2026 Dante Minniti: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	120	805	762	2	2	1119	59758

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

120

805

762

1119

59758

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Physics in Chile Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Physics in Chile Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Physics in Chile Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Physics in Chile Leader Award
2005 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Dante Minniti is affiliated with Andrés Bello University in Chile and has a research focus primarily within the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work extends extensively into subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astro and Planetary Science
Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

The publication record includes recent papers such as:

The Open Cluster Chemical Abundances and Mapping Survey. IV. Abundances for 128 Open Clusters Using SDSS/APOGEE DR16 (2020, The Astronomical Journal)
APOGEE Chemical Abundance Patterns of the Massive Milky Way Satellites (2021, The Astrophysical Journal)
The chemical characterization of halo substructure in the Milky Way based on APOGEE (2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
The Milky Way bar and bulge revealed by APOGEE and Gaia EDR3 (2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics)
Final Targeting Strategy for the SDSS-IV APOGEE-2S Survey (2021, The Astronomical Journal)

Minniti frequently publishes in venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Astronomical Journal
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

José G. Fernández-Trincado
J. Alonso-García
R. K. Saito
P. W. Lucas
Leigh C. Smith

Dante Minniti received the award of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2005.

Best Publications

Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies and the Distant Universe

Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti;Franco D. Albareti

1542
Citations
The MACHO Project: Microlensing Results from 5.7 Years of Large Magellanic Cloud Observations

Charles Alcock;Charles Alcock;Robyn Allsman;David R Alves;Tim Axelrod

1516
Citations
The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

Bela Abolfathi;D. S. Aguado;Gabriela Aguilar;Carlos Allende Prieto

1413
Citations
The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

Bela Abolfathi;D. S. Aguado;Gabriela Aguilar;Carlos Allende Prieto

1314
Citations
Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe

Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti

1303
Citations
LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

Paul A. Abell;Julius Allison;Scott F. Anderson

1210
Citations
The MACHO Project: Microlensing Results from 5.7 Years of LMC Observations

C. Alcock;R. A. Allsman;D. R. Alves

1153
Citations
The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey

G. Gilmore;S. Randich;M. Asplund;J. Binney

1052
Citations
VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way

D. Minniti;P. W. Lucas;J. P. Emerson;R. K. Saito

987
Citations
An eclipsing-binary distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud accurate to two per cent

G. Pietrzyński;G. Pietrzyński;D. Graczyk;W. Gieren;I. B. Thompson

744
Citations
The 16th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra

Romina Ahumada;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto;Andrés Almeida;Friedrich Anders;Friedrich Anders

655
Citations
The Sixteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra

Romina Ahumada;Carlos Allende Prieto;Andres Almeida;Friedrich Anders

571
Citations
Vvv dr1: the first data release of the milky way bulge and southern plane from the near-infrared eso public survey vista variables in the via lactea

R. K. Saito;M. Hempel;D. Minniti;D. Minniti;P. W. Lucas

570
Citations
The N2K Consortium. II. A Transiting Hot Saturn Around HD 149026 With a Large Dense Core

B. Sato;D. A. Fischer;G. W. Henry;G. Laughlin

513
Citations
The Fifteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release of MaNGA Derived Quantities, Data Visualization Tools and Stellar Library

D. S. Aguado;Romina Ahumada;Andres Almeida;Scott F. Anderson

511
Citations
The N2K Consortium. II. A Transiting Hot Saturn around HD 149026 with a Large Dense Core

Bun'ei Sato;Bun'ei Sato;Debra A. Fischer;Gregory W. Henry;Gregory W. Henry;Gregory Laughlin

471
Citations
Reddening and metallicity maps of the Milky Way bulge from VVV and 2MASS II. The complete high resolution extinction map and implications for Bulge studies

O. A. Gonzalez;M. Rejkuba;M. Zoccali;E. Valenti

458
Citations
The metal content of bulge field stars from FLAMES-GIRAFFE spectra - I. Stellar parameters and iron abundances

M. Zoccali;V. Hill;A. Lecureur;A. Lecureur;B. Barbuy

385
Citations
Are the hosts of gamma-ray bursts sub-luminous and blue galaxies?

E. Le Floc'h;P.-A. Duc;P.-A. Duc;I. F. Mirabel;D. B. Sanders

367
Citations
Photometry and Spectroscopy of GRB 030329 and its Associated Supernova 2003dh: The First Two Months

T. Matheson;P. M. Garnavich;K. Z. Stanek;D. Bersier

345
Citations