2026 Gibor Basri: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	111	1123	1061	596	554	378	46973

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Overview

Gibor Basri is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering, with a notable focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics, and Instrumentation among other subfields.

The scientist's work covers a diverse range of topics, including:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
Plant and animal studies
Inertial Sensor and Navigation
Astro and Planetary Science

Basri's recent publications show an active engagement with the study of stellar phenomena and observational methodologies. Selected recent papers include:

"The Information Content in Analytic Spot Models of Broadband Precision Light Curves. II. Spot Distributions and Lifetimes and Global and Differential Rotation," 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
"A New Method for Estimating Starspot Lifetimes Based on Autocorrelation Functions," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
"New rotation period measurements of 67 163 Kepler stars," 2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics
"Measuring Periods in Aperiodic Light Curves-Applying the GPS Method to Infer the Rotation Periods of Solar-like Stars," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
"Do Faculae Affect Autocorrelation Rotation Periods in Sun-like Stars?," 2024, The Astrophysical Journal

The publication venues where Basri frequently publishes include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Astronomische Nachrichten

Collaboration forms an important part of Basri's research activities. Frequent co-authors are:

Timo Reinhold
A. I. Shapiro
S. K. Solanki
Riya Shah
Joanne Tan

The combination of topics and subfields in Basri's work indicates a multidisciplinary approach that integrates observational astronomy, computational methods, and instrumentation development. Their research output contributes to the understanding of stellar rotation, starspot characteristics, and methodologies for analyzing light curves from space-based observatories like Kepler.

Best Publications

Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results

William J. Borucki;David Koch;Gibor Basri;Natalie Batalha

4498
Citations
Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler, III: Analysis of the First 16 Months of Data

Natalie M. Batalha;Jason F. Rowe;Stephen T. Bryson;Thomas Barclay

1758
Citations
Characteristics of planetary candidates observed by Kepler, II: Analysis of the first four months of data

William J. Borucki;David G. Koch;Gibor Basri;Natalie Batalha

1658
Citations
Planet Occurrence within 0.25 AU of Solar-type Stars from Kepler

Andrew W. Howard;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Stephen T. Bryson;Jon M. Jenkins

1658
Citations
Characteristics of planetary candidates observed by Kepler. II. Analysis of the first four months of data

William J. Borucki;David G. Koch;Gibor Basri;Natalie Batalha

1224
Citations
Kepler Mission Design, Realized Photometric Performance, and Early Science

David G. Koch;William J. Borucki;Gibor Basri;Natalie M. Batalha

1154
Citations
Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler. III. Analysis of the First 16 Months of Data

Natalie M. Batalha;Natalie M. Batalha;Jason F. Rowe;Stephen T. Bryson;Thomas Barclay

1091
Citations
Planet Occurrence within 0.25 AU of Solar-Type Stars from Kepler

Andrew W. Howard;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Stephen T. Bryson;Jon M. Jenkins

1040
Citations
Accretion Disks around T Tauri Stars

Claude Bertout;Gibor Basri;Jerome Bouvier

863
Citations
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

759
Citations
Rotation and Activity in Mid-M to L Dwarfs

Subhanjoy Mohanty;Gibor Basri

638
Citations
Very Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs in Taurus-Auriga

Russel J. White;Gibor Basri

613
Citations
Characteristics of Kepler Planetary Candidates Based on the First Data Set: The Majority are Found to be Neptune-Size and Smaller

William J. Borucki

585
Citations
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

579
Citations
Kepler 's First Rocky Planet: Kepler-10b

Natalie M. Batalha;William J. Borucki;Stephen T. Bryson;Lars A. Buchhave

579
Citations
Spectroscopic Classification of Late-M and L Field Dwarfs

Eduardo L. Martín;Eduardo L. Martín;Xavier Delfosse;Gibor Basri;Bertrand Goldman

566
Citations
Rotation and Activity in Mid-M to L Field Dwarfs

Subhanjoy Mohanty;Gibor Basri

507
Citations
Rotation and differential rotation of active Kepler stars

Timo Reinhold;Ansgar Reiners;Gibor Basri

499
Citations
Planet occurrence within 0.25AU of solar-type stars from Kepler

Andrew W. Howard;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Stephen T. Bryson;Jon M. Jenkins

6
Citations
Kepler Planet Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results

William J. Borucki;D. Koch;G. Basri;N. M. Batalha

3
Citations