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Aaron J. Romanowsky 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 Aaron J. Romanowsky sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 353 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Aaron J. Romanowsky 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 Aaron J. Romanowsky sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Aaron J. Romanowsky is affiliated with San Jose State University in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the domain of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of galaxies, astrophysical phenomena, star formation, and instrumentation used in observational astronomy.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Physics and Astronomy

Subfields of study related to their work highlight a specialization in:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Instrumentation
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biophysics

Aaron J. Romanowsky's research topics cover various areas as indicated by publication focus:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

The scientist has published numerous papers across several frequent venues. The top venues for their research dissemination include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Aaron J. Romanowsky demonstrate engagement with current astrophysical topics and galaxy formation processes:

  • "A trail of dark-matter-free galaxies from a bullet-dwarf collision," 2022, Nature
  • "Globular clusters in Coma cluster ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs): evidence for two types of UDG?" 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Evidence for two phases of galaxy formation from radial trends in the globular cluster system of NGC 1407," 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "NGC 5846-UDG1: A Galaxy Formed Mostly by Star Formation in Massive, Extremely Dense Clumps of Gas," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • "Multiwavelength Follow-up of the Hyperluminous Intermediate-mass Black Hole Candidate 3XMM J215022.4−055108," 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Letters

The scientist collaborates frequently with peers, including:

  • Duncan A. Forbes
  • Jean P. Brodie
  • Jonah S. Gannon
  • Anna Ferré-Mateu
  • Maria Luísa Buzzo

Best Publications

  • A dearth of dark matter in ordinary elliptical galaxies

    Aaron J. Romanowsky;Nigel G. Douglas;Magda Arnaboldi;Konrad Kuijken

  • An Extremely Luminous Panchromatic Outburst from the Nucleus of a Distant Galaxy

    A. J. Levan;N. R. Tanvir;S. B. Cenko;D. A. Perley

  • Galaxies in LCDM with Halo Abundance Matching: luminosity-velocity relation, baryonic mass-velocity relation, velocity function and clustering

    Sebastian Trujillo-Gomez;Anatoly Klypin;Joel Primack;Aaron J. Romanowsky

  • GALAXIES IN ΛCDM WITH HALO ABUNDANCE MATCHING: LUMINOSITY-VELOCITY RELATION, BARYONIC MASS-VELOCITY RELATION, VELOCITY FUNCTION, AND CLUSTERING

    Sebastian Trujillo-Gomez;Anatoly Klypin;Joel Primack;Aaron J. Romanowsky

  • A High Stellar Velocity Dispersion and ~100 Globular Clusters for the Ultra Diffuse Galaxy Dragonfly 44

    Pieter van Dokkum;Roberto Abraham;Jean P. Brodie;Charlie Conroy

  • The Relationships Among Compact Stellar Systems: A Fresh View of Ultra Compact Dwarfs

    Jean P. Brodie;Aaron J. Romanowsky;Jay Strader;Duncan A. Forbes

  • ANGULAR MOMENTUM AND GALAXY FORMATION REVISITED

    Aaron J. Romanowsky;Aaron J. Romanowsky;S. Michael Fall

  • Kinematic properties of early-type galaxy haloes using planetary nebulae

    L. Coccato;O. Gerhard;M. Arnaboldi;M. Arnaboldi;P. Das

  • THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG COMPACT STELLAR SYSTEMS: A FRESH VIEW OF ULTRACOMPACT DWARFS

    Jean P. Brodie;Aaron J. Romanowsky;Jay Strader;Duncan A. Forbes

  • The SLUGGS Survey: kinematics for over 2500 globular clusters in 12 early-type galaxies

    Vincenzo Pota;Duncan A. Forbes;Aaron J. Romanowsky;Jean P. Brodie

  • A Second Galaxy Missing Dark Matter in the NGC 1052 Group

    Pieter van Dokkum;Shany Danieli;Roberto Abraham;Charlie Conroy

  • The SAGES Legacy Unifying Globulars and GalaxieS Survey (SLUGGS): Sample definition, methods, and initial results

    Jean P. Brodie;Aaron J. Romanowsky;Aaron J. Romanowsky;Jay Strader;Duncan A. Forbes

  • WIDE-FIELD PRECISION KINEMATICS OF THE M87 GLOBULAR CLUSTER SYSTEM

    Jay Strader;Aaron J Romanowsky;Jean P Brodie;Llee R Spitler

  • Angular Momentum and Galaxy Formation Revisited: Effects of Variable Mass-to-light Ratios

    S. Michael Fall;Aaron J. Romanowsky;Aaron J. Romanowsky

  • The globular cluster system of NGC 1399 *,**,*** V. dynamics of the cluster system out to 80 kpc

    Y. Schuberth;Y. Schuberth;Thomas Richtler;M. Hilker;B. Dirsch

  • The AIMSS Project I: bridging the star cluster, galaxy divide

    Mark A. Norris;Mark A. Norris;Sheila J. Kannappan;Duncan A. Forbes;Aaron J. Romanowsky;Aaron J. Romanowsky

  • The PN.S Elliptical Galaxy Survey: the dark matter in NGC 4494

    N. R. Napolitano;A. J. Romanowsky;L. Coccato;M. Capaccioli

  • DWARFS GOBBLING DWARFS: A STELLAR TIDAL STREAM AROUND NGC 4449 AND HIERARCHICAL GALAXY FORMATION ON SMALL SCALES

    David Martinez-Delgado;Aaron J. Romanowsky;R. Jay GaBany;Francesca Annibali

  • The Stellar Initial Mass Function in Early-Type Galaxies from Absorption Line Spectroscopy. III. Radial Gradients

    Pieter van Dokkum;Charlie Conroy;Alexa Villaume;Jean Brodie

  • The Planetary Nebula Spectrograph elliptical galaxy survey: the dark matter in NGC 4494

    N. R. Napolitano;Aaron J. Romanowsky;Aaron J. Romanowsky;L. Coccato;M. Capaccioli

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean P. Brodie
Jean P. Brodie University of California, Santa Cruz
Duncan A. Forbes
Duncan A. Forbes Swinburne University of Technology
Kenneth C. Freeman
Kenneth C. Freeman Australian National University
Konrad Kuijken
Konrad Kuijken Leiden University
Ortwin Gerhard
Ortwin Gerhard Max Planck Society
Jay Strader
Jay Strader Michigan State University
Magda Arnaboldi
Magda Arnaboldi European Southern Observatory
Charlie Conroy
Charlie Conroy Harvard University
Roberto Abraham
Roberto Abraham University of Toronto
Richard M. McDermid
Richard M. McDermid Macquarie University

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