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118
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Fernando Camilo 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 Fernando Camilo sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 541 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fernando Camilo 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 Fernando Camilo sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 118 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Fernando Camilo is affiliated with the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory in South Africa. Their research primarily falls within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their work also extends to Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Oceanography, Instrumentation, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's main topics of research encompass pulsars and gravitational waves, radio astronomy observations and technology, astrophysics and cosmic phenomena, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, astrophysical phenomena and observations, geophysics and gravity measurements, and the study of galaxies' formation, evolution, and phenomena.

Fernando Camilo has contributed extensively to the academic literature, with recent publications including:

  • Strong-Field Gravity Tests with the Double Pulsar, 2021, Physical Review X
  • The Third Fermi Large Area Telescope Catalog of Gamma-Ray Pulsars, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal
  • The MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The 1.28 GHz MeerKAT Galactic Center Mosaic, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Eight new millisecond pulsars from the first MeerKAT globular cluster census, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • S. Buchner
  • M. Krämer
  • M. Geyer
  • W. D. Cotton
  • M. Bailes

The venues where Fernando Camilo has often published are diverse, reflecting a broad engagement with the scientific community. Key publication outlets include:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • An increased estimate of the merger rate of double neutron stars from observations of a highly relativistic system

    M. Burgay;N. D'Amico;A. Possenti;R. N. Manchester

  • Tests of General Relativity from Timing the Double Pulsar

    M. Kramer;I. H. Stairs;R. N. Manchester;M. A. McLaughlin;M. A. McLaughlin

  • A double-pulsar system: A rare laboratory for relativistic gravity and plasma physics

    A. G. Lyne;M. Burgay;M. Kramer;A. Possenti

  • A radio pulsar spinning at 716 Hz.

    Jason W. T. Hessels;Scott M. Ransom;Ingrid H. Stairs;Paulo C. C. Freire

  • A repeating fast radio burst

    L. G. Spitler;P. Scholz;J. W. T. Hessels;J. W. T. Hessels;S. Bogdanov

  • THE SECOND FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE CATALOG OF GAMMA-RAY PULSARS

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ajello;A. Allafort;L. Baldini

  • The Parkes multi-beam pulsar survey - I. Observing and data analysis systems, discovery and timing of 100 pulsars

    R.N. Manchester;A.G. Lyne;F. Camilo;J.F. Bell

  • Transient radio bursts from rotating neutron stars

    M. A. McLaughlin;A. G. Lyne;D. R. Lorimer;M. Kramer

  • The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey: I. Observing and Data Analysis Systems, Discovery and Timing of 100 Pulsars

    R. N. Manchester;A. G. Lyne;F. Camilo;J. F. Bell

  • Fast Radio Burst Discovered in the Arecibo Pulsar ALFA Survey

    L. G. Spitler;J. M. Cordes;J. W. T. Hessels;D. R. Lorimer

  • The First Fermi Large Area Telescope Catalog of Gamma-ray Pulsars

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;W. B. Atwood

  • The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey - VI. Discovery and timing of 142 pulsars and a Galactic population analysis

    D. R. Lorimer;D. R. Lorimer;A. J. Faulkner;A. G. Lyne;R. N. Manchester

  • Fast Radio Burst Discovered in the Arecibo Pulsar ALFA Survey

    L. G. Spitler;J. M. Cordes;J. W. T. Hessels;J. W. T. Hessels;D. R. Lorimer

  • Transient pulsed radio emission from a magnetar

    Fernando Camilo;Scott M. Ransom;Jules P. Halpern;John Reynolds

  • THE COSMIC COALESCENCE RATES FOR DOUBLE NEUTRON STAR BINARIES

    V. Kalogera;C. Kim;D. R. Lorimer;M. Burgay

  • Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations of the Crab Pulsar and Nebula

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;W. B. Atwood

  • Multifrequency Observations of Radio Pulse Broadening and Constraints on Interstellar Electron Density Microstructure

    N. D. Ramesh Bhat;James M. Cordes;Fernando Camilo;David J. Nice

  • Very low braking index for the Vela pulsar

    A. G. Lyne;R. S. Pritchard;F. Graham-Smith;F. Camilo

  • Twenty-one millisecond pulsars in Terzan 5 using the Green Bank Telescope.

    Scott M. Ransom;Scott M. Ransom;Jason W. T. Hessels;Ingrid H. Stairs;Paulo C. C. Freire

  • Arecibo pulsar survey using ALFA. I. Survey strategy and first discoveries

    J. M. Cordes;P. C. C. Freire;D. R. Lorimer;F. Camilo

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Kramer
Michael Kramer Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Maura McLaughlin
Maura McLaughlin West Virginia University
Ingrid H. Stairs
Ingrid H. Stairs University of British Columbia
Paulo C. C. Freire
Paulo C. C. Freire Max Planck Society
Scott M. Ransom
Scott M. Ransom National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Duncan R. Lorimer
Duncan R. Lorimer West Virginia University
Richard N. Manchester
Richard N. Manchester Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jason W. T. Hessels
Jason W. T. Hessels University of Amsterdam
Andrew Lyne
Andrew Lyne University of Manchester
Simon Johnston
Simon Johnston Australia Telescope National Facility

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