2026 Hirosi Ooguri: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	86	2502	2378	1243	1158	193	38746

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Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
2009 - Nishina Memorial Prize

Overview

Hirosi Ooguri is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on multiple subfields including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Geometry and Topology.

Their main topics of work encompass:

Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
Quantum many-body systems
Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
Algebraic structures and combinatorial models
Theoretical and Computational Physics

Hirosi Ooguri has published frequently in the following venues:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of High Energy Physics
Physical Review D
OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
Communications in Mathematical Physics

Recent papers authored by Ooguri include:

"Symmetries in Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Gravity" (2021), Communications in Mathematical Physics
"Duality and axionic weak gravity" (2020), Physical Review D
"Narain to Narnia" (2021), Communications in Mathematical Physics
"Universal asymptotics for high energy CFT data" (2024), Journal of High Energy Physics
"Symmetry-resolved entanglement entropy, spectra & boundary conformal field theory" (2023), Journal of High Energy Physics

Their collaboration network features frequent co-authors such as Yuya Kusuki, Andreas Karch, Mianqi Wang, Nathan Benjamin, and Sridip Pal, indicating a sustained collaborative environment within their research community.

Among distinctions received, Ooguri has been named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016 and a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2013. They were also awarded the Nishina Memorial Prize in 2009.

Best Publications

Large N Field Theories, String Theory and Gravity

Ofer Aharony;Steven S. Gubser;Juan Martin Maldacena;Hirosi Ooguri;Hirosi Ooguri

6438
Citations
Kodaira-Spencer theory of gravity and exact results for quantum string amplitudes

M. Bershadsky;S. Cecotti;H. Ooguri;C. Vafa

1506
Citations
On the Geometry of the String Landscape and the Swampland

Hirosi Ooguri;Cumrun Vafa

1187
Citations
Strings in AdS3 and the SL(2,R) WZW model. I: The spectrum

Juan Martin Maldacena;Hirosi Ooguri

861
Citations
Distance and de Sitter Conjectures on the Swampland

Hirosi Ooguri;Hirosi Ooguri;Eran Palti;Gary Shiu;Cumrun Vafa

806
Citations
Strings in AdS_3 and the SL(2,R) WZW Model. Part 1: The Spectrum

Juan Maldacena;Hirosi Ooguri

754
Citations
Black hole attractors and the topological string

Hirosi Ooguri;Andrew Strominger;Cumrun Vafa

725
Citations
Knot Invariants and Topological Strings

Hirosi Ooguri;Cumrun Vafa

702
Citations
Wilson loops and minimal surfaces

Nadav Drukker;Nadav Drukker;David J. Gross;Hirosi Ooguri;Hirosi Ooguri

698
Citations
Open strings on AdS2 branes

Peter Lee;Hirosi Ooguri;Jongwon Park;Jonathan Tannenhauser

669
Citations
Holomorphic anomalies in topological field theories

M. Bershadsky;S. Cecotti;H. Ooguri;C. Vafa

663
Citations
De Sitter Space and the Swampland

Georges Obied;Hirosi Ooguri;Lev Spodyneiko;Cumrun Vafa

606
Citations
Holomorphic Anomalies in Topological Field Theories

M. Bershadsky;S. Cecotti;H. Ooguri;C. Vafa

543
Citations
Geometry of N=2 strings

Hirosi Ooguri;Cumrun Vafa

496
Citations
Hidden SL(n) symmetry in conformal field theories

Michael Bershadsky;Hirosi Ooguri

493
Citations
Holography and defect conformal field theories

Oliver DeWolfe;Daniel Z. Freedman;Daniel Z. Freedman;Hirosi Ooguri;Hirosi Ooguri

492
Citations
Strings in AdS3 and the SL(2,R) WZW model. II: Euclidean black hole

Juan Martin Maldacena;Hirosi Ooguri;John Son

488
Citations
Aspects of large N gauge theory dynamics as seen by string theory

David J. Gross;Hirosi Ooguri;Hirosi Ooguri;Hirosi Ooguri

487
Citations
Non-supersymmetric AdS and the Swampland

Hirosi Ooguri;Cumrun Vafa

483
Citations
Large N Field Theories, String Theory and Gravity

Juan Maldacena

249
Citations