2026 David B. Sanders: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	168	156	150	102	98	833	105055

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Physics

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award

Overview

David B. Sanders is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focused contribution to subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics.

Their work revolves around key topics including Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena; Astronomy and Astrophysical Research; Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae; Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations; Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies; and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena.

David B. Sanders has published extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Among their recent scholarly papers are:

"COSMOS2020: A Panchromatic View of the Universe to z ∼ 10 from Two Complementary Catalogs" (2022) in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
"A cross-disorder dosage sensitivity map of the human genome" (2022) in Cell
"COSMOS-Web: An Overview of the JWST Cosmic Origins Survey" (2023) in The Astrophysical Journal
"COSMOS2020: The galaxy stellar mass function" (2023) in Astronomy and Astrophysics
"COSMOS-Web: Intrinsically Luminous z ≳ 10 Galaxy Candidates Test Early Stellar Mass Assembly" (2024) in The Astrophysical Journal

They collaborate frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

O. Ilbert
Sune Toft
H. J. McCracken
Caitlin M. Casey
Marko Shuntov

Best Publications

LUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES

D. B. Sanders;I. F. Mirabel

3633
Citations
Ultraluminous infrared galaxies and the origin of quasars

D. B. Sanders;B. T. Soifer;J. H. Elias;B. F. Madore

3279
Citations
Mass and environment as drivers of galaxy evolution in SDSS and zCOSMOS and the origin of the Schechter function

Y. Peng;S. J. Lilly;K. Kovac;M. Bolzonella

2431
Citations
The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): Overview*

N. Scoville;N. Scoville;H. Aussel;M. Brusa;P. Capak

2233
Citations
Mass and environment as drivers of galaxy evolution in SDSS and zCOSMOS and the origin of the Schechter function

Ying-jie Peng;Simon J. Lilly;Katarina Kovač;Micol Bolzonella

2093
Citations
The IRAS Revised Bright Galaxy Sample (RBGS)

D. B. Sanders;J. M. Mazzarella;D. C. Kim;J. A. Surace

1666
Citations
zCOSMOS: A Large VLT/VIMOS redshift survey covering 0 < z < 3 in the COSMOS field

S.J. Lilly;O. Le Fevre;A. Renzini;G. Zamorani

1397
Citations
COSMOS Photometric Redshifts with 30-bands for 2-deg2

O. Ilbert;P. Capak;M. Salvato;H. Aussel

1375
Citations
The Farthest Known Supernova: Support for an Accelerating Universe and a Glimpse of the Epoch of Deceleration*

Adam G. Riess;Peter E. Nugent;Ronald L. Gilliland;Brian P. Schmidt

1309
Citations
The IRAS Revised Bright Galaxy Sample

D. B. Sanders;D. B. Sanders;J. M. Mazzarella;D.-C. Kim;D.-C. Kim;J. A. Surace

1283
Citations
zCOSMOS: A Large VLT/VIMOS Redshift Survey Covering 0 < z < 3 in the COSMOS Field*

S. J. Lilly;O. Le Fèvre;A. Renzini;G. Zamorani

1228
Citations
The First Release COSMOS Optical and Near-IR Data and Catalog

P. Capak;H. Aussel;M. Ajiki;H. J. McCracken

1195
Citations
The COSMOS2015 Catalog: Exploring the 1 < z < 6 Universe with Half a Million Galaxies

C. Laigle;H. J. McCracken;O. Ilbert;B. C. Hsieh

1117
Citations
The First Release COSMOS Optical and Near-IR Data and Catalog

P. Capak;H. Aussel;H. Aussel;M. Ajiki;H. J. McCracken;H. J. McCracken

1038
Citations
The farthest known supernova: Support for an accelerating universe and a glimpse of the epoch of deceleration

Adam G. Riess;Peter E. Nugent;Brian P. Schmidt;John Tonry

1031
Citations
Dusty star forming galaxies at high redshift

A. J. Barger;L. L. Cowie;D. B. Sanders;E. Fulton

985
Citations
Continuum energy distribution of quasars: Shapes and origins

D. B. Sanders;E. S. Phinney;G. Neugebauer;B. T. Soifer

969
Citations
Submillimetre-wavelength detection of dusty star-forming galaxies at high redshift

A. J. Barger;L. L. Cowie;D. B. Sanders;E. Fulton

957
Citations
Mass assembly in quiescent and star-forming galaxies since z ≃ 4 from UltraVISTA

O. Ilbert;H. J. McCracken;O. Le Fevre;P. Capak

953
Citations
Ultraluminous infrared galaxies and the origin of quasars.

D. B. Sanders;B. T. Soifer;G. Neugebauer

3
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