2026 Nick Scoville: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	173	131	126	86	83	913	101223

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

173

131

126

913

101223

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
1981 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Nick Scoville is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics as well as related subfields such as Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics, and Spectroscopy.

The primary topics covered in Nick Scoville's 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
Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated on multiple projects with Nick Scoville include:

D. B. Sanders (17 collaborations)
Sune Toft (15 collaborations)
Caitlin M. Casey (15 collaborations)
O. Ilbert (13 collaborations)
H. J. McCracken (13 collaborations)

Nick Scoville has contributed to publications in various scientific venues, often publishing in:

arXiv (Cornell University) with 10 publications
The Astrophysical Journal with 7 publications
Astronomy and Astrophysics with 3 publications
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society with 3 publications
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series with 1 publication

The following is a selection of recent papers authored or coauthored by Nick Scoville, indicating the range and venues of their research output:

"COSMOS2020: A Panchromatic View of the Universe to z ∼ 10 from Two Complementary Catalogs", 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
"The ALPINE-ALMA [CII] survey", 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
"COSMOS-Web: An Overview of the JWST Cosmic Origins Survey", 2023, The Astrophysical Journal
"ALMA characterizes the dust temperature of z ∼ 5.5 star-forming galaxies", 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Cosmic Evolution of Gas and Star Formation ^*", 2023, The Astrophysical Journal

Nick Scoville received the Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation award in 1981.

Best Publications

Ultraluminous infrared galaxies and the origin of quasars

D. B. Sanders;B. T. Soifer;J. H. Elias;B. F. Madore

3279
Citations
Mass and environment as drivers of galaxy evolution in SDSS and zCOSMOS and the origin of the Schechter function

Y. Peng;S. J. Lilly;K. Kovac;M. Bolzonella

2431
Citations
The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): Overview*

N. Scoville;N. Scoville;H. Aussel;M. Brusa;P. Capak

2233
Citations
Mass and environment as drivers of galaxy evolution in SDSS and zCOSMOS and the origin of the Schechter function

Ying-jie Peng;Simon J. Lilly;Katarina Kovač;Micol Bolzonella

2093
Citations
zCOSMOS: A Large VLT/VIMOS redshift survey covering 0 < z < 3 in the COSMOS field

S.J. Lilly;O. Le Fevre;A. Renzini;G. Zamorani

1397
Citations
zCOSMOS: A Large VLT/VIMOS Redshift Survey Covering 0 < z < 3 in the COSMOS Field*

S. J. Lilly;O. Le Fèvre;A. Renzini;G. Zamorani

1228
Citations
The First Release COSMOS Optical and Near-IR Data and Catalog

P. Capak;H. Aussel;M. Ajiki;H. J. McCracken

1195
Citations
The First Release COSMOS Optical and Near-IR Data and Catalog

P. Capak;H. Aussel;H. Aussel;M. Ajiki;H. J. McCracken;H. J. McCracken

1038
Citations
The COSMOS Survey: Hubble Space Telescope / Advanced Camera for Surveys (HST/ACS) Observations and Data Processing

A. M. Koekemoer;H. Aussel;D. Calzetti;P. Capak

882
Citations
The Spitzer Legacy Survey of the HST-ACS 2 sq. deg. COSMOS Field: survey strategy and first analysis

D. B. Sanders;M. Salvato;H. Aussel;O. Ilbert

876
Citations
Molecular gas in galaxies

J. S. Young;N. Z. Scoville

823
Citations
The COSMOS Survey: Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys Observations and Data Processing

A. M. Koekemoer;H. Aussel;D. Calzetti;P. Capak

795
Citations
S-COSMOS: The Spitzer Legacy Survey of the Hubble Space Telescope ACS 2 deg^2 COSMOS Field I: Survey Strategy and First Analysis

D. B. Sanders;M. Salvato;H. Aussel;H. Aussel;O. Ilbert

762
Citations
The zCOSMOS 10k-Bright Spectroscopic Sample

Simon J. Lilly;Vincent Le Brun;Christian Maier;Vincenzo Mainieri

729
Citations
The FCRAO Extragalactic CO Survey. I. The Data

Judith S. Young;Shuding Xie;Linda Tacconi;Pat Knezek

718
Citations
COSMOS : Hubble Space Telescope Observations

N. Scoville;A. Benson;A. W. Blain;D. Calzetti

672
Citations
Molecular gas in luminous infrared galaxies

D. B. Sanders;N. Z. Scoville;B. T. Soifer

666
Citations
Star Formation in NGC5194 (M51a): The Panchromatic View from GALEX to Spitzer

D. Calzetti;R. C. Kennicutt;L. Bianchi;D. A. Thilker

653
Citations
COSMOS: Hubble Space Telescope Observations

N. Scoville;N. Scoville;R. G. Abraham;H. Aussel;J. E. Barnes

640
Citations
zCOSMOS - 10k-bright spectroscopic sample. The bimodality in the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function: exploring its evolution with redshift

L. Pozzetti;M. Bolzonella;E. Zucca;G. Zamorani

618
Citations