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John C Wheeler 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 C Wheeler sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 785 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John C Wheeler 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 C Wheeler sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 123 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1990 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his work on the thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of phase transitions and critical phenomena in molecularly complex solutions

Overview

John C Wheeler is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant concentration in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Other subfields include Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Oncology, and Computational Mechanics.

Their work covers multiple main topics, notably Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Astro and Planetary Science, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

Recent publications by John C Wheeler include:

  • A WC/WO star exploding within an expanding carbon-oxygen-neon nebula (2022, Nature)
  • From Discovery to the First Month of the Type II Supernova 2023ixf: High and Variable Mass Loss in the Final Year before Explosion (2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters)
  • Early Spectroscopy and Dense Circumstellar Medium Interaction in SN 2023ixf (2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters)
  • A JWST Survey of the Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A (2024, The Astrophysical Journal Letters)
  • ASASSN-15LH: A SUPERLUMINOUS ULTRAVIOLET REBRIGHTENING OBSERVED by SWIFT and HUBBLE (2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University))

Frequent collaborators in their research include J. Vinkó, D. A. Howell, C. McCully, Lifan Wang, and D. Hiramatsu.

John C Wheeler has published extensively in multiple venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Blood

In 1990, John C Wheeler was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) with a citation for their work on the thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of phase transitions and critical phenomena in molecularly complex solutions.

Best Publications

  • First-year Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) Supernova Results: Hubble Diagram and Cosmological Parameters

    Richard Kessler;Andrew Becker;David Cinabro;Jake Vanderplas

  • SN 2006gy: Discovery of the most luminous supernova ever recorded, powered by the death of an extremely massive star like Eta Carinae

    Nathan Smith;Weidong Li;Ryan J. Foley;J. Craig Wheeler

  • Abundance Ratios as a Function of Metallicity

    J. Craig Wheeler;Christopher Sneden;James W. Truran

  • First-Year Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Results: Hubble Diagram and Cosmological Parameters

    Richard Kessler;Andrew C. Becker;David Cinabro;Jake Vanderplas

  • Sn 2006gy : Discovery of the most luminous supernova ever recorded, powered by the death of an extremely massive star like η carinae

    Nathan Smith;Weidong Li;Ryan J. Foley;J. Craig Wheeler

  • The sloan digital sky survey-II supernova survey: technical summary

    Joshua A. Frieman;Joshua A. Frieman;Bruce Bassett;Andrew Becker;Changsu Choi

  • The Magnetorotational Instability in Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions

    Shizuka Akiyama;J. Craig Wheeler;David L. Meier;Itamar Lichtenstadt

  • The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Technical Summary

    Joshua A. Frieman;B. Bassett;A. Becker;C. Choi

  • Type Ia Supernovae: Influence of the Initial Composition on the Nucleosynthesis, Light Curves, and Spectra and Consequences for the Determination of ΩM and Λ

    P. Höflich;P. Höflich;P. Höflich;John C Wheeler;John C Wheeler;F. K. Thielemann;F. K. Thielemann

  • Type Ia Supernovae: Influence of the Initial Composition on the Nucleosynthesis, Light Curves, Spectra and Consequences for the Determination of Omega_M & Lambda

    Peter Hoeflich;F. K. Thielemann;J. Craig Wheeler

  • Asymmetric Supernovae, Pulsars, Magnetars, and Gamma-Ray Bursts

    J. Craig Wheeler;Insu Yi;Insu Yi;Peter Höflich;Lifan Wang

  • Spectropolarimetry of Supernovae

    Lifan Wang;J. Craig Wheeler

  • Jet-Induced Explosions of Core Collapse Supernovae

    A. M. Khokhlov;P. A. Hoeflich;E. S. Oran;J. C. Wheeler

  • SN?2005ap: A Most Brilliant Explosion

    Robert M. Quimby;Greg Aldering;J. Craig Wheeler;Peter Höflich

  • Jet-induced Explosions of Core Collapse Supernovae

    A. M. Khokhlov;P. A. Höflich;E. S. Oran;John C Wheeler

  • Accretion Disks in Compact Stellar Systems

    J. Craig Wheeler

  • Delayed detonation models for normal and subluminous type Ia sueprnovae: Absolute brightness, light curves, and molecule formation

    P. Hoflich;A. M. Khokhlov;J. C. Wheeler

  • Bipolar Supernova Explosions

    Lifan Wang;Lifan Wang;D. Andrew Howell;D. Andrew Howell;Peter Höflich;J. Craig Wheeler

  • A Wolf–Rayet-like progenitor of SN 2013cu from spectral observations of a stellar wind

    Avishay Gal-Yam;I. Arcavi;E. O. Ofek;S. Ben-Ami

  • The Supernova Gamma-Ray Burst Connection

    J. Craig Wheeler;Peter Hoeflich;Lifan Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesper Sollerman
Jesper Sollerman Stockholm University
Justyn R. Maund
Justyn R. Maund Royal Holloway University of London
Ryan J. Foley
Ryan J. Foley University of California, Santa Cruz
Dieter Horns
Dieter Horns Universität Hamburg
Ferdinando Patat
Ferdinando Patat European Southern Observatory
Saurabh Jha
Saurabh Jha Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Felix Aharonian
Felix Aharonian Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies
N. Gehrels
N. Gehrels Goddard Space Flight Center
Adam G. Riess
Adam G. Riess Johns Hopkins University
Gavin Rowell
Gavin Rowell University of Adelaide

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