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Garth D. Illingworth 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 Garth D. Illingworth sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 733 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Garth D. Illingworth 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 Garth D. Illingworth sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 172 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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 United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award

Overview

Garth D. Illingworth is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions in subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Computational Mechanics, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

The main topics of Illingworth's work include:

  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
  • Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation

Selected recent papers by Illingworth include:

  • "Two Remarkably Luminous Galaxy Candidates at z ≈ 10-12 Revealed by JWST," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • "Little Red Dots: An Abundant Population of Faint Active Galactic Nuclei at z ∼ 5 Revealed by the EIGER and FRESCO JWST Surveys," 2024, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "The JWST FRESCO survey: legacy NIRCam/grism spectroscopy and imaging in the two GOODS fields," 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Galaxy Stellar Mass Functions from z ∼ 10 to z ∼ 6 using the Deepest Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera Data: No Significant Evolution in the Stellar-to-halo Mass Ratio of Galaxies in the First Gigayear of Cosmic Time," 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Evolution of the UV LF from z ∼ 15 to z ∼ 8 using new JWST NIRCam medium-band observations over the HUDF/XDF," 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Illingworth are:

  • Pascal A. Oesch
  • R. J. Bouwens
  • Mauro Stefanon
  • Ivo Labbé
  • Rohan P. Naidu

Illingworth's works have been published in various prominent venues, including:

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

Best Publications

  • Final Results from the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project to Measure the Hubble Constant

    Wendy L. Freedman;Barry F. Madore;Barry F. Madore;Brad K. Gibson;Laura Ferrarese

  • The Photometric Performance and Calibration of the HST Advanced Camera For Surveys

    M. Sirianni;M. Sirianni;M. Sirianni;M. J. Jee;N. Benitez;J. P. Blakeslee

  • UV Luminosity Functions at redshifts z~4 to z~10: 10000 Galaxies from HST Legacy Fields

    R. J. Bouwens;G. D. Illingworth;P. A. Oesch;M. Trenti

  • The photometric performance and calibration of the Hubble Space Telescope advanced camera for surveys

    M. Sirianni;M. Sirianni;M. Sirianni;M.J. Jee;N. Benítez;N. Benítez;J.P. Blakeslee

  • UV Luminosity Functions at z~4, 5, and 6 from the Hubble Ultra Deep Field and Other Deep Hubble Space Telescope ACS Fields: Evolution and Star Formation History*

    Rychard J Bouwens;Garth D Illingworth;Marijn Franx;Holland Ford

  • UV luminosity functions at redshifts z ∼ 4 to z ∼ 10: 10,000 galaxies from HST legacy fields

    R.J. Bouwens;R.J. Bouwens;G.D. Illingworth;P.A. Oesch;P.A. Oesch;M. Trenti

  • UV Luminosity Functions at z~4, 5, and 6 from the HUDF and other Deep HST ACS Fields: Evolution and Star Formation History

    Rychard J. Bouwens;Garth D. Illingworth;Marijn Franx;Holland Ford

  • An ultra-deep near-infrared spectrum of a compact quiescent galaxy at z=2.2

    Mariska Kriek;Pieter G. van Dokkum;Ivo Labbé;Marijn Franx

  • UV Luminosity Functions from 132 z~7 and z~8 Lyman-Break Galaxies in the ultra-deep HUDF09 and wide-area ERS WFC3/IR Observations

    R. J. Bouwens;G. D. Illingworth;P. A. Oesch;I. Labbe

  • The Growth of Massive Galaxies Since z = 2

    Pieter G. van Dokkum;Pieter G. van Dokkum;Katherine E. Whitaker;Katherine E. Whitaker;Gabriel Brammer;Gabriel Brammer;Marijn Franx

  • Confirmation of the Remarkable Compactness of Massive Quiescent Galaxies at z ~ 2.3: Early-Type Galaxies Did not Form in a Simple Monolithic Collapse* **

    Pieter G. van Dokkum;Marijn Franx;Mariska Kriek;Bradford Holden

  • The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XXVIII. Combining the Constraints on the Hubble Constant

    Jeremy R Mould;John P Huchra;Wendy L Freedman;Robert C Kennicutt Jr

  • The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XXVIII. Combining the Constraints on the Hubble Constant

    Jeremy R. Mould;John P. Huchra;Wendy L. Freedman;Robert C. Kennicutt

  • The 3D-HST Survey: Hubble Space Telescope WFC3/G141 grism spectra, redshifts, and emission line measurements for $\sim 100,000$ galaxies

    Ivelina G. Momcheva;Gabriel B. Brammer;Pieter G. van Dokkum;Rosalind E. Skelton

  • The Hubble Space Telescope Extragalactic Distance Scale Key Project. 1: The discovery of Cepheids and a new distance to M81

    Wendy L. Freedman;Shaun M. Hughes;Barry F. Madore;Jeremy R. Mould

  • Distance to the Virgo cluster galaxy M100 from Hubble Space Telescope observations of Cepheids

    Wendy L. Freedman;Barry F. Madore;Jeremy R. Mould;Robert Hill

  • The kinematic properties of faint elliptical galaxies.

    R. L. Davies;G. Efstathiou;S. M. Fall;G. Illingworth

  • The afterglow, redshift and extreme energetics of the γ-ray burst of 23 January 1999

    [No Value] Kulkarni;SG Djorgovski;SC Odewahn;JS Bloom

  • Ultraviolet Luminosity Functions from 132 z ~ 7 and z ~ 8 Lyman-break Galaxies in the Ultra-deep HUDF09 and Wide-area Early Release Science WFC3/IR Observations

    R. J. Bouwens;R. J. Bouwens;G. D. Illingworth;P. A. Oesch;I. Labbé

  • UV Luminosity Functions at redshifts z~4 to z~10: 11000 Galaxies from HST Legacy Fields

    R. J. Bouwens;G. D. Illingworth;P. A. Oesch;M. Trenti

Frequent Co-Authors

Rychard Bouwens
Rychard Bouwens Leiden University
Marijn Franx
Marijn Franx Leiden University
Holland C. Ford
Holland C. Ford Johns Hopkins University
John P. Blakeslee
John P. Blakeslee National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Lab
Marc Postman
Marc Postman Space Telescope Science Institute
Pascal Oesch
Pascal Oesch University of Geneva
Daniel D. Kelson
Daniel D. Kelson Carnegie Institution for Science
Mariska Kriek
Mariska Kriek University of California, Berkeley
Pieter G. van Dokkum
Pieter G. van Dokkum Yale University
Michele Trenti
Michele Trenti University of Melbourne

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