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

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	83	2723	2592	1336	1246	223	57360

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Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

John Kormendy is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States and specializes primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans multiple subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Sociology and Political Science, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their research focuses on topics such as Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Conferences and Exhibitions Management, and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing.

Frequent publication venues where John Kormendy has contributed include arXiv (Cornell University), OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) from La Trobe University, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and The Astrophysical Journal.

Their recent papers are as follows:

Orbit-based dynamical models of the Sombrero Galaxy (NGC 4594), 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
Tilted outer and inner structures in edge-on galaxies?, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Metrics of research impact in astronomy: Predicting later impact from metrics measured 10-15 years after the PhD, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
The Black Hole Mass and Photometric Components of NGC 4826, 2024, The Astrophysical Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John Kormendy include Karl Gebhardt, Tod R. Lauer, D. O. Richstone, Kayhan Gültekin, and Adi Foord.

In 2020, John Kormendy was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

The Demography of Massive Dark Objects in Galaxy Centres

John Magorrian;Scott Tremaine;Douglas Richstone;Ralf Bender

6343
Citations
The Demography of massive dark objects in galaxy centers

John Magorrian;Scott Tremaine;Scott Tremaine;Douglas Richstone;Ralf Bender

5135
Citations
A Relationship between Nuclear Black Hole Mass and Galaxy Velocity Dispersion

Karl Gebhardt;Ralf Bender;Gary Bower;Alan Dressler

4490
Citations
Inward Bound—The Search for Supermassive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei

John Kormendy;Douglas Richstone

3392
Citations
THE SLOPE OF THE BLACK HOLE MASS VERSUS VELOCITY DISPERSION CORRELATION

Scott Tremaine;Karl Gebhardt;Ralf Bender;Gary Bower

3234
Citations
Coevolution (Or Not) of Supermassive Black Holes and Host Galaxies

John Kormendy;Luis C. Ho

2824
Citations
The M-σ and M-L Relations in Galactic Bulges, and Determinations of Their Intrinsic Scatter

Kayhan Gültekin;Douglas D.O. Richstone;Karl Gebhardt;Tod Lauer

2463
Citations
The M-sigma and M-L Relations in Galactic Bulges and Determinations of their Intrinsic Scatter

Kayhan Gultekin;Douglas O. Richstone;Karl Gebhardt;Tod R. Lauer

2214
Citations
Secular Evolution and the Formation of Pseudobulges in Disk Galaxies

John Kormendy;Robert C. Kennicutt

1905
Citations
The centers of early-type galaxies with HST. IV. Central parameter relations

S. M. Faber;Scott Tremaine;Edward A. Ajhar;Yong Ik Byun;Yong Ik Byun

1131
Citations
STRUCTURE AND FORMATION OF ELLIPTICAL AND SPHEROIDAL GALAXIES

John Kormendy;David B. Fisher;Mark E. Cornell;Ralf Bender

967
Citations
Brightness distributions in compact and normal galaxies. II. Structure parameters of the spheroidal component.

J. Kormendy

966
Citations
The Centers of Early-Type Galaxies with HST.I.An Observational Survey

Tod R. Lauer;Edward A. Ajhar;Yong Ik Byun;Alan Dressler

847
Citations
Families of ellipsoidal stellar systems and the formation of dwarf elliptical galaxies

J. Kormendy

692
Citations
Black Hole Mass Estimates from Reverberation Mapping and from Spatially Resolved Kinematics

Karl Gebhardt;Karl Gebhardt;John Kormendy;Luis C. Ho;Ralf Bender

634
Citations
Surface photometry and the structure of elliptical galaxies

John Kormendy;S. Djorgovski

560
Citations
Supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei

John Kormendy;Karl Gebhardt

548
Citations
The Centers of Early-Type Galaxies with HST. V. New WFPC2 Photometry

Tod R. Lauer;S. M. Faber;Karl Gebhardt;Douglas Richstone

528
Citations
A REVISED PARALLEL-SEQUENCE MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF GALAXIES: STRUCTURE AND FORMATION OF S0 AND SPHEROIDAL GALAXIES

John Kormendy;Ralf Bender

526
Citations
The Masses of Nuclear Black Holes in Luminous Elliptical Galaxies and Implications for the Space Density of the Most Massive Black Holes

Tod R. Lauer;S. M. Faber;Douglas Richstone;Karl Gebhardt

470
Citations