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D. A. Finley

D. A. Finley

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
79
Citations
29251
World Ranking
3074
National Ranking
1480

D. A. Finley 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 D. A. Finley sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 288 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

D. A. Finley 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 D. A. Finley sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

D. A. Finley is affiliated with Fermilab in the United States and has produced a body of research primarily within the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their scholarly output includes 29 publications, with a notable focus in several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Instrumentation.

The scientist's research topics span various areas including:

  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
  • Neutrino Physics Research
  • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

Among their recent papers are key contributions such as:

  • "STRIDES: a 3.9 per cent measurement of the Hubble constant from the strong lens system DES J0408−5354," 2020, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Updated MiniBooNE neutrino oscillation results with increased data and new background studies," 2021, published in Physical Review D
  • "The dark energy survey 5-yr photometrically identified type Ia supernovae," 2022, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "The first Hubble diagram and cosmological constraints using superluminous supernovae," 2021, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "MiniBooNE and MicroBooNE Combined Fit to a 3+1 Sterile Neutrino Scenario," 2022, published in Physical Review Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with D. A. Finley include:

  • Dillon Brout
  • J. García-Bellido
  • R. A. Gruendl
  • M. Smith
  • F. Paz-Chinchón

The scientist's publications have appeared predominantly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Physical Review D, and Physical Review Letters. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work spanning both observational and experimental physics contexts.

Best Publications

  • Dark Energy Survey year 1 results: Cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and weak lensing

    T. M. C. Abbott;F. B. Abdalla;A. Alarcon;J. Aleksić

  • THE DARK ENERGY CAMERA

    B. Flaugher;H. T. Diehl;K. Honscheid;T. M. C. Abbott

  • A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese;F. Acernese

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-infrared Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models

    P. S. Cowperthwaite;E. Berger;V. A. Villar;B. D. Metzger

  • The Dark Energy Camera

    B. Flaugher;H. T. Diehl;K. Honscheid;T. M. C. Abbott

  • The Dark Energy Survey: more than dark energy - an overview

    T. Abbott;F. B. Abdalla;J. Aleksić

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-IR Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models

    P. S. Cowperthwaite;E. Berger;V. A. Villar;B. D. Metzger

  • Eight New Milky Way Companions Discovered in First-Year Dark Energy Survey Data

    K. Bechtol;A. Drlica-Wagner;E. Balbinot

  • Improved Search for $ar u_\mu ightarrow ar u_e$ Oscillations in the MiniBooNE Experiment

    A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo;B. C. Brown;L. Bugel;G. Cheng

  • Search for electron neutrino appearance at the Δm2∼1eV2 Scale

    A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo;A. O. Bazarko;S. J. Brice;B. C. Brown

  • Eight Ultra-faint Galaxy Candidates Discovered in Year Two of the Dark Energy Survey

    A. Drlica-Wagner;K. Bechtol;E. S. Rykoff

  • The dark energy survey data release 1

    T. M. C. Abbott;F. B. Abdalla;F. B. Abdalla;S. Allam;A. Amara

  • Status of muon collider research and development and future plans

    Charles M. Ankenbrandt;Muzaffer Atac;Bruno Autin;Valeri I. Balbekov

  • Significant Excess of ElectronLike Events in the MiniBooNE Short-Baseline Neutrino Experiment

    A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo;B. C. Brown;L. Bugel;G. Cheng

  • Eight Ultra-faint Galaxy Candidates Discovered in Year Two of the Dark Energy Survey

    A. Drlica-Wagner;K. Bechtol;E. S. Rykoff;E. S. Rykoff;E. Luque

  • The Dark Energy Survey Data Release 1

    T. M. C. Abbott;F. B. Abdalla;S. Allam;A. Amara

  • Eight new Milky Way companions discovered in first-year Dark Energy Survey data

    K. Bechtol;A. Drlica-Wagner;E. Balbinot;A. Pieres

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. I. Dark Energy Camera Discovery of the Optical Counterpart

    M. Soares-Santos;D. E. Holz;J. Annis;R. Chornock

  • A Combined $ν_μ o ν_e$ and $arν_μ o arν_e$ Oscillation Analysis of the MiniBooNE Excesses

    AA Aguilar-Arevalo;BC Brown;L Bugel

  • The MiniBooNE Collaboration

    A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo;C. E. Anderson;L. M. Bartoszek;A. O. Bazarko

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua A. Frieman
Joshua A. Frieman University of Chicago
Robert A. Gruendl
Robert A. Gruendl University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Marcelle Soares-Santos
Marcelle Soares-Santos Brandeis University
Robert C. Nichol
Robert C. Nichol University of Surrey
B. Flaugher
B. Flaugher Fermilab
L. N. da Costa
L. N. da Costa Harvard University
K. Honscheid
K. Honscheid The Ohio State University
Alistair R. Walker
Alistair R. Walker National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Lab
H. T. Diehl
H. T. Diehl Fermilab
Jennifer L. Marshall
Jennifer L. Marshall Texas A&M University

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