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Misty C. Bentz 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 Misty C. Bentz sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 237 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Misty C. Bentz 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 Misty C. Bentz sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Misty C. Bentz is affiliated with Georgia State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of physics and astronomy, with a strong emphasis on astronomy and astrophysics. Bentz's scholarly work includes substantial contributions to the subfields of nuclear and high energy physics, instrumentation, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and general health professions.

Their research topics cover a range of astrophysical phenomena and observations, including galaxies' formation, evolution, and related phenomena. Additional areas of focus involve stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, astronomy and astrophysical research, astrophysics and cosmic phenomena, and adaptive optics and wavefront sensing.

Bentz has published extensively in scientific journals and frequently contributes to:

  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Research Notes of the AAS
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

Several of Bentz's recent papers include:

  • The AGNIFS survey: spatially resolved observations of hot molecular and ionized outflows in nearby active galaxies (2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
  • A geometric distance to the supermassive black Hole of NGC 3783 (2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics)
  • The Lick AGN Monitoring Project 2016: Dynamical Modeling of Velocity-resolved Hβ Lags in Luminous Seyfert Galaxies (2022, The Astrophysical Journal)
  • The AGNIFS survey: distribution and excitation of the hot molecular and ionized gas in the inner kpc of nearby AGN hosts (2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
  • AGN STORM 2. IV. Swift X-Ray and Ultraviolet/Optical Monitoring of Mrk 817 (2023, The Astrophysical Journal)

Bentz collaborates regularly with a group of coauthors including Aaron J. Barth, M. Vestergaard, M. R. Goad, K. Horne, and J. M. Gelbord. These collaborators have contributed collaboratively on numerous publications.

Best Publications

  • The Low-luminosity End of the Radius-Luminosity Relationship for Active Galactic Nuclei

    Misty C. Bentz;Kelly D. Denney;Catherine J. Grier;Aaron J. Barth

  • The Radius-Luminosity Relationship For Active Galactic Nuclei: The Effect of Host-Galaxy Starlight On Luminosity Measurements. II. The Full Sample of Reverberation-Mapped AGNs

    Misty C. Bentz;Misty C. Bentz;Bradley M. Peterson;Hagai Netzer;Richard W. Pogge

  • The Lick AGN Monitoring Project: Broad-Line Region Radii and Black Hole Masses from Reverberation Mapping of Hbeta

    Misty C. Bentz;Jonelle L. Walsh;Aaron J. Barth;Nairn Baliber;Nairn Baliber

  • The lick agn monitoring project: Broad-line region radii and black hole masses from reverberation mapping of Hβ

    Misty C. Bentz;Jonelle L. Walsh;Aaron J. Barth;Nairn Baliber;Nairn Baliber

  • The Radius-Luminosity Relationship for Active Galactic Nuclei: The Effect of Host-Galaxy Starlight on Luminosity Measurements

    Misty C. Bentz;Bradley M. Peterson;Richard W. Pogge;Marianne Vestergaard

  • Reverberation Mapping Measurements of Black Hole Masses in Six Local Seyfert Galaxies

    K. D. Denney;B. M. Peterson;R. W. Pogge;A. Adair

  • The Lick AGN Monitoring Project: The MBH - sigma Relation For Reverberation-Mapped Active Galaxies

    Jong-Hak Woo;Tommaso Treu;Aaron J. Barth;Shelley A. Wright

  • MULTIWAVELENGTH MONITORING OF THE DWARF SEYFERT 1 GALAXY NGC 4395. I. A REVERBERATION-BASED MEASUREMENT OF THE BLACK HOLE MASS

    Bradley M. Peterson;Misty C. Bentz;Louis-Benoit Desroches;Alexei V. Filippenko

  • Modelling reverberation mapping data – II. Dynamical modelling of the Lick AGN Monitoring Project 2008 data set

    Anna Pancoast;Brendon J. Brewer;Tommaso Treu;Daeseong Park;Daeseong Park

  • The Lick AGN Monitoring Project: The M BH-σ* Relation for Reverberation-mapped Active Galaxies

    Jong Hak Woo;Jong Hak Woo;Tommaso Treu;Tommaso Treu;Aaron J. Barth;Shelley A. Wright

  • Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping Project. III. Optical Continuum Emission and Broad-Band Time Delays in NGC 5548

    M. M. Fausnaugh;K. D. Denney;A. J. Barth;M. C. Bentz

  • The Structure of the Broad Line Region in AGN: I. Reconstructed Velocity-Delay Maps

    C. J. Grier;B. M. Peterson;Keith Horne;M. C. Bentz

  • Diverse Broad Line Region Kinematic Signatures From Reverberation Mapping

    K. D. Denney;B. M. Peterson;R. W. Pogge;A. Adair

  • Exploring the Low-Mass End of The M-Sigma Relation with Active Galaxies

    Ting Xiao;Aaron J. Barth;Jenny E. Greene;Luis C. Ho

  • The AGN Black Hole Mass Database

    Misty C. Bentz;Sarah Katz

  • The Black Hole Mass-Bulge Luminosity Relationship for Active Galactic Nuclei from Reverberation Mapping and Hubble Space Telescope Imaging

    Misty C. Bentz;Misty C. Bentz;Bradley M. Peterson;Richard W. Pogge;Marianne Vestergaard

  • The structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei. I. Reconstructed velocity-delay maps

    C. J. Grier;B. M. Peterson;Keith Horne;M. C. Bentz

  • A REVERBERATION-BASED MASS FOR THE CENTRAL BLACK HOLE IN NGC 4151

    Misty C. Bentz;Kelly D. Denney;Edward M. Cackett;Matthias Dietrich

  • Reverberation Mapping Results for Five Seyfert 1 Galaxies

    C. J. Grier;B. M. Peterson;R. W. Pogge;K. D. Denney

  • AGN Type-casting: Mrk 590 No Longer Fits the Role

    K.D. Denney;G. De Rosa;K. Croxall;A. Gupta

Frequent Co-Authors

Marianne Vestergaard
Marianne Vestergaard University of Copenhagen
Aaron J. Barth
Aaron J. Barth University of California, Irvine
Tommaso Treu
Tommaso Treu University of California, Los Angeles
Richard W. Pogge
Richard W. Pogge The Ohio State University
Keith Horne
Keith Horne University of St Andrews
Shai Kaspi
Shai Kaspi Tel Aviv University
Jong-Hak Woo
Jong-Hak Woo Seoul National University
Jelle Kaastra
Jelle Kaastra Leiden University
Christopher S. Kochanek
Christopher S. Kochanek The Ohio State University
Hagai Netzer
Hagai Netzer Tel Aviv University

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