2026 Avishay Gal-Yam: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	158	222	211	1	1	1590	75582

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

158

222

211

1590

75582

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

Avishay Gal-Yam is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, with a research focus primarily situated within the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their extensive publication record demonstrates a particular depth in Astronomy and Astrophysics as a main subfield, along with contributions to Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Astro and Planetary Science
Neutrino Physics Research

Avishay Gal-Yam has an active co-authorship network, frequently collaborating with notable researchers in the field. Some of these frequent co-authors include:

J. Sollerman
M. M. Kasliwal
S. Schulze
C. Fremling
D. A. Perley

The scientist has published extensively in several prominent venues. The most common publication venues are:

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

Some significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Avishay Gal-Yam include:

A WC/WO star exploding within an expanding carbon-oxygen-neon nebula (2022, Nature)
Candidate Tidal Disruption Event AT2019fdr Coincident with a High-Energy Neutrino (2022, Physical Review Letters)
Bright, Months-long Stellar Outbursts Announce the Explosion of Interaction-powered Supernovae (2021, The Astrophysical Journal)
The Type Icn SN 2021csp: Implications for the Origins of the Fastest Supernovae and the Fates of Wolf-Rayet Stars (2022, The Astrophysical Journal)
- (2022, Warwick Research Archive Portal (University of Warwick))

Best Publications

The Palomar Transient Factory: System Overview, Performance and First Results

N. M. Law;S. R. Kulkarni;R. G. Dekany;E. O. Ofek

1754
Citations
The zwicky transient facility: System overview, performance, and first results

Eric C. Bellm;Shrinivas R. Kulkarni;Matthew J. Graham;Richard Dekany

1561
Citations
The Palomar Transient Factory: system overview, performance and first results

Nicholas M. Law;Shrinivas R. Kulkarni;Richard G. Dekany;Eran O. Ofek

1414
Citations
LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

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

1210
Citations
Luminous Supernovae

Avishay Gal-Yam

987
Citations
Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory

Arne Rau;Shrinivas R. Kulkarni;Nicholas M. Law;Joshua S. Bloom

917
Citations
WISeREP - An Interactive Supernova Data Repository

Ofer Yaron;Avishay Gal-Yam

835
Citations
A kilonova as the electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave source

S. J. Smartt;T.-W. Chen;A. Jerkstrand;M. Coughlin

821
Citations
The Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives

Matthew J. Graham;S. R. Kulkarni;Eric C. Bellm;Scott M. Adams

789
Citations
The afterglow of GRB 050709 and the nature of the short-hard γ-ray bursts

Derek B Fox;Derek B Fox;Dale A Frail;Paul Antony Price;Shrinivas R Kulkarni

731
Citations
An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova

A. M. Soderberg;A. M. Soderberg;E. Berger;E. Berger;K. L. Page;P. Schady

630
Citations
Hydrogen-poor superluminous stellar explosions

R. M. Quimby;S. R. Kulkarni;M. M. Kasliwal;A. Gal-Yam

624
Citations
Relativistic ejecta from X-ray flash XRF 060218 and the rate of cosmic explosions

A. M. Soderberg;S. R. Kulkarni;E. Nakar;E. Berger

612
Citations
Supernova SN 2011fe from an exploding carbon–oxygen white dwarf star

Peter E. Nugent;Peter E. Nugent;Mark Sullivan;S. Bradley Cenko;Rollin C. Thomas

596
Citations
Supernova 2007bi as a pair-instability explosion.

Avishay Gal-Yam;P. Mazzali;E. O. Ofek;P. E. Nugent

577
Citations
The First Systematic Study of Type Ibc Supernova Multi-band Light Curves

Maria R. Drout;Alicia M. Soderberg;A. Gal-Yam;S. B. Cenko

531
Citations
OGLE-2003-BLG-262: Finite-Source Effects from a Point-Mass Lens

Jaiyul Yoo;D. L. DePoy;A. Gal-Yam;B. S. Gaudi

502
Citations
The afterglow and elliptical host galaxy of the short gamma-ray burst GRB 050724.

Edo Berger;Paul Antony Price;Stephen B Cenko;Avishay Gal-Yam

497
Citations
A novel explosive process is required for the γ-ray burst GRB 060614

A Gal-Yam;D B Fox;P A Price;E O Ofek

481
Citations
A continuum of H- to He-rich tidal disruption candidates with a preference for E+A galaxies

Iair Arcavi;Iair Arcavi;Iair Arcavi;Avishay Gal-Yam;Mark Sullivan;Yen Chen Pan

480
Citations