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

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	83	2731	2600	1343	1253	247	42866

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

2731

2600

1343

1253

247

42866

John Collins 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 Collins sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 247 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John Collins 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 Collins sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John Collins is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. The primary field of study is Physics and Astronomy, with a concentration in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Their research covers diverse subfields such as Gender Studies, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The main research topics include:

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
Diversity and Career in Medicine
Innovations in Medical Education
Primary Care and Health Outcomes

John Collins has authored recent papers including:

"Positivity and renormalization of parton densities," 2022, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
"A new and complete proof of the Landau condition for pinch singularities of Feynman graphs and other integrals," 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
"Definition of fragmentation functions and the violation of sum rules," 2024, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
"Internally versus externally trained residents and fellows hired as attendings at a large integrated healthcare system: a 20-year retrospective study," 2023, Human Resources for Health
"On the definition of fragmentation functions and the violation of sum rules," 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John Collins include:

T. C. Rogers
Stephen M. Wertheimer
Jerad A. Harris
Nancy Spiegel
Gary W. Chien

Publication venues commonly selected for disseminating research are:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
Human Resources for Health
Research Square (Research Square)
Cambridge University Press eBooks

In addition to articles, John Collins has contributed to book publications, both released by Cambridge University Press in 2023. The titles are "Foundations of Perturbative QCD" and "Renormalization." These publications have accumulated citations reflecting their relevance within their respective fields.

Best Publications

Superdense Matter: Neutrons Or Asymptotically Free Quarks?

John C. Collins;M.J. Perry

2106
Citations
Factorization of Hard Processes in QCD

John C. Collins;Davison E. Soper;George F. Sterman

2091
Citations
Transverse Momentum Distribution in Drell-Yan Pair and W and Z Boson Production

John C. Collins;Davison E. Soper;George F. Sterman

1934
Citations
Renormalization: An Introduction to Renormalization, the Renormalization Group and the Operator-Product Expansion

John C. Collins

1827
Citations
Fragmentation of transversely polarized quarks probed in transverse momentum distributions

John C. Collins

1799
Citations
Foundations of Perturbative QCD

John C. Collins

1730
Citations
Back-To-Back Jets in QCD

John C. Collins;Davison E. Soper

1708
Citations
Angular distribution of dileptons in high-energy hadron collisions

John C. Collins;Davison E. Soper

1625
Citations
Parton Distribution and Decay Functions

John C. Collins;Davison E. Soper

1406
Citations
Factorization for hard exclusive electroproduction of mesons in QCD

John C. Collins;Leonid Frankfurt;Mark Strikman

1338
Citations
Leading-twist single-transverse-spin asymmetries: Drell–Yan and deep-inelastic scattering

John C. Collins

1264
Citations
Heavy quark production in very high-energy hadron collisions

J C Collins;Richard Keith Ellis

1156
Citations
Factorization for short distance hadron-hadron scattering

John C. Collins;John C. Collins;Davison E. Soper;George F. Sterman

898
Citations
Trace and Dilatation Anomalies in Gauge Theories

John C. Collins;Anthony Duncan;Satish D. Joglekar

846
Citations
The role of the axial anomaly in measuring spin-dependent parton distributions

Robert D. Carlitz;John C. Collins;Alfred H. Mueller

819
Citations
Leptoproduction of heavy quarks. II. A unified QCD formulation of charged and neutral current processes from fixed-target to collider energies.

M. A.G. Aivazis;M. A.G. Aivazis;M. A.G. Aivazis;John C. Collins;John C. Collins;John C. Collins;Fredrick I. Olness;Fredrick I. Olness;Fredrick I. Olness;Wu Ki Tung;Wu Ki Tung;Wu Ki Tung

805
Citations
A Large Hadron Electron Collider at CERN: Report on the Physics and Design Concepts for Machine and Detector

J. L. Abelleira Fernandez;C. Adolphsen;A. N. Akay;H. Aksakal

796
Citations
Resource assignment and scheduling system

Elizabeth M. Sisley;John E. Collins

732
Citations
Proof of Factorization for Diffractive Hard Scattering

John C. Collins

691
Citations
A Large Hadron Electron Collider at CERN

J. L. Abelleira Fernandez;J. L. Abelleira Fernandez;C. Adolphsen;A. N. Akay;H. Aksakal

349
Citations