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 James E. Gunn sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 719 publications — 79th percentile
79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James E. Gunn sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 225 D-Index — 100th percentile
100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.
James E. Gunn was affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research work spanned a broad range of topics and subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Biomedical Engineering.
The scientist's main research topics included Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Adaptive Optics and Wavefront Sensing, Stellar, Planetary, and Galactic Studies, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Gamma-ray Bursts and Supernovae, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology.
Frequent publication venues for James E. Gunn included Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, arXiv (Cornell University), The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Cretaceous Research, and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Their coauthors who appeared most commonly in collaborations were Robert H. Lupton, P. A. Price, Shiang-Yu Wang, Michael A. Strauss, and Hisanori Furusawa.
Some recent papers by James E. Gunn were:
Throughout their career, James E. Gunn received several awards including the US President's National Medal of Science in 2008 for instrumental contributions to telescope and instrument design, the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics awarded by the American Astronomical Society in 1988, and Fellowships from the MacArthur Foundation, Royal Society of Canada, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. They were also a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1977.
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Donald G. York;J. Adelman;John E. Anderson;Scott F. Anderson
Kevork N. Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-Mccarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam
James E. Gunn;J. Richard Gott
Max Tegmark;Max Tegmark;Michael Abram Strauss;Michael R. Blanton;Kevork Abazajian
Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Idit Zehavi;David W. Hogg;Roman Scoccimarro
M. Fukugita;T. Ichikawa;J. E. Gunn;M. Doi
J. B. Oke;J. E. Gunn
C. Stoughton;R. H. Lupton;M. Bernardi;M. R. Blanton
Shadab Alam;Franco D. Albareti;Carlos Allende Prieto;F. Anders
Chris Stoughton;Robert H. Lupton;Mariangela Bernardi;Michael R. Blanton;Michael R. Blanton
Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Carlos Allende Prieto
Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson
Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara
Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson
James E. Gunn;Walter A. Siegmund;Edward J. Mannery
Daniel E. Vanden Berk
James E. Gunn;Walter A. Siegmund;Edward J. Mannery;Russell E. Owen
Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara
Charlie Conroy;James E. Gunn;Martin White
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