2026 John Bally: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	105	1393	1319	731	680	688	39952

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

105

1393

1319

731

680

688

39952

John Bally 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 John Bally sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 688 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John Bally 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 John Bally sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John Bally is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, reflected in the majority of their work.

The scientist has contributed extensively to various subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Atmospheric Science. Their main topics of study cover a range of areas, such as Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Stellar, Planetary, and Galactic Studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Gamma-ray Bursts and Supernovae, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure, and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John Bally include:

Adam Ginsburg
Cara Battersby
Ashley T. Barnes
Daniel L. Walker
S. N. Longmore

The scientist has published extensively in well-known venues in the field. These include:

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

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by John Bally are:

The Orion Protostellar Explosion and Runaway Stars Revisited: Stellar Masses, Disk Retention, and an Outflow from the Becklin-Neugebauer Object, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
The Hi-GAL compact source catalogue - II. The 360° catalogue of clump physical properties, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
CMZoom: Survey Overview and First Data Release, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
ALMA-IMF, 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Star formation in 'the Brick': ALMA reveals an active protocluster in the Galactic centre cloud G0.253+0.016, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Best Publications

The bell laboratories H I survey

Antony A. Stark;Antony A. Stark;Charles F. Gammie;Robert W. Wilson;John Bally

1306
Citations
Clouds, filaments and protostars: the Herschel Hi-GAL Milky Way

S. Molinari;B. Swinyard;J. Bally;M. Barlow

1062
Citations
HERBIG-HARO FLOWS: Probes of Early Stellar Evolution

Bo Reipurth;John Bally

891
Citations
The high-velocity molecular flows near young stellar objects

J. Bally;C.J. Lada

887
Citations
Understanding the kinematics of Galactic Centre gas

James Binney;Ortwin E. Gerhard;Antony A. Stark;John Bally

842
Citations
Clouds, filaments, and protostars: The Herschel Hi-GAL Milky Way

S. Molinari;B. Swinyard;J. Bally;M. Barlow

832
Citations
Filamentary structure in the Orion molecular cloud

John Bally;Antony A. Stark;Robert W. Wilson;William D. Langer

737
Citations
Photoevaporation of Disks and Clumps by Nearby Massive Stars: Application to Disk Destruction in the Orion Nebula

Doug Johnstone;David Hollenbach;John Bally

671
Citations
Hi-GAL: The Herschel Infrared Galactic Plane Survey

S. Molinari;B. Swinyard;J. Bally;M. Barlow

612
Citations
Dust Extinction and Molecular Gas in the Dark Cloud IC 5146

Charles J. Lada;Elizabeth A. Lada;Dan P. Clemens;John Bally

550
Citations
Illuminating gravitational waves: A concordant picture of photons from a neutron star merger

M. M. Kasliwal;E. Nakar;L. P. Singer;L. P. Singer;D. L. Kaplan

548
Citations
JCMT/SCUBA Submillimeter Wavelength Imaging of the Integral-shaped Filament in Orion

Doug Johnstone;John Bally

500
Citations
Galactic Center Molecular Clouds. I. Spatial and Spatial Velocity Maps

John Bally;Antony A. Stark;Robert W. Wilson;Christian Henkel

488
Citations
A 100-parsec elliptical and twisted ring of cold and dense molecular clouds revealed by Herschel around the Galactic Center

S. Molinari;J. Bally;A. Noriega-Crespo;M. Compiègne

483
Citations
Disks, Microjets, Windblown Bubbles, and Outflows in the Orion Nebula*

John Bally;C. R. O’Dell;Mark J. McCaughrean

460
Citations
Galactic center molecular clouds. II. Distribution and kinematics

John Bally;Antony A. Stark;Robert W. Wilson;Christian Henkel

415
Citations
What controls star formation in the central 500 pc of the Galaxy

J. M. Diederik Kruijssen;Steven N. Longmore;Steven N. Longmore;Bruce G. Elmegreen;Norman Murray

410
Citations
The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey -- II. Catalog of the Image Data

Erik Rosolowsky;Miranda K. Dunham;Adam Ginsburg;Eric Todd Bradley

401
Citations
Chandra Orion Ultradeep Project: Observations and Source Lists

Konstantin Getman;Ettore Flaccomio;Patrick Broos;Nicolas Grosso

386
Citations
A 100 pc ELLIPTICAL AND TWISTED RING OF COLD AND DENSE MOLECULAR CLOUDS REVEALED BY HERSCHEL AROUND THE GALACTIC CENTER

S. Molinari;J. Bally;A. Noriega-Crespo;M. Compiegne

377
Citations