2026 Michael D. Gladders: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	97	1814	1727	944	886	445	35289

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Overview

Michael D. Gladders is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Physics and Astronomy. Their work primarily focuses on Astronomy and Astrophysics, with significant contributions also made in Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Computational Mechanics.

The main topics of Michael D. Gladders' research include:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing

Michael D. Gladders has published in several key scientific venues, including:

arXiv (Cornell University) with 27 publications
The Astrophysical Journal with 24 publications
The Astrophysical Journal Letters with 4 publications
Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) with 4 publications
Astronomy and Astrophysics with 3 publications

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Michael D. Gladders include:

The SPTpol Extended Cluster Survey (2020), published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: high-resolution kinematics of luminous star-forming galaxies (2024), published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
SPT clusters with DES and HST weak lensing. II. Cosmological constraints from the abundance of massive halos (2024), published in Physical Review D
The Connection Between Galactic Outflows and the Escape of Ionizing Photons (2022), published in The Astrophysical Journal
Small Region, Big Impact: Highly Anisotropic Lyman-continuum Escape from a Compact Starburst Region with Extreme Physical Properties (2023), published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Their frequent collaborators include:

Keren Sharon
Matthew Bayliss
Guillaume Mahler
Gourav Khullar
Håkon Dahle

Best Publications

The Hubble Space Telescope Cluster Supernova Survey. V. Improving the Dark-energy Constraints above z > 1 and Building an Early-type-hosted Supernova Sample

N. Suzuki;N. Suzuki;D. Rubin;D. Rubin;C. Lidman;G. Aldering

2078
Citations
THE DARK ENERGY CAMERA

B. Flaugher;H. T. Diehl;K. Honscheid;T. M. C. Abbott

1178
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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 Dark Energy Camera

B. Flaugher;H. T. Diehl;K. Honscheid;T. M. C. Abbott

945
Citations
A New Method For Galaxy Cluster Detection. I. The Algorithm

Michael D. Gladders;H. K. C. Yee

883
Citations
Eight New Milky Way Companions Discovered in First-Year Dark Energy Survey Data

K. Bechtol;A. Drlica-Wagner;E. Balbinot

783
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 clusters discovered via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in the 2500-square-degree SPT-SZ survey

L. E. Bleem;L. E. Bleem;Brian A Stalder;T. de Haan;K. A. Aird

714
Citations
The Red-Sequence Cluster Survey. I. The Survey and Cluster Catalogs for Patches RCS 0926+37 and RCS 1327+29

Michael D. Gladders;Michael D. Gladders;Michael D. Gladders;Howard K.C. Yee;Howard K.C. Yee

594
Citations
The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: survey design and first data release

Michael J. Drinkwater;Russell J. Jurek;Chris Blake;David Woods;David Woods

594
Citations
Eight new Milky Way companions discovered in first-year Dark Energy Survey data

K. Bechtol;A. Drlica-Wagner;E. Balbinot;A. Pieres

567
Citations
The Red-Sequence Cluster Survey I: The Survey and Cluster Catalogs for Patches RCS0926+37 and RCS1327+29

Michael D. Gladders;Howard K.C. Yee

547
Citations
The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: the growth rate of cosmic structure since redshift z=0.9

Chris Blake;Sarah Brough;Matthew Colless;Carlos Contreras

543
Citations
GALAXY CLUSTERS SELECTED WITH THE SUNYAEV-ZEL'DOVICH EFFECT FROM 2008 SOUTH POLE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS

K. Vanderlinde;T. M. Crawford;T. De Haan;J. P. Dudley

429
Citations
Properties of Galaxy Dark Matter Halos from Weak Lensing

Henk Hoekstra;Henk Hoekstra;Howard K.C. Yee;Howard K.C. Yee;Michael D. Gladders;Michael D. Gladders

425
Citations
Cosmological Constraints from Sunyaev-Zel'dovich-Selected Clusters with X-ray Observations in the First 178 Square Degrees of the South Pole Telescope Survey

B. A. Benson;T. de Haan;J. P. Dudley;C. L. Reichardt

406
Citations
The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: improved distance measurements to z = 1 with reconstruction of the baryonic acoustic feature

Eyal A. Kazin;Jun Koda;Chris Blake;Nikhil Padmanabhan

405
Citations
ALMA redshifts of millimeter-selected galaxies from the SPT survey: The redshift distribution of dusty star-forming galaxies

A. Weiss;C. De Breuck;D. P. Marrone;J. D. Vieira

393
Citations
An SZ-selected sample of the most massive galaxy clusters in the 2500-square-degree South Pole Telescope survey

R. Williamson;B. A. Benson;F. W. High;K. Vanderlinde

381
Citations
Extragalactic millimeter-wave sources in South Pole Telescope Survey data: source counts, catalog, and statistics for an 87 square-degree field

Joaquin Daniel Vieira;T. M. Crawford;E. R. Switzer;P. A.R. Ade

379
Citations