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D-Index
103
Citations
48957
World Ranking
1475
National Ranking
775

Eric Agol 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 Eric Agol sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 462 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Eric Agol 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 Eric Agol sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Eric Agol is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atmospheric Science, Computational Mechanics, and Aerospace Engineering.

The main topics covered in their work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astro and Planetary Science, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications.

Eric Agol has contributed to multiple research papers, including:

  • Refining the Transit-timing and Photometric Analysis of TRAPPIST-1: Masses, Radii, Densities, Dynamics, and Ephemerides (2021), published in The Planetary Science Journal
  • No thick carbon dioxide atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c (2023), published in Nature
  • TRAPPIST-1: Global results of the Spitzer Exploration Science Program Red Worlds (2020), published in Apollo (University of Cambridge)
  • ARCES Observations of the TESS Circumbinary Planet TIC 172900988b (2021), published in UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona)
  • Potential Atmospheric Compositions of TRAPPIST-1 c Constrained by JWST/MIRI Observations at 15 μm (2023), published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Their frequent coauthors include M. Gillon, Franck Selsis, Émeline Bolmont, Elsa Ducrot, and Victoria Meadows.

Eric Agol regularly publishes in scientific venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), The Astronomical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and The Planetary Science Journal.

In recognition of their work, Eric Agol was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Analytic Lightcurves for Planetary Transit Searches

    Kaisey Mandel;Eric Agol

  • SDSS-III: Massive Spectroscopic Surveys of the Distant Universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara

  • SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara

  • Analytic Light Curves for Planetary Transit Searches

    Kaisey Mandel;Eric Agol

  • Seven temperate terrestrial planets around the nearby ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1

    Michaël Gillon;Amaury H. M. J. Triaud;Brice-Olivier Demory;Emmanuël Jehin

  • Viewing the Shadow of the Black Hole at the Galactic Center.

    Heino Falcke;Fulvio Melia;Eric Agol

  • Architecture of Kepler's Multi-transiting Systems: II. New investigations with twice as many candidates

    Daniel C. Fabrycky;Jack J. Lissauer;Darin Ragozzine;Jason F. Rowe

  • A map of the day–night contrast of the extrasolar planet HD 189733b

    Heather A. Knutson;David Charbonneau;Lori E. Allen;Jonathan J. Fortney;Jonathan J. Fortney

  • On detecting terrestrial planets with timing of giant planet transits

    Eric Agol;Jason Steffen;Re'em Sari;Will Clarkson

  • Fast and scalable Gaussian process modeling with applications to astronomical time series

    Daniel Foreman-Mackey;Eric Agol;Sivaram Ambikasaran;Ruth Angus

  • Masses, Radii, and Orbits of Small Kepler Planets: The Transition from Gaseous to Rocky Planets

    Geoffrey W. Marcy;Howard Isaacson;Andrew W. Howard;Jason F. Rowe

  • Validation of Kepler's Multiple Planet Candidates. III: Light Curve Analysis & Announcement of Hundreds of New Multi-planet Systems

    Jason F. Rowe;Stephen T. Bryson;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Jack J. Lissauer

  • Infrared Transmission Spectroscopy of the Exoplanets HD209458b and XO-1b Using the Wide Field Camera-3 on the Hubble Space Telescope

    Drake Deming;Ashlee Wilkins;Peter McCullough;Adam Burrows

  • EXOFAST: A Fast Exoplanetary Fitting Suite in IDL

    Jason Eastman;B. Scott Gaudi;Eric Agol

  • Masses, Radii, and Orbits of Small Kepler Planets: The Transition From Gaseous to Rocky Planets

    Geoffrey W. Marcy;Howard Isaacson;Andrew W. Howard;Jason F. Rowe

  • VALIDATION OF KEPLER'S MULTIPLE PLANET CANDIDATES. III. LIGHT CURVE ANALYSIS AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF HUNDREDS OF NEW MULTI-PLANET SYSTEMS

    Jason F. Rowe;Jason F. Rowe;Stephen T. Bryson;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Jack J. Lissauer

  • Architecture of Kepler's multi-transiting systems. II. New investigations with twice as many candidates

    Daniel C. Fabrycky;Daniel C. Fabrycky;Jack J. Lissauer;Darin Ragozzine;Jason F. Rowe;Jason F. Rowe

  • INFRARED TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY OF THE EXOPLANETS HD 209458b AND XO-1b USING THE WIDE FIELD CAMERA-3 ON THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

    Drake Deming;Drake Deming;Ashlee Wilkins;Peter R. McCullough;Adam Burrows

  • Emergence and frustration of magnetism with variable-range interactions in a quantum simulator.

    R. Islam;C. Senko;W. C. Campbell;S. Korenblit

  • The shadow of the black hole at the galactic center

    Heino Falcke;Fulvio Melia;Eric Agol

Frequent Co-Authors

Drake Deming
Drake Deming University of Maryland, College Park
Adam P. Showman
Adam P. Showman University of Arizona
David Charbonneau
David Charbonneau Harvard University
Keivan G. Stassun
Keivan G. Stassun Vanderbilt University
Jonathan J. Fortney
Jonathan J. Fortney University of California, Santa Cruz
Adam Burrows
Adam Burrows Princeton University
Daniel C. Fabrycky
Daniel C. Fabrycky University of Chicago
Jean-Michel Desert
Jean-Michel Desert University of Amsterdam
Eric B. Ford
Eric B. Ford Pennsylvania State University
Jack J. Lissauer
Jack J. Lissauer Ames Research Center

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