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Massimo Stiavelli

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
86
Citations
30469
World Ranking
2519
National Ranking
1251

Massimo Stiavelli publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Massimo Stiavelli sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 302 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Massimo Stiavelli D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Massimo Stiavelli sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Massimo Stiavelli is affiliated with the Space Telescope Science Institute in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a specialized focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, as well as Control and Systems Engineering.

The main topics covered by their work include:

  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation

Stiavelli has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems

Their recent papers include the following:

  • "Enhanced Subkiloparsec-scale Star Formation: Results from a JWST Size Analysis of 341 Galaxies at 5 < z < 14" (2024), The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Physical Characterization of Early Galaxies in the Webb's First Deep Field SMACS J0723.3-7327" (2023), The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • "The Puzzling Properties of the MACS1149-JD1 Galaxy at z = 9.11" (2023), The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • "Diverse Oxygen Abundance in Early Galaxies Unveiled by Auroral Line Analysis with JWST" (2024), The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Uncovering a Massive z ∼ 7.7 Galaxy Hosting a Heavily Obscured Radio-loud Active Galactic Nucleus Candidate in COSMOS-Web" (2024), The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Stiavelli collaborates frequently with a number of researchers, including:

  • Takahiro Morishita
  • Tommaso Treu
  • Michele Trenti
  • Guido Roberts-Borsani
  • Nicha Leethochawalit

In 2018, Massimo Stiavelli was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey: Initial Results From Optical and Near-Infrared Imaging

    M. Giavalisco

  • The James Webb Space Telescope

    Jonathan P. Gardner;John C. Mather;Mark Clampin;Rene Doyon

  • The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey: Initial results from optical and near-infrared imaging

    M. Giavalisco;H. C. Ferguson;H. C. Ferguson;A. M. Koekemoer;M. Dickinson;M. Dickinson

  • The Hubble Ultra Deep Field

    Steven V. W. Beckwith;Steven V. W. Beckwith;Massimo Stiavelli;Anton M. Koekemoer;John A. R. Caldwell;John A. R. Caldwell

  • 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

  • PASSIVELY EVOLVING EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES AT 1.4 z 2.5 IN THE HUBBLE ULTRA DEEP FIELD

    E. Daddi;A. Renzini;N. Pirzkal;Andrea Cimatti

  • 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

  • DISCOVERY OF z ∼ 8 GALAXIES IN THE HUBBLE ULTRA DEEP FIELD FROM ULTRA-DEEP WFC3/IR OBSERVATIONS*

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

  • Cosmic Variance and Its Effect on the Luminosity Function Determination in Deep High-z Surveys

    M. Trenti;M. Stiavelli;M. Stiavelli

  • A candidate redshift z ≈ 10 galaxy and rapid changes in that population at an age of 500 Myr

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

  • Very blue UV-continuum slopes of low luminosity z~7 galaxies from WFC3/IR: Evidence for extremely low metallicities?

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

  • Spiral Galaxies with WFPC2. II. The Nuclear Properties of 40 Objects

    C. M. Carollo;M. Stiavelli;M. Stiavelli;J. Mack

  • WFPC2 Observations of the Hubble Deep Field South

    Stefano Casertano;Stefano Casertano;Duília de Mello;Mark Dickinson;Henry C. Ferguson

  • z ∼ 7 GALAXIES IN THE HUDF: FIRST EPOCH WFC3/IR RESULTS*

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

  • LOWER-LUMINOSITY GALAXIES COULD REIONIZE THE UNIVERSE: VERY STEEP FAINT-END SLOPES TO THE UV LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS AT z ⩾ 5-8 FROM THE HUDF09 WFC3/IR OBSERVATIONS*

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

  • Probing the Dawn of Galaxies at z ~{} 9-12 : New Constraints from HUDF12/XDF and CANDELS data

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

  • The HST eXtreme Deep Field (XDF): Combining All ACS and WFC3/IR Data on the HUDF Region into the Deepest Field Ever

    G. D. Illingworth;D. Magee;P. A. Oesch;R. J. Bouwens

  • The changing Lya optical depth in the range 6<z<9 from MOSFIRE spectroscopy of Y-dropouts

    T. Treu;K. B. Schmidt;M. Trenti;L. D. Bradley

  • THE SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS OF z ∼ 8 GALAXIES FROM THE IRAC ULTRA DEEP FIELDS: EMISSION LINES, STELLAR MASSES, AND SPECIFIC STAR FORMATION RATES AT 650 MYR*

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

  • The Hubble Ultra Deep Field

    S. V. W. Beckwith;J. Caldwell;M. Clampin;G. de Marchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele Trenti
Michele Trenti University of Melbourne
Tommaso Treu
Tommaso Treu University of California, Los Angeles
Rychard Bouwens
Rychard Bouwens Leiden University
Henry C. Ferguson
Henry C. Ferguson Space Telescope Science Institute
Pascal Oesch
Pascal Oesch University of Geneva
Nino Panagia
Nino Panagia Space Telescope Science Institute
Garth D. Illingworth
Garth D. Illingworth University of California, Santa Cruz
Claudia Scarlata
Claudia Scarlata University of Minnesota
C. M. Carollo
C. M. Carollo ETH Zurich
Rogier A. Windhorst
Rogier A. Windhorst Arizona State University

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Mauro Giavalisco

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Nimish P. Hathi

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