2026 Joel N. Bregman: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	82	2838	2696	1392	1296	472	26989

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D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

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Physics

2838

2696

1392

1296

472

26989

Joel N. Bregman 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 Joel N. Bregman sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 472 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joel N. Bregman 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 Joel N. Bregman sits on this spectrum.

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

Joel N. Bregman is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics among other specialized subfields.

Their scholarly work spans a variety of subfields including:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Bregman's main research topics include:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

Their recent papers comprise works published between 2021 and 2023, including:

Hot Extended Galaxy Halos around Local L* Galaxies from Sunyaev-Zeldovich Measurements, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
Line Emission Mapper (LEM): Probing the physics of cosmic ecosystems, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
Scientific objectives of the Hot Universe Baryon Surveyor (HUBS) mission, 2023, Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy
eDIG-CHANGES I: extended Hα emission from the extraplanar diffuse ionized gas (eDIG) around CHANG-ES galaxies, 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
An X-Ray- and SZ-bright Diffuse Source toward M31: A Local Hot Bridge, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal

Bregman frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors, including:

Zhijie Qu
Jiangtao Li
Taotao Fang
Q. Daniel Wang
Cameron T. Pratt

The venues where Bregman most often publishes include:

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

Best Publications

LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray

M. P. van Haarlem;M. W. Wise;M. W. Wise;A. W. Gunst;George Heald

3669
Citations
LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray

M. P. van Haarlem;M. W. Wise;A. W. Gunst;G. Heald

2447
Citations
The Hot and Energetic Universe: A White Paper presenting the science theme motivating the Athena+ mission

Kirpal Nandra;Didier Barret;Xavier Barcons;Andy Fabian

582
Citations
The Search for the Missing Baryons at Low Redshift

Joel N. Bregman

490
Citations
An Infrared Survey of Brightest Cluster Galaxies. II: Why are Some Brightest Cluster Galaxies Forming Stars?

Christopher P. O'Dea;Stefi A. Baum;George Privon;Jacob Noel-Storr

439
Citations
Global Models of the Interstellar Medium in Disk Galaxies

Alexander Rosen;Joel N. Bregman

436
Citations
CONSTRAINING THE MILKY WAY'S HOT GAS HALO WITH O VII AND O VIII EMISSION LINES

Matthew J. Miller;Joel N. Bregman

392
Citations
Do Hot Halos Around Galaxies Contain the Missing Baryons

Michael E. Anderson;Joel N. Bregman

334
Citations
Observing pulsars and fast transients with LOFAR

B. W. Stappers;J. W. T. Hessels;J. W. T. Hessels;A. Alexov;K. Anderson

317
Citations
Constraining the Milky Way's Hot Gas Halo with OVII and OVII Emission Lines

Matthew J. Miller;Joel N. Bregman

312
Citations
The Structure of the Milky Way's Hot Gas Halo

Matthew J. Miller;Joel N. Bregman

311
Citations
Creation of cosmic structure in the complex galaxy cluster merger Abell 2744

J. Merten;D. Coe;R. Dupke;R. Massey

310
Citations
Do Hot Haloes Around Galaxies Contain the Missing Baryons

Michael E. Anderson;Joel N. Bregman

300
Citations
Puzzling accretion onto a black hole in the ultraluminous X-ray source M 101 ULX-1

Ji Feng Liu;Joel N. Bregman;Yu Bai;Stephen Justham

282
Citations
DETECTION OF A HOT GASEOUS HALO AROUND THE GIANT SPIRAL GALAXY NGC 1961

Michael E. Anderson;Joel N. Bregman

270
Citations
Optical and radio variability in blazars

Beth R. Hufnagel;Joel N. Bregman

259
Citations
X-Ray Absorption from the Milky Way Halo and the Local Group

Joel N. Bregman;Edward J. Lloyd-Davies

232
Citations
CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATIONS OF THE X-RAY FAINT ELLIPTICAL GALAXY NGC 4697

Craig L. Sarazin;Jimmy A. Irwin;Joel N. Bregman

230
Citations
X-Ray Spectral Properties of Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries in Nearby Galaxies

Jimmy A. Irwin;Alex E. Athey;Joel N. Bregman

227
Citations
Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources in Nearby Galaxies from ROSAT High Resolution Imager Observations I. Data Analysis

Ji-Feng Liu;Joel N. Bregman

225
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