2026 Joshua N. Winn: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	120	798	755	434	405	890	77082

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Physics

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405

890

77082

Overview

Joshua N. Winn is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research primarily focuses on Astronomy and Astrophysics, where they have published a substantial body of work alongside studies in Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering, and Geophysics.

Their main research topics include:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astro and Planetary Science
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
Space Exploration and Technology

Joshua N. Winn has frequently published in several scientific venues, including:

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

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Winn include:

"A giant planet candidate transiting a white dwarf," 2020, Nature
"TESS Eclipsing Binary Stars. I. Short-cadence Observations of 4584 Eclipsing Binaries in Sectors 1-26," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
"Vetting of 384 TESS Objects of Interest with TRICERATOPS and Statistical Validation of 12 Planet Candidates," 2020, The Astronomical Journal
"The California-Kepler Survey. X. The Radius Gap as a Function of Stellar Mass, Metallicity, and Age," 2022, The Astronomical Journal
"A remnant planetary core in the hot-Neptune desert," 2020, Nature

Frequent co-authors in Winn's collaborations include:

Sara Seager
Jon M. Jenkins
G. Ricker
David W. Latham
Karen A. Collins

In addition to journal articles, Joshua N. Winn has also contributed to book publications. One such publication is The Little Book of Exoplanets, published by Princeton University Press in 2023.

Best Publications

Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light

John D. Joannopoulos;Steven G. Johnson;Joshua N. Winn;Robert D. Meade

13698
Citations
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

George R. Ricker;Joshua N. Winn;Roland Vanderspek;David W. Latham

2813
Citations
A Dielectric Omnidirectional Reflector

Yoel Fink;Joshua N. Winn;Shanhui Fan;Chiping Chen

1927
Citations
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

George R. Ricker;Joshua N. Winn;Roland Vanderspek;David Winslow Latham

1707
Citations
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

George R. Ricker;Joshua N. Winn;Roland Vanderspek;David W. Latham

1303
Citations
A super-Earth transiting a nearby low-mass star

David Charbonneau;Zachory Kaczmarczyk Berta;Jonathan M Irwin;Christopher J. Burke

967
Citations
Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light - Second Edition

John D. Joannopoulos;Steven G. Johnson;Joshua N. Winn;Robert D. Meade

964
Citations
The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List.

Keivan G. Stassun;Ryan J. Oelkers;Martin Paegert;Guillermo Torres

936
Citations
The Occurrence and Architecture of Exoplanetary Systems

Joshua N. Winn;Daniel C. Fabrycky

874
Citations
Kepler-16: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet

Laurance R. Doyle;Joshua A. Carter;Daniel C. Fabrycky;Robert W. Slawson

788
Citations
Masses, Radii, and Orbits of Small Kepler Planets: The Transition from Gaseous to Rocky Planets

Geoffrey W. Marcy;Howard Isaacson;Andrew W. Howard;Jason F. Rowe

759
Citations
Omnidirectional reflection from a one-dimensional photonic crystal.

Joshua N. Winn;Yoel Fink;Shanhui Fan;J. D. Joannopoulos

734
Citations
HOT STARS WITH HOT JUPITERS HAVE HIGH OBLIQUITIES

Joshua Nathan Winn;Daniel C. Fabrycky;Simon H. Albrecht;John Asher Johnson

714
Citations
Obliquities of Hot Jupiter host stars: Evidence for tidal interactions and primordial misalignments

Simon H. Albrecht;Joshua Nathan Winn;John Asher Johnson;John Asher Johnson;Andrew W. Howard

702
Citations
Masses, Radii, and Orbits of Small Kepler Planets: The Transition From Gaseous to Rocky Planets

Geoffrey W. Marcy;Howard Isaacson;Andrew W. Howard;Jason F. Rowe

579
Citations
Improved Parameters for Extrasolar Transiting Planets

Guillermo Torres;Joshua N. Winn;Matthew J. Holman

536
Citations
THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET SURVEY SATELLITE: SIMULATIONS OF PLANET DETECTIONS AND ASTROPHYSICAL FALSE POSITIVES

Peter W. Sullivan;Peter W. Sullivan;Joshua N. Winn;Joshua N. Winn;Zachory K. Berta-Thompson;David Charbonneau

524
Citations
Transiting circumbinary planets Kepler-34 b and Kepler-35 b

William F. Welsh;Jerome A. Orosz;Joshua A. Carter;Daniel C. Fabrycky

512
Citations
CRATES: An All-Sky Survey of Flat-Spectrum Radio Sources

Stephen E. Healey;Roger W. Romani;Gregory B. Taylor;Elaine M. Sadler

485
Citations
Kepler-36: A Pair of Planets with Neighboring Orbits and Dissimilar Densities

Joshua A. Carter;Eric Agol;William J. Chaplin;Sarbani Basu

436
Citations