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David C. Koo 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 David C. Koo sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 660 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David C. Koo 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 David C. Koo sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 136 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David C. Koo is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz, in the United States. Their research spans primarily the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, and related areas within biomedical engineering and health professions.

Their scientific work covers topics including galaxies' formation, evolution, and phenomena; astronomy and astrophysical research; stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; astrophysics and star formation studies; gamma-ray bursts and supernovae; astrophysical phenomena and observations; and slime mold and myxomycetes research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David C. Koo include:

  • S. M. Faber
  • Joel R. Primack
  • Yicheng Guo
  • Guillermo Barro
  • Avishai Dekel

They have contributed extensively to several publication venues. The most frequent are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh)
  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Some recent papers by David C. Koo include:

  • "Fast, Slow, Early, Late: Quenching Massive Galaxies at z ∼ 0.8" (2022, The Astrophysical Journal)
  • "Quenching as a Contest between Galaxy Halos and Their Central Black Holes" (2020, The Astrophysical Journal)
  • "The evolution of star formation histories of quiescent galaxies" (2024, Edinburgh Research Explorer, University of Edinburgh)
  • "Stellar masses of giant clumps in CANDELS and simulated galaxies using machine learning" (2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
  • "Optimized Photometric Redshifts for the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS)" (2023, The Astrophysical Journal)

Best Publications

  • CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey - The Hubble Space Telescope Observations, Imaging Data Products and Mosaics

    Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

  • CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey

    Norman A. Grogin;Dale D. Kocevski;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson

  • Star Formation in AEGIS Field Galaxies since z = 1.1: The Dominance of Gradually Declining Star Formation, and the Main Sequence of Star-forming Galaxies

    K. G. Noeske;B. J. Weiner;S. M. Faber;Casey J. Papovich

  • Candels: The cosmic assembly near-infrared deep extragalactic legacy survey - The hubble space telescope observations, imaging data products, and mosaics

    Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

  • Galaxy Luminosity Functions to z~1: DEEP2 vs. COMBO-17 and Implications for Red Galaxy Formation

    S. M. Faber;C. N. A. Willmer;C. Wolf;D. C. Koo

  • Galaxy luminosity functions to z∼ 1 from DEEP2 and COMBO-17: Implications for red galaxy formation

    S. M. Faber;C. N. A. Willmer;C. Wolf;D. C. Koo

  • Large-scale distribution of galaxies at the Galactic poles

    T. J. Broadhurst;T. J. Broadhurst;R. S. Ellis;D. C. Koo;A. S. Szalay;A. S. Szalay

  • Extragalactic background light inferred from AEGIS galaxy-SED-type fractions

    A. Domínguez;A. Domínguez;J. R. Primack;D. J. Rosario;F. Prada

  • The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: Design, Observations, Data Reduction, and Redshifts

    Jeffrey A. Newman;Michael C. Cooper;Marc Davis;S. M. Faber

  • UBIQUITOUS OUTFLOWS IN DEEP2 SPECTRA OF STAR-FORMING GALAXIES AT z = 1.4

    Benjamin J. Weiner;Alison L. Coil;Alison L. Coil;Jason X. Prochaska;Jeffrey A. Newman

  • The All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey(AEGIS) Data Sets

    M. Davis;P. Guhathakurta;N. P. Konidaris;J. A. Newman

  • CANDELS: The progenitors of compact quiescent galaxies at z~2

    Guillermo Barro;S. M. Faber;Pablo G. Perez-Gonzalez;David C. Koo

  • Keck Spectroscopy of Redshift z ~ 3 Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field

    James D. Lowenthal;David C. Koo;Rafael Guzmán;Jesús Gallego

  • The DEEP Groth Strip Survey. II. Hubble Space Telescope Structural Parameters of Galaxies in the Groth Strip

    Luc Simard;Luc Simard;Christopher N. A. Willmer;Nicole P. Vogt;Nicole P. Vogt;Vicki L. Sarajedini;Vicki L. Sarajedini

  • The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: The Galaxy Luminosity Function to z ~ 1

    C. N. A. Willmer;S. M. Faber;D. C. Koo;B. J. Weiner

  • CANDELS multi-wavelength catalogs: source detection and photometry in the GOODS-South field

    Yicheng Guo;Yicheng Guo;Henry C. Ferguson;Mauro Giavalisco;Guillermo Barro

  • Star Formation in AEGIS Field Galaxies since z = 1.1: Staged Galaxy Formation and a Model of Mass-dependent Gas Exhaustion

    K. G. Noeske;S. M. Faber;B. J. Weiner;D. C. Koo

  • EVIDENCE FOR UBIQUITOUS COLLIMATED GALACTIC-SCALE OUTFLOWS ALONG THE STAR-FORMING SEQUENCE AT z ∼ 0.5

    Kate H. R. Rubin;Kate H. R. Rubin;J. Xavier Prochaska;J. Xavier Prochaska;David C. Koo;Andrew C. Phillips

  • CANDELS: The progenitors of compact quiescent galaxies at z ~ 2

    Guillermo Barro;S. M. Faber;Pablo G. Pérez-González;Pablo G. Pérez-González;David C. Koo

  • Science objectives and early results of the DEEP2 Redshift Survey

    Marc Davis;Sandra M. Faber;Jeffrey Newman;Andrew C. Phillips

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandra M. Faber
Sandra M. Faber University of California, Santa Cruz
Anton M. Koekemoer
Anton M. Koekemoer Space Telescope Science Institute
Benjamin J. Weiner
Benjamin J. Weiner University of Arizona
Jeffrey A. Newman
Jeffrey A. Newman University of Pittsburgh
Dale D. Kocevski
Dale D. Kocevski Colby College
Michael C. Cooper
Michael C. Cooper University of California, Irvine
Avishai Dekel
Avishai Dekel Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Alison L. Coil
Alison L. Coil University of California, San Diego
Eric F. Bell
Eric F. Bell University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jennifer M. Lotz
Jennifer M. Lotz Space Telescope Science Institute

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