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Jane R. Rigby publication distribution in Physics in 2026

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 Jane R. Rigby sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 280 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Jane R. Rigby D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jane R. Rigby sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jane R. Rigby is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their scholarly output includes 270 publications in this main field, incorporating work in subfields such as Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Aerospace Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas, notably:

  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Jane R. Rigby's contributions have appeared in multiple respected publication venues. The most frequent of these include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Nature
  • Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Selected recent publications authored by Rigby or featuring their contribution are:

  • The Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning (2023), Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  • A CEERS Discovery of an Accreting Supermassive Black Hole 570 Myr after the Big Bang: Identifying a Progenitor of Massive z > 6 Quasars (2023), The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • A highly magnified star at redshift 6.2 (2022), Nature
  • The James Webb Space Telescope Mission: Optical Telescope Element Design, Development, and Performance (2023), Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  • Metal-poor star formation at z > 6 with JWST: new insight into hard radiation fields and nitrogen enrichment on 20 pc scales (2024), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequent coauthors contributing alongside Rigby include:

  • Keren Sharon
  • Matthew Bayliss
  • Michael D. Gladders
  • Taylor A. Hutchison
  • Guillaume Mahler

Best Publications

  • THE NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPIC TELESCOPE ARRAY (NuSTAR) HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY MISSION

    Fiona A. Harrison;William W. Craig;William W. Craig;Finn E. Christensen;Charles J. Hailey

  • Towards an understanding of the rapid decline of the cosmic star formation rate

    Eric F. Bell;Casey Papovich;Christian Wolf;Emeric Le Floc'h

  • CONSTRAINING THE LOW-MASS SLOPE OF THE STAR FORMATION SEQUENCE AT 0.5 < z < 2.5

    Katherine E. Whitaker;Marijn Franx;Joel Leja;Pieter G. van Dokkum

  • Toward an Understanding of the Rapid Decline of the Cosmic Star Formation Rate

    Eric F. Bell;Casey Papovich;Christian Wolf;Emeric Le Floc'h

  • Spitzer view on the evolution of star-forming galaxies from z = 0 to z ∼ 3

    Pablo G. Pérez-González;George H. Rieke;Eiichi Egami;Almudena Alonso-Herrero;Almudena Alonso-Herrero

  • Carnegie Hubble Program: A Mid-Infrared Calibration of the Hubble Constant

    Wendy L. Freedman;Barry F. Madore;Victoria Scowcroft;Chris Burns

  • The 24 Micron Source Counts in Deep Spitzer Surveys

    Casey Papovich;H. Dole;E. Egami;E. Le Floc'h

  • The 24 Micron Source Counts in Deep Spitzer Space Telescope Surveys

    C. Papovich;H. Dole;E. Egami;E. Le Floc'h

  • Infrared power-law galaxies in the Chandra Deep Field South: AGN and ULIRGs

    A. Alonso-Herrero;A. Alonso-Herrero;P. G. Perez-Gonzalez;D. M. Alexander;G. H. Rieke

  • Discovery of A New Class of Pulsating Stars: Gravity-Mode Pulsators among Subdwarf B Stars

    E. M. Green;G. Fontaine;M. D. Reed;K. Callerame

  • Infrared power-law galaxies in the chandra deep field-south: Active galactic nuclei and ultraluminous infrared galaxies

    A. Alonso-Herrero;A. Alonso-Herrero;P. G. Pérez-González;D. M. Alexander;G. H. Rieke

  • Spitzer Power-law AGN Candidates in the Chandra Deep Field-North

    J. L. Donley;G. H. Rieke;P. G. Perez-Gonzalez;J. R. Rigby

  • Spitzer Power-Law Active Galactic Nucleus Candidates in the Chandra Deep Field-North

    J. L. Donley;G. H. Rieke;P. G. Pérez-González;P. G. Pérez-González;J. R. Rigby

  • The Strong Transformation of Spiral Galaxies Infalling into Massive Clusters at z~ 0.2

    Luca Cortese;D. Marcillac;J. Richard;H. Bravo-Alfaro

  • The Population of Weak Mg II Absorbers. I. A Survey of 26 QSO HIRES/Keck Spectra* **

    Christopher W. Churchill;Christopher W. Churchill;Jane R. Rigby;Jane C. Charlton;Steven S. Vogt;Steven S. Vogt;Steven S. Vogt

  • Unveiling a Population of AGNs Not Detected in X-Rays

    J. L. Donley;G. H. Rieke;J. R. Rigby;P. G. Pérez-González

  • The Population of Weak MgII Absorbers. II The Properties of Single-Cloud Systems

    Jane R. Rigby;Jane C. Charlton;Christopher W. Churchill

  • ISOTROPIC LUMINOSITY INDICATORS IN A COMPLETE AGN SAMPLE

    Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic;George H. Rieke;Jane R. Rigby

  • The Physical conditions, metallicity and metal abundance ratios in a highly magnified galaxy at z = 3.6252

    Matthew B. Bayliss;Jane R. Rigby;Keren Sharon;Eva Wuyts

  • The nuclear spectroscopic telescope array (NuSTAR) high-energy X-ray mission

    Kristin K. Madsen;Fiona A. Harrison;Hongjun An;Steven E. Boggs

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael D. Gladders
Michael D. Gladders University of Chicago
George H. Rieke
George H. Rieke University of Arizona
Pablo G. Pérez-González
Pablo G. Pérez-González Spanish National Research Council
Eiichi Egami
Eiichi Egami University of Arizona
Casey Papovich
Casey Papovich Texas A&M University
Barry F. Madore
Barry F. Madore Carnegie Institution for Science
Wendy L. Freedman
Wendy L. Freedman University of Chicago
Marcia J. Rieke
Marcia J. Rieke University of Arizona
S. E. Persson
S. E. Persson Carnegie Institution for Science
Mark Seibert
Mark Seibert Carnegie Institution for Science

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