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Jorge Melendez 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 Jorge Melendez sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 284 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jorge Melendez 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 Jorge Melendez sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jorge Melendez is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and has a research focus in the field of Physics and Astronomy, with an emphasis on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their work spans multiple subfields including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Aerospace Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's research contributions cover a range of topics highlighted by numerous publications in stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, as well as astro and planetary science. Other notable areas of focus include astrophysics and star formation studies, astronomy and astrophysical research, solar and space plasma dynamics, astronomical and nuclear sciences, and gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

Jorge Melendez has published extensively in several key venues, with frequent contributions to the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and arXiv (Cornell University). Other publication venues include The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters.

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Jorge Melendez include:

  • "How Magnetic Activity Alters What We Learn from Stellar Spectra" (2020) - The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Chemical evidence for planetary ingestion in a quarter of Sun-like stars" (2021) - Nature Astronomy
  • "Detailed chemical compositions of planet-hosting stars - I. Exploration of possible planet signatures" (2020) - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Search for helium in the upper atmosphere of the hot Jupiter WASP-127 b using Gemini/Phoenix" (2020) - Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "The chemical abundance pattern of the extremely metal-poor thin disc star 2MASS J1808−5104 and its origins" (2022) - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequent collaboration appears with coauthors such as L. Spina, Jhon Yana Galarza, Diego Lorenzo-Oliveira, Giulia Martos, and Anne Rathsam, each with multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and Galactic disc(s). Improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey

    Luca Casagrande;Ralph Schoenrich;Martin Asplund;Santi Cassisi

  • An absolutely calibrated effective temperature scale from the InfraRed Flux Method

    L. Casagrande;I. Ramirez;J. Melendez;M. Bessell

  • New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and galactic disc(s) - improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey

    Luca Casagrande;R Schonrich;Martin Asplund;S Cassisi

  • An absolutely calibrated T eff scale from the infrared flux method. Dwarfs and subgiants

    L Casagrande;I Ramirez;Jorge Melendez;Michael Bessell

  • The Effective Temperature Scale of FGK Stars. II. Teff:Color:[Fe/H] Calibrations

    Ivan Ramirez;Ivan Ramirez;Jorge Melendez;Jorge Melendez

  • A library of high resolution synthetic stellar spectra from 300nm to 1.8 micron with solar and alpha-enhanced composition

    P. Coelho;B. Barbuy;J. Melendez;R. Schiavon

  • Chemical evolution of the Galactic bulge as traced by microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars - V. Evidence for a wide age distribution and a complex MDF

    Thomas Bensby;J. C. Yee;Sofia Feltzing;J. A. Johnson

  • A library of high resolution synthetic stellar spectra from 300 nm to 1.8 μm with solar and α-enhanced composition

    P. Coelho;B. Barbuy;J. Meléndez;R. P. Schiavon

  • Chemical evolution of the Galactic bulge as traced by microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars IV. Two bulge populations

    Thomas Bensby;Thomas Bensby;Daniel Adén;J. Melendez;A. Gould

  • The Peculiar Solar Composition and Its Possible Relation to Planet Formation

    Jorge Melendez;Jorge Melendez;Martin Asplund;Bengt Gustafsson;David Yong

  • Precise radial velocities of giant stars. III. Spectroscopic stellar parameters

    S. Hekker;J. Meléndez

  • Accurate abundance patterns of solar twins and analogs - Does the anomalous solar chemical composition come from planet formation?

    I Ramirez;Jorge Melendez;Martin Asplund

  • Abundances in a Large Sample of Stars in M3 and M13

    Judith G. Cohen;Jorge Meléndez

  • Chemical similarities between Galactic bulge and local thick disk red giants: O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, and Ti

    A Alves-Brito;A Alves-Brito;Jorge Melendez;Martin Asplund;I Ramirez

  • Both accurate and precise gf-values for FeII lines

    Jorge Melendez;Beatriz Barbuy

  • The effective temperature scale of FGK stars. I. Determination of temperatures and angular diameters with the infrared flux method

    Ivan Ramirez;Ivan Ramirez;Jorge Melendez;Jorge Melendez

  • Reappraising the Spite Lithium Plateau: Extremely Thin and Marginally Consistent with WMAP Data

    Jorge Meléndez;Iván Ramírez

  • Chemical Similarities Between Galactic Bulge And Local Thick Disk Red Giant Stars

    Jorge Melendez;Jorge Melendez;Martin Asplund;A Alves-Brito;Katia Cunha

  • A First Constraint on the Thick Disk Scale Length: Differential Radial Abundances in K Giants at Galactocentric Radii 4, 8, and 12 kpc

    T Bensby;A Alves-Brito;M. S. Oey;David Yong

  • New Extremely Metal-Poor Stars in the Galactic Halo*

    Judith G. Cohen;Norbert Christlieb;Andrew McWilliam;Stephen Shectman

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Asplund
Martin Asplund Australian National University
Beatriz Barbuy
Beatriz Barbuy Universidade de São Paulo
David Yong
David Yong Australian National University
Amanda I. Karakas
Amanda I. Karakas Monash University
Judith G. Cohen
Judith G. Cohen California Institute of Technology
Andrew Gould
Andrew Gould The Ohio State University
Ian B. Thompson
Ian B. Thompson Carnegie Institution for Science
Avishay Gal-Yam
Avishay Gal-Yam Weizmann Institute of Science
Norbert Christlieb
Norbert Christlieb Heidelberg University
Alvio Renzini
Alvio Renzini National Institute for Astrophysics

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