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Nicolás Yunes 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 Nicolás Yunes sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 402 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicolás Yunes 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 Nicolás Yunes sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nicolás Yunes is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research contributions primarily focus on physics and astronomy with a concentration on areas such as astronomy and astrophysics, nuclear and high energy physics, oceanography, geophysics, and atomic and molecular physics, and optics.

The scientist has published extensively, with specific engagement in numerous topics including pulsars and gravitational waves research, cosmology and gravitation theories, black holes and theoretical physics, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, geophysics and gravity measurements, astrophysical phenomena and observations, and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials

Their recent scholarly output includes papers published in respected journals and venues, illustrating a focus on fundamental physics, gravitational waves, black holes, and neutron stars. Examples of recent papers include:

  • New horizons for fundamental physics with LISA, 2022, Living Reviews in Relativity
  • Spin-Induced Scalarized Black Holes, 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • Neutron Star Equation of State in Light of GW190814, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Improved gravitational-wave constraints on higher-order curvature theories of gravity, 2021, Physical Review D
  • Astrophysical and Theoretical Physics Implications from Multimessenger Neutron Star Observations, 2021, Physical Review Letters

Several frequent collaborators have been part of their research efforts, contributing to a range of publications over time. Notable coauthors include:

  • Kent Yagi
  • Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler
  • Abhishek Hegade K. R.
  • Justin L. Ripley
  • Pratik Wagle

Yunes' work appears regularly in major scientific outlets with a strong record in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review D
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Living Reviews in Relativity
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Chern-Simons Modified General Relativity

    Stephon Alexander;Stephon Alexander;Nicolás Yunes;Nicolás Yunes

  • Theoretical physics implications of the binary black-hole mergers GW150914 and GW151226

    Nicolás Yunes;Kent Yagi;Frans Pretorius

  • I-Love-Q Relations in Neutron Stars and their Applications to Astrophysics, Gravitational Waves and Fundamental Physics

    Kent Yagi;Nicolás Yunes

  • Fundamental theoretical bias in gravitational wave astrophysics and the parametrized post-Einsteinian framework

    Nicolás Yunes;Frans Pretorius

  • I-Love-Q: unexpected universal relations for neutron stars and quark stars.

    Kent Yagi;Nicolás Yunes

  • Gravitational-Wave Tests of General Relativity with Ground-Based Detectors and Pulsar-Timing Arrays

    Nicolás Yunes;Xavier Siemens

  • Dynamical Chern-Simons modified gravity: Spinning black holes in the slow-rotation approximation

    Nicolás Yunes;Frans Pretorius

  • Prospects for Fundamental Physics with LISA

    Enrico Barausse;Emanuele Berti;Thomas Hertog;Scott A. Hughes

  • RESONANT POST-NEWTONIAN ECCENTRICITY EXCITATION IN HIERARCHICAL THREE-BODY SYSTEMS

    Smadar Naoz;Smadar Naoz;Bence Kocsis;Abraham Loeb;Nicolás Yunes

  • Extreme gravity tests with gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences: (I) inspiral–merger

    Emanuele Berti;Kent Yagi;Nicolás Yunes

  • Nonspinning black holes in alternative theories of gravity

    Nicolás Yunes;Leo C. Stein

  • Constraining Lorentz-violating, modified dispersion relations with gravitational waves

    Saeed Mirshekari;Nicolás Yunes;Nicolás Yunes;Clifford M. Will

  • Gravitational wave tests of general relativity with the parameterized post-Einsteinian framework

    Neil Cornish;Laura Sampson;Nicolás Yunes;Nicolás Yunes;Frans Pretorius

  • Theory-Agnostic Constraints on Black-Hole Dipole Radiation with Multiband Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics.

    Enrico Barausse;Nicolás Yunes;Katherine Chamberlain

  • Search for gravitational waves from binary inspirals in S3 and S4 LIGO data

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;J. Agresti

  • Barbero-Immirzi parameter as a scalar field: K-inflation from loop quantum gravity?

    Victor Taveras;Nicolás Yunes

  • Searches for periodic gravitational waves from unknown isolated sources and Scorpius X-1: Results from the second LIGO science run

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;J. Agresti

  • Upper limits on gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;J. Agresti

  • The Gravitational Universe

    Pau Amaro-Seoane;S. Aoudia;H. Audley;G. Auger

  • Extreme gravity tests with gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences: (II) ringdown

    Emanuele Berti;Kent Yagi;Huan Yang;Huan Yang;Nicolás Yunes

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Stephen Fairhurst
Stephen Fairhurst Cardiff University
N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
Emanuele Berti
Emanuele Berti Johns Hopkins University
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
Neil J. Cornish
Neil J. Cornish Montana State University
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University

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