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D-Index
92
Citations
24608
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2129
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1087

David K. Sing 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 K. Sing sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 310 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David K. Sing 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 K. Sing sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David K. Sing is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States and has a research focus spanning Physics and Astronomy, with a total of 375 publications in this main field. Their work further breaks down into subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Atmospheric Science, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas primarily linked to stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, alongside astro and planetary science, and various aspects of astronomical and astrophysical research. Specific topics include:

  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications

David K. Sing has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers over their career. Notable co-authors include:

  • Zafar Rustamkulov
  • Joshua D. Lothringer
  • Hannah R. Wakeford
  • Kevin B. Stevenson
  • Mercedes López-Morales

The scientist has contributed extensively to various academic publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astronomical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Nature

Recent papers authored or co-authored by David K. Sing include:

  • Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec PRISM (2023) Nature
  • Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec G395H (2023) Nature
  • Photochemically produced SO2 in the atmosphere of WASP-39b (2023) Nature
  • Detection of Fe i in the atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b, and a new likelihood-based approach for Doppler-resolved spectroscopy (2020) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRISS (2023) Nature

Best Publications

  • A continuum from clear to cloudy hot-Jupiter exoplanets without primordial water depletion

    David K. Sing;Jonathan J. Fortney;Nikolay Nikolov;Hannah R. Wakeford

  • Water vapour in the atmosphere of a transiting extrasolar planet

    Giovanna Tinetti;Giovanna Tinetti;Giovanna Tinetti;Alfred Vidal-Madjar;Mao-Chang Liang;Jean-Philippe Beaulieu

  • Hubble Space Telescope Transmission Spectroscopy of the Exoplanet HD 189733b: High-altitude atmospheric haze in the optical and near-UV with STIS

    D. K. Sing;F. Pont;S. Aigrain;D. Charbonneau

  • A giant comet-like cloud of hydrogen escaping the warm Neptune-mass exoplanet GJ 436b

    David Ehrenreich;Vincent Bourrier;Peter J. Wheatley;Alain Lecavelier des Etangs

  • Evaporation of the planet HD189733b observed in HI Lyman-alpha

    A. Lecavelier des Etangs;D. Ehrenreich;A. Vidal-Madjar;G. E. Ballester

  • Hubble Space Telescope transmission spectroscopy of the exoplanet HD 189733b: high‐altitude atmospheric haze in the optical and near‐ultraviolet with STIS

    David K. Sing;F. Pont;Suzanne Aigrain;D. Charbonneau

  • A Framework for Prioritizing the TESS Planetary Candidates Most Amenable to Atmospheric Characterization

    Eliza M.-R. Kempton;Eliza M.-R. Kempton;Jacob L. Bean;Dana R. Louie;Drake Deming

  • The prevalence of dust on the exoplanet HD 189733b from Hubble and Spitzer observations

    F. Pont;D. K. Sing;N. P. Gibson;N. P. Gibson;S. Aigrain

  • Rayleigh scattering in the transit spectrum of HD 189733b

    A. Lecavelier des Etangs;F. Pont;A. Vidal-Madjar;David K. Sing

  • Evaporation of the planet HD 189733b observed in H I Lyman-α

    A. Lecavelier des Etangs;D. Ehrenreich;A. Vidal-Madjar;G. Ballester

  • Stellar limb-darkening coefficients for CoRot and Kepler

    David K. Sing;David K. Sing

  • A CONSISTENT RETRIEVAL ANALYSIS OF 10 HOT JUPITERS OBSERVED IN TRANSMISSION

    J. K. Barstow;J. K. Barstow;S. Aigrain;P. G. J. Irwin;D. K. Sing

  • Observations of Transiting Exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

    Charles Beichman;Bjoern Benneke;Heather Knutson;Roger Smith

  • An ultrahot gas-giant exoplanet with a stratosphere

    Thomas M. Evans;David K. Sing;Tiffany Kataria;Jayesh Goyal

  • Search for Carbon Monoxide in the atmosphere of the Transiting Exoplanet HD189733b

    Jean-Michel Desert;Alain Lecavelier des Etangs;Guillaume Hebrard;David K. Sing

  • Temperature-Pressure Profile of the hot Jupiter HD 189733b from HST Sodium Observations: Detection of Upper Atmospheric Heating

    Catherine M. Huitson;David K. Sing;Alfred Vidal-Madjar;Gilda E. Ballester

  • HST/STIS Optical Transit Transmission Spectra of the hot-Jupiter HD209458b

    David K. Sing;A. Vidal-Madjar;J.-M. Desert;A. Lecavelier des Etangs

  • Temporal variations in the evaporating atmosphere of the exoplanet HD 189733b

    A. Lecavelier des Etangs;V. Bourrier;P.J. Wheatley;H. Dupuy

  • Hint of a transiting extended atmosphere on 55 Cancri b

    David Ehrenreich;Vincent Bourrier;Xavier Bonfils;Alain Lecavelier des Etangs

  • An HST optical-to-near-IR transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter WASP-19b: detection of atmospheric water and likely absence of TiO

    Catherine M. Huitson;David K. Sing;F. Pont;J.J. Fortney

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilda E. Ballester
Gilda E. Ballester University of Arizona
David Ehrenreich
David Ehrenreich University of Geneva
Jean-Michel Desert
Jean-Michel Desert University of Amsterdam
Gregory W. Henry
Gregory W. Henry Tennessee State University
Frederic Pont
Frederic Pont University of Exeter
Drake Deming
Drake Deming University of Maryland, College Park
Alfred Vidal-Madjar
Alfred Vidal-Madjar Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Guillaume Hébrard
Guillaume Hébrard Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Jonathan J. Fortney
Jonathan J. Fortney University of California, Santa Cruz
Lars A. Buchhave
Lars A. Buchhave Technical University of Denmark

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