2026 Marijn Franx: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	188	92	90	2	2	747	106214

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

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Physics

188

747

106214

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Physics in Netherlands Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Physics in Netherlands Leader Award
2010 - Spinoza Prize, Dutch Research Council
2009 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Marijn Franx is a researcher affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands. Their work primarily spans the fields of physics and astronomy, with a particular focus on astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, atomic and molecular physics and optics, computational mechanics, and nuclear and high energy physics.

Their research topics encompass astronomy and astrophysical research, galaxies in terms of formation, evolution, and phenomena, stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, astrophysics and star formation studies, adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, and astronomical observations and instrumentation.

Marijn Franx has contributed frequently to a number of publication venues. These include:

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

Recent papers featuring Marijn Franx include:

The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope, 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
COSMOS2020: A Panchromatic View of the Universe to z ∼ 10 from Two Complementary Catalogs, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Spectroscopic confirmation of four metal-poor galaxies at z = 10.3-13.2, 2023, Nature Astronomy
The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope, 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
In-orbit Performance of the Near-infrared Spectrograph NIRSpec on the James Webb Space Telescope, 2023, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Frequent collaborators of Marijn Franx include:

Rachel Bezanson
Michael V. Maseda
Anna de Graaff
Gabriel Brammer
Pieter van Dokkum

Marijn Franx has been recognized with notable awards during their career:

Spinoza Prize, Dutch Research Council, 2010
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2009

Best Publications

UV Luminosity Functions at redshifts z~4 to z~10: 10000 Galaxies from HST Legacy Fields

R. J. Bouwens;G. D. Illingworth;P. A. Oesch;M. Trenti

1572
Citations
A new method for the identification of non-Gaussian line profiles in elliptical galaxies

Roeland P. van der Marel;Marijn Franx

1114
Citations
UV Luminosity Functions at z~4, 5, and 6 from the Hubble Ultra Deep Field and Other Deep Hubble Space Telescope ACS Fields: Evolution and Star Formation History*

Rychard J Bouwens;Garth D Illingworth;Marijn Franx;Holland Ford

1061
Citations
UV luminosity functions at redshifts z ∼ 4 to z ∼ 10: 10,000 galaxies from HST legacy fields

R.J. Bouwens;R.J. Bouwens;G.D. Illingworth;P.A. Oesch;P.A. Oesch;M. Trenti

1055
Citations
The Star Formation Mass Sequence Out to z = 2.5

Katherine E. Whitaker;Pieter G. van Dokkum;Gabriel Brammer;Marijn Franx

1054
Citations
Detection of Quiescent Galaxies in a Bicolor Sequence from Z = 0-2

Rik J. Williams;Ryan F. Quadri;Marijn Franx;Pieter van Dokkum

1035
Citations
UV Luminosity Functions at z~4, 5, and 6 from the HUDF and other Deep HST ACS Fields: Evolution and Star Formation History

Rychard J. Bouwens;Garth D. Illingworth;Marijn Franx;Holland Ford

1018
Citations
An ultra-deep near-infrared spectrum of a compact quiescent galaxy at z=2.2

Mariska Kriek;Pieter G. van Dokkum;Ivo Labbé;Marijn Franx

1014
Citations
UV Luminosity Functions from 132 z~7 and z~8 Lyman-Break Galaxies in the ultra-deep HUDF09 and wide-area ERS WFC3/IR Observations

R. J. Bouwens;G. D. Illingworth;P. A. Oesch;I. Labbe

989
Citations
3D-HST+CANDELS: THE EVOLUTION OF THE GALAXY SIZE–MASS DISTRIBUTION SINCE z = 3

A. van der Wel;M. Franx;P.G. van Dokkum;R.E. Skelton

952
Citations
The Growth of Massive Galaxies Since z = 2

Pieter G. van Dokkum;Pieter G. van Dokkum;Katherine E. Whitaker;Katherine E. Whitaker;Gabriel Brammer;Gabriel Brammer;Marijn Franx

929
Citations
Confirmation of the Remarkable Compactness of Massive Quiescent Galaxies at z ~ 2.3: Early-Type Galaxies Did not Form in a Simple Monolithic Collapse* **

Pieter G. van Dokkum;Marijn Franx;Mariska Kriek;Bradford Holden

898
Citations
THE EVOLUTION OF THE STELLAR MASS FUNCTIONS OF STAR-FORMING AND QUIESCENT GALAXIES TO z = 4 FROM THE COSMOS/UltraVISTA SURVEY*

Adam Muzzin;Danilo Marchesini;Mauro Stefanon;Marijn Franx

811
Citations
3D-HST WFC3-selected Photometric Catalogs in the Five CANDELS/3D-HST Fields: Photometry, Photometric Redshifts, and Stellar Masses

Rosalind E. Skelton;Katherine E. Whitaker;Ivelina G. Momcheva;Gabriel B. Brammer

797
Citations
The 3D-HST Survey: Hubble Space Telescope WFC3/G141 grism spectra, redshifts, and emission line measurements for $\sim 100,000$ galaxies

Ivelina G. Momcheva;Gabriel B. Brammer;Pieter G. van Dokkum;Rosalind E. Skelton

796
Citations
CONSTRAINING THE LOW-MASS SLOPE OF THE STAR FORMATION SEQUENCE AT 0.5 < z < 2.5

Katherine E. Whitaker;Marijn Franx;Joel Leja;Pieter G. van Dokkum

719
Citations
A Significant Population of Red, Near-IR Selected High Redshift Galaxies

Marijn Franx;Ivo Labbe;Gregory Rudnick;Pieter G. van Dokkum

713
Citations
The Fundamental Plane for cluster E and S0 galaxies

Inger Jørgensen;Inger Jørgensen;Marijn Franx;Per Kjaergaard

700
Citations
Ultraviolet Luminosity Functions from 132 z ~ 7 and z ~ 8 Lyman-break Galaxies in the Ultra-deep HUDF09 and Wide-area Early Release Science WFC3/IR Observations

R. J. Bouwens;R. J. Bouwens;G. D. Illingworth;P. A. Oesch;I. Labbé

679
Citations
UV Luminosity Functions at redshifts z~4 to z~10: 11000 Galaxies from HST Legacy Fields

R. J. Bouwens;G. D. Illingworth;P. A. Oesch;M. Trenti

10
Citations