2026 Heikki Salo: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	84	2716	2586	11	11	339	18889

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Physics

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18889

Overview

Heikki Salo is affiliated with the University of Oulu in Finland and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Physics and Astronomy. Their work primarily focuses on Astronomy and Astrophysics, with particular attention to galaxy formation, evolution phenomena, and star formation studies.

Their research spans a broad range of topics including:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Astro and Planetary Science
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Remote Sensing in Agriculture
Advanced Vision and Imaging

Salo has published numerous papers, including recent works such as:

Stellar structures, molecular gas, and star formation across the PHANGS sample of nearby galaxies, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
A dense ring of the trans-Neptunian object Quaoar outside its Roche limit, 2023, Nature
The Fornax Deep Survey (FDS) with the VST, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Distribution of star formation in galactic bars as seen with Hα and stacked GALEX UV imaging, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Fornax Deep Survey with the VST XII. Low surface brightness dwarf galaxies in the Fornax cluster, 2022, University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology)

The most frequent venues for their publications include:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
arXiv (Cornell University)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Nature
University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Salo are:

Joachim Janz
A. Venhola
E. Laurikainen
R. F. Peletier
A. E. Watkins

Salo's body of work includes contributions in subfields such as:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Instrumentation
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
General Health Professions
Atmospheric Science

Best Publications

The spitzer survey of stellar structure in galaxies (s^4g)

Kartik Sheth;Kartik Sheth;Michael Regan;Joannah L. Hinz;Armando Gil de Paz

856
Citations
Multicomponent decompositions for a sample of S0 galaxies

Eija Laurikainen;Heikki Salo;Ronald J. Buta

347
Citations
Reconstructing the stellar mass distributions of galaxies using S4G IRAC 3.6 and 4.5 micron images: II. The conversion from light to mass

Sharon E. Meidt;Eva Schinnerer;Glenn van de Ven;Dennis Zaritsky

334
Citations
A Classical Morphological Analysis of Galaxies in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G)

R. Buta;K. Sheth;E. Athanassoula;A. Bosma

329
Citations
Properties of Bars and Bulges in the Hubble Sequence

Eija Laurikainen;H. Salo;R. Buta;J.H. Knapen;J.H. Knapen

320
Citations
The repeated open application test (ROAT).

Matti Hannuksela;Heikki Salo

312
Citations
Photometric scaling relations of lenticular and spiral galaxies

E. Laurikainen;E. Laurikainen;H. Salo;H. Salo;R. Buta;J. H. Knapen

299
Citations
RECONSTRUCTING THE STELLAR MASS DISTRIBUTIONS OF GALAXIES USING S4G IRAC 3.6 AND 4.5 μm IMAGES. I. CORRECTING FOR CONTAMINATION BY POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, HOT DUST, AND INTERMEDIATE-AGE STARS

Sharon E. Meidt;Eva Schinnerer;Johan H. Knapen;Johan H. Knapen;Albert Bosma

297
Citations
Simulations of dense planetary rings. III. Self-gravitating identical particles.

Heikki Salo

297
Citations
The spitzer survey of stellar structure in galaxies (S^4G): multi-component decomposition strategies and data release

Heikki Salo;Eija Laurikainen;Eija Laurikainen;Jarkko Laine;Sébastien Comerón;Sébastien Comerón

293
Citations
The Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S$^4$G): Precise Stellar Mass Distributions from Automated Dust Correction at 3.6 microns

M. Querejeta;S. E. Meidt;E. Schinnerer;M. Cisternas

290
Citations
AINUR: Atlas of Images of NUclear Rings

S. Comerón;J. H. Knapen;J. H. Knapen;J. E. Beckman;J. E. Beckman;E. Laurikainen

280
Citations
Reconstructing the stellar mass distributions of galaxies using S4G IRAC 3.6 and 4.5 μm images. II. The conversion from light to mass.

Sharon Meidt;Eva Schinnerer;Glenn van de Ven;Dennis Zaritsky

279
Citations
Near-infrared atlas of S0-Sa galaxies (NIRS0S)

E. Laurikainen;E. Laurikainen;H. Salo;R. Buta;J. H. Knapen;J. H. Knapen

266
Citations
Near-IR Atlas of S0-Sa galaxies (NIRS0S)

E. Laurikainen;H. Salo;R. Buta;J. H. Knapen

244
Citations
Comparison of Bar Strengths and Fractions of Bars in Active and Nonactive Galaxies

Eija Laurikainen;Heikki Salo;Ronald Buta

227
Citations
Bar strengths in spiral galaxies estimated from 2MASS images

Eija Laurikainen;Heikki Salo

225
Citations
A Classical Morphological Analysis of Galaxies in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G)

Ronald J. Buta;Kartik Sheth;E. Athanassoula;A. Bosma

218
Citations
Bar-induced perturbation strengths of the galaxies in the Ohio State University Bright Galaxy Survey - I

Eija Laurikainen;Heikki Salo;Ronald Buta;Sergiy Vasylyev

217
Citations
Bar-induced perturbation strengths of the galaxies in the Ohio State University Bright Galaxy Survey (OSUBGS) I

E. Laurikainen;H. Salo;R. Buta;S. Vasylyev

205
Citations