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Bing Zhang 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 Bing Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,076 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bing Zhang 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 Bing Zhang 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: 149 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

  • 2020 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to hyperspectral image acquisition and processing
  • 2014 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his significant scientific contributions to the understanding of the physical mechanisms of highenergy astrophysical sources, especially the prompt emission and afterglows of cosmological gammaray bursts

Overview

Bing Zhang is a researcher affiliated with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States, with a research focus in Physics and Astronomy. Their scholarly work primarily spans the subfields of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist has published extensively in notable venues, including arXiv (Cornell University), The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and PubMed. Their research topics cover a wide range within astrophysics and related fields, emphasizing Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, as well as Astro and Planetary Science.

Recent significant publications include:

  • A repeating fast radio burst associated with a persistent radio source (2022, Nature)
  • A bimodal burst energy distribution of a repeating fast radio burst source (2021, Nature)
  • A long-duration gamma-ray burst with a peculiar origin (2022, Nature)
  • A unified picture of Galactic and cosmological fast radio bursts (2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
  • Characterizing the Fast Radio Burst Host Galaxy Population and its Connection to Transients in the Local and Extragalactic Universe (2022, The Astronomical Journal)

Bing Zhang collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Pei Wang, Di Li, Chenhui Niu, Yongkun Zhang, and Jiarui Niu.

Awards received by this scientist include the IEEE Fellow title awarded in 2020 for contributions to hyperspectral image acquisition and processing and the Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2014. The APS citation acknowledges significant scientific contributions to understanding the physical mechanisms of high-energy astrophysical sources, particularly the prompt emission and afterglows of cosmological gamma-ray bursts.

Best Publications

  • Physical processes shaping GRB X-ray afterglow lightcurves: theoretical implications from the Swift XRT observations

    Bing Zhang;Y. Z. Fan;Jaroslaw Dyks;Shiho Kobayashi

  • Physical Processes Shaping Gamma-Ray Burst X-Ray Afterglow Light Curves: Theoretical Implications from the Swift X-Ray Telescope Observations

    Bing Zhang;Y. Z. Fan;Y. Z. Fan;Jaroslaw Dyks;Shiho Kobayashi;Shiho Kobayashi

  • TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES OF MASSIVE STAR-FORMING REGIONS. VI. GALACTIC STRUCTURE, FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS, AND NONCIRCULAR MOTIONS

    M. J. Reid;K. M. Menten;X. W. Zheng;A. Brunthaler

  • The association of GRB 060218 with a supernova and the evolution of the shock wave

    Sergio Campana;V. Mangano;A.J. Blustin;P. Brown

  • The Physics of Gamma-Ray Bursts and Relativistic Jets

    Pawan Kumar;Bing Zhang

  • The physics of gamma-ray bursts & relativistic jets

    Pawan Kumar;Bing Zhang

  • Gamma-Ray Bursts: Progress, Problems & Prospects

    Bing Zhang;Peter Mészáros

  • The Internal-collision-induced Magnetic Reconnection and Turbulence (ICMART) Model of Gamma-ray Bursts

    Bing Zhang;Huirong Yan;Huirong Yan

  • A short γ-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.225

    Neil Gehrels;C.L. Sarazin;Paul T. O'Brien;B. Zhang

  • Discovery of the Onset of Rapid Accretion by a Dormant Massive Black Hole

    D.N. Burrows;F.E. Marshall;S.T. Holland;M. Eracleous

  • Broadband observations of the naked-eye gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B

    J. L. Racusin;S. V. Karpov;M. Sokolowski;J. Granot

  • Bright X-ray Flares in Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows

    David N. Burrows;Patrizia Romano;Abraham Falcone;Shiho Kobayashi

  • GAMMA-RAY BURST AFTERGLOW WITH CONTINUOUS ENERGY INJECTION: SIGNATURE OF A HIGHLY MAGNETIZED MILLISECOND PULSAR

    Bing Zhang;Peter Mészáros

  • Relativistic jet activity from the tidal disruption of a star by a massive black hole

    D. N. Burrows;J. A. Kennea;G. Ghisellini;V. Mangano

  • DISCERNING THE PHYSICAL ORIGINS OF COSMOLOGICAL GAMMA-RAY BURSTS BASED ON MULTIPLE OBSERVATIONAL CRITERIA: THE CASES OF z = 6.7 GRB 080913, z = 8.2 GRB 090423, AND SOME SHORT/HARD GRBs

    Bing Zhang;Bin-Bin Zhang;Francisco J. Virgili;En-Wei Liang

  • The Early X-Ray Emission from GRBs

    P. T. O’Brien;R. Willingale;J. Osborne;M. R. Goad

  • Discerning the physical origins of cosmological Gamma-ray bursts based on multiple observational criteria: the cases of z=6.7 GRB 080913, z=8.3 GRB 090423, and some short/hard GRBs

    Bing Zhang;Bin-Bin Zhang;Francisco J. Virgili;En-Wei Liang

  • A Possible Connection between Fast Radio Bursts and Gamma-Ray Bursts

    Bing Zhang

  • An origin for short gamma-ray bursts unassociated with current star formation

    S D Barthelmy;G Chincarini;G Chincarini;D N Burrows;N Gehrels

  • Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star

    Ligo Sci, Virgo, Antares;Z. Cano;Antonio de Ugarte Postigo

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Mészáros
Peter Mészáros Pennsylvania State University
P. T. O'Brien
P. T. O'Brien University of Leicester
K. L. Page
K. L. Page University of Leicester
Shiho Kobayashi
Shiho Kobayashi Liverpool John Moores University
N. Gehrels
N. Gehrels Goddard Space Flight Center
P. Romano
P. Romano National Institute for Astrophysics
M. Perri
M. Perri Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma
Scott D. Barthelmy
Scott D. Barthelmy Goddard Space Flight Center
Gianpiero Tagliaferri
Gianpiero Tagliaferri National Institute for Astrophysics
Patricia Schady
Patricia Schady University of Bath

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