2026 David Wands: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	85	2563	2438	223	214	214	47300

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

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Physics

2563

2438

223

214

47300

Overview

David Wands is affiliated with the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom and specializes in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research portfolio includes a strong focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, supported by publications also addressing Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Finance, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Oceanography.

The main topics of Wands' work include:

Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Stochastic processes and financial applications
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Relativity and Gravitational Theory
Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wands are:

Hooshyar Assadullahi
Vincent Vennin
K. Koyama
Joseph H. P. Jackson
Andrew D. Gow

The scientist has contributed extensively to various publication venues. Key outlets include:

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review D
Abstracts
Europhysics Letters (EPL)

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by David Wands are:

Non-perturbative non-Gaussianity and primordial black holes, 2023, Europhysics Letters (EPL)
Revisiting small-scale fluctuations in α-attractor models of inflation, 2022, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Primordial black holes and their gravitational-wave signatures, 2025, Living Reviews in Relativity
The separate-universe approach and sudden transitions during inflation, 2024, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Primordial black holes and their gravitational-wave signatures, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

APS : Review of Particle Physics, 2018-2019

M Tanabashi;P Richardson;A Bettini;A Vogt

10581
Citations
Oxford University Press : Review of Particle Physics, 2020-2021

P A Zyla;P Richardson;O Zenin;A Bettini

4908
Citations
Generating the curvature perturbation without an inflaton

David H Lyth;David Wands

2104
Citations
Exponential potentials and cosmological scaling solutions

Edmund J. Copeland;Andrew R. Liddle;David Wands

1922
Citations
False vacuum inflation with Einstein gravity

Edmund J. Copeland;Andrew R. Liddle;David H. Lyth;Ewan D. Stewart

1471
Citations
Inflation dynamics and reheating

Bruce A. Bassett;Shinji Tsujikawa;David Wands

1192
Citations
Cosmological perturbations

Karim A. Malik;David Wands

983
Citations
A New approach to the evolution of cosmological perturbations on large scales

David Wands;Karim A. Malik;David H. Lyth;Andrew R. Liddle;Andrew R. Liddle

917
Citations
Adiabatic and entropy perturbations from inflation

Christopher Gordon;David Wands;Bruce A. Bassett;Roy Maartens

898
Citations
Primordial density perturbation in the curvaton scenario

David H. Lyth;Carlo Ungarelli;David Wands

884
Citations
Density perturbations and black hole formation in hybrid inflation.

Juan Garcia-Bellido;Andrei D. Linde;David Wands

831
Citations
Superstring Cosmology

James E. Lidsey;David Wands;E. J. Copeland

683
Citations
Chaotic inflation on the brane

Roy Maartens;David Wands;Bruce A. Bassett;Imogen P. C. Heard

679
Citations
Cosmological gravitational wave background from primordial density perturbations

Kishore N. Ananda;Chris Clarkson;Chris Clarkson;David Wands

594
Citations
Duality invariance of cosmological perturbation spectra

David Wands

582
Citations
CMBPol Mission Concept Study: Probing Inflation with CMB Polarization

Daniel Baumann;Mark G. Jackson;Peter Adshead;Alexandre Amblard

506
Citations
Extended gravity theories and the Einstein--Hilbert action

David Wands

495
Citations
Probing inflation with CMB polarization

Daniel Baumann;Daniel Baumann;Mark G. Jackson;Peter Adshead;Alexandre Amblard

486
Citations
Non-Gaussianity of the primordial perturbation in the curvaton model

Misao Sasaki;Jussi Väliviita;David Wands

447
Citations
Observational test of two-field inflation

David Wands;Nicola Bartolo;Sabino Matarrese;Antonio Riotto

350
Citations