2026 Francisco S. N. Lobo: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	91	2195	2087	6	6	281	26550

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Current World Ranking

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Physics

2195

2087

281

26550

Overview

Francisco S. N. Lobo is affiliated with the University of Lisbon in Portugal and primarily works within the fields of Physics and Astronomy. Their research output is significant in subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Oceanography, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Advanced Differential Geometry Research
Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Francisco S. N. Lobo has contributed numerous publications to several venues, with the most frequent being:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
The European Physical Journal C
Universe
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Selected recent papers include:

"Novel black-bounce spacetimes: Wormholes, regularity, energy conditions, and causal structure" (2021), Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
"Modified Gravity and Cosmology: An Update by the CANTATA Network" (2021), arXiv (Cornell University)
"Dynamic thin-shell black-bounce traversable wormholes" (2020), Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
"Shadow, deflection angle and quasinormal modes of Born-Infeld charged black holes" (2021), Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
"Beyond Einstein's General Relativity: Hybrid metric-Palatini gravity and curvature-matter couplings" (2020), International Journal of Modern Physics D

Their research collaborations have frequently involved co-authors such as:

Manuel E. Rodrigues
Diego Rubiera-García
Tiberiu Harko
João Luís Rosa
Luís F. Dias da Silva

Best Publications

$f(R,T)$ gravity

Tiberiu Harko;Francisco S. N. Lobo;Shin’ichi Nojiri;Sergei D. Odintsov

2395
Citations
Extra force in f(R) modified theories of gravity

Orfeu Bertolami;Christian G. Böhmer;Tiberiu Harko;Francisco S. N. Lobo

836
Citations
Phantom energy traversable wormholes

Francisco S. N. Lobo

572
Citations
Wormhole geometries in f(R) modified theories of gravity

Francisco S.N. Lobo;Miguel A. Oliveira

513
Citations
Exact analytical solutions of the Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) epidemic model and of the SIR model with equal death and birth rates

Tiberiu Harko;Francisco S.N. Lobo;M.K. Mak

502
Citations
f(R,L m ) gravity

Tiberiu Harko;Francisco S. N. Lobo

457
Citations
Morris-Thorne wormholes with a cosmological constant

José P. S. Lemos;José P. S. Lemos;Francisco S. N. Lobo;Sérgio Quinet de Oliveira

367
Citations
f(R,L_m) gravity

Tiberiu Harko;Francisco S. N. Lobo

363
Citations
Nonminimal coupling of perfect fluids to curvature

Orfeu Bertolami;Francisco S. N. Lobo;Jorge Páramos

314
Citations
Further matters in space-time geometry: f(R,T,RμνTμν) gravity

Zahra Haghani;Tiberiu Harko;Francisco S. N. Lobo;Hamid Reza Sepangi

312
Citations
Modified-gravity wormholes without exotic matter

Tiberiu Harko;Francisco S. N. Lobo;M. K. Mak;Sergey V. Sushkov

304
Citations
Coupling matter in modified $Q$ gravity

Tiberiu Harko;Tiberiu Harko;Tiberiu Harko;Tomi S. Koivisto;Francisco S. N. Lobo;Gonzalo J. Olmo;Gonzalo J. Olmo

303
Citations
Prospects for Fundamental Physics with LISA

Enrico Barausse;Emanuele Berti;Thomas Hertog;Scott A. Hughes

295
Citations
Stable dark energy stars

Francisco S N Lobo

293
Citations
Observational constraints of $f(Q)$ gravity

Ruth Lazkoz;Francisco S. N. Lobo;María Ortiz-Baños;Vincenzo Salzano

286
Citations
Stability of phantom wormholes

Francisco S.N. Lobo

278
Citations
Dark matter as a geometric effect in f(R) gravity

Christian G. Böhmer;Christian G. Böhmer;Tiberiu Harko;Francisco S.N. Lobo;Francisco S.N. Lobo

274
Citations
Individual effect-site concentrations of propofol at return of consciousness are related to the concentrations at loss of consciousness and age in neurosurgical patients.

Catarina S. Nunes;David A. Ferreira;Luís Antunes;Francisco Lobo

269
Citations
f(T,Script T) gravity and cosmology

Tiberiu Harko;Francisco S.N. Lobo;G. Otalora;Emmanuel N. Saridakis;Emmanuel N. Saridakis

266
Citations
Wormhole geometries in modified teleparallel gravity and the energy conditions

Christian G. Böhmer;Tiberiu Harko;Francisco S. N. Lobo

265
Citations