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Douglas O. Richstone

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Physics 76 3275 3112 1551 1443 194 46550

Douglas O. Richstone publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Douglas O. Richstone between 1972 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Douglas O. Richstone published across 53 years, from 1972 to 2024, averaging 3.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 1996. 2 of the 196 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1972 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 1996. 1972: 2 publications 1973: 1 publication 1974: 2 publications 1975: 2 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 5 publications 1978: 1 publication 1979: 1 publication 1980: 4 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 3 publications 1983: 3 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 4 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 19 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 10 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 9 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 10 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 2 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 2 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 0 publications 2019: 0 publications 2020: 0 publications 2021: 0 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 2 publications
1972 2024

196 publications in total across all disciplines

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Douglas O. Richstone: publications per year, 1972 to 2024
Year Publications
1972 2
1973 1
1974 2
1975 2
1976 2
1977 5
1978 1
1979 1
1980 4
1981 2
1982 3
1983 3
1984 5
1985 4
1986 3
1987 3
1988 4
1989 0
1990 4
1991 2
1992 5
1993 3
1994 5
1995 2
1996 19
1997 6
1998 10
1999 2
2000 10
2001 6
2002 6
2003 7
2004 7
2005 5
2006 3
2007 9
2008 1
2009 9
2010 1
2011 10
2012 4
2013 2
2014 2
2015 2
2016 2
2017 3
2018 0
2019 0
2020 0
2021 0
2022 0
2023 0
2024 2
Total 196
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Douglas O. Richstone 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 Douglas O. Richstone sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 70 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 103–122 to 1,469+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 323–342 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 183–202 publications, is where this scientist sits. 103–122 publications: 7 scientists 123–142 publications: 10 scientists 143–162 publications: 31 scientists 163–182 publications: 35 scientists 183–202 publications: 53 scientists 203–222 publications: 81 scientists 223–242 publications: 85 scientists 243–262 publications: 112 scientists 263–282 publications: 114 scientists 283–302 publications: 126 scientists 303–322 publications: 136 scientists 323–342 publications: 162 scientists 343–362 publications: 155 scientists 363–382 publications: 156 scientists 383–402 publications: 134 scientists 403–422 publications: 145 scientists 423–442 publications: 147 scientists 443–462 publications: 131 scientists 463–482 publications: 131 scientists 483–502 publications: 116 scientists 503–522 publications: 106 scientists 523–542 publications: 103 scientists 543–562 publications: 87 scientists 563–582 publications: 84 scientists 583–602 publications: 94 scientists 603–622 publications: 70 scientists 623–642 publications: 76 scientists 643–662 publications: 60 scientists 663–682 publications: 54 scientists 683–702 publications: 60 scientists 703–722 publications: 48 scientists 723–742 publications: 64 scientists 743–762 publications: 48 scientists 763–782 publications: 37 scientists 783–802 publications: 43 scientists 803–822 publications: 34 scientists 823–842 publications: 36 scientists 843–862 publications: 32 scientists 863–882 publications: 32 scientists 883–902 publications: 31 scientists 903–922 publications: 25 scientists 923–942 publications: 15 scientists 943–962 publications: 24 scientists 963–982 publications: 13 scientists 983–1,002 publications: 21 scientists 1,003–1,022 publications: 21 scientists 1,023–1,042 publications: 16 scientists 1,043–1,062 publications: 9 scientists 1,063–1,082 publications: 19 scientists 1,083–1,102 publications: 11 scientists 1,103–1,122 publications: 17 scientists 1,123–1,142 publications: 11 scientists 1,143–1,162 publications: 7 scientists 1,163–1,182 publications: 4 scientists 1,183–1,202 publications: 10 scientists 1,203–1,222 publications: 8 scientists 1,223–1,242 publications: 16 scientists 1,243–1,262 publications: 4 scientists 1,263–1,282 publications: 10 scientists 1,283–1,302 publications: 5 scientists 1,303–1,322 publications: 7 scientists 1,323–1,342 publications: 4 scientists 1,343–1,362 publications: 8 scientists 1,363–1,382 publications: 6 scientists 1,383–1,402 publications: 7 scientists 1,403–1,422 publications: 3 scientists 1,423–1,442 publications: 4 scientists 1,443–1,462 publications: 4 scientists 1,463–1,468 publications: 3 scientists 1,469+ publications: 100 scientists
103–122 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 194 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Physics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
103–122 7
123–142 10
143–162 31
163–182 35
183–202 53 194
203–222 81
223–242 85
243–262 112
263–282 114
283–302 126
303–322 136
323–342 162
343–362 155
363–382 156
383–402 134
403–422 145
423–442 147
443–462 131
463–482 131
483–502 116
503–522 106
523–542 103
543–562 87
563–582 84
583–602 94
603–622 70
623–642 76
643–662 60
663–682 54
683–702 60
703–722 48
723–742 64
743–762 48
763–782 37
783–802 43
803–822 34
823–842 36
843–862 32
863–882 32
883–902 31
903–922 25
923–942 15
943–962 24
963–982 13
983–1,002 21
1,003–1,022 21
1,023–1,042 16
1,043–1,062 9
1,063–1,082 19
1,083–1,102 11
1,103–1,122 17
1,123–1,142 11
1,143–1,162 7
1,163–1,182 4
1,183–1,202 10
1,203–1,222 8
1,223–1,242 16
1,243–1,262 4
1,263–1,282 10
1,283–1,302 5
1,303–1,322 7
1,323–1,342 4
1,343–1,362 8
1,363–1,382 6
1,383–1,402 7
1,403–1,422 3
1,423–1,442 4
1,443–1,462 4
1,463–1,468 3
1,469+ 100
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Douglas O. Richstone 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 Douglas O. Richstone sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 59 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 185+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 167. Most scientists, 167, have 80–81 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 76–77 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70–71 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Physics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 76
72–73 110
74–75 143
76–77 153 76
78–79 144
80–81 167
82–83 167
84–85 166
86–87 132
88–89 155
90–91 134
92–93 137
94–95 102
96–97 112
98–99 110
100–101 116
102–103 97
104–105 103
106–107 87
108–109 90
110–111 67
112–113 78
114–115 75
116–117 67
118–119 69
120–121 60
122–123 59
124–125 53
126–127 42
128–129 41
130–131 33
132–133 32
134–135 45
136–137 19
138–139 24
140–141 28
142–143 31
144–145 22
146–147 20
148–149 12
150–151 16
152–153 24
154–155 23
156–157 15
158–159 15
160–161 11
162–163 17
164–165 12
166–167 11
168–169 9
170–171 9
172–173 11
174–175 4
176–177 8
178–179 5
180–181 3
182–183 4
184 4
185+ 99
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Douglas O. Richstone is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of physics and astronomy, with a focused interest in various subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, and atomic and molecular physics as well as optics.

Their work covers several main topics such as astronomy and astrophysical research, galaxies in terms of formation, evolution, and phenomena, astrophysical phenomena and observations, stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, and adaptive optics combined with wavefront sensing.

Richstone's publications have appeared in notable academic venues including OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University, The Astrophysical Journal, and arXiv (Cornell University).

  • Orbit-based dynamical models of the Sombrero Galaxy (NGC 4594), 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • The Black Hole Mass and Photometric Components of NGC 4826, 2024, The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Black Hole Mass and Photometric Components of NGC 4826, 2024, arXiv (Cornell University)

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Karl Gebhardt, John Kormendy, Tod R. Lauer, Kayhan Gültekin, and Adi Foord.

Significant recognition in their career includes being named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1997.

Best Publications

  • The Demography of Massive Dark Objects in Galaxy Centres

    John Magorrian;Scott Tremaine;Douglas Richstone;Ralf Bender

  • The Demography of massive dark objects in galaxy centers

    John Magorrian;Scott Tremaine;Scott Tremaine;Douglas Richstone;Ralf Bender

  • A Relationship between Nuclear Black Hole Mass and Galaxy Velocity Dispersion

    Karl Gebhardt;Ralf Bender;Gary Bower;Alan Dressler

  • Inward Bound—The Search for Supermassive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei

    John Kormendy;Douglas Richstone

  • THE SLOPE OF THE BLACK HOLE MASS VERSUS VELOCITY DISPERSION CORRELATION

    Scott Tremaine;Karl Gebhardt;Ralf Bender;Gary Bower

  • The M-σ and M-L Relations in Galactic Bulges, and Determinations of Their Intrinsic Scatter

    Kayhan Gültekin;Douglas D.O. Richstone;Karl Gebhardt;Tod Lauer

  • The M-sigma and M-L Relations in Galactic Bulges and Determinations of their Intrinsic Scatter

    Kayhan Gultekin;Douglas O. Richstone;Karl Gebhardt;Tod R. Lauer

  • The centers of early-type galaxies with HST. IV. Central parameter relations

    S. M. Faber;Scott Tremaine;Edward A. Ajhar;Yong Ik Byun;Yong Ik Byun

  • The Centers of Early-Type Galaxies with HST.I.An Observational Survey

    Tod R. Lauer;Edward A. Ajhar;Yong Ik Byun;Alan Dressler

  • Black Hole Mass Estimates from Reverberation Mapping and from Spatially Resolved Kinematics

    Karl Gebhardt;Karl Gebhardt;John Kormendy;Luis C. Ho;Ralf Bender

  • The Centers of Early-Type Galaxies with HST. V. New WFPC2 Photometry

    Tod R. Lauer;S. M. Faber;Karl Gebhardt;Douglas Richstone

  • THE BLACK HOLE MASS IN M87 FROM GEMINI/NIFS ADAPTIVE OPTICS OBSERVATIONS

    Karl Gebhardt;Joshua Adams;Douglas Richstone;Tod R. Lauer

  • The Masses of Nuclear Black Holes in Luminous Elliptical Galaxies and Implications for the Space Density of the Most Massive Black Holes

    Tod R. Lauer;S. M. Faber;Douglas Richstone;Karl Gebhardt

  • Axisymmetric Dynamical Models of the Central Regions of Galaxies

    Karl Gebhardt;Douglas Richstone;Scott Tremaine;Tod R. Lauer

  • Two ten-billion-solar-mass black holes at the centres of giant elliptical galaxies

    Nicholas J. Mcconnell;Chung Pei Ma;Karl Gebhardt;Shelley A. Wright

  • Selection bias in observing the cosmological evolution of the M-σ- and M-L relationships

    Tod R. Lauer;Scott Tremaine;Douglas Richstone;S. M. Faber

  • THE CENTERS OF EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES WITH HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE. V. NEW WFPC2 PHOTOMETRY

    Tod Lauer;S.M. Faber;Karl Gebhardt;Douglas D.O. Richstone

  • A family of models for spherical stellar systems

    Scott Tremaine;Douglas O. Richstone;Douglas O. Richstone;Yong Ik Byun;Alan Dressler

  • Selection Bias in Observing the Cosmological Evolution of the Mbh-sigma and Mbh-L Relationships

    Tod R. Lauer;Scott Tremaine;Douglas Richstone;S. M. Faber

  • The centers of early-type galaxies with hubble space telescope. VI. Bimodal central surface brightness profiles

    Tod R. Lauer;Karl Gebhardt;S. M. Faber;Douglas Richstone

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Gebhardt
Karl Gebhardt The University of Texas at Austin
Tod R. Lauer
Tod R. Lauer National Science Foundation
John Kormendy
John Kormendy The University of Texas at Austin
Scott Tremaine
Scott Tremaine Institute for Advanced Study
Ralf Bender
Ralf Bender Max Planck Society
Carl J. Grillmair
Carl J. Grillmair California Institute of Technology
Alan Dressler
Alan Dressler Carnegie Institution for Science
Luis C. Ho
Luis C. Ho Peking University
Sandra M. Faber
Sandra M. Faber University of California, Santa Cruz
Richard F. Green
Richard F. Green University of Arizona

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