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John D. Barrow 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 D. Barrow sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 503 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John D. Barrow 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 D. Barrow sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% 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

  • 2009 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

John D. Barrow was a researcher affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily centered around the field of Physics and Astronomy, contributing extensively to the subfields of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Oceanography, and Computer Networks and Communications.

The main topics of their research encompassed Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories, and Relativity and Gravitational Theory.

Barrow published several notable scientific papers, including:

  • The area of a rough black hole, 2020, Physics Letters B
  • Graduated dark energy: Observational hints of a spontaneous sign switch in the cosmological constant, 2020, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Big Bang Nucleosynthesis constraints on Barrow entropy, 2021, Physics Letters B
  • Screening anisotropy via energy-momentum squared gravity: ΛCDM model with hidden anisotropy, 2020, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Measuring the fine structure constant on a white dwarf surface; a detailed analysis of Fe V absorption in G191-B2B, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Their frequent co-authors included John K. Webb, R. F. Carswell, Vincent Dumont, Chung-Chi Lee, and Özgür Akarsu. These collaborations reflected the interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of their research.

Barrow's publications appeared predominantly in venues such as Physical review. D/Physical review. D., Apollo (University of Cambridge), Physics Letters B, arXiv (Cornell University), and The European Physical Journal C. This range indicates their sustained engagement with multiple prominent journals related to physics and astronomy.

Among accolades received, John D. Barrow was named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2009, reflecting recognition within the academic community.

Best Publications

  • The Anthropic Cosmological Principle

    John D. Barrow;Frank J. Tipler;James L. Anderson

  • Further Evidence for Cosmological Evolution of the Fine Structure Constant

    J. K. Webb;M. T. Murphy;V. V. Flambaum;V. A. Dzuba

  • Search for Time Variation of the Fine Structure Constant

    John K. Webb;Victor V. Flambaum;Christopher W. Churchill;Michael J. Drinkwater

  • Formalizing the slow-roll approximation in inflation.

    Andrew R. Liddle;Paul Parsons;John D. Barrow

  • Inflation and the Conformal Structure of Higher Order Gravity Theories

    John D. Barrow;S. Cotsakis

  • Sudden future singularities

    John D Barrow

  • The stability of general relativistic cosmological theory

    John D. Barrow;A.C. Ottewill

  • String-Driven Inflationary and Deflationary Cosmological Models

    John D. Barrow

  • f(T) gravity and local Lorentz invariance

    Baojiu Li;Thomas P. Sotiriou;John D. Barrow

  • Graduated inflationary universes

    John D. Barrow

  • The deflationary universe: An instability of the de Sitter universe

    John D. Barrow

  • Cosmology of f ( R ) gravity in the metric variational approach

    Baojiu Li;John D. Barrow

  • Possible evidence for a variable fine structure constant from QSO absorption lines: Motivations, analysis and results

    M. T. Murphy;J. K. Webb;Victor V. Flambaum;V. A. Dzuba

  • The power of general relativity

    Timothy Clifton;John D. Barrow

  • A simple cosmology with a varying fine structure constant.

    Håvard Bunes Sandvik;John D. Barrow;João Magueijo

  • Large-scale Structure in f(T) Gravity

    Baojiu Li;Thomas P. Sotiriou;John D. Barrow

  • Inflationary Models with Exponential Potentials

    A.B. Burd;John D. Barrow

  • Cosmologies with varying light speed

    John D. Barrow

  • The world within the world

    John D. Barrow;Richard J. Noer

  • Constraints on a Primordial Magnetic Field

    John D. Barrow;John D. Barrow;Pedro G. Ferreira;Joseph Silk

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph Silk
Joseph Silk Johns Hopkins University
David F. Mota
David F. Mota University of Oslo
Victor V. Flambaum
Victor V. Flambaum University of New South Wales
Andrew R. Liddle
Andrew R. Liddle University of Lisbon
Roy Maartens
Roy Maartens University of the Western Cape
Michael J. Drinkwater
Michael J. Drinkwater University of Queensland
Michael S. Turner
Michael S. Turner University of Chicago
Edward W. Kolb
Edward W. Kolb University of Chicago
George F. R. Ellis
George F. R. Ellis University of Cape Town
Michael T. Murphy
Michael T. Murphy Swinburne University of Technology

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