2026 John M. Carpenter: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	116	947	503	424	52571

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Overview

John M. Carpenter was affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research focused primarily on Physics and Astronomy, with a significant number of publications in the subfields of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, Instrumentation, Atmospheric Science, and Aerospace Engineering.

Their scientific contributions addressed various topics, including Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, and Superconducting and THz Device Technology.

Throughout their career, Carpenter published extensively, with notable papers including:

"The Evolution of Dust Disk Sizes from a Homogeneous Analysis of 1-10 Myr old Stars" (2020) in The Astrophysical Journal
"A Multifrequency ALMA Characterization of Substructures in the GM Aur Protoplanetary Disk" (2020) in The Astrophysical Journal
"X-shooter survey of disk accretion in Upper Scorpius" (2020) in Astronomy and Astrophysics
"Spiral Arms and a Massive Dust Disk with Non-Keplerian Kinematics: Possible Evidence for Gravitational Instability in the Disk of Elias 2-27" (2021) in The Astrophysical Journal
"Distribution of solids in the rings of the HD 163296 disk: a multiwavelength study" (2022) in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Carpenter collaborated frequently with other researchers, including Laura M. Pérez, Sean M. Andrews, Anibal Sierra, Ilaria Pascucci, and Paola Pinilla.

Their works were published predominantly in The Astrophysical Journal, arXiv (Cornell University), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Best Publications

The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)

M. F. Skrutskie;M. F. Skrutskie;R. M. Cutri;R. Stiening;M. D. Weinberg

12883
Citations
Color transformations for the 2MASS second incremental data release

John M. Carpenter

1811
Citations
VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)

R. M. Cutri;M. F. Skrutskie;S. van Dyk;C. A. Beichman

1216
Citations
2MASS All Sky Catalog of point sources.

R. M. Cutri;M. F. Skrutskie;S. van Dyk;C. A. Beichman

1113
Citations
The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). I. Motivation, Sample, Calibration, and Overview

Sean M. Andrews;Jane Huang;Laura M. Pérez;Andrea Isella

1003
Citations
ALMA Survey of Lupus Protoplanetary Disks I: Dust and Gas Masses

Megan Ansdell;Jonathan P. Williams;Nienke van der Marel;John M. Carpenter

756
Citations
The FCRAO Extragalactic CO Survey. I. The Data

Judith S. Young;Shuding Xie;Linda Tacconi;Pat Knezek

718
Citations
ALMA Survey of Lupus Protoplanetary Disks. I. Dust and Gas Masses

M. Ansdell;J. P. Williams;N. van der Marel;J. M. Carpenter

689
Citations
RINGED SUBSTRUCTURE AND A GAP AT 1 AU IN THE NEAREST PROTOPLANETARY DISK

Sean M. Andrews;David J. Wilner;Zhaohuan Zhu;Tilman Birnstiel

550
Citations
The Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory CO Survey of the Outer Galaxy

Mark H. Heyer;Christopher Brunt;Ronald L. Snell;John E. Howe

493
Citations
2MASS Observations of the Perseus, Orion A, Orion B, and Monoceros R2 Molecular Clouds

John M. Carpenter

490
Citations
Birth of a relativistic outflow in the unusual γ-ray transient Swift J164449.3+573451

Bevin Ashley Zauderer;Edo Berger;Alicia M. Soderberg;Abraham Loeb

473
Citations
The Equilibrium State of Molecular Regions in the Outer Galaxy

Mark H. Heyer;John M. Carpenter;Ronald L. Snell

469
Citations
The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). II. Characteristics of Annular Substructures

Jane Huang;Sean M. Andrews;Cornelis P. Dullemond;Andrea Isella

469
Citations
Constraints on the Stellar/Sub-stellar Mass Function in the Inner Orion Nebula Cluster

Lynne A. Hillenbrand;John M. Carpenter

458
Citations
Constraints on the Stellar/Substellar Mass Function in the Inner Orion Nebula Cluster

Lynne A. Hillenbrand;John M. Carpenter

420
Citations
CSI 2264: SIMULTANEOUS OPTICAL AND INFRARED LIGHT CURVES OF YOUNG DISK-BEARING STARS IN NGC 2264 WITH CoRoT and SPITZER—EVIDENCE FOR MULTIPLE ORIGINS OF VARIABILITY*

Ann Marie Cody;John Stauffer;Annie Baglin;Giuseppina Micela

403
Citations
Near-Infrared Photometric Variability of Stars toward the Orion A Molecular Cloud

John M. Carpenter;Lynne A. Hillenbrand;M. F. Skrutskie

381
Citations
The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). VII. The Planet–Disk Interactions Interpretation

Shangjia Zhang;Zhaohuan Zhu;Jane Huang;Viviana V. Guzmán

372
Citations
STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF PRE-MAIN-SEQUENCE CIRCUMSTELLAR DISKS

Andrea Isella;John M. Carpenter;Anneila I. Sargent

350
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynne A. Hillenbrand California Institute of Technology

Andrea Isella Rice University

Michael Meyer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Sebastian Wolf Kiel University

Sean M. Andrews Harvard University

Eric E. Mamajek California Institute of Technology

David J. Wilner Harvard University

Jeroen Bouwman Max Planck Society

Ilaria Pascucci University of Arizona

Dean C. Hines Space Telescope Science Institute

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D-Index & Metrics

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Physics

Overview

Best Publications

The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)

Color transformations for the 2MASS second incremental data release

VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)

2MASS All Sky Catalog of point sources.

The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). I. Motivation, Sample, Calibration, and Overview

ALMA Survey of Lupus Protoplanetary Disks I: Dust and Gas Masses

The FCRAO Extragalactic CO Survey. I. The Data

ALMA Survey of Lupus Protoplanetary Disks. I. Dust and Gas Masses

RINGED SUBSTRUCTURE AND A GAP AT 1 AU IN THE NEAREST PROTOPLANETARY DISK

The Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory CO Survey of the Outer Galaxy

2MASS Observations of the Perseus, Orion A, Orion B, and Monoceros R2 Molecular Clouds

Birth of a relativistic outflow in the unusual γ-ray transient Swift J164449.3+573451

The Equilibrium State of Molecular Regions in the Outer Galaxy

The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). II. Characteristics of Annular Substructures

Constraints on the Stellar/Sub-stellar Mass Function in the Inner Orion Nebula Cluster

Constraints on the Stellar/Substellar Mass Function in the Inner Orion Nebula Cluster

CSI 2264: SIMULTANEOUS OPTICAL AND INFRARED LIGHT CURVES OF YOUNG DISK-BEARING STARS IN NGC 2264 WITH CoRoT and SPITZER—EVIDENCE FOR MULTIPLE ORIGINS OF VARIABILITY*

Near-Infrared Photometric Variability of Stars toward the Orion A Molecular Cloud

The Disk Substructures at High Angular Resolution Project (DSHARP). VII. The Planet–Disk Interactions Interpretation

STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF PRE-MAIN-SEQUENCE CIRCUMSTELLAR DISKS

Frequent Co-Authors

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