2026 James E. Rhoads: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	93	2021	1918	1041	971	507	37534

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

2021

1918

1041

971

507

37534

Overview

James E. Rhoads is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Physics and Astronomy, contributing to 134 publications.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Their main topics of study cover:

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

James E. Rhoads has published in numerous scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Recent papers authored or co-authored by James E. Rhoads include:

Finding Peas in the Early Universe with JWST, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Texas Spectroscopic Search for Lyα Emission at the End of Reionization. III. The Lyα Equivalent-width Distribution and Ionized Structures at z > 7, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
LAGER Lyα Luminosity Function at z ∼ 7: Implications for Reionization, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
Spatial variations in aromatic hydrocarbon emission in a dust-rich galaxy, 2023, Nature
Semi-analytic forecasts for Roman - the beginning of a new era of deep-wide galaxy surveys, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

Sangeeta Malhotra (51 publications)
Isak Wold (23 publications)
Santosh Harish (15 publications)
Zhen-Ya Zheng (15 publications)
Junxian Wang (13 publications)

Best Publications

The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission

N. Gehrels;G. Chincarini;G. Chincarini;P. Giommi;K. O. Mason

4923
Citations
A very energetic supernova associated with the |[gamma]|-ray burst of 29 March 2003

Jens Hjorth;Jesper Sollerman;Palle Møller;Johan P. U. Fynbo

1862
Citations
LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

Paul A. Abell;Julius Allison;Scott F. Anderson

1210
Citations
The Dynamics and Light Curves of Beamed Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows

James E. Rhoads

1181
Citations
Long γ-ray bursts and core-collapse supernovae have different environments

A. S. Fruchter;A. J. Levan;A. J. Levan;A. J. Levan;L. Strolger;L. Strolger;P. M. Vreeswijk

1075
Citations
PASSIVELY EVOLVING EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES AT 1.4 z 2.5 IN THE HUBBLE ULTRA DEEP FIELD

E. Daddi;A. Renzini;N. Pirzkal;Andrea Cimatti

979
Citations
How to Tell a Jet from a Balloon: A Proposed Test for Beaming in Gamma-Ray Bursts

James E. Rhoads

716
Citations
A Photometric Redshift of z ~ 9.4 for GRB 090429B

A. Cucchiara;A. Cucchiara;A. Cucchiara;A. J. Levan;D. B. Fox;N. R. Tanvir

600
Citations
A Photometric Redshift of z ~ 9.4 for GRB 090429B

A. Cucchiara;A. J. Levan;D. B. Fox;N. R. Tanvir

553
Citations
Luminosity Functions of Lyα Emitters at Redshifts z = 6.5 and z = 5.7: Evidence against Reionization at z ≤ 6.5

Sangeeta Malhotra;James E. Rhoads

536
Citations
Luminosity functions of Lyman-alpha emitters at z=6.5, and z=5.7: evidence against reionization at z=6

Sangeeta Malhotra;James Rhoads

499
Citations
Large Equivalent Width Lyα line Emission at z=4.5: Young Galaxies in a Young Universe?

Sangeeta Malhotra;Sangeeta Malhotra;James E. Rhoads

466
Citations
Large Equivalent width Lyman-alpha line emission at z=4.5: young galaxies in a young universe

Sangeeta Malhotra;James Rhoads

447
Citations
Radio Transients from Gamma-Ray Bursters

Bohdan Paczynski;James E. Rhoads

410
Citations
A Robust determination of the time delay in 0957+561a,b and a measurement of the global value of Hubble's constant

Tomislav Kundić;Edwin L. Turner;Wesley N. Colley;J. Richard Gott

405
Citations
First results from the Large-Area Lyman Alpha survey

James E. Rhoads;James E. Rhoads;James E. Rhoads;Sangeeta Malhotra;Arjun Dey;Daniel Stern;Daniel Stern

370
Citations
Spectroscopic Confirmation of Three Redshift 5.7 Lyman-alpha Emitters from the Large Area Lyman Alpha Survey

James E. Rhoads;Arjun Dey;Sangeeta Malhotra;Daniel Stern

318
Citations
The host of GRB 030323 at z=3.372: A very high column density DLA system with a low metallicity

P.M. Vreeswijk;S.L. Ellison;S.L. Ellison;C. Ledoux;R.A.M.J. Wijers

316
Citations
The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission

N. Gehrels;G Chincarini;P. Giommi;K. O. Mason

55
Citations
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field

S. V. W. Beckwith;J. Caldwell;M. Clampin;G. de Marchi

2
Citations