2026 Guinevere Kauffmann: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	108	954	910	39	37	376	78246
Physics	112	1074	1013	92	87	376	85932

Guinevere Kauffmann 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 Guinevere Kauffmann sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 376 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Guinevere Kauffmann 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 Guinevere Kauffmann sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 112 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% 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

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Guinevere Kauffmann is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research spans several subfields including Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, General Health Professions, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's work has addressed multiple topics within astrophysical research, especially centered on galaxies and their evolution, star formation studies, and broader cosmic phenomena. Key topical areas include:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

Kauffmann has authored and coauthored numerous papers, with frequent publications in:

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (17 publications)
arXiv (Cornell University) (15 publications)
The Astrophysical Journal (6 publications)
Astronomy and Astrophysics (5 publications)
OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University) (1 publication)

Important recent papers include:

The many lives of active galactic nuclei: Cooling flows, black holes and the luminosities and colours of galaxies, 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
Galaxy formation with L-GALAXIES: modelling the environmental dependency of galaxy evolution and comparing with observations, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
L-GALAXIES 2020: The evolution of radial metallicity profiles and global metallicities in disc galaxies, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Characterizing the abundance, properties, and kinematics of the cool circumgalactic medium of galaxies in absorption with SDSS DR16, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Comparing galaxy formation in the L-GALAXIES semi-analytical model and the IllustrisTNG simulations, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequently collaborating coauthors include:

Fabrizio Arrigoni Battaia (7 coauthored publications)
Dylan Nelson (6 coauthored publications)
Sanchayeeta Borthakur (6 coauthored publications)
Emanuele Paolo Farina (6 coauthored publications)
Aura Obreja (6 coauthored publications)

Best Publications

The host galaxies of active galactic nuclei

Guinevere Kauffmann;Timothy M. Heckman;Christy Tremonti;Jarle Brinchmann

4288
Citations
The many lives of active galactic nuclei: cooling flows, black holes and the luminosities and colours of galaxies

Darren J. Croton;Volker Springel;Simon D. M. White;G. De Lucia

4088
Citations
The Origin of the Mass-Metallicity Relation: Insights from 53,000 Star-forming Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Christy A. Tremonti;Christy A. Tremonti;Timothy M. Heckman;Guinevere Kauffmann;Jarle Brinchmann

4029
Citations
The physical properties of star-forming galaxies in the low-redshift universe

J. Brinchmann;S. Charlot;S. Charlot;S. D. M. White;C. Tremonti;C. Tremonti

3543
Citations
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release

C. Stoughton;R. H. Lupton;M. Bernardi;M. R. Blanton

3515
Citations
Stellar masses and star formation histories for 105 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Guinevere Kauffmann;Timothy M. Heckman;Simon D. M. White;Stéphane Charlot;Stéphane Charlot

2696
Citations
SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS

Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara

2519
Citations
The formation and evolution of galaxies within merging dark matter haloes

G Kauffmann;Simon D.M. White;B. Guiderdoni

2458
Citations
The host galaxies and classification of active galactic nuclei

Lisa J. Kewley;Brent Groves;Guinevere Kauffmann;Tim Heckman

2277
Citations
Populating a cluster of galaxies - I. Results at z=0

Volker Springel;Simon D. M. White;Giuseppe Tormen;Guinevere Kauffmann

2261
Citations
THE BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF SDSS-III

Kyle S. Dawson;David J. Schlegel;Christopher P. Ahn;Scott F. Anderson

1851
Citations
The ninth data release of the sloan digital sky survey: First spectroscopic data from the sdss-iii baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey

Christopher P. Ahn;Rachael Alexandroff;Carlos Allende Prieto;Scott F. Anderson

1669
Citations
From dwarf spheroidals to cDs: Simulating the galaxy population in a LCDM cosmology

Qi Guo;Simon White;Michael Boylan-Kolchin;Gabriella De Lucia

1617
Citations
The dependence of star formation history and internal structure on stellar mass for 105 low‐redshift galaxies

Guinevere Kauffmann;Timothy M. Heckman;Simon D. M. White;Stéphane Charlot

1593
Citations
A unified model for the evolution of galaxies and quasars

Guinevere Kauffmann;Martin Haehnelt

1491
Citations
The environmental dependence of the relations between stellar mass, structure, star formation and nuclear activity in galaxies

Guinevere Kauffmann;Simon D. M. White;Timothy M. Heckman;Brice Ménard

1366
Citations
The size distribution of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Shiyin Shen;H. J. Mo;Simon D. M. White;Michael R. Blanton

1342
Citations
From dwarf spheroidals to cD galaxies: simulating the galaxy population in a ΛCDM cosmology

Qi Guo;Simon White;Michael Boylan-Kolchin;Gabriella De Lucia

1314
Citations
First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: the galaxy colour bimodality

Dylan Nelson;Annalisa Pillepich;Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Rainer Weinberger

1286
Citations
Clustering of galaxies in a hierarchical universe - I. Methods and results at z=0

Guinevere Kauffmann;Joerg M. Colberg;Antonaldo Diaferio;Simon D. M. White

1218
Citations