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Adriano Fontana 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 Adriano Fontana sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 828 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Adriano Fontana 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 Adriano Fontana sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 135 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Adriano Fontana is affiliated with the National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy and focuses primarily on research in the fields of Physics and Astronomy. Their work encompasses a wide range of subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Computational Mechanics.

Fontana's research covers major topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena; Astronomy and Astrophysical Research; Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae; Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing; Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations; and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

They have contributed to numerous recent scientific papers, including:

  • CEERS Key Paper. I. An Early Look into the First 500 Myr of Galaxy Formation with JWST, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: A Candidate z ∼ 12 Galaxy in Early JWST CEERS Imaging, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • A CEERS Discovery of an Accreting Supermassive Black Hole 570 Myr after the Big Bang: Identifying a Progenitor of Massive z > 6 Quasars, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Early Results from GLASS-JWST. III. Galaxy Candidates at z ∼9-15*, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • The GLASS-JWST Early Release Science Program. I. Survey Design and Release Plans, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal

Fontana frequently publishes in well-known scientific venues, with numerous articles appearing in:

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

Co-authorship forms a significant part of Fontana's academic output. Regular collaborators include M. Castellano, L. Pentericci, Antonello Calabrò, Anton M. Koekemoer, and P. Santini, indicating active engagement with a network of researchers in related subfields.

Best Publications

  • CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey - The Hubble Space Telescope Observations, Imaging Data Products and Mosaics

    Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

  • CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey

    Norman A. Grogin;Dale D. Kocevski;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson

  • Euclid Definition Study Report

    R. Laureijs;J. Amiaux;S. Arduini;J.-L. Auguères

  • Candels: The cosmic assembly near-infrared deep extragalactic legacy survey - The hubble space telescope observations, imaging data products, and mosaics

    Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

  • The lesser role of starbursts for star formation at z=2

    G. Rodighiero;E. Daddi;I. Baronchelli;A. Cimatti

  • Production and detection of cold antihydrogen atoms

    M. Amoretti;C. Amsler;G. Bonomi;G. Bonomi;A. Bouchta

  • AMAZE - I. The evolution of the mass–metallicity relation at z $>$ 3

    R. Maiolino;T. Nagao;A. Grazian;F. Cocchia

  • Measuring and modelling the redshift evolution of clustering: the Hubble Deep Field North

    S Arnouts;S Arnouts;Stefano Cristiani;Stefano Cristiani;Lauro Moscardini;Sabino Matarrese

  • The Lesser Role of Starbursts in Star Formation at z = 2

    G. Rodighiero;E. Daddi;I. Baronchelli;A. Cimatti

  • Design concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: An advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy

    M. Actis;G. Agnetta;F. Aharonian;A. Akhperjanian

  • A New Photometric Technique for the Joint Selection of Star-forming and Passive Galaxies at 1.4 <~ z <~ 2.5

    E. Daddi;Andrea Cimatti;A. Renzini;A. Fontana

  • The Evolution of the Galaxy Rest-Frame Ultraviolet Luminosity Function Over the First Two Billion Years

    Steven Lyle Finkelstein;Russell E. Ryan;Casey Papovich;Mark Dickinson

  • CANDELS: The progenitors of compact quiescent galaxies at z~2

    Guillermo Barro;S. M. Faber;Pablo G. Perez-Gonzalez;David C. Koo

  • CANDELS multi-wavelength catalogs: source detection and photometry in the GOODS-South field

    Yicheng Guo;Yicheng Guo;Henry C. Ferguson;Mauro Giavalisco;Guillermo Barro

  • The K20 survey - I. Disentangling old and dusty star-forming galaxies in the ERO population

    A. Cimatti;E. Daddi;M. Mignoli;L. Pozzetti

  • CANDELS: The progenitors of compact quiescent galaxies at z ~ 2

    Guillermo Barro;S. M. Faber;Pablo G. Pérez-González;Pablo G. Pérez-González;David C. Koo

  • The Galaxy Mass Function up to z=4 in the GOODS-MUSIC sample: into the epoch of formation of massive galaxies ⋆

    A. Fontana;S. Salimbeni;A. Grazian;E. Giallongo

  • Old galaxies in the young Universe

    A. Cimatti;E. Daddi;A. Renzini;Paolo Cassata

  • The K20 survey. VI. The distribution of the stellar masses in galaxies up to z 2

    A. Fontana;L. Pozzetti;I. Donnarumma;A. Renzini

  • Production and detection of cold antihydrogen atoms

    M. Amoretti;C. Amsler;G. Bonomi;A. Bouchta

Frequent Co-Authors

Emanuele Giallongo
Emanuele Giallongo National Institute for Astrophysics
Laura Pentericci
Laura Pentericci National Institute for Astrophysics
Stefano Cristiani
Stefano Cristiani National Institute for Astrophysics
Sandro D'Odorico
Sandro D'Odorico European Southern Observatory
Eros Vanzella
Eros Vanzella National Institute for Astrophysics
Andrea Grazian
Andrea Grazian National Institute for Astrophysics
Mario Nonino
Mario Nonino National Institute for Astrophysics
Anton M. Koekemoer
Anton M. Koekemoer Space Telescope Science Institute
Nimish P. Hathi
Nimish P. Hathi Space Telescope Science Institute
Mauro Giavalisco
Mauro Giavalisco University of Massachusetts Amherst

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