2026 Joseph F. Hennawi: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	106	1346	1276	704	656	432	34707

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Physics

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1276

704

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432

34707

Overview

Joseph F. Hennawi is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their primary research area is in Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their subfields of study include Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Applied Mathematics.

The main topics of Joseph F. Hennawi's research encompass:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Scientific Research and Discoveries

The scientist has published extensively across several frequent venues, including:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Astrophysical Journal
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Notable recent papers by Joseph F. Hennawi include:

"PypeIt: The Python Spectroscopic Data Reduction Pipeline" (2020), published in The Journal of Open Source Software
"Hydrogen reionization ends by z = 5.3: Lyman-α optical depth measured by the XQR-30 sample" (2022), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Probing Early Supermassive Black Hole Growth and Quasar Evolution with Near-infrared Spectroscopy of 37 Reionization-era Quasars at 6.3 ≤ z ≤ 7.64" (2021), published in The Astrophysical Journal
"pypeit/PypeIt: Release 1.0.0" (2020), published on arXiv (Cornell University)
"The X-SHOOTER/ALMA Sample of Quasars in the Epoch of Reionization. I. NIR Spectral Modeling, Iron Enrichment, and Broad Emission Line Properties" (2020), published in The Astrophysical Journal

Joseph F. Hennawi's research collaborations are reflected in frequent co-authorship with several scientists, including:

Frederick B. Davies
Feige Wang
Anna-Christina Eilers
Jinyi Yang
Eduardo Bañados

Best Publications

SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS

Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara

2519
Citations
An 800-million-solar-mass black hole in a significantly neutral Universe at a redshift of 7.5

Eduardo Bañados;Bram P. Venemans;Chiara Mazzucchelli;Emanuele P. Farina

1080
Citations
Near - infrared photometry and spectroscopy of L and T dwarfs: The Effects of temperature, clouds, and gravity

Gillian R. Knapp;Sandy K. Leggett;Xiaohui Fan;Mark S. Marley

616
Citations
Clustering of High Redshift ($z\ge 2.9$) Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Yue Shen;Michael A. Strauss;Masamune Oguri;Joseph F. Hennawi

567
Citations
A Survey of z>5.7 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III: Discovery of Five Additional Quasars

Xiaohui Fan;Joseph F. Hennawi;Gordon T. Richards;Michael A. Strauss

566
Citations
A Survey of z > 5.7 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. IV. Discovery of Seven Additional Quasars* **

Xiaohui Fan;Xiaohui Fan;Michael A. Strauss;Gordon T. Richards;Gordon T. Richards;Joseph F. Hennawi

541
Citations
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar catalog: ninth data release

Isabelle Pâris;Patrick Petitjean;Eric Aubourg;Stephen Bailey

461
Citations
The SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Quasar Target Selection for Data Release Nine

Nicholas P. Ross;Adam D. Myers;Erin S. Sheldon;Christophe Yèche

455
Citations
Clustering of High Redshift (Z >= 2.9) Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Yue Shen;Michael Abram Strauss;Masamune Oguri;Masamune Oguri;Joseph F. Hennawi

452
Citations
Binary Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Evidence for Excess Clustering on Small Scales

Joseph F. Hennawi;Michael A. Strauss;Masamune Oguri;Naohisa Inada

432
Citations
A cosmic web filament revealed in Lyman-α emission around a luminous high-redshift quasar

Sebastiano Cantalupo;Fabrizio Arrigoni-Battaia;J. Xavier Prochaska;J. Xavier Prochaska;Joseph F. Hennawi

388
Citations
A Luminous Quasar at Redshift 7.642

Feige Wang;Jinyi Yang;Xiaohui Fan;Joseph F. Hennawi;Joseph F. Hennawi

337
Citations
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar catalog: ninth data release

I. Pĝris;I. Pĝris;P. Petitjean;É Aubourg;S. Bailey

327
Citations
Binary Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Evidence for Excess Clustering on Small Scales

Joseph F. Hennawi;Joseph F. Hennawi;Michael Abram Strauss;Masamune Oguri;Masamune Oguri;Naohisa Inada

313
Citations
Physical Properties of 15 Quasars at z ≳ 6.5

C. Mazzucchelli;Eduardo Bañados;Eduardo Bañados;B. P. Venemans;R. Decarli

312
Citations
The clustering of intermediate redshift quasars as measured by the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey

Martin White;Adam D. Myers;Nicholas P. Ross;David J. Schlegel

312
Citations
THE SDSS-III BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY: QUASAR TARGET SELECTION FOR DATA RELEASE NINE

Nicholas P. Ross;Nicholas P. Ross;Adam D. Myers;Adam D. Myers;Erin S. Sheldon;Christophe Yèche

301
Citations
Quantitative constraints on the reionization history from the igm damping wing signature in two quasars at z > 7

Frederick B. Davies;Joseph F. Hennawi;Joseph F. Hennawi;Eduardo Bañados;Zarija Lukić

290
Citations
Characterizing the cluster lens population

Joseph F. Hennawi;Joseph F. Hennawi;Neal Krishnakant Dalal;Paul Bode;Jeremiah P. Ostriker

288
Citations
Physical properties of 15 quasars at $z\gtrsim 6.5$

C. Mazzucchelli;E. Bañados;B. P. Venemans;R. Decarli

281
Citations