C. Megan Urry

C. Megan Urry 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 C. Megan Urry sits on this spectrum.

C. Megan Urry 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 C. Megan Urry sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1998 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering studies of the nature of Active Galactic Nuclei through multiwavelength observational campaigns and the elucidation of unified models

Overview

Best Publications

• Unified Schemes for Radio-Loud Active Galactic Nuclei

  C. Megan Urry;Paolo Padovani

  5754
  Citations

• The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) Mission

  Fiona A. Harrison;William W. Craig;Finn E. Christensen;Charles J. Hailey

  2408
  Citations

• THE NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPIC TELESCOPE ARRAY (NuSTAR) HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY MISSION

  Fiona A. Harrison;William W. Craig;William W. Craig;Finn E. Christensen;Charles J. Hailey

  2194
  Citations

• Active Galactic Nucleus Black Hole Masses and Bolometric Luminosities

  Jong-Hak Woo;C. Megan Urry

  1024
  Citations

• The green valley is a red herring: Galaxy Zoo reveals two evolutionary pathways towards quenching of star formation in early-and late-type galaxies

  Kevin Schawinski;C. Megan Urry;Brooke D. Simmons;Lucy F Fortson

  751
  Citations

• The Space Density of Compton Thick AGN and the X-ray Background

  E. Treister;C. Megan Urry;Shanil Virani

  512
  Citations

• Lyα Emission-Line Galaxies at z = 3.1 in the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South

  Caryl Gronwall;Robin Ciardullo;Thomas Hickey;Eric Gawiser

  454
  Citations

• The X-Ray Jet of PKS 0637–752: Inverse Compton Radiation from the Cosmic Microwave Background?

  Fabrizio Tavecchio;Laura Maraschi;Rita M. Sambruna;C. Megan Urry

  453
  Citations

• BeppoSAX Observations of Unprecedented Synchrotron Activity in the BL Lacertae Object Markarian 501

  Elena Pian;Giuseppe Vacanti;Gianpiero Tagliaferri;Gabriele Ghisellini

  432
  Citations

• Lyα-Emitting Galaxies at z = 3.1: L* Progenitors Experiencing Rapid Star Formation*

  Eric Gawiser;Harold Francke;Harold Francke;Kamson Lai;Kevin Schawinski

  416
  Citations

• THE DISCOVERY OF THE FIRST “CHANGING LOOK” QUASAR: NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PHYSICS AND PHENOMENOLOGY OF ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI

  Stephanie M. LaMassa;Sabrina Cales;Sabrina Cales;Edward C. Moran;Adam D. Myers

  412
  Citations

• The Space Density of Compton-Thick Active Galactic Nucleus and the X-Ray Background

  E. Treister;E. Treister;C. Megan Urry;Shanil Virani

  404
  Citations

• The multiwavelength survey by Yale-Chile (MUSYC): Survey design and deep public UBVRIz′ images and catalogs of the extended Hubble Deep Field-South

  Eric Gawiser;Pieter G. Van Dokkum;David Herrera;José Maza

  387
  Citations

• The Einstein Slew Survey sample of BL Lacertae objects

  Eric S. Perlman;Eric S. Perlman;John T. Stocke;Jonathan F. Schachter;Martin Elvis

  340
  Citations

• The Hubble Space Telescope Survey of BL Lacertae Objects. II. Host Galaxies

  C. Megan Urry;Riccardo Scarpa;Matthew O’Dowd;Matthew O’Dowd;Renato Falomo

  337
  Citations

• THE MULTIWAVELENGTH SURVEY BY YALE-CHILE (MUSYC): DEEP MEDIUM-BAND OPTICAL IMAGING AND HIGH-QUALITY 32-BAND PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS IN THE ECDF-S

  Carolin N. Cardamone;Pieter G. van Dokkum;C. Megan Urry;Yoshi Taniguchi

  321
  Citations

• The physical nature of Lyα-emitting galaxies at z = 3.1

  Eric Gawiser;Pieter G. van Dokkum;Caryl Gronwall;Robin Ciardullo

  315
  Citations

• Spectroscopic Identification of Massive Galaxies at z ~ 2.3 with Strongly Suppressed Star Formation*

  Mariska Kriek;Pieter G. van Dokkum;Marijn Franx;Ryan Quadri

  273
  Citations

• Galaxy Zoo: the fundamentally different co-evolution of supermassive black holes and their early- and late-type host galaxies

  Kevin Schawinski;C. Megan Urry;Shanil Virani;Paolo Coppi

  273
  Citations

• The nuclear spectroscopic telescope array (NuSTAR) high-energy X-ray mission

  Kristin K. Madsen;Fiona A. Harrison;Hongjun An;Steven E. Boggs

  14
  Citations