2026 J. Davy Kirkpatrick: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	98	1734	1650	914	858	319	46046

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Overview

J. Davy Kirkpatrick is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Spectroscopy, and Geophysics.

The scientist's work covers several specific research topics, including:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astro and Planetary Science
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation

They have published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

The Initial Mass Function Based on the Full-sky 20 pc Census of ∼3600 Stars and Brown Dwarfs (2024, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series)
The CatWISE2020 Catalog (2021, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series)
The Near-Earth Object Surveyor Mission (2023, The Planetary Science Journal)
The First JWST Spectral Energy Distribution of a Y Dwarf (2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters)
SPHEREx: NASA's near-infrared spectrophotometric all-sky survey (2020, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave)

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

Adam C. Schneider
Jacqueline K. Faherty
Aaron Meisner
Marc J. Kuchner
Federico Marocco

The scientist often publishes in the following venues:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
The Astronomical Journal
Research Notes of the AAS
The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Kirkpatrick has also contributed to academic books, including a single publication by Princeton University Press titled Stellar Spectral Classification (2021).

Best Publications

The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)

M. F. Skrutskie;M. F. Skrutskie;R. M. Cutri;R. Stiening;M. D. Weinberg

12883
Citations
Dwarfs Cooler Than M: The Definition of Spectral Type L Using Discoveries from the 2-Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS)

J. Davy Kirkpatrick;I. Neill Reid;James Liebert;Roc M. Cutri

1238
Citations
Sixty-seven Additional L Dwarfs Discovered by the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)

J. Davy Kirkpatrick;I. Neill Reid;James Liebert;John E. Gizis

878
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A Standard Stellar Spectral Sequence in the Red/Near-Infrared: Classes K5 to M9

J. D. Kirkpatrick;Todd J. Henry;Donald W. McCarthy

866
Citations
67 Additional L Dwarfs Discovered by the Two Micron All Sky Survey

J. Davy Kirkpatrick;I. Neill Reid;James Liebert;John E. Gizis

731
Citations
Astrometry and photometry for cool dwarfs and brown dwarfs

Conard C. Dahn;Hugh C. Harris;Frederick J. Vrba;Harry H. Guetter

719
Citations
Meeting the Cool New Neighbors V: A 2MASS-Selected Sample of Ultracool Dwarfs

Kelle L. Cruz;I. Neill Reid;James Liebert;J. Davy Kirkpatrick

637
Citations
Preliminary Parallaxes of 40 L and T Dwarfs from the U.S. Naval Observatory Infrared Astrometry Program

F. J. Vrba;A. A. Henden;C. B. Luginbuhl;H. H. Guetter

627
Citations
Initial Performance of the NEOWISE Reactivation Mission

A. Mainzer;J. Bauer;R. M. Cutri;T. Grav

626
Citations
Binarity in Brown Dwarfs: T Dwarf Binaries Discovered with the Hubble Space Telescope WPFC2

Adam J. Burgasser;J. Davy Kirkpatrick;I. Neill Reid;Michael E. Brown

617
Citations
The First Hundred Brown Dwarfs Discovered by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)

J. Davy Kirkpatrick;Michael C. Cushing;Christopher R. Gelino;Roger L. Griffith

609
Citations
A Unified Near-Infrared Spectral Classification Scheme for T Dwarfs

Adam J. Burgasser;T. R. Geballe;S. K. Leggett;J. Davy Kirkpatrick

526
Citations
Preliminary Parallaxes of 40 L and T Dwarfs from the US Naval Observatory Infrared Astrometry Program

F. J. Vrba;A. A. Henden;A. A. Henden;C. B. Luginbuhl;H. H. Guetter

479
Citations
Binarity in Brown Dwarfs: T Dwarf Binaries Discovered with the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2

Adam J. Burgasser;J. Davy Kirkpatrick;I. Neill Reid;Michael E. Brown

471
Citations
Meeting the Cool Neighbors. V. A 2MASS-Selected Sample of Ultracool Dwarfs

Kelle L. Cruz;Kelle L. Cruz;I. Neill Reid;I. Neill Reid;I. Neill Reid;James Liebert;James Liebert;J. Davy Kirkpatrick

471
Citations
Discoveries from a Near-infrared Proper Motion Survey using Multi-epoch 2MASS Data

J. Davy Kirkpatrick;Dagny L. Looper;Adam J. Burgasser;Steven D. Schurr

447
Citations
The Initial Mass Function in the Taurus Star-forming Region*

César Briceño;César Briceño;K. L. Luhman;Lee Hartmann;John R. Stauffer

435
Citations
The Discovery of Y Dwarfs using Data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)

Michael C. Cushing;Michael C. Cushing;J. Davy Kirkpatrick;Christopher R. Gelino;Roger L. Griffith

423
Citations
The NIRSPEC Brown Dwarf Spectroscopic Survey. I. Low-Resolution Near-Infrared Spectra

Ian S. McLean;Mark R. McGovern;Adam J. Burgasser;J. Davy Kirkpatrick

357
Citations
Discoveries from a Near-infrared Proper Motion Survey Using Multi-epoch Two Micron All-Sky Survey Data

J. Davy Kirkpatrick;Dagney L. Looper;Adam J. Burgasser;Steven D. Schurr

357
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