2026 Alan Dressler: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	118	861	816	462	431	423	83153

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Research.com Recognitions

1996 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Alan Dressler is affiliated with the Carnegie Institution for Science in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant emphasis on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, and Computational Mechanics. Additional specialized areas of study include Aerospace Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's main topics of study include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, and CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
The Astrophysical Journal
Nature Astronomy
Nature

The scientist has several frequent coauthors, most notably:

Kristan Boyett
Tommaso Treu
Takahiro Morishita
Antonello Calabrò
E. Merlin

Recent published papers include:

Spectroscopic confirmation of four metal-poor galaxies at z = 10.3-13.2 (2023, Nature Astronomy)
Performance of NIRCam on JWST in Flight (2023, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
The GLASS-JWST Early Release Science Program. I. Survey Design and Release Plans (2022, The Astrophysical Journal)
Identification and properties of intense star-forming galaxies at redshifts z > 10 (2023, Nature Astronomy)
JADES Initial Data Release for the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Revealing the Faint Infrared Sky with Deep JWST NIRCam Imaging (2023, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series)

Alan Dressler has been recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1996 and as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1993.

Best Publications

The Demography of Massive Dark Objects in Galaxy Centres

John Magorrian;Scott Tremaine;Douglas Richstone;Ralf Bender

6343
Citations
Galaxy morphology in rich clusters: Implications for the formation and evolution of galaxies

A. Dressler

5602
Citations
The Demography of massive dark objects in galaxy centers

John Magorrian;Scott Tremaine;Scott Tremaine;Douglas Richstone;Ralf Bender

5135
Citations
A Relationship between Nuclear Black Hole Mass and Galaxy Velocity Dispersion

Karl Gebhardt;Ralf Bender;Gary Bower;Alan Dressler

4490
Citations
THE SLOPE OF THE BLACK HOLE MASS VERSUS VELOCITY DISPERSION CORRELATION

Scott Tremaine;Karl Gebhardt;Ralf Bender;Gary Bower

3234
Citations
The M-σ and M-L Relations in Galactic Bulges, and Determinations of Their Intrinsic Scatter

Kayhan Gültekin;Douglas D.O. Richstone;Karl Gebhardt;Tod Lauer

2463
Citations
The M-sigma and M-L Relations in Galactic Bulges and Determinations of their Intrinsic Scatter

Kayhan Gultekin;Douglas O. Richstone;Karl Gebhardt;Tod R. Lauer

2214
Citations
The High-Z Supernova Search: Measuring Cosmic Deceleration and Global Curvature of the Universe Using Type Ia Supernovae*

Brian P. Schmidt;Nicholas B. Suntzeff;M. M. Phillips;Robert A. Schommer

2177
Citations
Spectroscopy and photometry of elliptical galaxies. I: a new distance estimator

Alan Dressler;Donald Lynden-Bell;David Burstein;Roger L. Davies

1702
Citations
Galaxy harassment and the evolution of clusters of galaxies

Ben Moore;Neal Katz;George Lake;Alan Dressler

1692
Citations
The High-Z Supernova Search: Measuring Cosmic Deceleration and Global Cur vature of the Universe Using Type Ia Supernovae

Brian P. Schmidt;Nicholas B. Suntzeff;M. M. Phillips;Robert A. Schommer

1685
Citations
The SBF Survey of Galaxy Distances. IV. SBF Magnitudes, Colors, and Distances

John L. Tonry;John L. Tonry;Alan Dressler;John P. Blakeslee;Edward A. Ajhar;Edward A. Ajhar

1421
Citations
Wide-Field InfrarRed Survey Telescope-Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets WFIRST-AFTA 2015 Report

D. Spergel;N. Gehrels;C. Baltay;D. Bennett

1400
Citations
Evolution since Z = 0.5 of the morphology-density relation for clusters of galaxies

Alan Dressler;Augustus Oemler;Warrick J. Couch;Ian Smail;Ian Smail

1360
Citations
The centers of early-type galaxies with HST. IV. Central parameter relations

S. M. Faber;Scott Tremaine;Edward A. Ajhar;Yong Ik Byun;Yong Ik Byun

1131
Citations
Spectroscopy of galaxies in distant clusters. II: The population of the 3C 295 cluster

A. Dressler;J. E. Gunn

1016
Citations
Spectroscopy and photometry of elliptical galaxies. V - Galaxy streaming toward the new supergalactic center

D. Lynden-Bell;S. M. Faber;David Burstein;Roger L. Davies

924
Citations
The Star Formation Histories of Galaxies in Distant Clusters

Bianca M. Poggianti;Ian Smail;Alan Dressler;Warrick J. Couch

904
Citations
The Centers of Early-Type Galaxies with HST.I.An Observational Survey

Tod R. Lauer;Edward A. Ajhar;Yong Ik Byun;Alan Dressler

847
Citations
Evidence for substructure in rich clusters of galaxies from radial-velocity measurements

Alan Dressler;Stephen A. Shectman

762
Citations