2026 Luca Cortese: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	106	1353	1282	35	34	428	32348

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Physics

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32348

Overview

Luca Cortese is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their primary field of study is Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, and Spectroscopy as significant subfields. They have also engaged in research related to Biomedical Engineering and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Their research encompasses a variety of topics, including:

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

Cortese has published extensively, with numerous papers appearing in respected scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

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

Some of their recent papers are:

The Dawes Review 9: The role of cold gas stripping on the star formation quenching of satellite galaxies (2021), Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Galaxy cold gas contents in modern cosmological hydrodynamic simulations (2020), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The SAMI Galaxy Survey: the third and final data release (2021), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
xGASS: cold gas content and quenching in galaxies below the star-forming main sequence (2020), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
VERTICO: The Virgo Environment Traced in CO Survey (2021), The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Their research collaborations feature frequent co-authors such as:

Barbara Catinella
Jesse van de Sande
S. M. Croom
Joss Bland-Hawthorn
Julia J. Bryant

Best Publications

The Herschel ATLAS

S. Eales;L. Dunne;D. Clements;A. Cooray

821
Citations
COLD GASS, an IRAM legacy survey of molecular gas in massive galaxies: I. Relations between H2, HI, stellar content and structural properties

Amelie Saintonge;Guinevere Kauffmann;Carsten Kramer;Linda J. Tacconi

724
Citations
The Herschel ATLAS

Stephen Anthony Eales;L. Dunne;D. Clements;A. Cooray

669
Citations
COLD GASS, an IRAM legacy survey of molecular gas in massive galaxies – I. Relations between H2, H i, stellar content and structural properties

Amélie Saintonge;Guinevere Kauffmann;Carsten Kramer;Linda J. Tacconi

569
Citations
COLD GASS, an IRAM Legacy Survey of Molecular Gas in Massive Galaxies: II. The non-universality of the Molecular Gas Depletion Timescale

Amelie Saintonge;Guinevere Kauffmann;Jing Wang;Carsten Kramer

561
Citations
The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Instrument specification and target selection

J. J. Bryant;J. J. Bryant;M. S. Owers;A. S. G. Robotham;S. M. Croom

526
Citations
xCOLD GASS: the complete IRAM-30m legacy survey of molecular gas for galaxy evolution studies

Amélie Saintonge;Barbara Catinella;Linda J. Tacconi;Guinevere Kauffmann

433
Citations
The applicability of far-infrared fine-structure lines as star formation rate tracers over wide ranges of metallicities and galaxy types

Ilse De Looze;Diane Cormier;Vianney Lebouteiller;Suzanne Madden

422
Citations
COLD GASS, an IRAM legacy survey of molecular gas in massive galaxies - II. The non-universality of the molecular gas depletion time-scale

Amélie Saintonge;Guinevere Kauffmann;Jing Wang;Carsten Kramer

418
Citations
The applicability of FIR fine-structure lines as Star Formation Rate tracers over wide ranges of metallicities and galaxy types

Ilse De Looze;Diane Cormier;Vianney Lebouteiller;Suzanne Madden

415
Citations
The Herschel Reference Survey

A. Boselli;S. Eales;L. Cortese;G. Bendo

399
Citations
Variations in the Galactic star formation rate and density thresholds for star formation

S. N. Longmore;J. Bally;L. Testi;L. Testi;C. R. Purcell;C. R. Purcell

370
Citations
xGASS: total cold gas scaling relations and molecular-to-atomic gas ratios of galaxies in the local Universe

Barbara Catinella;Amélie Saintonge;Steven Janowiecki;Luca Cortese

342
Citations
The Herschel Reference Survey

A. Boselli;Stephen Anthony Eales;Luca Cortese;G. Bendo

330
Citations
XCOLD GASS: The Complete IRAM 30 m Legacy Survey of Molecular Gas for Galaxy Evolution Studies

Amélie Saintonge;Barbara Catinella;Linda J. Tacconi;Guinevere Kauffmann

289
Citations
The effect of the environment on the HI scaling relations

L. Cortese;B. Catinella;S. Boissier;A. Boselli

274
Citations
An Overview of the Dwarf Galaxy Survey

S. C. Madden;A. Remy Ruyer;M. Galametz;D. Cormier

258
Citations
An Overview of the Dwarf Galaxy Survey

S.C. Madden;A. Rémy-Ruyer;M. Galametz;D. Cormier

251
Citations
Radial variation of attenuation and star formation in the largest late-type disks observed with GALEX

Samuel Boissier;Armando Gil De Paz;Armando Gil De Paz;Alessandro Boselli;Barry F. Madore;Barry F. Madore

249
Citations
Molecular and atomic gas along and across the main sequence of star-forming galaxies

Amelie Saintonge;Barbara Catinella;Luca Cortese;Reinhard Genzel

241
Citations