2026 Jonathan Tennyson: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	122	747	708	66	61	1192	72038

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Research.com Recognitions

2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
2008 - OSA Fellows For contributions to the theory and simulations of rotational-vibrational spectra of small molecules and applications for practical purposes. (Lippincott Award 2007)
2007 - Ellis R. Lippincott Award, The Optical Society

Overview

Jonathan Tennyson is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within physics and chemistry, with a focus on spectroscopy and atomic and molecular physics.

Their work covers several main fields of study:

Physics and Astronomy
Chemistry

Within these fields, subfields of interest include:

Spectroscopy
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Atmospheric Science
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Radiation

Tennyson's principal topics of research include:

Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
Atomic and Molecular Physics
Nuclear Physics and Applications
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure

The scientist has contributed to frequent publications in scientific venues such as:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Notable recent papers include:

The 2020 release of the ExoMol database: Molecular line lists for exoplanet and other hot atmospheres (2020, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer)
ExoMol line lists - XXXIX. Ro-vibrational molecular line list for CO2 (2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
ExoMol molecular line lists - XXXVII. Spectra of acetylene (2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
The HITRAN2020 molecular spectroscopic database (2021, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer)
The Variational Quantum Eigensolver: A review of methods and best practices (2022, Physics Reports)

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative research efforts include:

S. N. Yurchenko
O. L. Polyansky
A. F. Al-Refaie
A. Owens
C. Hill

Jonathan Tennyson has received several awards throughout their career, including:

Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2009
OSA Fellows, 2008, for contributions to the theory and simulations of rotational-vibrational spectra of small molecules and applications for practical purposes (Lippincott Award 2007)
Ellis R. Lippincott Award, The Optical Society, 2007

Best Publications

The HITRAN 2008 molecular spectroscopic database

L.S. Rothman;I.E. Gordon;Y. Babikov;A. Barbe

7664
Citations
HITEMP, the high-temperature molecular spectroscopic database

L.S. Rothman;I.E. Gordon;R.J. Barber;H. Dothe

2229
Citations
The 2017 Plasma Roadmap: Low temperature plasma science and technology

I. Adamovich;S. D. Baalrud;A. Bogaerts;P. J. Bruggeman

1032
Citations
A high-accuracy computed water line list

R. J. Barber;J. Tennyson;G. J. Harris;R. N. Tolchenov

790
Citations
Water vapour in the atmosphere of a transiting extrasolar planet

Giovanna Tinetti;Giovanna Tinetti;Giovanna Tinetti;Alfred Vidal-Madjar;Mao-Chang Liang;Jean-Philippe Beaulieu

664
Citations
A KInetic Database for Astrochemistry (KIDA)

V. Wakelam;V. Wakelam;E. Herbst;E. Herbst;J. C Loison;J. C Loison;I. W. M. Smith

609
Citations
Electron–molecule collision calculations using the R-matrix method

Jonathan Tennyson

548
Citations
The Variational Quantum Eigensolver: a review of methods and best practices

Jules Tilly;Hongxiang Chen;Shuxiang Cao;Dario Picozzi

516
Citations
Detection of H 3 + on Jupiter

P. Drossart;J.-P. Maillard;J. Caldwell;S. J. Kim

475
Citations
The ab initio calculation of the vibrational‐rotational spectrum of triatomic systems in the close‐coupling approach, with KCN and H2Ne as examples

Jonathan Tennyson;Brian T. Sutcliffe

474
Citations
The ExoMol database: Molecular line lists for exoplanet and other hot atmospheres

Jonathan Tennyson;Sergei N. Yurchenko;Ahmed F. Al-Refaie;Emma J. Barton

467
Citations
A chemical survey of exoplanets with ARIEL

Giovanna Tinetti;Pierre Drossart;Paul Eccleston;Paul Hartogh

434
Citations
ExoMol molecular line lists XXX: a complete high-accuracy line list for water

Oleg L Polyansky;Oleg L Polyansky;Aleksandra A Kyuberis;Nikolai F Zobov;Jonathan Tennyson

434
Citations
THE 2014 KIDA NETWORK FOR INTERSTELLAR CHEMISTRY

V. Wakelam;J. C. Loison;E. Herbst;B. Pavone

427
Citations
The 2015 edition of the GEISA spectroscopic database

N. Jacquinet-Husson;Raymond Armante;N.A. Scott;A. Chédin

417
Citations
ExoMol line lists IV: The rotation-vibration spectrum of methane up to 1500 K

Sergei N. Yurchenko;Jonathan Tennyson

411
Citations
ExoMol: molecular line lists for exoplanet and other atmospheres

Jonathan Tennyson;Sergei N. Yurchenko

383
Citations
Adiabatic-invariant change due to separatrix crossing.

John R. Cary;D. F. Escande;J. L. Tennyson

378
Citations
The 2009 edition of the GEISA spectroscopic database

N. Jacquinet-Husson;L. Crepeau;R. Armante;C. Boutammine

370
Citations
High-Accuracy ab Initio Rotation-Vibration Transitions for Water

Oleg L. Polyansky;Attila G. Csaszar;Sergei V. Shirin;Nikolai F. Zobov

367
Citations