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Laura Pentericci 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 Laura Pentericci sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 509 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Laura Pentericci 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 Laura Pentericci sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 120 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Laura Pentericci is affiliated with the National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research primarily focuses on Astronomy and Astrophysics, with significant work also spanning Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Computational Mechanics.

The main topics of their work include:

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

Pentericci's publication record shows frequent contributions in several respected venues, including:

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

Some recent notable papers involving or associated with their research are:

  • CEERS Key Paper. I. An Early Look into the First 500 Myr of Galaxy Formation with JWST, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: A Candidate z ∼ 12 Galaxy in Early JWST CEERS Imaging, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Early Results from GLASS-JWST. III. Galaxy Candidates at z ∼9-15*, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • The GLASS-JWST Early Release Science Program. I. Survey Design and Release Plans, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • CEERS Epoch 1 NIRCam Imaging: Reduction Methods and Simulations Enabling Early JWST Science Results, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • M. Castellano
  • Antonello Calabrò
  • A. Fontana
  • R. Amorín
  • Anton M. Koekemoer

Best Publications

  • CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey - The Hubble Space Telescope Observations, Imaging Data Products and Mosaics

    Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

  • CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey

    Norman A. Grogin;Dale D. Kocevski;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson

  • Candels: The cosmic assembly near-infrared deep extragalactic legacy survey - The hubble space telescope observations, imaging data products, and mosaics

    Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

  • A Survey of z>5.8 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey I: Discovery of Three New Quasars and the Spatial Density of Luminous Quasars at z~6

    Xiaohui Fan;Vijay K. Narayanan;Robert H. Lupton;Michael A. Strauss

  • 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

  • A Survey of z > 5.8 quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey I: Discovery of three new quasars and the spatial density of luminous quasars at z ~ 6

    Xiaohui Fan;Vijay K. Narayanan;Robert H. Lupton;Michael Abram Strauss

  • A Survey of z>5.7 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II: Discovery of Three Additional Quasars at z>6

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

  • AMAZE - I. The evolution of the mass–metallicity relation at z $>$ 3

    R. Maiolino;T. Nagao;A. Grazian;F. Cocchia

  • Evolution of the ionizing background and the epoch of reionization from the spectra of z ∼ 6 quasars

    Xiaohui Fan;Vijay K. Narayanan;Michael A. Strauss;Richard L. White

  • The Galaxy Mass Function up to z=4 in the GOODS-MUSIC sample: into the epoch of formation of massive galaxies ⋆

    A. Fontana;S. Salimbeni;A. Grazian;E. Giallongo

  • Spectroscopic confirmation of z~7 LBGs: probing the earliest galaxies and the epoch of reionization

    L. Pentericci;A. Fontana;E. Vanzella;M. Castellano

  • Unusual broad absorption line quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Patrick B. Hall;Patrick B. Hall;Scott F. Anderson;Michael A. Strauss;Donald G. York

  • Protoclusters associated with z > 2 radio galaxies - I. Characteristics of high redshift protoclusters

    B. P. Venemans;H. J. A. Röttgering;G. K. Miley;W. J. M. Van Breugel;W. J. M. Van Breugel

  • The VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey: ~10,000 galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts to study galaxy assembly at early epochs 2<z<~6

    O. Le Fevre;L.A.M. Tasca;P. Cassata;B. Garilli

  • Star formation and mass assembly in high-redshift galaxies

    P. Santini;P. Santini;A. Fontana;A. Grazian;S. Salimbeni;S. Salimbeni

  • CANDELS Multiwavelength catalogs: Source Identification and Photometry in the CANDELS UKIDSS Ultra-Deep Survey Field

    Audrey Galametz;Andrea Grazian;Adriano Fontana;Henry C. Ferguson

  • Faint AGNs at z > 4 in the CANDELS GOODS-S field: looking for contributors to the reionization of the Universe

    E. Giallongo;A. Grazian;F. Fiore;A. Fontana

  • The VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey: ~10 000 galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts to study galaxy assembly at early epochs 2 < z ≃ 6

    O. Le Fevre;L.A.M. Tasca;P. Cassata;B. Garilli

  • Planck 2018 results

    Joao Alves;Thierry Forveille;Laura Pentericci;Steve Shore

  • NICMOS measurements of the near-infrared background

    R. Thompson;D. Eisenstein;X. Fan;M. Rieke

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriano Fontana
Adriano Fontana National Institute for Astrophysics
Nimish P. Hathi
Nimish P. Hathi Space Telescope Science Institute
Daniel Schaerer
Daniel Schaerer University of Geneva
Andrea Grazian
Andrea Grazian National Institute for Astrophysics
G. Zamorani
G. Zamorani National Institute for Astrophysics
Eros Vanzella
Eros Vanzella National Institute for Astrophysics
Anton M. Koekemoer
Anton M. Koekemoer Space Telescope Science Institute
O. Le Fevre
O. Le Fevre Aix-Marseille University
S. Bardelli
S. Bardelli National Institute for Astrophysics
Ross J. McLure
Ross J. McLure University of Edinburgh

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