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John N. Bahcall

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
114
Citations
49014
World Ranking
1016
National Ranking
539

John N. Bahcall 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 N. Bahcall sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 586 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John N. Bahcall 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 N. Bahcall sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 114 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% 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

  • 1967 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

John N. Bahcall was affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Over the course of their career, they contributed to research within the field of astrophysics and related domains.

The scientist's recent publication record includes the paper titled Solar fusion cross sections, published in 2021 by UNC Libraries.

John N. Bahcall collaborated with various coauthors throughout their research endeavors. Frequent collaborators included:

  • John Cox Galactic
  • Jeremiah P. Ostriker
  • James Binney
  • M. R. Merrifield
  • Julian H. Krolik

Their research outputs were published in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries

John N. Bahcall received recognition as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1967.

Best Publications

  • HIGH ENERGY NEUTRINOS FROM COSMOLOGICAL GAMMA-RAY BURST FIREBALLS

    Eli Waxman;John N. Bahcall

  • High-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources: An Upper bound

    Eli Waxman;John N. Bahcall

  • Solar Models: Current Epoch and Time Dependences, Neutrinos, and Helioseismological Properties

    John N. Bahcall;M. H. Pinsonneault;Sarbani Basu

  • The universe at faint magnitudes. I - Models for the galaxy and the predicted star counts

    John N. Bahcall;R.M. Soneira

  • Standard solar models, with and without helium diffusion and the solar neutrino problem

    John N. Bahcall;M.H. Pinsonneault

  • Solar models with helium and heavy-element diffusion

    John N. Bahcall;M. H. Pinsonneault;G. J. Wasserburg

  • Star distribution around a massive black hole in a globular cluster.

    J. N. Bahcall;R. A. Wolf

  • New solar opacities, abundances, helioseismology, and neutrino fluxes

    John N. Bahcall;Aldo M. Serenelli;Sarbani Basu

  • Solar models, neutrino experiments, and helioseismology

    John N. Bahcall;Roger K. Ulrich

  • Solar fusion cross sections

    Eric G. Adelberger;Sam M. Austin;John N. Bahcall;A. B. Balantekin

  • Element Diffusion in the Solar Interior

    Anne A. Thoul;John N. Bahcall;Abraham Loeb

  • Hubble Space Telescope Images of a Sample of 20 Nearby Luminous Quasars

    John N. Bahcall;Sofia Kirhakos;David H. Saxe;Donald P. Schneider

  • Hubble Space Telescope Images of a Sample of Twenty Nearby Luminous Quasars

    J. N. Bahcall;S. Kirhakos;D. H. Saxe;D. P. Schneider

  • Sensitivity of the IceCube detector to astrophysical sources of high energy muon neutrinos

    J Ahrens;J.N Bahcall;X Bai;R.C Bay

  • Standard solar models and the uncertainties in predicted capture rates of solar neutrinos

    John N. Bahcall;Walter F. Huebner;Stephen H. Lubow;Peter D. Parker

  • What do we (not) know theoretically about solar neutrino fluxes

    John N. Bahcall;M. H. Pinsonneault

  • The star distribution around a massive black hole in a globular cluster. II. Unequal star masses.

    J. N. Bahcall;R. A. Wolf

  • High-energy astrophysical neutrinos: The Upper bound is robust

    John N. Bahcall;Eli Waxman

  • The Hubble Space Telescope quasar absorption line key project. I - First observational results, including Lyman-alpha and Lyman-limit systems

    John N. Bahcall;Jacqueline Bergeron;Alec Boksenberg;George F. Hartig

  • Models for the Galaxy and the Predicted Star Counts

    J. N. Bahcall;R. M. Soneira

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald P. Schneider
Donald P. Schneider Pennsylvania State University
Neta A. Bahcall
Neta A. Bahcall Princeton University
Andrew Gould
Andrew Gould The Ohio State University
Buell T. Jannuzi
Buell T. Jannuzi University of Arizona
Brian Yanny
Brian Yanny Fermilab
Wallace L. W. Sargent
Wallace L. W. Sargent California Institute of Technology
Marc H. Pinsonneault
Marc H. Pinsonneault The Ohio State University
Sarbani Basu
Sarbani Basu Yale University
Francis Halzen
Francis Halzen University of Wisconsin–Madison
Paul Evenson
Paul Evenson University of Delaware

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