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Alyssa A. Goodman 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 Alyssa A. Goodman sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 338 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alyssa A. Goodman 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 Alyssa A. Goodman sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% 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

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1993 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Alyssa A. Goodman is affiliated with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the broad domain of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their scholarly work spans several interrelated subfields, including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Instrumentation
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Artificial Intelligence

The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects such as:

  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • History and Developments in Astronomy
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Star formation near the Sun is driven by expansion of the Local Bubble (2022, Nature)
  • A compendium of distances to molecular clouds in the Star Formation Handbook (2020, Springer Link, Chiba Institute of Technology)
  • A Galactic-scale gas wave in the solar neighbourhood (2020, Nature)
  • The star formation history of the Sco-Cen association (2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics)
  • Evidence for Radial Expansion at the Core of the Orion Complex with Gaia EDR3 (2021, The Astrophysical Journal)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Catherine Zucker
  • J. Alves
  • Cameren Swiggum
  • J. E. Pineda
  • Joshua S. Speagle

The primary venues for the scientist's publications comprise:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Nature
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

Alyssa A. Goodman was recognized with fellowships from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009 and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1993.

Best Publications

  • BVRI Light Curves for 22 Type Ia Supernovae

    Adam G. Riess;Robert P. Kirshner;Brian P. Schmidt;Saurabh Jha

  • BVRI Light Curves for 22 Type Ia Supernovae

    Adam G. Riess;Robert P. Kirshner;Brian P. Schmidt;Saurabh Jha

  • Dense cores in dark clouds. VIII - Velocity gradients

    A. A. Goodman;P. J. Benson;G. A. Fuller;P. C. Myers

  • Coherence in Dense Cores. II. The Transition to Coherence

    Alyssa A. Goodman;Alyssa A. Goodman;Joseph A. Barranco;David J. Wilner;Mark H. Heyer

  • Structural Analysis of Molecular Clouds: Dendrograms

    E. W. Rosolowsky;J. E. Pineda;J. Kauffmann;A. A. Goodman

  • Dense cores in dark clouds. VI - Shapes

    P.C. Myers;G.A. Fuller;A.A. Goodman;P.J. Benson

  • CO Isotopologues in the Perseus Molecular Cloud Complex: the X-factor and Regional Variations

    Jaime E. Pineda;Paola Caselli;Alyssa A. Goodman

  • The Turbulent Shock Origin of Proto-Stellar Cores

    Paolo Padoan;Mika Juvela;Alyssa A. Goodman;Åke Nordlund

  • Evidence for magnetic and virial equilibrium in molecular clouds

    P.C. Myers;A.A. Goodman

  • The COMPLETE Survey of star-forming regions: Phase I data

    Naomi A. Ridge;James Di Francesco;Helen Kirk;Helen Kirk;Di Li;Di Li

  • Ten simple rules for the care and feeding of scientific data.

    Alyssa Goodman;Alberto Pepe;A.W. Alexander W. Blocker;C.L. Christine L. Borgman

  • Magnetic Molecular Clouds: Indirect Evidence for Magnetic Support and Ambipolar Diffusion

    P. C. Myers;A. A. Goodman

  • A Large Catalog of Accurate Distances to Local Molecular Clouds: The Gaia DR2 Edition

    Catherine Zucker;Joshua S. Speagle;Edward F. Schlafly;Gregory M. Green

  • The green bank ammonia survey (gas): first results of NH3 mapping the gould belt

    Rachel K. Friesen;Jaime E. Pineda;Erik Rosolowsky;Felipe Alves

  • Does near-infrared polarimetry reveal the magnetic field in cold dark clouds?

    Alyssa A. Goodman;Terry J. Jones;Elizabeth A. Lada;Philip C. Myers

  • OH Zeeman observations of dark clouds

    Richard M Crutcher;T. H. Troland;A. A. Goodman;C. Heiles

  • THE EFFECT OF LINE-OF-SIGHT TEMPERATURE VARIATION AND NOISE ON DUST CONTINUUM OBSERVATIONS

    Rahul Shetty;Jens Kauffmann;Scott Schnee;Alyssa A. Goodman

  • An Ammonia Spectral Atlas of Dense Cores in Perseus

    E. W. Rosolowsky;J. E. Pineda;J. B. Foster;M. A. Borkin

  • A UNIFORM CATALOG of MOLECULAR CLOUDS in the MILKY WAY

    Thomas S. Rice;Alyssa A. Goodman;Edwin A. Bergin;Christopher Beaumont

  • DIRECT OBSERVATION OF A SHARP TRANSITION TO COHERENCE IN DENSE CORES

    Jaime Eduardo Pineda;Alyssa Goodman;Hector G. Arce;Paola Caselli

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip C. Myers
Philip C. Myers Harvard University
Erik Rosolowsky
Erik Rosolowsky University of Alberta
Paola Caselli
Paola Caselli Max Planck Society
Peter G. Martin
Peter G. Martin University of Toronto
Tyler L. Bourke
Tyler L. Bourke Harvard University
Andreas Burkert
Andreas Burkert Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
João Alves
João Alves University of Vienna
Thomas P. Robitaille
Thomas P. Robitaille Max Planck Society
Marco Lombardi
Marco Lombardi University of Milan
Jes K. Jørgensen
Jes K. Jørgensen University of Copenhagen

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