2026 Neil Turok: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	82	2848	2704	68	67	252	25427

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25427

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
1989 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Neil Turok is affiliated with the Perimeter Institute in Canada and works primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans multiple subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Infectious Diseases, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics covered in their work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, and Biosensors and Analytical Detection.

Neil Turok has contributed to numerous publications with a focus on both theoretical physics and applications in infectious disease detection. Notable recent papers include:

"A pooled testing strategy for identifying SARS-CoV-2 at low prevalence" (2020, Nature)
"Oscillatory path integrals for radio astronomy" (2023, Annals of Physics)
"Existence of real time quantum path integrals" (2023, Annals of Physics)
"Thermodynamic solution of the homogeneity, isotropy and flatness puzzles (and a clue to the cosmological constant)" (2024, Physics Letters B)
"Two-Sheeted Universe, Analyticity and the Arrow of Time" (2021, arXiv (Cornell University))

Their frequent coauthors include Latham Boyle, Wilfred Ndifon, Job Feldbrugge, Léon Mutesa, and Pacifique Ndishimye.

Neil Turok publishes extensively in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Annals of Physics, Nature, Physics Letters B, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Their career includes recognition with fellowships from significant institutions, notably the Royal Society of Canada in 2014 and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1989.

Best Publications

Ekpyrotic universe: Colliding branes and the origin of the hot big bang

Justin Khoury;Burt A. Ovrut;Paul J. Steinhardt;Neil Turok

1873
Citations
Halo Formation in Warm Dark Matter Models

Paul Bode;Jeremiah P. Ostriker;Neil Turok

1203
Citations
Cosmic Evolution in a Cyclic Universe

Paul Joseph Steinhardt;Neil Turok

1003
Citations
Cosmology in the Laboratory: Defect Dynamics in Liquid Crystals

Isaac Chuang;Ruth Durrer;Neil Turok;Bernard Yurke

858
Citations
A cyclic model of the universe

Paul J. Steinhardt;Neil Turok

787
Citations
From big crunch to big bang

Justin Khoury;Burt A. Ovrut;Nathan Seiberg;Paul J. Steinhardt

764
Citations
Open universe from inflation.

Martin Bucher;Alfred S. Goldhaber;Neil Turok

483
Citations
Kasner and mixmaster behavior in universes with equation of state w >= 1

Joel K. Erickson;Daniel H. Wesley;Paul J. Steinhardt;Neil Turok

423
Citations
Looking for a cosmological constant with the Rees-Sciama effect.

Robert G. Crittenden;Neil Turok

386
Citations
Evolution of cosmic strings

Andreas Albrecht;N. Turok

382
Citations
Density perturbations in the ekpyrotic scenario

Justin Khoury;Burt A. Ovrut;Paul J. Steinhardt;Neil Turok

363
Citations
Power spectra in global defect theories of cosmic structure formation

Ue-Li Pen;Uros Seljak;Neil Turok

350
Citations
Why the baryon asymmetry of the universe is ∼ 10−10

Larry McLerran;Mikhail Shaposhnikov;Neil Turok;Mikhail Voloshin

335
Citations
Electroweak baryogenesis in the two-doublet model

Neil Turok;John Zadrozny

330
Citations
Measure problem in cosmology

G. W. Gibbons;Neil Turok

329
Citations
General primordial cosmic perturbation

Martin Bucher;Kavilan Moodley;Neil Turok

296
Citations
Evolution of cosmic string networks.

Andreas Albrecht;Neil Turok

256
Citations
Nonlocal electroweak baryogenesis. II. The classical regime.

Michael Joyce;Tomislav Prokopec;Neil Turok

255
Citations
Generating ekpyrotic curvature perturbations before the big bang

Jean-Luc Lehners;Paul McFadden;Neil Turok;Paul J. Steinhardt

249
Citations
Local conserved densities and zero-curvature conditions for Toda lattice field theories

David I. Olive;N. Turok

247
Citations