2026 John E. Norris: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	106	1344	1274	34	33	314	36273

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Research.com Recognitions

1980 - Pawsey Medal, Australian Academy of Science

Overview

John E. Norris is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Molecular Biology, and Hematology.

Their main areas of study include stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, astronomy and astrophysical research, astrophysics and star formation studies, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, galaxies formation, evolution, and phenomena, as well as multiple myeloma research and treatments and protein degradation and inhibitors.

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Norris include:

Anna Frebel
David Yong
Anirudh Chiti
Mohammad K. Mardini
N. Christlieb

Norris has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
arXiv (Cornell University)
Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
Nature Astronomy
The Astronomical Journal

Notable recent papers authored by or involving Norris include:

"Bright metal-poor stars from the Hamburg/ESO survey I: selection and follow-up observations from 329 fields" (2024, Munich Personal RePEc Archive, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
"An extended halo around an ancient dwarf galaxy" (2021, Nature Astronomy)
"Exploring the Galaxy's halo and very metal-weak thick disc with SkyMapper and Gaia DR2" (2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
"High-resolution spectroscopic follow-up of the most metal-poor candidates from SkyMapper DR1.1" (2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
"Detailed Chemical Abundances of Stars in the Outskirts of the Tucana II Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxy" (2023, The Astronomical Journal)

In 1980, Norris was awarded the Pawsey Medal by the Australian Academy of Science.

Best Publications

SEGUE: A SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF 240,000 STARS WITH g = 14-20

Brian Yanny;Constance Rockosi;Heidi Jo Newberg;Gillian R. Knapp

1283
Citations
The Milky Way Tomography with SDSS: II. Stellar Metallicity

Zeljko Ivezic;Branimir Sesar;Mario Juric;Nicholas Bond

881
Citations
Extremely Metal-Poor Stars. II. Elemental Abundances and the Early Chemical Enrichment of The Galaxy*

Sean G. Ryan;John E. Norris;Timothy C. Beers

802
Citations
The SEGUE Stellar Parameter Pipeline. I. Description and Initial Validation Tests

Y. S. Lee;T. C. Beers;T. Sivarani;C. Allende Prieto

796
Citations
Structure and Kinematics of the Stellar Halos and Thick Disks of the Milky Way Based on Calibration Stars from SDSS DR7

Daniela Carollo;Timothy C. Beers;Masashi Chiba;John E. Norris

784
Citations
Two stellar components in the halo of the Milky Way

Daniela Carollo;Timothy C. Beers;Young Sun Lee;Masashi Chiba

738
Citations
Nucleosynthetic signatures of the first stars

Anna Frebel;Wako Aoki;Norbert Christlieb;Hiroyasu Ando

730
Citations
Carbon-enhanced Metal-poor Stars. I. Chemical Compositions of 26 Stars*

Wako Aoki;Timothy C. Beers;Norbert Christlieb;John E. Norris

720
Citations
The Milky Way Tomography with SDSS. II. Stellar Metallicity

Željko Ivezić;Branimir Sesar;Mario Jurić;Nicholas Bond

631
Citations
THE SEGUE STELLAR PARAMETER PIPELINE. I. DESCRIPTION AND COMPARISON OF INDIVIDUAL METHODS

Young Sun Lee;Timothy C. Beers;Thirupathi Sivarani;Carlos Allende Prieto

577
Citations
Structure and Kinematics of the Stellar Halos and Thick Disks of the Milky Way Based on Calibration Stars from Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR7

Daniela Carollo;Daniela Carollo;Timothy C. Beers;Masashi Chiba;John E. Norris

555
Citations
The Helium Abundances of ω Centauri

John E. Norris

542
Citations
The Giant Branch of omega Centauri. IV. Abundance Patterns Based on Echelle Spectra of 40 Red Giants

John E. Norris;G. S. Da Costa

507
Citations
The SEGUE Stellar Parameter Pipeline. II. Validation with Galactic Globular and Open Clusters

Y. S. Lee;T. C. Beers;T. Sivarani;J. A. Johnson

486
Citations
Near-Field Cosmology with Extremely Metal-Poor Stars

Anna Frebel;John E. Norris

475
Citations
Near-Field Cosmology with Metal-Poor Stars

Anna Frebel;John E. Norris

469
Citations
Primordial Lithium and Big Bang Nucleosynthesis.

Sean G. Ryan;Timothy C. Beers;Keith A. Olive;Brian D. Fields

439
Citations
The radial velocity dispersion profile of the Galactic halo : constraining the density profile of the dark halo of the Milky Way

Giuseppina Battaglia;Amina Helmi;Heather Morrison;Paul Harding

418
Citations
The Spite Lithium Plateau: Ultrathin but Postprimordial

Sean G. Ryan;John E. Norris;Timothy C. Beers

398
Citations
A Search for Stars of Very Low Metal Abundance. III. UBV Photometry of Metal-weak Candidates

John E. Norris;Sean G. Ryan;Timothy C. Beers

71
Citations