2026 Jo Bovy: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	112	1075	1014	25	24	280	75326

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Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Jo Bovy is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has made significant contributions in the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research spans several subfields, including Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The primary research topics Jo Bovy addresses include:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astro and Planetary Science
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

Jo Bovy has published extensively, with frequent contributions to prominent venues such as:

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Some of their recent papers include:

The 16th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra (2020, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series)
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.)
The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Complete Release of MaNGA, MaStar, and APOGEE-2 Data (2022, Repository of the Academy's Library [Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences])
The Eighteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Surveys: Targeting and First Spectra from SDSS-V (2023, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series)
Novel constraints on the particle nature of dark matter from stellar streams (2021, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics)

Jo Bovy often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

J. Ted Mackereth
Jeremy J. Webb
Kátia Cunha
Peter M. Frinchaboy
Dmitry Bizyaev

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2016.

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

3189
Citations
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

3013
Citations
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

2519
Citations
The Eighth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Data from SDSS-III

Hiroaki Aihara;Carlos Allende Prieto;Deokkeun An

2189
Citations
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

2123
Citations
THE BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF SDSS-III

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

1851
Citations
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

1700
Citations
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

1681
Citations
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

1669
Citations
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

1542
Citations
The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE)

Steven R. Majewski;Ricardo P. Schiavon;Peter M. Frinchaboy;Carlos Allende Prieto

1505
Citations
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

1472
Citations
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

1413
Citations
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

1314
Citations
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

1303
Citations
galpy: A Python Library for Galactic Dynamics

Jo Bovy

1169
Citations
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;Carlos Allende Prieto;Friedrich Anders;Friedrich Anders

1110
Citations
Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the Ly{lpha} forest of BOSS DR11 quasars

Timothée Delubac;Julian E. Bautista;Nicolás G. Busca;James Rich

1021
Citations
Completed SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: cosmological implications from two decades of spectroscopic surveys at the Apache Point Observatory

Shadab Alam;Marie Aubert;Santiago Avila;Christophe Balland

958
Citations
The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE)

Steven R. Majewski;Ricardo P. Schiavon;Peter M. Frinchaboy;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto

917
Citations