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D-Index
99
Citations
43500
World Ranking
1690
National Ranking
889

Chris Impey 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 Chris Impey sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 555 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chris Impey 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 Chris Impey sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% 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

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Chris Impey is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and specializes in the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a primary focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research spans multiple subfields including Education, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science Applications, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics covered by their work include:

  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
  • Innovations in Educational Methods
  • Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Online Learning and Analytics
  • Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
  • Planetary Science and Exploration

Chris Impey has contributed to a variety of journals and conference proceedings, with frequent publications found in:

  • EDULEARN proceedings
  • Astronomy Education Journal
  • Futures
  • Astrobiology
  • Space Education & Strategic Applications

Their recent papers include:

  • MOOCS and 100 Days of COVID: Enrollment surges in massive open online astronomy classes during the coronavirus pandemic, 2021, Social Sciences & Humanities Open
  • Life beyond Earth: How will it first be detected?, 2022, Acta Astronautica
  • Unbound: Ethics, Law, Sustainability, and the New Space Race, 2021, Studia Humana

Impey has worked alongside several frequent co-authors, such as:

  • Matthew Wenger
  • Alexander Danehy
  • Martin Formánek
  • Konrad Szocik
  • Mark Shelhamer

Their published book, "Worlds Without End," appeared in 2023 through The MIT Press.

Chris Impey was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Detailed structural decomposition of galaxy images

    Chien Y. Peng;Luis C. Ho;Chris D. Impey;Hans Walter Rix

  • The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): Overview*

    N. Scoville;N. Scoville;H. Aussel;M. Brusa;P. Capak

  • DETAILED DECOMPOSITION OF GALAXY IMAGES. II. BEYOND AXISYMMETRIC MODELS

    Chien Y. Peng;Luis C. Ho;Chris D. Impey;Hans Walter Rix

  • zCOSMOS: A Large VLT/VIMOS redshift survey covering 0 < z < 3 in the COSMOS field

    S.J. Lilly;O. Le Fevre;A. Renzini;G. Zamorani

  • zCOSMOS: A Large VLT/VIMOS Redshift Survey Covering 0 < z < 3 in the COSMOS Field*

    S. J. Lilly;O. Le Fèvre;A. Renzini;G. Zamorani

  • The First Release COSMOS Optical and Near-IR Data and Catalog

    P. Capak;H. Aussel;M. Ajiki;H. J. McCracken

  • The First Release COSMOS Optical and Near-IR Data and Catalog

    P. Capak;H. Aussel;H. Aussel;M. Ajiki;H. J. McCracken;H. J. McCracken

  • Identifying Luminous AGN in Deep Surveys: Revised IRAC Selection Criteria

    Jennifer Donley;A. M. Koekemoer;M. Brusa;P. Capak

  • The Spitzer Legacy Survey of the HST-ACS 2 sq. deg. COSMOS Field: survey strategy and first analysis

    D. B. Sanders;M. Salvato;H. Aussel;O. Ilbert

  • S-COSMOS: The Spitzer Legacy Survey of the Hubble Space Telescope ACS 2 deg^2 COSMOS Field I: Survey Strategy and First Analysis

    D. B. Sanders;M. Salvato;H. Aussel;H. Aussel;O. Ilbert

  • Identifying Luminous Active Galactic Nuclei in Deep Surveys: Revised IRAC Selection Criteria

    J. L. Donley;A. M. Koekemoer;Marcella Brusa;P. Capak

  • COSMOS : Hubble Space Telescope Observations

    N. Scoville;A. Benson;A. W. Blain;D. Calzetti

  • COSMOS: Hubble Space Telescope Observations

    N. Scoville;N. Scoville;R. G. Abraham;H. Aussel;J. E. Barnes

  • The Chandra COSMOS Survey. I. Overview and Point Source Catalog

    Martin Elvis;Francesca Civano;Cristian Vignali;Simonetta Puccetti

  • The XMM-Newton Wide-Field Survey in the COSMOS field (XMM-COSMOS): demography and multiwavelength properties of obscured and unobscured luminous AGN

    M. Brusa;F. Civano;A. Comastri;T. Miyaji

  • Photometric redshift and classification for the XMM-COSMOS sources

    M. Salvato;G. Hasinger;O. Ilbert;G. Zamorani

  • On the cosmic evolution of the scaling relations between black holes and their host galaxies: Broad Line AGN in the zCOSMOS survey

    A. Merloni;A. Bongiorno;M. Bolzonella;M. Brusa

  • Probing the Coevolution of Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxies Using Gravitationally Lensed Quasar Hosts

    Chien Y. Peng;Chien Y. Peng;Chris D. Impey;Hans Walter Rix;Christopher S. Kochanek

  • The Bulk of the Black Hole Growth Since z ~ 1 Occurs in a Secular Universe: No Major Merger-AGN Connection

    Mauricio Cisternas;Mauricio Cisternas;Knud Jahnke;Katherine J. Inskip;Jeyhan Kartaltepe

  • Bolometric luminosities and Eddington ratios of X-ray selected active galactic nuclei in the XMM-COSMOS survey

    E. Lusso;A. Comastri;B. D. Simmons;M. Mignoli

Frequent Co-Authors

Anton M. Koekemoer
Anton M. Koekemoer Space Telescope Science Institute
Jonathan R. Trump
Jonathan R. Trump University of Connecticut
Peter Capak
Peter Capak California Institute of Technology
Mara Salvato
Mara Salvato Max Planck Society
Marcella Brusa
Marcella Brusa University of Bologna
Nick Scoville
Nick Scoville California Institute of Technology
Eva Schinnerer
Eva Schinnerer Max Planck Society
Andrea Comastri
Andrea Comastri National Institute for Astrophysics
Francesca Civano
Francesca Civano Harvard University
Martin Elvis
Martin Elvis Harvard University

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