2026 Donald Q. Lamb: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	116	926	874	492	456	825	113107

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Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1983 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For original theoretical contributions on the physics of degenerate dwarfs and neutron stars through the interpretation of relevant observations in the Xray and UV bands

Overview

Donald Q. Lamb is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Computer Science and Physics and Astronomy, focusing notably on subfields such as Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics and Probability, and Instrumentation.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

Advanced Image Processing Techniques
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Advanced Vision and Imaging
Advanced Statistical Methods and Models
Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Donald Q. Lamb has published regularly in a number of scholarly venues. The most frequent publication outlets for their work include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astronomical Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Astronomy and Computing
The Astrophysical Journal

Recent notable papers authored by or involving Lamb cover diverse aspects of astrophysical research and computational methods. These include:

Probabilistic Association of Transients to their Hosts (PATH), 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
Computational tools for the spectroscopic analysis of white dwarfs, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Optimal probabilistic catalogue matching for radio sources, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Combinatorial Optimization for Urban Planning: Strategic Demolition of Abandoned Houses in Baltimore, MD, 2021, Journal of Planning Education and Research
Evolving concepts in intracranial pressure monitoring - from traditional monitoring to precision medicine, 2025, Neurotherapeutics

Frequent collaborators in their research activities include Yashil Sukurdeep, Fausto Navarro, Amitabh Basu, Thomas J. Loredo, and László Dobos. These co-authors have contributed multiple joint publications across different topics and studies.

Donald Q. Lamb has been recognized with several fellowships in scientific societies, including:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1983, with citation noting original theoretical contributions to the physics of degenerate dwarfs and neutron stars through the interpretation of relevant observations in the X-ray and UV bands

Best Publications

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

D. G. York

15186
Citations
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical summary

Donald G. York;J. Adelman;John E. Anderson;Scott F. Anderson

12112
Citations
Cosmological parameters from SDSS and WMAP

Max Tegmark;Max Tegmark;Michael Abram Strauss;Michael R. Blanton;Kevork Abazajian

5345
Citations
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release

C. Stoughton;R. H. Lupton;M. Bernardi;M. R. Blanton

3515
Citations
Sloan digital sky survey: Early data release

Chris Stoughton;Robert H. Lupton;Mariangela Bernardi;Michael R. Blanton;Michael R. Blanton

3126
Citations
The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Carlos Allende Prieto

3091
Citations
The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

3023
Citations
The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

2986
Citations
Flash: An adaptive mesh hydrodynamics code for modeling astrophysical thermonuclear flashes

B. Fryxell;K. Olson;Paul Milton Ricker;F. X. Timmes

2798
Citations
Composite Quasar Spectra From the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Daniel E. Vanden Berk

2679
Citations
THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL POWER SPECTRUM OF GALAXIES FROM THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY

Max Tegmark;Michael R. Blanton;Michael A. Strauss;Fiona Hoyle

2387
Citations
The 3D power spectrum of galaxies from the SDSS

M Tegmark;M Blanton;M Strauss;F Hoyle

2350
Citations
Composite Quasar Spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Daniel E. Vanden Berk;Gordon T. Richards;Amanda Bauer;Michael A. Strauss

2317
Citations
Color Separation of Galaxy Types in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging Data

Iskra Strateva;Željko Ivezić;Gillian R. Knapp;Vijay K. Narayanan

1987
Citations
Cosmological constraints from the SDSS luminous red galaxies

Max Tegmark;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Michael A. Strauss;David H. Weinberg

1830
Citations
The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Kevork Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam

1501
Citations
Evidence for reionization at z ∼ 6: Detection of a gunn-peterson trough in a z = 6.28 quasar

Robert H. Becker;Robert H. Becker;Xiaohui Fan;Richard L. White;Michael Abram Strauss

1415
Citations
A Survey of z>5.8 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey I: Discovery of Three New Quasars and the Spatial Density of Luminous Quasars at z~6

Xiaohui Fan;Vijay K. Narayanan;Robert H. Lupton;Michael A. Strauss

1323
Citations
The first data release of the sloan digital sky survey

Kevork Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam

1314
Citations
A Survey of z > 5.7 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. II. Discovery of Three Additional Quasars at z > 6

Xiaohui Fan;Xiaohui Fan;Michael A. Strauss;Donald P. Schneider;Robert H. Becker;Robert H. Becker

1292
Citations