2026 Mark J. Reid: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	108	1249	1182	655	608	564	44089

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Overview

Mark J. Reid is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and specializes in Physics and Astronomy, with a primary focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research portfolio includes 66 publications predominantly in these domains, with contributions also in Computational Mechanics, Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Their work covers a variety of topics related to astrophysical phenomena and observations, stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, and astrophysics and star formation studies. They have contributed research in gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, pulsars and gravitational waves research, radio astronomy observations and technology, and galaxy formation, evolution, and phenomena.

Mark J. Reid has published in multiple scientific venues, with a strong presence in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Frequent collaborators include K. M. Menten, A. Brunthaler, Lucas J. Hyland, S. P. Ellingsen, and Bo Zhang, highlighting a network of consistent co-authorship across their research projects.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on X-ray binaries, maser emission, and galactic dynamics, including the following papers:

"Cygnus X-1 contains a 21-solar mass black hole-Implications for massive star winds" (2021, Science)
"The Megamaser Cosmology Project − XII. VLBI imaging of H2O maser emission in three active galaxies and the effect of AGN winds on disc dynamics" (2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
"On the Distances to the X-Ray Binaries Cygnus X-3 and GRS 1915+105" (2023, The Astrophysical Journal)
"SiO maser astrometry of the red transient V838 Monocerotis" (2020, Springer Link [Chiba Institute of Technology])
"Trigonometric Parallaxes of Four Star-forming Regions in the Distant Inner Galaxy" (2021, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series)

Best Publications

A 2.4% DETERMINATION OF THE LOCAL VALUE OF THE HUBBLE CONSTANT*

Adam G. Riess;Adam G. Riess;Lucas M. Macri;Samantha L. Hoffmann;Dan Scolnic;Dan Scolnic

2457
Citations
Trigonometric Parallaxes of Massive Star Forming Regions: VI. Galactic Structure, Fundamental Parameters and Non-Circular Motions

M. J. Reid;K. M. Menten;X. W. Zheng;A. Brunthaler

1665
Citations
A star in a 15.2-year orbit around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way

R. Schödel;T. Ott;R. Genzel;R. Hofmann

1339
Citations
TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES OF HIGH MASS STAR FORMING REGIONS: THE STRUCTURE AND KINEMATICS OF THE MILKY WAY

M. J. Reid;K. M. Menten;A. Brunthaler;X. W. Zheng

1247
Citations
TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES OF MASSIVE STAR-FORMING REGIONS. VI. GALACTIC STRUCTURE, FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS, AND NONCIRCULAR MOTIONS

M. J. Reid;K. M. Menten;X. W. Zheng;A. Brunthaler

1175
Citations
The Proper Motion of Sgr A*: II. The Mass of Sgr A*

M. J. Reid;A. Brunthaler

1051
Citations
The distance to the center of the Galaxy.

Mark J. Reid

1020
Citations
The distance to the Orion Nebula

K. M. Menten;M. J. Reid;J. Forbrich;J. Forbrich;A. Brunthaler

922
Citations
The Proper Motion of Sagittarius A*. II. The Mass of Sagittarius A*

Mark J. Reid;A. Brunthaler

861
Citations
Proper motions and distances of H2O maser sources. I. The outflow in Orion-KL.

R. Genzel;M. J. Reid;J. M. Moran;D. Downes

553
Citations
An Extremely Top-Heavy IMF in the Galactic Center Stellar Disks

H. Bartko;F. Martins;S. Trippe;T. K. Fritz

516
Citations
The distance to the Perseus spiral arm in the Milky Way.

Y. Xu;M. J. Reid;X. W. Zheng;K. M. Menten

420
Citations
TOWARD A NEW GEOMETRIC DISTANCE TO THE ACTIVE GALAXY NGC 4258. III. FINAL RESULTS AND THE HUBBLE CONSTANT

E. M. L. Humphreys;E. M. L. Humphreys;Mark Jonathan Reid;James M. Moran;Lincoln Jared Greenhill

418
Citations
AN EXTREMELY TOP-HEAVY INITIAL MASS FUNCTION IN THE GALACTIC CENTER STELLAR DISKS

H. Bartko;F. Martins;S. Trippe;T. K. Fritz

410
Citations
The megamaser cosmology project. III. Accurate masses of seven supermassive black holes in active galaxies with circumnuclear megamaser disks

C. Y. Kuo;J. A. Braatz;J. J. Condon;C. M. V. Impellizzeri

401
Citations
Precise Black Hole Masses From Megamaser Disks: Black Hole-Bulge Relations at Low Mass

J. E. Greene;C. Y. Peng;M. Kim;C. Y. Kuo

393
Citations
THE MASS OF THE BLACK HOLE IN CYGNUS X-1

Jerome A. Orosz;Jeffrey E. McClintock;Jason P. Aufdenberg;Ronald A. Remillard

388
Citations
Toward a New Geometric Distance to the Active Galaxy NGC 4258. III. Final Results and the Hubble Constant

Liz Humphreys;Mark Reid;Jim Moran;Lincoln Greenhill

366
Citations
The Megamaser Cosmology Project. XIII. Combined Hubble Constant Constraints

D. W. Pesce;D. W. Pesce;J. A. Braatz;M. J. Reid;A. G. Riess;A. G. Riess

354
Citations
The distance to the center of the galaxy

J. M. Moran;M. J. Reid;M. H. Schneps;C. R. Gwinn

0
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