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David L. Kaplan 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 L. Kaplan sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 580 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David L. Kaplan 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 L. Kaplan sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% 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

  • 2005 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • 2003 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 1990 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

David L. Kaplan is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant number of publications in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Oceanography, Aerospace Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of scientific areas, including:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

David L. Kaplan has contributed to several notable recent publications, reflecting a focus on gravitational waves, pulsar timing, and astrophysical phenomena. Some of these include:

  • The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Evidence for a Gravitational-wave Background, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search for Signals from New Physics, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • The NANOGrav 11-year data set: High-precision timing of 45 millisecond pulsars, 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • The NANOGrav 11 Year Data Set: Pulsar-timing constraints on the Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background, 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • The International Pulsar Timing Array second data release: Search for an isotropic gravitational wave background, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, such as:

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

Collaboration forms an important part of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • M. A. McLaughlin
  • S. M. Ransom
  • Emmanuel Fonseca
  • Ryan S. Lynch
  • Megan E. DeCesar

David L. Kaplan has been recognized through various fellowships throughout their career:

  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1990)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (2003)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2005)

Best Publications

  • The Murchison widefield array: The square kilometre array precursor at low radio frequencies

    S.J. Tingay;R.F. Goeke;J.D. Bowman;D. Emrich

  • The Murchison Widefield Array: the Square Kilometre Array Precursor at low radio frequencies

    S. J. Tingay;R. Goeke;J. D. Bowman;D. Emrich

  • The Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives

    Matthew J. Graham;S. R. Kulkarni;Eric C. Bellm;Scott M. Adams

  • wsclean: an implementation of a fast, generic wide-field imager for radio astronomy

    A.R. Offringa;B. Mckinley;N. Hurley-Walker;F.H. Briggs

  • The NANOGrav 11-year Data Set: High-precision Timing of 45 Millisecond Pulsars

    Zaven Arzoumanian;Adam Brazier;Sarah Burke-Spolaor;Sydney Chamberlin

  • Illuminating gravitational waves: A concordant picture of photons from a neutron star merger

    M. M. Kasliwal;E. Nakar;L. P. Singer;L. P. Singer;D. L. Kaplan

  • GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky Murchison Widefield Array (GLEAM) survey - I. A low-frequency extragalactic catalogue

    Natasha Hurley-Walker;Joseph R. Callingham;Joseph R. Callingham;Paul J. Hancock;Paul J. Hancock;Thomas M. O. Franzen

  • A radio counterpart to a neutron star merger

    G. Hallinan;A. Corsi;K. P. Mooley;K. Hotokezaka;K. Hotokezaka

  • The NANOGrav Eleven-year Data Set: High-precision timing of 45 Millisecond Pulsars

    Zaven Arzoumanian;Adam Brazier;Sarah Burke-Spolaor;Sydney Chamberlin

  • The NANOGrav 11-year Data Set: Pulsar-timing Constraints On The Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background

    Z. Arzoumanian;P. T. Baker;A. Brazier;S. Burke-Spolaor

  • A debris disk around an isolated young neutron star.

    Zhongxiang Wang;Deepto Chakrabarty;David L. Kaplan

  • Science with the Murchison Widefield Array

    Judd D. Bowman;Iver Cairns;David L. Kaplan;Tara Murphy

  • Science with the Murchison Widefield Array

    Judd D. Bowman;Iver Cairns;David L. Kaplan;Tara Murphy

  • A mildly relativistic wide-angle outflow in the neutron-star merger event GW170817

    K. P. Mooley;K. P. Mooley;K. P. Mooley;E. Nakar;K. Hotokezaka;G. Hallinan

  • The NANOGrav 11-year Data Set: Pulsar-timing Constraints On The Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background

    Z. Arzoumanian;P. T. Baker;A. Brazier;S. Burke-Spolaor

  • Twenty-one millisecond pulsars in Terzan 5 using the Green Bank Telescope.

    Scott M. Ransom;Scott M. Ransom;Jason W. T. Hessels;Ingrid H. Stairs;Paulo C. C. Freire

  • Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • The Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives

    Matthew J. Graham;S. R. Kulkarni;Eric C. Bellm;Scott M. Adams

  • The host galaxy of a fast radio burst

    E. F. Keane;E. F. Keane;S. Johnston;S. Bhandari;S. Bhandari;E. Barr

  • The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Search for an Isotropic Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background

    Zaven Arzoumanian;Paul T. Baker;Harsha Blumer;Bence Bécsy

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Tingay
Steven Tingay Curtin University
Bryan Gaensler
Bryan Gaensler University of California, Santa Cruz
Gianni Bernardi
Gianni Bernardi National Institute for Astrophysics
Lincoln J. Greenhill
Lincoln J. Greenhill Harvard University
Justin C. Kasper
Justin C. Kasper University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ingrid H. Stairs
Ingrid H. Stairs University of British Columbia
Scott M. Ransom
Scott M. Ransom National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Shrinivas R. Kulkarni
Shrinivas R. Kulkarni California Institute of Technology
Maura McLaughlin
Maura McLaughlin West Virginia University
Jason W. T. Hessels
Jason W. T. Hessels University of Amsterdam

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