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Asantha Cooray 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 Asantha Cooray sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 978 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Asantha Cooray 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 Asantha Cooray sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 142 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Asantha Cooray is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focused contribution to subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Aerospace Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work covers a diverse range of topics centered on cosmic and astrophysical phenomena. Key research themes include:

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

Among notable recent publications associated with Asantha Cooray are:

  • "The Relational Dynamics of Space-Time", 2024, Spectrum Research Repository (Concordia University)
  • "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
  • "CMB-S4: Forecasting Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves", 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Dusty Starbursts Masquerading as Ultra-high Redshift Galaxies in JWST CEERS Observations", 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • "CEERS Key Paper. IV. A Triality in the Nature of HST-dark Galaxies", 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Cooray collaborates frequently with several coauthors, with numerous joint publications with:

  • Dominik A. Riechers
  • V. Buat
  • L. Marchetti
  • C. Yang
  • S. Serjeant

The scientist has authored extensively in several publication venues, most notably:

  • arXiv (Cornell University), 22 publications
  • The Astrophysical Journal, 18 publications
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 12 publications
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics, 6 publications
  • Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems, 4 publications

Best Publications

  • LSST: from Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products

    Željko Ivezić;Steven M. Kahn;J. Anthony Tyson;Bob Abel

  • 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

  • Halo Models of Large Scale Structure

    Asantha Cooray;Ravi K. Sheth;Ravi K. Sheth

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

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

  • 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

  • LSST: From Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products

    Željko Ivezić;Steven M. Kahn;J. Anthony Tyson;Bob Abel

  • LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

    Paul A. Abell;Julius Allison;Scott F. Anderson

  • The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey: HerMES

    S. J. Oliver;J. Bock;J. Bock;B. Altieri

  • The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey: HerMES

    S. J. Oliver;J. Bock;J. Bock;B. Altieri;A. Amblard

  • The Herschel ATLAS

    S. Eales;L. Dunne;D. Clements;A. Cooray

  • Dusty Star Forming Galaxies at High Redshift

    Caitlin M. Casey;Caitlin M. Casey;Desika Narayanan;Asantha Cooray

  • The Herschel ATLAS

    Stephen Anthony Eales;L. Dunne;D. Clements;A. Cooray

  • A dust-obscured massive maximum-starburst galaxy at a redshift of 6.34

    Dominik A. Riechers;Dominik A. Riechers;C. M. Bradford;C. M. Bradford;D. L. Clements;C. D. Dowell;C. D. Dowell

  • 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 Herschel* PEP/HerMES luminosity function - I. Probing the evolution of PACS selected Galaxies to z ≃ 4

    C. Gruppioni;F. Pozzi;G. Rodighiero;I. Delvecchio

  • The Detection of a Population of Submillimeter-Bright, Strongly Lensed Galaxies

    Mattia Negrello;R. Hopwood;G. De Zotti;A. Cooray

  • CMB-S4 Science Case, Reference Design, and Project Plan

    Kevork Abazajian;Graeme Addison;Peter Adshead;Zeeshan Ahmed

  • CMBPol Mission Concept Study: Probing Inflation with CMB Polarization

    Daniel Baumann;Mark G. Jackson;Peter Adshead;Alexandre Amblard

  • Probing inflation with CMB polarization

    Daniel Baumann;Daniel Baumann;Mark G. Jackson;Peter Adshead;Alexandre Amblard

  • HerMES: The SPIRE confusion limit

    H. T. Nguyen;B. Schulz;L. Levenson;A. Amblard

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob Ivison
Rob Ivison European Southern Observatory
Stephen Anthony Eales
Stephen Anthony Eales Cardiff University
Douglas Scott
Douglas Scott University of British Columbia
Maarten Baes
Maarten Baes Ghent University
Mattia Vaccari
Mattia Vaccari University of Cape Town
G. de Zotti
G. de Zotti National Institute for Astrophysics
Loretta Dunne
Loretta Dunne Cardiff University
Duncan Farrah
Duncan Farrah University of Hawaii at Manoa
Steve Maddox
Steve Maddox Cardiff University
Matt J. Jarvis
Matt J. Jarvis University of Oxford

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