2026 John S. Mulchaey: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	87	2483	2359	1238	1153	261	24017

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Overview

John S. Mulchaey is affiliated with the Carnegie Institution for Science in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant number of publications in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Spectroscopy.

The main topics of their research include:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

John S. Mulchaey has frequently published in several respected venues, including:

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Astrophysical Journal
Nature
hst
arXiv (Cornell University)

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Mulchaey cover a variety of topics related to astrophysical phenomena and observations. Some of these publications are:

High-mass X-ray binaries in nearby metal-poor galaxies: on the contribution to nebular He ii emission (2020) - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Cosmic Ultraviolet Baryon Survey (CUBS) - I. Overview and the diverse environments of Lyman limit systems at z < 1 (2020) - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
LATIS: The Lyα Tomography IMACS Survey (2020) - The Astrophysical Journal
The Cosmic Ultraviolet Baryon Survey (CUBS) - III. Physical properties and elemental abundances of Lyman-limit systems at z < 1 (2021) - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Cosmic Ultraviolet Baryon Survey (CUBS) - IV. The complex multiphase circumgalactic medium as revealed by partial Lyman limit systems (2021) - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Collaboration is an evident aspect of Mulchaey's research, with frequent co-authors including:

Gwen C. Rudie
Hsiao-Wen Chen
Sean D. Johnson
Joop Schaye
Fakhri S. Zahedy

Best Publications

Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies and the Distant Universe

Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti;Franco D. Albareti

1542
Citations
Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe

Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti

1303
Citations
The afterglow, redshift and extreme energetics of the γ-ray burst of 23 January 1999

[No Value] Kulkarni;SG Djorgovski;SC Odewahn;JS Bloom

690
Citations
The afterglow, the redshift, and the extreme energetics of the gamma-ray burst 990123

S. R. Kulkarni;S. G. Djorgovski;S. C. Odewahn;J. S. Bloom

602
Citations
The Properties of Poor Groups of Galaxies. I. Spectroscopic Survey and Results

Ann I. Zabludoff;Ann I. Zabludoff;John S. Mulchaey

588
Citations
Probing the IGM/Galaxy Connection V: On the Origin of Lya and OVI Absorption at z<0.2

J. Xavier Prochaska;B. Weiner;H.-W. Chen;J.S. Mulchaey

442
Citations
Clusters of galaxies : probes of cosmological structure and galaxy evolution

John S. Mulchaey;Alan Michael Dressler;Augustus Oemler

378
Citations
An ionized accretion disk in Cygnus X-1

C. Done;J. S. Mulchaey;R. F. Mushotzky;K. A. Arnaud

359
Citations
A real-time fast radio burst: polarization detection and multiwavelength follow-up

E. Petroff;E. Petroff;M. Bailes;E. D. Barr;B. R. Barsdell

345
Citations
PROBING THE INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM/GALAXY CONNECTION. V. ON THE ORIGIN OF Lyα AND O VI ABSORPTION AT z < 0.2

J. Xavier Prochaska;B. Weiner;H.-W. Chen;J. S. Mulchaey

342
Citations
Strangulation in Galaxy Groups

Daisuke Kawata;Daisuke Kawata;John S. Mulchaey

335
Citations
The Properties of Poor Groups of Galaxies. III. The Galaxy Luminosity Function

Ann I. Zabludoff;Ann I. Zabludoff;John S. Mulchaey

328
Citations
X-RAY PROPERTIES OF GROUPS OF GALAXIES

John S. Mulchaey

328
Citations
The Properties of Poor Groups of Galaxies. II. X-Ray and Optical Comparisons

John S. Mulchaey;Ann I. Zabludoff;Ann I. Zabludoff

319
Citations
Multiwavelength tests of the dusty torus model for Seyfert galaxies

John S. Mulchaey;Anuradha Koratkar;Martin J. Ward;Andrew S. Wilson

304
Citations
The Fueling of Nuclear Activity: II. The Bar Properties of Seyfert and Normal Galaxies

John S. Mulchaey;Michael W. Regan

299
Citations
The Fueling of Nuclear Activity: The Bar Properties of Seyfert and Normal Galaxies

John S. Mulchaey;John S. Mulchaey;Michael W. Regan

294
Citations
X-ray spectral survey with XMM-Newton of a complete sample of nearby Seyfert galaxies

M. Cappi;F. Panessa;L. Bassani;M. Dadina

293
Citations
The Intragroup Medium in Poor Groups of Galaxies

John S. Mulchaey;David S. Davis;Richard F. Mushotzky;David Burstein

284
Citations
Using Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of Nuclear Dust Morphology to Rule Out Bars Fueling Seyfert Nuclei

Michael W. Regan;John S. Mulchaey

250
Citations