2026 Neal Katz: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	101	1574	1495	834	780	252	46798

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Overview

Neal Katz is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy with a total of 59 publications, emphasizing subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The main topics covered by their work include:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Scientific Research and Discoveries

Katz has contributed to several papers published mainly in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and arXiv (Cornell University), among other venues. The frequent publication venues include:

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

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Neal Katz include:

The COS Absorption Survey of Baryon Harbors: unveiling the physical conditions of circumgalactic gas through multiphase Bayesian ionization modelling, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
High Molecular-gas to Dust Mass Ratios Predicted in Most Quiescent Galaxies, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
<scp>exp</scp>: <i>N</i>-body integration using basis function expansions, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Using commensurabilities and orbit structure to understand barred galaxy evolution, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
A new model for including galactic winds in simulations of galaxy formation - I. Introducing the Physically Evolved Winds (PhEW) model, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Their frequent collaborators include:

Romeel Davè
Shuiyao Huang
Michael Petersen
Martin D. Weinberg
Evan Scannapieco

Best Publications

How do galaxies get their gas

Dušan Kereš;Neal Katz;David H. Weinberg;Romeel Davé

3480
Citations
The optical and near-infrared properties of galaxies. I. Luminosity and stellar mass functions

Eric F. Bell;Daniel H. McIntosh;Neal Katz;Martin D. Weinberg

2646
Citations
Galaxy harassment and the evolution of clusters of galaxies

Ben Moore;Neal Katz;George Lake;Alan Dressler

1692
Citations
TREESPH: A Unification of SPH with the Hierarchical Tree Method

Lars Hernquist;Neal Katz

1641
Citations
Cosmological simulations with TreeSPH

Neal Katz;David H. Weinberg;Lars Hernquist

1237
Citations
Galaxies in a simulated $\Lambda$CDM Universe I: cold mode and hot cores

Dušan Kereš;Neal Katz;Mark Fardal;Romeel Dave

1123
Citations
Morphological Transformation from Galaxy Harassment

Ben Moore;George Lake;Neal Katz

1015
Citations
Baryons in the warm-hot intergalactic medium

Romeel Davé;Renyue Cen;Jeremiah P. Ostriker;Greg L. Bryan

949
Citations
Theoretical Models of the Halo Occupation Distribution: Separating Central and Satellite Galaxies

Zheng Zheng;Zheng Zheng;Andreas A. Berlind;David H. Weinberg;Andrew J. Benson

939
Citations
Galaxies in a simulated ΛCDM Universe – I. Cold mode and hot cores

Dušan Kereš;Dušan Kereš;Neal Katz;Mark Fardal;Romeel Davé

894
Citations
Dissipational galaxy formation. II - Effects of star formation

Neal Katz

832
Citations
Star formation and feedback in smoothed particle hydrodynamic simulations – I. Isolated galaxies

Greg Stinson;Anil Seth;Neal Katz;James Wadsley

761
Citations
The Lyman alpha forest in the cold dark matter model

Lars Hernquist;Lars Hernquist;Neal Katz;David H. Weinberg;David H. Weinberg;Jordi Miralda-Escudé

703
Citations
The Low Redshift Lyman Alpha Forest in Cold Dark Matter Cosmologies

Romeel Dave;Lars Hernquist;Neal Katz;David Weinberg

698
Citations
The Low-Redshift Lyα Forest in Cold Dark Matter Cosmologies

Romeel Davé;Lars Hernquist;Neal Katz;David H. Weinberg

652
Citations
The COS-Halos Survey: Physical Conditions and Baryonic Mass in the Low-redshift Circumgalactic Medium

Jessica K. Werk;J. Xavier Prochaska;Jason Tumlinson;Molly S. Peeples

643
Citations
The large, oxygen-rich halos of star-forming galaxies are a major reservoir of galactic metals.

J. Tumlinson;C. Thom;J. K. Werk;J. X. Prochaska

621
Citations
Toward a Precise Measurement of Matter Clustering: Lyα Forest Data at Redshifts 2-4

Rupert A. C. Croft;Rupert A. C. Croft;Rupert A. C. Croft;David H. Weinberg;Mike Bolte;Mike Bolte;Scott Burles

612
Citations
The Opacity of the Lyα Forest and Implications for Ωb and the Ionizing Background

Michael Rauch;Jordi Miralda-Escudé;Wallace L. W. Sargent;Tom A. Barlow

595
Citations
Dissipational Galaxy Formation. I. Effects of Gasdynamics

Neal Katz;James E. Gunn

553
Citations