2026 Joop Schaye: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	140	412	397	6	6	667	73438

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Physics

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412

397

667

73438

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Physics in Netherlands Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Physics in Netherlands Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Physics in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Joop Schaye is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands and works primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research covers several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Computational Mechanics.

Their work focuses on key topics such as:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

"Improved upper limits on the 21 cm signal power spectrum of neutral hydrogen at z ≈ 9.1 from LOFAR," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"The FLAMINGO project: cosmological hydrodynamical simulations for large-scale structure and galaxy cluster surveys," 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Galaxies-intergalactic medium interaction calculation I: galaxy formation as a function of large-scale environment," 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
"Galactic outflow rates in the EAGLE simulations," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit: a consolidated design for the system requirement review of the preliminary definition phase," 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequently publishing in venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Astrophysical Journal
Harvard Dataverse

Joop Schaye has collaborated extensively with other researchers including:

Matthieu Schaller
Sebastiano Cantalupo
Sean D. Johnson
L. Wisotzki
Roi Kugel

Best Publications

The EAGLE project: Simulating the evolution and assembly of galaxies and their environments

Joop Schaye;Robert A. Crain;Richard G. Bower;Michelle Furlong

3574
Citations
The EAGLE simulations of galaxy formation: calibration of subgrid physics and model variations

Robert A. Crain;Robert A. Crain;Joop Schaye;Richard G. Bower;Michelle Furlong

1402
Citations
The first data release of the sloan digital sky survey

Kevork Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam

1314
Citations
A Survey of z > 5.7 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. II. Discovery of Three Additional Quasars at z > 6

Xiaohui Fan;Xiaohui Fan;Michael A. Strauss;Donald P. Schneider;Robert H. Becker;Robert H. Becker

1292
Citations
The effect of photo-ionization on the cooling rates of enriched, astrophysical plasmas

Robert P. C. Wiersma;Joop Schaye;Britton D. Smith

1110
Citations
The effect of photoionization on the cooling rates of enriched, astrophysical plasmas

Robert P. C. Wiersma;Joop Schaye;Britton D. Smith

997
Citations
Cosmological simulations of the growth of supermassive black holes and feedback from active galactic nuclei: method and tests

C. M. Booth;Joop Schaye

956
Citations
The MUSE second-generation VLT instrument

R. Bacon;M. Accardo;L. Adjali;H. Anwand

927
Citations
Dark matter halo concentrations in the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe year 5 cosmology

Alan R. Duffy;Alan R. Duffy;Joop Schaye;Scott T. Kay;Claudio Dalla Vecchia

920
Citations
The physics driving the cosmic star formation history

Joop Schaye;Claudio Dalla Vecchia;C. M. Booth;Robert P. C. Wiersma

849
Citations
Star Formation Thresholds and Galaxy Edges: Why and Where

Joop Schaye

721
Citations
On the relation between the Schmidt and Kennicutt-Schmidt star formation laws and its implications for numerical simulations

Joop Schaye;Claudio Dalla Vecchia

645
Citations
The APOSTLE simulations: solutions to the Local Group's cosmic puzzles

Till Sawala;Till Sawala;Carlos S. Frenk;Azadeh Fattahi;Julio F. Navarro

636
Citations
Simulating galactic outflows with thermal supernova feedback

Claudio Dalla Vecchia;Joop Schaye;Joop Schaye

609
Citations
Chemical enrichment in cosmological, smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations

Robert P. C. Wiersma;Joop Schaye;Tom Theuns;Tom Theuns;Claudio Dalla Vecchia

585
Citations
The Hot and Energetic Universe: A White Paper presenting the science theme motivating the Athena+ mission

Kirpal Nandra;Didier Barret;Xavier Barcons;Andy Fabian

582
Citations
The Aquila comparison project: the effects of feedback and numerical methods on simulations of galaxy formation

C. Scannapieco;M. Wadepuhl;O.H. Parry;O.H. Parry;J.F. Navarro

566
Citations
Simulating galactic outflows with kinetic supernova feedback

Claudio Dalla Vecchia;Joop Schaye

521
Citations
The EAGLE simulations of galaxy formation: Public release of halo and galaxy catalogues

S McAlpine;JC Helly;M Schaller;JW Trayford

519
Citations
METALLICITY OF THE INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM USING PIXEL STATISTICS. II. THE DISTRIBUTION OF METALS AS TRACED BY C IV

Joop Schaye;Anthony Aguirre;Tae-Sun Kim;Tae-Sun Kim;Tom Theuns;Tom Theuns

518
Citations