2026 Marta Volonteri: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	109	1224	1158	45	43	340	36891

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Physics

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1158

340

36891

Overview

Marta Volonteri is a researcher affiliated with the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris in France. Their work spans several areas within physics and astronomy, with a particular focus on topics related to galaxies, astrophysical phenomena, and cosmology.

The main fields of study for Volonteri encompass:

Physics and Astronomy

Within these broader fields, their research delves into multiple subfields including:

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

Volonteri's scientific output addresses a range of topics such as:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

Their frequent collaborators include researchers such as Yohan Dubois, Maxime Trebitsch, Jinyi Yang, Alessandro Lupi, and Ricarda S. Beckmann.

Volonteri has contributed extensively to various scientific venues, notably:

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

Recent publications of Marta Volonteri include:

UNCOVER Spectroscopy Confirms the Surprising Ubiquity of Active Galactic Nuclei in Red Sources at z > 5 (2024), The Astrophysical Journal
Unveiling the gravitational universe at μ-Hz frequencies (2021), Experimental Astronomy
Evidence for heavy-seed origin of early supermassive black holes from a z ≈ 10 X-ray quasar (2023), Nature Astronomy
Introducing the NEWHORIZON simulation: Galaxy properties with resolved internal dynamics across cosmic time (2021), Astronomy and Astrophysics
Supermassive black holes in cosmological simulations I: MBH − M⋆ relation and black hole mass function (2021), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Best Publications

The Assembly and Merging History of Supermassive Black Holes in Hierarchical Models of Galaxy Formation

Marta Volonteri;Francesco Haardt;Piero Madau

1069
Citations
Formation of Supermassive Black Holes by Direct Collapse in Pregalactic Halos

Mitchell C. Begelman;Marta Volonteri;Martin J. Rees

956
Citations
Formation of supermassive black holes by direct collapse in pre-galactic haloes

Mitchell C. Begelman;Mitchell C. Begelman;Marta Volonteri;Martin J. Rees

920
Citations
Formation of supermassive black holes

Marta Volonteri

909
Citations
Dancing in the dark: galactic properties trace spin swings along the cosmic web

Y. Dubois;C. Pichon;C. Welker;C. Welker;D. Le Borgne

845
Citations
Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap

Leor Barack;Vitor Cardoso;Vitor Cardoso;Samaya Nissanke;Samaya Nissanke;Samaya Nissanke;Thomas P. Sotiriou

794
Citations
The Hot and Energetic Universe: A White Paper presenting the science theme motivating the Athena+ mission

Kirpal Nandra;Didier Barret;Xavier Barcons;Andy Fabian

582
Citations
Relations between Central Black Hole Mass and Total Galaxy Stellar Mass in the Local Universe

Amy E. Reines;Marta Volonteri

574
Citations
The Chandra COSMOS Survey. I. Overview and Point Source Catalog

Martin Elvis;Francesca Civano;Cristian Vignali;Simonetta Puccetti

564
Citations
Low-frequency gravitational-wave science with eLISA/NGO

Pau Amaro-Seoane;Sofiane Aoudia;Stanislav Babak;Pierre Binetruy

519
Citations
Rapid Growth of High-Redshift Black Holes

Marta Volonteri;Martin J. Rees

484
Citations
Early growth of high redshift black holes

Muhammad A. Latif;Marta Volonteri;John H. Wise

465
Citations
The Formation and Evolution of Massive Black Holes

Marta Volonteri;Marta Volonteri

447
Citations
The Horizon-AGN Simulation: Morphological Diversity of Galaxies ,Promoted by AGN Feedback

Yohan Dubois;Sébastien Peirani;Sébastien Peirani;Christophe Pichon;Julien Devriendt

426
Citations
Cosmological Black Hole Spin Evolution by Mergers and Accretion

Emanuele Berti;Marta Volonteri

422
Citations
FORMATION OF THE FIRST NUCLEAR CLUSTERS AND MASSIVE BLACK HOLES AT HIGH REDSHIFT

B. Devecchi;M. Volonteri

398
Citations
Early reionization by miniquasars

Piero Madau;Martin J. Rees;Marta Volonteri;Francesco Haardt

398
Citations
The Distribution and cosmic evolution of massive black hole spins

Marta Volonteri;Piero Madau;Eliot Quataert;Martin J. Rees

372
Citations
Early reionization by miniquasars

P. Madau;P. Madau;M. J. Rees;M. Volonteri;F. Haardt

355
Citations
Low-Frequency Gravitational Radiation from Coalescing Massive Black Hole Binaries in Hierarchical Cosmologies

Alberto Sesana;Francesco Haardt;Piero Madau;Marta Volonteri

323
Citations