 in Science
  • "Genome-wide sequencing-based identification of methylation quantitative trait loci and their role in schizophrenia risk," published in 2021 in Nature Communications
  • "Digital Pathology Analysis Quantifies Spatial Heterogeneity of CD3, CD4, CD8, CD20, and FoxP3 Immune Markers in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer," published in 2020 in Frontiers in Physiology
  • "First Organoid Intelligence (OI) workshop to form an OI community," published in 2023 in Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence

Their collaborative network includes frequent coauthors:

  • Janis M. Taube
  • Benjamin Green
  • Sigfredo Soto-Diaz
  • Richard Wilton
  • Margaret Eminizer

Alexander S. Szalay has published extensively in several prominent venues. Among the most frequent publication platforms are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Luminescence
  • Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

In 2003, they were awarded the title of Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Best Publications

  • The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

    D. G. York

  • 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

  • Cosmological parameters from SDSS and WMAP

    Max Tegmark;Max Tegmark;Michael Abram Strauss;Michael R. Blanton;Kevork Abazajian

  • Detection of the baryon acoustic peak in the large-scale correlation function of SDSS luminous red galaxies

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Idit Zehavi;David W. Hogg;Roman Scoccimarro

  • The statistics of peaks of Gaussian random fields

    James M. Bardeen;J.R. Bond;Nick Kaiser;A.S. Szalay

  • LSST: from Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products

    Željko Ivezić;Steven M. Kahn;J. Anthony Tyson;Bob Abel

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release

    C. Stoughton;R. H. Lupton;M. Bernardi;M. R. Blanton

  • 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

  • The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

  • SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara

  • Bias and variance of angular correlation functions

    Stephen D. Landy;Alexander S. Szalay

  • Spectroscopic Target Selection in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Main Galaxy Sample

    Michael A. Strauss;David H. Weinberg;Robert H. Lupton;Vijay K. Narayanan

  • Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 Galaxy Sample

    Will J. Percival;Beth A. Reid;Beth A. Reid;Beth A. Reid;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Neta Bahcall

  • The Eighth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Data from SDSS-III

    Hiroaki Aihara;Carlos Allende Prieto;Deokkeun An

  • Quantifying the bimodal color-magnitude distribution of galaxies

    I. K. Baldry;K. Glazebrook;J. Brinkmann;Z. Ivezic

  • Cosmological constraints from the SDSS luminous red galaxies

    Max Tegmark;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Michael A. Strauss;David H. Weinberg

  • The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog V. Seventh Data Release

    Donald P. Schneider;Gordon T. Richards;Patrick B. Hall;Michael A. Strauss

  • The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

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

  • The Pan-STARRS1 Surveys

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

  • Spectroscopic Target Selection for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Luminous Red Galaxy Sample

    D. J. Eisenstein;J. Annis;J. E. Gunn;A. S. Szalay

Frequent Co-Authors

Luciana Bianchi
Luciana Bianchi Johns Hopkins University
David Schiminovich
David Schiminovich Columbia University
István Csabai
István Csabai Eötvös Loránd University
Timothy M. Heckman
Timothy M. Heckman Johns Hopkins University
Barry F. Madore
Barry F. Madore Carnegie Institution for Science
Tom A. Barlow
Tom A. Barlow California Institute of Technology
Young-Wook Lee
Young-Wook Lee Yonsei University
Robert C. Nichol
Robert C. Nichol University of Surrey
Mark Seibert
Mark Seibert Carnegie Institution for Science
Joshua A. Frieman
Joshua A. Frieman University of Chicago

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