2026 David R. Morrison: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	76	191	158	112	88	157	27516
Physics	76	3295	3132	1560	1452	142	27322

David R. Morrison publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mathematics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David R. Morrison sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 537+

This scientist: 157 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more.

David R. Morrison D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David R. Morrison sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2014 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his many contributions to the connection between geometry and physics, including spacetime singularities and topology change in string theory, generalizations of AdSCFT duality, and foundational work in F theory
2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
2005 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

David R. Morrison is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Mathematics and Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geometry and Topology, and Mathematical Physics. Further, their work addresses topics in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics as well as Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their primary research interests cover areas such as Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology, Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory, and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies. Additional topics include Nonlinear Waves and Solitons, Geometry and complex manifolds, and Advanced Algebra and Geometry.

The scientist has published extensively in several academic venues, including:

Journal of High Energy Physics
arXiv (Cornell University)
UNC Libraries
SciPost Physics
Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly

Recent publications include:

"Generalized Symmetries in F-theory and the Topology of Elliptic Fibrations," 2022, SciPost Physics
"Exotic matter on singular divisors in F-theory," 2023, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
"Charge completeness and the massless charge lattice in F-theory models of supergravity," 2021, Journal of High Energy Physics
"On the frozen F-theory landscape," 2024, Journal of High Energy Physics
"Generalized Symmetries in F-theory and the Topology of Elliptic Fibrations," 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent collaborators associated with the scientist include:

Jonathan J. Heckman
Sakura Schäfer-Nameki
Michele Del Zotto
Max Hübner
Yi-Nan Wang

The scientist's career has been recognized through several fellowships:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2015
Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), 2014, for contributions to the connection between geometry and physics, including spacetime singularities and topology change in string theory, generalizations of AdSCFT duality, and foundational work in F theory
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2013
Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2005

Best Publications

String theory

Brian R. Greene;David R. Morrison;Joseph Polchinski

4554
Citations
Compactifications of F-theory on Calabi-Yau threefolds. (I)

David R. Morrison;Cumrun Vafa

1128
Citations
Compactifications of F-Theory on Calabi--Yau Threefolds -- II

David R. Morrison;Cumrun Vafa

1001
Citations
Non-spherical horizons, I

David R. Morrison;M. Ronen Plesser

943
Citations
Five-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories and degenerations of Calabi-Yau spaces

Kenneth A. Intriligator;David R. Morrison;Nathan Seiberg

799
Citations
Geometric singularities and enhanced gauge symmetries

M. Bershadsky;Kenneth A. Intriligator;S. Kachru;David R. Morrison;David R. Morrison

710
Citations
Extremal transitions and five-dimensional supersymmetric field theories

David R. Morrison;Nathan Seiberg

691
Citations
On K3 surfaces with large Picard number

D. R. Morrison

668
Citations
Summing the instantons: Quantum cohomology and mirror symmetry in toric varieties

David R. Morrison;David R. Morrison;M.Ronen Plesser

658
Citations
Calabi-Yau moduli space, mirror manifolds and spacetime topology change in string theory

Paul S. Aspinwall;Brian R. Greene;David R. Morrison

581
Citations
On the classification of 6D SCFTs and generalized ADE orbifolds

Jonathan J. Heckman;David R. Morrison;Cumrun Vafa

579
Citations
Black hole condensation and the unification of string vacua

Brian R. Greene;David R. Morrison;Andrew Strominger

495
Citations
Mirror Symmetry for Two Parameter Models - II *

Philip Candelas;Philip Candelas;Philip Candelas;Anamaria Font;Sheldon H. Katz;David R. Morrison;David R. Morrison

477
Citations
Atomic classification of 6D SCFTs

Jonathan J. Heckman;David R. Morrison;Tom Rudelius;Cumrun Vafa

450
Citations
Localization techniques in quantum field theories

Vasily Pestun;Maxim Zabzine;Francesco Benini;Francesco Benini;Tudor Dimofte;Tudor Dimofte

449
Citations
Orbifold resolution by D-branes

Michael R. Douglas;Brian R. Greene;David R. Morrison

444
Citations
Enhanced gauge symmetry in type II string theory

Sheldon H. Katz;David R. Morrison;M.Ronen Plesser

388
Citations
Classifying bases for 6D F-theory models

David R. Morrison;Washington Taylor

375
Citations
Point-like instantons on K3 orbifolds

Paul S. Aspinwall;David R. Morrison

361
Citations
Triples, Fluxes, and Strings

Jan de Boer;Robbert Dijkgraaf;David R. Morrison;John Morgan

340
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cumrun Vafa Harvard University

Sheldon Katz University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ron Donagi University of Pennsylvania

János Kollár Princeton University

Robert Lazarsfeld Stony Brook University

Nathan Seiberg Institute for Advanced Study

Jan de Boer University of Amsterdam

Hirosi Ooguri California Institute of Technology

Albrecht Klemm University of Bonn

Yuji Tachikawa Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe

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