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Brant Robertson 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 Brant Robertson sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 258 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brant Robertson 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 Brant Robertson 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: 112 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Brant Robertson is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with an extensive focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their work encompasses several subfields including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Instrumentation
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Key research topics addressed in their publications include:

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

Brant Robertson has collaborated frequently with other researchers such as Sandro Tacchella, Andrew J. Bunker, Christina C. Williams, R. Maiolino, and Zhiyuan Ji. These coauthors have appeared together on numerous publications, indicating sustained scientific partnerships.

The scientist's publication record includes many papers in respected venues. Frequent publication venues are:

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

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Brant Robertson cover a range of advanced topics in astronomy:

  • Identification and properties of intense star-forming galaxies at redshifts z > 10, 2023, Nature Astronomy
  • Spectroscopic confirmation of four metal-poor galaxies at z = 10.3-13.2, 2023, Nature Astronomy
  • JADES NIRSpec Spectroscopy of GN-z11: Lyman-α emission and possible enhanced nitrogen abundance in a z = 10.60 luminous galaxy, 2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • A small and vigorous black hole in the early Universe, 2024, Nature
  • JADES, 2024, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Best Publications

  • A Unified, Merger-Driven Model for the Origin of Starbursts, Quasars, the Cosmic X-Ray Background, Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxy Spheroids

    Philip F. Hopkins;Lars Hernquist;Thomas J. Cox;Tiziana Di Matteo

  • A Unified, Merger-driven Model of the Origin of Starbursts, Quasars, the Cosmic X-Ray Background, Supermassive Black Holes, and Galaxy Spheroids

    Philip F. Hopkins;Lars Hernquist;Thomas J. Cox;Tiziana Di Matteo

  • A semi-analytic model for the co-evolution of galaxies, black holes and active galactic nuclei

    Rachel S. Somerville;Philip F. Hopkins;Thomas J. Cox;Brant E. Robertson

  • LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

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

  • Cosmic Reionization and Early Star-Forming Galaxies: A Joint Analysis of New Constraints from Planck and Hubble Space Telescope

    Brant E. Robertson;Richard S. Ellis;Steven R. Furlanetto;James S. Dunlop

  • Cosmic Reionization and Early Star-forming Galaxies: a Joint Analysis of new Constraints From Planck and the Hubble Space Telescope

    Brant E. Robertson;Richard S. Ellis;Steven R. Furlanetto;James S. Dunlop

  • Are the Magellanic Clouds on Their First Passage about the Milky Way

    Gurtina Besla;Nitya Kallivayalil;Lars Hernquist;Brant Robertson

  • THE LARGE-SCALE BIAS OF DARK MATTER HALOS: NUMERICAL CALIBRATION AND MODEL TESTS

    Jeremy L. Tinker;Brant E. Robertson;Andrey V. Kravtsov;Anatoly Klypin

  • Black Holes in Galaxy Mergers: Evolution of Quasars

    Philip F. Hopkins;Lars Hernquist;Thomas J. Cox;Tiziana Di Matteo

  • The Abundance of Star-Forming Galaxies in the Redshift Range 8.5 to 12: New Results from the 2012 Hubble Ultra Deep Field Campaign

    Richard S Ellis;Ross J McLure;James S Dunlop;Brant E Robertson

  • New Constraints on Cosmic Reionization from the 2012 Hubble Ultra Deep Field Campaign

    Brant E. Robertson;Steven R. Furlanetto;Evan Schneider;Stephane Charlot

  • A merger-driven scenario for cosmological disk galaxy formation

    Brant Robertson;James S. Bullock;Thomas J. Cox;Tiziana Di Matteo

  • The Abundance of Star-forming Galaxies in the Redshift Range 8.5-12: New Results from the 2012 Hubble Ultra Deep Field Campaign

    Richard S. Ellis;Ross J. McLure;James S. Dunlop;Brant E. Robertson

  • Kinematic Structure of Merger Remnants

    T. J. Cox;Suvendra N. Dutta;Tiziana Di Matteo;Lars Hernquist

  • The Frontier Fields: Survey Design

    J. M. Lotz;A. Koekemoer;D. Coe;N. Grogin

  • The Fundamental Scaling Relations of Elliptical Galaxies

    Brant Robertson;Thomas J. Cox;Lars Hernquist;Marijn Franx

  • A Physical Model for the Origin of Quasar Lifetimes

    Philip F. Hopkins;Lars Hernquist;Paul Martini;Thomas J. Cox

  • A new multifield determination of the galaxy luminosity function at z = 7-9 incorporating the 2012 Hubble Ultra-Deep Field imaging

    R. J. McLure;J. S. Dunlop;R. A. A. Bowler;E. Curtis-Lake

  • The Kinematic Structure of Merger Remnants

    T. J. Cox;Suvendra N. Dutta;Tiziana Di Matteo;Lars Hernquist

  • KECK SPECTROSCOPY OF 3 < z < 7 FAINT LYMAN BREAK GALAXIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF NEBULAR EMISSION IN UNDERSTANDING THE SPECIFIC STAR FORMATION RATE AND STELLAR MASS DENSITY

    Daniel P. Stark;Matthew A. Schenker;Richard Ellis;Brant Robertson

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard S. Ellis
Richard S. Ellis University College London
Philip F. Hopkins
Philip F. Hopkins California Institute of Technology
Daniel P. Stark
Daniel P. Stark University of Arizona
James S. Dunlop
James S. Dunlop University of Edinburgh
Ross J. McLure
Ross J. McLure University of Edinburgh
Anton M. Koekemoer
Anton M. Koekemoer Space Telescope Science Institute
Lars Hernquist
Lars Hernquist Harvard University
Volker Springel
Volker Springel Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Michele Cirasuolo
Michele Cirasuolo European Southern Observatory
James S. Bullock
James S. Bullock University of California, Irvine

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