2026 Matthew Colless: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	134	490	472	12	12	503	75484

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Physics

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75484

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Physics in Australia Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Physics in Australia Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Physics in Australia Leader Award
2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2004 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Matthew Colless is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia and specializes in Physics and Astronomy with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research further includes subfields such as Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Their main topics of study span Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, and Stellar, Planetary, and Galactic studies. Additional areas of interest include Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing.

Recent papers by Matthew Colless include:

The 2dF galaxy redshift survey: The environmental dependence of galaxy star formation rates near clusters (2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University))
The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: The growth rate of cosmic structure since redshift z=0.9 (2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University))
Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Data Release 4 and the z < 0.1 total and z < 0.08 morphological galaxy stellar mass functions (2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Testing the cosmological model with baryon acoustic oscillations at z= 0.6 (2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University))
The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: the transition to large-scale cosmic homogeneity (2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University))

Frequent coauthors include:

S. M. Croom
Francesco D'Eugenio
Joss Bland-Hawthorn
Julia J. Bryant
Sarah Brough

Common venues for publication are:

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
arXiv (Cornell University)
UNC Libraries
OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology)

Matthew Colless has been recognized with the following awards:

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2004)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2015)

Best Publications

The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Spectra and redshifts

Matthew Colless;G. B. Dalton;S. J. Maddox;W. J. Sutherland

3077
Citations
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: spectra and redshifts

Matthew Colless;Gavin B. Dalton;Stephen J. Maddox;William J. Sutherland

3066
Citations
The 6dF Galaxy Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations and the local Hubble constant

Florian Beutler;Chris Blake;Matthew Colless;D Heath Jones

2780
Citations
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: power-spectrum analysis of the final data set and cosmological implications

Shaun Cole;Will Percival;John A. Peacock;Peder Norberg

2585
Citations
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Power-spectrum analysis of the final dataset and cosmological implications

S. Cole;W. J. Percival;J. A. Peacock;P. Norberg

2381
Citations
The 2dF galaxy redshift survey: near-infrared galaxy luminosity functions

Shaun Cole;Peder Norberg;Carlton Baugh;Carlos S. Frenk

1253
Citations
Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): survey diagnostics and core data release

S. P. Driver;D. T. Hill;L. S. Kelvin;A. S. G. Robotham

1201
Citations
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: the power spectrum and the matter content of the Universe

Will J. Percival;Carlton Baugh;Joss Bland-Hawthorn;Terry J. Bridges

1185
Citations
The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: mapping the distance-redshift relation with baryon acoustic oscillations

Chris Blake;Eyal A. Kazin;Florian Beutler;Tamara M. Davis;Tamara M. Davis

1173
Citations
The 6dF Galaxy Survey: final redshift release (DR3) and southern large-scale structures

D. Heath Jones;Mike A. Read;Will Saunders;Matthew Colless

1147
Citations
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: correlation functions, peculiar velocities and the matter density of the Universe

Edward Hawkins;Stephen J. Maddox;Shaun Cole;Ofer Lahav

1104
Citations
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: correlation functions, peculiar velocities and the matter density of the Universe

E. Hawkins;S. Maddox;S. Cole;O. Lahav

1099
Citations
The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey

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

1052
Citations
A measurement of the cosmological mass density from clustering in the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey

John A. Peacock;Shaun Cole;Peder Norberg;Carlton M. Baugh

1034
Citations
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: The environmental dependence of galaxy star formation rates near clusters

Ian Lewis;Michael L. Balogh;Roberto De Propris;Warrick J. Couch

862
Citations
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: The bias of galaxies and the density of the Universe

Licia Verde;Licia Verde;Alan F. Heavens;Will J. Percival;Sabino Matarrese

823
Citations
A measurement of the cosmological mass density from clustering in the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey

J.A. Peacock;S. Cole;P. Norberg;C.M. Baugh

798
Citations
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: The bias of galaxies and the density of the Universe

Licia Verde;Alan F. Heavens;Will J. Percival;Sabino Matarrese

780
Citations
The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: joint measurements of the expansion and growth history at z < 1

Chris Blake;Sarah Brough;Matthew Colless;Carlos Contreras

773
Citations
Galaxy And Mass Assembly: Stellar Mass Estimates

Edward N Taylor;Andrew M Hopkins;Ivan K Baldry;Michael J I Brown

732
Citations