2026 Manuela Zoccali: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	91	2177	2071	7	7	421	29463

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Physics

2177

2071

421

29463

Overview

Manuela Zoccali is affiliated with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Chile. Their research primarily belongs to the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The main areas of their scholarly work include:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Astro and Planetary Science
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astronomical and nuclear sciences

Zoccali has contributed to several subfields within their main discipline, notably:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Instrumentation
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Computational Mechanics
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Their recent publications include the following papers:

"Final Targeting Strategy for the SDSS-IV APOGEE-2S Survey" (2021), published in The Astronomical Journal
"How many components? Quantifying the complexity of the metallicity distribution in the Milky Way bulge with APOGEE" (2020), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"The Tucana dwarf spheroidal galaxy: not such a massive failure after all" (2020), published in Astronomy and Astrophysics
"On the Use of Field RR Lyrae As Galactic Probes: IV. New Insights Into and Around the Oosterhoff Dichotomy" (2021), published in The Astrophysical Journal
"CAPOS: The bulge Cluster APOgee Survey" (2021), published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Zoccali frequently collaborates with several co-authors whose research partnerships include:

Á. Rojas-Arriagada
E. Valenti
R. Contreras Ramos
D. Minniti
M. Schultheis

Their work has been published in a variety of venues, reflecting the breadth of their research interests:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Astrophysical Journal
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

Best Publications

Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies and the Distant Universe

Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti;Franco D. Albareti

1542
Citations
Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe

Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti

1303
Citations
The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey

G. Gilmore;S. Randich;M. Asplund;J. Binney

1052
Citations
VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way

D. Minniti;P. W. Lucas;J. P. Emerson;R. K. Saito

987
Citations
The Hubble Space Telescope UV Legacy Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters. I. Overview of the Project and Detection of Multiple Stellar Populations

G. Piotto;G. Piotto;A. P. Milone;L. R. Bedin;J. Anderson

668
Citations
Vvv dr1: the first data release of the milky way bulge and southern plane from the near-infrared eso public survey vista variables in the via lactea

R. K. Saito;M. Hempel;D. Minniti;D. Minniti;P. W. Lucas

570
Citations
Installation and Commissioning of FLAMES, the VLT Multifibre Facility

L. Pasquini;G. Avila;A. Blecha;C. Cacciari

548
Citations
Age and Metallicity Distribution of the Galactic Bulge from Extensive Optical and Near-IR Stellar Photometry

Manuela Zoccali;Alvio Renzini;Sergio Ortolani;Laura Greggio

544
Citations
HST color-magnitude diagrams of 74 galactic globular clusters in the HST F439W and F555W bands ⋆

G. Piotto;I. R. King;S. G. Djorgovski;C. Sosin

507
Citations
HST color-magnitude diagrams of 74 galactic globular clusters in the HST F439W and F555W bands

G. Piotto;I. R. King;S. G. Djorgovski;C. Sosin

481
Citations
Reddening and metallicity maps of the Milky Way bulge from VVV and 2MASS II. The complete high resolution extinction map and implications for Bulge studies

O. A. Gonzalez;M. Rejkuba;M. Zoccali;E. Valenti

458
Citations
The Hubble Space Telescope UV Legacy Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters. I. Overview of the Project and Detection of Multiple Stellar Populations

Giampaolo Piotto;Giampaolo Piotto;Antonino Milone;Luigi Bedin;J. Anderson

439
Citations
The metal content of bulge field stars from FLAMES-GIRAFFE spectra - I. Stellar parameters and iron abundances

M. Zoccali;V. Hill;A. Lecureur;A. Lecureur;B. Barbuy

385
Citations
TWO RED CLUMPS AND THE X-SHAPED MILKY WAY BULGE

Andrew McWilliam;Manuela Zoccali

362
Citations
New evidence for the complex struscture of the RGB of Omega Cen

E. Pancino;F. R. Ferraro;M. Bellazzini;G. Piotto

356
Citations
The Adequacy of Stellar Evolution Models for the Interpretation of the Color-Magnitude Diagrams of Resolved Stellar Populations

C. Gallart;M. Zoccali;A. Aparicio

351
Citations
Reddening and metallicity maps of the Milky Way bulge from VVV and 2MASS II. The complete high resolution extinction map and implications for Galactic bulge studies

O. A. Gonzalez;M. Rejkuba;M. Zoccali;M. Zoccali;E. Valenti

342
Citations
Alpha element abundances and gradients in the Milky Way bulge from FLAMES-GIRAFFE spectra of 650 K giants

O. A. Gonzalez;M. Rejkuba;M. Zoccali;V. Hill

305
Citations
New Evidence for the Complex Structure of the Red Giant Branch in ω Centauri

Elena Pancino;Francesco R. Ferraro;Michele Bellazzini;Giampaolo Piotto

302
Citations
The two metallicity groups of the globular cluster M22: a chemical perspective

A. F. Marino;C. Sneden;R. P. Kraft;G. Wallerstein

289
Citations