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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Physics in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Jean-Paul Kneib is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research is primarily situated in the field of Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions covering areas such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work spans a variety of topics including Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena; Astronomy and Astrophysical Research; Cosmology and Gravitation Theories; Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology; Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae; Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing.

Their most frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Acta Astronautica

Some recent papers authored by Jean-Paul Kneib are:

  • Completed SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Cosmological implications from two decades of spectroscopic surveys at the Apache Point Observatory, 2021, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Euclid Spectroscopic Image Simulations and Reconstruction, 2024, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The completed SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: measurement of the BAO and growth rate of structure of the luminous red galaxy sample from the anisotropic correlation function between redshifts 0.6 and 1, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Revealing galaxy candidates out to z ∼ 16 with JWST observations of the lensing cluster SMACS0723, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Completed SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Large-scale structure catalogues for cosmological analysis, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Cheng Zhao
  • Will J. Percival
  • Chia-Hsun Chuang
  • Johan Richard
  • E. Tolley

Best Publications

  • The Eleventh and Twelfth Data Releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Final Data from SDSS-III

    Shadab Alam;Franco D. Albareti;Carlos Allende Prieto;F. Anders

  • SDSS-III: Massive Spectroscopic Surveys of the Distant Universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara

  • SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara

  • Mass and environment as drivers of galaxy evolution in SDSS and zCOSMOS and the origin of the Schechter function

    Y. Peng;S. J. Lilly;K. Kovac;M. Bolzonella

  • The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): Overview*

    N. Scoville;N. Scoville;H. Aussel;M. Brusa;P. Capak

  • The Eighth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Data from SDSS-III

    Hiroaki Aihara;Carlos Allende Prieto;Deokkeun An

  • The eleventh and twelfth data releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: final data from SDSS-III

    Shadab Alam;Franco D. Albareti;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto;F. Anders

  • Mass and environment as drivers of galaxy evolution in SDSS and zCOSMOS and the origin of the Schechter function

    Ying-jie Peng;Simon J. Lilly;Katarina Kovač;Micol Bolzonella

  • Euclid Definition Study Report

    R. Laureijs;J. Amiaux;S. Arduini;J.-L. Auguères

  • THE BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF SDSS-III

    Kyle S. Dawson;David J. Schlegel;Christopher P. Ahn;Scott F. Anderson

  • The Eighth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Data from SDSS-III

    Hiroaki Aihara;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto;Deokkeun An;Scott F. Anderson

  • The Tenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

    Christopher P. Ahn;Rachael Alexandroff;Carlos Allende Prieto;Friedrich Anders

  • The ninth data release of the sloan digital sky survey: First spectroscopic data from the sdss-iii baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey

    Christopher P. Ahn;Rachael Alexandroff;Carlos Allende Prieto;Scott F. Anderson

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies and the Distant Universe

    Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti;Franco D. Albareti

  • The Ninth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey

    Christopher P. Ahn;Rachael Alexandroff;Carlos Allende Prieto

  • Overview of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys.

    Arjun Dey;David J. Schlegel;Dustin Lang;Robert Blum

  • zCOSMOS: A Large VLT/VIMOS redshift survey covering 0 < z < 3 in the COSMOS field

    S.J. Lilly;O. Le Fevre;A. Renzini;G. Zamorani

  • COSMOS Photometric Redshifts with 30-bands for 2-deg2

    O. Ilbert;P. Capak;M. Salvato;H. Aussel

  • The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

    Bela Abolfathi;D. S. Aguado;Gabriela Aguilar;Carlos Allende Prieto

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe

    Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan Richard
Johan Richard Lyon Observatory
Ian Smail
Ian Smail Durham University
H. J. McCracken
H. J. McCracken Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Anton M. Koekemoer
Anton M. Koekemoer Space Telescope Science Institute
Graham P. Smith
Graham P. Smith University of Birmingham
Alvio Renzini
Alvio Renzini National Institute for Astrophysics
Rob Ivison
Rob Ivison European Southern Observatory
Peter Capak
Peter Capak California Institute of Technology
Richard S. Ellis
Richard S. Ellis University College London
Karina Caputi
Karina Caputi University of Groningen

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