2026 Eliot Quataert: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	155	245	234	145	139	645	79957

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2009 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For numerous pioneering contributions to theoretical astrophysics and plasma physics, including investigations into the role of convection and instabilities in accretion flows, the discovery of the heatfluxbuoyancy instability, and studies of kinetic plasma turbulence and its dissipation
2003 - Hellman Fellow
2002 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Eliot Quataert is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant output of publications totaling 563 works.

Their subfields of study include:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Biomedical Engineering

Key topics in their research encompass:

Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Astrophysical Journal
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
The Open Journal of Astrophysics

Notable recent papers include:

A Sun-like star orbiting a black hole, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tidal Disruption Event Demographics with the Zwicky Transient Facility: Volumetric Rates, Luminosity Function, and Implications for the Local Black Hole Mass Function, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Properties of the circumgalactic medium in cosmic ray-dominated galaxy haloes, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Large-scale poloidal magnetic field dynamo leads to powerful jets in GRMHD simulations of black hole accretion with toroidal field, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Characterizing mass, momentum, energy, and metal outflow rates of multiphase galactic winds in the FIRE-2 cosmological simulations, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Eliot Quataert has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

Philip F. Hopkins
Claude-André Faucher-Giguère
Dušan Kereš
Andrew Wetzel
Kareem El-Badry

Their recognitions include:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2020)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2018)
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2009) with a citation highlighting contributions to theoretical astrophysics and plasma physics, including studies on convection and instabilities in accretion flows, the heatflux buoyancy instability, and kinetic plasma turbulence and its dissipation
Hellman Fellow (2003)
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2002)

Best Publications

Galaxies on FIRE (Feedback In Realistic Environments): stellar feedback explains cosmologically inefficient star formation

Philip F. Hopkins;Philip F. Hopkins;Dušan Kereš;José Oñorbe;Claude André Faucher-Giguère;Claude André Faucher-Giguère

1491
Citations
Electromagnetic counterparts of compact object mergers powered by the radioactive decay of r‐process nuclei

B. D. Metzger;G. Martínez-Pinedo;S. Darbha;E. Quataert

1236
Citations
A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese;F. Acernese

1162
Citations
ON THE MAXIMUM LUMINOSITY OF GALAXIES AND THEIR CENTRAL BLACK HOLES: FEEDBACK FROM MOMENTUM-DRIVEN WINDS

Norman Murray;Norman Murray;Eliot Quataert;Todd A. Thompson

1089
Citations
Radiation Pressure Supported Starburst Disks and AGN Fueling

Todd A. Thompson;Eliot Quataert;Norm Murray

1052
Citations
Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational-wave event

Daniel Kasen;Brian Metzger;Jennifer Barnes;Eliot Quataert

1029
Citations
Astrophysical Gyrokinetics: Kinetic and Fluid Turbulent Cascades in Magnetized Weakly Collisional Plasmas

A. A. Schekochihin;A. A. Schekochihin;S. C. Cowley;S. C. Cowley;W. Dorland;G. W. Hammett

970
Citations
FIRE-2 simulations: physics versus numerics in galaxy formation

Philip F. Hopkins;Andrew Wetzel;Andrew Wetzel;Andrew Wetzel;Dušan Kereš;Claude André Faucher-Giguère

958
Citations
The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-infrared Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models

P. S. Cowperthwaite;E. Berger;V. A. Villar;B. D. Metzger

955
Citations
The FIELDS Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus: Measuring the Coronal Plasma and Magnetic Field, Plasma Waves and Turbulence, and Radio Signatures of Solar Transients.

S. D. Bale;K. Goetz;P. R. Harvey;P. Turin

906
Citations
The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-IR Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models

P. S. Cowperthwaite;E. Berger;V. A. Villar;B. D. Metzger

876
Citations
Radiation Pressure-supported Starburst Disks and Active Galactic Nucleus Fueling

Todd A. Thompson;Eliot Quataert;Norman Murray;Norman Murray

834
Citations
The Proto-Magnetar Model for Gamma-Ray Bursts

B.D. Metzger;D. Giannios;T.A. Thompson;N. Bucciantini

782
Citations
How do massive black holes get their gas

Philip F. Hopkins;Eliot Quataert

776
Citations
Nonthermal Electrons in Radiatively Inefficient Accretion Flow Models of Sagittarius A

Feng Yuan;Eliot Quataert;Ramesh Narayan

757
Citations
The protomagnetar model for gamma-ray bursts

B. D. Metzger;D. Giannios;T. A. Thompson;N. Bucciantini

677
Citations
The Disruption of Giant Molecular Clouds by Radiation Pressure and the Efficiency of Star Formation in Galaxies

Norman Murray;Eliot Quataert;Todd A. Thompson

665
Citations
The physics of galactic winds driven by active galactic nuclei

Claude André Faucher-Giguère;Eliot Quataert

647
Citations
Gusty, gaseous flows of FIRE: Galactic winds in cosmological simulations with explicit stellar feedback

Alexander L. Muratov;Dušan Kereš;Claude André Faucher-Giguère;Philip F. Hopkins

641
Citations
Convection-dominated Accretion Flows

Eliot Quataert;Andrei Gruzinov

626
Citations