2026 James Wadsley: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	101	1611	1531	31	30	227	33681

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Overview

James Wadsley is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and works primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans several subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's research topics encompass a range of areas related to galactic and stellar phenomena. These include:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astro and Planetary Science
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions

James Wadsley has contributed to various publications, with a notable presence in key scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

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

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Wadsley include:

VERTICO: The Virgo Environment Traced in CO Survey, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Entropy-driven winds: Outflows and fountains lifted gently by buoyancy, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Magnetorotational instability with smoothed particle hydrodynamics, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Bursting with Feedback: The Relationship between Feedback Model and Bursty Star Formation Histories in Dwarf Galaxies, 2024, The Astrophysical Journal
Low shear diffusion central schemes for particle methods, 2020, Journal of Computational Physics

Frequent co-authors working with James Wadsley consist of:

Ben Keller
Alyson Brooks
Ferah Munshi
Sijing Shen
Thomas Quinn

Best Publications

Bulgeless dwarf galaxies and dark matter cores from supernova-driven outflows

Fabio Governato;Chris Brook;Lucio Mayer;Alyson Brooks

1181
Citations
Cuspy No More: How Outflows Affect the Central Dark Matter and Baryon Distribution in Lambda CDM Galaxies

F. Governato;A. Zolotov;A. Pontzen;C. Christensen

922
Citations
Gasoline: a flexible, parallel implementation of TreeSPH

James W. Wadsley;Joachim Stadel;Thomas R. Quinn

866
Citations
Fundamental differences between SPH and grid methods

Oscar Agertz;Ben Moore;Joachim Stadel;Doug Potter

762
Citations
Star formation and feedback in smoothed particle hydrodynamic simulations – I. Isolated galaxies

Greg Stinson;Anil Seth;Neal Katz;James Wadsley

761
Citations
Forming disc galaxies in ΛCDM simulations

F. Governato;F. Governato;B. Willman;L. Mayer;A. Brooks

760
Citations
Cuspy no more: How outflows affect the central dark matter and baryon distribution in Λ cold dark matter galaxies

F. Governato;A. Zolotov;A. Pontzen;C. Christensen

705
Citations
The Santa Barbara cluster comparison project: A comparison of cosmological hydrodynamics solutions

C. S. Frenk;S. D. M. White;P. Bode;J. R. Bond

644
Citations
The Aquila comparison project: the effects of feedback and numerical methods on simulations of galaxy formation

C. Scannapieco;M. Wadepuhl;O.H. Parry;O.H. Parry;J.F. Navarro

566
Citations
The dependence of dark matter profiles on the stellar-to-halo mass ratio: a prediction for cusps versus cores

Arianna Di Cintio;Chris B. Brook;Andrea V. Macciò;Greg S. Stinson

504
Citations
Riding the Spiral Waves: Implications of Stellar Migration for the Properties of Galactic Disks

Rok Roškar;Victor P. Debattista;Thomas R. Quinn;Gregory S. Stinson

493
Citations
Making Galaxies in a Cosmological Context: The Need for Early Stellar Feedback

G. S. Stinson;C. Brook;A. V. Macciò;J. Wadsley

488
Citations
The secular evolution of disk structural parameters

Victor P. Debattista;Victor P. Debattista;Lucio Mayer;C. Marcella Carollo;Ben Moore

488
Citations
Simultaneous ram pressure and tidal stripping; how dwarf spheroidals lost their gas

Lucio Mayer;Lucio Mayer;Chiara Mastropietro;James Wadsley;Joachim Stadel

481
Citations
The enrichment of the intergalactic medium with adiabatic feedback - I. Metal cooling and metal diffusion

S. Shen;J. Wadsley;G. Stinson;G. Stinson

448
Citations
BEYOND INSIDE-OUT GROWTH : FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF DISK OUTSKIRTS

Rok Roškar;Victor P. Debattista;Victor P. Debattista;Gregory S. Stinson;Gregory S. Stinson;Thomas R. Quinn

429
Citations
Stellar Feedback in Dwarf Galaxy Formation

Sergey Mashchenko;James Wadsley;H. M. P. Couchman

428
Citations
The Metamorphosis of Tidally Stirred Dwarf Galaxies

Lucio Mayer;Fabio Governato;Monica Colpi;Ben Moore

428
Citations
Cosmological puzzle resolved by stellar feedback in high redshift galaxies

Sergey Mashchenko;James Wadsley;H.M.P. Couchman

410
Citations
BARYONS MATTER: WHY LUMINOUS SATELLITE GALAXIES HAVE REDUCED CENTRAL MASSES

Adi Zolotov;Alyson M. Brooks;Beth Willman;Fabio Governato

398
Citations