2026 Lars Hernquist: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	189	441	409	294	268	1078	145471
Physics	192	86	84	65	63	1076	152373

Lars Hernquist 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 Lars Hernquist sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,076 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lars Hernquist 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 Lars Hernquist sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 192 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1991 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Lars Hernquist is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their work focuses primarily on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with substantial contributions to Astronomy and Astrophysics. Hernquist's research covers several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Global and Planetary Change, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist has authored numerous publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

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

Hernquist's research spans core topics such as:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Hernquist include:

"The relationship between black hole mass and galaxy properties: examining the black hole feedback model in IllustrisTNG," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Introducing the thesan project: radiation-magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the epoch of reionization," 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Resolving small-scale cold circumgalactic gas in TNG50," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Ejective and preventative: the IllustrisTNG black hole feedback and its effects on the thermodynamics of the gas within and around galaxies," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Quenched fractions in the IllustrisTNG simulations: comparison with observations and other theoretical models," 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequent co-authors working alongside Hernquist include:

Mark Vogelsberger
Volker Springel
Rahul Kannan
Rüdiger Pakmor
Dylan Nelson

Throughout their career, Hernquist has been recognized by several distinguished bodies. Awards include:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2008)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2007)
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1991)

Best Publications

An Analytical Model for Spherical Galaxies and Bulges

Lars Hernquist

4734
Citations
Energy input from quasars regulates the growth and activity of black holes and their host galaxies

Tiziana Di Matteo;Volker Springel;Lars Hernquist

3762
Citations
Modelling feedback from stars and black holes in galaxy mergers

Volker Springel;Tiziana Di Matteo;Lars Hernquist

2563
Citations
Cosmological smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations: a hybrid multiphase model for star formation

Volker Springel;Lars Hernquist

2514
Citations
Introducing the Illustris Project: simulating the coevolution of dark and visible matter in the Universe

Mark Vogelsberger;Shy Genel;Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Paul Torrey

2434
Citations
Gasdynamics and starbursts in major mergers

J Christopher Mihos;Lars Hernquist

2343
Citations
A Cosmological Framework for the Co-Evolution of Quasars, Supermassive Black Holes, and Elliptical Galaxies. I. Galaxy Mergers and Quasar Activity

Philip F. Hopkins;Lars Hernquist;Thomas J. Cox;Dušan Kereš

2028
Citations
Transformations of Galaxies. II. Gasdynamics in Merging Disk Galaxies

Joshua E. Barnes;Lars Hernquist;Lars Hernquist

1966
Citations
A Unified, Merger-driven Model of the Origin of Starbursts, Quasars, the Cosmic X-Ray Background, Supermassive Black Holes, and Galaxy Spheroids

Philip F. Hopkins;Lars Hernquist;Thomas J. Cox;Tiziana Di Matteo

1868
Citations
TREESPH: A Unification of SPH with the Hierarchical Tree Method

Lars Hernquist;Neal Katz

1641
Citations
Simulating galaxy formation with the IllustrisTNG model

Annalisa Pillepich;Annalisa Pillepich;Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Dylan Nelson;Shy Genel;Shy Genel

1625
Citations
First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: matter and galaxy clustering

Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Rüdiger Pakmor;Annalisa Pillepich;Rainer Weinberger

1499
Citations
Bevformer: learning bird's-eye-view representation from lidar-camera via spatiotemporal transformers

Unknown

1426
Citations
First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: the stellar mass content of groups and clusters of galaxies

Annalisa Pillepich;Annalisa Pillepich;Dylan Nelson;Lars Hernquist;Volker Springel;Volker Springel

1401
Citations
Fueling Starburst Galaxies with Gas-rich Mergers

Joshua E. Barnes;Lars E. Hernquist

1383
Citations
Properties of galaxies reproduced by a hydrodynamic simulation

Mark Vogelsberger;Shy Genel;Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Paul Torrey

1377
Citations
DYNAMICS OF INTERACTING GALAXIES

Joshua E. Barnes;Lars Hernquist

1344
Citations
A semi-analytic model for the co-evolution of galaxies, black holes and active galactic nuclei

Rachel S. Somerville;Philip F. Hopkins;Thomas J. Cox;Brant E. Robertson

1306
Citations
First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: the galaxy colour bimodality

Dylan Nelson;Annalisa Pillepich;Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Rainer Weinberger

1286
Citations
Cosmological simulations with TreeSPH

Neal Katz;David H. Weinberg;Lars Hernquist

1237
Citations