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John D. Joannopoulos

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Best Scientists 173 758 691 464 414 1028 160835
Materials Science 152 139 58 823 136121
Physics 176 121 81 1003 168207

John D. Joannopoulos publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by John D. Joannopoulos between 1972 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. John D. Joannopoulos published across 54 years, from 1972 to 2025, averaging 19.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 53 publications in 2016. 5 of the 1,038 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1972 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 53. Peak 53 publications in 2016. 1972: 3 publications 1973: 4 publications 1974: 14 publications 1975: 4 publications 1976: 4 publications 1977: 6 publications 1978: 14 publications 1979: 13 publications 1980: 9 publications 1981: 12 publications 1982: 11 publications 1983: 9 publications 1984: 11 publications 1985: 7 publications 1986: 14 publications 1987: 13 publications 1988: 9 publications 1989: 16 publications 1990: 7 publications 1991: 12 publications 1992: 18 publications 1993: 19 publications 1994: 14 publications 1995: 17 publications 1996: 28 publications 1997: 16 publications 1998: 16 publications 1999: 37 publications 2000: 24 publications 2001: 31 publications 2002: 29 publications 2003: 44 publications 2004: 37 publications 2005: 48 publications 2006: 34 publications 2007: 34 publications 2008: 24 publications 2009: 20 publications 2010: 29 publications 2011: 23 publications 2012: 30 publications 2013: 31 publications 2014: 22 publications 2015: 32 publications 2016: 53 publications 2017: 23 publications 2018: 29 publications 2019: 19 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 27 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 3 publications
1972 2025

1,038 publications in total across all disciplines

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John D. Joannopoulos: publications per year, 1972 to 2025
Year Publications
1972 3
1973 4
1974 14
1975 4
1976 4
1977 6
1978 14
1979 13
1980 9
1981 12
1982 11
1983 9
1984 11
1985 7
1986 14
1987 13
1988 9
1989 16
1990 7
1991 12
1992 18
1993 19
1994 14
1995 17
1996 28
1997 16
1998 16
1999 37
2000 24
2001 31
2002 29
2003 44
2004 37
2005 48
2006 34
2007 34
2008 24
2009 20
2010 29
2011 23
2012 30
2013 31
2014 22
2015 32
2016 53
2017 23
2018 29
2019 19
2020 13
2021 27
2022 16
2023 4
2024 2
2025 3
Total 1,038
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John D. Joannopoulos 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. Joannopoulos sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 70 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 103–122 to 1,469+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 323–342 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 1,003–1,022 publications, is where this scientist sits. 103–122 publications: 7 scientists 123–142 publications: 10 scientists 143–162 publications: 31 scientists 163–182 publications: 35 scientists 183–202 publications: 53 scientists 203–222 publications: 81 scientists 223–242 publications: 85 scientists 243–262 publications: 112 scientists 263–282 publications: 114 scientists 283–302 publications: 126 scientists 303–322 publications: 136 scientists 323–342 publications: 162 scientists 343–362 publications: 155 scientists 363–382 publications: 156 scientists 383–402 publications: 134 scientists 403–422 publications: 145 scientists 423–442 publications: 147 scientists 443–462 publications: 131 scientists 463–482 publications: 131 scientists 483–502 publications: 116 scientists 503–522 publications: 106 scientists 523–542 publications: 103 scientists 543–562 publications: 87 scientists 563–582 publications: 84 scientists 583–602 publications: 94 scientists 603–622 publications: 70 scientists 623–642 publications: 76 scientists 643–662 publications: 60 scientists 663–682 publications: 54 scientists 683–702 publications: 60 scientists 703–722 publications: 48 scientists 723–742 publications: 64 scientists 743–762 publications: 48 scientists 763–782 publications: 37 scientists 783–802 publications: 43 scientists 803–822 publications: 34 scientists 823–842 publications: 36 scientists 843–862 publications: 32 scientists 863–882 publications: 32 scientists 883–902 publications: 31 scientists 903–922 publications: 25 scientists 923–942 publications: 15 scientists 943–962 publications: 24 scientists 963–982 publications: 13 scientists 983–1,002 publications: 21 scientists 1,003–1,022 publications: 21 scientists 1,023–1,042 publications: 16 scientists 1,043–1,062 publications: 9 scientists 1,063–1,082 publications: 19 scientists 1,083–1,102 publications: 11 scientists 1,103–1,122 publications: 17 scientists 1,123–1,142 publications: 11 scientists 1,143–1,162 publications: 7 scientists 1,163–1,182 publications: 4 scientists 1,183–1,202 publications: 10 scientists 1,203–1,222 publications: 8 scientists 1,223–1,242 publications: 16 scientists 1,243–1,262 publications: 4 scientists 1,263–1,282 publications: 10 scientists 1,283–1,302 publications: 5 scientists 1,303–1,322 publications: 7 scientists 1,323–1,342 publications: 4 scientists 1,343–1,362 publications: 8 scientists 1,363–1,382 publications: 6 scientists 1,383–1,402 publications: 7 scientists 1,403–1,422 publications: 3 scientists 1,423–1,442 publications: 4 scientists 1,443–1,462 publications: 4 scientists 1,463–1,468 publications: 3 scientists 1,469+ publications: 100 scientists
103–122 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,003 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Physics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
103–122 7
123–142 10
143–162 31
163–182 35
183–202 53
203–222 81
223–242 85
243–262 112
263–282 114
283–302 126
303–322 136
323–342 162
343–362 155
363–382 156
383–402 134
403–422 145
423–442 147
443–462 131
463–482 131
483–502 116
503–522 106
523–542 103
543–562 87
563–582 84
583–602 94
603–622 70
623–642 76
643–662 60
663–682 54
683–702 60
703–722 48
723–742 64
743–762 48
763–782 37
783–802 43
803–822 34
823–842 36
843–862 32
863–882 32
883–902 31
903–922 25
923–942 15
943–962 24
963–982 13
983–1,002 21
1,003–1,022 21 1,003
1,023–1,042 16
1,043–1,062 9
1,063–1,082 19
1,083–1,102 11
1,103–1,122 17
1,123–1,142 11
1,143–1,162 7
1,163–1,182 4
1,183–1,202 10
1,203–1,222 8
1,223–1,242 16
1,243–1,262 4
1,263–1,282 10
1,283–1,302 5
1,303–1,322 7
1,323–1,342 4
1,343–1,362 8
1,363–1,382 6
1,383–1,402 7
1,403–1,422 3
1,423–1,442 4
1,443–1,462 4
1,463–1,468 3
1,469+ 100
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John D. Joannopoulos 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. Joannopoulos sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 59 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 185+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 167. Most scientists, 167, have 80–81 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 176–177 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70–71 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 176 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Physics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 76
72–73 110
74–75 143
76–77 153
78–79 144
80–81 167
82–83 167
84–85 166
86–87 132
88–89 155
90–91 134
92–93 137
94–95 102
96–97 112
98–99 110
100–101 116
102–103 97
104–105 103
106–107 87
108–109 90
110–111 67
112–113 78
114–115 75
116–117 67
118–119 69
120–121 60
122–123 59
124–125 53
126–127 42
128–129 41
130–131 33
132–133 32
134–135 45
136–137 19
138–139 24
140–141 28
142–143 31
144–145 22
146–147 20
148–149 12
150–151 16
152–153 24
154–155 23
156–157 15
158–159 15
160–161 11
162–163 17
164–165 12
166–167 11
168–169 9
170–171 9
172–173 11
174–175 4
176–177 8 176
178–179 5
180–181 3
182–183 4
184 4
185+ 99
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1997 - David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics
  • 1983 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For outstanding contributions to research and to developing young theorists in condensed matter physics
  • 1981 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1976 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

John D. Joannopoulos is affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Physics and Astronomy, alongside significant work in Engineering.

The main subfields of their study include Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Artificial Intelligence; and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Topics frequently covered in their work are Photonic and Optical Devices, Photonic Crystals and Applications, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications, Topological Materials and Phenomena, Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, Quantum Information and Cryptography, and Mechanical and Optical Resonators.

Recent publications by John D. Joannopoulos span various high-impact journals and include:

  • Single fibre enables acoustic fabrics via nanometre-scale vibrations, 2022, Nature
  • A framework for scintillation in nanophotonics, 2022, Science
  • Digital electronics in fibres enable fabric-based machine-learning inference, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Accelerating recurrent Ising machines in photonic integrated circuits, 2020, Optica
  • 100 m Long Thermally Drawn Supercapacitor Fibers with Applications to 3D Printing and Textiles, 2020, Advanced Materials

They have frequently collaborated with other researchers. Their most common co-authors include Marin Soljačić, Nicholas Rivera, Charles Roques-Carmes, Steven E. Kooi, and Yi Yang.

The venues where their work is often published include arXiv (Cornell University), Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Nature Communications, Nature, and Physical Review B.

Throughout their career, John D. Joannopoulos has been recognized with several awards and honors:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2015
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2002
  • David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics, 1997
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1983 (Citation for outstanding contributions to research and to developing young theorists in condensed matter physics)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1981
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1976

Best Publications

  • Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light

    John D. Joannopoulos;Steven G. Johnson;Joshua N. Winn;Robert D. Meade

  • Iterative minimization techniques for ab initio total-energy calculations: molecular dynamics and conjugate gradients

    M. C. Payne;M. P. Teter;D. C. Allan;T. A. Arias

  • Wireless Power Transfer via Strongly Coupled Magnetic Resonances

    André Kurs;Aristeidis Karalis;Robert Moffatt;J. D. Joannopoulos

  • Photonic crystals: putting a new twist on light

    J. D. Joannopoulos;Pierre R. Villeneuve;Shanhui Fan

  • Block-iterative frequency-domain methods for Maxwell’s equations in a planewave basis

    Steven G. Johnson;John D. Joannopoulos

  • Topological Photonics

    Tomoki Ozawa;Hannah M. Price;Alberto Amo;Nathan Goldman

  • Observation of unidirectional backscattering-immune topological electromagnetic states

    Zheng Wang;Yidong Chong;Yidong Chong;John D. Joannopoulos;Marin Soljacic

  • Meep: A flexible free-software package for electromagnetic simulations by the FDTD method

    Ardavan F. Oskooi;David Roundy;Mihai Ibanescu;Peter Bermel

  • Bound states in the continuum

    Chia Wei Hsu;Bo Zhen;Bo Zhen;A. Douglas Stone;John D. Joannopoulos

  • High Transmission through Sharp Bends in Photonic Crystal Waveguides.

    Attila Mekis;J. C. Chen;I. Kurland;Shanhui Fan

  • Efficient wireless non-radiative mid-range energy transfer

    Aristeidis Karalis;J.D. Joannopoulos;Marin Soljačić

  • A Dielectric Omnidirectional Reflector

    Yoel Fink;Joshua N. Winn;Shanhui Fan;Chiping Chen

  • Temporal coupled-mode theory for the Fano resonance in optical resonators

    Shanhui Fan;Wonjoo Suh;J. D. Joannopoulos

  • Analysis of guided resonances in photonic crystal slabs

    Shanhui Fan;J. D. Joannopoulos

  • Ab initio study of lithium intercalation in metal oxides and metal dichalcogenides

    Mehmet Aydinol;Adrian Kohan;Gerbrand Ceder;Kang Cho

  • Guided modes in photonic crystal slabs

    Steven G. Johnson;Shanhui Fan;Pierre R. Villeneuve;J. D. Joannopoulos

  • Reflection-free one-way edge modes in a gyromagnetic photonic crystal.

    Zheng Wang;Yidong Chong;John D. Joannopoulos;Marin Soljačić

  • Observation of trapped light within the radiation continuum

    Chia Wei Hsu;Bo Zhen;Jeongwon Lee;Song-Liang Chua

  • Photonic-bandgap microcavities in optical waveguides

    J. S. Foresi;P. R. Villeneuve;J. Ferrera;E. R. Thoen

  • Donor and acceptor modes in photonic band structure.

    E Yablonovitch;TJ Gmitter;RD Meade;AM Rappe

  • All-angle negative refraction without negative effective index

    Chiyan Luo;Steven G. Johnson;J. D. Joannopoulos;J. B. Pendry

  • Optimized pseudopotentials.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Shanhui Fan
Shanhui Fan Stanford University
Elefterios Lidorikis
Elefterios Lidorikis University of Ioannina
Kyeongjae Cho
Kyeongjae Cho The University of Texas at Dallas
Evan J. Reed
Evan J. Reed Stanford University

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