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D-Index
115
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44362
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997
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528

Christopher Sneden 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 Christopher Sneden sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 666 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christopher Sneden 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 Christopher Sneden sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 115 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christopher Sneden is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research is situated primarily within the broad field of Physics and Astronomy, with a specialization in subfields that bridge Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Spectroscopy, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics which include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Nuclear physics research studies, and Astronomical and nuclear sciences.

Christopher Sneden has authored and contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in key venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astronomical Journal, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Among notable recent papers:

  • Origin of the heaviest elements: The rapid neutron-capture process, 2021, Reviews of Modern Physics
  • The HETDEX Instrumentation: Hobby-Eberly Telescope Wide-field Upgrade and VIRUS, 2021, The Astronomical Journal
  • The Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) Survey Design, Reductions, and Detections*, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Linemake: An Atomic and Molecular Line List Generator, 2021, Research Notes of the AAS
  • ELemental abundances of Planets and brown dwarfs Imaged around Stars (ELPIS). I. Potential Metal Enrichment of the Exoplanet AF Lep b and a Novel Retrieval Approach for Cloudy Self-luminous Atmospheres, 2023, The Astronomical Journal

Frequent collaborators include Melike Afşar, Gregory N. Mace, Ian U. Roederer, J. E. Lawler, and J. J. Cowan. Interaction with these coauthors suggests a collaborative research network spanning multiple topics and projects.

Best Publications

  • The nitrogen abundance of the very metal-poor star HD 122563.

    C. Sneden

  • Abundance Variations within Globular Clusters

    Raffaele Gratton;Christopher A Sneden;Eugenio Carretta

  • Neutron-Capture Elements in the Early Galaxy

    Christopher A Sneden;John J. Cowan;Roberto Gallino;Roberto Gallino

  • Neutron-Capture Elements in the Early Galaxy: Insights from a Large Sample of Metal-poor Giants

    Debra L. Burris;Catherine A. Pilachowski;Taft E Armandroff;Christopher A Sneden

  • Synthesis of the elements in stars: forty years of progress

    George Wallerstein;Icko Iben;Peter Parker;Ann Merchant Boesgaard

  • Galactic Evolution of Sr, Y, Zr: A Multiplicity of Nucleosynthetic Processes

    Claudia Travaglio;Roberto Gallino;Enrico Arnone;John Cowan

  • Neutron-Capture Elements in the Early Galaxy: Insights from a Large Sample of Metal-Poor Giants

    Debra L. Burris;Catherine A. Pilachowski;Taft E. Armandroff;Christopher Sneden

  • GALACTIC EVOLUTION OF Sr, Y, AND Zr: A MULTIPLICITY OF NUCLEOSYNTHETIC PROCESSES

    Claudia Travaglio;Roberto Gallino;Enrico Arnone;Enrico Arnone;John Cowan

  • THE HIGH-RESOLUTION CROSS-DISPERSED ECHELLE WHITE PUPIL SPECTROMETER OF THE MCDONALD OBSERVATORY 2.7-M TELESCOPE

    Robert G. Tull;Phillip J. Macqueen;Christopher Sneden;David L. Lambert

  • Abundance Ratios as a Function of Metallicity

    J. Craig Wheeler;Christopher Sneden;James W. Truran

  • The O-Na and Mg-Al anticorrelations in turn-off and early subgiants in globular clusters

    R. G. Gratton;P. Bonifacio;A. Bragaglia;E. Carretta

  • The Ultra--Metal-poor, Neutron-Capture--rich Giant Star CS 22892-052

    Christopher Sneden;Andrew McWilliam;George W. Preston;John J. Cowan

  • MIXING ALONG THE RED GIANT BRANCH IN METAL-POOR FIELD STARS

    E. Carretta;R. G. Gratton;C. Sneden;A. Bragaglia

  • The Extremely Metal-poor, Neutron Capture-rich Star CS 22892-052: A Comprehensive Abundance Analysis

    Christopher Sneden;John J. Cowan;John J. Cowan;James E. Lawler;Inese I. Ivans;Inese I. Ivans

  • A SEARCH FOR STARS OF VERY LOW METAL ABUNDANCE. VI. DETAILED ABUNDANCES OF 313 METAL-POOR STARS*

    Ian U. Roederer;George W. Preston;Ian B. Thompson;Stephen A. Shectman

  • Origin of the heaviest elements: The rapid neutron-capture process

    John J. Cowan;Christopher Sneden;James E. Lawler;Ani Aprahamian

  • The Abundances of Neutron Capture Species in the Very Metal-Poor Globular Cluster M15: An Uniform Analysis of RGB and RHB Stars

    J. S. Sobeck;R. P. Kraft;C. Sneden;G. W. Preston

  • The r-Process-enriched Low-Metallicity Giant HD?115444

    Jenny Westin;Christopher Sneden;Bengt Gustafsson;John J. Cowan

  • The Rise of the s-Process in the Galaxy

    Jennifer Simmerer;Christopher A Sneden;John J. Cowan;Jason Collier

  • The SEGUE Stellar Parameter Pipeline. III. Comparison with High-Resolution Spectroscopy of SDSS/SEGUE Field Stars

    C. Allende Prieto;T. Sivarani;T. C. Beers;Y. S. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Cowan
John J. Cowan University of Oklahoma
Timothy C. Beers
Timothy C. Beers University of Notre Dame
J. E. Lawler
J. E. Lawler University of Wisconsin–Madison
Eugenio Carretta
Eugenio Carretta National Institute for Astrophysics
Raffaele Gratton
Raffaele Gratton National Institute for Astrophysics
A. Bragaglia
A. Bragaglia National Institute for Astrophysics
Sara Lucatello
Sara Lucatello National Institute for Astrophysics
Ian B. Thompson
Ian B. Thompson Carnegie Institution for Science
Matthew Shetrone
Matthew Shetrone The University of Texas at Austin

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