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D. C. Coyne

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
122
Citations
100463
World Ranking
740
National Ranking
406

D. C. Coyne 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. C. Coyne sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 360 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

D. C. Coyne 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. C. Coyne sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 122 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% 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

  • 2015 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For extraordinary engineering leadership in the construction of the Laser Interferometer Gravitationalwave Observatory LIGO Laboratory and the Advanced LIGO Detectors
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

D. C. Coyne is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States and has contributed to the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering. Their research spans subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ocean Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their work focuses on several core topics:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Geophysics and Sensor Technology
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators

Coyne's recent publication includes the paper titled A cryogenic silicon interferometer for gravitational-wave detection, published in 2020 in the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity. This work has garnered a citation count of 184.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • R. X. Adhikari
  • K. Arai
  • A. F. Brooks
  • C Wipf
  • O Aguiar

The primary publication venue for Coyne is Classical and Quantum Gravity, which reflects at least one of their significant papers.

Coyne has received recognitions in their professional career, including:

  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), awarded in 2015, with a citation for extraordinary engineering leadership in the construction of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) Laboratory and the Advanced LIGO Detectors
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, awarded in 2007

Best Publications

  • Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral

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

  • GW151226: observation of gravitational waves from a 22-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

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

  • GW170814: A three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence

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

  • GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State.

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

  • Tests of general relativity with GW150914

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Binary Black Hole Mergers in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;M. Abernathy

  • Predictions for the Rates of Compact Binary Coalescences Observable by Ground-based Gravitational-wave Detectors

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott

  • Properties of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817

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

  • Binary Black Hole Mergers in the first Advanced LIGO Observing Run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Exploring the Sensitivity of Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light

    J. Aasi;J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

    J. Aasi;J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass $\sim 3.4 M_{\odot}$

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott

  • GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of 150 M

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

Frequent Co-Authors

N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
Peter Fritschel
Peter Fritschel MIT
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Roman Schnabel
Roman Schnabel Universität Hamburg
David E. McClelland
David E. McClelland Australian National University

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