2026 Bruce G. Elmegreen: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	119	853	808	459	428	693	47955

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Physics

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808

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428

693

47955

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2001 - Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society

Overview

Bruce G. Elmegreen is affiliated with IBM in the United States and has a research focus primarily in Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans multiple subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, galaxies formation and evolution, astrophysics and star formation studies, astronomy and astrophysical research, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, membrane separation and gas transport, and graphene research and applications.

Frequent collaborators of Bruce G. Elmegreen include Daniela Calzetti, Angela Adamo, Matteo Messa, J. S. Gallagher, and Kathryn Grasha.

Their most frequent venues for publication are arXiv (Cornell University), The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and The Open Journal of Astrophysics.

Recent publications include:

Challenges and opportunities in quantum optimization, 2024, Nature Reviews Physics
Quantum-centric supercomputing for materials science: A perspective on challenges and future directions, 2024, Future Generation Computer Systems
Crown Nanopores in Graphene for CO₂ Capture and Filtration, 2022, ACS Nano
Physics-Informed Neural Network Super Resolution for Advection-Diffusion Models, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
The Interstellar Medium in Dwarf Irregular Galaxies, 2024, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Bruce G. Elmegreen has received recognition from scientific organizations, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012 and receiving the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics from the American Astronomical Society in 2001.

Best Publications

Interstellar Turbulence I: Observations and Processes

Bruce G. Elmegreen;John Scalo

1683
Citations
Sequential formation of subgroups in OB associations

B. G. Elmegreen;C. J. Lada

1604
Citations
Star Formation in a Crossing Time

Bruce G. Elmegreen

876
Citations
The spitzer survey of stellar structure in galaxies (s^4g)

Kartik Sheth;Kartik Sheth;Michael Regan;Joannah L. Hinz;Armando Gil de Paz

856
Citations
A Universal Formation Mechanism for Open and Globular Clusters in Turbulent Gas

Bruce G. Elmegreen;Yuri N. Efremov

713
Citations
A FRACTAL ORIGIN FOR THE MASS SPECTRUM OF INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS

Bruce G. Elmegreen;Edith Falgarone

686
Citations
Bulge Formation by the Coalescence of Giant Clumps in Primordial Disk Galaxies

Bruce G. Elmegreen;Frédéric Bournaud;Debra Meloy Elmegreen

595
Citations
Rapid Formation of Exponential Disks and Bulges at High Redshift from the Dynamical Evolution of Clump-Cluster and Chain Galaxies

Frédéric Bournaud;Bruce G. Elmegreen;Debra Meloy Elmegreen

537
Citations
A Pressure and Metallicity Dependence for Molecular Cloud Correlations and the Calibration of Mass

Bruce G. Elmegreen

534
Citations
THE THICK DISKS OF SPIRAL GALAXIES AS RELICS FROM GAS-RICH, TURBULENT, CLUMPY DISKS AT HIGH REDSHIFT

Frédéric Bournaud;Bruce G. Elmegreen;Marie Martig

534
Citations
Bulge formation by the coalescence of giant clumps in primordial disk galaxies

Bruce G. Elmegreen

533
Citations
Largest molecular cloud complexes in the first galactic quadrant

T.M. Dame;B.G. Elmegreen;R.S. Cohen;P. Thaddeus

521
Citations
Little Things

Deidre A. Hunter;Dana Ficut-Vicas;Trisha Ashley;Elias Brinks

507
Citations
Star formation from galaxies to globules

Bruce G. Elmegreen

495
Citations
Evolution of the Bar Fraction in COSMOS: Quantifying the Assembly of the Hubble Sequence

Kartik Sheth;Debra Meloy Elmegreen;Bruce G. Elmegreen;Peter Capak

475
Citations
Star Formation Properties of a Large Sample of Irregular Galaxies

Deidre A. Hunter;Bruce G. Elmegreen

453
Citations
Interstellar Turbulence II: Implications and Effects

John Scalo;Bruce G. Elmegreen

449
Citations
What controls star formation in the central 500 pc of the Galaxy

J. M. Diederik Kruijssen;Steven N. Longmore;Steven N. Longmore;Bruce G. Elmegreen;Norman Murray

410
Citations
High-resolution Mass Models of Dwarf Galaxies from LITTLE THINGS

Se Heon Oh;Deidre A. Hunter;Elias Brinks;Bruce G. Elmegreen

407
Citations
ISM properties in hydrodynamic galaxy simulations: turbulence cascades, cloud formation, role of gravity and feedback

Frédéric Bournaud;Bruce G. Elmegreen;Romain Teyssier;David L. Block

402
Citations