2026 Fabio Governato: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	82	2820	2680	1384	1289	159	34092

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Physics

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1289

159

34092

Overview

Fabio Governato is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a specialization in Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Relativity and Gravitational Theory

Governato has contributed to several scientific publications, with one recent paper titled "Erratum: 'Wandering Supermassive Black Holes in Milky-Way-mass Halos'", published in 2021 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Fabio Governato include:

Michael Tremmel
Marta Volonteri
Andrew Pontzen
Thomas Quinn

Their work has appeared predominantly in the venue The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Best Publications

Dark Matter Substructure in Galactic Halos

Ben Moore;Sebastiano Ghigna;Fabio Governato;George Lake

4394
Citations
Dark Matter Substructure within Galactic Halos

Ben Moore;Sebastiano Ghigna;Fabio Governato;George Lake

3597
Citations
Cold collapse and the core catastrophe

B. Moore;T. Quinn;F. Governato;J. Stadel

1654
Citations
Bulgeless dwarf galaxies and dark matter cores from supernova-driven outflows

Fabio Governato;Chris Brook;Lucio Mayer;Alyson Brooks

1181
Citations
Resolving the Structure of Cold Dark Matter Halos

B. Moore;F. Governato;T. Quinn;J. Stadel

1150
Citations
How supernova feedback turns dark matter cusps into cores

Andrew Pontzen;Fabio Governato

975
Citations
Cuspy No More: How Outflows Affect the Central Dark Matter and Baryon Distribution in Lambda CDM Galaxies

F. Governato;A. Zolotov;A. Pontzen;C. Christensen

922
Citations
Star formation and feedback in smoothed particle hydrodynamic simulations – I. Isolated galaxies

Greg Stinson;Anil Seth;Neal Katz;James Wadsley

761
Citations
Forming disc galaxies in ΛCDM simulations

F. Governato;F. Governato;B. Willman;L. Mayer;A. Brooks

760
Citations
Density profiles and substructure of dark matter halos: converging results at ultra-high numerical resolution

Sebastiano Ghigna;Ben Moore;Fabio Governato;George Lake

719
Citations
Cuspy no more: How outflows affect the central dark matter and baryon distribution in Λ cold dark matter galaxies

F. Governato;A. Zolotov;A. Pontzen;C. Christensen

705
Citations
Dark Matter Halos within Clusters

Sebastiano Ghigna;Ben Moore;Fabio Governato;George Lake

669
Citations
Dark matter haloes within clusters

Sebastiano Ghigna;Ben Moore;Fabio Governato;George Lake

662
Citations
The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury

Julianne J. Dalcanton;Benjamin F. Williams;Anil C. Seth;Andrew Dolphin

610
Citations
Cold dark matter: Controversies on small scales

David H. Weinberg;James S. Bullock;Fabio Governato;Rachel Kuzio de Naray

496
Citations
The Metamorphosis of Tidally Stirred Dwarf Galaxies

Lucio Mayer;Fabio Governato;Monica Colpi;Ben Moore

428
Citations
BARYONS MATTER: WHY LUMINOUS SATELLITE GALAXIES HAVE REDUCED CENTRAL MASSES

Adi Zolotov;Alyson M. Brooks;Beth Willman;Fabio Governato

398
Citations
The role of cold flows in the assembly of galaxy disks

Alyson Brooks;Alyson Brooks;F. Governato;T. Quinn;C. B. Brook

389
Citations
The Formation of a Realistic Disk Galaxy in Λ-dominated Cosmologies

F. Governato;L. Mayer;J. Wadsley;J. P. Gardner

379
Citations
The Formation of a Realistic Disk Galaxy in Lambda Dominated Cosmologies

F. Governato;L.Mayer;J.Wadsley;J.P.Gardner

371
Citations