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Alvio Renzini 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 Alvio Renzini sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,015 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alvio Renzini 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 Alvio Renzini sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 184 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Physics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Physics in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Alvio Renzini is affiliated with the National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy and has a prolific record within the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with strong focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research contributions span several notable subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics, and Ecology.

The scientist's primary research topics center on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Galaxies' Formation, Evolution, and Related Phenomena, Stellar, Planetary, and Galactic Studies, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Gamma-ray Bursts and Supernovae, Astro and Planetary Science, as well as Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations.

Renzini's publications regularly appear in a range of scientific venues, with the most frequent being:

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

Examples of recent papers authored or co-authored by Renzini include the following:

  • COSMOS-Web: An Overview of the JWST Cosmic Origins Survey (2023), The Astrophysical Journal
  • Rotation Curves in z ∼ 1-2 Star-forming Disks: Evidence for Cored Dark Matter Distributions (2020), The Astrophysical Journal
  • A panchromatic spatially resolved analysis of nearby galaxies - II. The main sequence - gas relation at sub-kpc scale in grand-design spirals (2020), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Hubble Space Telescope survey of Magellanic Cloud star clusters (2023), Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Constraining the original composition of the gas forming first-generation stars in globular clusters (2022), arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Renzini across multiple publications include Daizhong Liu, A. P. Milone, G. Cordoni, E. P. Lagioia, and A. F. Marino.

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

  • Mass and environment as drivers of galaxy evolution in SDSS and zCOSMOS and the origin of the Schechter function

    Y. Peng;S. J. Lilly;K. Kovac;M. Bolzonella

  • The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey: Initial Results From Optical and Near-Infrared Imaging

    M. Giavalisco

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

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

  • The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): Overview*

    N. Scoville;N. Scoville;H. Aussel;M. Brusa;P. Capak

  • Asymptotic Giant Branch Evolution and Beyond

    Icko Iben;Alvio Renzini

  • The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey: Initial results from optical and near-infrared imaging

    M. Giavalisco;H. C. Ferguson;H. C. Ferguson;A. M. Koekemoer;M. Dickinson;M. Dickinson

  • Mass and environment as drivers of galaxy evolution in SDSS and zCOSMOS and the origin of the Schechter function

    Ying-jie Peng;Simon J. Lilly;Katarina Kovač;Micol Bolzonella

  • Multiwavelength study of massive galaxies at z~2. I. Star formation and galaxy growth

    E. Daddi;M. Dickinson;G. Morrison;R. Chary

  • 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

  • zCOSMOS: A Large VLT/VIMOS redshift survey covering 0 < z < 3 in the COSMOS field

    S.J. Lilly;O. Le Fevre;A. Renzini;G. Zamorani

  • COSMOS Photometric Redshifts with 30-bands for 2-deg2

    O. Ilbert;P. Capak;M. Salvato;H. Aussel

  • THE SINS SURVEY: SINFONI INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY OF z ∼ 2 STAR-FORMING GALAXIES*

    N. M. Förster Schreiber;R. Genzel;N. Bouché;G. Cresci

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

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

  • zCOSMOS: A Large VLT/VIMOS Redshift Survey Covering 0 < z < 3 in the COSMOS Field*

    S. J. Lilly;O. Le Fèvre;A. Renzini;G. Zamorani

  • The First Release COSMOS Optical and Near-IR Data and Catalog

    P. Capak;H. Aussel;M. Ajiki;H. J. McCracken

  • The Stellar Populations of Galaxies

    B. Barbuy;A. Renzini

  • Advanced evolutionary stages of intermediate-mass stars. I. Evolution of surface compositions.

    A. Renzini;M. Voli

  • The First Release COSMOS Optical and Near-IR Data and Catalog

    P. Capak;H. Aussel;H. Aussel;M. Ajiki;H. J. McCracken;H. J. McCracken

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucia Pozzetti
Lucia Pozzetti National Institute for Astrophysics
Emanuele Daddi
Emanuele Daddi University of Paris-Saclay
Andrea Cimatti
Andrea Cimatti University of Bologna
Anton M. Koekemoer
Anton M. Koekemoer Space Telescope Science Institute
H. J. McCracken
H. J. McCracken Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
A. Iovino
A. Iovino National Institute for Astrophysics
S. Bardelli
S. Bardelli National Institute for Astrophysics
Manuela Zoccali
Manuela Zoccali Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
John D. Silverman
John D. Silverman University of Tokyo
Karina Caputi
Karina Caputi University of Groningen

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