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Nickolay Y. Gnedin

Nickolay Y. Gnedin

Fermilab
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Physics 81 2943 2795 1434 1336 243 22643

Nickolay Y. Gnedin publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Nickolay Y. Gnedin between 1992 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Nickolay Y. Gnedin published across 34 years, from 1992 to 2025, averaging 7.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2021. 14 of the 262 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2021. 1992: 1 publication 1993: 3 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 9 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 9 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 4 publications
1992 2025

262 publications in total across all disciplines

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Nickolay Y. Gnedin: publications per year, 1992 to 2025
Year Publications
1992 1
1993 3
1994 0
1995 2
1996 9
1997 5
1998 5
1999 2
2000 9
2001 8
2002 9
2003 7
2004 8
2005 9
2006 5
2007 6
2008 6
2009 15
2010 8
2011 11
2012 16
2013 14
2014 7
2015 5
2016 15
2017 6
2018 8
2019 5
2020 3
2021 19
2022 15
2023 7
2024 10
2025 4
Total 262
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Nickolay Y. Gnedin 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 Nickolay Y. Gnedin sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 70 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 103–122 to 1,469+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 323–342 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 243–262 publications, is where this scientist sits. 103–122 publications: 7 scientists 123–142 publications: 10 scientists 143–162 publications: 31 scientists 163–182 publications: 35 scientists 183–202 publications: 53 scientists 203–222 publications: 81 scientists 223–242 publications: 85 scientists 243–262 publications: 112 scientists 263–282 publications: 114 scientists 283–302 publications: 126 scientists 303–322 publications: 136 scientists 323–342 publications: 162 scientists 343–362 publications: 155 scientists 363–382 publications: 156 scientists 383–402 publications: 134 scientists 403–422 publications: 145 scientists 423–442 publications: 147 scientists 443–462 publications: 131 scientists 463–482 publications: 131 scientists 483–502 publications: 116 scientists 503–522 publications: 106 scientists 523–542 publications: 103 scientists 543–562 publications: 87 scientists 563–582 publications: 84 scientists 583–602 publications: 94 scientists 603–622 publications: 70 scientists 623–642 publications: 76 scientists 643–662 publications: 60 scientists 663–682 publications: 54 scientists 683–702 publications: 60 scientists 703–722 publications: 48 scientists 723–742 publications: 64 scientists 743–762 publications: 48 scientists 763–782 publications: 37 scientists 783–802 publications: 43 scientists 803–822 publications: 34 scientists 823–842 publications: 36 scientists 843–862 publications: 32 scientists 863–882 publications: 32 scientists 883–902 publications: 31 scientists 903–922 publications: 25 scientists 923–942 publications: 15 scientists 943–962 publications: 24 scientists 963–982 publications: 13 scientists 983–1,002 publications: 21 scientists 1,003–1,022 publications: 21 scientists 1,023–1,042 publications: 16 scientists 1,043–1,062 publications: 9 scientists 1,063–1,082 publications: 19 scientists 1,083–1,102 publications: 11 scientists 1,103–1,122 publications: 17 scientists 1,123–1,142 publications: 11 scientists 1,143–1,162 publications: 7 scientists 1,163–1,182 publications: 4 scientists 1,183–1,202 publications: 10 scientists 1,203–1,222 publications: 8 scientists 1,223–1,242 publications: 16 scientists 1,243–1,262 publications: 4 scientists 1,263–1,282 publications: 10 scientists 1,283–1,302 publications: 5 scientists 1,303–1,322 publications: 7 scientists 1,323–1,342 publications: 4 scientists 1,343–1,362 publications: 8 scientists 1,363–1,382 publications: 6 scientists 1,383–1,402 publications: 7 scientists 1,403–1,422 publications: 3 scientists 1,423–1,442 publications: 4 scientists 1,443–1,462 publications: 4 scientists 1,463–1,468 publications: 3 scientists 1,469+ publications: 100 scientists
103–122 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 243 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.

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Number of Physics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
103–122 7
123–142 10
143–162 31
163–182 35
183–202 53
203–222 81
223–242 85
243–262 112 243
263–282 114
283–302 126
303–322 136
323–342 162
343–362 155
363–382 156
383–402 134
403–422 145
423–442 147
443–462 131
463–482 131
483–502 116
503–522 106
523–542 103
543–562 87
563–582 84
583–602 94
603–622 70
623–642 76
643–662 60
663–682 54
683–702 60
703–722 48
723–742 64
743–762 48
763–782 37
783–802 43
803–822 34
823–842 36
843–862 32
863–882 32
883–902 31
903–922 25
923–942 15
943–962 24
963–982 13
983–1,002 21
1,003–1,022 21
1,023–1,042 16
1,043–1,062 9
1,063–1,082 19
1,083–1,102 11
1,103–1,122 17
1,123–1,142 11
1,143–1,162 7
1,163–1,182 4
1,183–1,202 10
1,203–1,222 8
1,223–1,242 16
1,243–1,262 4
1,263–1,282 10
1,283–1,302 5
1,303–1,322 7
1,323–1,342 4
1,343–1,362 8
1,363–1,382 6
1,383–1,402 7
1,403–1,422 3
1,423–1,442 4
1,443–1,462 4
1,463–1,468 3
1,469+ 100
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Nickolay Y. Gnedin 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 Nickolay Y. Gnedin sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 59 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 185+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 167. Most scientists, 167, have 80–81 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 80–81 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70–71 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Physics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 76
72–73 110
74–75 143
76–77 153
78–79 144
80–81 167 81
82–83 167
84–85 166
86–87 132
88–89 155
90–91 134
92–93 137
94–95 102
96–97 112
98–99 110
100–101 116
102–103 97
104–105 103
106–107 87
108–109 90
110–111 67
112–113 78
114–115 75
116–117 67
118–119 69
120–121 60
122–123 59
124–125 53
126–127 42
128–129 41
130–131 33
132–133 32
134–135 45
136–137 19
138–139 24
140–141 28
142–143 31
144–145 22
146–147 20
148–149 12
150–151 16
152–153 24
154–155 23
156–157 15
158–159 15
160–161 11
162–163 17
164–165 12
166–167 11
168–169 9
170–171 9
172–173 11
174–175 4
176–177 8
178–179 5
180–181 3
182–183 4
184 4
185+ 99
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering work in computational cosmology, which has led to a deep understanding of the Lyman alpha forest and reionization of the universe

Overview

Nickolay Y. Gnedin is affiliated with Fermilab in the United States, focusing on research within the broad field of physics and astronomy. Their work spans various subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, nuclear and high-energy physics, instrumentation, statistical and nonlinear physics, and atomic and molecular physics, and optics.

Gnedin's research topics are diverse and cover:

  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Some of the scientist's recent publications include:

  • Reionization with galaxies and active galactic nuclei, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Modeling cosmic reionization, 2022, Living Reviews in Computational Astrophysics
  • Compressing the Cosmological Information in One-dimensional Correlations of the Lyman-α Forest, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Measuring the Density Fields around Bright Quasars at z ∼ 6 with XQR-30 Spectra, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Modeling Dust Production, Growth, and Destruction in Reionization-era Galaxies with the CROC Simulations. II. Predicting the Dust Content of High-redshift Galaxies, 2024, The Astrophysical Journal

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Gnedin include:

  • Camille Avestruz
  • Hanjue Zhu
  • David Robinson
  • Clarke J. Esmerian
  • Vadim A. Semenov

The scientist has published extensively in several key venues, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Open Journal of Astrophysics
  • Living Reviews in Computational Astrophysics

Nickolay Y. Gnedin has received the distinction of Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2013 for pioneering work in computational cosmology, specifically related to understanding the Lyman alpha forest and reionization of the universe.

Best Publications

  • Effect of Reionization on Structure Formation in the Universe

    Nickolay Y. Gnedin

  • Effect of Reionization on the Structure Formation in the Universe

    Nickolay Y. Gnedin

  • Reionization of the Universe and the Early Production of Metals

    Nickolay Y. Gnedin;Jeremiah P. Ostriker

  • The Santa Barbara cluster comparison project: A comparison of cosmological hydrodynamics solutions

    C. S. Frenk;S. D. M. White;P. Bode;J. R. Bond

  • Probing the Universe with the Lyman-alpha Forest: I. Hydrodynamics of the Low Density IGM

    Nickolay Y. Gnedin;Lam Hui

  • Towards a complete accounting of energy and momentum from stellar feedback in galaxy formation simulations

    Oscar Agertz;Andrey V. Kravtsov;Samuel N. Leitner;Nickolay Y. Gnedin

  • Cosmological Reionization by Stellar Sources

    Nickolay Y. Gnedin

  • TOWARD A COMPLETE ACCOUNTING OF ENERGY AND MOMENTUM FROM STELLAR FEEDBACK IN GALAXY FORMATION SIMULATIONS

    Oscar Agertz;Andrey V. Kravtsov;Samuel N. Leitner;Samuel N. Leitner;Nickolay Y. Gnedin;Nickolay Y. Gnedin

  • Multi-dimensional cosmological radiative transfer with a Variable Eddington Tensor formalism

    Nickolay Y. Gnedin;Tom Abel

  • A Comparison of Methods for Determining the Molecular Content of Model Galaxies

    Mark R. Krumholz;Nickolay Y. Gnedin;Nickolay Y. Gnedin

  • Environmental Dependence of the Kennicutt?Schmidt Relation in Galaxies

    Nickolay Y. Gnedin;Nickolay Y. Gnedin;Andrey V. Kravtsov

  • The Evolution of the Effective Equation of State of the IGM

    Massimo Ricotti;Nickolay Y. Gnedin;J. Michael Shull

  • Large Synoptic Survey Telescope: Dark Energy Science Collaboration

    Alexandra Abate;David L. Burke;Guoliang Li;Tesla Jeltema

  • THE EVOLUTION OF THE EFFECTIVE EQUATION OF STATE OF THE INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM

    Massimo Ricotti;Nickolay Y. Gnedin;J. Michael Shull

  • Escape of Ionizing Radiation from High-Redshift Galaxies

    Nickolay Y. Gnedin;Nickolay Y. Gnedin;Andrey V. Kravtsov;Hsiao-Wen Chen

  • The AGORA High-Resolution Galaxy Simulations Comparison Project

    Ji-hoon Kim;Tom Abel;Oscar Agertz;Greg L. Bryan

  • Generation of the Primordial Magnetic Fields during Cosmological Reionization

    Nickolay Y. Gnedin;Andrea Ferrara;Ellen G. Zweibel

  • Formation Histories of Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Group

    Massimo Ricotti;Nickolay Y. Gnedin

  • The AGORA high-resolution galaxy simulations comparison project

    Ji-hoon Kim;Tom Abel;Oscar Agertz;Oscar Agertz;Greg L. Bryan

  • Modeling Molecular Hydrogen and Star Formation in Cosmological Simulations

    Nickolay Y. Gnedin;Nickolay Y. Gnedin;Konstantinos Tassis;Konstantinos Tassis;Andrey V. Kravtsov

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrey V. Kravtsov
Andrey V. Kravtsov University of Chicago
Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Jeremiah P. Ostriker Columbia University
J. Michael Shull
J. Michael Shull University of Colorado Boulder
Dan Hooper
Dan Hooper Fermilab
Piero Madau
Piero Madau University of California, Santa Cruz
Chris Carilli
Chris Carilli National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Tom Abel
Tom Abel Stanford University
Renyue Cen
Renyue Cen Princeton University
Steven R. Furlanetto
Steven R. Furlanetto University of California, Los Angeles
Jordi Miralda-Escudé
Jordi Miralda-Escudé University of Barcelona

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