2026 Avishai Dekel: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	144	353	339	3	3	515	76697

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

144

353

339

515

76697

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Physics in Israel Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Physics in Israel Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Physics in Israel Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Physics in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Avishai Dekel is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and specializes in Physics and Astronomy. Their research comprehensively covers various subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The focus of their research includes multiple interconnected areas within astrophysical sciences. Key topics addressed in their work encompass:

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

Avishai Dekel has contributed extensively to several prestigious publication venues. These include:

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

The following list highlights some recent published papers authored or coauthored by Dekel, providing insight into the ongoing research themes:

"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
"Efficient formation of massive galaxies at cosmic dawn by feedback-free starbursts," 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Spectroscopic Confirmation of CEERS NIRCam-selected Galaxies at z ≃ 8-10," 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
"The Complete CEERS Early Universe Galaxy Sample: A Surprisingly Slow Evolution of the Space Density of Bright Galaxies at z ∼ 8.5-14.5," 2024, The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Dekel include the following researchers:

Anton M. Koekemoer
L. Y. Aaron Yung
Steven L. Finkelstein
Joel R. Primack
Mark Dickinson

Best Publications

The origin of dwarf galaxies, cold dark matter, and biased galaxy formation

A. Dekel;J. Silk

2751
Citations
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

2725
Citations
Profiles of dark haloes: evolution, scatter and environment

James S. Bullock;James S. Bullock;Tsafrir S. Kolatt;Tsafrir S. Kolatt;Yair Sigad;Rachel S. Somerville;Rachel S. Somerville

2674
Citations
CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey

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

2272
Citations
Galaxy bimodality due to cold flows and shock heating

Avishai Dekel;Yuval Birnboim

1955
Citations
Cold streams in early massive hot haloes as the main mode of galaxy formation.

A. Dekel;Y. Birnboim;Y. Birnboim;G. Engel;J. Freundlich

1934
Citations
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

1709
Citations
Virial shocks in galactic haloes

Yuval Birnboim;Avishai Dekel

1581
Citations
Concentrations of Dark Halos from Their Assembly Histories

Risa H. Wechsler;James S. Bullock;Joel R. Primack;Andrey V. Kravtsov

1392
Citations
Formation of Massive Galaxies at High Redshift: Cold Streams, Clumpy Disks, and Compact Spheroids

Avishai Dekel;Re'em Sari;Daniel Ceverino

1142
Citations
A Universal Angular Momentum Profile for Galactic Halos

James S. Bullock;Avishai Dekel;Tsafrir S. Kolatt;Andrey V. Kravtsov

1085
Citations
3D-HST+CANDELS: THE EVOLUTION OF THE GALAXY SIZE–MASS DISTRIBUTION SINCE z = 3

A. van der Wel;M. Franx;P.G. van Dokkum;R.E. Skelton

952
Citations
Morphological Quenching of Star Formation: Making Early-Type Galaxies Red

Marie Martig;Frédéric Bournaud;Romain Teyssier;Avishai Dekel

825
Citations
Wet Disc Contraction to Galactic Blue Nuggets and Quenching to Red Nuggets

Avishai Dekel;Andreas Burkert

673
Citations
THE IMPACT OF COLD GAS ACCRETION ABOVE A MASS FLOOR ON GALAXY SCALING RELATIONS

N. Bouché;A. Dekel;R. Genzel;S. Genel

669
Citations
CANDELS: The progenitors of compact quiescent galaxies at z~2

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

638
Citations
THE SINS SURVEY OF z ∼ 2 GALAXY KINEMATICS: PROPERTIES OF THE GIANT STAR-FORMING CLUMPS*

R. Genzel;S. Newman;T. Jones;N. M. Förster Schreiber

606
Citations
A UNIVERSAL, LOCAL STAR FORMATION LAW IN GALACTIC CLOUDS, NEARBY GALAXIES, HIGH-REDSHIFT DISKS, AND STARBURSTS

Mark R. Krumholz;Avishai Dekel;Christopher F. McKee

564
Citations
The effect of galaxy mass ratio on merger-driven starbursts

T. J. Cox;Patrik Jonsson;Rachel S. Somerville;Joel R. Primack

562
Citations
Dynamics of Cosmic Flows

Avishai Dekel

544
Citations