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Daniel J. Eisenstein

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D-Index
200
Citations
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World Ranking
291
National Ranking
191

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D-Index
201
Citations
214347
World Ranking
51
National Ranking
38

Daniel J. Eisenstein 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 Daniel J. Eisenstein sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 683 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Daniel J. Eisenstein 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 Daniel J. Eisenstein sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 201 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Daniel J. Eisenstein is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a specialization in multiple subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, as well as Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Their work covers a variety of main topics which include:

  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing

Daniel J. Eisenstein has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Recent publications illustrate the breadth of Eisenstein's work in astrophysics and cosmology. Notable papers include:

  • The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Complete Release of MaNGA, MaStar, and APOGEE-2 Data (2022) in Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
  • DESI 2024 VI: cosmological constraints from the measurements of baryon acoustic oscillations (2025) in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
  • Overview of the Instrumentation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (2022) in The Astronomical Journal
  • Spectroscopic confirmation of four metal-poor galaxies at z = 10.3-13.2 (2023) in Nature Astronomy
  • The completed SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: BAO and RSD measurements from anisotropic clustering analysis of the quasar sample in configuration space between redshift 0.8 and 2.2 (2020) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequent co-authors in Eisenstein's research include:

  • Brant Robertson
  • Sandro Tacchella
  • Andrew J. Bunker
  • R. Maiolino
  • Benjamin D. Johnson

Throughout their career, Daniel J. Eisenstein has been recognized with several awards, including being named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2014 and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2002.

Best Publications

  • The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical summary

    Donald G. York;J. Adelman;John E. Anderson;Scott F. Anderson

  • The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Kevork N. Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-Mccarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam

  • Cosmological parameters from SDSS and WMAP

    Max Tegmark;Max Tegmark;Michael Abram Strauss;Michael R. Blanton;Kevork Abazajian

  • Detection of the baryon acoustic peak in the large-scale correlation function of SDSS luminous red galaxies

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Idit Zehavi;David W. Hogg;Roman Scoccimarro

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release

    C. Stoughton;R. H. Lupton;M. Bernardi;M. R. Blanton

  • The Eleventh and Twelfth Data Releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Final Data from SDSS-III

    Shadab Alam;Franco D. Albareti;Carlos Allende Prieto;F. Anders

  • Sloan digital sky survey: Early data release

    Chris Stoughton;Robert H. Lupton;Mariangela Bernardi;Michael R. Blanton;Michael R. Blanton

  • The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Carlos Allende Prieto

  • The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

  • SDSS-III: Massive Spectroscopic Surveys of the Distant Universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara

  • The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

  • The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: cosmological analysis of the DR12 galaxy sample

    Shadab Alam;Metin Ata;Stephen Bailey;Florian Beutler

  • Baryonic features in the matter transfer function

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;Wayne Hu;Wayne Hu

  • SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara

  • The clustering of galaxies in the sdss-iii baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey: Baryon acoustic oscillations in the data release 9 spectroscopic galaxy sample

    Lauren Anderson;Élric Aubourg;Stephen Bailey;Florian Beutler

  • THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL POWER SPECTRUM OF GALAXIES FROM THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY

    Max Tegmark;Michael R. Blanton;Michael A. Strauss;Fiona Hoyle

  • The 3D power spectrum of galaxies from the SDSS

    M Tegmark;M Blanton;M Strauss;F Hoyle

  • Spectroscopic Target Selection in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Main Galaxy Sample

    Michael A. Strauss;David H. Weinberg;Robert H. Lupton;Vijay K. Narayanan

  • New Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries of Type Ia Supernovae at z ≥ 1: Narrowing Constraints on the Early Behavior of Dark Energy*

    Adam G. Riess;Adam G. Riess;Louis Gregory Strolger;Stefano Casertano;Henry C. Ferguson

  • Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 Galaxy Sample

    Will J. Percival;Beth A. Reid;Beth A. Reid;Beth A. Reid;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Neta Bahcall

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald P. Schneider
Donald P. Schneider Pennsylvania State University
David J. Schlegel
David J. Schlegel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Robert C. Nichol
Robert C. Nichol University of Surrey
David H. Weinberg
David H. Weinberg The Ohio State University
Michael R. Blanton
Michael R. Blanton New York University
David W. Hogg
David W. Hogg Max Planck Society
Will J. Percival
Will J. Percival University of Waterloo
Joshua A. Frieman
Joshua A. Frieman University of Chicago
Michael A. Strauss
Michael A. Strauss University of Oklahoma
James E. Gunn
James E. Gunn Princeton University

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