2026 Douglas P. Finkbeiner: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	129	568	546	316	301	326	160752

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Research.com Recognitions

2015 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For work as one of the worlds leading practitioners of big data science, exploiting the entire electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to gamma rays, with rigorous attention to the underlying physics of what are often complex phenomena

Overview

Douglas P. Finkbeiner is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their work spans various subfields including Instrumentation, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research covers multiple key topics, among which are:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
The Astronomical Journal
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Douglas P. Finkbeiner has collaborated extensively with several researchers, notably:

Andrew K. Saydjari (18 joint publications)
Catherine Zucker (14 joint publications)
Joshua S. Speagle (13 joint publications)
Edward F. Schlafly (10 joint publications)
Alyssa Goodman (8 joint publications)

Some of their recent scientific publications include:

"Pan-STARRS Photometric and Astrometric Calibration," 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
"Star formation near the Sun is driven by expansion of the Local Bubble," 2022, Nature
"A compendium of distances to molecular clouds in the Star Formation Handbook," 2020, Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
"A Galactic-scale gas wave in the solar neighbourhood," 2020, Nature
"A parsec-scale Galactic 3D dust map out to 1.25 kpc from the Sun," 2024, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Recognition of their contributions includes the award of Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2015, cited for work as one of the world's leading practitioners of big data science, exploiting the entire electromagnetic spectrum with careful attention to the underlying physics of complex phenomena.

Best Publications

Maps of Dust IR Emission for Use in Estimation of Reddening and CMBR Foregrounds

D. J. Schlegel;D. P. Finkbeiner;Marc Davis

23572
Citations
Maps of Dust Infrared Emission for Use in Estimation of Reddening and Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Foregrounds

David J. Schlegel;Douglas P. Finkbeiner;Marc Davis

17700
Citations
Measuring Reddening with SDSS Stellar Spectra and Recalibrating SFD

Edward F. Schlafly;Douglas P. Finkbeiner

10425
Citations
Measuring Reddening with Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stellar Spectra and Recalibrating SFD

Edward F. Schlafly;Douglas P. Finkbeiner

7398
Citations
Cosmological parameters from SDSS and WMAP

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

5345
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
Composite Quasar Spectra From the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Daniel E. Vanden Berk

2679
Citations
The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed SNe Ia from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from the Combined Pantheon Sample

D. M. Scolnic;D. O. Jones;A. Rest;A. Rest;Y. C. Pan

2512
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
A theory of dark matter

Nima Arkani-Hamed;Douglas P. Finkbeiner;Tracy R. Slatyer;Neal Weiner

2210
Citations
The Milky Way Tomography with SDSS: I. Stellar Number Density Distribution

Mario Juric;Zeljko Ivezic;Alyson Brooks;Robert H. Lupton

1910
Citations
NYU-VAGC: a galaxy catalog based on new public surveys

Michael R. Blanton;David J. Schlegel;Michael A. Strauss;J. Brinkmann

1849
Citations
Cosmological constraints from the SDSS luminous red galaxies

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

1830
Citations
The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed Type Ia Supernovae from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from The Combined Pantheon Sample

D. M. Scolnic;D. O. Jones;A. Rest;Y. C. Pan

1662
Citations
Galaxy Luminosity Functions to z~1: DEEP2 vs. COMBO-17 and Implications for Red Galaxy Formation

S. M. Faber;C. N. A. Willmer;C. Wolf;D. C. Koo

1611
Citations
The Pan-STARRS1 Surveys

K. C. Chambers;E. A. Magnier;N. Metcalfe;H. A. Flewelling

1491
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